Cactus Hotel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cactus Hotel write by Brenda Z. Guiberson. This book was released on 1993-10-15. Cactus Hotel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers."--Title page verso.
Desert Giant (pb)
Desert Giant (pb) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Desert Giant (pb) write by Barbara Bash. This book was released on 2002-09-06. Desert Giant (pb) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A venerable saguaro cactus stands like a statue in the hot desert landscape, its armlike branches reaching fifty feet into the air. From a distance it appears to be completely still and solitary--but appearances can be deceptive. In fact, this giant tree of the desert is alive with activity. Its spiny trunk and branches are home to a surprising number of animals, and its flowers and fruit feed many desert dwellers. Gila woodpeckers and miniature elf owls make their homes inside the saguaro's trunk. Long-nosed bats and fluttering white doves drink the nectar from its showy white flowers. People also play a role in the saguaro's story: each year the Tohono O'odham Indians gather its sweet fruit in a centuries-old harvest ritual. In this first volume of Sierra Club Books' Tree Tales series, a simple, easy-to-read text and appealing drawings document the life cycle of this amazing cactus tree and the creatures it helps to support. Readers will come away with a better understanding of and a lasting respect for this accomodating giant of the desert.
Here Is the Southwestern Desert
Here Is the Southwestern Desert - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Here Is the Southwestern Desert write by Madeleine Dunphy. This book was released on 2012-10-24. Here Is the Southwestern Desert available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote — all live among the desert’s fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy’s poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a mystical place, while Anne Coe's stunning paintings portray the desert’s plants and animals as well as the dazzling colors reflected in the rocks and skies of the Sonoran Desert.
Jump
Jump - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jump write by Mike Lupica. This book was released on 2013-04-17. Jump available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When a high-profile basketball star is accused of rape, ex-lawyer and pro sports investigator DiMaggio is called into the case and must sift through a media circus of innuendo and lies in order to discern the truth.
The Cactus League
The Cactus League - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cactus League write by Emily Nemens. This book was released on 2020-02-04. The Cactus League available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Named a Best Book of 2020 by NPR and Lit Hub. A Los Angeles Times Bestseller. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice "In The Cactus League [Emily Nemens] provides her readers with what amounts to a miniature, self-enclosed world that is funny and poignant and lovingly observed." --Charles McGrath, The New York Times Book Review An explosive, character-driven odyssey through the world of baseball Jason Goodyear is the star outfielder for the Los Angeles Lions, stationed with the rest of his team in the punishingly hot Arizona desert for their annual spring training. Handsome, famous, and talented, Goodyear is nonetheless coming apart at the seams. And the coaches, writers, wives, girlfriends, petty criminals, and diehard fans following his every move are eager to find out why—as they hide secrets of their own. Humming with the energy of a ballpark before the first pitch, Emily Nemens's The Cactus League unravels the tightly connected web of people behind a seemingly linear game. Narrated by a sportscaster, Goodyear’s story is interspersed with tales of Michael Taylor, a batting coach trying to stay relevant; Tamara Rowland, a resourceful spring-training paramour, looking for one last catch; Herb Allison, a legendary sports agent grappling with his decline; and a plethora of other richly drawn characters, all striving to be seen as the season approaches. It’s a journey that, like the Arizona desert, brims with both possibility and destruction. Anchored by an expert knowledge of baseball’s inner workings, Emily Nemens's The Cactus League is a propulsive and deeply human debut that captures a strange desert world that is both exciting and unforgiving, where the most crucial games are the ones played off the field.
