The Quarry Fox - 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 Quarry Fox write by Leslie T. Sharpe. This book was released on 2017-03-07. The Quarry Fox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A lyrical celebration . . . This engaging portrait of the Catskill wilderness will appeal to nature enthusiasts of all stripes.” —Library Journal (starred review) A red fox stands poised at the edge of a woodchuck den, his ears perked for danger as two pudgy fox cubs frolic nearby. A mother black bear and her cubs hibernate beneath a felled tree. A barred owl snags a hapless cottontail from a meadow with its precise talons. In The Quarry Fox and Other Tales of the Wild Catskills, Leslie T. Sharpe trains her keen eye and narrative gifts on these and other New York wildlife through her tales of close observations as a naturalist living in the Great Western Catskills. The Quarry Fox is the first in-depth study of Catskill wildlife since John Burroughs invented the genre of nature writing, in which Sharpe weaves her experiences of the seasons, plants, and creatures with the natural history of each organism, revealing their sensitivity to and resilience against the splendor and cruelty of Nature. Sharpe's frank, scientific observations join with her deeply felt connection to these creatures to instill an appreciation of the undaunted and variegated beauty of the Catskills and camaraderie with its animals. From contemplating the importance of milkweed for monarchs to lay their eggs to reveling in the first steps of a wobbly fawn, The Quarry Fox is a celebration of the natural world and our place in it. “A poignant and modern reminder of untamed creatures so close to home.” —The New York Times
Foxspell
Foxspell - 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 Foxspell write by Gillian Rubinstein. This book was released on 1996. Foxspell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Twelve-year-old Tod's mystical links with a spirit, half man and half fox, and with the natural world surrounding his grandmother's house in the Australian countryside challenge his attempt to adjust to the real world.
The Quarry
The Quarry - 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 Quarry write by Iain M. Banks. This book was released on 2014-05-13. The Quarry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from "highly gifted" at one end, to "nutter" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy live together in a decaying country house on the unstable brink of a vast quarry. His mother's identity is another matter. Now, though, his father's dying, and old friends are gathering for one last time. "Uncle" Paul's a media lawyer now; Rob and Ali are upwardly mobile corporate bunnies; pretty, hopeful Pris is a single mother; Haze is still living up to his drug-inspired name twenty years on; and fierce, protective Hol is a gifted if acerbic critic. As young film students they lived at Willoughtree House with Guy, and they've all come back because they want something. Kit, too, has his own ulterior motives. Before his father dies he wants to know who his mother is, and what's on the mysterious tape they're all looking for. But most of all he wants to stop time and keep his father alive. Fast-paced, gripping and savagely funny, The Quarry is a virtuoso performance whose soaring riffs on the inexhaustible marvel of human perception and rage against the dying of the light will stand among Iain Banks' greatest work.
American Working Terriers
American Working Terriers - 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 American Working Terriers write by Patrick Burns. This book was released on 2006-02. American Working Terriers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Practical, common sense, terrier work for the beginner, laid out in a clear no-nonsense style with chapters on the history of working terriers in Europe and America, along with sections on introducing young dogs to work, tools, technique, American terrier quarry, hazards, and veterinary care for working dogs. The sections on veterinary care and tools alone will save most people more money than the cost of this book, while the tips on digging, locator collars, skunk toxic shock, and handling quarry at the end of a dig, may save you more than money. This is a book on working terriers, but if you show, breed or judge any type of working terrier you need to read chapters one, two and four, not only to understand the true history of working terriers in Great Britain and the United States, but also to understand why (and how) show judges have selected for linked structural characteristics that have resulted in breed after breed disappearing from the working field. 270 pages, with 80 photos and illustrations.
The World of the Fox
The World of the Fox - 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 World of the Fox write by Rebecca L. Grambo. This book was released on 1997. The World of the Fox available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Foxes are among the most resourceful animals, with quick intelligence, amazing adaptability, and expert hunting skill. Now in a trade paperback edition, this study combines words and images in an unforgettable portrait of a magical creature. Preeminent wildlife photographers offer intimate views of these resilient animals in their native habitats. 57 color photos. 5 maps.
