Nature's Year: The Seasons of Cape Cod

Product Description

"We see very little. I am told that the very sands we sit on are full of minute organisms. The visible life, perhaps in the form of a few beach fleas, represents an extremely small percentage of the life unseen, a condition which has its parallel in the soil. But a short walk or wade along the shore line can give you proof enough, without the need of a nip from a crab, that the tidal grounds are covered and circulating with life..." Here is a beautifully written portrait of the interaction of the land, the forest, the wild life and the people of Cape Cod and how the movement and changes that occur in just one area serve to mirror much of the rest of the land.

Average customer rating:

NATURE'S YEAR: THE SEASONS OF CAPE COD.
John. Hay
Manufacturer: Doubleday
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NVTQNS

Average customer rating:

Nature's year;: The seasons of Cape Cod
John Hay
Manufacturer: DoubleDay
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Natural History | Nature & Ecology | Science | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0006AX1AK

Average customer rating:

Nature s Year: the Seasons of Cape Cod
John Hay
Manufacturer: Ballantine
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000MPNSDE

Book Description

Disney's Magic Kingdom isn't the only magical place in Florida. America's Sunshine State offers mountain bikers a fantasyland of off-road trails, and Mountain Bike! Florida will help you discover its most unforgettable rides.

Newly revised, this guide provides detailed information on over 80 trails in the Panhandle, the Big Bend area, the Suwannee River area, Jacksonville and Gainesville, Central Florida, Southeast Florida, and the Southern Gulf. From the Alabama-Florida border to sunny Key West, Florida's diverse collection of trails offers rides for bikers of all abilities. From flat, paved service roads to twisting single-track, if it's good riding, it's profiled here. Each route profile features at-a-glance key information, a thorough ride description, a detailed trail map, helpful sources of information, proximity of important services, valuable commentary on elevation changes and possible hazards and a rescue index. This guide also features interesting and entertaining photographs, vivid descriptions of the native flora and fauna, a glossary of mountain biking terms, tips on mountain biking etiquette, and ride recommendations for special interest groups.

Customer Reviews:

Mountain Bike! Florida, 2nd: A Guide to the Classic Trails.......2005-10-12

The problem with the book is that there are not many great mountain bike trails in Florida and the few which are available are spread across the state. If you are a frequent mountain biker with intermediate skills you will get to know about the right trails in the bike shops and online.

Good but not as thourough as could be..........2003-01-07

This book covers most of the popular trails in my area (panhandle) with detailed information about each. I especially like the authors descpritions on his personal rides. I do have one complaint however. The author gives general info about rescue and local services, but leaves out specifics like local bike shops, hotels, maybe even restaraunts. It would be nice to have this type of info if you are planning on traveling some distance to one of the listed trails so that you could plan accordingly. Otherwise a great book and an interesting read for early evenings when you can't actually be out on a trail tearing across a single-track.

Good book on trails in Florida.......2001-05-19

This book is a good beginners guide to mountain biking in Florida. The book is divided into sections of the state which make it easy if you are just looking for a place to ride close to home. Also included is a map of the state with ride location marked on it. There is also another helpful section which lists the trails according to type, for example, beginners, advanced, family, scenic, etc. Each trail has a sketched map layout of the trail along with information on the general location, elevation change, aerobic and technical difficulty, scenery, hazards, services along the way, rescue index, and how to find them.

If you live in Florida, it isn't difficult to find the trails. If you are not a resident, a regular map of Florida and the author's directions should point you in the right direction. To find the trails in the parks, most state parks and trails have maps of the park at the ranger stations. Since the book is about the trails themselves, you will not find information about hotels in the area or where the local bike shop is. However, if the trail is in a park and camping is allowed or, as in the case of the Pinellas Trail, the trail has places to eat, shop, and stay over night along it, the author has noted this.

The only thing we noticed was that the author didn't seem to be from Florida. For example, in a park in our area, he talked about how he biked late at night and regretted doing so. Every Floridian knows better than to brave the bugs & the wildlife at night in a state park on a bike so to us this information was more humorous than helpful:) Otherwise, a good book if you are looking for some ideas on where to ride.

more on the trails, not the writers view........1998-08-24

not to bad. directions could be better. missing a lot trails. where is the nearest bike shop, store, lodging? maybe I should write a book? .... I am.

Larry Wolfe

Book Description

Jeff Greene was only seven when Melody, his mother, left him with his reserved, undemonstrative father, the Professor. So when she reenters his life years later with an invitation to spend the summer with her in Charleston, Jeff is captivated by her free spirit and warmth, and he eagerly looks forward to returning for another visit the following year.

But Jeff's second summer in Charleston ends with a devastating betrayal, and he returns to his father wounded almost beyond bearing. But out of Jeff's pain grows a deepening awareness of the unexpected and complicated ways of love and loss and of family and friendship -- and the strength to understand his father, his mother, and especially himself.

A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION CHILDREN'S NOTABLE BOOK

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST BOOK FOR YOUNG ADULTS

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION BEST OF THE BEST FOR YOUNG ADULTS

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION TEACHERS' CHOICE

INTERNATIONAL READING ASSOCIATION YOUNG ADULT CHOICE

BOOKLIST EDITORS' CHOICE

Download Description

No man is an island, but Jeff Green is trying to be one. He changed after his mother moved out. It was better that way--better not to feel, better not to care. Then, years later, Jeff's mother invited him to visit her. She seemed so warm and caring that he started to open up, to trust. He'd forgotten about the pain, but now he can't remember anything else.

Customer Reviews:

Putting a new face on solitude..........2006-12-12

When he was in the first grade, Jeff Greene's mother Melody abruptly walked out of his life. The last thing she told him was that his father was a difficult man, and that he must do everything in his power not to disturb or upset him.

Little Jeff took his mother's words seriously. As he grew, Jeff became increasingly distant from his father, never even calling him "Dad" but "Professor," just like his students. Quiet Jeff struggled to maintain a perfect home, to take care of himself and blend into the background of his father's life, so that the Professor would be happy and not leave like Melody.

Even after Melody abandoned them, Jeff continued to idealize her. As an adolescent, she invites him to visit her down south, and Jeff is elated. He views his long-absent mother as something of an angel, perfect and wondrous. Happy to simply be in her company, Jeff never considers her ability to hurt him.

When Jeff returns home, nothing is the same. Outwardly, he continues as he did, but on the inside, Melody has damaged his soul beyond repair. Jeff loses control, entering a personal downward spiral he can't seem to stop. It's then that the Professor realizes it's high time he stepped up to the role of father, and let his son know just what he means to him...

good book.......2005-10-30

Poor Jeff Greene. He's saddled with a flighty, mercurial mother who leaves him at age seven and vacillates from intense neediness to indifference. His father, called the Professor, is also distant and unavailable. Eventually, however, he reaches out and makes a genuine connection with his son, unlike the perpetually unlikable mother who's only there when it's convenient for her.

The problem was this book was that it was a little too quiet. Jeff holds everything inside and he doesn't really get passionate about anything, although he has unique interests. His confrontations with his mother ring true, however, and so do his relationships with the Tillermans.

dramatic heart lifter.......2005-05-09

At only the age of seven years,Jeff Greene finds a note on the counter in his mothers scrawl revealing that she had left him with his father, The Professor. After years of feeling alone he receives a message from melody(his mom)saying that she wanted him to come visit her in charleston for the summer. By fall he has returned and writes her every month only to find the mail box empty every time he checks until summer comes along again, and he has an oppertunity to visit her once more...but something is different about her...or was he just under an illusion on they're first encounter. This book was the best book i have ever laid eyes on. Read this sad, suspenseful novel. I promise you won't be able to put it down!

A great book.......2005-04-07

I just read this book for the first time in several years, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Everyone else has already given a basic summary of its plot, so I won't try for that. However, I greatly appreciated this book.

My favorite part of "Solitary Blue" was the character development. I loved watching Jeff grow and change throughout the book, from what he described as a ghost, even in his own life, to someone actively involved in the world, making friends and finding things that he loved to do. I ached for him when his mother broke his heart and he thought it was his fault, got angry at himself for being so fragile and easy to break, and determined not to be that fragile again (I wanted to shake him and say, "You're SUPPOSED to be easy to break at 12 years old! That's because you're supposed to be able to TRUST your parents to protect and watch over you."). I also enjoyed watching his father grow and develop as a character. At the beginning he came across as almost completely unaware of Jeff, as well as unable to care for him at all. However, as the story progressed he began to open up, to care for his son, and to reach out to him. I was glad to see that it wasn't too late, that despite all of his hurt Jeff was still able to respond to his father and develop that relationship.

His mother, on the other hand, was something else. One of the strong points of this book was that it got me involved enough to feel passionately angry at Melody for her treatment of her son. Perhaps because I have feminist do-gooder tendencies like the ones she claimed, I had no patience for her constant desire to hide behind her beliefs. I'm sorry, it doesn't matter how much good you want to do the world; you don't abandon your child(ren) to do so (if it was so important to her that Jeff learn about social justice issues, why not take him with her?). You don't send them off on a 16 hr. bus ride with no money or food. You don't use and manipulate the people around you for the "greater good of society". All in all, I was thoroughly disgusted with her. In a weird way, that speaks to the strength of the book; I don't generally get so angry with a book character, and the fact that I did means that Voigt knew what she was doing.

As I mentioned, this is a good book and worth reading. It may be for slightly more mature tastes, however; I remember that I thought it rather boring the first time I read it years ago.

Short but sweet.......2004-12-15

I pretty much enjoyed the whole book. The way Voigt made me feel like I was actually in the book was overwhelming. I was hooked to the book and I was even more hooked to the characters. I felt really sorry for Jeff...at one point I even cried. I really sympathized with him when his mother told him off, that's when I pretty much realized he didn't have a mother or a father that he could count on. I would definately recommend this book to teenagers my age(15)! Even though I had to read this book for school, I surprisingly enjoyed it...and I think you will too!

Neil Diamond Hot August Night - 22 Songs 1972

Average customer rating:

Neil Diamond Hot August Night - 22 Songs 1972

Manufacturer: CHARLES HANSEN
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000F2MVJQ

Product Description

9X11 1972 PRINTED MUSIC SONGBOOK, 22 HITS, SOLITARY MAN, SWEET CAROLINE, SHILO, PLAY ME, I AM I SAID, HOLLY HOLY, ETC,

New Mystery:Solitary Journey/Tattoo Blue/A Man of Honor/The Sister/My Obit Habit (Volume 2, Number 2)

Average customer rating:

New Mystery:Solitary Journey/Tattoo Blue/A Man of Honor/The Sister/My Obit Habit (Volume 2, Number 2)
New Mystery Magazine
Manufacturer: Eastern News
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000X2EZBA

Newbery Honor Set (Homesick, Hope Was Here, Gone-Away Lake, A Solitary Blue)

Average customer rating:

Newbery Honor Set (Homesick, Hope Was Here, Gone-Away Lake, A Solitary Blue)
Joan Bauer, Elizabeth Enright, Cynthia Voigt Jean Fritz
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VS8KAI

Sherlock Holmes: Blue Carbuncle/Yatsley Case/Norwood Builder/Solitary Bicyclist

Average customer rating:

Sherlock Holmes: Blue Carbuncle/Yatsley Case/Norwood Builder/Solitary Bicyclist
Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle
Manufacturer: Soundelux Audio Pub
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

General | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books
ASIN: 1559351136

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle and the Yoxley Case/the Norwood Builder and the Solitary Bicyclist/the Final Problem and a Case of Identity/the

Average customer rating:

Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle and the Yoxley Case/the Norwood Builder and the Solitary Bicyclist/the Final Problem and a Case of Identity/the
Arthur Conan Doyle
Manufacturer: Soundelux Audio Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette

Radio Shows | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books

General | Books on Cassette | Audiobooks | Formats | Books

General Broadcasting | Radio | Entertainment | Subjects | Books

General | Mystery | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books

Sherlock Holmes | Mystery | Mystery & Thrillers | Subjects | Books

Average customer rating:

A Solitary Blue
Cynthia Voigt
Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000Q6QO1C

Average customer rating:

Solitary Blue

ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Audio Cassette
ASIN: 0788719106

A Solitary Blue (The Tillerman Series #3)

Average customer rating:

A Solitary Blue (The Tillerman Series #3)
Cynthia Voight
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000R9SEI4

Product Description

Book Three of the Tillerman Series, Jeff was abandoned by his mother, and grows up with his old father whom he knows only as "the Professor", but when Melody comes into his life, his world is alight with happiness. A lyrical story of lonliness and family relationships.

An account of the coal bank disaster at Blue Rock, Ohio: In which four men were buried beneath the hill for two weeks : together with their own account ... experienced in their solitary confinement

Average customer rating:

An account of the coal bank disaster at Blue Rock, Ohio: In which four men were buried beneath the hill for two weeks : together with their own account ... experienced in their solitary confinement
Edward Savage
Manufacturer: Advance Print
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Book Description

Although there are many books written on the principles and methods of experimentation, few are written in a succinct, comprehensive outline format. The Concise Handbook of Experimental Methods for the Behavioral and Biological Sciences is based on a popular course taught by the author for more than two decades to assist advanced undergraduate and graduate students in understanding and applying the principles and methods of experimentation. The handbook is organized into three parts. Part One covers the philosophy of science, forms of scientific research, steps of the scientific method, variables in research designs, and the initial and final phases of research. Part Two discusses research ethics and experimental control. Part Three surveys experimental design, sampling and generalization, and hypothesis testing and statistical significance. The handbook's illustrations, extensive appendices, and detailed index allow you to acquire the techniques necessary to conduct, interpret, and evaluate research and then clearly communicate those findings. The Concise Handbook of Experimental Methods for the Behavioral and Biological Sciences eliminates the need for wading through unnecessary details to find what you need, making it a handy resource for reference and review.

Book Description

Recently there have been many developments and new applications of mathematical techniques for describing complex algebraic functions and analysing empirical continuous data derived from many different types of signal, for example turbulent flowa, oil well logs, electrical signals from the eye etc. Probably the most important and rapidly developing of these techniques involve Fourier methods, fractals and wavelets. This international conference on these developments provides a useful introduction to the mathematics of wavelets, fractals, and Fourier Transforms, and to their many applications. Readers will appreciate that the different methods of analysis expose very different aspects of complex signals and surfaces and that the most suitable method often depends on the application under consideration.

Book Description

Other volumes in this set include ISBN number(s): 0766134229, 0766134245.The most famous work of the great English traveler and author, a translation of the Thousand and One Nights. With introduction, explanatory notes on the manners and customs of Moslem men and a terminal essay upon the history of The Nights. This book is as beautifully illustrated as any you will find. Number two of seventeen.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books