Inestimable Numbers of Monarchs Die in Mexico
Millions of Monarch butterflies froze to death in their overwintering grounds in Mexico during February, 2002 following an unusually severe winter storm. Links in this article will take you to several photographs where you will see massive piles ... [... more]
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Almost Home: A Story Based on the Life of the ...
 Mary Chilton is 'Almost Home': Mary Chilton is 13. She feels as if she doesn't belong anywhere. Though she likes it well enough in Holland, it isn't really home. Born in England, she and her family, along with many other 'separatist' families fled to [... more]
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Eight Below [Blu-ray]
Both heartbreaking and heartwarming -- and utterly superb: Eight Below is an absolutely fantastic film, but those who, like me, are hypersensitive animal lovers should know up front that this is a tear-jerker. You've got the veritable wringer going both [... more]
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Into the Volcano: A Volcano Researcher at Work
This student review appeared in:: This student review appeared in: Odyssey Adventures in Science-- May 2005 A Cobblestone Publication 30 Grove Street Suite C Peterborough, New Hampshire 03458 PAGE 48 DEPARTMENT: KIDS PICKS! REVIEW BY: SOPHIA LIEBENSON- [... more]
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Winterkill
From Amazon.com: Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett returns in this third adventure in C.J. Box's tough, tender, and engrossing series, which just keeps getting better. When a forest service supervisor is murdered right after a manic shooting spree that [... more]
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Great Shipwrecks of the Pacific Coast
Unto the dread sea: Shipwreck narratives have a long, glorious history in English and American literatures. Cultures that take to the sea understand implicitly its sudden, inscrutable danger and its lure. It is not a far leap at all from Ulysses' travels [... more]
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Dakota Home
From Amazon.com: New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber returns to Buffalo Valley, North Dakota, a close-knit farming community struggling to survive in an increasingly industrial world. "Never say die" is the motto for Buffalo [... more]
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By the Light of the Captured Moon
This book is a winner!: By the Light of the Captured Moon by Julian Scheer is a whimsical delight, with endearing illustrations by Ronald Himler. Yes, the language is somewhat sophisticated. But don't we want children to hear and enjoy more complex [... more]
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Dark Passion Play (Coll Ed)
Worst 2007 Rock/Metal album: First, here are the reasons why the album lost 4 stars in my rating: 1: Songs are too popish and the melodies are cheap 2: Overall the album is really too slow 3: The singing is horrible 4: It just dosen't sound as big as [... more]
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Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet
Beauty Is Just Skin Deep!: Agatha Raisin returns in the 2nd book in this cozy mystery series. Still living in a small village in the Cotswolds of England, Agatha tries to keep herself occupied and to catch James Lacey's attentions. When a handsome new [... more]
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Written in Bone
"Watching them all, warmly at ease with each other, I was suddenly acutely aware that I didn't belong.": Atmospheric and bleak and bathed in a single-mined authenticity, this fast-paced police procedural, the second for Simon Beckett and his [... more]
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My Winter Storm
Simply stunning...: After her split with Nightwish, Tarja is back on the scene with her own solo album, and what an album it is. The songs are more out-and-out classical than Nightwish's, with only a few making use of the "metal" sound. Each [... more]
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