A BATTLE WITH THE BEES
Getting up early to pollinate the flowers before the bees get to them. With summer weather finally putting in an appearance the annual battle of bees has begun. The Lewisias are in full bloom and that means pollen for me and pollen and nectar for ... [... more]
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Ernst Junger
In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst Jünger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a brilliant businessman, has turned his advanced understanding of technology and his strategic command of the information and ... [... more]
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Holly Meade
From the bull to the barn cat to the wild bunny, the farmyard bustles with life. The rooster crows, the rams clash, the bees buzz, and over... HOP! The nonstop antics of five baby bunnies have them bumping, tumbling, zigging, zagging, wiggling, ... [... more]
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Louise Bogan
In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst Jünger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a brilliant businessman, has turned his advanced understanding of technology and his strategic command of the information and ... [... more]
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Bruce Sterling
Bruce Sterling is the author of ten novels, three of which were selected as New York Times Notable Books of the Year. In The Glass Bees the celebrated German writer Ernst Jünger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a ... [... more]
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Penguin Classics Fable Of The Bees
 Interesting: I first read an extract from this in second year English in university, and thought the author had some interesting ideas. Although the blurb casts the book as part of the great age of 17th-century English satire, it's more of a straight [... more]
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FABLE OF THE BEES 2 VOL CL SET, THE
Interesting: I first read an extract from this in second year English in university, and thought the author had some interesting ideas. Although the blurb casts the book as part of the great age of 17th-century English satire, it's more of a straight [... more]
CDN$36.47
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Free the Bees
Start: Uh-oh, a follow-up to a much-loved Britpop album. That can only spell "high expectations." And that's the major problem with "Free the Bees," an otherwise lovely sophomore album by the British pop band. They shift their sound a [... more]
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The Creaky Gardener Simplifies the Yard
Garden 'til you drop? Sure - as long as you can simplify the lanscape into something manageable. There are days, lately, when the sound of crackling in my joints drowns out the songs of the birds and the bees. I suppose I could buy them a pair of ... [... more]
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Spring Returns
Spring, and the earth is reborn. Summer came early this year, in fact on March 8 and 9. We broke all historical highs for these days with temperatures above 70°F. The bees were swarming on the crocuses that bloomed in the more sheltered ... [... more]
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The Boys and the Bees
Courtesy of Teens Read Too: Andy knows he is gay, but he cannot admit it, lest he condemn himself to life as a "faggot," making life at his Catholic school unbearable. "Please, God," he begs, "don't make me be a faggot. Fix me& [... more]
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The Keeper of the Bees
sadly dated: This 1925 novel does not hold up as well in the 21st century as do the author's others, such as "A Girl of the Limberlost" or "Michael O'Halloran," probably because she's delving into grown-up themes. The good side of the [... more]
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