Hot, thirsty range cattle led cowboys to a shady, spring-fed pond midway between the coastal and sierra foothills in Northern California. The area was referred to as "the Willows." I
The return of migrant birds from their wintering grounds in the tropics is one of the delights of America's spring, as anyone will testify whose heart has leapt in April or May at the first liquid son
In the Spring of 1984, the two authors gave a series of lectures in the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton. These lectures, which continued throughout the 1984-1985 academic year, are publish
With the transfer of German units to the Western front in spring of 1918, the position of the Central Powers on the Macedonian front worsened. Material became scarce and morale among the Bulgarians f
It's not quite like today's spring training: one might find a rookie ballplayer (nicknamed Hack) uprooting trees with his bare hands or a future president of the United States getting into a barroom b
In the spring of 1954, when her father announces that the family has a chance to immigrate to Canada, Theresa's life changes forever. She and her family are wartime refugees from Yugoslavia, so it sho
In spring 2008, over 6000 assembled in Chicago to hear a counter-revolutionary call. John Piper. Mary Kassian. Joni Eareckson Tada. Karen Loritts. Janet Parshall.
The Baron's cruel nephew Bang-Bang is trying to take over Wise-as-an-Owl's fresh water spring. To stop him, Tashi and his friends use clay and magic to make a golem who will give Bang-Bang a good scar
The new 2010 version of "Approved Document G" (sanitation, hot water safety and water efficiency) will be available in paper format in Spring 2010. The revised Part G features enhanced hot water safet
Libby and her brother have been fighting, but they find common ground while spending spring break with their grandparents near Santa Fe, New Mexico, participating in cultural events surrounding Easter
The best of times in every season are the ones spent with Mommy. Whether it's making sand castles during summer, sewing Halloween costumes in the fall, or splashing in puddles on a rainy spring day, t
"Children are sure to want to count these quirky frogs and to pore over the pages as they do. . . . Parenteau’s lyrical language is the icing on the cake." — KIRKUS REVIEWSOn a wet spring night, one
A lyrical tribute to the endangered Asiatic black bear follows a year in the life of one such bear in the wild, as she eats, plays, hibernates, and wakes up again in the spring.
Scholarship on Iraq under the Ba’th regime has traditionally focused on the rule of Saddam Hussein and his narrow inner circle. The centrality of the former president in Iraqi politics until spring 20
Volume 19 of the Revolutionary War Series documents Washington’s activities during the winter and early spring of 1779, when the bulk of his army was encamped at Middlebrook, New Jersey, strategically
Eat Your Yard! has information on 35 edible plants that offer the best of both landscape and culinary uses. Edible plants provide spring blossoms, colorful fruit and flowers, lush greenery, fall folia
In the spring of 1672, German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz arrived in Paris, home of France's two greatest philosopher-theologians of the period, Antoine Arnauld and Nicolas
When spring arrives, the ponies decide to make Ponyville look pretty while reusing things they already have, in a book where pictures replace some of the words.
The Man Whose Teeth Were All Exactly Alike was written by Philip K. Dick in the winter and spring of 1960, in Point Reyes Station, California. In the sequence of Dick’s work, it was written imm
Since his first appearance in Action Comics Number One, published in late spring of 1938, Superman has represented the essence of American heroism. “Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful
In the spring, a blue bird awakens a rabbit and invites him to play, and they enjoy every day together until it is time for the bird to fly south for the winter, with a promise to return again next sp
After moving from Chicago to Dallas in the spring of her sophomore year, Ella finds that joining the softball team at her private school not only helps her make friends, it also provides unexpected op
This timely analysis of today's economic realities relates the headlines to the long-term causes from which they spring. Why did we have a worldwide financial crisis in 2008? Is stimulus the answer,
11-minute set of saxophone quartet arrangements from Copland's film music to Our Town and the famous Simple Gifts section from the ballet Appalachian Spring. Our Town excerpt arrangements based on Co
A newcomer to town has secrets Fiona doesnt want revealed... Its the spring of 1898, and thousands of people, from all corners of the globe, are flooding into the Yukon Territory in the pursuit of gol
The Spotsylvania Campaign was a crucial period in the protracted confrontation between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee in spring 1864. Approaching the campaign from a variety of perspectives, the c
At the start, it all looked uphill… In Spring 2001, Tim Wambach stopped by a school district office on a whim and put in an application to be a substitute teacher – but that&
George Sipos hears the frog song at two in the morning and wonders if it is passion that drives it or the loneliness of spring. In another poem, the wet leaves of fall are described in language that c
Written by Robert Leckie, whose wartime exploits will be featured this spring in the upcoming Tom Hanks/Steven Spielberg HBO miniseries The Pacific, Strong Men Armed has been a perennial bestselling
More than 440,000 families have treasured The Little Big Book for Moms since it was published in the spring of 2000! This beloved classic's 10th anniversary edition features a fresh cover design, new
By the spring of 1947, less than two years after Nazi Germany’s defeat, some 250,000 Jewish refugees remained in the displaced persons camps of Germany, Italy, and Austria. Yet many Jews did not know
The secret world of insects revealed. Every fall, insects disappear. And every spring, they return. Where do they go? The dragonfly dies, leaving its young safe in the muddy bottom of a stream. The mo
Spring 1873: I arrived in Japan a virgin bride, heartsick and anxious beyond measure. Yet I embraced this perplexing world with my soul laid bare after uncovering an erotic, intoxicating power I har
