Customer Reviews:
Definition of "Nature essay".......2006-09-29
A re-count of the author's (with his wife) journey from Florida to Maine following the onset of Spring. Engaging, to say the least. The author exhibits his knowledge of a variety of species, accounts for their presence or absence in a given location, and writes about his experiences along the way.
Entertaining and filled with lists of species, he successfully captures the reader and brings them along with him. From start to finish, it exemplifies what a "nature essay" should be.
"If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.".......2005-03-28
The naturalist Edwin Way Teale wrote four books about his and his wife's 100,000-mile journey that crisscrossed America and its seasons: "North With the Spring" (1951); "Autumn Across America" (1956); "Journey into Summer" (1960); and "Wandering Through Winter" (1965). In nearly 1400 pages this quartet of books takes the reader off the beaten paths and onto a grand tour of the natural history of this country. The only other books I know of that are remotely similar to these are John McPhee's geological grand tour of the 40th Parallel, "Annals of the Former World" (formerly published as a four-volume set).
If Annie Dillard had abandoned Tinker's Creek and taken a pilgrimage across America, she might have written books comparable to Teale's opus magnus.
The author and his wife, Nellie are the grandparents everyone should have, pottering about the country, writing reams of lucid prose about their adventures. Teale's warmth and breadth of interests sustain our attention through the beginning of their journey in south Florida, then northward from the Everglades where the orange and tangerine harvests were nearing their end. The Teales found themselves following the strawberry harvest and great migrations of birds north all the way to New England. The pace might seem a bit stately to some readers, but Nature is stately. This is a trait that ought to belong to naturalists. It is the antithesis of the TV generation's notoriously short attention span.
Nellie and Edwin linger not only in Trillium-covered glens, seashell islands, and flatlands where "pitcher plants by the thousands, sundews in vast numbers, butterworts and their blue spring flowers" bloom. They also spend part of their journey in the Poisoned Hills of Tennessee, in the Ducktown Desert of the Copper Basin. "All the hills were pleasant here less than a hundred years ago. What had happened? What had left these slopes around us sterile and lifeless?"
Until about 1840, Cherokee Indians had occupied the forested hills. Then the Indians were herded west by General Winfield Scott and white settlers moved in. They discovered copper, cut down the forests to roast the oar, and sent clouds of sulphur-dioxide spreading over the hills. Year by year the acidity of the soil increased until nothing would grow. "Left behind like a red flayed carcass, were the raw hills of sterile undersoil."
In spite of the beauties in this book--the miles of migrating warblers, the flight-songs of the yellow-throat, trips on mud-boats through Louisiana swamps, and patches of brilliant hawkweed and robin's plantain--this book does not ignore the damage that we have inflicted on our land. These are the hardest chapters to read, but they must be read.
Teale's black-and-white photographs form a meticulous record of their journey through an American spring, including violets, baby cottontail rabbits. and the author amidst a flock of ring-billed gulls at the beginning of his journey. It is easy to fall in love with these books, and the couple who lived each chapter. I read them over and over again.
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Spring bird-watching journey.......2007-05-22
This book relates the adventures, bird-watching and otherwise of Edwin Teale and his wife on a car trip they took up the East Coast of the US from Florida to Maine about 1950. They left their home on Long Island on February 14 and headed south to catch the first spring migrating birds leaving the Everglades. Over the next four months, they traveled 17,000 miles, chasing birds, visiting old friends and making new friends. Along the way, they observed a wide variety of seasonal phenomena, from bird migrations to spring blooms.
"Spring is when Life's alive in everything".......2005-02-27
The naturalist Edwin Way Teale wrote four books about his and his wife's 100,000-mile journey that crisscrossed America and its seasons: "North With the Spring" (1951); "Autumn Across America" (1956); "Journey into Summer" (1960); and "Wandering Through Winter" (1965). In nearly 1400 pages this quartet of books takes the reader off the beaten paths and onto a grand tour of the natural history of this country. The only other books I know of that are remotely similar to these are John McPhee's geological grand tour of the 40th Parallel, "Annals of the Former World" (formerly published as a four-volume set).
If Annie Dillard had abandoned Tinker's Creek and taken a pilgrimage across America, she might have written books comparable to Teale's opus magnus.
The author and his wife, Nellie are the grandparents everyone should have, pottering about the country, writing reams of lucid prose about their adventures. Teale's warmth and breadth of interests sustain our attention through the beginning of their journey in south Florida, then northward from the Everglades where the orange and tangerine harvests were nearing their end. The Teales found themselves following the strawberry harvest and great migrations of birds north all the way to New England. The pace might seem a bit stately to some readers, but Nature is stately. This is a trait that ought to belong to naturalists. It is the antithesis of the TV generation's notoriously short attention span.
Nellie and Edwin linger not only in Trillium-covered glens, seashell islands, and flatlands where "pitcher plants by the thousands, sundews in vast numbers, butterworts and their blue spring flowers" bloom. They also spend part of their journey in the Poisoned Hills of Tennessee, in the Ducktown Desert of the Copper Basin. "All the hills were pleasant here less than a hundred years ago. What had happened? What had left these slopes around us sterile and lifeless?"
Until about 1840, Cherokee Indians had occupied the forested hills. Then the Indians were herded west by General Winfield Scott and white settlers moved in. They discovered copper, cut down the forests to roast the ore, and sent clouds of sulphur-dioxide spreading over the hills. Year by year the acidity of the soil increased until nothing would grow. "Left behind like a red flayed carcass, were the raw hills of sterile undersoil."
In spite of the beauties in this book--the miles of migrating warblers, the flight-songs of the yellow-throat, trips on mud-boats through Louisiana swamps, and patches of brilliant hawkweed and robin's plantain--this book does not ignore the damage that we have inflicted on our land. These are the hardest chapters to read, but they must be read.
Teale's black-and-white photographs form a meticulous record of their journey through an American spring, including violets, baby cottontail rabbits. and the author amidst a flock of ring-billed gulls at the beginning of his journey. It is easy to fall in love with these books, and the couple who lived each chapter. I read them over and over again.
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Some day I would like to retrace Teale's journey.......2007-03-03
The naturalist Edwin Way Teale wrote four books about his and his wife's 100,000-mile journey that crisscrossed America and its seasons: "North With the Spring" (1951); "Autumn Across America" (1956); "Journey into Summer" (1960); and "Wandering Through Winter" (1965). In nearly 1400 pages this quartet of books takes the reader off the beaten paths and onto a grand tour of the natural history of this country. The only other books I know of that are remotely similar to these are John McPhee's geological grand tour of the 40th Parallel, "Annals of the Former World" (formerly published as a four-volume set).
If Annie Dillard had abandoned Tinker's Creek and taken a pilgrimage across America, she might have written books comparable to Teale's opus magnus.
The author and his wife, Nellie are the grandparents everyone should have, pottering about the country, writing reams of lucid prose about their adventures. Teale's warmth and breadth of interests sustain our attention through the beginning of their journey in south Florida, then northward from the Everglades where the orange and tangerine harvests were nearing their end. The Teales found themselves following the strawberry harvest and great migrations of birds north all the way to New England. The pace might seem a bit stately to some readers, but Nature is stately. This is a trait that ought to belong to naturalists. It is the antithesis of the blogosphere's inhabitants' notoriously short attention span and concentration on the unreal.
Nellie and Edwin linger not only in Trillium-covered glens, seashell islands, and flatlands where "pitcher plants by the thousands, sundews in vast numbers, butterworts and their blue spring flowers" bloom. They also spend part of their journey in the Poisoned Hills of Tennessee, in the Ducktown Desert of the Copper Basin. "All the hills were pleasant here less than a hundred years ago. What had happened? What had left these slopes around us sterile and lifeless?"
Until about 1840, Cherokee Indians had occupied the forested hills. Then the Indians were herded west by General Winfield Scott and white settlers moved in. They discovered copper, cut down the forests to roast the oar, and sent clouds of sulphur-dioxide spreading over the hills. Year by year the acidity of the soil increased until nothing would grow. "Left behind like a red flayed carcass, were the raw hills of sterile undersoil."
In spite of the beauties in this book--the miles of migrating warblers, the flight-songs of the yellow-throat, trips on mud-boats through Louisiana swamps, and patches of brilliant hawkweed and robin's plantain--this book does not ignore the damage that we have inflicted on our land. These are the hardest chapters to read, but they must be read.
Teale's black-and-white photographs form a meticulous record of their journey through an American spring, including violets, baby cottontail rabbits. and the author amidst a flock of ring-billed gulls at the beginning of his journey. It is easy to fall in love with these books, and the couple who lived each chapter. I read them over and over again, and some day I would like to retrace this great naturalist's journey through our country.
Customer Reviews:
America through the eyes of a naturalist.......2006-11-10
The naturalist Edwin Way Teale wrote four books about his and his wife's 100,000-mile journey that crisscrossed America and its seasons: "North With the Spring" (1951); "Autumn Across America" (1956); "Journey into Summer" (1960); and "Wandering Through Winter" (1965). In nearly 1400 pages this quartet of books takes the reader off the beaten paths and onto a grand tour of the natural history of this country. The only other books I know of that are remotely similar to these are John McPhee's geological grand tour of the 40th Parallel, "Annals of the Former World" (formerly published as a four-volume set).
If Annie Dillard had abandoned Tinker's Creek and taken a pilgrimage across America, she might have written books comparable to Teale's opus magnus.
The author and his wife, Nellie are the grandparents everyone should have, pottering about the country, writing reams of lucid prose about their adventures. Teale's warmth and breadth of interests sustain our attention through the beginning of their journey in south Florida, then northward from the Everglades where the orange and tangerine harvests were nearing their end. The Teales found themselves following the strawberry harvest and great migrations of birds north all the way to New England. The pace might seem a bit stately to some readers, but Nature is stately. This is a trait that ought to belong to naturalists. It is the antithesis of the TV generation's notoriously short attention span.
Nellie and Edwin linger not only in Trillium-covered glens, seashell islands, and flatlands where "pitcher plants by the thousands, sundews in vast numbers, butterworts and their blue spring flowers" bloom. They also spend part of their journey in the Poisoned Hills of Tennessee, in the Ducktown Desert of the Copper Basin. "All the hills were pleasant here less than a hundred years ago. What had happened? What had left these slopes around us sterile and lifeless?"
Until about 1840, Cherokee Indians had occupied the forested hills. Then the Indians were herded west by General Winfield Scott and white settlers moved in. They discovered copper, cut down the forests to roast the ore, and sent clouds of sulphur-dioxide spreading over the hills. Year by year the acidity of the soil increased until nothing would grow. "Left behind like a red flayed carcass, were the raw hills of sterile undersoil."
In spite of the beauties in this book--the miles of migrating warblers, the flight-songs of the yellow-throat, trips on mud-boats through Louisiana swamps, and patches of brilliant hawkweed and robin's plantain--this book does not ignore the damage that we have inflicted on our land. These are the hardest chapters to read, but they must be read.
Teale's black-and-white photographs form a meticulous record of their journey through an American spring, including violets, baby cottontail rabbits. and the author amidst a flock of ring-billed gulls at the beginning of his journey. It is easy to fall in love with these books, and the couple who lived each chapter. I read them over and over again.
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The most most detailed, most current and best selling surf guide to Costa Rica. Features over 80 breaks on both coasts and over 100 hotels nearest the breaks. Includes a helpful tips section including what to pack and how to pack surfboards. Many maps and helpful driving directions. Not a coffee table picture book or pocket guide. This is a comprehensive, down-and-dirty, backpack ready surf guide.
Customer Reviews:
Necessary for any surfer going to Costa Rica.......2007-08-31
This book was a lifesaver. You gotta read it BEFORE you go out, because at one spot we hit, turned out to be alligator infested.
But this book is essential and tells spots that would normally be a mystery. Breaks on and off the beaten path.
Nothing New!!.......2007-04-02
I am returning to costa rica for the third time, and bought this book thinking there would be some deep researched information that may reveal hidden secrets that I had not yet explored. I was wrong. The book provides little information that a travelling surfer (one that really surfs) doesn't already know, or really needs. If you like for your entire trip to be scheduled before hand this book will provide you the information to do so. Good only for the first time surfer Costa Traveller without an internet connection or hasn't discovered google.
Best surf guide I've seen but still...........2007-01-09
All and all this is a decent guidebook. It gives you a breakdown of a lot of surfspots in Costa Rica. However, the information is a little outdated. The names of many hotels/restaurants/hostels, changed many years ago and this hasn't been reflected in the guide. Further, the author seems to mainly list the more upscale establishments. I personally am a shoestring budget surfer, so I didn't find his hotel reccommendations that useful since they seem to mostly be in the upper price range. I also found that many of the spots he claims will be uncrowded, are absolutely packed (Ostional). His information regarding spot specifics is also a bit weak. He usually states something like "Works best on Low tide/High tide", but I didn't find these tips to be true as it is very much dependent on the swell direction and how the sand banks formed this year.
Overall I reccommend it, but when in Costa Rica it is best to ask people there for information rather than relying on the book.
The Surfer's Guide to Costa Rica by Mike Parise.......2006-03-26
Simpy a must have for anyone traveling to Costa Rica. Don't think too much about it, it would be foolish not to buy. It will definitly pay for itself many times over.
A board, towel and this book.......2005-12-14
are the only things you need for Costa Rica. I saw this on Cutback.com, bought it and it told me everything I needed to know.
Awesome!
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The Surfer's Guide to Costa Rica
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This little gem of a book has become legendary among hard-core Costa Rica surfers as being THE definitive guide on where to go, where to stay, and most importantly, WHERE TO SURF! In addition to easy to read maps on how to reach the surf, this book describes in wonderful detail road conditions, exchange rates, rent-a-car rates, hotel rates, seasons, swell direction, type of wave to expect, crowd conditions, etc. I've been to Costa Rica three time
The only guidebook that shows you where to surf and where to stay.
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* Handy hotel tables--Makes finding the right accommodations a snap
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* A convenient, consolidated, comprehensive resource--The Internet is great when you're sitting at your desk, but are you going to carry your computer and log on to the Internet from a cabina in a tropical rainforest? Have you ever tried indexing all those pages you've printed out? This guide is ready to travel, just shove it in your knapsack and go.
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- Excitement + Suspense Collide In 'Flee'
- OMG drop dead suspencefull
- I fled from some storylines in this book but others weregrea
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Book Description
They say that old habits die hard. I have to agree. Just look at my father. He still hasn't kicked the habit of abandoning me. But that's all right.
Because if he can run...so can I.
Customer Reviews:
Excitement + Suspense Collide In 'Flee'.......2005-10-13
Gaia knows how the old saying goes. "Old habits die hard." Which is why she's following in her father's footsteps, and abandoning all those around her. Everyone who loves her, included. After all, things with her and Sam are totally screwed up. He's acting like a crazy maniac, and always looks as if he hasn't slept in weeks. And now that Ed is up walking - or, rather, hobbling - around, there are new feelings coming into play. Feelings that didn't exist for Gaia until now. And while Gaia feels that her father has abandoned her for the umpteenth time, she's having reservations about moving in with her Uncle Oliver (Loki), even though he seems like he only wants what's best for her. But Mrs. Moss wants to protect her too. Now Gaia must make the ultimate decision, live in a home with Mrs. Moss where she is showered with gifts, and has a mother-type figure to watch out for her; or move in with Uncle Oliver, someone who holds the title as a real relative to her, but whom she hardly knows.
When I first began reading the FEARLESS series, I felt that the storylines were repetitive in each installment. However, as I got farther and farther into the series, I could see the excitement and suspense building up, and that is exactly what shined through in FLEE. As always, Gaia's kick-behind attitude was in gear and ready to roll. However, it didn't come out as much as in previous books. FLEE deals more with the relationships evolving between Sam and Gaia; Gaia and Mrs. Moss; Ed and Gaia; and Gaia and Uncle Oliver (Loki). It also goes into great depth following Gaia's father, Tom, as he traipses all over Europe, trying to uncover Loki's newest secret, one that will shock all readers. Filled with exciting chase scenes - on foot, of course - as well as interesting gunfights, and technological warfare, FLEE is an amazing addition to the series, and sets the pace for the next book in the series, LOVE.
Erika Sorocco
Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
OMG drop dead suspencefull.......2004-03-15
omg this one made me cry. i only remember that sam and gaia are in a fight. then loki kidnaps sam, and makes him go to gaia and tell her loki wants her back with him. so sam goes to gaia in a resteraunt and tells her what loki wants. but then he breaks down and tells her that "they" are bad news and all that jazz. and he takes her out of the reasteraunt threough the kitches b/c he is being followed by loki and josh and 2 guys. so he tells her she has to run and leave and he will find her. then they kiss. and every thing is peechie keen between the. so she runs out and guess who apears... loki and josh and the 2 guys. and theyr asking him these questions... bla bla bla. and then loki and teh 2 guys leave and josh is like 'nice working with you sammie.' and sam run and he was thinking about gaia and he was so happy he helped her and they were gonna be togeather again. but then he felt something in his back and he stopped running b/ c he couldnt run anymore. he thought that josh ran after him and punched him in the back but when he looked down and saw blood on his shirt. and then he started to think of gaia and all the things he didnt do yet. then there was another punch in his back and he like passed out. and died. IT MADE ME CRY! i thought that was horrible! i loved Sam. he was a sweetie. and he had to die. I really loved him. :*(
I fled from some storylines in this book but others weregrea.......2003-03-26
I'm on book #26 right now (which is great!) but I skipped some of the books in the teens because the storylines seemed slow moving as mud. This book I bought a few days ago because I was desperate for any book in the series to read until Shock comes out. I am not so glad I did. I ended up skipping the Sam and Tom parts because I really didn't think they were that interesting and instead read the Heather, Ed, and Gaia parts (my three favorite characters. T. is added to that list when she appears in later books). So there I was reading an exciting Gaia part then BAM! it would be sniveling Sam being bullied by Mr. Psycho Josh and torturing himself again and again and again that he can't tell Gaia that he's a pawn used by Loki and his gang. Yawn. Still, the 100 or so pages I did read were great with Ed getting closer to mustering his courage and telling Gaia his true feelings. Let me say, the books after this get better and better,imo.
Hahaha.......2002-12-18
ok, i have not actually READ this book yet, so to speak. but i am OBSESSED with the fearless series, and my friend has pretty much told me everything that happens in this book...lol. neway, it sounds really awesome and i can't wait to buy it. also, the end is VERY interesting. it has A LOT to do with Sam, and when i heard wat happened i started laffing, becuz i dont like him very much (Ed is better lol). i now need this book very badly becuz i want to read wat happens to him!lol. neways, i just have to say HAHA about Sam. im goig to stop now, since im acting like an insane person! ok, well, i wrote this cuz i was bored, um BYE!
one of the best so far.......2002-10-30
this series had started to get real boring. pascal proves in this
book why most of us are so hooked to this series and most of us are not even teenagers. this book deals with gaia trying to sort
out the truth between her father and her uncle, which both are saying they have her best interest at heart and that the other
twin is the evil loki. the book ends with lots of love and sacrifice and it is extremely well written. if you are coming late to the series as i am, pick up the next couple of numbers
because there is nothing more irritating than finishing a book
at 2 in the morning and having to wait until 10am the next day
to go to the bookstore and get the next issue.
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- Principles of Neural Science
- Reef Fish Identification: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
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