ISBN
9781615199433
Format
Books
Books
Subject-Genre
2023
Summary
"An eye-opening adventure into the secret language of trees, unveiling clues hidden in branches, roots, leaves, and more"--
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The art of reading trees: an introduction -- The magic isn't in the name -- A tree is a map -- The shapes we see -- The missing branches -- Wind footprints -- The trunk -- Stump compasses and cake slices -- The roots -- How to see a tree: an interlude -- Shape-shifting leaves -- Bark signs -- The hidden seasons -- Lost maps and tree secrets - The messages: an epilogue -- Appendix: Tree family identification.
ISBN
9780375869570
Format
Books
Books
2013
Publisher
Random House,
Summary
"A trip underground in the Thinga-ma-jigger is undertaken, and sure enough, the maple tree needs water (which Things One and Two procure in ridiculous overabundance) and sun (which the Cat suppliments with a Brighta-ma-lighter). But as for getting syrup from the young sapling? That will take some 40 years! Written specifically for children learing how to read with help, this Step into Reading book is based on an episode of the PBS Kids preschool science show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! It is perfect for springtime reading, Earth and Arbor Day celebrations, and yes—even pancake breakfasts!" -- From Amazon.ca.
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ISBN
9781039000520
Format
Books
Books
Subject-Genre
2021
Summary
The first new work of fiction since 2013, from one of Canada's most successful, idiosyncratic and world-defining writers, Douglas Coupland. He's called it Binge because it's impossible to read just one. Imagine feeling 100% alive every moment of every moment of the day! Maybe that's how animals live. Or trees, even. I sometimes stare at the plastic bag tree visible from my apartment window and marvel that both it and I are equally alive and that there's no sliding scale of life. You're either alive, or you're not. Or you're dead or you're not. Thirty years after Douglas Coupland broke the fiction mould and defined a generation with Generation X: Tales for an Accelarated Culture, he is back with Binge, 61 stories laced with his observational profundity about the way we live and his existential worry about how we should be living: the very things that have made him such an influential and bestselling writer. Not to mention that he can also be really funny. Here the narrators vary from story to story as Doug catches what he calls "the voice of the people," inspired by the way people write about themselves and their experiences in online forums. The characters, of course, are Doug's own: crackpots, cranks and sweetie-pies. People in the grip of unconscionable urges; lonely people; dying people; silly people. If you love Doug's fiction, this collection is like rain on the desert.
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