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Vanishing

Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators

William Stolzenburg

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

An Important Book With Broad Implications
Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators, is a new and important contribution to conservation and ecology by William Stolzenburg (Bloomsbury, 2008) The author looks at cases, both experimental and real-life, ...

Push Not the River

James Conroyd Martin

St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

A Polish Love Story in the Time of King Stanislaw
This excellent novel, which gets its name from the Polish proverb "Push not the river; it will flow of its own accord", is the story of two cousins, both countesses, who are in love with the same untitled man in a period of eightieth century history, a time when ...

Vanishing Acts: A Novel

Jodi Picoult

Washington Square Press, 2005

Amazing
This is a great book, it is the kind of book you don't want to put down. I like how there are several turns in the book, just when you have made up your mind about a character something new comes along to give you a new perspectve.

Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape

Raja Shehadeh

Scribner, 2008

I am heading to Palestine!
I have just made arrangements to go to Palestine and experience walks in Palestine in the midst of a brutal occupation! This is how powerful this book!

Pure Sea Glass: Discovering Nature's Vanishing Gems

Richard LaMotte, Sally Lamotte Crane

Chesapeake Seaglass Pub., 2004

Highly recommended for sea glass lovers
I have recently became interested in sea glass after finding a few beautiful peices when I ordered this book. I was not dissappointed! This book is very informational and beautifully illustrated. I found a match for a peice I had found in the book, allowing me to ...

Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up

Jason Cheeseman-Meyer

Impact, 2007

Excellent book on Perspective
I'm an artist by hobby and have read 8 books on perspective but this one is exceptional. It's not just a book for comic artists but a great book for learning perspective. I was surprised when I received it. It covers topics that I have not seen covered in any other ...

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Maggie O'Farrell

Harcourt, 2007

Brilliantly written in a style that puts you inside Esme's character.
The story intrigued me from it's description. However, the writer's choice to style the narrative as she did, made me FEEL the characters, especially Esme Lennox.

Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood

Taras Grescoe

Bloomsbury USA, 2008

Intelligent as well as entertaining
BOTTOMFEEDER By Taras Grescoe I was really looking forward to reading this book and I was not disappointed. When it comes to eating seafood responsibly I have always felt at a loss for information. First of all I grew up in North Eastern Ohio and the only "local" ...

The Last Days of Old Beijing: Life in the Vanishing Backstreets of a City Transformed

Michael Meyer

Walker & Company, 2008

Learn about Beijing before it's forever changed
Michael Meyer has crafted an engaging, sometimes funny, sometimes sad account of his life in Beijing. The people, places and occurences draw you into everyday situations in Meyer's current life. The mix of historical references is just right for those without a ...

Vanishing America: The End of Main Street Diners, Drive-Ins, Donut Shops, and Other Everyday Monuments

Michael Eastman, William H. Gass

Rizzoli, 2008

Catch 'em while you can
The subtitle to this fascinating book is The End of Main Street and Michael Eastman has taken it upon himself to record as much of it as possible before progress or neglect flattens what's left. Flick through the pages and you'll see more than two hundred shots of ...

The 9/11 Mystery Plane: And The Vanishing of America
Mark H. Gaffney

Trine Day, 2008

Unlike other accounts of the historic attacks on 9/11, this discussion surveys the role of the world’s most advanced military command and control plane, the E-4B, in the day’s events and proposes that the horrific incidents were the work of a covert operation staged within elements of the U.S. military and the intelligence community. ...

Vanishing Act (Jane Whitfield Novel)

Thomas Perry

Fawcett, 1996

Thomas Perry does it again
Perry manages to continiue to surprise you in the different ways he has Jane do some very tricky things to keep her friend and herself alive. Jane uses all her innate wisdom and makes use of most of her contacts to make everything turn out for the best.

The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings

Jan Harold Brunvand

W. W. Norton & Company, 1989

Original Text for Urban Legends
Thanks to the work of Jan Brunvand, the term "urban legend" has become part of the English language lexicon. This is the first book that Brunvand wrote on urban legends, and it contains the classics. You can find out the scoop on rats in KFC, spiders in bananas, the ...

Light at the Edge of the World: A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures

Wade Davis

Douglas & McIntyre, 2007

Plants and people
Wade Davis' long career among isolated peoples and cultures has given him an enviable insight. He manages to connect with people at many levels. They are free and open with him, an obvious outsider. Their stories, legends, life modes all come to light under his ...

The Vanishing Point

Mary Sharratt

Mariner Books, 2006

Beautiful, compelling, bittersweet historical novel...
In this transcendental novel, beginning in the year 1689, The Vanishing Point tells the story of two sisters -- May and Hannah Powers -- and their struggles to find each other and, in turn, themselves after they are torn apart. May travels from England to Colonial ...