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A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence
Arthur Boers's earliest memory was of shattered glass. His father threw a potted plant at his mother, and she ducked as the plant crashed through a window of the family home. His mother cleaned up the shards that day, later in life, he would find himself called upon to pick up the pieces as well.
In “Shattered”, Boers reflects on coming of...
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"Blue and Some Other Dogs" is a brilliant memoir about Graves' Basque-Australian sheep dog. "Guns of a Lifetime" tells the stories related to the guns this octogenarian Texan has owned, beginning with a "rusted and cylinderless" revolver. "So here are the stories," Graves writes. "They are not all 'nice' tales in contemporary terms. Political correctness, as presently defined, may be perpetrated here and there, though I hope no parts will seem like...
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Today's wind turbines
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Kill millions of birds worldwide: raptors are threatened with extinction
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Require significant amounts of CO2 to manufacture
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Deliver electricity intermittently, at best
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Require enormous back up coal and gas fired power plants creating yet more CO2
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Can be unhealthy or harmful to local residents
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Are deadly - to core component manufacturers and maintenance personnel
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Have...
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A classic from the Lone Star State, John Graves' Goodbye to a River is a poignant narrative of one man's journey by canoe down the river of his memories. Along the way, he describes the colorful Texas landscape and recounts its rich history. When Graves learns that the river he knew and loved as a youth-the Brazos in north-central Texas-is slated to be dammed at multiple points, he understands that things will never be the same.
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University of Texas Press
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c2003
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Limestone hills, cold spring-fed streams, live oaks and cedar, old German towns--the Texas Hill Country may well be the most beloved region of the state. Unlike West Texas with its dramatic expanses of plains and sky, or the eastern Piney Woods in their lush fecundity, the Hill Country never overwhelms. Its intimate landscapes of rolling hills, fields of wildflowers, and cypress-shaded rivers impart a peace and serenity that draws the urban-weary...