![]() Informational resources on Texas turtles and alligators, a map of Texas counties, a glossary, a bibliography, and indexes of common and scientific names complete the volume. ![]() ![]() Appendices provide brief accounts of species that occurred prehistorically in Texas and non-established exotic species, as well as a table of Texas’ major watersheds and the turtle diversity in each one. The authors, two of the state’s most knowledgeable herpetologists, open the book with a broad overview of turtle natural history, conservation biology, observation, and captive maintenance before providing a key to Texas turtles and accounts of the various turtle families and species. It offers detailed species accounts, range maps, and excellent color photographs to aid in field identification. ![]() Texas Turtles & Crocodilians is the first complete identification guide to all the state’s turtles and to its single alligator. From the Sabine River to El Paso, and from the Rio Grande to the Panhandle, thirty-one native and established exotic turtle species are definitely known in Texas, along with one crocodilian, the American Alligator. ![]() Texas has a large and diverse turtle population, with forms that are found nowhere else (Cagle’s Map Turtle and the Texas Map Turtle) and wide-ranging species that barely touch the state, including the Painted Turtles and the Rough-footed Mud Turtle. ![]()
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The scavenger hunt at least gives them one last chance to interact before she leaves for college, although some of their team members make things awkward.Ĭarl's team consists of Cessy, her brother Davey, and Tom (Carl's brain-injured former football player friend). Tracie has had a crush on Carl for a while, but she's shy, and then Joe's death happened, and she and Carl just sort of drifted apart. Tracie would have liked to have had Carl on her team, but unfortunately Cessy managed to ask him first. The only reason he's at all excited about the scavenger hunt that's about to begin is because Cessy, a sexy newcomer, has asked him to be on her team. His best friend Joe was killed in a freak flood nearly a year ago, and he's basically just been existing since then. Then the book switches over to Carl, a young man living in a nearly dead desert town. ![]() He takes refuge in a church, where he tells the priest his story. This book begins with a cryptic scene of a young man running from something, possibly either a demon or a cult. ![]() ![]() Dahl was married twice, first to actress Patricia Neal and then to Felicity Dahl. 1961’s James and the Giant Peach catapulted him to fame and became the first of his many successful children’s novels. Throughout the 1940s and 50s, Dahl published a number of short stories for adults as well as The Gremlins, his first book for children. ![]() ![]() During his time in the U.S., Dahl published his first story, anecdotes about his time as a pilot. He flew again and served briefly as a flight instructor after his recovery, and then he became a diplomat in Washington, D.C. In 1940, Dahl was seriously injured in a crash landing that temporarily robbed him of his sight. Following school, Dahl worked for Shell Oil until World War II, in which Dahl served as a fighter pilot. However, Dahl’s school days were unpleasant for him-he hated the hazing rituals and prevalence of corporal punishment. Rather than return to Norway to live near family, Dahl’s mother remained in Wales so her children could be educated in English schools. When he was still very young, Dahl’s sister and father died within weeks of each other. ![]() Dahl was born in Cardiff, Wales in 1916 to Norwegian immigrant parents. ![]() ![]() In the dream, they are going to a funeral, and Clara knows she is profoundly sad, but she doesn’t know yet whose funeral it is.Meanwhile, Clara and Christian get to be friends (much to Tucker’s chagrin), and Clara learns a lot more about angel “society.” There are some confrontations with a “black wing” (a fallen angel) and some lessons from a full-blooded (non-fallen) angel. Again, Christian is a part of them rather than Tucker. ![]() She worries about the repercussions, but so far, all that has happened is that she has new visions. At the end of book one, Clara, who is now 17, defied her visions (which putatively are to direct her toward her purpose as an angel-blood) in order to rescue her boyfriend Tucker from a big fire instead of going first to rescue Christian, the boy in her visions. ![]() Note: This book contains a mild spoiler for book one (but NOT the big reveal), and no spoilers for this book, book twoThis is book two of the “Unearthly” series about teenagers who are part angels, and their problems they have because of this mixed status (see my review of book one, here). ![]() ![]() I spend the readings wondering how hard it could be, really, to write a children’s book. These women are generally in their mid-50s, with great glasses, admirably draped Eileen Fisher duds, and expensive sandals. I’ve been to my fair share of kids’-book events and long admired the women who have made careers out of stepping into the brain of a little kid and shepherding them through imagined worlds of joy and wonder. They were led by the beaming bookstore owner, who exhorted us to give them a warm welcome, and everything began to make sense. on a Thursday? Then the author and illustrator duo, Mac Barnett and Christian Robinson - both well-dressed 30-somethings, both conspicuously attractive - made their way through the crowd. The guests’ book, Leo: A Ghost Story, had been displayed prominently at bookstores all around the city - but still, 3 p.m. I’d been to a few of these, but never one so crowded. Usually one or more of the omnipresent Portland dads attend story time, but on this day of all days, the dads stayed home.įor this was no ordinary bookseller-hosted story time, attended by two or three kids : This was guest-author story time. A manic energy teemed through a crowd that seemed to be more women than squirmy children. When I got to my local children’s bookstore for story time last week, there were orange and white balloons hung up all around the porch. ![]() Photo: Patrick McMcullan, Peter Brown, Christian Robinson ![]() Oliver Jeffers, Peter Brown, and Christian Robinson. ![]() ![]() ![]() But Drew’s mouth gets him in trouble with Kate when he makes a spectacle of himself in front of Kate’s family and friends. Both of them are still very much in love with each other. The fire between Kate and Drew has not died in the year since we last saw them. ![]() I want to defile the prestigious Plaza Hotel by having you ride me like a slutty mermaid in the bathtub.”Įven though he’s crass, he’s really sweet to Kate. Eau de Cum kicks Chanel Number Five’s ass.” This story did not disappoint in terms of Drew’s inappropriateness. ![]() Thank heavens Emma Chase released this short story to tide us all over until Twisted (Tangled #2) is released on March 25, 2014! He worked his way into my heart with his in-your-face honesty and hilarious internal monologue. I’m sure I’m not the only one who is feeling Drew Evans withdrawal symptoms. Being inside his mind was refreshing albeit a little scary. This summer Tangled had me laughing so hard. * Holy Frigging Matrimony is a Tangled series short story. I appreciate my readers and make it my goal to be upfront and honest. This small income goes back into my blog, so I can continue to create fun content for you. ![]() In plain English, this means that I may receive a small commission (at no cost to you) if you purchase something through the links provided. Affiliate Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Compact, powerful and intense, The Melancholy of Resistance, as its enormously gifted translator George Szirtes puts it, "is a slow lava flow of narrative, a vast black river of type." And yet, miraculously, the novel, in the words of The Guardian, "lifts the reader along in lunar leaps and bounds. The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkais magisterial novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. Eszter, plotting her takeover of the town her weakling husband and Valuska, our hapless hero with his head in the clouds, who is the tender center of the book, the only pure and noble soul to be found. The novel's characters are unforgettable: the evil Mrs. Word spreads that the circus folk have a sinister purpose in mind, and the frightened citizens cling to any manifestation of order they can find - music, cosmology, fascism. A circus, promising to display the stuffed body of the largest whale in the world, arrives in the dead of winter, prompting bizarre rumours. The Melancholy of Resistance, László Krasznahorkai's magisterial novel, depicts a chain of mysterious events in a small Hungarian town. A powerful, surreal novel, in the tradition of Gogol, about the chaotic events surrounding the arrival of a circus in a small Hungarian town. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Only Addy has seen past Beth’s facade and knows some of the inner working of Beth’s tumultuous and devious heart.ĭisrupting the power structure and rocking it to its core is the arrival of a new coach. Addy, however, has known Beth since elementary school and Pee Wee cheer, and they’ve been best friends ever since. The snide comments designed to undermine others’ confidence, the hip-shaking strides down the school corridor, the ability to put anyone, boy or girl, back in their place - their place being always subservient to Beth - these are Beth’s tools of the trade, her natural forté. The story focuses on Addy, lieutenant to cheer squad captain Beth, happy and secure in her number two role, always right at the heart of the power. Comedy, not at all.ĭare Me is a very dark look at the hearts of high school girls - their secrets, desires, power plays, and manipulations. For some reason, after hearing this book compared to “Heathers” and “Mean Girls”, I was expecting dark comedy. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She represents clients in court proceedings and before administrative law judges on a variety of environmental permitting, compliance and regulatory claims issues.ĭeborah also advises on the environmental issues that permeate mergers and acquisitions and real estate and other business transactions. Deborah represents a broad range of clients, including developers, agricultural interests, utilities, mining interests, and public and private companies.ĭeborah brings extensive experience to providing legal support for client permitting and litigation matters involving water resources, wetlands, water supply, state and federal listed species issues, mitigation banking, state submerged lands and coastal construction. 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