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Author: Sue Halpern Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307363805 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 220
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Monarch butterflies abound in Canada. We marvel at their beauty and the magic of their metamorphosis. Familiar as they are to us, these tiny creatures nevertheless harbour many secrets. Perhaps the deepest mystery is the monarchs' annual migration. Each autumn, they travel unimaginably long distances, something no other butterflies do. How do they know when to migrate? How, unguided by memory, do they navigate to their destination in the heart of the threatened Mexican jungle? Sue Halpern recounts the mesmerizing story of these mysteries, and the race to solve them. She describes the discoveries of Canadian biologist Fred Urquhart and his wife, who first encouraged amateur lepidopterists to tag butterflies. We follow her to Mexico, where she searches for butterflies. She introduces us to Don Davis, an enthusiast who has tagged an estimated 20,000 monarchs since 1985. And though terrified of flying, she takes us on a flight with University of Toronto biologist David Gibo, as they attempt to predict the flight vectors of butterflies. Astonishing, fascinating, Four Wings and a Prayer, like our encounters with these delicate winged creatures, is a rare gem.
Author: Sue Halpern Publisher: Vintage Canada ISBN: 0307363805 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 220
Book Description
Monarch butterflies abound in Canada. We marvel at their beauty and the magic of their metamorphosis. Familiar as they are to us, these tiny creatures nevertheless harbour many secrets. Perhaps the deepest mystery is the monarchs' annual migration. Each autumn, they travel unimaginably long distances, something no other butterflies do. How do they know when to migrate? How, unguided by memory, do they navigate to their destination in the heart of the threatened Mexican jungle? Sue Halpern recounts the mesmerizing story of these mysteries, and the race to solve them. She describes the discoveries of Canadian biologist Fred Urquhart and his wife, who first encouraged amateur lepidopterists to tag butterflies. We follow her to Mexico, where she searches for butterflies. She introduces us to Don Davis, an enthusiast who has tagged an estimated 20,000 monarchs since 1985. And though terrified of flying, she takes us on a flight with University of Toronto biologist David Gibo, as they attempt to predict the flight vectors of butterflies. Astonishing, fascinating, Four Wings and a Prayer, like our encounters with these delicate winged creatures, is a rare gem.
Author: Sue Halpern Publisher: ISBN: 9780753813362 Category : Entomologists Languages : en Pages : 212
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The Monarch butterfly is the only creature to migrate like a bird. It flies north to south at altitudes of 3000 feet, dodging aeroplanes and predators. Scientists have been tracking this enigmatic creature and its journey for years; its wintering site in Mexico was only discovered 20 years ago. This work tells of the quest to trace the Monarch migration. It began in 1952 when two entomologists and 4000 volunteers tagged hundreds of butterflies. Sue Halpern weaves the stories of these volunteers into her narrative. One, a secretary, gave up her job when a Monarch landed on her desk, and became grand marshall of a butterfly parade. Another lives out of his truck for three months when the butterflies pass through his state in order to follow them. This book combines these personal stories with a scientific examination of the Monarch, and its extraordinary journey across a continent.
Author: Brian D. O'Neill Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional ISBN: 0071640657 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 480
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Incorporating a wealth of new material, here is the riveting story of the bombing raids that broke the back of Nazi Germany, praised as "a well-researched, highly readable account of a B-17 combat crew's experience ... excellent." (Roger A. Freeman, author of The Mighty Eighth)
Author: Tracie Peterson Publisher: Barbour Publishing ISBN: 1607429241 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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A Truly Yours Digital Edition. . ."A wing and a prayer are all that you'll ever need. " CJ O'Sullivan had always agreed with her father's favorite phrase, until now. Until the devasting accident that trapped her for hours amid the wreckage of a plane that held the remains of her beloved parents. Now CJ's life is as grim as her blackened memories. She no longer trusts God, whom she holds responsible for her parents' deaths. She no longer wishes to date anyone. She no longer has any desires to fly. Then Brad Aldersson soars into her grounded heart, and he will not be denied permission to land. But will his persistence to free CJ from her past be rewarded? Will Brad need more that a wing and a prayer?
Author: Peter Millar Publisher: Canterbury Press ISBN: 184825363X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 148
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This attractively simple prayer book reflects the distinctive Celtic character of daily worship at Iona Abbey. Outlines are given for morning, midday and evening prayer for every day of the week - each day having its own theme.
Author: Meeg Pincus Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press ISBN: 1534166750 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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For decades, as the monarch butterflies swooped through every year like clockwork, people from Canada to the United States to Mexico wondered, "Where do they go?" In 1976 the world learned the answer: after migrating thousands of miles, the monarchs roost by the millions in an oyamel grove in Central Mexico's mountains. But who solved this mystery? Was it the scientist or the American adventurer? The citizen scientists or the teacher or his students? Winged Wonders shows that the mystery could only be solved when they all worked as a team--and reminds readers that there's another monarch mystery today, one that we all must work together to solve.
Author: Janet Benge Publisher: Christian Heroes: Then & Now ISBN: 9781576580172 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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A biography of the American pilot who served Christian missionaries in Ecuador's jungles until his death at the hands of Auca Indians in 1956.
Author: Gereon Goldmann Publisher: Ignatius Press ISBN: 1681495554 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 354
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We had to do it. We had to reprint this book. Rarely has a book had such an impact on so many of us here at Ignatius Press. It is one of the most powerful and moving books we have come across. If you can only buy one book this season, this must be the one. Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war. How it all came to pass will astound you. Father Goldmann tells of his own incredible experiences of the trials of war, his many escapes from almost certain death, and the diabolical persecution that he and his fellow Catholic soldiers encountered on account of their faith. What emerges is an extraordinary witness to the workings of Divine Providence and the undying power of love, prayer, faith, and sacrifice. Illustrated
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