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As he was composing what was to become his most enduring and popular book, E. B. White was obeying that oft-repeated maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats - White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. In The Story of Charlotte's Web, Michael Sims shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile-fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole."

For fans of Broken Country and The Heir Apparent, the first book in Callie Coles’ Spinning Silks trilogy—a sweeping love story about a woman trapped by a dangerous past, and the man who may offer a chance at hope and healing, in the lush Suffolk countryside. To the outside world, Sage...

Environmental Thought and Ecological Philosophy: Deep Explorations of Humanity’s Relationship with Nature BOOK 2: The Web of Life: Ecological Thinking, Systems Theory, and the Interconnected Nature of Reality explores one of the most important intellectual shifts of the modern age: the movement from seeing the world as a collection of isolated parts to understanding it as a dynamic web of relationships. Drawing on ecology, systems theory, and environmental philosophy, this book reveals how life, society, and the natural world are shaped by interdependence, feedback, and complexity. Rather...

Why do spiders spin their webs? According to the ancient Greeks, it can be traced back to the myth of an arrogant young woman who angered the gods.

If you’re a member of the human race, then you’re no stranger to one of the most destructive forces in the Universe: cynicism. Instead of seeing the beauty in life, the cynical mind sees only ugliness and in doing so changes that beauty into something ugly. To better understand how to resist such a mindset is the subject of this work: Conquering Cynicism in a Modern Age: How The Bible in Nature Provides an Antidote to Doubt and Despair.

It begins with an ordinary horsefly biting Samantha Moon in her garden—except Sam isn’t exactly ordinary. She’s an energy vampire, and her cold, supernatural blood does something very strange to the hungry insect. Soon the fly feels faster, stronger, smarter, with a gnawing new hunger for blood. As her instincts warp and evolve, she fights for survival against a spider’s web, her own primal needs, and the creeping awareness of what she is becoming. Vampire Fly is a weird, darkly atmospheric, and surprisingly moving tale that turns the natural world on its head—told from the point ...

“You say ‘giant spider’ like it’s a bad thing.” Dr. Kate Mangold never let doubters discourage her admiration for the j’ba fofi, legendary man-eating spiders of the Congolese jungle. She spent years tracking down specimens to rescue from extinction. To begin their relocation to a safe new habitat, Kate chose North America’s most haunted forest, Mourners’ Woods. Shunned for centuries, this isolated wilderness would let these rare spiders secretly thrive — and multiply. Now Kate has hired nature guide Olivia “Oblivious” Tack to escort her back into Mourners’ Woods to ...

Even the most restless reader will find peace and quiet in this breathtakingly illustrated book about the magic of nature, nighttime, and a duck who can’t sleep, based on a poem by the renowned E.B. White which was published in The New Yorker in 1928 and now appears for the first time in book...

Delve deeper into the intricate workings of Earth's land-based ecosystems with Dynamics of Terrestrial Ecosystems, the second installment in The Earth's Web series. This volume unravels the complex interactions and processes that shape the balance of life on land, from the water and nutrient cycles to the competition and cooperation that define species relationships.

Garden spiders belong to a group called orb weavers, which spin wheel-shaped webs. Some webs are funnel-shaped and some are very sticky. In this essay about different kinds of spider webs, listeners will learn all about nature's masters of silk weaving.

Moose, lemmings, owls, wolves, bumblebees, and grizzly bears are some of the many animals that make up a tundra food web. But did you know that worms, beetles, mushrooms, and bacteria break down dead plants and animals into nutrients? Or that tundra animals depend on berries, seeds, and other plants to stay alive? See tundra food webs in action in this fascinating book.

A seed falls from a plant. A mouse eats the seed. An owl eats the mouse. Each animal gets energy from its food. How does energy flow from one living thing to another? Let’s investigate food chains and food webs!

Snakes, lizards, rabbits, mice, mountain lions, and hawks are some of the many animals that make up a desert food web. But do you know how desert animals depend on cactuses, grasses, and other plants to stay alive? Or why tiny insects, fungi, and bacteria may be among the most important living things in a desert? Hear about desert food webs in action in this fascinating audiobook.

"Un elefante se balanceaba sobre la tela de una ara-a-ña" Bueno, pues ya es hora de que conozcas a ese elefante! Él se llama Plum y su mejor amigo es el niño Marco. Un día en el parque a Plum se le ocurrió una idea genial: "Yo también me quiero columpiar como tú, Marco!". Y a partir de ahí comienza una historia increíble que no te querrás perder.

Seals, otters, oysters, fish, pelicans, and sharks are a few of the animals that make up an ocean food web. But did you know that almost all ocean creatures depend on algae to live? Or that bacteria, crabs, and lobsters break down dead plants and animals into nutrients? See ocean food webs in action in this fascinating book.

Have you ever wondered how plants know when to grow, when to bloom, or even when to warn their neighbors of danger? While we often think of plants as still and silent, they are actually incredibly active, intelligent, and deeply connected to one another. This book is your guide to discovering the hidden world of plant communication—one that has been unfolding in the soil beneath our feet for millions of years. From the smallest root to the tallest tree, plants are part of a vast, invisible network that allows them to share resources, send warnings, and even support one another in times of...

Learn about the many intriguing aspects of spiders, including their body parts and structure, their habitat and how it supports them, and how they use webs to catch their next meal. Chapter headings assist listeners with locating information and main ideas.

Find out what a platypus has in common with a beaver or a dolphin. Learn what sets a platypus apart from a giraffe or a wild dog. Listeners will compare key traits of platypuses - their appearance, behavior, habitat, and life cycle - to traits of other mammals. Through gathering information about similarities and differences, listeners will make connections and draw conclusions about what makes this animal a mammal and how mammals are alike and different from each other.

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