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Loon

Author : Jack McLean
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 034551016X
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book Loon written by Jack McLean and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kids like me didn’t go to Vietnam,” writes Jack McLean in his compulsively readable memoir. Raised in suburban New Jersey, he attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, but decided to put college on hold. After graduation in the spring of 1966, faced with the mandatory military draft, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for a two-year stint. “Vietnam at the time was a country, and not yet a war,” he writes. It didn’t remain that way for long. A year later, after boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, and stateside duty in Barstow, California, the Vietnam War was reaching its peak. McLean, like most available Marines, was retrained at Camp Pendleton, California, and sent to Vietnam as a grunt to serve in an infantry company in the northernmost reaches of South Vietnam. McLean’s story climaxes with the horrific three-day Battle for Landing Zone Loon in June, 1968. Fought on a remote hill in the northwestern corner of South Vietnam, McLean bore witness to the horror of war and was forever changed. He returned home six weeks later to a country largely ambivalent to his service. Written with honesty and insight, Loon is a powerful coming-of-age portrait of a boy who bears witness to some of the most tumultuous events in our history, both in Vietnam and back home.

Loon Lessons

Author : James D. Paruk
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452963657
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Loon Lessons written by James D. Paruk and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird Even those who know the loon’s call might not recognize it as a tremolo, yodel, or wail, and may not understand what each call means, how it’s made, and why. And those who marvel at the loon’s diving prowess might wonder why this bird has such skill, or where loons go when they must leave northern lakes in winter. For these and so many other mysteries, Loon Lessons provides evolutionary and ecological explanations that are curious and compelling. Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, the book is a compendium of knowledge about the common loon and an engaging record of scientific sleuthing, documenting more than twenty-five years of research into the great northern diver. James D. Paruk has observed and compared loons from Washington and Saskatchewan to the coasts of California and Louisiana, from high elevation deserts in Nevada to mountain lakes in Maine. Drawing on his extensive experience, a wealth of data, and well-established scientific principles, he considers every aspect of the loon, from its plumage and anatomy to its breeding, migration, and wintering strategies. Here, in the first detailed scientific account of the common loon in more than thirty years, Paruk describes its biology in an accessible and entertaining style that affords a deeper understanding of this beautiful and mysterious bird’s natural history and annual life cycle.

Secrets of the Loon

Author : Laura Purdie Salas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781681341583
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Secrets of the Loon written by Laura Purdie Salas and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations and rhyming text follow a loon chick as she learns how to survive--and thrive--in her first year. Includes facts about loons.

Loon

Author : Susan Vande Griek
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1554982316
Total Pages : 47 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (549 download)

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Download or read book Loon written by Susan Vande Griek and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical non-fiction picture book about loons. It’s summertime, and as darkness falls there is a haunting sound from the lake — Ooh-hoo-oo, ooh-hoo-oo. It is a loon calling to its family across the water. This lyrical story follows the life cycle of two loon chicks. We see them breaking out of their eggshells, then learning to swim, find food and avoid predators such as snapping turtles and big bass fish. After they learn to fly, they migrate to the ocean. And when their striking black-and-white feathers finally emerge, they fly inland, each to find a new lake territory and mate. Accompanying Susan Vande Griek’s poetic text are Karen Reczuch’s gorgeous illustrations, which show the loons as they grow from tiny downy chicks to majestic adult birds. An afterword provides more information on loons, including their amazing diving ability, the meanings of their calls, and the environmental threats that they face. Also illustrated are five different types of loons and other animals that can be found in their lake habitat. The illustrations were researched in the Ornithology Collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, and Ron Ridout of Bird Studies Canada consulted on the text. Key Text Features illustrations author’s note further reading labels Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.5 Explain major differences between books that tell stories and books that give information, drawing on a wide reading of a range of text types. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.5 Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.7 Analyze how visual and multimedia elements contribute to the meaning, tone, or beauty of a text (e.g., graphic novel, multimedia presentation of fiction, folktale, myth, poem).

Loon Baby

Author : Molly Beth Griffin
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547254873
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book Loon Baby written by Molly Beth Griffin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2011 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentle read-aloud to help calm every young child's greatest fear.

Song of the Loon

Author : Richard Amory
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 1551523175
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Song of the Loon written by Richard Amory and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “More completely than any author before him, Richard Amory explores the tormented world of love for man by man . . . a happy amalgam of James Fenimore Cooper, Jean Genet and Hudson’s Green Mansions.”—from the cover copy of the 1969 edition Published well ahead of its time, in 1966 by Greenleaf Classics, Song of the Loon is a romantic novel that tells the story of Ephraim MacIver and his travels through the wilderness. Along his journey, he meets a number of characters who share with him stories, wisdom and homosexual encounters. The most popular erotic gay book of the 1960s and 1970s, Song of the Loon was the inspiration for two sequels, a 1970 film of the same name, at least one porn movie and a parody novel called Fruit of the Loon. Unique among pulp novels of the time, the gay characters in Song of the Loon are strong and romantically drawn, which has earned the book a place in the canon of gay American literature. With an introduction by Michael Bronski, editor of Pulp Friction and author of The Pleasure Principle. Little Sister’s Classics is a new series of books from Arsenal Pulp Press, reviving lost and out-of-print gay and lesbian classic books, both fiction and nonfiction. The books in the series are produced in conjunction with Little Sister’s Book and Art Emporium, the heroic Vancouver bookstore well-known for its anti-censorship efforts.

The Legend of the Loon

Author : Kathy-jo Wargin
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1627531815
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book The Legend of the Loon written by Kathy-jo Wargin and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fantastic Legend team of Kathy-jo Wargin and Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen have another beautiful book to add to the Sleeping Bear and Mackinac Island stories. A Grandmother's love for her grandchildren is magically portrayed in "The Legend of the Loon". A perfect addition to your collection, this book remains true to the heartwarming qualities you've come to expect from these legendary storytellers.

Call of the Loon

Author : David Evers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Call of the Loon written by David Evers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common loon is a graceful and reclusive bird whose eerie, tremolo call is said to capture the spirit of the wild. Call of the Loon offers a stunning, full-color life history of this gorgeous animal while unveiling its mysteries via a unique question-and-answer format authored by two leading experts on loon biology. Both casual and professional natural historians will benefit from this highly informative yet browsy and accessible volume. Packaged with the book is a unique DVD that features the video footage gathered by the BioDiversity Research Institute. Their ""loon cam" has captured exceptional footage of loon nest building, mating, egg hatching, and chick rearing. Along with the breathtaking images, viewers will hear the haunting calls of these beautiful birds.

The Raven and the Loon

Author : Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley
Publisher : Inhabit Media
ISBN 13 : 9781772272703
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (727 download)

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Download or read book The Raven and the Loon written by Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley and published by Inhabit Media. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the time before animals were as they are today, Raven and Loon were both white. Their feathers had no colour at all. Raven spent his days swooping through the sky trying to fight off his incessant boredom, while loon spent her days in her iglu working away on her sewing. One day, too bored to even fly, Raven visited Loon and suggested a sewing game that would give their feathers some much-needed colour. The results - not at all what the two birds expected - led to Raven and Loon acquiring their now-familiar coats. This whimsical retelling of a pan-Arctic traditional story features lively, colourful illustrations from Kim Smith.

A Reliable Wife

Author : Robert Goolrick
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565129776
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book A Reliable Wife written by Robert Goolrick and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt — a passionate man with his own dark secrets —has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways. With echoes of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.

Loon Chase

Author : Jean Heilprin Diehl
Publisher : Arbordale Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0976494388
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (764 download)

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Download or read book Loon Chase written by Jean Heilprin Diehl and published by Arbordale Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mother and son enjoy a peaceful canoe trip until their dog's instinct to chase birds adds excitement to the trip. Includes information about loons and directions for making a loon mask.

The Last Loon

Author : Rebecca Upjohn
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 155469292X
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book The Last Loon written by Rebecca Upjohn and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Evan spends the winter in the wilderness with his aunt Mag, he finds out about a loon hanging around at a local lake that is in need of help if it is going to make it through the winter, but his efforts at rescuing the bird prove to be more difficult than he expected.

Little Loon and Papa

Author : Toni Buzzeo
Publisher : Dial Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Little Loon and Papa written by Toni Buzzeo and published by Dial Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This warm, genuine tale of fatherly guidance and support is just right for Father's Day--or any day when a young reader is on the verge of learning a new skill. Full color.

Loon Lake

Author : E.L. Doctorow
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 030776298X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Loon Lake written by E.L. Doctorow and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hero of this dazzling novel by American master E. L. Doctorow is Joe, a young man on the run in the depths of the Great Depression. A late-summer night finds him alone and shivering beside a railroad track in the Adirondack mountains when a private railcar passes. Brightly lit windows reveal well-dressed men at a table and, in another compartment, a beautiful girl holding up a white dress before her naked form. Joe will follow the track to the mysterious estate at Loon Lake, where he finds the girl along with a tycoon, an aviatrix, a drunken poet, and a covey of gangsters. Here Joe’s fate will play out in this powerful story of ambition, aggression, and identity. Loon Lake is another stunning achievement of this acclaimed author. “Powerful . . . [a] complex and haunting meditation on modern American history.” –The New York Times “A genuine thriller . . . a marvelous exploration of the complexities and contradictions of the American dream . . . Not under any circumstances would we reveal the truly shattering climax.” –The Dallas Morning News “A dazzling performance . . . [Loon Lake] anatomizes America with insight, passion, and inventiveness.” –The Washington Post Book World “Hypnotic . . . tantalizes long after it has ended.” –Time “Compelling . . . brilliantly done.” –St. Louis Post-Dispatch “A masterpiece.” –Chicago Sun-Times

Once Upon a Loon

Author : Scott Rykken
Publisher : Mission Point Press
ISBN 13 : 9781954786608
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book Once Upon a Loon written by Scott Rykken and published by Mission Point Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While watching a heart-warming story unfold during a peaceful morning looking out at a Minnesota lake, Scott Rykken took a remarkable series of photos of a loon, a painted turtle, and a muskrat interacting. It was touching to see how different species could interact so peacefully. The cover photo was originally posted on Facebook and went viral, shared by thousands of viewers and seen by millions around the world. People were reminded that friendships can happen at any time and in many forms. The photo was the inspiration for this picture book about how friends love and help each other.

Moon Loon

Author : Sandy Ferguson Fuller
Publisher : Taylor Trade Publications
ISBN 13 : 1589794540
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Moon Loon written by Sandy Ferguson Fuller and published by Taylor Trade Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dark, soft night, the haunting call of a single loon echoes over a moonlit lake. All through the day, only one magnificent black and white bird scribes ripples across the surface. Why is he so alone? Moon Loon is an evocative, gentle bedtime story about a girl who is fascinated by this solitary loon. Through richly layered colored-pencil illustrations, we follow the girl's musings on the loon from spring through fall.

Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon

Author : Dale Auger
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1926613171
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon written by Dale Auger and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Aboriginal Children's Book of the Year Award, 2006 Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival and Book Awards Kayâs is a young Cree man who is blessed with a Gift that makes him a talented hunter. He knows the ways of the Beings he hunts and can even talk with them in their own languages. But when he becomes proud and takes his abilities for granted, he loses his gift, and the People grow hungry. With the help of the Elders and the Beings that inhabit the water, Kayâs learns that in order to live a life of success, fulfillment and peace, he must cherish and respect the talents and skills he has been given. Illustrated with Dale Auger's powerful, insightful paintings, Mwâkwa Talks to the Loon introduces readers to the basics of life in a Cree village. A glossary with pronunciation guide to the many Cree words and phrases used in the story is included.