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Dear Miss Karana

Author : Eric Elliott
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1597143316
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Dear Miss Karana written by Eric Elliott and published by Heyday.ORIM. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This engaging story is told by a ten-year-old Native American girl living on a reservation . . . a rich resource of native culture and language.” —Native Talk While reading Island of the Blue Dolphins at school and learning about the real woman stranded on San Nicolás Island, ten-year-old Tíshmal begins writing emails to “Miss Karana” in hopes of talking to her spirit. When she arrived on the mainland of Southern California, Miss Karana spoke a language that no one could understand even back then, and all that remains is a recording of the song she sang when she was found on the island. Tíshmal realizes that some of the words sound very similar to Chamtéela (Luiseño), the language spoken on her reservation. As she writes to Miss Karana, Tíshmal becomes more and more resolved to understand the lone woman’s song. The only person able to help her is a grouchy great uncle, Wéh Powéeya (“two tongues”), the last living person fluent in the language of their ancestors from the belly button of the ocean: the islands including San Nicolás. Together, Tíshmal and Wéh Powéeya must discover what the lone woman said long ago in order to help her spirit finish the journey West. First written in Chamtéela and developed in accordance with fourth grade Common Core State Standards, Dear Miss Karana tells a compelling story of family, determination, and cultural perseverance.

In Our Element

Author : Lindsay Fauntleroy
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 073877099X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book In Our Element written by Lindsay Fauntleroy and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2022-08-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse Yourself in the Wisdom and Healing Power of the Elements All five elements live within you, and experiences like heartache, anxiety, and procrastination are signs that one of them is out of balance. This beginner-friendly book introduces you to each of the elements—Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal—and shows you how to use them to improve your mental, emotional, and spiritual health. In Our Element weaves together Eastern medicine, Western psychology, Indigenous traditions, and African ancestral principles of spirituality. With a practical approach that incorporates journal prompts, flower essences, yoga poses, and music, Lindsay Fauntleroy teaches you how to tap into the five elements for a balanced and empowered life that aligns with your soul's calling.

The Blaise Conjunction

Author : Richard Leviton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475998171
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book The Blaise Conjunction written by Richard Leviton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The councilors had placed a book upon the table, its cover pale blue edged in silver. The title was The Theosophon. They slid it towards me. Philomena Wilcox, Ph.D., retired professor of music, pianist, passionate devotee of Russian composers like Scriabin and Rachmaninov, thinks she is merely editing a series of prolix journals by the desert recluse Blaise. One day in 2029 she took delivery of 7,000 pages of his arcane diary entries spanning a 20-year period. His story what he thinks and writes about is exceedingly odd, mystical, and perplexing. He is anticipating a planetary event to take place in 2033. Soon enough, Philomena discovers she, impossibly, is part of this story, in fact, will be a keystone in this epochal event. It's as if through the journal pages Blaise talks directly to her and pulls her into his world of wisdom-angels, geomantic patterns, and designer planets. The pages are encoded with activation triggers. Over a three-year period, she starts to remember her true story, her astonishing past. It's a nonstop tutorial in the Mysteries. Taught by the human Blaise and his angelic mentors, also called Blaise, seemingly right now, in the present moment. Except upwards of 35 years or more separate them in the world of linear time. Her familiar world starts to fall apart. The event is called the Theosophon. Blaise writes about it, but she designed it. That's startling enough, but Philomena is astonished to remember that she designed it eons ago in another galaxy. The Earth was created as a performance stage for it. The Theosophon is a multidimensional musical event involving the collective consciousness of humanity, the Earth, and the spiritual world. The overture of the fulfillment of the purpose of the Earth and humanity. Yes, Philomena is an integral part of this unique event, but it will cost her more than she ever thought possible.

Soul Authority

Author : Loraine Y. Van Tuyl, PhD
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1623176948
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (231 download)

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Download or read book Soul Authority written by Loraine Y. Van Tuyl, PhD and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconnect to your soul’s innate wisdom with ancient healing practices, nature-based wisdom, and psychological principles--live authentically, nourish your inner power, and be a force for personal and collective liberation. If you’ve ever wondered what was missing--or felt out of step with the social and cultural programming of the westernized worldview--Soul Authority will empower you to find balance, build your soul sanctuary, and become a powerful agent of positive transformation. There is a soul authority that exists in all of us, a higher knowing that connects us to each other, the living Earth, and back to ourselves--even as we live in a world that sows division, destruction, and uncertainty. Shamanic eco-psychologist Loraine Van Tuyl, PhD, shows you how to tap into this innate wisdom, giving you the tools to trust its insights, hear its voice, and come home to our interrelated collective soul. Interwoven with stories from the author’s personal journey from growing up in Suriname during a military coup to pursuing her doctorate in clinical psychology amid a profound spiritual awakening, Soul Authority is an inspiring alchemical exploration of rekindling the deep knowing that’s accessible to all of us. Through exercises, reflections, and concrete action steps, you’ll discover: • How to find your own True North, the guiding compass aligned with your inner truth • Practical skills for combatting the burnout, overwhelm, and disconnection that prevents us from making a bigger impact in the world • How to tap into the soul mission that nourishes your purpose • How your healing journey and collective liberation are interconnected • How to heal the “ancestral deficit” and “nature deficit” that leave you overwhelmed • Strategies for grounding, clearing, visibility, and creativity

Mother Earth's Belly Button

Author : Patricia May
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Mother Earth's Belly Button written by Patricia May and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony had no idea Mother Earth had a belly button and he was even more surprised when he found out it was supposed to be on his land. All he wanted to do in his retirement was to live quietly with his sister Trisha and eat cake. His plans were scuppered however when his long lost daughter turned up out of the blue. He didn't even know he had a daughter, never mind one who practised strange rituals at all hours of the day and night and who had a truly dreadful friend who frightened the life out of him. Between them they seemed to be cooking up something totally weird that was about to involve a whole army of strange people.

DNA of the Spirit, Vol. 2

Author : Rae Chandran
Publisher : Light Technology Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1622337565
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book DNA of the Spirit, Vol. 2 written by Rae Chandran and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion book to DNA of the Spirit, Volume 1 continues the important teachings introduced there and is designed to enhance it as well as unveil further understandings that support humanity. Specific techniques are identified that can lift you in your own light, taking the teaching from the first volume a step further. DNA of the Spirit, Volume 2 offers more maturity and wisdom, and the words are infused with more energy. As you go through it, hold sacredness inside you and ask that the material be imprinted there so that it will become an experience that you can adapt in your life. Some of the information is coded, and sincere students will find they can open these codes. The tools presented here have been used by masters. As you read the material and identify your own truths, you will realize you are on an amazing journey of self-discovery that will help you experience oneness with the universe and find the divine within.

Mother Earths Kitchen Series Books 5-7

Author : P Bodi
Publisher : 99 Cent Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mother Earths Kitchen Series Books 5-7 written by P Bodi and published by 99 Cent Press. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of books are all clean Cozy Mystery short stories that do not contain any foul language, sexual situations, witches, or paranormal events. Book Five - The Luck Of The Irish St Patrick's Day is just a few days away. Most of the downtown Elkridge business owners are participating in the St Patrick's Day Festival by setting up booths to sell their wares. Main street will be open only for foot traffic and since most of the visitors will be looking for Irish food and green beer, Violet decided to close Mother Earth's Kitchen and join the fun this year. What could possibly go wrong during such a fun festive occasion? Book Six - The Luck Of The Irish After the recent death of another proprietor in the small town of Elkridge Violet decided it was time to invest in a security system for Mother Earth's Kitchen. Violet was assured that even with her lack of technology skills this new gadget should bring her peace of mind. Will the new security system give her the peace of mind she's looking for, or could it result another dead body? Book Seven - Midsummer Murder Violet and her friend Maura the local banker decided go out Elkridge Park to watch the Fourth of July fireworks display. The explosive colors in the evening sky were magnificent and the local restaurant vendor wares were amazing. How could anyone know that the local bank was about to be robbed?

Mother Earth's Kitchen Series Books 1-7

Author : P Bodi
Publisher : 99 Cent Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mother Earth's Kitchen Series Books 1-7 written by P Bodi and published by 99 Cent Press. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compilation of books are all clean Cozy Mystery short stories that do not contain any foul language, sexual situations, witches, or paranormal events. Book One - A Perfect Cup Of Tea Violet owns and operates the only natural foods grocery store and bakery in town. Customers are always stopping by to ask her for help finding herbal remedies and natural products to help them live a healthier life. One morning while opening her store, the local Police showed up to ask a few questions about one of her customers that died from a suspicious death. Could it be murder? Book Two - Murder On the Mountain With Christmas just a short time away and snow covering the mountains, business is booming for Mother Earth's Kitchen. Local folks are always welcoming friends and families into their home for the holidays to ski, hike or to just take in the beautiful scenery. The winter always brings out the adventurous types. Could someone actually commit murder in such a beautiful place on the mountain? Book Three - New Year's Resolution With New Year fast approaching Violet decides it's might be time to hire another person to help out in the store. There's been a comfortable increase in sales over the past year, so maybe adding a new employee would be the logical thing to do. The thought of changing her daily routine and adding more staff is more than she wants to consider, but Rex is going back to college and she can't handle the store by herself. Even hiring a new employee may be difficult, will be murder? Book Four - The Heart Of The Murder The winter snow has now faded into cold rain. Violet and Carly are busy decorating the store with organic chocolates in those adorable heart shaped boxes. Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and love is in the air. Carly thinks it might be time to help Violet find a date for Valentine’s Day, even though Violet seems to be more interested in replacing the dated flooring in the store. Will Valentine's Day be murder? Book Five - The Luck Of The Irish St Patrick's Day is just a few days away. Most of the downtown Elkridge business owners are participating in the St Patrick's Day Festival by setting up booths to sell their wares. Main street will be open only for foot traffic and since most of the visitors will be looking for Irish food and green beer, Violet decided to close Mother Earth's Kitchen and join the fun this year. What could possibly go wrong during such a fun festive occasion? Book Six - The Luck Of The Irish After the recent death of another proprietor in the small town of Elkridge Violet decided it was time to invest in a security system for Mother Earth's Kitchen. Violet was assured that even with her lack of technology skills this new gadget should bring her peace of mind. Will the new security system give her the peace of mind she's looking for, or could it result another dead body? Book Seven - Midsummer Murder Violet and her friend Maura the local banker decided go out Elkridge Park to watch the Fourth of July fireworks display. The explosive colors in the evening sky were magnificent and the local restaurant vendor wares were amazing. How could anyone know that the local bank was about to be robbed?

Unicorn Magic

Author : Tess Whitehurst
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN 13 : 0738760358
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Unicorn Magic written by Tess Whitehurst and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2019-11-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Answer the Unicorn's Call to Wondrously Positive Living This majestic book provides the keys to unlock your personal and spiritual power. Award-winning author Tess Whitehurst presents meditations, rituals, spells, and exercises that help you enter the realm of unicorns and live as they do—uniting fierceness and courage with gentleness and grace. Unicorn Magic uses spiritual insights and techniques to combat the current madness of our culture with the beauty and wonder that is our true legacy and birthright. You'll explore a wide range of topics, including unicorn altars, energy work, dream work, activism, and alchemy. Through this magical guide, you can awaken your intuition and make positive changes in your life and the world.

Thinking Through the Environment

Author : Mark J. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134616945
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Thinking Through the Environment written by Mark J. Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader brings together material from ecological thought, environmental policy, environmental philosophy, social and political thought, historical sociology and cultural studies. The extracts tell the story of the way the natural environment has been understood in the modern world and how this has recently been questioned as contemporary societies are seen as characterised by uncertainty and complexity. The literature guides the reader through the conventiaonal grounds for thinking about rights and obligations in relation to future generations, non-human animals and the biotic commununities, bringing each into question. This then leads into a critical examination of social and political theories and their capacity for drawing on ecological thought. Each of the seven sections of readings is introduced by the editor who locates the set of readings within the specific themes and issues at the heart of each section. This broad-reaching and thought-provoking set of readings stresses the diversity of response to environmental problems both within and between anthropocentric and ecocentric approaches and will encourage the reader to examine how they are manifested in the areas of environmental ethics, policy analysis and social and political theory.

Forward Paths

Author : Elke Jung
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3746079314
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Forward Paths written by Elke Jung and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loreen has been trying for several years now to find out more about her spiritual teacher Anna. Who is this mysterious woman? Where does she come from and where is she going to? How does she remain so calm and serene despite her difficult life? These and other riddles seem to suddenly become solvable during a long road trip which bonds the two women even more closely together. Loreen finally wants to get to know her friend's ndian roots. She already knows how she is going to elicit the secret of her friend's life from her - but before Loreen can carry out her plan, Anna beats her to the punch... "The Path Forward" is the story of two journeys: There is the car trip, by no means harmless, to an undisclosed place where a surprise awaits Anna. And there is the journey to Anna's past, the story of her life and her spiritual roots, all of which do not leave Loreen untouched.

Activate Your Super-Human Potential

Author : Jerry Sargeant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1644115301
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book Activate Your Super-Human Potential written by Jerry Sargeant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Explores how to prepare the mind and body for 5D, create a unified Heart Field, manifest with the Merkaba, protect yourself from psychic attacks, reprogram yourself for abundance • Provides a Star Magic Qi Gong sequence to clear, connect, and energize the body, allowing it to recalibrate and self-heal • Explains how to activate the pineal gland through the Merkaba Matrix, uniting star frequencies from Sirius with Earth’s energy from the planetary grids, which leads to activation of your 5D Light Body Would you like to wake up every day with joy as your natural default state, bouncing around Earth loving every moment? In Activate Your Super-Human Potential, Jerry Sargeant presents a specific set of protocols that enable you to step fully into your power, kickstarting a new way of operating in this human reality. Combining qigong, breathwork, meditation, exercise, pineal gland activation techniques, nutrition, mindset, healing, light codes, high-frequency energies, and more, Jerry has blended a unique recipe that offers you the opportunity to create a life of sovereignty and freedom. In addition to raising our vibration, for one to truly ascend we must activate our DNA, our original 12-strand template, and be able to run enough frequency through our body that we can move through the Planetary and Galactic Star Gate systems. This is real ascension. In this guide you find the tools to realign your inner geometry, upgrade your levels of consciousness, and prepare your body to hold the necessary frequency. You will activate courage and confidence, connect to Source, and feel love in your heart always, generating waves of enthusiasm that flow from every cell in your body, catalyzing your own radical uniqueness with new codes never seen before, merging the divine feminine and divine masculine energies into wholeness. Every moment on this planet is a gift and by using this Super-Human toolkit, you will seize every moment, feeling happy, living in wonder, using the manifestation tools to create a life of abundance and establish new ways of unifying our human family here on Earth. You are about to embark on a life-changing journey. Are you ready?

Stars on the Earth

Author : Richard Leviton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595407811
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Stars on the Earth written by Richard Leviton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-08 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the wonderful secret the Earth holds for us-that the stars of the galaxy live on our planet. Holograms of high-magnitude stars over holy mountains. Physical travel to other planets through stargates on the Earth's surface. Near instantaneous transportation across the planet through quick-way portals. Outrageous science fiction or sober geomantic fact? Earth Mysteries researcher Richard Leviton takes you on a wild tour of three geomantic features of our planet and reveals that what science fiction has dreamed the Earth in fact offers us. Stars on the Earth combines scholarship, clairvoyance, and field experience with the latest discoveries of geology and astrophysics and the timeless insights of the world's myths to open the planetary door to the stars. It's all part of the Earth's unsuspected but staggeringly rich endowment as a designer planet. Our planet was precisely designed and implemented for us, and it's equipped with a visionary geography that mirrors features of the galaxy and Heavens. Why are so many of the Earth's mountains said to be holy, producing visions and encounters with the "gods?" They all have canopies of light called domes, each transmitting the presence of a galactic star. What is the geomantic origin of the Bermuda Triangle? Two dysfunctional stargates. If working properly, they and the Earth's other two million stargates could transport us rapidly to other planets. Is there a way to travel quickly across the planet without using cars, airplanes, boats, or trains? Yes, and it's called a traversable wormhole, and the Earth has thousands of them awaiting our discovery and use. Come join the tour of a planet you've never seen before: our own star-infused Earth.

The Galaxy on Earth

Author : Richard Leviton
Publisher : Hampton Roads Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781571742223
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Galaxy on Earth written by Richard Leviton and published by Hampton Roads Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new program synthesizing Eastern and Western approaches to getting well and maintaining health. Unified Fitness includes numerous illustrations and photos, allowing the reader to fully utilize this unique program of physical, psychological, and immunological fitness. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Jesus Believes in Evolution

Author : Eric Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781603456784
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Jesus Believes in Evolution written by Eric Gray and published by . This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Who Killed Apollo and Julian Augustus?

Author : Reynold Spector
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430303840
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Who Killed Apollo and Julian Augustus? written by Reynold Spector and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who killed him? That is the question. Julian Augustus, Roman Emperor from 361-363 A. D., initiated reform of the Roman bureaucracy and state religion immediately on assuming office. After dismissing many civil servants, he eliminated Christianity as the state religion, reversing the policy of his two immediate predecessors. Instead, Julian proposed that all religions flourish freely. In parallel to his reforms, Julian attempted to destroy the Persian Empire after centuries of unsuccessful Roman efforts. This novel recounts Julian's reign through the eyes of Oribasius, Julian's trusted physician. At the climax of Julian's successful campaign in Persia, he was assassinated. Who killed Julian? Was it the same conspirators who silenced Apollo's Oracle at Delphi? Was it the Christian hierarchy, angry Roman military officers, laid-off eunuchs, humbled Persians, disaffected Jews, or unemployed Christian educators? They were all affected by Julian and had motive, means and opportunity.

Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You

Author : Dan Riskin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476707561
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You written by Dan Riskin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “fact-filled and amusing trek through nature’s dark side” (Kirkus Reviews) reveals the fascinating, weird, and often perverted ways that Mother Nature fends only for herself. It may be a wonderful world, but as Dan Riskin (host of the Animal Planet’s TV show Monsters Inside Me) explains, it’s also a dangerous, disturbing, and disgusting one. At every turn, it seems, living things are trying to eat us, poison us, use our bodies as their homes, or have us spread their eggs. In Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You, Riskin is our tour guide through the natural world at its most gloriously ruthless. Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be. From slothful worms that hide in your body for up to thirty years to wrathful snails with poisonous harpoons that can kill you in less than five minutes to lustful ducks that have orgasms faster than you can blink, these fascinating accounts reveal the candid truth about “gentle” Mother Nature’s true colors. Riskin’s passion for the strange and his enthusiastic expertise bring Earth’s most fascinating fauna and flora into vivid focus. Through his adventures—which include sliding on his back through a thick soup of bat guano just to get face-to-face with a vampire bat, befriending a parasitic maggot that has taken root in his head, and coming to grips with having offspring of his own—Riskin makes unexpected discoveries not just about the world all around us but also about the ways this brutal world has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home.