Love Deeper Than a River

2019-01-02 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Lila Banks Cockrell
Release : 2019-01-02
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 883/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Love Deeper Than a River written by Lila Banks Cockrell. This book was released on 2019-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lila Banks Cockrell has been an important voice in San Antonio politics and public life for more than six decades. In Love Deeper Than a River, she recalls her life as a public servant in the city she loves and, as member of the Greatest Generation, recounts how coming of age during Prohibition, the Great Depression, World War II, and the burgeoning civil rights movement influenced her political views and kindled her passion to serve her country and community. Love Deeper Than a River details the era of Cockrell’s life that many San Antonians are familiar with, including her four terms as the first woman mayor of San Antonio, between 1975 and 1991, and her service on countless municipal commissions, civic boards, foundations, and conservancies in the 1990s and into the early twenty-first century. Her life stands as an inspiration for everyone, including new generations of civic leaders.

Deep River

2019-07-02 Fiction

Author : Karl Marlantes
Release : 2019-07-02
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 198/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Deep River written by Karl Marlantes. This book was released on 2019-07-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Finnish siblings head for the logging fields of nineteenth-century America in the New York Times–bestselling author’s “commanding historical epic” (Washington Post). Born into a farm family, the three Koski siblings—Ilmari, Matti, and Aino—are raised to maintain their grit and resiliency in the face of hardship. This lesson in sisu takes on special meaning when their father is arrested by imperial Russian authorities, never to be seen again. Lured by the prospects of the Homestead Act, Ilmari and Matti set sail for America, while young Aino, feeling betrayed and adrift after her Marxist cell is exposed, follows soon after. The brothers establish themselves among a logging community in southern Washington, not far from the Columbia River. In this New World, they each find themselves—Ilmari as the family’s spiritual rock; Matti as a fearless logger and entrepreneur; and Aino as a fiercely independent woman and union activist who is willing to make any sacrifice for the cause that sustains her. Layered with fascinating historical detail, this novel bears witness to the stump-ridden fields that the loggers—and the first waves of modernity—leave behind. At its heart, Deep River explores the place of the individual, and of the immigrant, in an America still in the process of defining its own identity.

For the Love of Rivers

2015 Nature

Author : Kurt D. Fausch
Release : 2015
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 703/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book For the Love of Rivers written by Kurt D. Fausch. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In For the Love of Rivers, stream ecologist Kurt Fausch draws readers across the reflective surface of streams to view and ponder what is beneath, and how they work. While celebrating their beauty and mystery, he uses his many years of experience as a field biologist to explain the underlying science connecting these aquatic ecosystems to their streamside forests and the organisms found there--including humans. More than a book about stream ecology, For the Love of Rivers is a celebration of the interconnectedness of life. It is an authoritative and accessible look at the science of rivers and streams, but it also ponders the larger questions of why rivers are important to humans, why it is in our nature to want to be near them, and what we can do now to ensure the future of these essential ecosystems.

For Love of a River

2019-09-24 Nature

Author : Darby Nelson
Release : 2019-09-24
Genre : Nature
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 174/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book For Love of a River written by Darby Nelson. This book was released on 2019-09-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in the river town of Morton, Darby Nelson developed a deep taproot of affection that anchored his contagious curiosity about the land and people of the Minnesota River Valley. Now, with an ecologist's lens and a lifelong appreciation for wild and scenic places, Darby sets out with his wife, Geri, to paddle the river all the way from its source near the Minnesota-South Dakota border to its confluence with the Mississippi in the Twin Cities.

Daily Report

1975-02 East Asia

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Release : 1975-02
Genre : East Asia
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