Labrador The Story of the World's Favourite Dog

Storm Dunlop

Collins Star Finder Pack [With Wallchart & Star Finder Planisphere]

The multitude of stars in the sky can be confusing, but the "Collins Star Finder Pack" provides everything stargazers need to identify them correctly. The star finder is accompanied by a 32-page booklet explaining the best way to observe the night sky and also shows the positions of the planets for the next five years. 30 color illustrations.

Claude Clayton Smith

Ohio Outback: Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp

A collection that reveals the surprising variety of life in northwest Ohio Ohio Outback is a unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events in out-of-the-way places throughout northwest Ohio. The pieces in this book reflect a growing curiosity and fondness for Ohio, with topics ranging from the manufacturing process of NFL footballs and the anatomy of ditches to an Ohio section of a ten-thousandmile drive by interstate highway across the forty-eight states and Smith's reflections as a licensed professional boxing judge. Ohio Outback also contains "Yard Wars of the Ohio Outback," a lighthearted piece that forms the book's narrative core with tales of bird, pool, and driveway battles. "Claude Clayton Smith, an Easterner who found himself transplanted to the 'outback' of northwest Ohio, has written a poignant and funny account of his longstanding attempt to feel at home there. The happy result of his struggle to come to terms with the region's landscape, customs, and history is a thoughtful meditation on the charms and ...

Annie Dillard

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters

Here, in this compelling assembly of writings, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard explores the world of natural facts and human meanings.