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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Grass Timothy
An anthology of selected works by the Nobel Prize-winning writer of Crabwalk and Too Far Afield includes excerpts from his major novels, numerous short fictional works, essays, and poems, in a volume that recounts the author's participation in political causes, his observations of current events, and his advocacy of the disadvantaged. Simultaneous. 35,000 first printing.
Wild Grass
Oxford University Press
2003
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for solo cello The music is based on the foreword to the poem Wild Grass by the father of contemporary Chinese literature, Lu Hsun. A translation of the foreword may be recited concurrently with the music. There is a version of this work for solo viola.
Wild Grass
Oxford University Press
2005
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for solo viola The music is based on the foreword to the poem Wild Grass by the father of contemporary Chinese literature, Lu Hsun. A translation of the foreword may be recited concurrently with the music. The original version of this work is for solo cello.
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side is a story of hope, being true to yourself and working towards a dream. Geared towards children ages 4-14, this story is sure to capture the imagination of the reader and inspire them to believe in themselves, achieve their goals and to rise to any challenges. This is an interactive reading/picture/colouring book. The reader can transform their interpretation into colour.
Neotyphodium/Grass Interactions
Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
1997
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Endophytic fungi belonging to the Balansieae tribe were first hypothesized to cause poor livestock performance in 1977 and, in 1980, the association was validated. The fungi were extensively studied and classified according to morphology, their life cycles exam- ined to determine methods to eliminate the fungi in grasses, and practical methods devel- oped for livestock producers to eliminate endophyte-infected plants from pastures and establish endophyte-free plants. Hindsight illustrates how primitive was our understanding of the associations between endophyte, grass plant, and animal. The plant/endophyte asso- ciations, thought to be rare cases, have now been identified in grasses that are adapted from tropical to nearly arctic, and from marshland to desert climatic regimes. In the two decades that have passed since the first endophyte-plant-animal associa- tion was made, the scientific community has re-classified the endophytic fungi twice (now the genus Neotyphodium), ~he systematics and ecological role of endophytes have been more clearly defined, endophytes and grasses are now generally accepted as mutualistic symbionts, the chemistry of toxins and their functions defined, beneficial effects of endo- phytes on plants identified, and commercial ventures have emerged based upon endophyte research in the turfgrass and livestock industries.
Vetiver Grass
National Academies Press
1993
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For developing nations, soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vast amounts of topsoil are washed or blown away from arable land only to accumulate in rivers, reservoirs, harbors, and estuaries, thereby creating a double disaster: a vital resource disappears from where it is desperately needed and is deposited where it is equally unwanted. Despite much rhetoric and effort, little has been done to overcome this problem. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale in both humid and semi-arid regions. Hedges of this deeply rooted species catch and hold back sediments while the stiff foliage acts as a filter that also slows runoff and keeps moisture on site. This book assesses vetiver's promise and limitations and identifies places where this grass can be deployed without undue environmental risk. Table of Contents Front Matter Introduction 1 Worldwide Experiences 2 Case Studies 3 Conclusions 4 Questions and Answers 5 The Plant 6 Next Steps Appendix A: Great Challenges, Great Opportunities Appendix B: Other Potential "Vetivers" Appendix C: Selected Readings Appendix D: Research Contacts Appendix E: Biographical Sketches The BOSTID Innovation Program Board on Science and Technology for International Development (BOSTID) BOSTID Publications in Print
" Erma Bombeck] is marvelously funny, direct as a hypodermic, a virtuoso in the field of suburban living."--Vogue It's the expos to end all expos s--the truth about the suburbs: where they planted trees and crabgrass came up, where they planted the schools and taxes came up, where they died of old age trying to merge onto the freeway and where they finally got sex out of the schools and back into the gutters.
Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China
Ian Johnson
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2005
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Traces the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's nearly ten-year stay in China, introducing readers to three individuals whose lives reflected the public effects of protest, including a man who filed a lawsuit against the Zizhou district for illegal taxation, an architecture student whose Beijing study inspired massive protests, and a young woman whose investigation into her mother's death garnered international exposure. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
James Carlos Blake is a masterful chronicler of the restless, outcast, the lawless, and the lonelyheart. His previous novel, In the Rogue Blood, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction. Now he has written a powerful and rousing historical saga of family loyalties, blood feuds, and betrayed friendships; of bank robberies and bootlegging; and of a passionate love as wild at heart as the Everglades. It is the story of sworn enemies: John Ashley, a criminal and folk hero, the brightest star in a family destined to become the most notorious in south Florida; and Bobby Baker, a lawman born of lawmen, a violent, hard-hearted man driven by the searing memory of past affronts and the enduring hatreds the engendered. Ashley and Maker will clash many times over many decades. And as the twentieth century encroaches on their world--and the wildlands give grudging way to the rising boomtown of Miami--a feral, sensual mating will place one man in gravest peril...while his adversary contrives a dark, personal vengeance that could leave countless lives--his own included--in ruin.
Inspired by the lore of her Sioux heritage, this "captivating"(New York Times Book Review) critically-acclaimed novel from Mona Susan Power weaves the stories of the old and the young, of broken families, romantic rivals, men and women in love and at war... Set on a North Dakota reservation, The Grass Dancer reveals the harsh price of unfulfilled longings and the healing power of mystery and hope. Rich with drama and infused with the magic of the everyday, it takes readers on a journey through both past and present--in a tale as resonant and haunting as an ancestor's memory, and as promising as a child's dream. WINNER OF THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL
Bordello madam and amateur sleuth Hennessey Reed doesn't go looking for trouble. But trouble has an unnerving habit of coming looking for her.Melancholy, Idaho Territory, 1882. Hennessey Reed learns a reclusive family has been shot dead, bound in pairs, and dumped on the outskirts of town. Were they chosen at random, left as a warning, or, as members of a burgeoning religion, murdered because of their beliefs?Encouraged by past success as an amateur sleuth, Hennessey barrels headlong into the search for the killer. Unfortunately, a laudanum addiction and penchant for Irish whiskey can be most unhelpful when hunting a murderer. So, too, strained relations with the town marshal, a cagey Pinkerton agent, and an independent wolfhound who follows her nose, but rarely instruction.Hennessey knows present-day events are often rooted in the past. When her investigation leads her across societal boundaries and county lines, she is pitched against villains ready and willing not only to pay the ultimate price to wreak havoc and exact revenge, but also to kill whomever gets in their way.PLEASE NOTE: This book reveals plot details, and the villain, from the first Hennessey Reed mystery ONE FOR ANOTHER.
When Medicine River was published in 1990, the New York Times said of Thomas King, He knows his territory. His first novel is economical, precise, and elegant. Now King returns with his totally fresh voice - carefully controlled, yet without artifice - to present a complex web of character, myth, folklore, and contemporary and universal experience. Green Grass, Running Water is the story of five Blackfoot Indians in the town of Blossom and its nearby reserve, whose very different lives nevertheless continually cross. Alberta, a university professor who wants a child but not a marriage, is involved with two men who seem to represent opposite possibilities: Charlie, a flashy lawyer, and Lionel, a self-effacing TV salesman. Latisha, Lionel's sister, runs the Dead Dog Cafe, a local hangout and tourist trap. And then there's Eli, who moved to the city and its white man's establishment, never intending to look back to Blossom or the reservation's ancient way of life. All the while, four old Indians, escapees from a mental institution, drift mysteriously and hilariously in and out of time, from the beginnings of the universe to its undecided future. Wildly combining Native American and Western spiritual traditions in the stories they tell, they attempt to recreate and reorder the world. And the trickster Coyote follows along, wreaking havoc as he prowls through the novel. This is a rich tale, weaving subtle, magical humor, revisionist history, muted nostalgia, and sacred humanity into one bright, whole cloth.
The lord and lady of an old English estate have had to open up most of their manor to tourists in order to keep the place going. One day an American millionaire breaks off from the tourists and enters the private rooms of the manor where he meets the lady. They fall in love at first sight. The lord is momentarily helpless, and can offer no objection when his wife, after a restless weekend, announces that she is going into London for a few days. He does not want his wife to come back to him out of any sense of duty, but prefers to hold or lose her entirely. He engineers a plan that involves inviting the American to the estate for a weekend, together with the women his wife is ostensibly visiting in London. It's a bold plan, but he carries it off gaily. The evening culminates in a harmless duel, in which the lord is superficially wounded - by arrangement with his butler. The absolute seriousness of the situation shocks the lady back to her senses. The dialogue throughout sparkles with a delightful levity, and the roles are polished to a perfection of sophistiction.
Dark Comedy / Flexible Casting; 2m, 1f or 6m, 3f / Simple Sets Tall Grass is a dark comedy comprised of three one-act plays. Each play requires two males and a female and the same three actors can play the roles for each play. THE BUSINESS PROPOSAL begins with a botched marriage proposal by a nice young man to his type-A girlfriend, who instead informs him that she has just accepted a position to become his boss. Over the next six-months the two try to sort out what they really want out of their professional and personal lives. The solution comes as a surprise, both to themselves and to the audience. The play also features a comic waiter and some voice-overs which can be done by the same actor. THE GERBIL is the story of a burglar caught breaking into the home of a dysfunctional couple, whose love for their daughter is the glue keeping their marriage together. The brutal ending reveals the harm their marriage has taken on the daughter, although she never appears on stage. In TALL GRASS we find an octogenarian couple fighting to maintain their independence. The arrival of a mysterious social worker tests the true extent of their resolve.
Author C.L. Johnson makes a splash on the literary scene with an engaging story about faith, family, and friendship. The story is about friends Austin, Mark and Quincey as they travel the paths of manhood and spirituality. Quincey is a lawyer that has a rising star until he announces his calling to preach. That's when everything hits the fan. Austin is a self made entrepreneur that has a never-ending appetite when it comes to the ladies. That is until he meets one that wants to take him for everything he has. Finally there's Mark, a family man that's jobless and down on his luck. Despite his efforts, no one will hire him. His Fiery wife Terri will not let him think of touching her until he can make a financial deposit into the family bank account. During the tough times in our lives, it's sometimes hard to find God. We often think our lives would be better if we had it different. Sometimes that's everything but true. Follow these friend's as they see if The Grass is Always Greener on the other side.
The Grass Is Greenest Where I Am: Living in Your Own Love & Light and Sharing Your Unique Gifts with the World
Noah Crane
Greenest Grass LLC
2018
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Do you need clarity around your true path and purpose? Do you desire a loving relationship? Are you ready to create a life you love? If so, it's time to get out of your head and dive deeply into your soul's purpose. You have the power to create your "greenest grass" with ease, intention, and flow.In The Grass Is Greenest Where I Am, author Noah Crane will help you tap into the universe's overflowing abundance through her inspirational anecdotes and deep well of lesson-based wisdom. With Noah's guidance, you will uncover your unique gifts and create a life of no comparison, no competition, no scarcity. Leave the pages of this book feeling in love with yourself and inspired to set yourself free from the shackles holding you back from your greatest life. This is your time to shine and enjoy a life of peace, abundance, success, love, and light.