Rootless

Download or Read eBook Rootless PDF written by Chris Howard and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Rootless

Book Synopsis Rootless by : Chris Howard

A dazzling eco-thriller set in a terrifying world with some chilling similarities to our own . . .17-year-old Banyan is a tree builder. Using salvaged scrap metal, he creates forests for rich patrons who seek a reprieve from the desolate landscape. Although Banyan's never seen a real tree--they were destroyed more than a century ago--his missing father used to tell him stories about the Old World. Everything changes when Banyan meets a mysterious woman with a strange tattoo, a map to the last living trees on earth, and he sets off across a wasteland from which few return. Those who make it past the pirates and poachers can't escape the locusts . . . the locusts that now feed on human flesh.But Banyan isn't the only one looking for the trees, and he's running out of time. Unsure of whom to trust, he's forced to make an alliance with Alpha, a beautiful, dangerous pirate with an agenda of her own. As they race towards a promised land that might only be a myth, Banyan makes shocking discoveries about his family, his past, and how far people will go to bring back the trees.

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  • Publisher – Scholastic Inc.
  • Total Pages – 310
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  • ISBN-10 – 9780545470032
  • ISBN-13 – 054547003X

Rooted in the Land

Download or Read eBook Rooted in the Land PDF written by William Vitek and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Rooted in the Land

Book Synopsis Rooted in the Land by : William Vitek

This book is dedicated to the notion that human lives are enriched by participation in a social community that is integrated into the natural landscape of a particular place. The writers explore the loss of community, the philosophical foundations of communities, Amish communities, and the current renewal of community life.

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  • Publisher – Yale University Press
  • Total Pages – 308
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  • ISBN-10 – 0300069618
  • ISBN-13 – 9780300069617

Tradition in a Rootless World

Download or Read eBook Tradition in a Rootless World PDF written by Lynn Davidman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Tradition in a Rootless World

Book Synopsis Tradition in a Rootless World by : Lynn Davidman

"[Davidman's] rich ethnographic observations and lucid prose illuminate two of the more important aspects of modern religion generally: the changing role of women and the resurgence of traditional faith."—Robert Wuthnow, author of Meaning and Moral Order

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  • Publisher – Univ of California Press
  • Total Pages – 267
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  • ISBN-10 – 9780520075450
  • ISBN-13 – 0520075455

Next Stop, Reloville

Download or Read eBook Next Stop, Reloville PDF written by Peter T. Kilborn and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-07-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Next Stop, Reloville

Book Synopsis Next Stop, Reloville by : Peter T. Kilborn

An eye-opening investigation of the growing phenomenon of "Relos," the professionals for whom relocation is a way of life Drive through the newest subdivisions of Atlanta, Dallas, or Denver, and you'll notice an unusual similarity in the layout of the houses, the models of the cars, the pastimes of the stay-at-home moms. But this is not your grandparents' suburbia, "the little houses made of ticky-tacky"—these houses go for half a million dollars and up, and no one stays longer than three or four years. You have entered the land of Relos, the mid-level executives for a growing number of American companies, whose livelihoods depend on their willingness to uproot their families in pursuit of professional success. Together they constitute a new social class, well-off but insecure, well traveled but insular. Peter T. Kilborn, a longtime reporter for The New York Times, takes us inside the lives of American Relos, showing how their distinctive pressures and values affect not only their own families and communities but also the country as a whole. As Relo culture becomes the norm for these workers, more and more Americans—no matter their jobs or the economy's booms and busts—will call Relovilles "home."

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  • Publisher – Macmillan
  • Total Pages – 272
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  • ISBN-10 – 9781429938037
  • ISBN-13 – 142993803X

Art of the Bedchamber

Download or Read eBook Art of the Bedchamber PDF written by Douglas Wile and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Art of the Bedchamber

Book Synopsis Art of the Bedchamber by : Douglas Wile

An anthology of over two millennia of Chinese treatises on the use and practice of sexual intercourse

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  • Publisher – SUNY Press
  • Total Pages – 304
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  • ISBN-10 – 079140885X
  • ISBN-13 – 9780791408858