books: earth bunker

books: earth bunker

books:

Earth bunker

Catherine Wallis

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2005

Great Informational Book
I found that this book offers not only the basics on seahorses but it probes into the biology, habitats, courtship rituals, and mythology associated with seahorses. Also touched upon, are the dangers that seahorses face due to loss of habitat, pollution and use of ...

A Free Black Girl Before the Civil War: The Diary of Charlotte Forten, 1854 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)

Charlotte L. Forten

Blue Earth Books, 1998

A valuable glimpse at 19th century African American life
I first encountered Charlotte Forten Grimke as an adult, when I read the hefty (more than 600 pages) edition of her journals published as part of the Schomburg Library of 19th Century Black Women Writers. I was captivated by her inquisitive mind and vivacious spirit, ...

A Civil War Drummer Boy: The Diary of William Bircher, 1861-1865 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)
William Bircher

Blue Earth Books, 2000

Excerpts from the diary of William Bircher, a fifteen-year-old Minnesotan who was a drummer during the Civil War. Supplemented by sidebars, activities, and a timeline of the era.

A Whaling Captain's Daughter: The Diary of Laura Jernegan, 1868-1871 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)

Laura Jernegan, Judy Downey

Blue Earth Books, 2000

An Inside Look at Whaling From a Little Girl's Eye.
I was so amazed at the writing ability and language skills of a very young child. Laura Jernegan's account of her three years aboard a whaling vessel kept me reading. I couldn't put it down! Nestled among her diary notes was useful and interesting information ...

Ice Island: The Expedition to Antarctica's Largest Iceberg

Greg Stone

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2003

An Antarctic Adventure Full of Insights and Photographs
I found Ice Island to be a thoroughly enjoyable book. In a clear and straightforward style that will appeal to most types of readers, the author tells the story of his ambitious scientific expedition to Antarctica in 2001 to find and study what satellite images had ...

Disappearing Giants: The North Atlantic Right Whale
Scott Kraus

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2003

The North Atlantic right whale is the most endangered large whale in the oceans today. This is a story of science and rediscovery, of survival and protection, and of research, without which we cannot hope to protect the right whale's habitat.

Globalization and the Race for Resources (Themes in Global Social Change)
Stephen G. Bunker, Paul S. Ciccantell

The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005

Globalization and the Race for Resources explores how five nations-Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, the United States, and Japan-achieved trade dominance by devising technologies, social and financial institutions, and markets to enhance their access to raw materials. Through ecological and economic explanation of resource extraction and ...

A Pioneer Farm Girl: The Diary of Sarah Gillespie, 1877-1878 (Diaries, Letters, and Memoirs)
Sarah Gillespie Huftalen

Blue Earth Books, 2000

Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionary War. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.