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Turner, John L.

Biological Sciences

Waylon's Wandering Waterdrop

From the strange juxtaposition of the supersonic Concorde and the glossy ibis on the outskirts of Kennedy airport - not to mention their uncanny similarity in profile - to the pastel golfers and ruddy turnstones of the Hampton;s Sebonac Creek, Roger Stone's incisive book challenges the conventional wisdom that the balance between a vibrant economy and a healthy environment is a zero-sum game. Rather, he argues, Long Island's competitive economic advantage is its environmental quality. Aboard the elderly sailboat, Piper, Stone embarks on a modern-day voyage of discovery. In circumnavigating Long Island he seeks not riches or new lands, but a new vision for this well-worn region's future. Transcending the broadaxe frontier psychology that has ruled the country's development for so long, he charts innovative routes toward a more stable, environmentally based economy. Three hundred years of rampant exploitation of the island's once plentiful natural resources, coupled with unbridled, unplanned development has not led to the promised land so loudly ballyhooed by political leaders, but to a region groaning under a confiscatory tax burden, the highest energy costs in the nation and a seesaw economy more prone to bust than boom. But all is far from lost. The island's species diversity remains high, the beaches are splendid, the fishing is good and the climate continues to be modulated by the passing Gulf Stream. And most importantly, Long Island's people are waking up to their own strength. In this well-researched and hopeful book, Stone contends that pressure for change comes almost always from without the halls of entrenched power, and that an involved, organized citizenry is essential to promote new and better policies. He urges people everywhere to band together to seize the wheel of their own ship, as Long Island and the nation set sail towards a more rational future. --- from book's flyleaf

Fairtide: Sailing Toward Long Island's Future

Stone, Roger D.

Divided into 4 sections, BITTERSWEET has an overall narrative design. The 81 poems tell the story of the author's move to Long Island from a German community in the Midwest; settling in with his Cajun wife in the historic village of Roslyn, where poet William Cullen Bryant lived at his Cedarmere estate; the coming of their two Colombian infants in the early 80s; and participating in their growth and development. Woven throughout the poems is a love of gardening and Long Island natural history. Walt Whitman and William Cullen Bryant figure prominently in the collection. There are also tributes to poets Richard Wilbur, William Stafford, James Wright,and David Ignatow. The cover is a 1932 woodcut of Roslyn by Henry R. Diamond, a friend of Christopher Morley. 
With "Somewhere in Southern Indiana" (1993) and "Blue-Eyed Grass: Poems of Germany" (1997), "Bittersweet" completes a trilogy about places that have inspired the author to write poetry

Bittersweet Along the Expressway : Poems of Long Island

Literature & Fiction

Krapf, Norbert

Poetry

Covers 32 public preserves from Freeport to Searsport-with inland sites in Jefferson, Dresden and Searsmont-that offer a wide range of experiences in a diversity of ecosystems. It is an invitation to the curious traveler to explore this unique environment-to wonder at its many sights and to walk out into the natural landscape. Also represented are several important inland sites. Maps, detailed descriptions and hundreds of color photographs bring alive on the printed page these places of beauty, complemented by sidebar articles by the authors and contributing experts on an array of relevant natural history topics. This volume is the second in a series of guides to the land preserves of Midcoast Maine, published by Waterline Books. It is a worthy companion to travels along the hundreds of miles of Midcoast Maine's extraordinary coastline. Includes more that 238 color photos, maps. Explore the natural boundary between sea and land, where the uplands meet the marine waters of Maine's diversified coast. This guide takes you to many of the best sites, distinctive in what they offer to curious travelers: tidepools, vernal pools, forests, fields, all along MidCoast Maine, among one of the finest coastlines in the world.

Best Seashore Nature Sites: Midcoast Maine

Kyrill Schabert

This guide selects 40 sites along the Route 1 corridor, each of which is introduced and presented in photographs, a map, and one or more sidebars that focus on natural and cultural history. Most of these are site-specific, such as: ecological restoration (Sherman Lake), pollination (Beech Hill), alewives (Damariscotta Mills), to mention a few; others pertain to multiple locations: invasive plants, toxic chemicals, oak galls, sticklebacks, Maine apples, bobcat and lynx, etc. Covers 40 sites, all within 15 minutes to Route 1 along Maine's beautiful coast. Includes more than 230 color photos, maps.

Best Nature Sites, MidCoast Maine: Route 1 Corridor, Brunswick to Belfast

A guide to passing the operator's examination for the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS), which will be compulsory for ships over 300 tons as from February 1999. Apart from its most important task, that of life-saving, GMDSS will provide an international maritime system of instant commmunication, that will broadcast all types of safety, weather and navigational information on the high seas.

Gmdss Handbook : Understanding the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System : The New Marine Radio Communications System

Engineering & Transportation

Campbell, John

Transportation

Maintaining that there is little preventing one from cruising the world by boat, this book provides practical ideas for turning one's dreams of life at sea into reality, with suggestions for preplanning and simplifying one's life.

Voyaging on a Small Income

Sports & Outdoors

Hill. Anne. John Blackburn(illustrator)

Water Sports

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