Duncan, David James
Summary: "A random bolt from a DC-8 falls from the sky, killing a child and throwing the faith of a young Jesuit into crisis. A boy's mother dies on his fifth birthday, sparking a lifetime of repressed anger that he unleashes once a year in reckless duels with the Fate, God, or Power who let the coincidence happen. A young woman on a run in Seattle experiences a shooting star moment that pierces her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown & Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DUNDuncan, David James.
Summary: Offers a loving tribute to the landscape, plants, and animals of his native Montana.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 2001
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Contents: River teeth: a definition -- Red coats -- Rose vegetables -- Her idiots -- Giving normal the finger -- A streetlamp in the Netherlands -- Kali's personal -- Another brutal Indian attack -- Northwest passage -- The garbage man's daughter -- The Mickey Mantle Koan -- Yellowjacket -- Molting -- First native -- Not rocking the boats -- My one conversation with Collin Walcott -- The king of Epoxy --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1996
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Summary: Since its publication by Sierra Club Books nearly two decades ago, "The River Why" has become a classic, now standing with Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It" as the most-read fiction about fly-fishing of our era.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sierra Club Books 2002
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Summary: During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century's big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation's rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them into revenue streams. Water control projects'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Patagonia 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.914 HAWDoyle, Brian
Summary: "When Brian Doyle passed away at the age of sixty after a bout with brain cancer, he left behind a cult-like following of devoted readers who regard his writing as one of the best-kept secrets of the twenty-first century. Doyle writes with a delightful sense of wonder about the sanctity of everyday things, and about love and connection in all their forms: spiritual love, brotherly love,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2019