Dealing with endings & beginnings, this book's poems explore that transforming, constantly shifting overlap in what we remember & what we experience now. It

Includes:: themes of losing & finding, releasing & holding, from poems about the last years of the poet's mother's life, to a sequence celebrating her son & motherhood.

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Offers an introductory treatment to coastal & estuarine processes for earth scientists or engineers. This book covers water waves, surf zone hydrodynamics, tides in oceans & estuaries, storm surges, estuarine mixing, basic sediment transport, coastal morphodynamics & coastal groundwater dynamics. ...

Grizzly bears can climb trees; black bears can be brown
- or even white, & some coastal bears will not hibernate at all. This
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Explores the wildflowers & flowering shrubs commonly found in the coastal regions of British Columbia, including Vancouver Isl&, & throughout the coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest. This book is arranged by flower color & by plant family. It is suitable for hikers & amblers of various skill levels. ...

A history of R.A.F. Coastal Comm&, whose job it was to protect the UK from naval threats, & in particular the threat from German U-Boats during WWII. Initially poorly equipped, the introduction of depth-charges & newer aircraft with longer operating ranges, meant Coastal Command soon proved to be a highly effective tool in the fight against German submarines & shipping. In its later years, its role was primarily to track nuclear submarines, mainly through the introduction of the electronics-laden Nimrod squadrons. ...