Offers a behind-the-scenes look into The Woodlands, an innovative town that was built from the ground up near Houston, Texas. This title presents the story of the people who were instrumental in developing it & the experiences & challenges they had in creating a better hometown. ...

Presents research in the study of woodlands, including temporal & quantitative changes in the proportion of different l&-use forms in the landscape of woodlands; butterfly communities in the woodland of Mount Fuji, Japan; experiences of the Caatinga & semiarid Mediterranean woodlands; &, more. ...

Gives an account of the European Picidae through the author's lifetime study of these birds. This book covers the various aspects of the natural history of the ten species including evolution, taxonomy, topography, flight patterns & drumming. It also deals with their country status, forestry, & their relationship with man & other fauna. ...

Explores the ideas, assumptions, & ambitions that guided Woodrow Wilson's methods of forming policy, & his diplomatic techniques. This book also goes on to consider some of the larger questions concerning Wilson's desire for neutrality, American entry into World War I, & Wilson's fight for American membership in the League of Nations. ...

Horror set in 1965. Heather (Agnes Bruckner) is a teenage girl whose father (Bruce Campbell) & mother take little interest in her. Heather's parents enroll her in a private boarding school for girls located deep in a remote forest. Heather isn't happy with this turn of events, & she doesn't get along well with her classmates or the head mistress, Ms. Traverse (Patricia Clarkson). As she struggles to make the best of her situation, Heather notices that slowly but surely the other students at the school have been vanishing. There seems to be a mysterious force in the nearby woods which has been claiming the lives of the young women
- & will soon be coming after Heather.
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A collection of poems by Alice Oswald. This collection follows the success of her widely acclaimed river-poem, Dart, which was awarded the TS Eliot Prize in 2002. Extending the concerns of " Dart" & written over a period of several years, these poems recall the oral & anonymous tradition with which they share affinity. ...