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Pub. Date
2021
Description
On the Roof of the Rocky Mountains presents an informative narrative and photographic journey through of one of the most beautiful and distinguished high altitude (8,200 feet) botanical gardens in the world. Throughout the pages garden and flower pictures taken by noted professional photographers showcase several hundred of the more than 3,000 plant species in its vast collection. The Gardens are a respected leader in research and propagation, conservation,...
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Pub. Date
1972
Description
As a young man, Isak begins to farm some unclaimed land in the hills. He is soon joined by Inger, who bears him a son and becomes his wife. Together the family turns the small holding into a large estate that becomes the envy of the townsfolk who then move to Isak's mountain to try their luck.
9) Hitch
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Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
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To help his family during the Depression and avoid becoming a drunk like his father, Moss Trawnley joins the Civilian Conservation Corps, helps build a new camp near Monroe, Montana, and leads the other men in making the camp a success.
13) Antarctica
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Eco-terrorists battle capitalists, seeking to open Antarctica to commercial exploitation. The time is the 21st century, the world is an ecological disaster, and the treaty banning mineral exploration of Antarctica has expired. By the author of Red Mars.
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Like no other region of the United States, the West is dominated by its landscape. The natural setting is close to the hearts of the people, and natural resources drive society intellectually and emotionally as well as economically. It is a place ripe for conflict between those who wish to reap the natural wealth of the land and those who wish to preserve the region in a pure and untrammeled state. Governing this volatile situation are what Charles...