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After Life

Ways We Think About Death

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

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After Life

Ways We Think About Death

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Why do we die? Why can't we live forever? What happens to us after death? Moving between science and culture, After Life: Ways We Think About Death takes a straightforward look at these and other questions long taboo in our society. By showing the fascinating, diverse ways in which we understand death, both today and throughout our history, the book also shines a light on what it is to be human. Each chapter includes a brief telling of a death legend, myth or history from a different culture or tradition, from Adam and Eve to Wolf and Coyote, and ends with a section on a common theme in our thinking about death, such as rivers and birds in the afterlife, the colors that different cultures use to symbolize death, and, of course, ghosts. The final chapter is about grief, which is both a universal human experience and unique to each person. The text offers suggestions for ways to think about our grief, when to ask for help and how to talk to friends who are grieving.

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Orca Book Publishers

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145981391X

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9781459813915

Nature Out of Balance

How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

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Nature Out of Balance

How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Invasive species threaten local ecosystems and the planet’s biodiversity, but are they all as bad as we think they are? Plants, animals, insects and fish are moving in. In Nature Out of Balance:How Invasive Species Are Changing the Planet author Merrie-Ellen Wilcox profiles all-star invasive species around the world, starting in her own neighbourhood, and warns that humans are the most invasive species of all. We find out how and why species become invasive, what we can do to stop their spread and whether it’s time to think differently about invasive species that are here to stay.

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128

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1459823974

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9781459823976

Taking Care of Where We Live

Restoring Ecosystems

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

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Taking Care of Where We Live

Restoring Ecosystems

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Healthy ecosystems are important to the more than eight million different species that live on Earth, including humans. But over the centuries humans have damaged and changed the environment that we all depend on for our survival. We cut down forests, dam rivers, build cities and pollute the air, water and soil. That's where ecological restoration comes in. It aims to reverse the degradation of ecosystems, like grasslands, mountains and forests, on every continent and in every ocean. These are big goals, so everyone will need to step up! In Taking Care of Where We Live, readers will explore restoration projects, big and small, around the world, from the Ten Billion Tree Tsunami program in Pakistan to the Green Corridors project in Colombia. They’ll also find out how to take small actions for the ecosystems in their own communities, such as learning about the land where they live and the people who lived there, planting native plants and trees and helping to remove invasive species. By putting our best human qualities together, we can repair some of the human damage to the planet and help make the its ecosystems healthy again. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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140

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1459835409

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9781459835405

What's the Buzz?

Keeping Bees in Flight

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

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Keeping Bees in Flight

By: Merrie-Ellen Wilcox

Part of the nonfiction Footprints series for middle readers, illustrated with many color photographs. Readers will discover why bees are important and how people are working to save them.

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After Life

After Life

Nature Out of Balance

Nature Out of Balance

Taking Care of Where We Live

Taking Care of Where We Live

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