To hold a little microbat in your hand, its body the size of the end of your thumb, is nothing but astounding. Its head is nearly the size of a man’s fingernail, its tiny ears are twitching as it struggles to get free, and then it bares its teeth to try and scare you into letting it go. Inside that tiny head is a powerhouse of information. Some of these little bats know the entire landscape of its territory, and can pinpoint a cave entrance in dense forest 500 km from its last home. When they get there they know what to do – where to forage, which bat to mate with and how to avoid local predators. A Natural History of Australian Bats uncovers the unique biology and ecology of these wonderful creatures. It features a description of each bat species found in Australia as well as a section on bat myths. The book is enhanced by stunning color photographs from Steve Parish, most of which have never been seen before.

A Natural History of Australian Bats [OP]: Working the Night Shift

Science & Math

Richards, Greg

Hall, Leslie

Biological Sciences

CSIRO Publishing

This history of the American Revolution in Georgia offers a thorough examination of how landownership issues complicated and challenged colonists’ loyalties. Despite underdevelopment and isolation, eighteenth-century Georgia was an alluring place, for it promised settlers of all social classes the prospect of affordable land―and the status that went with ownership.
Then came the Revolution and its many threats to the orderly systems by which property was acquired and protected. As rebel and royal leaders vied for the support of Georgia’s citizens, says Leslie Hall, allegiance became a prime commodity, with property and the preservation of owners’ rights the requisite currency for securing it.
As Hall shows, however, the war’s progress in Georgia was indeterminate; in fact, Georgia was the only colony in which British civil government was reestablished during the war. In the face of continued uncertainties―plundering, confiscation, and evacuation―many landowners’ desires for a strong, consistent civil authority ultimately transcended whatever political leanings they might have had. The historical irony here, Hall’s study shows, is that the most successful regime of Georgia’s Revolutionary period was arguably that of royalist governor James Wright.
Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia is a revealing study of the self-interest and practical motivations in competition with a period’s idealism and rhetoric.

Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia

History

Americas

University of Georgia Press

This history of the American Revolution in Georgia offers a thorough examination of how landownership issues complicated and challenged colonists’ loyalties. Despite underdevelopment and isolation, eighteenth-century Georgia was an alluring place, for it promised settlers of all social classes the prospect of affordable land―and the status that went with ownership.Then came the Revolution and its many threats to the orderly systems by which property was acquired and protected. As rebel and royal leaders vied for the support of Georgia’s citizens, says Leslie Hall, allegiance became a prime commodity, with property and the preservation of owners’ rights the requisite currency for securing it.As Hall shows, however, the war’s progress in Georgia was indeterminate; in fact, Georgia was the only colony in which British civil government was reestablished during the war. In the face of continued uncertainties―plundering, confiscation, and evacuation―many landowners’ desires for a strong, consistent civil authority ultimately transcended whatever political leanings they might have had. The historical irony here, Hall’s study shows, is that the most successful regime of Georgia’s Revolutionary period was arguably that of royalist governor James Wright.Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia is a revealing study of the self-interest and practical motivations in competition with a period’s idealism and rhetoric.

Flying Foxes is an illustrated guide dedicated to Australia's thriteen species of Megachiroptera. These 'mega' bats do not comply with standard bat stereotypes: while they are nocturnal, they live in forests rather than caves, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, and their long snouts and large ears and eyes give them a canine like look - hence the description of 'flying foxes'. Perhaps because of their appearance, as well as their intelligence, flying foxes are regarded with much affection in Australia and are sometimes kept as family pets.

Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia

Univ of New South Wales

Bad Girl: 22 Stories

Literature & Fiction

United States

Capra Press

This book is the first illustrated guide dedicated to Australia's 13 species of Megachiropter--the mega bats. These animals don't fit everyone's image of a bat: while they are nocturnal, they live in forests rather than caves, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, and their long snouts and large ears and eyes give them a canine-like appearance (hence the description of flying foxes). Perhaps because of their appearance, as well as their intelligence, flying foxes are regarded with much affection in Australia and are sometimes kept as family pets. Among the wide range of issues Flying Foxes discusses are such contentious matters as the management of flying fox populations and the recent incidents of viral diseases jumping from flying foxes to humans. The book contains outstanding line drawings by Louise Saunders and 29 superb color photographs, including many by acclaimed wildlife photographer, Theo Allofs.

Krieger Pub. Co

Wouldn't this world be fantastic if it were perfect? I think that would mean that we would have to be perfect also. God shows us how to get along in this big world. Don't be so hard on people, and try to look at things with a caring soul. In this world, you usually get out of it what you put in it. God sees if you are always unhappy, and I don't think he wants that, because love doesn't make you feel bad. Look on the bright side. After all, God made four seasons--spring, summer, winter, and fall. If God can make the seasons change, I think you can pull your face up and smile. It surely will make you feel really good. God's blessings are new every day.

A Weak Little Tree Beside Me

Children's Books

Covenant Books

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A Natural History of Australian Bats [OP]: Working the Night Shift

Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia

Land and Allegiance in Revolutionary Georgia

Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia

Bad Girl: 22 Stories

Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia

A Weak Little Tree Beside Me