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Author: Jon M. Sweeney
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: 2021-09-28
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1506470734
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Turn from fear and find peace. In Feed the Wolf, author and Saint Francis scholar Jon M. Sweeney explores fifteen spiritual practices from the essential wisdom of Saint Francis for us to apply to our twenty-first-century lives.
Author: Matt S. Law
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9781480261341
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Wise men say that within our hearts are two wolves. One is the bad wolf. It is full of greed, laziness, fear, hatred, jealousy, rage, sorrow. All the negative emotions. The other is the good wolf. It is full of joy, love, kindness, forgiveness, peace of mind. All the positive emotions. Both wolves war against each other continuously in our hearts. When asked which wolf is stronger, the wise men answer, "Whichever wolf you have been feeding."
Author: Patrick Lahey
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2020-09-10
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 1663203989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Today Patrick Lahey chooses to be sober and to battle the storm. It is his hope that others will also choose to fight while finding their passion, following their dreams, and opening and sharing the gift inside with the world, all while remembering they are loved and never alone. In a compilation of poems, Lahey raises awareness surrounding the complex battles that accompany addiction and mental illness in order to remind others who may be experiencing similar challenges that the time for healing is now. While serving as an advocate for these issues, Lahey shares poetic insight into his personal struggles with the disease of alcoholism, as well as numerous mental health challenges, to shatter the stigma in our society and bring light to the darkness for those who are suffering. Feed the White Wolf is a volume of poems that offers a moving lyrical perspective into the challenges surrounding the disease of alcoholism and mental illness.
Author: M. F. K. Fisher
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1988-10
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780865473362
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1942 when wartime shortages were at their worst, the ever-popular How to Cook a Wolf, continues to surmount the unavoidable problem of cooking within a budget. Here is a wealth of practical and delicious ways to keep the wolf from the door.
Author: Pema Chodron
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1590308433
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Discusses the Buddhist concept of shenpa in order to describe how to become free from the destructive energy experienced during moments of conflict.
Author: Julie Ryan McGue
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1647420512
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers—which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues. To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren’t happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parents—and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background. Julie’s search for her birth relatives spans eight years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey’s end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated quest—one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.
Author: L. David Mech
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 2020-10-13
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 145296209X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The world’s leading wolf expert describes the first years of a major study that transformed our understanding of one of nature’s most iconic creatures In the late 1940s, a small pack of wolves crossed the ice of Lake Superior to the island wilderness of Isle Royale, creating a perfect “laboratory” for a long-term study of predators and prey. As the wolves hunted and killed the island’s moose, a young graduate student named Dave Mech began research that would unlock the mystery of one of nature’s most revered (and reviled) animals—and eventually became an internationally renowned and respected wolf expert. This is the story of those early years. Wolf Island recounts three extraordinary summers and winters Mech spent on the isolated outpost of Isle Royale National Park, tracking and observing wolves and moose on foot and by airplane—and upending the common misperception of wolves as destructive killers of insatiable appetite. Mech sets the scene with one of his most thrilling encounters: witnessing an aerial view of a spectacular hunt, then venturing by snowshoe (against the pilot’s warning) to photograph the pack of hungry wolves at their kill. Wolf Island owes as much to the spirit of adventure as to the impetus of scientific curiosity. Written with science and outdoor writer Greg Breining, who recorded hours of interviews with Mech and had access to his journals and field notes from those years, the book captures the immediacy of scientific fieldwork in all its triumphs and frustrations. It takes us back to the beginning of a classic environmental study that continues today, spanning nearly sixty years—research and experiences that would transform one of the most despised creatures on Earth into an icon of wilderness and ecological health.
Author: Jon T. Coleman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 0300133375
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over a continent and three centuries, American livestock owners destroyed wolves to protect the beasts that supplied them with food, clothing, mobility, and wealth. The brutality of the campaign soon exceeded wolves’ misdeeds. Wolves menaced property, not people, but storytellers often depicted the animals as ravenous threats to human safety. Subjects of nightmares and legends, wolves fell prey not only to Americans’ thirst for land and resources but also to their deeper anxieties about the untamed frontier. Now Americans study and protect wolves and jail hunters who shoot them without authorization. Wolves have become the poster beasts of the great American wilderness, and the federal government has paid millions of dollars to reintroduce them to scenic habitats like Yellowstone National Park. Why did Americans hate wolves for centuries? And, given the ferocity of this loathing, why are Americans now so protective of the animals? In this ambitious history of wolves in America—and of the humans who have hated and then loved them—Jon Coleman investigates a fraught relationship between two species and uncovers striking similarities, deadly differences, and, all too frequently, tragic misunderstanding.
Author: Robert Young
Publisher: Real Writing Press
Published: 2019-06
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 9780974219622
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Friends of a wolf? Who would dare? Plenty of people would, and for good reasons: wolves are fascinating animals and they are important to our environment. For years, they were hunted to near extinction. Today, with the help of friends, their numbers are growing. Using engaging text and captivating photographs, Friends of the Wolf introduces young readers to the wonderful world of wolves. Readers discover wolves' amazing physical characteristics, their long history of being one of the most maligned animals on the planet, and their road to recovery. A real-life sanctuary is spotlighted, and its everyday workings to preserve and protect wolves. Children are passionate about animals, especially wolves. But how can they put that passion to use? This book provides an informational foundation as well as practical suggestions to help readers become Friends of the Wolf. Written by Robert Young, a long-time author and educator, this book aligns with Common Core State Standards.
Author: Nick Jans
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 0547858191
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Wolf Called Romeo is the remarkable story of a wolf who returned again and again to interact with the people and dogs of Juneau, living on the edges of their community, engaging in an improbable, awe-inspiring interspecies dance and bringing the wild into sharp focus. At first the people of Juneau were guarded, torn between shoot first, ask questions later instincts and curiosity. But as Romeo began to tag along with cross-country skiers on their daily jaunts, play fetch with local dogs, or simply lie near Nick and nap under the sun, they came to accept Romeo, and he them. For Nick it was about trying to understand Romeo, then it was about winning his trust, and ultimately it was about watching over him, for as long as he or anyone could.
