![]() ![]() There are now some 900,000 American black bears ( Ursus americanus) across North America, up from a low of 200,000 before 1900, but well shy of the estimated 2 million before European colonisation and the hunting and habitat encroachment that came with it.īut climate change may be boosting bear conflict too. To some extent, this is a reflection of conservation success. In recent months, black bears have been making a ruckus in residential neighbourhoods everywhere from the suburbs of San Francisco to the commuter towns of New York City. The question doesn’t just apply in typical North American bear country. So how do we solve a problem like black bears in the backyard? ![]() When bears get too bold, it often doesn’t end well, mainly for them: between 20, in Colorado alone 775 black bears were euthanised.Īs we encroach further into their territory and climate change alters their hibernation habits, these types of run-ins will become more common. ![]() “It just seems they are a little more brazen this year,” Christy Bubenheim from the state’s parks and wildlife service recently told The Denver Post. What is out of the norm, though, is the nature of these run-ins. Between January and June of this year, there were more than 700 such encounters with black bears in Colorado – not hugely out of the norm in recent years. ![]()
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![]() In order to end the cycle, they must vote unanimously on who gets to live. Lockhart and would be a great atmospheric Halloween read. I don’t think the cover blurb does it any justice, which is maybe why I had no idea what it was really like. Then Hanna Booking in Heels read it, compared it to The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and I suddenly wanted to read it again. Neverworld Wake was one of those books I had on my wishlist but wasn’t quite sure why. It bends and barrels across tunnels and bridges. ![]() ![]() They are in the Neverworld, and only one them can return to the land of the living. But that night, the five friends are involved in a car crash and find themselves re-living the same day. ![]() They will be the key to finding out what happened to Jim. After a year of grieving she’s given the opportunity to meet up with the friends she’s drifted apart from. 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He flees Wessex, going back north to seek revenge for the killing of his foster father and to rescue his stepsister, captured in the same raid. The year is 878 and Wessex is free from the Vikings.Uhtred, the dispossessed son of a Northumbrian lord, helped Alfred win that victory, but now he is disgusted by Alfred's lack of generosity and repelled by the king's insistent piety. ![]() ![]() ![]() Discover foolproof tips and tactics for keeping kids happy and entertained while hiking. Create the perfect camp menu with simple and tasty recipe ideas. ![]() Learn the basics of family camping, from choosing a destination and packing gear to setting up a campsite and keeping little ones safe. Helen Olsson, a seasoned camper and mother of three, shares lessons learned over the years of nature outings with her own family. Humorous and irreverent, yet always authoritative, this guide to camping with kids, from babies through pre-teens, is filled with checklists, smart tips, recipes, games, activities, and art projects. Whether you’re a first-time camper or a veteran backpacker befuddled by the challenges of carting a brood-and all the requisite gear-into the great outdoors, here you’ll find all the tips and tools you need to plan the perfect nature adventure with your family. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I am not a crier, but by the final pages of Trespasses, I was in tears. A rising sense of tension throughout comes to a shocking head. Then the father of a student is savagely beaten, setting in motion a chain reaction that will threaten everything, and everyone, Cushla most wants to protect.Īs tender as it is unflinching, Trespasses is a heart-pounding, heart-rending drama of thwarted love and irreconcilable loyalties, in a place what you come from seems to count more than what you do, or whom you cherish. ![]() Against her better judgment – Michael is not only Protestant but older, and married – Cushla lets herself get drawn in by him and his sophisticated world, and an affair ignites. There she meets Michael Agnew, a barrister who’s made a name for himself defending IRA members. By day she teaches at a parochial school at night she fills in at her family’s pub. Set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a shattering novel about a young woman caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion.Īmid daily reports of violence, Cushla lives a quiet life with her mother in a small town near Belfast. “TRESPASSES vaults Kennedy into the ranks of such contemporary masters as McCann, Claire Keegan, Colin Barrett, and fellow Sligo resident, Kevin Barry. “Brilliant, beautiful, heartbreaking.”-J.Courtney Sullivan, New York Times Book Review ![]() SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST ![]() ![]() His resolve to put his love life on hold is severely tested when he joins a local organization and meets a lively yet intense young man who tempts him closer to the closet threshold. Divorced when he could no longer deny his sexuality, he’s sworn off his workaholic ways and moved to Shamwell with his headstrong teen daughter to give her a stable home environment. Mark Nugent has spent his life in the closet-at least, the small part of it he hasn’t spent in the office. Rory and David need to make up their minds and take a stand for what they really want-or their love could be over before it’s even begun.īlurb: When the costs are added up, will love land in the black? Their friends and family think they know all the answers, and David’s office party hookup has his own plans for romance. ![]() But while Rory’s world may have turned upside down in the last few years, there’s one thing he’s sure of: he’s straight as a die. Rory finds his new lodger surprisingly fun to be with, and what’s more, David is a hit with Rory’s troubled children. David doesn’t mean to flirt with the recently divorced Rory-just like he doesn’t consciously decide to breathe. ![]() ![]() ![]() But he quickly begs work from his ex-boss and takes a room in Shamwell with easygoing postman Rory Deamer. An ill-advised encounter at the office party leaves David Greenlake jobless and homeless in one heady weekend. ![]() ![]() and still the priest waited in his confessional. And with the anniversary of his sister’s death fast approaching, the time for explanations is running out. It is too late for him to go to confession to-night, but wherever he is, and God alone knows where he. He doesn’t know what Julien did all those years ago. It’s a truth that he fights to overcome daily with the help of his husband, Joel Priestley, and now their boyfriend, Robbie Bianchi.īut unlike Priest, Robbie doesn’t know what he’s helping Julien to fight. ![]() ![]() And a face that the American public fell for by the millions, on a reality show that inadvertently saved his life.īut behind the shine of celebrity, behind the easygoing nature, a crippling truth fills Julien with pain and self-loathing. One that only a handful of people know about.Ī thriving career. ![]() And when it comes to a broken heart, there are no rules, only time…įor the past eight years, Julien Thornton has been living with a secret. REVIEW: ‘Confessions: Priest’ by Ella Frank. ![]() ![]() ![]() The story opens with the Priest Father Francis being informed by his Bishop that he is to retire to the old Priest home and lose his parish as a reward for his long and faithful service to the Church. Remember this act of Faith- it comes into play later.) ![]() ![]() Mankiewicz had great faith in Gregory Peck, so in spite of those recent failures, cast him as the lead. The boy (played by Roddy McDowell) grows to be a Priest (played by Gregory Peck) (Gotta stop right here and let you know that this was his first film! Star billing! Above Thomas Mitchell! He had just come off a fourth Broadway flop when he was asked to do this film! The Producer, Joeseph L. The book (my first edition is pictured above)is a tightly woven story of the life of a Scottish boy who loses both parents to religous persecution- his Father was Catholic and the Mother a Protestant. But if I am going to do it at all, I must begin with one of the greatest and probably least known of all screen adaptations- "The Keys of The Kingdom" by A.J. When I first started this blog I was going to compare books and movies. ![]() ![]() All it took was a foolish decision with lasting consequences. Midnight Kiss (Women of Midnight Book 1) by Lisa Marie Rice- $.99 for a limited time.Įveryone in Captivity, Alaska now knows Lilah Iquat’s big (and getting bigger) secret. She and Luke must discover the key to decoding the past while staying alive – and falling in love. Someone very powerful is gunning for her and she doesn’t understand why. Hope has secrets of her own from a past that she doesn’t remember – a past that is dangerous territory. Behind that handsome face and strong body lie painful secrets. But the man sent to protect her is temptation itself. Hope Ellis is nothing but focus, and now that her life is on the line, and she has to figure out who is after her, she needs to be razor sharp. He’s one massive and dangerous distraction ![]() Luke must figure out what in Hope’s past is clawing its way to the present before the woman he is falling in love with ends up a gorgeous corpse. ![]() How is he supposed to protect that luscious body when he keeps getting distracted by deep green eyes and soft red lips? There’s no room for mistakes because an extremely powerful man with an army at his back wants her dead. Normally, Luke is all business on the job, but Hope Ellis gets under his skin in the worst way. Luke Reynolds is doing a favor for his new company - protecting a beautiful and brainy computer genius who is in the crosshairs of someone dangerously powerful. ![]() ![]() What do you predict will be the biggest challenges to having him as the Scythe leader?Ģ. Based on what you know about him, why is this news incredibly problematic? Think about his previous actions. In Part One: The Lost Island & The Drowned City, readers learn that Scythe Goddard is not only alive, but has been made High Blade of MidMerica. With the silence of the Thunderhead and the reverberations of the Great Resonance still shaking the earth to its core, the question remains: Is there anyone left who can stop him? The answer lies in the Tone, the Toll, and the Thunder.ġ. ![]() It seems like nothing stands between Scythe Goddard and absolute dominion over the world scythedom. In a world that’s conquered death, will humanity finally be torn asunder by the immortal beings it created? Citra and Rowan have disappeared. ![]() In the highly anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling Arc of a Scythe trilogy, dictators, prophets, and tensions rise. ![]() |