Bøger af Bruce Berger

Scarred by the injustice of war and an agonizing failure, disabled veteran Wes Quinton returns home. When a crooked banker, his two thugs, and a corrupt senator mercilessly target his quiet hometown, the number of swindled victims multiplies. Among them are Wes's parents and his beloved godmother. Wes is on their list, too. Aboard an antiquated train on the way to a convention, Wes cringes when the disreputable foursome board at the state capitol. Harassment of the amiable train staff escalates into threats and a boiling animosity, inflamed by stops along the way. An explosive confrontation, of which Wes wants no part, looms. He loathes injustice and fears for the staff, passengers, and especially for young Timmy, who travels alone with his dog. Wes has promised to keep the boy safe. Strange sightings and odd events mount and gnaw at Wes's psyche. More is happening than meets the eye. Can a wary Wes thwart these politically powerful villains and fulfill his promise? Will he find redemption, or will this struggle end in another tragic failure? Will justice ever prevail? And when will everything make sense?

A career-spanning collection of Bruce Berger's beautiful, subtle, and spiky essays on the American desertOccupying a space between traditional nature writing, memoir, journalism, and prose poetry, Bruce Berger's essays are beautiful, subtle, and haunting meditations on the landscape and culture of the American Southwest. Combining new, unpublished essays with selections from his acclaimed trilogy of "desert books"-The Telling Distance, There Was a River, and Almost an Island-A Desert Harvest is a career-spanning selection of the best work by this unique and undervalued voice.Wasteland architecture, mountaintop astronomy, Bach in the wilderness, the mind of the wood rat, the canals of Phoenix, and the numerous eccentric personalities who call the desert their home all come to life in these fascinating portraits of America's seemingly desolate terrains.

A career-spanning collection of Bruce Berger's beautiful, subtle, and spiky essays on the American desertOccupying a space between traditional nature writing, memoir, journalism, and prose poetry, Bruce Berger's essays are beautiful, subtle, and haunting meditations on the landscape and culture of the American Southwest. Combining new, unpublished essays with selections from his acclaimed trilogy of "desert books"-The Telling Distance, There Was a River, and Almost an Island-A Desert Harvest is a career-spanning selection of the best work by this unique and undervalued voice.Wasteland architecture, mountaintop astronomy, Bach in the wilderness, the mind of the wood rat, the canals of Phoenix, and the numerous eccentric personalities who call the desert their home all come to life in these fascinating portraits of America's seemingly desolate terrains.

Music is used in this book of poetry as more than subject matter but as a metaphor for the examined life. In the collection, a man's transformations are measured by the concerts he has witnessed, the depth of a woman's life is revealed by an unfinished painting her son a-ttempts to complete, and a composer is gauged by his silences.

Have you ever seen a hummingbird's wings stand still? Featuring 33 up-close, brilliant color photographs, "A Dazzle of Hummingbirds" lets readers peek into the daily life of the world's smallest bird. The book uses lively text to engage young audiences, explaining how hummingbirds care for their young, fly, sing, eat, migrate, and guard their territory. Did you know that hummingbirds can fly upside-down? That they have no ability to smell? And that their brains are proportionally the largest among birds? Reviewed by scientific experts, these and other fascinating facts add interest, as photos and maps portray the diverse habitats, from deserts to backyards, where hummingbirds can be found.This updated edition's new material includes a brand-new "Secrets of Hummingbirds" section - a bullet-point summary page of "amazing but true" characteristics - and a completely rewritten "To Learn More" page with current information on helpful websites, books, organizations, videos, and DVDs.