Books by Janet Lembke and Complete Book Reviews
Janet Lembke, Author . Skyhorse $22.95 (209p) ISBN 978-1-60239-235-9
The moral that natural historian Lembke (From Grass to Gardens
) has learned from her observation of cat life—“All purrs are not the same”—evokes the three main themes of this short, sweet book: the complexities of animal and
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Janet Lembke, Author Lyons Press $21.95 (196p) ISBN 978-1-55821-274-9
Her theme is water, and Lembke ( Dangerous Birds ) takes us from the River Styx to the subantarctic island clusters of New Zealand, from an 18th-century survey to find the source of the Rappahannock River to the Luray Caverns of Virginia. With a...
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Janet Lembke, Author Lyons and Burford Publishers $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-55821-035-6
A road map of North Carolina shows the Neuse River flowing into the southern end of Pamlico Sound. Lambke and her husband ``Chief'' live on the shore of this tidal estuary, at a point where it is five miles wide. Theirs is a geographically isolated...
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Janet Lembke, Author Lyons and Burford Publishers $21.95 (179p) ISBN 978-1-55821-190-2
Readers who enjoyed Lembke's River Time and Looking for Eagles will welcome another visit to coastal North Carolina. The title essay invokes birds of myth and film, brought to Lembke's mind by her discovery that one of her neighbors shot robins for...
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Janet Lembke, Author Lyons Press $19.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-55821-077-6
Great Neck Ponit, on North Carolina's Lower Neuse River, teems with wildlife; it was the locus of Lembke's acclaimed River Time. Accompanied by her dog, Sally-doberman, she returns here on a daily survey of bird species and other forms of life....
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Janet Lembke, Author Lyons Press $25 (208p) ISBN 978-1-55821-635-8
The questions that begin this likable book are straightforward enough: ""How do we deal with the bad stuff? With all those disgusting, sickening, despicable, repellently alien lives that impinge on ours?"" As Lembke (Shake Them 'Simmons Down, etc.)...
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Janet Lembke, Author, Joe Nutt, Illustrator Lyons Press $22.95 (244p) ISBN 978-1-55821-350-0
From birds (Dangerous Birds) and water (Skinny-Dipping), Lembke turns her attention here to trees. This collection of essays--in which 22 of the 25 pieces are previously unpublished--may be her finest work to date. Though her trees are native to the
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