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The call of an owl evokes mystery; seeing one in the wild inspires
wonder. Of the top ten birds people hope to see, three are owls.
Although they may be out of sight, owls are widespread throughout
North America-and screech owls are the most likely to make their
homes near humans. In this book, experts Jim Wright and Scott
Weston show you how to attract them to nest in your yard, year
after year. The Screech Owl Companion introduces screech owls, show
how to distinguish them from other species, shares fun lore and
legend, and provides step-by-step instructions for making your yard
screech ready. You'll learn how to build a nest box and install a
simple nest cam that you can monitor from your cell phone to watch
when owls move in, lay eggs, and hatch.
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Alternative War (Paperback)
Debora Godfrey; Jim Wright, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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R301
Discovery Miles 3 010
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In the past twenty years, big-time stock-car racing has become
America's fastest growing spectator sport. Winston Cup races draw
larger audiences-at the tracks and on television-than any other
sport, and drivers like Dale Jarrett, Jeff Gordon, and Mark Martin
have become cultural icons whose endorsements command millions.
What accounts for NASCAR's surging popularity? For years a
"closeted" NASCAR fan, Professor Jim Wright took advantage of a
sabbatical in 1999 to attend stock-car races at seven of the
Winston Cup's legendary venues: Daytona, Indianapolis, Darlington,
Charlotte, Richmond, Atlanta, and Talladega. The "Fixin' to Git
Road Tour" resulted in this book-not just a travelogue of Wright's
year at the races, but a fan's valentine to the spectacle, the
pageantry, and the subculture of Winston Cup racing. Wright busts
the myth that NASCAR is a Southern sport and takes on critics who
claim that there's nothing to racing but "drive fast, turn left,"
revealing the skill, mental acuity, and physical stamina required
by drivers and their crews. Mostly, though, he captures the
experience of loyal NASCAR fans like himself, describing the drama
in the grandstands-and in the bars, restaurants, parking lots, juke
joints, motels, and campgrounds where race fans congregate. He
conveys the rich, erotic sensory overload-the sights, the sounds,
the smells, the feel-of weekends at the Winston Cup race tracks.
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