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  2. Big Two-Hearted River - Wikipedia

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    Ernest Hemingway in 1923, two years before the publication of "Big Two-Hearted River" "Big Two-Hearted River" is a two-part short story written by American author Ernest Hemingway, published in the 1925 Boni & Liveright edition of In Our Time, the first American volume of Hemingway's short stories.

  3. Farley Mowat - Wikipedia

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    In 1989, he won the Gemini Award for best documentary script, for The New North. 1990s: In 1991, the Council of Canadians presented him with the Back the Nation Award. [39] 2000s: In 2002, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship RV Farley Mowat (formerly M/Y Sea Shepherd III / M/Y Ocean Warrior) was named in his honour. Mowat frequently ...

  4. Water Is for Washing - Wikipedia

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    "Water is for Washing" is a science fiction short story by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, [1] first published in Argosy (November 1947). It is based on the premise that an earthquake had catastrophically shattered the range of alluvial deposits separating the Imperial Valley from the Gulf of California, precipitating a tsunami moving north to transiently drown these lowlands.

  5. There Will Come Soft Rains (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The short story first appeared in the May 6, 1950 issue of Collier's magazine, [4] and was revised and included as a chapter titled "August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains" in Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles that was also first published in May 1950. The official publication dates for the two versions were only two days apart.

  6. Water conservation - Wikipedia

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    United States 1960 postal stamp advocating water conservation. Water conservation aims to sustainably manage the natural resource of fresh water, protect the hydrosphere, and meet current and future human demand. Water conservation makes it possible to avoid water scarcity. It covers all the policies, strategies and activities to reach these aims.

  7. The Best Short-Story Collections of 2023

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    Good Women, by Halle Hill In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the ...

  8. We Are Water Protectors - Wikipedia

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    We Are Water Protectors is a 2020 picture book written by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade. Written in response to the Dakota Access Pipeline protests , the book tells the story of an Ojibwe girl who fights against an oil pipeline in an effort to protect the water supply of her people.

  9. List of environmental books - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife conservation: ISBN 978-0-00-261751-2: Shaped by the West Wind: Nature and History in Georgian Bay: Claire Elizabeth Campbell 2004 environmental history, history of Canada: ISBN 9780774810982: A Short History of Progress: Ronald Wright: 2004: Environmental history: ISBN 0-88784-706-4: Siberia, Siberia: Valentin Rasputin: 1991 ...