America's deserts
Marianne D. Wallace
A color field guide to America's deserts, with watercolor illustrations and descriptions of the plants and animals that inhabit the different desert regions.
Read Time: ~4.2 hr
On migration
by Ruth Padel (2013)
About this book
Presents a collection of poems that explore all aspects of human, animal, and plant migration, and features a series of prose interludes that introduce each section of poetry.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreOn migration Lead Character
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