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SAVAGE 1986-2011
MOORE, NATHANIEL
Nate’s nervous mother chews gum at warp speed and has a bob that resembles Darth Vader’s helmet.
His icy father dabbles part-time in the death trade at a funeral home after working for a decade in the
insurance racket. His older sister Holly is always lurking in the shadows or away at school. Nate, a
creative, messy, and anxious teen, has chosen Randy Savage as his hero. As he finishes high school, the
world to which Savage belongs is quickly waning in popularity, and Nate begins to see the wrestler’s
downfall mirrored in his own life. But not until the family dismantles for good in 1994 does Nate’s life truly
begin to fracture. Savage 1986-2011 chronicles the middle-class implosion of Nate’s nuclear family,
bracketed by July 1986 when he first saw Randy Savage in person and the wrestle’s sudden death in
May 2011. When Savage dies, Nate is freed from beliefs once a source of beauty and escape T\that had
come to constrict him, fusing him to a moribund past? The novel is about the blurred lines between child
and adult roles and the ever-changing landscape of interior heroism. Whether dealing with a family’s
economic turbulence, the scarring effects of teenage love, or creating a new family order, Moore revisits,
remasters, and repackages a twenty-five year family odyssey with guts, honesty, and love.
MEMOIR
ANVIL PRESS
9781927380550
$20.00 TP Original
OCTOBER 2013
256 PAGES
SAVING LAKE WINNIPEG
SANDFORD, ROBERT WILLIAM
In February of 2013, as reported by major media from all around the world, Lake Winnipeg was
recognized by the Global Nature Fund as the worlds Threatened Lake of the Year for 2013. It is not just
Manitoba and Canada, however, that deserve a black eye as a result of Lake Winnipeg landing up on this
dreadful shortlist. While representative of serious economic threats to the economy of the Central Great
Plains region in both Canada and the United States, the condition of Lake Winnipeg is a symbol of a
much larger problem. The cyano-bacteria that now form huge blooms in Lake Winnipeg each summer are
among the oldest known photosynthetic micro-organisms. Recent research demonstrates that the toxin
this bacteria produces has been now been detected in water bodies all across Canada, at levels
exceeding maximum guidelines in every province. The deteriorating condition of Lake Winnipeg and the
pervasive presence of these toxins is a challenge to the future vitality of our crucial agricultural sector,
and thus an issue of growing national health and economic concern.
NATURE & ENVIRONMENT
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOOKS
9781927330869
$16.00 TP Original
OCTOBER 2013
168 PAGES
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