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Liam Heneghan

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Liam Heneghan is an ecosystem ecologist working at DePaul University, where he is a professor of Environmental Science and Studies and co-director of DePaul University’s Institute for Nature and Culture. His research has included studies on the impact of acid rain on soil foodwebs in Europe, and inter-biome comparisons of decomposition and nutrient dynamics in forested ecosystems in North America and the tropics. Over the past two decades, Heneghan and his students have been working on restoration issues in midwestern ecosystems. Heneghan is also a graduate student in philosophy and an occasional poet. His interests in writing about children's literature started when his kids left home. ...more

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Average rating: 4.37 · 60 ratings · 21 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Beasts at Bedtime: Revealing the Environmental Wisdom in Children’s Literature 4.14 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brute Neighbors: Urban Nature Poetry, Prose, and Photography by Chris Green (Editor), Liam Heneghan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Virginia Bell (Contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Through Pleated Light: Confessions and Translations it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Primer on Human Impacts on the Environment: The Conceptual Approach it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brute Neighbors: Urban Nature Poetry, Prose and Photography it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Rooted In Soil by Laura Fatemi, Farrah Fatemi, Liam Heneghan (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe

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Mind's Eye (Inspector Van Veeteren, #1)

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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

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