Meet Napoleon Steenx. Hes a young man attempting to attain just the right female companion for himself. But in his fruitless efforts to change his status from lonely single to happy couple, he has failed miserably. The women hes encountered, including the one woman he truly loves with all his heart, Keener Berensen, all seem to get that magical feeling immediately upon laying eyes on him that: ITS LEAVE AT FIRST SIGHT. Its going to be an extended courtship of high-end hilarity and heartbreak - as our passion-pursuing poster boy for non-partnered peeps reports his dismal, but comical mate-finding missions to his best friend, Bank Norwood. The more we eavesdrop on their laugh-inducing conversations, the more so many of us are bound to empathize and recall certain moments in our long-ago or recent romance histories moments that without a doubt will absolutely make you LOVE STEENX.

For some people, their lawn is a source of pride, and for others, caring for their lawn is a chore. Yet for an increasing number of people, turf care is a cause of ecological anxiety. In Lawn People, author Paul Robbins, asks, "How did the needs of the grass come to be my own?" In his goal to get a clearer picture of why people and grasses do what they do, Robbins interviews homeowners about their lawns, and uses national surveys, analysis from aerial photographs, and economic data to determine what people really feel about-and how they treat-their lawns. Lawn People places the lawn in its ecological, economic, and social context. Robbins considers the attention we pay our turfgrass-the chemicals we use to grow lawns, the hazards of turf care to our urban ecology, and its potential impact on water quality and household health. He also shows how the ecology of cities creates certain kinds of citizens, deftly contrasting man's control of the lawn with the lawn's control of man. Lawn People provides an intriguing examination of nature's influence on landscape management and on the ecosystem.

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