Download or read book On Animals written by Susan Orlean and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Magnificent.” —The New York Times * “Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny.” —San Francisco Chronicle * “Spectacular.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * “Full of astonishments.” —The Boston Globe Susan Orlean—the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as “a national treasure” by The Washington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Library Book—gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-depth profiles about animals. “How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets, and naturalists for ages,” writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she’s been drawn to stories about how we live with animals, and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career. These stories consider a range of creatures—the household pets we dote on, the animals we raise to end up as meat on our plates, the creatures who could eat us for dinner, the various tamed and untamed animals we share our planet with who are central to human life. In her own backyard, Orlean discovers the delights of keeping chickens. In a different backyard, in New Jersey, she meets a woman who has twenty-three pet tigers—something none of her neighbors knew about until one of the tigers escapes. In Iceland, the world’s most famous whale resists the efforts to set him free; in Morocco, the world’s hardest-working donkeys find respite at a special clinic. We meet a show dog and a lost dog and a pigeon who knows exactly how to get home. Equal parts delightful and profound, enriched by Orlean’s stylish prose and precise research, these stories celebrate the meaningful cross-species connections that grace our collective existence.

Download or read book A Word In Season Vol 1 written by R. J. Rushdoony and published by Chalcedon Foundation. This book was released on 2010-09-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume in a series of books with daily messages by R. J. Rushdoony on the uncompromising faith. These daily messages on the faith for all of life are unlike any compilation of Christian "devotional" ever published. In these pages, you won't find the overly introspective musings of a Christian pietist; what you'll discover are the hard-hitting convictions of a man whose sole commitment was faithfulness to God's law-word and representing that binding Word to his readers. Although Dr. R. J. Rushdoony is most known for his scholarly works on theology, history, philosophy, economics, education, and statecraft, A Word in Season reveals the intense, but simple, approach to applying one's faith to every area of life and thought. This is all done in a format of bite-sized readings on the uncompromising faith. The multi-volume series is taken from over 430 articles written by Rushdoony over the span of 25 years (1966-1991) for the California Farmer, an agricultural periodical that provided him a regular column entitled "The Pastor's Pulpit." It has long been a desire of many to see these insightful and challenging articles published in a book format. We're happy to announce that the wait is over. Read and enjoy!

Download or read book Animal written by Lisa Taddeo and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-03 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Joan is an unforgettable anti-heroine. I don't think I'll ever stop thinking about her' ELIZABETH DAY'So insanely good and true and twisted it'll make your teeth sweat' OLIVIA WILDE'One of my favourite writers of all time' DUA LIPA'Like a series of grenades exploding' MARIAN KEYESI drove myself out of New York City where a man shot himself in front of me. He was a gluttonous man and when his blood came out it looked like the blood of a pig. That's a cruel thing to think, I know. He did it in a restaurant where I was having dinner with another man, another married man.Do you see how this is going? But I wasn't always that way.I am depraved. I hope you like me.------------A FINALIST FOR THE MCKITTERICK PRIZE 2022A 2021 Highlight for: Guardian - Sunday Express - Independent - New Statesman - Evening Standard - Cosmopolitan - Red - Grazia - Daily Mail - Daily Express - The Week - Irish Times - i - The Sun

Download or read book Game written by Tom Tyler and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A playful reflection on animals and video games, and what each can teach us about the other Video games conjure new worlds for those who play them, human or otherwise: they’ve been played by cats, orangutans, pigs, and penguins, and they let gamers experience life from the perspective of a pet dog, a predator or a prey animal, or even a pathogen. In Game, author Tom Tyler provides the first sustained consideration of video games and animals and demonstrates how thinking about animals and games together can prompt fresh thinking about both. Game comprises thirteen short essays, each of which examines a particular video game, franchise, aspect of gameplay, or production in which animals are featured, allowing us to reflect on conventional understandings of humans, animals, and the relationships between them. Tyler contemplates the significance of animals who insert themselves into video games, as protagonists, opponents, and brute resources, but also as ciphers, subjects, and subversive guides to new ways of thinking. These animals encourage us to reconsider how we understand games, contesting established ideas about winning and losing, difficulty settings, accessibility, playing badly, virtuality, vitality and vulnerability, and much more. Written in a playful style, Game draws from a dizzying array of sources, from children’s television, sitcoms, and regional newspapers to medieval fables, Shakespearean tragedy, and Edwardian comedy; from primatology, entomology, and hunting and fishing manuals to theological tracts and philosophical treatises. By examining video games through the lens of animals and animality, Tyler leads us to a greater humility regarding the nature and status of the human creature, and a greater sensitivity in dealings with other animals.

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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English Vol 1 written by Ernest Weekley and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.

Download or read book Encyclopedic Graded Grammar Vol 1 written by I P Attarde and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Objective Key Student s Book with Answers with CD ROM written by Annette Capel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) exam. This is a revised and updated edition of Objective KET. Short units offer a variety of lively topics while providing training in exam skills and solid language development. 'Key words' sections informed by English Profile, highlight the words and meanings A2-level students need to master. 'Spelling Spots' and 'Grammar Extra' boxes, informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, provide help with language points that Key students can find difficult. Regular Exam folders and Writing folders provide systematic exam preparation and practice. The CD-ROM provides activities and games for practice of the target language. An edition without answers is also available.

Download or read book Kid s Box American English Level 1 Teacher s Edition written by Melanie Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kid's Box is a six-level course for young learners. Bursting with bright ideas to inspire both teachers and students, Kid's Box American English gives children a confident start to learning English. It also fully covers the syllabus for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests. The Teacher's Edition contains comprehensive notes, as well as extra activities and classroom ideas to inspire both teachers and students. Level 1 begins the Starters cycle.

Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Download or read book The Evolution Conspiracy Vol 1 written by Lisa A. Shiel and published by Jacobsville Books. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Evolution Conspiracy" exposes the faults in evolutionary theories, the half-truths, and the inconsistencies through a secular lens.

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Download or read book Encyclopedic Graded Grammar Volume 1 written by I. P. Attarde and published by Attarde's English Grammar. This book was released on 2008-01-08 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is Comprehensive Reference Handbook for International Class of English. This unprecedented book is gold mine for those who want to lord over English Language.

Download or read book Objective Key Student s Book Without Answers with CD ROM written by Annette Capel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objective Key offers students complete, official preparation for the Cambridge English: Key (KET) exam. This is a revised and updated edition of Objective KET. Short units offer a variety of lively topics while providing training in exam skills and solid language development. 'Key words' sections informed by English Profile, highlight the words and meanings A2-level students need to master. 'Spelling Spots' and 'Grammar Extra' boxes, informed by the Cambridge English Corpus, provide help with language points that Key students can find difficult. Regular Exam folders and Writing folders provide systematic exam preparation and practice. The CD-ROM provides activities and games for practice of the target language. An edition with answers is also available.

Download or read book The Native Races Vol 1 5 written by Hubert Howe Bancroft and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 2298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Native Races of the Pacific States is the magnum opus American historian and ethnologist Hubert Howe Bancroft who took upon himself the task of researching the exotic civilizations of the entire Pacific coast region. This region, from Alaska to Darien, including the whole of Mexico and Central America, he named the Pacific States. Before the arrival of Europeans, these territories were populated by aborigines, from the reptile-eating cave-dwellers of the Great Basin, to the Aztec and Maya civilization of the southern table-land. Volume 1 – Wild Tribes Volume 2 – Civilized Nations Volume 3 – Myths and Languages Volume 4 – Antiquities Volume 5 – Primitive History

Download or read book You Are Not Human written by Simon Lancaster and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Nazi Germany, Hitler portrayed the Jews as vermin and six million people were killed. Metaphors can make the unreasonable seem reasonable, the illegitimate appear legitimate, and good people turn evil. Top speechwriter Simon Lancaster goes on a mission to explore how metaphors are used and abused today. From Washington to Westminster, Silicon Valley to Syria, Glastonbury to Grenfell, he discovers the same images being used repeatedly. Scum! Bitch! Vegetable! Whilst vulnerable groups are dehumanised, the powerful are hailed as stars, angels or even gods. Prepare to take a journey into the surreal. This book raises profound questions about the power of language and the language of power. You will never think about words in the same way again.