Download or read book Mark Twain s Book of Animals written by Mark Twain and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For those unaware—as I was until I read this book—that Mark Twain was one of America's early animal advocates, Shelley Fisher Fishkin's collection of his writings on animals will come as a revelation. Many of these pieces are as fresh and lively as when they were first written, and it's wonderful to have them gathered in one place." —Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and The Life You Can Save “A truly exhilarating work. Mark Twain's animal-friendly views would not be out of place today, and indeed, in certain respects, Twain is still ahead of us: claiming, correctly, that there are certain degraded practices that only humans inflict on one another and upon other animals. Fishkin has done a splendid job: I cannot remember reading something so consistently excellent."—Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, author of When Elephants Weep and The Face on Your Plate "Shelley Fisher Fishkin has given us the lifelong arc of the great man's antic, hilarious, and subtly profound explorations of the animal world, and she's guided us through it with her own trademark wit and acumen. Dogged if she hasn't." —Ron Powers, author of Dangerous Water: A Biography of the Boy Who Became Mark Twain and Mark Twain: A Life

Download or read book Animal Subjects Volume 1 written by Caroline Hovanec and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Subjects identifies a new understanding of animals in modernist literature and science. Drawing on Darwin's evolutionary theory, British writers and scientists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries began to think of animals as subjects dwelling in their own animal worlds. Both science and literature aimed to capture the complexity of animal life, and their shared attention to animals pulled the two disciplines closer together. It led scientists to borrow the literary techniques of fiction and poetry, and writers to borrow the observational methods of zoology. Animal Subjects tracks the coevolution of literature and zoology in works by H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, and modern scientists including Julian Huxley, Charles Elton, and J. B. S. Haldane. Examining the rise of ecology, ethology, and animal psychology, this book shows how new, subject-centered approaches to the study of animals transformed literature and science in the modernist period.

Download or read book The World s Most Pointless Animals written by Philip Bunting and published by Quirky Creatures. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World’s Most Pointless Animals is a witty, quirky, colorfully-illustrated book featuring fascinating facts about some very silly animals…who we find are perhaps not so pointless after all. From familiar animals like giraffes (who don’t have any vocal cords) through to those that surely should not even exist, such as the pink fairy armadillo (absurdly huge front claws, super tough protective shell in baby pink, particularly susceptible to stress), our planet is full of some pretty weird and wonderful animals. For example: Koalas spend up to 18 hours a day asleep! Pandas are born bright pink, deaf, and blind. Dumbo octopuses flap their big fin-like ears to move around. A Narwhal’s tusk grows through its upper lip—ouch! With hilarious text throughout and bright, contemporary illustrations, this guide to absurdly awesome animals contains funny labelled diagrams and some excellent made-up Latin names (n.b. the jellyfish’s scientific name is not actually wibblious wobblious ouchii). Carrying an important message of celebrating diversity and differences, The World’s Most Pointless Animals inspires a drive to conserve our amazing planet and the creatures we’re lucky enough to share it with. Quirky Creatures is a series dedicated to seeking out the weird and wonderful denizens of the natural world and explaining why they are so strange, from the ridiculous to the truly terrifying. Also available in this series is The World's Most Ridiculous Animals and The World's Most Atrocious Animals.

Download or read book Just Jungle Animals vol 1 written by Big Book of Photos and published by Big Book of Photos. This book was released on with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a wonderful collection of 30 high-quality amazing images produced by a series of today's top professional photographers. Enjoy and be inspired!

Download or read book That s Why We Don t Eat Animals written by Ruby Roth and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2009-05-26 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That’s Why We Don’t Eat Animals uses colorful artwork and lively text to introduce vegetarianism and veganism to early readers (ages six to ten). Written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, the book features an endearing animal cast of pigs, turkeys, cows, quail, turtles, and dolphins. These creatures are shown in both their natural state—rooting around, bonding, nuzzling, cuddling, grooming one another, and charming each other with their family instincts and rituals—and in the terrible conditions of the factory farm. The book also describes the negative effects eating meat has on the environment. A separate section entitled “What Else Can We Do?” suggests ways children can learn more about the vegetarian and vegan lifestyles, such as:“Celebrate Thanksgiving with a vegan feast” or “Buy clothes, shoes, belts, and bags that are not made from leather or other animal skins or fur.” This compassionate, informative book offers both an entertaining read and a resource to inspire parents and children to talk about a timely, increasingly important subject. That's Why We Don't Eat Animals official website: http://wedonteatanimals.com/

Download or read book Becoming Wild written by Carl Safina and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2020 "In this superbly articulate cri de coeur, Safina gives us a new way of looking at the natural world that is radically different."—The Washington Post New York Times bestselling author Carl Safina brings readers close to three non-human cultures—what they do, why they do it, and how life is for them. A New York Times Notable Books of 2020 Some believe that culture is strictly a human phenomenon. But this book reveals cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth’s remaining wild places. It shows how if you’re a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too come to understand yourself as an individual within a particular community that does things in specific ways, that has traditions. Alongside genes, culture is a second form of inheritance, passed through generations as pools of learned knowledge. As situations change, social learning—culture—allows behaviors to adjust much faster than genes can adapt. Becoming Wild brings readers into intimate proximity with various nonhuman individuals in their free-living communities. It presents a revelatory account of how animals function beyond our usual view. Safina shows that for non-humans and humans alike, culture comprises the answers to the question, “How do we live here?” It unites individuals within a group identity. But cultural groups often seek to avoid, or even be hostile toward, other factions. By showing that this is true across species, Safina illuminates why human cultural tensions remain maddeningly intractable despite the arbitrariness of many of our differences. Becoming Wild takes readers behind the curtain of life on Earth, to witness from a new vantage point the most world-saving of perceptions: how we are all connected.

Download or read book Animals Illustrated Wolverine written by Allen Niptanatiak and published by Animals Illustrated. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals Illustrated mixes fun-filled animal facts suitable for the youngest of readers with intricately detailed illustrations to create a unique and beautiful collection of children's non-fiction books about Arctic animals. Each volume contains first-hand accounts from authors who live in the Arctic, along with interesting facts on the behaviours and biology of each animal. In this book, kids will learn how wolverines raise their babies, where they live, what they eat, and other interesting information, like how they use their distinctive scent and how they became known as the gluttons of the animal kingdom!

Download or read book Eric Carle s Animals Animals written by Eric Carle and published by World of Eric Carle. This book was released on 1989-08-17 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals.

Download or read book Beautiful Creatures written by Kami Garcia and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Download or read book All Things Bright and Beautiful written by James Herriot and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-07-15 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English veterinarian reminisces about his life, career, and animal patients in an English village.

Download or read book Alphabet All Stars Animal Pack Vol 1 written by Scott Gordon and published by S.E. Gordon. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four fun animal alphabet books in one definitive volume! What's included: 1. Alphabet All-Stars: Animal Edition Obi the Owl delivers yet another memorable learning experience! This volume features a colorful array of birds, animals and sea creatures, and is 35 pages in length. 2. Alphabet All-Stars: More Animals It's the ultimate animal alphabet book! This edition is over 60 pages in length, and utilizes a mixture of artwork and photography to convey what the animals look like in real life. A fantastic reading experience for children ages 3-6! 3. Alphabet All-Stars: Silly Animals It's a silly alphabet book with even sillier writing by the silliest author of all! This edition is approximately 40 pages in length, and is best viewed in color. A fun way to practice the alphabet for children ages 3-6! 4. Alphabet All-Stars: Guess The Letter It's the end of the school year and Obi the Owl has a fun little test for you. Identify the letter and corresponding animal and you just might just earn your diploma. Over 60 colorful pages in all! Please note that this is a regular picture book, not an interactive game. Descriptions of my other popular children's books are included after the main feature (an additional 5 pages).

Download or read book African Animal Stories Vol 1 written by Robin Wickens and published by Rob's Books. This book was released on 2024-04-05 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a thrilling journey through the heart of the African savanna in "The Tales of the Savanna: African Animal Adventures for Kids." This enchanting collection of stories immerses young readers in the captivating world of Africa, where majestic lions roar, graceful giraffes roam, and curious meerkats scurry about. Each tale is bursting with vibrant characters and exciting adventures that will ignite the imaginations of children and transport them to a land where every creature has a story to tell. Join the wildest safari yet and discover the magic of Africa in this delightful book that celebrates the beauty and wonder of the animal kingdom.

Download or read book Animals are Beautiful Vol 1 written by Joseph D Matsewa and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a journey of mindfulness, creativity, and compassion. A captivating coloring book that merges the beauty of mandala art with the spirit of animal liberation and respect for all species. Dive into a world where intricate mandalas intertwine with majestic creatures, inviting you to express your creativity while contemplating the interconnectedness of all life. Within these pages, you'll discover a stunning collection of mandalas adorned with images of magnificent animals from around the globe. Each illustration celebrates the diversity and wonder of the animal kingdom. As you immerse yourself in the intricate details of each mandala, you'll find yourself transported to a realm of tranquility and introspection. But Animals are Beautiful offers more than just coloring therapy. Interspersed throughout the book are thought-provoking quotes and reflections on animal liberation, veganism, and the importance of showing respect and empathy towards all beings. These poignant words serve as gentle reminders of our responsibility to protect and cherish the creatures with whom we share this planet, inspiring mindfulness and compassion with every stroke of your colored pencil. Whether you're an avid animal lover, a passionate advocate for veganism, or simply seeking a moment of relaxation and reflection, "Animals are Beautiful" invites you to experience the joy of coloring while nurturing a deeper connection to the natural world. Let your imagination soar as you bring these mandalas to life, and may each colorful creation serve as a testament to the beauty and inherent worth of every living being.

Download or read book Song of the Wild A First Book of Animals written by Nicola Davies and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two renowned picture book creators team up for a captivating first look at animals around the world. Sometimes lyrical and sometimes humorous, the poems reveal fascinating facts about animals of every color, shape, size, and origin, from giant blue whales to bats as tiny as bumblebees. Full color.

Download or read book Dream Animals written by James Hillman and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection on the presence and fading of animals in human lives and consequently in dreams and imaginings, emotions and thoughts. An interweaving of art and psychology, dream and symbol, Jungianism and lore.

Download or read book The Photo Ark written by Joel Sartore and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.

Download or read book The Animal Book written by David Burnie and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're wild about animals, this visual encyclopedia is the ultimate page-turner, bringing our planet's creatures together in spectacular style. This inspiring children's reference guide welcomes you to the animal kingdom where you can meet more than 1,500 species, ranging from ants to zebras and everything in between. Stunning pictures bring you face to face with giant predators you know and love, including polar bears and tigers, as well as mysterious microscopic life, including amoebas and bacteria. A variety of animal habitats are shown in beautiful detail, while accessible information, additional fact boxes, and amazing galleries complete the stories. A jaw-dropping spectrum of animal types - from fish and birds to reptiles and mammals - provides a learning experience like no other. Whether you're a budding naturalist or simply want to complete a school project, The Animal Book has got it covered.