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Book Arguing with the Crocodile

Download or read book Arguing with the Crocodile written by Sarah C. White and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on research conducted in 1985 and 1986 in the village of Kumirpur.

Book The Crocodile and the Scorpion

Download or read book The Crocodile and the Scorpion written by Rebecca Emberley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Based on the classic fable, a crocodile and a scorpion attempt to cross a river without giving in to their natural instincts"--

Book Arguments for a Better World  Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen

Download or read book Arguments for a Better World Essays in Honor of Amartya Sen written by Kaushik Basu and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amartya Sen has made deep and lasting contributions to the academic disciplines of economics, philosophy, and the social sciences more broadly. He has engaged in policy dialogue and public debate, advancing the cause of a human development focused policy agenda, and a tolerant and democratic polity. This argumentative Indian has made the case for the poorest of the poor, and for plurality in cultural perspective. It is not surprising that he has won the highest awards, ranging from the Nobel Prize in Economics to the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. This public recognition has gone hand in hand with the affection and admiration that Amartya's friends and students hold for him. This volume of essays, written in honor of his 75th birthday by his students and peers, covers the range of contributions that Sen has made to knowledge. They are written by some of the world's leading economists, philosophers and social scientists, and address topics such as ethics, welfare economics, poverty, gender, human development, society and politics. The second volume covers the topics of Human Development and Capabilities; Gender and Household; Growth, Poverty and Policy; and Society, Politics and History. It is a fitting tribute to Sen's own contributions to the discourse on Society, Institutions and Development. Contributors include: Bina Agarwal, Isher Ahluwalia, Montek S Ahluwalia, Ingela Alger, Muhammad Asali, Amiya Kumar Bagchi, Pranab Bardhan, Lourdes Benería, Sugata Bose, Lincoln C. Chen, Martha Alter Chen, Kanchan Chopra, Simon Dietz, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Jonathan Glover, Cameron Hepburn, Jane Humphries, Rizwanul Islam, Ayesha Jalal, Mary Kaldor, Sunil Khilnani, Stephan Klasen, Jocelyn Kynch, Enrica Chiappero Martinetti, Kirsty McNay, Martha C. Nussbaum, Elinor Ostrom, Gustav Ranis, Sanjay G. Reddy, Emma Samman, Rehman Sobhan, Robert M. Solow, Nicholas Stern, Frances Stewart, Ashutosh Varshney, Sujata Visaria, and Jörgen W. Weibull.

Book Nile Crocodile vs  Hippopotamus

Download or read book Nile Crocodile vs Hippopotamus written by Kieran Downs and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two African hard hitters clash in the Nile! What would happen if a fierce Nile crocodile came face to face with a ferocious hippopotamus? This high-interest title introduces readers to the body parts and fighting moves that help each of these animals battle their foes. Special features highlight each animal’s size, bite force, and other stats. The book concludes with battle between the two creatures. Who will come out on top?

Book An Introduction to Formal Logic

Download or read book An Introduction to Formal Logic written by Peter Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formal logic provides us with a powerful set of techniques for criticizing some arguments and showing others to be valid. These techniques are relevant to all of us with an interest in being skilful and accurate reasoners. In this highly accessible book, Peter Smith presents a guide to the fundamental aims and basic elements of formal logic. He introduces the reader to the languages of propositional and predicate logic, and then develops formal systems for evaluating arguments translated into these languages, concentrating on the easily comprehensible 'tree' method. His discussion is richly illustrated with worked examples and exercises. A distinctive feature is that, alongside the formal work, there is illuminating philosophical commentary. This book will make an ideal text for a first logic course, and will provide a firm basis for further work in formal and philosophical logic.

Book Crocodiles vs  Hippos

Download or read book Crocodiles vs Hippos written by Sarah Roggio and published by Lerner Publications TM. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hippos and crocodiles are both fierce animals of the Nile River. Nile Crocodiles are faster than hippos in the water, but they are slower on land. And while hippos weigh more than crocodiles, they have a weaker bite. Which animal would win in a fight? Sidebars, amazing color photos, a vibrant design, and strong STEM connections make this series a wild feast.

Book Crocodile vs  Hippo

Download or read book Crocodile vs Hippo written by Jon Alan and published by Gray Duck Creative Works. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s fight time for the Nile crocodile and the hippopotamus! One animal is The Toothy Tyrant, and the other animal is The Territorial Titan. Both fighters have an aggressiveness that is unpredictable. But which one will be crowned champion of the River Rumble?

Book Crocodile Undone

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marcus Baynes-Rock
  • Publisher : Penn State Press
  • Release : 2020-03-24
  • ISBN : 0271087463
  • Pages : 150 pages

Download or read book Crocodile Undone written by Marcus Baynes-Rock and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the world, animals are being domesticated at an unprecedented rate and scale. But what exactly is domestication, and what does it tell us about ourselves? In this book, Marcus Baynes-Rock seeks the common thread linking stories about the domestication of Australia's native animals, arguing that domestication is part of a process by which late modernity threatens to undo the world. In a deeply personal account, the author tells of his encounters with crocodiles and emus behind fences, dingoes and kangaroos crossing boundaries, and native bees producing honey in his suburban backyard. Drawing on comparisons between Aboriginal and colonial Australians, Baynes-Rock reveals how the domestication of Australia’s fauna is a process of “unmaking.” As an extension of late modernity, the connections that tie humans and other animals to wider ecologies are being severed, threatening to isolate us and our domesticates from the rest of the world. It is here that Baynes-Rock reveals a key difference between Aboriginal and colonial Australian modes of landscape management: while one is focused on a systemic approach and sees humans as integral to ecological integrity, the other seeks to sever domesticates from ecological processes. The question that emerges is: How might we reconfigure and maintain these connections without undoing humanity? Written in the author’s characteristically frank, passionate, and humorous style, Crocodile Undone takes the reader on a journey across both physical and philosophical landscapes. This fascinating narrative will appeal to anyone interested in the vital connections between humans and animals.

Book The Eye of the Crocodile

Download or read book The Eye of the Crocodile written by Val Plumwood and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Val Plumwood was an eminent environmental philosopher and activist who was prominent in the development of radical ecophilosophy from the early 1970s until her death in 2008. Her book Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) has become a classic. In 1985 she was attacked by a crocodile while kayaking alone in the Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. She was death rolled three times before being released from the crocodile’s jaws. She crawled for hours through swamp with appalling injuries before being rescued. The experience made her well placed to write about cultural responses to death and predation. The first section of The Eye of the Crocodile consists of chapters intended for a book on crocodiles that remained unfinished at the time of Val’s death. The remaining chapters are previously published papers brought together to form an overview of Val’s ideas on death, predation and nature.

Book Alligator Vs  Crocodile

Download or read book Alligator Vs Crocodile written by Isabel Thomas and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2006 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparison of American alligators and saltwater crocodiles, their body type, hunting patterns and fighting style, and a decision on which would win if they fought each other.

Book Trauma Responsive Strategies for Early Childhood

Download or read book Trauma Responsive Strategies for Early Childhood written by Katie Statman-Weil and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trauma-Responsive Strategies for Early Childhood offers an overview of trauma and its impact on young children, as well as specific strategies and techniques educators and administrators can use to create classroom and school communities that improve the quality of care for this vulnerable population. The authors have synthesized research-based information in an accessible way. Focusing on the four different domains of cognitive, language, physical, and social-emotional, the authors use vignettes to explore how trauma can be expressed in the classroom and what teachers can do about it.

Book Beyond Egyptomania

    Book Details:
  • Author : Miguel John Versluys
  • Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
  • Release : 2020-06-08
  • ISBN : 3110565846
  • Pages : 362 pages

Download or read book Beyond Egyptomania written by Miguel John Versluys and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-06-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material and intellectual presence of Egypt is at the heart of Western culture, religion and art from Antiquity to the present. This volume aims to provide a long term and interdisciplinary perspective on Egypt and its mnemohistory, taking theories on objects and their agency as its main point of departure. The central questions the book addresses are why, from the first millennium BC onwards, things and concepts Egyptian are to be found in such a great variety of places throughout European history and how we can account for their enduring impact over time. By taking a radically object-oriented perspective on this question, this book is also a major contribution to current debates on the agency of artefacts across archaeology, anthropology and art history.

Book An Anthology of Ilianen Manobo Folktales

Download or read book An Anthology of Ilianen Manobo Folktales written by Hazel J. Wrigglesworth and published by Cebu City, Philippines : University of San Carlos. This book was released on 1981 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Crocodile s Smile

    Book Details:
  • Author : AQEEL AHMED
  • Publisher : AQEEL AHMED
  • Release : 2023-05-07
  • ISBN : 1998810321
  • Pages : 23 pages

Download or read book The Crocodile s Smile written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2023-05-07 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Crocodile's Smile" Summary of this story: Charlie's story is a moving tale about the power of kindness and how important it is to take care of oneself. Charlie was different from all the other crocodiles in the bush because he always had a smile on his face. He liked helping people and making people happy wherever he went. He became known as the nicest and happiest crocodile in the jungle. Charlie's smile and friendliness were so contagious that they made even the grumpiest creatures happy. They were amazed at how Charlie could make even the worst situations better. As Charlie and his friend, the once-angry crocodile, went on their travels, they met many more animals that needed their help. They were known as the guardians of the bush, and all the animals looked to them for advice and safety. Charlie found out one day that he had been putting other people's needs ahead of his own. He told his friend, and then he took some time off and went on a trip by himself. He wanted to find out what made him happy again and smile again. As he went through the bush, he smiled again as he thought about the things that used to make him happy. Charlie kept helping other people and still had time for himself. He went on trips by himself, exploring the bush and finding new things to love and appreciate. He stayed the happiest and nicest crocodile in the jungle, and all the other animals loved and respected him. In the end, Charlie's actions changed the bush for good. He showed the animals how important it is to be kind and helpful to other people. And he had shown that even small acts of kindness can make a big difference in the world. When Charlie died, the animals in the woods knew that his memory would live on forever. They carried on his tradition of kindness and friendship by spreading happiness and love everywhere they went. How the story started: Once upon a time, Charlie was a nice and happy crocodile who lived deep in the woods. Charlie was a very special crocodile who was different from all the others in the forest. He was known for his big smile, which he always wore no matter what was going on around him. Charlie was nice and kind, which was different from most alligators, who were often thought to be mean and dangerous. Even if they weren't his friends, he was always ready to help any animal in need. Charlie was liked by the animals in the woods because he was always happy and kind. They knew that no matter what was going on, he could make them feel better. Everyone around him felt happy and at ease because of his smile. Charlie was a crocodile, and even though he was friendly, he had to look for his food. He always had a smile on his face, even when he was hunting. He never took more than he needed, and he always left some for the other animals in the woods. Charlie's positive attitude made him popular with the animals in the woods, and it also helped him do well at everything he tried. He was a great hunter who always found the best places to hide when he needed to rest. Charlie's fellow crocodiles in the bush made fun of him because he was nice and smiled. They said he was weak and not a real crocodile. But what they said didn't bother Charlie. He knew that being kind and helping was the right thing to do, and he was proud of who he was. One sunny day, Charlie the crocodile was relaxing in the sun by the river when he heard a huge commotion. He turned his head and paid close attention. It sounded like scared animals running away and screaming. Charlie knew something was wrong and got up to find out what it was. He moved quickly through the thick jungle plants to get to where the noise was coming from. As he got closer, the sounds got louder and faster. Charlie could tell something big was going on because he could hear fear in the animals' sounds. As Charlie finally came out of the bush, he saw a huge, dangerous crocodile with sharp teeth and an angry face. The other animals tried to run away, but they were so scared they couldn't move. Charlie saw that he had to move quickly. He swam up to the angry reptile and said, "Hey, why are you scaring everyone? What's wrong?" The angry reptile said, "I'm mad because I'm hungry and there's nothing to eat around here." "Oh, that's no problem," Charlie said. "There's plenty of food in the jungle, and I'll show you where to find it." The angry reptile asked, "Why are you being so nice to me? Aren't you afraid of me?" Charlie simply said, "No, I'm not afraid of you. I'm happy to help, and I think it's always right to be kind to others." He then led the angry crocodile through the bush and showed him all the different fruits, berries, and plants that he could eat. The angry crocodile couldn't believe how much food was there and how easy it was to find. By the end of the day, the angry crocodile was full and happy. He had never been happy or more thankful before. "Thank you, Charlie. You showed me that there is more to life than being angry and mean. You taught me that being kind and helping others is the right way to live." "I'm glad I could help," said Charlie. "That's what friends are for." From that day on, the angry crocodile was Charlie's friend, and the two of them spent their days exploring the jungle and helping other people. They had made an odd deal. The two crocodiles were complete opposites, but they both loved helping others and being friends. The other animals in the bush were shocked by the change in the angry crocodile. They couldn't believe that the animal, which used to be scary, had become a kind and loving crocodile. The animals quickly got used to the new crocodile, and soon Charlie and his friend were seen as the nicest and happiest crocodiles in the jungle.

Book Go Tell the Crocodiles

Download or read book Go Tell the Crocodiles written by Rowan Moore Gerety and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers, an unforgettable exploration of the trials of daily life in Mozambique, long heralded as Africa’s “rising star” Over the past twenty-five years, Mozambique has charted a path of dizzying economic growth nearly as steep as China’s, making it among the fastest-growing economies on the planet. But most Mozambicans have little to show for the long boom; to travel in Mozambique is to see much of the promise of development as a mirage. And in the fall of 2016, a debt crisis unraveled layers of corruption that reverberated across Europe, heralding what many in the financial world feared might be the beginning of a “global financial shockwave” (The Guardian). Go Tell the Crocodiles explores the efforts of ordinary people to provide for themselves where foreign aid, the formal economy, and the government have fallen short. Author Rowan Moore Gerety tells the story of contemporary Mozambique through the heartbreaking and fascinating lives of real people, from a street kid who flouts Mozambique’s child labor laws to make his living selling muffins, to a riverside community that has lost dozens of people to crocodile attacks. Moore Gerety introduces us to a nation still coming to grips with a long civil war and the legacy of colonialism even as it wrestles with the toll of infectious disease and a wave of refugees, weaving stories together into a stunning account of the challenges facing countries across Africa.

Book Weaving the Social Networks of Women Migrants in Sudan

Download or read book Weaving the Social Networks of Women Migrants in Sudan written by Awatif Ata Elmannan Elageed and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gezira Scheme (GS) area in the central Sudan is considered a melting pot for migrants of different origins and whose lives are intertwined with the Scheme land. This book offers a qualitative analysis of social networks of women migrants of different origins and age groups who are engaged in the agricultural labour force of the GS. It looks at the social interactions, the diversity of social processes and the functions and functioning of social networks of women that shape their everyday life. Special emphasis is given to the means by which women get work opportunities and undertake work negotiations. Strategies that women apply to solve problems arising at work and in their private sphere are explored. The differential responses concerning ethnicicity-based differences are analysed. A combination of social networks theory and an actor-oriented perspective, both framed in constructivist terms, guided the analysis. To illustrate the complete picture of gendered social realities additional notions such as social security and social capital are introduced. Evidence shows that women are actors and acquire agency and their social networks serve multiple purposes and facilitate a wide range of settings. Examining the social networks by drawing upon a sociological approach provides new insights into the social networks theory and postulates additions to the actor-oriented approach and proposes new contributions to both theories.

Book Professional Crocodile

Download or read book Professional Crocodile written by Giovanna Zoboli and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book without words, Mr. Crocodile gets up every morning and carefully gets ready for work--but just what is his job?