Download or read book The Splendor of Birds written by National Geographic and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An elegant collection of the best artwork and photography from the National Geographic archives depicting the magnificence of birds. Bird, nature, and art lovers alike will treasure this sumptuous visual celebration of the colors, forms, and behaviors of the winged wonders who share our world as they have been explored, displayed, and revealed throughout the years by National Geographic. The book moves chronologically so readers witness the tremendous growth in our knowledge of birds over the last 130 years, as well as the new frontiers in technology and observation--from luminous vintage paintings and classic black and white photographs to state-of-the art high-speed and telephoto camera shots that reveal moments rarely seen and sights invisible to the human eye. The wide diversity of pictures captures beloved songbirds outside the kitchen window, theatrical courtship dance of birds of paradise, tender moments inside a tern's nest, or the vivid flash of a hummingbird's flight. Readers will delight in seeing iconic species from around the world through the eyes of acclaimed National Geographic wildlife photographers such as Chris Johns, Frans Lanting, Joel Sartore, and Tim Laman and reading excerpted passages from Arthur A. Allen, Roger Tory Peterson, Douglas Chadwick, Jane Goodall, and other great explorers. Exquisitely produced and expertly curated, this visual treasury displays as never before the irresistible beauty, grace, and intelligence of our feathered friends.
Download or read book Splendor the Magnificent written by Rebecca Bielawski and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-13 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Splendor is a fine-looking bird with glorious feathers. He has loads of fans always telling him how awesome he is and showering him with expensive gifts. But Splendor is about to find out that maybe beautiful, fancy feathers are not the most important thing. In fact... they don't really matter at all.
Download or read book Feathered Splendor written by Jennifer Berling and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-06-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Feathered Splendor" invites you to explore the intricate beauty of feathers through captivating coloring pages. Immerse yourself in the detailed patterns and textures as you bring these feathered designs to life with your choice of colors. Let your creativity take flight in this exquisite adult coloring book.
Download or read book Pastwatch written by Orson Scott Card and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In one of the most powerful and thought-provoking novels of his remarkable career, Orson Scott Card's Pastwatch interweaves a compelling portrait of Christopher Columbus with the story of a future scientist who believes she can alter human history from a tragedy of bloodshed and brutality to a world filled with hope and healing. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book The Conquest written by Norris Ray Peery and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02-06 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1519 Corts sailed from Cuba, leading an expedition of search and discovery of any lands to the west of Cuba. What he found was a land and a civilization that was larger and richer than anything in his wildest dreams. He became compulsively determined to have this new land and its riches as his own. But within the fog that hides the future, it was the Aztec's own beliefs and their complete ignorance of any nations existing beyond the seas that made up the substance of that fog, and led them blindly into a collision with a fate, which time and distance had been ever-ripening. It is through that fog that the Aztec's continuing story and the love affair of Jaguar and Five Rabbit unfolds within a quite unbelievable military struggle for the conquest of Mexico.
Download or read book Sex written by Joann Ellison Rodgers and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How much do you really know about sex? In Sex: A Natural History, Joann Ellison Rodgers unearths both the roots of our sexual nature and the expression of our primal urges, explaining what it is that makes us male and female, and providing fascinating insights into the biology and physiology of flirtation, love, courtship, intercourse, fidelity, parenting, and nurturing. She describes scientists' discoveries about how the hormone that triggers labor contractions keeps prairie voles faithful to one mate, how the brain waves of female mice change when a male comes within smell range, and how Harlequin paperback romances and fantasies can be arousing-and what these findings tell us about our own sexuality. Sex: A Natural History illuminates one of the most powerful, and often misunderstood, aspects of human and animal existence.
Download or read book Prayer of the World written by Kathleen Maia Tapp and published by Earthword Press. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer of the World opens a window into an astonishingly beautiful world, showing life as a vast prayer in which we live and breathe. Through poetry and luminous photographs, it brings forth the voices of earth, sea, sky, and the entire web of life. From star fire to water’s blue stillness, from eagle’s soaring flight to canary’s solemn teaching comes the plea: “Join the prayer; the web is greatly strained.” Kathleen Maia and Ken traveled to many sites in the United States and beyond—she with her pen and notebook, and he with his camera. As their pilgrimage continued, they realized that the poetry and photography together created a stunning whole, a vibrant expression of Earth’s life and Earth’s plea: “Give back to the web; add your voice to the song. Join the Prayer of the World.” As alarm, anxiety, and upheaval escalate across the globe, Prayer of the World raises not only Earth’s lament, but also Earth’s great hope: “All is connected in a living breathing web…the living pulse of energy that flows through all creation—each pulse a prayer.” To learn more about Prayer of the World visit: www.prayeroftheworld.org
Download or read book Four Levels of Hell written by Tim Nash and published by Tim Nash. This book was released on 2024-07-18 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Azrael, a charismatic and ruthless soul, begins to upset Hell's delicate balance, the consequences threaten to unleash unspeakable horrors upon all realms of existence. As he manipulates his way to power in the infernal domain of Oxes, the other Queens of Hell must set aside centuries-old rivalries to confront this unprecedented threat.
Download or read book The Frances Smith written by Scott L. Cameron and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2005-08-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Frances Smith, the first steamboat to be built in Owen Sound, was the largest and most luxurious vessel to sail the Upper Great Lakes from a Canadian port.
Download or read book Charlie s Very Own Story written by Elizabeth Vaughan and published by Romeii Media Group. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Charlie—a collie like no other. Rescued from a kennel by young Marna Witherspoon, Charlie is full of questions about life and looking for answers. In Charlie's Very Own Story, author Elizabeth Vaughan invites readers to join him in his search. Along the way you'll find high adventure, extraordinary insights, and so much more. In a novel reminiscent of Richard Adams's Watership Down, Ms. Vaughan offers us a remarkable story sure to charm and delight readers.
Download or read book Twelve Clocks written by Julie Sophia Paegle and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book consists of interconnected poems concerned with various modes of time and its relation to personal and historical events"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book My Sister My Bride written by Allan Wargon and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by the world's supreme love poem, this account of loneliness and love, passion, joy, gratitude, illusion, despair, disagreement, quarrel, parting and concord expresses all the shades of feeling between a man and the mercurial woman he is mad about. In a style both lucid and lyric, with a richness of sight and sound befitting the biblical psalms, this highly original story makes each mood of the mind and heart suspenseful and revealing. Also informed by philosophical musings about life, nature and the human condition, it is an extraordinary portrait of a tempestuous love affair. It's an absolute delight.
Download or read book Canto General written by Pablo Neruda and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-04-17 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canto General, thought by many of Neruda’s most prominent critics to be the poet’s masterpiece, is the stunning epic of an entire continent and its people.
Download or read book The Last Sorcerer written by Ethan Russo and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The obstacles in their way, including an evangelical missionary who wants to westernize the tribe and a hostile, mysteriously powerful tribal shaman who holds his secret knowledge in a perilously tight grip, make their mission difficult and dangerous. What they learn in the rainforest changes David forever."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Feathered Bone written by Julie Cantrell and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Feathers—no matter what size or shape or color—are all the same, if you think about them. They’re soft. Delicate. But the secret thing about feathers is . . . they are very strong.” In the pre-Katrina glow of New Orleans, Amanda Salassi is anxious about chaperoning her daughter’s sixth-grade field trip to the Big Easy during Halloween. And then her worst fears come true. Her daughter’s best friend, Sarah, disappears amid the magic and revelry—gone, without a trace. Unable to cope with her guilt, Amanda’s daughter sinks into depression. And Amanda’s husband turns destructive as he watches his family succumb to grief. Before long, Amanda’s whole world has collapsed. Amanda knows she has to save herself before it’s too late. As she continues to search for Sarah, she embarks on a personal journey, seeking hope and purpose in the wake of so much tragedy and loss. Set amidst the murky parishes of rural Louisiana and told through the eyes of two women who confront the darkest corners of humanity with quiet and unbreakable faith, The Feathered Bone is Julie Cantrell’s master portrait of love in a fallen world.
Download or read book Always Coming Home written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001-02-27 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An "ethnographic" novel that portrays life in California's Napa Valley as it might be a very long time from now, imagined not as a high tech future but as a time of people once again living close to the land.
Download or read book The Feathered Crown written by Marsha Hayles and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mother birds take a long journey to welcome the newborn baby Jesus and give him a feathered crown to warm his head.
