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Book The Conservation Biology of Tortoises

Download or read book The Conservation Biology of Tortoises written by IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and published by IUCN. This book was released on 1989 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Travel North America

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pavia Rosati
  • Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
  • Release : 2021-05-05
  • ISBN : 9781741177497
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Travel North America written by Pavia Rosati and published by Hardie Grant Books. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where to go next in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean? Look no further than this stunning new book from the founders of travel website Fathom--it has all the answers The future of travel is set to keep us closer to home, encourage us to slow down, expand our minds and bring us closer to nature. Following the success of their first book Travel Anywhere, Fathom's latest book Travel North America pays homage to the stories, histories, landscapes and cultures of the vast and diverse North American continent. Tapping into a treasure trove of time-tested recommendations (both classic and little-known) and a network of interesting people (chefs, novelists, designers, innkeepers, musicians), Fathom's founders Jeralyn Gerba and Pavia Rosati provide inspiration and practical trip-planning advice for modern travelers looking to rediscover North America in the wake of the coronavirus. With a focus on the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, Travel North America includes chapters such as "Brave New World--The post-pandemic travel mindset", "Follow Nature's Lead", "Second Cities Take First Place", "Road Tripping" and "Giving Back--Humanitarian travel in North America'. Presented in a beautifully designed package, Travel North America will show you that now has never been a better time to plan your next vacation, not too far from home.

Book Artificial Intelligence in Society

Download or read book Artificial Intelligence in Society written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.

Book Highway 99

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephen H. Provost
  • Publisher : Linden Publishing
  • Release : 2017-09-15
  • ISBN : 161035320X
  • Pages : 742 pages

Download or read book Highway 99 written by Stephen H. Provost and published by Linden Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before it was a modern freeway, California’s State Highway 99 was “the main street of California,” a simple two-lane road that passed through the downtowns of every city between the Mexican border and the Oregon state line. Highway 99: The History of California’s Main Street turns back the clock to those days when a narrow ribbon of asphalt tied the state’s communities together, with classic roadside attractions and plenty of fun along the way.

Book Everything s Coming Up Profits

Download or read book Everything s Coming Up Profits written by Steve Young and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The little-known world of industrial shows is reconstructed through the record collection of author Steve Young, who has spent twenty years finding the extremely rare souvenir albums as well as tracking down and interviewing the writers and performers.

Book Rare Visions   Roadside Revelations

Download or read book Rare Visions Roadside Revelations written by Randy Mason and published by Kansas City Star Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion book to KCPT's award-winning public television series. Includes an amazing array of art and oddities, food and fun, and a world of creativity in some of the most unexpected places.

Book I Begin My Life All Over

Download or read book I Begin My Life All Over written by Lillian Faderman and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1999-04-13 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I Begin My Life All Over is an oral history of 36 real-life strangers in a strange land, an intimate study of the immigrant experience in contemporary America.

Book Talk to Me

    Book Details:
  • Author : T.C. Boyle
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2021-09-14
  • ISBN : 0063052849
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book Talk to Me written by T.C. Boyle and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling and award-winning author T.C. Boyle, a lively, thought-provoking novel that asks us what it would be like if we could really talk to the animals When animal behaviorist Guy Schermerhorn demonstrates on a TV game show that he has taught Sam, his juvenile chimp, to speak in sign language, Aimee Villard, an undergraduate at Guy's university, is so taken with the performance that she applies to become his assistant. A romantic and intellectual attachment soon morphs into an interspecies love triangle that pushes hard at the boundaries of consciousness and the question of what we know and how we know it. What if it were possible to speak to the members of another species—to converse with them, not just give commands or coach them but to really have an exchange of ideas and a meeting of minds? Did apes have God? Did they have souls? Did they know about death and redemption? About prayer? The economy, rockets, space? Did they miss the jungle? Did they even know what the jungle was? Did they dream? Make wishes? Hope for the future? These are some the questions T.C. Boyle asks in his wide-ranging and hilarious new novel Talk to Me, exploring what it means to be human, to communicate with another, and to truly know another person—or animal…

Book The Heirloom Gardener

Download or read book The Heirloom Gardener written by John Forti and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Part essay collection, part gardening guide, The Heirloom Gardener encourages readers to embrace heirloom seeds and traditions, serving as a well-needed reminder to slow down and reconnect with nature.” —Modern Farmer Modern life is a cornucopia of technological wonders. But is something precious being lost? A tangible bond with our natural world—the deep satisfaction of connecting to the earth that was enjoyed by previous generations? In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide will inspire you to slow down, recharge, and reconnect.

Book Gardens of Revelation

Download or read book Gardens of Revelation written by John Beardsley and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With incisive intelligence and beguiling prose, John Beardsley tells the story of some twenty-five "visionary environments" and the fiercely independent individuals who created them. Beardsley also situates the work in the larger contexts of traditional garden design, religious architecture, environmental sculpture, and folk art. The thought-provoking text combines with dazzling views of the far-flung gardens to make this an inspiring volume.

Book California  the Magic Island

Download or read book California the Magic Island written by Doug Hansen and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summoned by Queen Calafia to the island of California, twenty-six animals of the state of California introduce themselves, their homeland, and the people who dwell there.

Book Aesop in California

Download or read book Aesop in California written by Doug Hansen and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Aesop's fables, retold and illustrated to feature places and creatures in California. Includes historical notes about Aesop and the tales, and facts about the animals and locations photographed.

Book Shell Houses and Grottoes

Download or read book Shell Houses and Grottoes written by Hazelle Jackson and published by Shire Publications. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The artificial grotto has a long and intriguing history in architecture and garden design. This book describes the origins of the grotto in Renaissance Italy, its heyday in eighteenth-century England, its decline in the nineteenth century and its return to favour in the twentieth century.

Book That Ribbon of Highway II

Download or read book That Ribbon of Highway II written by Jill Livingston and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book How to Quit Your Job with Rental Properties

Download or read book How to Quit Your Job with Rental Properties written by Dustin Heiner and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem that affects almost everyone today is being stuck in a career they hate. People are conditioned to work their lives away for someone else and only get paid for the hour they work. Follow the proven path to financial freedom that many have already successfully navigated.

Book Roadside America

Download or read book Roadside America written by Jack Barth and published by Fireside Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trivia-filled odyssey across America that tells the reader, for example, where to see the world's largest twine ball and how to locate the Lawrence Welk museum.