Download or read book Gateway to the Jungle written by Gloria Graham and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Jungle Laboratories written by Gabriela Soto Laveaga and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-23 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1940s chemists discovered that barbasco, a wild yam indigenous to Mexico, could be used to mass-produce synthetic steroid hormones. Barbasco spurred the development of new drugs, including cortisone and the first viable oral contraceptives, and positioned Mexico as a major player in the global pharmaceutical industry. Yet few people today are aware of Mexico’s role in achieving these advances in modern medicine. In Jungle Laboratories, Gabriela Soto Laveaga reconstructs the story of how rural yam pickers, international pharmaceutical companies, and the Mexican state collaborated and collided over the barbasco. By so doing, she sheds important light on a crucial period in Mexican history and challenges us to reconsider who can produce science. Soto Laveaga traces the political, economic, and scientific development of the global barbasco industry from its emergence in the 1940s, through its appropriation by a populist Mexican state in 1970, to its obsolescence in the mid-1990s. She focuses primarily on the rural southern region of Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, where the yam grew most freely and where scientists relied on local, indigenous knowledge to cultivate and harvest the plant. Rural Mexicans, at first unaware of the pharmaceutical and financial value of barbasco, later acquired and deployed scientific knowledge to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies, lobby the Mexican government, and ultimately transform how urban Mexicans perceived them. By illuminating how the yam made its way from the jungles of Mexico, to domestic and foreign scientific laboratories where it was transformed into pills, to the medicine cabinets of millions of women across the globe, Jungle Laboratories urges us to recognize the ways that Mexican peasants attained social and political legitimacy in the twentieth century, and positions Latin America as a major producer of scientific knowledge.
Download or read book The Jungle written by Upton Sinclair and published by Ten Speed Graphic. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century. Long acclaimed around the world, Upton Sinclair's 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle remains a powerful book even today. Not many works of literature can boast that their publication brought about actual social and labor change, but that's just what The Jungle did, as it led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. In today's society, where labor and safety of the food we eat remain key concerns for all, Sinclair's shocking story still resonates. Bringing new life and energy to this classic work, adapter and illustrator Kristina Gehrmann takes Sinclair's prose and transforms it through pen and ink, allowing you to discover (or rediscover) this book and see it from a whole new perspective.
Download or read book Irami written by Jindriska Mendozová and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deep and inscrutable Amazonian jungle hides many secrets. No one who enters knows what to expect. Adventure, danger, strange encounters, death... Young Madrid lawyer Manuel Castro undergoes all this. He firmly believes the mythical tribe of the Amazons lives in the Ecuadorian jungle. During his long journey to the jungle he meets a self-seeking guide Jos and also a mysterious beauty Irami. Life-and-death situations help him understand what he really feels for the gorgeous Luz Martnez, his Madrid girlfriend. Will Manuel become aware where his love lies? Will he realize that some secrets have to remain unknown? On the way to the depths of the Amazonian jungle Manuel has an opportunity to find answers to all his questions. And with him all those who accompany Manuel on his expedition to the picturesque of untouched nature, unknown rituals and passionate feelings. Now the gateway to the jungle is slowly opening up and inviting everyone to live an adventure. To experience Manuels, Luzs and Iramis adventure as their own. To wait with bated breath for the end of their adventurous journey.
Download or read book Harvey Kurtzman s Jungle Book written by Harvey Kurtzman and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book is considered one of the "Top 100 Comics of the 20th Century" by The Comics Journal and is widely regarded to be a lost classic. Written and illustrated by Kurtzman, Jungle Book inspired and influenced comics creators such as Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Gilbert Shelton, and Terry Gilliam. Back in print for the first time in over twenty-five years, this deluxe hardcover features an essay by comics archivist Denis Kitchen; a new introduction by Gilbert Shelton; a conversational afterword between Pete Poplaski and Robert Crumb; and and a selection of Kurtzman's photographs, correspondence, and artwork. The definitive edition of this graphic novel masterpiece is not to be missed!
Download or read book It s a Jungle in There written by Steven Schussler and published by . This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from his own life and business triumphs, Schussler, founder of the Rainforest Caf, offers would-be entrepreneurs a new way of utilizing creativity to achieve their dreams.
Download or read book Let s Go Into the Jungle written by Wendy Body and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Island Infernos written by John C. McManus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Fire and Fortitude—winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History—John C. McManus presented a riveting account of the US Army's fledgling fight in the Pacific following Pearl Harbor. Now, in Island Infernos, he explores the Army’s dogged pursuit of Japanese forces, island by island, throughout 1944, a year that would bring America ever closer to victory or defeat. “A feat of prodigious scholarship.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Wonderful.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch • “Outstanding.”—Publishers Weekly • “Rich and absorbing.”—Richard Overy, author of Blood and Ruins • “A considerable achievement, and one that, importantly, adds much to our understanding of the Pacific War.”—James Holland, author of Normandy ’44 After some two years at war, the Army in the Pacific held ground across nearly a third of the globe, from Alaska’s Aleutians to Burma and New Guinea. The challenges ahead were enormous: supplying a vast number of troops over thousands of miles of ocean; surviving in jungles ripe with dysentery, malaria, and other tropical diseases; fighting an enemy prone to ever-more desperate and dangerous assaults. Yet the Army had proven they could fight. Now, they had to prove they could win a war. Brilliantly researched and written, Island Infernos moves seamlessly from the highest generals to the lowest foot soldiers and in between, capturing the true essence of this horrible conflict. A sprawling yet page-turning narrative, the story spans the battles for Saipan and Guam, the appalling carnage of Peleliu, General MacArthur’s dramatic return to the Philippines, and the grinding jungle combat to capture the island of Leyte. This masterful history is the second volume of John C. McManus’s trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War, proving McManus to be one of our finest historians of World War II.
Download or read book Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins written by William Montgomery McGovern and published by New York, Grosset & Dunlap by arrangement with The Century Company [1927]. This book was released on 1927 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beginning of the expedition -- The gateway to the Amazon -- Manaos, the pearl of the jungle -- The river of vanished glory -- In the pioneer country -- Beyond the last outpost of civilization -- Life among the Indians -- A feast of welcome -- Snakes - and Indian costumes -- Conference - and a peace pipe -- A jungle king -- The Beast Men of the jungle -- Initiation into the holy of holies -- Into hostile territory -- Vampire bats -- Hunting with poisoned arrows -- Wives, slaves, and kings -- The pageant of the demons and of sex -- Cannibalistic orgies -- Danger from beast and man -- The march through the jungle -- The land of naked women -- A meeting with outlaws -- The mysteries of birth and death -- Da Silva makes the supreme sacrifice -- The return to civilization -- To the head-waters of the Amazon -- Scaling the Andes -- Over the passage to the City of the Kings -- In the highlands where the Incas held sway -- The capital of the Sons of the Sun -- The pageant of history told in stone -- The origin of the Incas -- The city of our lady of peace -- A center of Pre-Inca civilization -- A brush with Chileans and with ladies of ill fame -- Grave-snatching amid Inca and pre-Inca ruins -- Wherein a buried city comes to light.
Download or read book Walking Through the Jungle Big Book written by Steck-Vaughn and published by . This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edge of the Jungle written by Charles William Beebe and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book True Stories written by Francis Spufford and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spufford's welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the present. He makes use of a variety of encounters with particular places, writers, or books to address deeper questions relating to the complicated relationship between story-telling and truth-telling. How must a nonfiction writer imagine facts, vivifying them to bring them to life? How must a novelist create a dependable world of story, within which facts are, in fact, imaginary? And how does a religious faith felt strongly to be true, but not provably so, draw on both kinds of writerly imagination? Ranging freely across topics as diverse as the medieval legends of Cockaigne, the Christian apologetics of C. S. Lewis, and the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, Spufford provides both fresh observations and thought-provoking insights. No less does he inspire an irresistible urge to turn the page and read on.
Download or read book Journey Through the Jungle written by Ethan Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 2024-02-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an exhilarating journey into the heart of the jungle, a place brimming with life and color. This book is a gateway for young adventurers to explore a world filled with awe-inspiring sights. Each page is an invitation to uncover the secrets of this vibrant ecosystem. This captivating book brings the jungle's diverse inhabitants to life, from the smallest insects to the grandest animals that tread its paths. Readers will be enthralled by the rich tapestry of life under the dense canopy, presented through stunning illustrations and fascinating facts. Dive into the pages of this book and embark on an immersive journey through the jungle, where every step taken is an encounter with its daily marvels. This adventure beckons readers to uncover the hidden gems of this lush wilderness, promising a journey full of awe and discovery at every turn.
Download or read book In the Jungle written by Simon Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's your chance to read the mission notes from a real live Indiana Jones...Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to lead an expedition through the Amazon in search of the 'lost city', which locals say is haunted. Will you take up the challenge? - If anyone can help you survive out there, Chapman can...
Download or read book Jungle Fables written by Gustavo Novoa and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book PC Mag written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-11-12 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.
Download or read book PC Mag written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.
