Download or read book Let Us Dream of Turtles written by Frances Chavarria and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this love story of two people from very different cultures, Frances Chavarria takes the reader on an engrossing journey of the contrasting lives of a rich, Manhattan socialite and a humble Costa Rican environmental attorney. Her unique perspective of both cosmopolitan Manhattan and tropical Costa Rica will captivate readers as she weaves a story of the struggle between a greedy developer and a community trying to protect its vital resources and culture.
Download or read book Dreaming in Turtle written by Peter Laufer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe; Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species. Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today—an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization. It stars turtles and shady and heroic human characters both, in settings ranging from luxury redoubts to degraded habitats, during a time when the confluence of easy global trade, limited supply, and inexhaustible demand has accelerated the stress on species. The growth of the middle class in high-population regions like China, where the turtle is particularly valued, feeds this perfect storm into which the turtle finds itself lashed. This is a tale not just of endangered turtles but also one of overall human failings, frailties, and vulnerabilities—all punctuated by optimistic hope for change fueled by dedicated turtle champions.
Download or read book Let Us Dream of Turtles written by Frances Chavarria and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through this love story of two people from very different cultures, Frances Chavarria takes the reader on an engrossing journey of the contrasting lives of a rich, Manhattan socialite and a humble Costa Rican environmental attorney. Her unique perspective of both cosmopolitan Manhattan and tropical Costa Rica will captivate readers as she weaves a story of the struggle between a greedy developer and a community trying to protect its vital resources and culture.
Download or read book Turtle Dolphin Dreams written by Marian K. Volkman and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2005-04-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Rich, PhD, Bobswriting.com: "A pearl is a small thing, and yet it is as precious as any jewel. So is this little book." Susan M. Phillips, Spiralthreads Reviews: "Turtle Dolphin Dreams is a lovely book with much food for thought. Very inspirational indeed." Rev. James W. Clifton, PhD: Not since "The Prophet" or "Jonathan Livingston Seagull" has a book come along so inviting, refreshing, and relevant.
Download or read book Spots the Tortoise written by Kamden Ricklefs and published by . This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Humane Gardener written by Nancy Lawson and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Download or read book A Dream Called Home written by Reyna Grande and published by Washington Square Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From bestselling author of the remarkable memoir, The Distance Between Us comes an inspiring account of one woman’s quest to find her place in America as a first-generation Latina university student and aspiring writer determined to build a new life for her family one fearless word at a time. “Here is a life story so unbelievable, it could only be true” (Sandra Cisneros, bestselling author of The House on Mango Street). As an immigrant in an unfamiliar country, with an indifferent mother and abusive father, Reyna had few resources at her disposal. Taking refuge in words, Reyna’s love of reading and writing propels her to rise above until she achieves the impossible and is accepted to the University of California, Santa Cruz. Although her acceptance is a triumph, the actual experience of American college life is intimidating and unfamiliar for someone like Reyna, who is now estranged from her family and support system. Again, she finds solace in words, holding fast to her vision of becoming a writer, only to discover she knows nothing about what it takes to make a career out of a dream. Through it all, Reyna is determined to make the impossible possible, going from undocumented immigrant of little means to “a fierce, smart, shimmering light of a writer” (Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild); a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist whose “power is growing with every book” (Luis Alberto Urrea, Pultizer Prize finalist); and a proud mother of two beautiful children who will never have to know the pain of poverty and neglect. Told in Reyna’s exquisite, heartfelt prose, A Dream Called Home demonstrates how, by daring to pursue her dreams, Reyna was able to build the one thing she had always longed for: a home that would endure.
Download or read book Bomb Shelter written by Mary Laura Philpott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-04-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A ... memoir-in-essays that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear with humor and hope"--
Download or read book The Rock from the Sky written by Jon Klassen and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look up! From the Caldecott Medal–winning creator of the hat trilogy comes a new deadpan gem. There is a spot. It is a good spot. It is the perfect spot to stand. There is no reason to ever leave. But somewhere above there is also a rock. A rock from the sky. Here comes The Rock from the Sky, a hilarious meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there’s something off somewhere, but you just can’t put your finger on it. Merging broad visual suspense with wry wit, celebrated picture book creator Jon Klassen gives us a wholly original comedy for the ages.
Download or read book Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Ultimate Visual History written by Andrew Farago and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-07-23 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the 40th anniversary of those heroes in a half-shell with this updated edition of the bestselling Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Ultimate Visual History, featuring a wealth of additional content, including new chapters on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Last Ronin, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History is back and bigger than ever with more than fifty pages of additional content, including a chapter on the latest film TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, and thirty collectible inserts. Experience the complete 40-year-long saga of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles—from their humble beginnings as black-and-white comics created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird to their multimillion-dollar breakout success and remarkable longevity as a true pop culture phenomenon. Featuring interviews with key figures in the Turtles’ evolution, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History: Revised and Expanded Edition presents the complete history straight from the mouths of co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird—as well as the multitude of creative minds behind the wider TMNT universe of animation, video games, movies, and more. Bodacious and fully comprehensive, this book is the ultimate celebration of four decades of Turtle Power! 40th ANNIVERSARY EDITION: Updated to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael, the world’s most beloved crime-fighting, pizza-loving reptiles. EXPANDED CONTENT: This expanded edition not only includes new chapters on Rise of the TMNT, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, and forty years of TMNT video games, it also features expanded chapters on the 2014 and 2016 feature films, the 2012 animated Nickelodeon series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the IDW comics series, including the fan-favorite series The Last Ronin. STUNNING IMAGES: Discover rare and never-before-seen images from forty years of TMNT, including behind-the-scenes photos, concept art, sketches, and other gems from the archives. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS: Dive into exclusive interviews with key figures from throughout the forty-year history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, including Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Brian Henson, Fred Wolf, and Vanilla Ice. PERFECT GIFT: TMNT fans and genre film enthusiasts will shout “Cowabunga!” when they receive a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History as a gift. COMPLETE YOUR TMNT COLLECTION: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History: Revised and Expanded Edition joins Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Pop-Up Book and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Cookbook Gift Set, both available from Insight Editions.
Download or read book AMERICA II written by Jack The Turtle and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever happened to the American Dream? America II is the story of a great nation that is now, for the first time since its birth, failing to live up to its promises to a majority of its citizens. A story of what one middle class citizen "Jack the Turtle" sees as being required for that promise to be restored, and for America to again be a beacon for all nations to follow. The clock is winding down on what's left of the Great American Dream, even as you are reading this. But it's not too late.
Download or read book The Midnight Library written by Matt Haig and published by Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2021-01-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good morning America book club"--Jacket.
Download or read book The Turtle of Oman written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised by the Horn Book as “both quiet and exhilarating,” this novel by the acclaimed poet and National Book Award Finalist Naomi Shihab Nye follows Aref Al-Amri as he says goodbye to everything and everyone he loves in his hometown of Muscat, Oman, as his family prepares to move to Ann Arbor, Michigan. This book was awarded a 2015 Middle East Book Award, was named a Notable Book by the American Library Association, and includes extra material by the author. Aref Al-Amri does not want to leave Oman. He does not want to leave his elementary school, his friends, or his beloved grandfather, Siddi. He does not want to live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his parents will go to graduate school. His mother is desperate for him to pack his suitcase, but he refuses. Finally, she calls Siddi for help. But rather than pack, Aref and Siddi go on a series of adventures. They visit the camp of a thousand stars deep in the desert, they sleep on Siddi's roof, they fish in the Gulf of Oman and dream about going to India, and they travel to the nature reserve to watch the sea turtles. At each stop, Siddi finds a small stone that he later slips into Aref's suitcase—mementos of home. Naomi Shihab Nye's warmth, attention to detail, and belief in the power of empathy and connection shines from every page. Features black-and-white spot art and decorations by Betsy Peterschmidt.
Download or read book Peter the Turtle Can t Poop written by Kim Wilch and published by . This book was released on 2022-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On his adventure, Peter discovers treasures on the beach. Little does he know how harmful litter is to a turtle. Alone on his journey, he gets stuck on the shore and has tummy troubles. Who will come to his rescue? Will he be able to poop? While laughing, children will learn the importance of friendship, healthy eating, and putting litter in a bin.
Download or read book Leading Transformation written by Nathan Furr and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Tools to Overcome the Human Barriers to Change Leaders know that their job is to transform their organizations to keep pace with technology and an ever-changing business environment. They also know that they are bound to fail in doing so. But this discouraging prospect is not because they won't be able to solve a technological or strategic problem. Leaders will fail because of intractable human responses associated with change--responses such as fear, ingrained habits, politics, incrementalism, and lack of imagination. These stumbling blocks always arise when we humans are faced with change, but what if we had a way to transcend them? This book reveals a radical new method for doing just that. Written by the executive who designed and implemented it, the neuroscientist who helped make it work, and the academic who explains why it works and how to do it, Leading Transformation introduces an innovative yet proven process for creating breakthrough change. Divided into three steps--envisioning the possible, breaking down resistance, and prototyping the future--this process uses cutting-edge tools such as science fiction, cartoons, rap music, artifact trails, and neuroprototypes to overcome people's inability to imagine or react to what doesn't yet exist, override powerful habits and routines that prevent them from changing, and create compelling narratives about the organization's future and how to get there. Showing how these tools have been used successfully by companies such as Lowe's, Walmart, Pepsi, IKEA, Google, Microsoft, and others, the process revealed in this book gives leaders the means to transcend the human barriers that block change and lead their organizations confidently into the future.
Download or read book The Turtle s Dream and Keys written by Benrali and published by Only1Earth. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Turtle's Dream and Keys, a picture book for young adults, is inspired by the most colorful turtle species on earththe Eastern Box Turtle of North America. This turtle is a protected species in many states and has been a source of inspiration for Benrali's drawings, etchings, and poems for many years. The Turtle's Dream and Keys covers millions of years in the span of thirty-two pages by taking readers back into time through a box turtle's dream. Its a book that touches on gardening, fossil energy, alternative energy, and the wonders of natural designs in nature.
Download or read book Pouring In written by Kim Kurtz and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world had changed. Families had changed. Values had changed. The meaning of religion had changed. After author Kim Kurtz graduated from high school twenty five years ago, the world was not what she expected. The moral landscape of college and life thereafter was hostile and foreign. She struggled when the faith of her childhood didn’t translate smoothly into adulthood. She was disillusioned when the formulas of faith and church that she had always known no longer worked. The messiness of life, the difficulty of marriage and relationships, and the many ups and downs she experienced were overwhelming. Her faith couldn’t handle it, and she walked away. According to research, Kim wasn’t alone. 75% of young people raised in a Christian home leave the church after they leave the home. Numerous studies show that Christian families are losing their kids and have been for decades. A majority of churched youth aren’t developing a personal, powerful, and passionate faith in Jesus Christ. And a passive faith quickly fades to no faith at all. We can no longer afford as Christian parents, as the church, or as a nation to ignore this problem. Pouring In addresses the profoundly difficult task of passing on a lasting faith to future generations. Effectively passing on the baton of faith allows our kids to experience the love, peace, and hope that can only come from a genuine relationship with Jesus Christ. Make no mistake, YOU have the power to greatly affect the trajectory of your child’s faith.
