Download or read book Life in the Amazon Rainforest written by Ginjer L. Clarke and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through the jungle in this fact-packed leveled reader! Welcome to the largest rainforest in the world, a vast wonder just waiting for you to explore. Follow along as pink dolphins dart through the flooded river, vampire bats swoop down from the trees, and giant green anacondas slowly slither across the forest floor. This humongous habitat is home to millions of plants, animals, and people. But large as it may be, the Amazon Rainforest is in danger--and shrinking fast. Learn more about this amazing place and discover what you can do to help save the rainforest!
Download or read book Life in the Amazon Jungle written by Alan Trussell-Cullen and published by Nelson Australia. This book was released on 2007 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon Jungle is home to more different species of plants and animals than any other place on earth.
Download or read book Living in the Amazon Rain Forest written by Anita Ganeri and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the Yanomami people, who live in Brazil and Venezuela, and describes their daily lives and culture.
Download or read book Life in the Amazon Rain Forest written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, life, and culture of the Yanomami, an indigenous tribe still living a primitive existence in the Amazon rain forest.
Download or read book Life Lessons From the Amazon written by Pip Stewart and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of guides from the Waî Waî indigenous community, Pip Stewart and the team took on the perilous world-first challenge of following the Essequibo River from source to sea. In this book, Pip shares the lessons she learned on her incredible journey, which can help us all embrace the wildness within ourselves and live more every day.
Download or read book Fully Alive written by Tyler Gage and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the spirit of Adam Braun's The Promise of a Pencil and Blake Mycoskie's Start Something That Matters, Fully Alive tells the story of an astoundingly successful young entrepreneur's immersion in Amazonian indigenous spirituality and how he integrated the lessons he learned to build a successful, socially responsible company, live a purposeful life, and make a difference in the world. In Fully Alive, Tyler Gage shares his spiritual adventures and the business savvy that helped him create RUNA, a tea and energy drink company that collaborates with the indigenous people of Ecuador to harvest the "master plant" guayusa, revealing a centuries-old guiding philosophy for building a sacred way of living that he discovered through Amazonian shamanism. Following these teachings, what began as a humble start-up has now grown into a thriving, multi-million dollar company, selling products in more than 10,000 stores across the United States and Canada. With the help of collaborators like Channing Tatum, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Olivia Wilde, RUNA has created a sustainable source of income for the 3,000 farming families in Ecuador who grow guayusa organically, while also establishing a nonprofit organization dedicated to positively impacting the issues that affect these indigenous communities. Packed with practical and inspiring lessons, this book offers a comprehensive examination of how we too might become "fully alive," both in business and as individuals"--
Download or read book The Spears of Twilight written by Philippe Descola and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthropologist describes his experiences living with the Jivaro Indians in the Amazon basin
Download or read book Don t Sleep There are Snakes written by Daniel Everett and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2010-07-09 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahãs, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world. Everett describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Pirahã language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The perils of passionate academic opposition were then swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won. Everett's views are most recently discussed in Tom Wolfe's bestselling The Kingdom of Speech. Adventure, personal enlightenment and the makings of a scientific revolution proceed together in this vivid, funny and moving book.
Download or read book Into the Amazon The Life of C ndido Rondon Trailblazing Explorer Scientist Statesman and Conservationist written by Larry Rohter and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rohter’s crisp biography is a welcome addition to the new, more inclusive canon.” —Rachel Slade, New York Times Book Review A thrilling biography of the Indigenous Brazilian explorer, scientist, stateseman, and conservationist who guided Theodore Roosevelt on his journey down the River of Doubt. Cândido Rondon is by any measure the greatest tropical explorer in history. Between 1890 and 1930, he navigated scores of previously unmapped rivers, traversed untrodden mountain ranges, and hacked his way through jungles so inhospitable that even native peoples had avoided them—and led Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kermit, on their celebrated “River of Doubt” journey in 1913–14. Upon leaving the Brazilian Army in 1930 with the rank of a two-star general, Rondon, himself of indigenous descent, devoted the remainder of his life to not only writing about the region’s flora and fauna, but also advocating for the peoples who inhabited the rainforest and lobbying for the creation of a system of national parks. Despite his many achievements—which include laying down a 1,200-mile telegraph line through the heart of the Amazon and three nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize—Rondon has never received his due. Originally published in Brazil, Into the Amazon is the first comprehensive biography of his life and remarkable career.
Download or read book Don t Sleep There are Snakes written by Daniel Everett and published by Profile Books(GB). This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Although Daniel Everett was a missionary, far from converting the Pirahas, they converted him. He shows the slow, meticulous steps by which he gradually mastered their language and his gradual realisation that its unusual nature closely reflected its speakers' startlingly original perceptions of the world." "He describes how he began to realise that his discoveries about the Piraha language opened up a new way of understanding how language works in our minds and in our lives, and that this way was utterly at odds with Noam Chomsky's universally accepted linguistic theories. The perils of passionate academic opposition were then swiftly conjoined to those of the Amazon in a debate whose outcome has yet to be won." "Adventure, personal enlightenment and the makings of a scientific revolution proceed together in this vivid, funny and moving book."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Amazon Adventure written by John Emil Becker, PH D and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling to the Amazon Rainforest to learn about the wildlife that inhabit the Upper Amazon region of Peru was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. AMAZON ADVENTURE is the story of my incredible journey through the world's most spectacular rainforest. From the moment I flew into the regional capital city of Iquitos, until I returned to the United States, my travels on the world's greatest river, the Amazon, and its tributaries, my trip included one thrilling moment of discovery after another. Racing down the Amazon River in a fast boat from Iquitos to the isolated Explorama Lodge nestled deep in the rainforest, I was amazed by sheer number of plants and animals that call this part of the world home. Iquitos is located 2,200 miles from the Atlantic Ocean, yet the river is so wide at that point that you can barely see one shore to the other (further downstream as the river gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger, you can sail down the middle of the river and not see either shoreline!). Altogether the river is over 4,000 miles long, and over its long journey from a small stream high in Andes Mountains in Peru, until it finally empties into the Atlantic, the Amazon River contains an unbelievable diversity of animal life including stingrays, electric eels, bull sharks, lungfish, pink river dolphins, manatees, caiman (reptiles related to alligators and crocodiles), as well as more different species of fish than live in the Atlantic Ocean.As I traveled through the lush, green rainforest with my guide Roldan, I saw a vast array of rainforest animals from quick-moving spider monkeys, to barely-moving sloths, as well as tapirs, capybaras, poison dart frogs, and many other living creatures. One highlight of this part of my trip was seeing the bright blue wings of a morpho butterfly flash past, and observing a giant wasp dragging a young tarantula across the forest floor. After thoroughly exploring the area surrounding the Explorama Lodge, we boarded another boat and traveled to the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research (ACEER) to learn about the important work they are doing to preserve the Amazon Rainforest, and the plants and animals that call the Amazon home. Undoubtedly, the most exciting part of our visit was our walk along the ACEER's canopy walkway. Swaying back and forth as went higher and higher into the canopy gave us a view of the rainforest that was incredibly beautiful and thrilling at the same time. Reaching the highest point of the walkway at 180 feet, we found ourselves looking down at the tops of 100-foot tall trees!Once we left the ACEER site, we found ourselves back on the water, and it wasn't long before we had yet another amazing experience. As we cruised along in our small boat, suddenly we heard a loud splash. When we turned around to see what would make such a loud noise, we saw a large river dolphin shoot out of the water in a playful leap. What a sight! The final leg of my amazing journey through Peru's Upper Amazon region was aboard an fantastically beautiful boat named La Amatista. This large river boat was complete with luxury, woodlined cabins, and views of the surrounding rainforest that looked like something straight out of a magazine. Each day we would sail out from La Amatista in small boats to explore the tributaries of the Amazon River. On one such trip early one morning we were greeted by the loud barking sounds of a tree filled with large red howler monkeys. They weren't happy with our incursion into their territory, and were not afraid to let us know about it! On yet another side trip in our small boats, we tied up on some trees in a black-water lagoon where we used impromptu fishing poles to fish for a local favorite - red belly piranhas! Being that close to water filled with the hungry, vicious "swimming teeth" gave new meaning to the locals saying, "Sometimes you eat the piranha, and sometimes the piranha eats you.
Download or read book The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon written by Fábio Zuker and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Amazon burns, Fábio Zuker shares stories of resistance, self-determination, and kinship with the land. In 2007, a seven-ton minke whale was found stranded on the banks of the Tapajós River, hundreds of miles into the Amazon rainforest. For days, environmentalists, journalists, and locals followed the lost whale, hoping to guide her back to the ocean, but ultimately proved unable to save her. Ten years later, journalist Fábio Zuker travels to the state of Pará, to the town known as “the place where the whale appeared,” which developers are now eyeing for mining, timber, and soybean cultivation. In these essays, Zuker shares intimate stories of life in the rainforest and its surrounding cities during an age of raging wildfires, mass migration, populist politics, and increasing deforestation. As a group of Venezuelan migrants wait at a bus station in Manaus, looking for a place more stable than home, an elder in Alter do Chão becomes the first Indigenous person in Brazil to die from COVID-19 after years of fighting for the rights and recognition of the Borari people. The subjects Zuker interviews are often torn between ties with their ancestral territories and the push for capitalist gain; The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon captures the friction between their worlds and the resilience of movements for autonomy, self-definition, and respect for the land that nourishes us.
Download or read book Five Weeks in the Amazon written by Sean Michael Hayes and published by Hmmediahouse. This book was released on 2014-12-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean Hayes was a successful skateboarder who made it on the cover of Skateboard Canada by the age of 18, and had a six-figure salary by 25, but he was completely miserable. Here, he outlines his journey through the Amazon and his attempt to find answers to the problems in his life.
Download or read book Rejoice written by and published by Scholastic. This book was released on 2009 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series in which children write and illustrate their own books, this volume presents poetry about the animals and plants of the Amazon rain forest.
Download or read book Bezonomics written by Brian Dumaine and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth, revelatory, and unbiased look at Amazon’s world-dominating business model, the current competitors either imitating or trying to outfox Amazon, and the ways Bezonomics is shaping the life of every American consumer—from an award-winning Fortune magazine writer. Like Henry Ford, Sam Walton, or Steve Jobs in the early years of Ford, Walmart, and Apple, Jeff Bezos is the business story of the decade. Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with 2% of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in seventeen countries. Amazon’s business model has not only turned the retail industry and cloud computing inside out, but now its tentacles are squeezing media and advertising, and disrupting the state of technology, the economy, job creation, and society at large. Amazon’s impact is so pervasive that business leaders in nearly every sector around the world need to understand how this force of nature operates. Based on unprecedented behind-the-scenes reporting from 150 sources inside and outside of Amazon, Bezonomics unveils the underlying principles Jeff Bezos uses to achieve his dominance—customer obsession, extreme innovation, and long-term management, all supported by artificial intelligence—and shows how these are being borrowed and replicated by companies across the United States, in China, and elsewhere. Brian Dumaine shares tips for Amazon-proofing your business. Most important, Bezonomics answers the fundamental question: How are Amazon and its imitators affecting the way we live, and what can we learn from them? A goldmine for some, and a threat for others, “Bezonomics” has become a life-shaping force both now and in the future that every American must know more about.
Download or read book Amazon Journal written by Geoffrey O'Connor and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peopled by a colorful cast of real-life characters, AMAZON JOURNAL is documentary filmmaker Geoffrey O'Connor's critical look at how cultural differences in the Amazon have resulted in incidents ranging from comic misunderstandings to blatant exploitation, environmental disaster, and even genocide.
Download or read book The Everything Store written by Brad Stone and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.
