Download or read book Chasing Cheetahs written by Sy Montgomery and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2014 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the cheetah's essential role in the ecosystem and the ways in which Namibia's Cheetah Conservation Fund is promoting cohabitation between cheetahs and farmers.
Download or read book Little Cheetah s Shadow written by Marianne Dubuc and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Cheetah's shadow is missing. When Little Cheetah finds him and learns that Little Shadow is sad because he never gets to go first, Little Cheetah is happy to switch places. As they travel about their neighborhood, Little Cheetah is surprised to learn how hard it can be to follow. Eventually they decide that walking side-by-side is much better, and when they go through a scary tunnel on the way home, they discover they can face the dark together. Little Cheetah's Shadow is a sweet tale of friendship, empathy, and the importance of seeing things from a different perspective, rendered in Marianne Dubuc's warm and inviting illustrations.
Download or read book In the Shadow of His Wings written by Bridgett Lopata and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-11-26 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kate is lost and broken after her sisters death. Now she is fifteen years old and trying to find her way through the guilt and hurt that surrounded that horrible day. Nothing changes until she walks through a door that leads her to another world. The world in which she entered is cruel. Voices that whisper in the air confirm her worst fears and thoughts. They attack her and deceive her. Soon Kate learns that voices belong to creatures, and that the creatures are more than just beings. They are in fact concepts in living forms: lies, guilt, and hate. Just as Kate starts to believe that all hope is lost, she hears another gentle voice; a voice full of love and promise. Finally Kate asks for help and her journey begins. Viktor (who portrays Jesus) guides Kate into Orus, a world full of other creatures. Along the way Kate meets redemption and grace and love along with many other beings that show her the way of truth.
Download or read book In the Shadow of Animals written by Michael Hehenberger and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-10-03 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What differentiates humans from other living beings is our ability to communicate, our complex reasoning, and our use of skilled hands and smart brains to build houses, cities, and societies. We are able to learn. We penetrate into the unknown. We dominate our planet. For thousands of years, we have lived close to animals. As we are gaining a more complete understanding of our physiology, we are observing that we are not so different from them and other life forms. By studying them, we can sharpen our senses, treat diseases, and overcome some of our weaknesses. By observing their unique capabilities, we invent ways to emulate their performances in areas where evolution has helped them excel. Animals have helped us build our human culture and civilization. We still take advantage of them, even push them back into ever more restricted habitats. We are now at risk of forgetting that Sapiens’ only way to thrive, and planet Earth to survive, will be to humbly accept our place in the “shadow of animals.” This book explains how various animals have adapted to extreme conditions, and why humans need to study animals and should protect them. It helps us to understand how “life on our planet” evolved. It is a popular presentation of the human–animal relationship for curious readers of all ages. It will hopefully stimulate scientific discussions among high school and university students.
Download or read book Love and Death Among the Cheetahs written by Rhys Bowen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling series. I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were flying to Kenya for our extended honeymoon. Now that we are here, I suspect he has actually been sent to fulfill another secret mission. I am trying very hard not to pick a fight about it, because after all, we are in paradise! Darcy finally confides that there have been robberies in London and Paris. It seems the thief was a member of the aristocracy and may have fled to Kenya. Since we are staying in the Happy Valley—the center of upper-class English life—we are well positioned to hunt for clues and ferret out possible suspects. Now that I am a sophisticated married woman, I am doing my best to sound like one. But crikey! These aristocrats are a thoroughly loathsome sort enjoying a completely decadent lifestyle filled with wild parties and rampant infidelity. And one of the leading lights in the community, Lord Cheriton, has the nerve to make a play for me. While I am on my honeymoon! Of course, I put an end to that right off. When he is found bloodied and lifeless along a lonely stretch of road, it appears he fell victim to a lion. But it seems that the Happy Valley community wants to close the case a bit too quickly. Darcy and I soon discover that there is much more than a simple robbery and an animal attack to contend with here in Kenya. Nearly everyone has a motive to want Lord Cheriton dead and some will go to great lengths to silence anyone who asks too many questions. The hunt is on! I just hope I can survive my honeymoon long enough to catch a killer. . . .
Download or read book Noah into the African Unknown written by Douglas Floen and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOAHS NEW ADVENTURES Not content to stay at home on Wild Wold Farm and empowered with special abilities, Noahs imaginative powers take him into wildest Africa where he meets and gets to know a wide variety of animals; cheetahs, giraffes, hippos, rhinos and monkeys along with many others. Because of his mission from Mother Nature or Gaia, to bring help to the persecuted wildlife, Noah is able to move without harm among these beasts, many of whom would otherwise devour or destroy him. Gaia has asked Noah to observe and bring help if he can. Noah, at first is very unsure and hesitant in this violent and bloody environment where life is constantly in danger. After making friends with the cheetah, Raina, and saving her two cubs from poachers he learns to gain confidence in his abilities. Poachers and hunters have brought havoc to the wildlife of Africa. Baby animals are taken from their parents to be sold to collectors and never to be seen again. Elephants and rhinos are shot dead or trapped for their tusks and horns. Wild cats such as leopards and cheetahs are murdered for their beautiful skins to be made into fur coats for people living far away. After many hair-raising adventures, Noah does bring help surprising help in the form of the dreaded humans who create a safe haven for all of the animals who can now live in peace and pursue their lives in safety. Through the eyes of an insignificant mouse, this book vividly illustrates the struggles that endangered animals have for survival.
Download or read book Shadows along the Zambezi written by Diana M. Hawkins and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10-26 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, Zimbabwe is a particularly dangerous place. Corruption, violence, rape, murder, and inhuman levels of greed and brutality ruled the land as lawless gangs of murderers battled for power. Pieter van Rooyen, a commercial farmer turned environmentalist, has felt the terror firsthand. Seven years earlier, his family was brutally murdered and his farm seized during Zimbabwe’s violent land-distribution scheme. The experience changed his life and priorities; now he has dedicated his life to honoring life. He joins forces with Jessica Brennan, an American wildlife biologist, to protect Zimbabwe’s most threatened treasures, the elephants, which are being slaughtered by poachers and corrupt government officials alike—under the guise of conservation. Jessica is conducting a scientific study of Zimbabwe’s elephants, studying herds that roam the eastern Zambezi Valley. There, she witnesses many of the daily threats they face, including habitat encroachment, floods, droughts, government mismanagement of wildlife areas, and slaughter by illegal ivory hunters. Jessica and Piet are joined by his former neighbor, Angus McLaren, another dispossessed farmer who narrowly escaped with his life when his farm was stolen by the so-called veterans of the independence war. Together, the trio wins over the local National Park Service chief, Hector Kaminjolo, and professional hunter Blair Nisbet, who step in to champion their cause. Despite the terror and sadness that surrounds them, Jessica and Pieter are reminded of the best of human nature as they discover love. Against a backdrop of kidnappings, murders, and international intrigue, a healing love story emerges, proving that love truly can conquer all.
Download or read book Shadow of Oz written by Wayne D. Rossiter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the century and a half since Darwin's Origin of Species, there has been an ongoing--and often vociferously argued--conversation about our species' place in creation and its relationship to a Creator. A growing number of academic professionals see no conflict between Darwin's view of life and the Christian faith. Dubbed "theistic evolution," this brand of Christianity holds that God has used processes like Darwinian evolution to achieve his creation. But is that true? Can Darwin's mechanism of natural selection acting on chance mutations be reconciled with God's intentionality in producing particular outcomes? Does humanity represent the apex of his creation, or just an erasable and ephemeral signpost along a path still being revealed? Does theistic evolution permit God to intervene supernaturally in the workings of his creation? Can we as humans be made in the image of God if we are just one of the millions of products of evolution? Can we salvage concepts like freewill, meaning, purpose, or an eternal soul within theistic evolution? In this book, Wayne Rossiter assess theistic evolution, and whether or not it is consistent with Christianity and secular science. His conclusion is that it bears little resemblance to classical Christianity, and promotes a century-old understanding of evolutionary theory. Theistic evolution renders God a passive player in creation, so far removed and undetectable that he resembles a mere shadow of the Creator described in Christianity.
Download or read book Wild Cats written by John E. Becker and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the genetic ancestors of wild cats and presents information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and threats to different kinds of wild cats, including servals, jaguars, and lynxes.
Download or read book Jambo Watoto written by Marsha Heatwole and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Left for the day while their mother goes hunting, four little cheetahs find they are not alone and are tempted to leave the safety of the grass to follow other animals.
Download or read book Tracks and Shadows written by Harry W. Greene and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature, delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature’s most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment.
Download or read book Bear Shadow written by Frank Asch and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1985 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bear tries everything he can think of to get rid of his shadow.
Download or read book Unforgettable My 10 best flights written by Lane E. Wallace and published by Sporty's Pilot Shop. This book was released on 2009 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the Leopard Got His Spots written by Rudyard Kipling and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates how the leopard got his spotted coat in order to hunt the animals in the dappled shadows of the forest.
Download or read book Passing Shadows written by Victor Duna and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems , Haiku, and lyrics stemming from the Author's own forty-two year struggle with Alcoholism , Major Depressive Disorder, and Suicidal Ideations.
Download or read book Cheetahs Never Win written by R.J. Blain and published by Pen & Page Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnessing a double homicide dumps Aaron Clinton into the middle of a gruesome murder investigation. To stop the budding serial killer from striking again, Aaron’s forced to join forces with a reformed cop and a colony of cranky cats. Warning: this novel contains cats, murder, more cats, mayhem, cheetahs, mischief, felines, a serial killer, romance, humor, puns, generalized hilarity, and whipped cream used in inappropriate fashions. Proceed with caution.
Download or read book Under An Emerald Sky written by Olukemi Amala and published by Lynn Michell. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two babies are born five minutes apart in a UK hospital.Immersed in her rich Nigerian heritage, Yewande grows up able to hear her ancestors' voices - a double edged sword that heightens her spiritual awareness, but alienates her sister and brings horrifying revelations about her family's past. Mary is rejected at birth by her mother who has abandoned her African roots as she tries to blend into a small town in suburban Britain.How will each girl survive these legacies on her journey to adulthood?A big, important novel leavened with fun and studded with episodes of astonishing beauty.
