Download or read book The Lost Wolves of Japan written by Brett L. Walker and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Japanese once revered the wolf as Oguchi no Magami, or Large-Mouthed Pure God, but as Japan began its modern transformation wolves lost their otherworldly status and became noxious animals that needed to be killed. By 1905 they had disappeared from the country. In this spirited and absorbing narrative, Brett Walker takes a deep look at the scientific, cultural, and environmental dimensions of wolf extinction in Japan and tracks changing attitudes toward nature through Japan's long history. Grain farmers once worshiped wolves at shrines and left food offerings near their dens, beseeching the elusive canine to protect their crops from the sharp hooves and voracious appetites of wild boars and deer. Talismans and charms adorned with images of wolves protected against fire, disease, and other calamities and brought fertility to agrarian communities and to couples hoping to have children. The Ainu people believed that they were born from the union of a wolflike creature and a goddess. In the eighteenth century, wolves were seen as rabid man-killers in many parts of Japan. Highly ritualized wolf hunts were instigated to cleanse the landscape of what many considered as demons. By the nineteenth century, however, the destruction of wolves had become decidedly unceremonious, as seen on the island of Hokkaido. Through poisoning, hired hunters, and a bounty system, one of the archipelago's largest carnivores was systematically erased. The story of wolf extinction exposes the underside of Japan's modernization. Certain wolf scientists still camp out in Japan to listen for any trace of the elusive canines. The quiet they experience reminds us of the profound silence that awaits all humanity when, as the Japanese priest Kenko taught almost seven centuries ago, we "look on fellow sentient creatures without feeling compassion."

Download or read book Lost Wolf written by Mila Young and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being rejected by my fated mate is the least of my problems... I'm a half-breed, a Cursed. The wolf half gets me an alpha for a fated mate...the witch half gets me killed. Or so they think. Now four Viking Alphas are all that stand between me and certain death. They need my powers to take over the Savage Sector, and they'll hold my sisters as leverage until they get what they want from me. My wild magic, my heart. My wolf calls to them, but I can't trust them to keep me alive once this is over. I'm just an Omega to them, but that mistake may cost us all our lives What the Viking Alphas want, the Viking Alphas get... ...and right now that's me and my wild magic.

Download or read book Lost Wolf written by Stacy Claflin and published by Stacy Claflin. This book was released on 2016-07-18 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She’s hiding a dark secret. It already killed her once. Victoria can’t wait to start college, but there’s a hitch—she can’t remember anything before arriving on campus. Her memories finally spark when she sees her ruggedly handsome math professor, but she senses something terrible happened. The shock on his face affirms her fears. Toby is an alpha wolf who never thought he’d see his true love again—not after she died in his arms. Nothing could have prepared him for her walking into his class. But to his dismay, not only has she forgotten the past, she doesn’t even know who she is. He’s determined to do whatever it takes to restore what they’ve lost. Can Toby help Victoria recover her memories, or will he lose her forever? USA Today bestselling author, Stacy Claflin, brings you Lost Wolf, the first book in the Curse of the Moon series. It’s a paranormal romantic suspense saga that features gripping supernatural drama, surprising twists, dynamic characters, and heart-pounding romance. Read Lost Wolf today to satisfy your craving for a fast-paced paranormal tale.

Download or read book Little Girl Lost written by Joan Merriam and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shedding painful light on a brutal crime, the author explores the neglectful and abusive circumstances that brought young Shirley Katherine Wolf and Cindy Lee Collier to the edge and resulted in their stabbing murder of eighty-five-year-old Anna Brackett. Reissue.

Download or read book Savage Sector One written by Mila Young and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm half shifter, half witch. An abomination. Cursed. Nobody wants me--not even my fated mate--until someone realizes that my unique blend of magic could be exactly what they need to conquer new worlds. Now they all want me, and they aren't prepared to ask nicely. When my sisters are kidnapped and held ransom, I have no choice but to do their dirty work. So, yeah, I'll go ahead and play their game, but I'm changing the rules... They should have known better. I'm cursed, remember? Savage Sector is set in the same world as Shadowlands Sector, with some cross over of characters. It can be read without having read Shadowlands first. This is a three book series.

Download or read book The Three Little Yogis and the Wolf Who Lost His Breath written by Susan Verde and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A calming spin on a classic fairy tale from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Verde Once upon a time there lived a wolf who lost his huff and his puff. It was a BIG, BAD problem! One morning, the wolf came upon a peaceful little yogi doing sun salutations. The wolf wanted to huff and puff and blooow her hut down into a big pile of straw. But instead the yogi suggested, “Let’s meditate on that!” Soon the wolf met a second yogi, and then a third. He may have lost his huff and puff—but with the help of three new yogi friends, can the wolf find his breath?

Download or read book Bear and Wolf written by Daniel Salmieri and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Editors' ChoiceA Capitol Choices Book of 2019A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of 2018Winter 2017 – 2018 Kids Indie Next Pick!A Fatherly Best Children's Book of 2018Selected for exhibition in the 2018 Society of Illustrators Original Art show "Just found the book we'll gift to every child we know!"—PBS "Stunning, serene and philosophical"—Maria Russo, The New York Times "Hushed and lovely, this is a picture book to calm and inspire."—Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Wall Street Journal Bear and Wolf become unlikely companions one winter's evening when they discover each other out walking in the falling snow; they are young and curious, slipping easily into friendship as they amble along together, seeing new details in the snowy forest. Together they spy an owl overhead, look deep into the frozen face of the lake, and contemplate the fish sleeping below the surface. Then it's time to say goodbye: for Bear to go home and hibernate with the family and for Wolf to run with the pack. Daniel Salmieri's debut as author/illustrator is a beautifully rendered story of friendship and the subtle rhythm of life when we are open to the world and to each other.

Download or read book Lost Girl written by Leia Stone and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've been kidnapped by vampires and Sawyer is under some love spell. Now I've got to traipse through the entire Magic Lands without getting killed to make it back to Werewolf City... hopefully in one piece. Everything would have worked out as planned if Sawyer hadn't gone on another revenge killing spree in my honor. Now the entire magical world is at war, and my True Mate and I are stuck in the middle of it. It's just another Monday.

Download or read book The Lost Wolf s Destiny written by Karen Whiddon and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A desperate mother. A scarred man. A powerful bond… The moment he saw Blythe Daphne on the television news, Lucas Kenyon knew three things: she was a shapeshifter, like him. She was the most desirable creature he had ever seen. And she was in terrible danger. Now, the wolf in Lucas is driving him to save Blythe and her young daughter from a man he knows is evil personified. A man who believes all shapeshifters are demons straight from hell. But Lucas knows he must never reveal the secret that threatens to tear him apart—not even to the one woman who could heal him.

Download or read book Lost Wolf written by Elsa Jade and published by Red Circle Ink. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harvest moon is rising… Corrine Ayres was a werewolf with a charmed life. Until her love was taken from her in a place called Mesa Diablo. Javier Roque’s wolf never rose, so he left Angels Rest to make his own way. Until a deadly threat to his pack brought him home. Can the widowed she-wolf and the tattooed bad boy missing his wild side find what they desire? Or will they lose everything before they can claim their fate?

Download or read book Wolf in the Snow written by Matthew Cordell and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home? Paintings rich with feeling tell this satisfying story of friendship and trust. Here is a book set on a wintry night that will spark imaginations and warm hearts, from Matthew Cordell, author of Trouble Gum and Another Brother.

Download or read book Broken Wolf written by Young and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is there such a thing as second chances?Our mission is simple: track down my mother and find a way to save my sister from the witches. Should be easy, except in our world, nothing ever goes to plan, especially when you're traveling with four sexy, Viking Alphas who are ready to start a war to take ownership of the Savage sector? and me!The more I spend time with them, the more I feel my mind, body, and soul bending to their wills and desires. This complicates things, especially when my past returns with vengeance.As if that wasn't bad enough, the dangerously wicked Alphas I've grown close to have been cursed to remain by my side whether they want to or not, making it much harder to trust them.Because sometimes betrayal by those closest to you can end up destroying you.

Download or read book The Last Wolf written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Morpurgo has created a sweeping and dramatic story in the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie. This spellbinding tale is complemented perfectly by Michael Foreman's illustrations. Robbie McLeod and a wolf cub, both orphaned, venture far from their birthplace, a land of rebellious fighters and vicious redcoats. There is little constancy in Robbie's adventurous life, save for the companionship of his wolf. But when at last Robbie finds a place where he can peacefully make his home, he knows in his heart that the wolf must find his own natural home too . . .

Download or read book The Last Wolf written by Mini Grey and published by Red Fox Picture Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time, Little Red set off into the woods to catch a wolf . . . But the woods aren't all they seem - and are there even any wolves left? Mini Grey re-imagines the classic Little Red Riding Hood fable in an entirely new way. Can Little Red help her new friends in need and recover the wild days of the past? This is a powerful, moving and funny picture book which will have children and adults revisiting its exquisite pages time and time again, and discussing the important message it holds. From the award-winning author/illustrator of The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon, The Pea and the Princess and Biscuit Bear.

Download or read book Reader Come Home written by Maryanne Wolf and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinking, empathy, and reflection as we become increasingly dependent on digital technologies. A decade ago, Maryanne Wolf’s Proust and the Squid revealed what we know about how the brain learns to read and how reading changes the way we think and feel. Since then, the ways we process written language have changed dramatically with many concerned about both their own changes and that of children. New research on the reading brain chronicles these changes in the brains of children and adults as they learn to read while immersed in a digitally dominated medium. Drawing deeply on this research, this book comprises a series of letters Wolf writes to us—her beloved readers—to describe her concerns and her hopes about what is happening to the reading brain as it unavoidably changes to adapt to digital mediums. Wolf raises difficult questions, including: Will children learn to incorporate the full range of "deep reading" processes that are at the core of the expert reading brain? Will the mix of a seemingly infinite set of distractions for children’s attention and their quick access to immediate, voluminous information alter their ability to think for themselves? With information at their fingertips, will the next generation learn to build their own storehouse of knowledge, which could impede the ability to make analogies and draw inferences from what they know? Will all these influences change the formation in children and the use in adults of "slower" cognitive processes like critical thinking, personal reflection, imagination, and empathy that comprise deep reading and that influence both how we think and how we live our lives? How can we preserve deep reading processes in future iterations of the reading brain? Concerns about attention span, critical reasoning, and over-reliance on technology are never just about children—Wolf herself has found that, though she is a reading expert, her ability to read deeply has been impacted as she has become increasingly dependent on screens. Wolf draws on neuroscience, literature, education, and philosophy and blends historical, literary, and scientific facts with down-to-earth examples and warm anecdotes to illuminate complex ideas that culminate in a proposal for a biliterate reading brain. Provocative and intriguing, Reader, Come Home is a roadmap that provides a cautionary but hopeful perspective on the impact of technology on our brains and our most essential intellectual capacities—and what this could mean for our future.

Download or read book The Way Home For Wolf written by Rachel Bright and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sparkling story of friendship, set in the snowy Arctic, from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside. Wolf cub Wilf doesn't want help from anyone. Whatever it is, he can do it all by himself. But when Wilf finds himself lost and alone in the chill of the Arctic night, he discovers something important: sometimes we all need the helping hand of a friend. This positive rhyming tale of friendship and community is perfect for stubbornly independent little cubs everywhere! Look out for more heart-tingling tales from Rachel Bright and Jim Field: The Lion Inside The Koala Who Could The Squirrels Who Squabbled

Download or read book Lost Wolf written by Max Brand and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Western.