Download or read book Not to Mention Camels written by R. A. Lafferty and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Not To Mention Camels written by R. A. Lafferty and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three memorable creatures world jump in a meta-cosmic universe that orbits with nightmarish landscapes that thrive on anti-matter, anti-space, and anti-time. What mind and body searing challenges await the Pilger, Pilgrim, and Polder, who are really one man?
Download or read book Exiled written by Kathleen Karr and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ali is a young camel in Egypt when he is captured by humans. Determined to "work, but never surrender," he earns a reputation as a disobedient animal and is sold to an American colonel. The year is 1856 and Ali soon finds himself in Texas as part of the U.S. Camel Corps. Crossing the landscape of 19th century America, Ali learns to balance his pride with the needs of his new companions, and slowly matures into a noble creature. Compellingly written from the camel's point of view, this unusual book offers a fresh and unusual perspective on a little-known slice of American history.
Download or read book Inland written by Téa Obreht and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life. Lurie is a man haunted by ghosts--he sees lost souls who want something from him. The way in which Nora and Lurie's stories intertwine is the surprise and suspense of this brilliant novel.ovel.
Download or read book Because of the Camels written by Brenda Blair and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All that Elizabeth McDermott knows about camels is the story of the three wise men. But in one dramatic year, camels change her life. In 1856, when the US Army imports camels to Texas, the young Galveston debutante and her family are uprooted to accompany the camels to San Antonio. On the trek, she makes three improbable friends: Alex, affable nephew of the Yankee commander; Hassan, handsome Egyptian camel handler; and Nate, restless grandson of the Matagorda lighthouse keeper. The camels' antics amuse and astonish, but tensions rise between those who envision a Camel Corps defending the West and others who find the beasts too foreign. Elizabeth worries as her new friends become embroiled in the conflict. Far removed from her sheltered upbringing, she suffers tragic loss, confronts the horrors of slavery, and finds love. One thing is certain: her fate is firmly linked to the camels. A fictional account of actual events, this cross-cultural adventure gives voice to an ensemble of feisty women, Muslim camel men, African-Americans, immigrant Germans, and colorful Texans, all brought together by the great American camel experiment.
Download or read book On the Reliability of the Old Testament written by K. A. Kitchen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-09 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws upon a wide range of historical sources to examine the factuality of the Old Testament, arguing that the Bible's stories are firmly based on fact and refuting evidence from modern scholars who claim otherwise.
Download or read book The Last Camel Died at Noon written by Elizabeth Peters and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Peters brings back 19th-century Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her entourage in a delicious caper that digs up mystery in the shadow of the pyramids.
Download or read book Small Camel Follows the Star written by Rachel W. N Brown and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wise Balthazar is going on an important journey; he is following a brilliant star and looking for a baby king! Small Camel and his mother are going, too, and Small Camel is carrying a special bundle tied to his hump. What is in the bundle?
Download or read book Once Upon a Camel written by Kathi Appelt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A delight to the senses.” —Kirkus Reviews Perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, this exquisite middle grade novel from Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt follows a creaky old camel out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert—filled with over a dozen illustrations by Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann. Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna, crossed treacherous oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion. But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. She’s not, however, alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.
Download or read book Where Do Camels Belong written by Ken Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do camels belong? In the Arab world may seem the obvious answer, but they are relative newcomers there. They evolved in North America, retain their greatest diversity in South America, and the only remaining wild dromedaries are in Australia. This is a classic example of the contradictions of 'native' and 'invasive' species, a hot issue right now, as the flip-side of biodiversity. We have all heard the horror stories of invasives, from Japanese knotweed that puts fear into the heart of gardeners to brown tree snakes that have taken over the island of Guam. But do we need to fear invaders? And indeed, can we control them, and do we choose the right targets? Ken Thompson puts forward a fascinating array of narratives to explore what he sees as the crucial question - why only a minority of introduced species succeed, and why so few of them go on to cause trouble. He discusses, too, whether our fears could be getting in the way of conserving biodiversity, and responding to the threat of climate change.
Download or read book Why Do Camels Have Long Eyelashes written by Jennifer Shand and published by Triangle Interactive, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Why do camels have long eyelashes? Come along on a desert adventure and have fun learning the special things about desert animals that help them survive a hot and dry climate.
Download or read book How the Camel Got Its Hump written by Justine Fontes and published by Golden Books. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witty stories from around the world, and by the great writer Rudyard Kipling, "explain" how the camel got its hump. Fascinating facts about the camel round out this colorful book!
Download or read book The Camel that Had No Hump written by Angela Weeks and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Hundredth Name written by Shulamith Levey Oppenheim and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This picture book for young readers, rich in the details of Middle Eastern village life, tells the warm story of a bond between a father, a son, and the son's favorite camel, as well as their devotion to the Muslim faith, and the power of prayer in their daily life. Salah and his camel, Qadiim, are constant companions. They work together, eat together, and sleep together. Salah is distressed, however, because his camel always seems so sad and downcast, hanging his head low. But in middle of one night, Salah remembers what his father has told him -- that while mankind knows only ninety-nine names for Allah, there are actually one hundred names. What if Qadiim, the camel, could learn the hundredth name? Under the stars Salah prays "to Allah with all his strength." The next day-- a seeming miracle! -- the camel Quadiim carries his head high with a most knowing look. Does Quadiim know the one hundredth name? Beautifully written and complemented by illustrations that portray the lush, verdant landscape of the Middle East, from the banks of the Nile to its luminous starlit nights, here is a spiritual and touching story of an Islamic family.
Download or read book I Wonder Why Camels Have Humps written by Anita Ganeri and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling I Wonder Why series has the answers to all the questions you’ve ever wanted to ask about the natural world, history, space and more! What do all birds have in common? Why do leopards have spots? Which fish can climb trees? Learn the answers to these questions and more in this fascinating question-and-answer book all about animals. Colourful and charming illustrations bring the facts to life and capture the attention of young readers. Information is presented in bite-sized nuggets, making it ideal for reading aloud. Other titles in the I Wonder Why series include The Sea Is Salty, Triceratops Had Horns, The Sun Rises and Stars Twinkle.
Download or read book Cumin Camels and Caravans written by Gary Paul Nabhan and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gary Paul Nabhan takes the reader on a vivid and far-ranging journey across time and space in this fascinating look at the relationship between the spice trade and culinary imperialism. Drawing on his own family’s history as spice traders, as well as travel narratives, historical accounts, and his expertise as an ethnobotanist, Nabhan describes the critical roles that Semitic peoples and desert floras had in setting the stage for globalized spice trade. Traveling along four prominent trade routes—the Silk Road, the Frankincense Trail, the Spice Route, and the Camino Real (for chiles and chocolate)—Nabhan follows the caravans of itinerant spice merchants from the frankincense-gathering grounds and ancient harbors of the Arabian Peninsula to the port of Zayton on the China Sea to Santa Fe in the southwest United States. His stories, recipes, and linguistic analyses of cultural diffusion routes reveal the extent to which aromatics such as cumin, cinnamon, saffron, and peppers became adopted worldwide as signature ingredients of diverse cuisines. Cumin, Camels, and Caravans demonstrates that two particular desert cultures often depicted in constant conflict—Arabs and Jews—have spent much of their history collaborating in the spice trade and suggests how a more virtuous multicultural globalized society may be achieved in the future.
Download or read book Humpfree written by Julia Dweck and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-05 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Now Humpfree Camel had no humps. His back was free of any lumps. While others had one bump or two, Just where were Humpfree’s? No one knew.” Humpfree’s back is as flat as a pancake and he’s not taking it lying down. He’s off on a wild search looking for his humps, but there are lots of bumps along the way. What would you do if you were a humpless, bumpless camel? Readers will enjoy the humor and rhyme of this adventure, based on scientists’ true discovery of a new flat back camel species in East Africa. Young explorers will be fascinated by Mrs. Dweck’s true and amazing fun facts about camels to extend the learning. It all adds up to one edutaining adventure for young readers.
