Download or read book Animal written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View the animal kingdom up close as never before in this breathtaking title, which has already sold over 1.5 million copies. Written by 70 specialists, it features stunning wildlife photography of more than 2000 of the world's most important wild mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. With around two million species identified to date, animals are the dominant and most varied form of life on the planet. Animal presents a representative selection, ranging from the giant baleen whale, to fast-moving predators such as sharks, big cats, and birds of prey, as well as microscopic beetles barely 1mm long and other insects. It presents some of the latest species to be described: meet the cute but elusive olinguito from South America, which was only identified in 2013, or the skywalker hoolock gibbon that was named after a Star Wars character in 2017. Animal also explains how the earth's biodiversity is in sharp decline and the conservation projects underway to safeguard precious species. For each one, it gives a locator map and statistics, including its conservation status. For anyone who wants a reliable and enthralling reference, in which you can find the answers to everything - from why zebras are striped or how the sunbear got its name - Animal is your essential one-stop guide.
Download or read book Access San Diego 5e written by Richard Saul Wurman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-08-05 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Access San Diego, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience. The jewel of the West Coast, a vibrant city that thrives on diversity, is at your fingertips. Access San Diego has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed. Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best: Hotels Restaurants Attractions Shopping sights Parks and Outdoor Spaces Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss. Access is your indispensable walk-around guide to San Diego. Our writers, who live in and love the city, will lead you by the hand down the remarkable streets, sharing the unforgettable sights and pointing out the undiscovered gems and all the majestic landmarks that only San Diego has to offer.
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Download or read book 100 Facts About Pandas written by David O'Doherty and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pandas are irresistible and people think they know a lot about them. But only the true panda expert knows: -The age of a panda can be determined by measuring the distance between its nipples -In Egyptian hieroglyphics, the panda symbol means "notwithstanding" -Prince's song "Purple Rain" was inspired by the mixed emotions he feels about pandas Smart, funny, and chock-full of panda pictures, 100 Facts About Pandas will astonish and entertain both animal lovers and everyone who laughed their way through The Book of Bunny Suicides and F U, Penguin.
Download or read book Barack Obama The Political Phenomenon written by Didier Ndongala Mumbata and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to bring into focus the most exciting and complicated presidential campaign which revealed, for the first time to the world, Barack Obama as an extraordinary politician. It is not a biography of the man who became the 44th president of the United States of America. On the contrary, the book is the absolutely true story of the most remarkable leader during the campaign; a man whose, intellectual and political gifts prevailed and set him apart as a political genius. Barack Obama won the presidency even if unfavourable circumstances made him less likely to be the president of the United States of America: being an African-American, son of a non-American from Kenya; having a strange name for an American; married to a woman who is a descendant of slaves; being only four years as Senator. Just imagine that, before his 2004 convention speech, more than half of the American people did not know or had heard about him. This book explains explicitly how this African-American survived and convinced all the peoples of the world that he was the one they had been waiting for, and why the American people chose him as president of the United States of America in a crucial moment of financial crisis despite all the disadvantages on his side. Barack Obama really shook the world. With this achievement, he has definitely proved that anyone, not only rich boys from the upper classes, can grow up to be president. Besides, the book, The Political Phenomenon, is the most nuanced account of the most exciting presidential campaign in American history, including not only the high points, but the way the campaign actually became dramatic, with all the problems, conflicts and achievements. Usually, the rest of the world doesn’t pay too much attention about the primaries until the two main candidates have emerged. But this time, it was different. From Paris to Kinshasa, Copenhagen to Melbourne, people were staying up until late – already in the beginning of 2008 – to wait for the results of the U.S. presidential primary season. And finally, this book captures the essence of one of the most extraordinary leaders of our time and the process by which he became, without any doubt, a political phenomenon.
Download or read book Bears and Pandas written by Michael Bright and published by Lorenz Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at all aspects of bear and panda life and behavior.
Download or read book Barack Obama the Political Phenomenon written by Didier Mumbata Ndongala and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to bring into focus the most exciting and complex presidential campaign, which for the first time revealed to the world Barack Hussein Obama as an extraordinary politician. This is not a biography of the man who became the 44th President of the United States of America. On the contrary, this book is the absolutely true story of the most remarkable leader of the electoral campaign, a man whose intellectual and political gifts prevailed and set him apart as a political genius. Barack Obama won the presidency even though unfavorable circumstances made him less likely to be president of the United States of America: being an African-American, the son of a non-American from Kenya; Having a strange name for an American; being married to a woman of slave ancestry; having served only four years as a United States Senator. Imagine that before his speech at the 2004 Democratic convention, more than half of all Americans either didn’t know him or had never heard of him. This book explains explicitly how this African-American survived and convinced all the peoples of the world that he was the one they were waiting for, and why the American people chose him as President of the United States of America at a crucial moment of the financial crisis, despite all the disadvantages that weighed on him. Barack Obama has truly shaken up the world. With this achievement, he has definitely proved that anyone, not just rich boys from the upper classes, can become president. Besides, the book, “The Political Phenomenon”, is the most nuanced account of the most exciting presidential campaign in American history, including not only the highlights, but also how the campaign became truly dramatic, with all the problems, conflicts and achievements. In general, the rest of the world doesn’t pay too much attention to the primaries until the two main candidates have emerged. But this time, it was different. From Paris to Kinshasa, from Copenhagen to Melbourne, people stayed up late, already in the beginning of 2008, waiting for the results of the American presidential primary season. And finally, this book captures the essence of one of the most extraordinary leaders of our time and the process by which he became, without any doubt, a political phenomenon.
Download or read book The Panda Chronicles Book 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panda satire is alive and well in the first volume of The Panda Chronicles. Join Bob T. Panda and his cartoon friends from the popular blog, "The Panda Chronicles" as they prove that it IS all black and white! Be the bear! Book 2 continues the fun with more mischief from The Panda Kindergarten, More Panda Olympics, and just more pandas!
Download or read book Giant Pandas written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The giant panda is one of the world's most recognized animals, but until now the biology of this threatened species has been a mystery. This is the first book to summarize the present state of knowledge about panda biology, encompassing topics such as reproduction, behaviour, nutrition, genetics and veterinary medicine.
Download or read book The Lady and the Panda written by Vicki Croke and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2006-06-13 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine Croke gives us the remarkable account of Ruth Harkness and her extraordinary journey, and restores Harkness to her rightful place along with Sacajawea, Nellie Bly, and Amelia Earhart as one of the great woman adventurers of all time. Ruth was the toast of 1930s New York, a dress designer newly married to a wealthy adventurer, Bill Harkness. Just weeks after their wedding, however, Bill decamped for China in hopes of becoming the first Westerner to capture a giant panda–an expedition on which many had embarked and failed miserably. Bill was also to fail in his quest, dying horribly alone in China and leaving his widow heartbroken and adrift. And so Ruth made the fateful decision to adopt her husband’s dream as her own and set off on the adventure of a lifetime. It was not easy. Indeed, everything was against Ruth Harkness. In decadent Shanghai, the exclusive fraternity of white male explorers patronized her, scorned her, and joked about her softness, her lack of experience and money. But Ruth ignored them, organizing, outfitting, and leading a bare-bones campaign into the majestic but treacherous hinterlands where China borders Tibet. As her partner she chose Quentin Young, a twenty-two-year-old Chinese explorer as unconventional as she was, who would join her in a romance as torrid as it was taboo. Traveling across some of the toughest terrain in the world–nearly impenetrable bamboo forests, slick and perilous mountain slopes, and boulder-strewn passages–the team raced against a traitorous rival, and was constantly threatened by hordes of bandits and hostile natives. The voyage took months to complete and cost Ruth everything she had. But when, almost miraculously, she returned from her journey with a baby panda named Su Lin in her arms, the story became an international sensation and made the front pages of newspapers around the world. No animal in history had gotten such attention. And Ruth Harkness became a hero. Drawing extensively on American and Chinese sources, including diaries, scores of interviews, and previously unseen intimate letters from Ruth Harkness, Vicki Constantine Croke has fashioned a captivating and richly textured narrative about a woman ahead of her time. Part Myrna Loy, part Jane Goodall, by turns wisecracking and poetic, practical and spiritual, Ruth Harkness is a trailblazing figure. And her story makes for an unforgettable, deeply moving adventure.
Download or read book Two Shy Pandas written by Julia Jarman and published by Andersen Press USA. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panda longs to play with Pandora next door, but he's too shy. Pandora longs to say "Hello, Panda!" but she's much too shy, too. Will these two shy pandas ever muster up the courage to speak to each other?
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Download or read book Bei Bei Goes Home A Panda Story written by Cheryl Bardoe and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2021-12-06 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In August 2015, zookeepers at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, were thrilled to spot a tiny shadow on an ultrasound. For a species as rare as the giant panda, every new cub is cause for celebration. Zoo staff monitored mother Mei Xiang, and within days a newborn appeared, weighing in at just one third of a pound. While Mei Xiang cradled her vulnerable infant, zookeepers monitored the pair day and night through cameras in the panda den, and some two million viewers logged on to the zoo website. First Ladies Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan hosted a ceremony to announce the cub's name: Bei Bei, meaning "precious treasure" in Mandarin Chinese. An instant celebrity, the cub captured hearts all over the world. But pandas in zoos are considered emissaries from the People's Republic of China, the only country where they live in the wild. Four years after his birth in America, Bei Bei would embark on an important new mission."--
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