Download or read book Starfish Gazing written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starfish Gazing is the second book in Patricia Gleichauf's series about sea creatures. Starfish are extraordinary saltwater animals with unusual abilities. Like the award-winning Horses of the Sea, Starfish Gazing was written to help young children develop an early knowledge and appreciation of these fabulous marine animals. It is a colorful, educational journey into the world of Starfish! Starfish are a threatened species. A major cause of the threat to starfish is sea debris. The earlier we can teach children to appreciate the beauty of their environment, the cleaner and safer our oceans will be.
Download or read book Starfish Gazing written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starfish Gazing is the second book in Patricia Gleichauf's series about sea creatures. Starfish are extraordinary salt water animals with unusual abilities. Like Horses of the Sea, Starfish Gazing was written to help young children develop an early knowledge and appreciation of these fabulous marine animals. It is a quick, colorful journey into the world of Starfish!
Download or read book The Hummingbird and the Sea written by Jenny Bond and published by The Hard Word. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FREE How far will a person go to gain freedom? When Samuel Bellamy, an enigmatic Englishman on the run from the Crown, seeks refuge in Eastham, Massachusetts, the life of Maria Hallett begins to tragically unravel. Stepping outside the boundaries of her pious and unforgiving Puritan community, she faces censure and judgement from her family and church. Eventually Maria is pushed to the limits of her sanity when a trusted, childhood friend betrays her in the most heinous and violent of ways. Based on the true story of pirate “Black Sam” Bellamy, The Hummingbird and the Sea is a powerful tale of love, faith, hidden passions and the eternal search for freedom. Perfect for fans of Outlander and Hour of the Witch.
Download or read book This Is Why They Hate Us written by Aaron H. Aceves and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeen-year-old Enrique "Quique" Luna decides to get over his crush on Saleem Kanazi before the end of summer by pursuing other romantic prospects, but he ends up discovering heartfelt truths about friendship, family, and himself.
Download or read book Distributed Vision written by Elke Buschbeck and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the diversity of distributed eyes and other unusual visual systems in nature. It compares the unique themes of optics, neural processing, and behavioral control that emerge from these visual systems with more-canonical eyes. This volume attempts to answer a number of questions about distributed visual systems. What are distributed visual systems good for, how do they function, and why have they arisen independently in so many phyla? Why are eye designs and visual system arrangements much more diverse in invertebrates? Each chapter includes an overview of the visual systems that exist in their group of animals, relates vision to ecology, and takes a comparative approach.
Download or read book Queering the Non Human written by Myra J. Hird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What might it mean to queer the Human? By extension, how is the Human employed within queer theory? These questions invite a reconsideration of the way we think about queer theory, the category of the Human and the act of queering itself. This interdisciplinary volume of essays gathers together essays by international pioneering scholars in queer theory, critical theory, cultural studies and science studies who have written on topics as diverse as Christ, the Antichrist, dogs, starfish, werewolves, vampires, murderous dolls, cartoons, corpses, bacteria, nanoengineering, biomesis, the incest taboo, the death drive and the 'queer' in queer theory. Contributors include Robert Azzarello, Karen Barad, Phillip A. Bernhardt-House, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Claire Colebrook, Noreen Giffney, Judith Halberstam, Donna J. Haraway, Eva Hayward, Myra J. Hird, Karalyn Kendall, Vicki Kirby, Alice Kuzniar, Patricia MacCormack, Robert Mills, Luciana Parisi and Erin Runions.
Download or read book The Brigadier s Daughter written by Catherine March and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marrying her runaway sister's bridegroom is not quite the fairy-tale wedding Miss Alexandra Packard has always dreamed of! Once the ink is dry on the marriage certificate, the sensible, logical part of her urges her to reveal her identity. The other part—the romantic, womanly, lonely part—keeps her silent. In truth, she does not want the fantasy to end. Indeed, she longs to find out what it would be like to truly be Captain Reid Bowen's wife in every sense of the word….
Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Download or read book Sea Turtles Circle written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Turtles Circle is the third book in Patricia Gleichauf's Under the Sea series. Children of all ages will find fascinating facts about sea turtles in this book. Like her award-winning books Horses of the Sea and Starfish Gazing, Sea Turtles Circle is a rhyming lesson about an incredible saltwater animal. Sea turtles are vulnerable and endangered. Plastic bags, bottles, straws, and cup lids are a danger to them. One way we can all help save sea turtles is to avoid using plastic while visiting the beach.
Download or read book A Penguin s World written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that there are 17 types of penguins in the world and only seven types live in Antarctica? This and other facts about these charming birds are what draws children to Patricia Gleichauf's books about endangered sea creatures. This is the 6th and final book in her award winning Under the Sea series. Beautifully illustrated, A Penguin's World is sure to delight children of all ages. Ten types of penguins are endangered, vulnerable or threatened. Reasons for this include global warming and contamination of our oceans with trash and plastics. Proper disposal of trash, recycling of plastics, and turning off lights when leaving a room are simple ways we can be good stewards for penguins.
Download or read book Dance of the Dolphins written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2021-12-07 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth book in Patricia Gleichauf’s award-winning Under the Sea series. Dance of the Dolphins is a rhyming lesson filled with unique facts about these remarkable mammals. Children of all ages will love learning about dolphins in this beautifully illustrated book. Although dolphins are protected in US waters many dolphins are endangered worldwide. Fishing nets are a major threat to dolphins. Some brands of tuna are labelled “dolphin–safe”, indicating the tuna was caught in a dolphin safe net. Supporting these brands of tuna will help keep dolphins safer.
Download or read book Coral Gardens written by Patricia Gleichauf and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth book in Patricia Gleichauf's award-winning Under the Sea series. She wrote this book to give a voice to coral, the tiny saltwater animal that plays an essential part in maintaining the health of our world's oceans. Coral Gardens will take its readers on an amazing and brilliantly colorful journey under the sea. Coral is a threatened and endangered species that are disappearing at an alarming rate. We can all do our part to help save them by using energy efficient light bulbs, choosing sunscreen that does not harm marine life, and keeping our beaches clean.
Download or read book Red Tide written by Claudette Melanson and published by Claudette Melanson. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly two years have passed since the events which took place in the first set of books, The Maura DeLuca Trilogy… Maura has finally made peace with her transformation into a creature she never imagined could be real…much less one she might become. With her newfound existence comes the benefit of family, friends and allies who fill her life and heart with a love like she has never experienced during all the years she has lived with her melancholy, but loving, mother. But along with the most welcome comradery, all manner of new challenges arise—many of them deadly. One of Maura’s new enemies, her auntie, Aldiva, cannot accept the young changeling as a member of her family. Aldiva’s treachery and murderous intent result not only in her own capture but that of her mate, Gregor—Maura’s beloved uncle and caregiver. Grown weary of waiting for her kin to concoct a plan of rescue, Maura plots a return to the Pacific Rainforest, accompanied solely by her blood-bonded mate, to face his elven kin and negotiate the vampire couple’s release. But…as so often before in her past, events do not always play out the way Maura intends. She will soon discover that Ron’s elven kin pose an even greater threat than she dreamed possible. Presented with impossible choices, again and again, Maura will find herself placed at the most perilous collection of crossroads to ever mark her path. One careless misstep could draw her away, forever, from all she holds dear…or even snuff out her life, entirely. ˃˃˃ If you love books about vampires, elves, pixies, demons, angels and other fantastic creatures, Red Tide: Dangerous Waters is sure to keep you reading far into the night. This series isn’t your typical YA tale of vampires. Full of mystery, suspense and danger, this urban fantasy thriller delivers just enough romance & humor to accompany the elements of dark fantasy, served with a side of the supernatural. Maura’s story are novels certain to become classic paranormal and fantasy tales. The first series is not only for teen & young adult readers but has been well-received by many adult readers, as well. Maura doesn't live in Castle Dracula in Transylvania, but readers will discover a strong female protagonist that readers have come to love.
Download or read book Larger English Irish Dictionary written by Timothy O'Neill Lane and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Looked Over Jordan and Other Stories written by Ernie Brill and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of stories gives a different dimension to the usual presentation of hospitals as the exclusive and immaculate domain of doctors. The reader will encounter a fuller, nitty-gritty view of a world seldom seen, rarely mentioned, and insufficiently appreciated.
Download or read book The World Book Dictionary written by and published by World Book .com. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English language dictionary, in two volumes, that provides definitions, spellings, and pronunciations to more than 225,000 terms.
Download or read book The Case of the Phantom Treasure written by Nick Sheridan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three unlikely detectives, one BIG mystery: the second book in the laugh-out-loud, illustrated mystery series from award-winning journalist and television presenter Nick Sheridan. Scooby-Doo for a new generation, perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and Sam Copeland. It's the school holidays in Snoops Bay, and Riz, Olly, Drew and Anton are looking for their next adventure. When they decide to visit the town's most unremarkable tourist spot, Bony Beach, they're shocked to discover a long-lost shipwreck that sunk to the bottom of the sea with treasure aboard. But their exploration of the ruin is quickly thwarted when they come face to face with the phantom figure of the ship's captain, Horatio Huxley, and accidentally put a curse on Snoops Bay. Undeterred, our heroes vow to get to the bottom of the mystery once and for all. What kind of treasure is aboard the shipwreck? And who (or what) is so determined to keep it all for themselves? A treasure-hunt with a difference, fully illustrated by David O’Connell. There’s always a mystery to solve in Snoops Bay!
