Download or read book Taka Wants To Fly written by Irene Berman and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2020-08-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ma and Pa Ostrich have a clutch of eggs that are almost ready to hatch. But while Ma Ostrich is out for her morning stroll, another egg rolls in front of her so she kindly takes it home to be with her own. Soon her own chicks hatch, as does the stranger chick, who they call Taka. He is welcomed into the family and treated exactly as one of their own. But no matter how much he tries to do the same things as his playmates, he struggles to do what they do and looks odd too. What’s more he has a constant longing to stretch his wings and fly up into the sky. But the ostrich family fear that he will come to terrible harm and stop him from flying. After all, ostriches simply don’t fly. It isn’t long before a terrible drought begins and the ostrich family are desperate for water. Taka wants to help and says if they’ll alow him, he could fly until he can find a place where there is water. And sure enough, that is what Taka does. It’s then that the ostriches realise that Taka isn’t really an ostrich at all but a magnificent eagle. The rhyming verse is accompanied by charming and often humourous illustration, that are bound to capture the imagination of young readers.
Download or read book The Believer written by David Coggins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisdom, humor, and experience in seven extraordinary fly-fishing expeditions that mark one year in his journey through the middle part of life when worldly demands increase even as fishing continues to beckon—and must be pursued. In David Coggins’s previous book, The Optimist, he tackles the techniques of fly fishing and meditates on its virtues, recounting his triumphs and frustrations. Now, in The Believer, he deftly mixes travel, local cultures, further fishing challenges (some knee-buckling in their disappointment), and details his own experience as life and love crowd his time to fish. Self-consciously—and self-deprecatingly—Coggins embarks on seven far-flung fishing voyages, away from screens and social media, not answering his phone, reveling in humanity’s undying yearning for a quest, for the rituals and rites of passage that mark transition. For David, these journeys not only showcase his skill as an angler—including to Norway, Scotland, Spain, Cuba, and Argentina, as well as road trips to Wyoming, Tennessee, and the Catskills—they also signal the end of his fly-fishing youth. But that doesn’t mean that David will sell all his rods and hang up his hat; rather, that his relationship with his fly-fishing obsession will evolve. And he’s okay with that—mostly, especially if he can catch an elusive salmon or a ferociously strong tarpon or the mysterious and almost invisible bonefish. The Believer is a humble, humorous call for the journey that is part of the destination, where the search for greater self-awareness leads to patience, observation, and endurance. And, since this is fly fishing, after all—there’s always the possibility of abject failure and leaping, glorious reward. Wry, entertaining, thoughtful, and relatable, The Believer will hook both anglers and non-anglers alike.
Download or read book Flap Rattle Stomp written by Irene Berman and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2022-05-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guineafowl, a porcupine and a buffalo each face a challenge Buffalo Clyde has a really bad temper! When his hooves go stomp! and his teeth go chomp! everyone knows to stay out of his way. But before long, Clyde has no friends left. How will he ever learn to control his temper? Meet a guineafowl mom looking for her chicks, a porcupine rock star and a bad-tempered young buffalo in this beautifully illustrated collection of South African animal stories.
Download or read book Taka written by Terry Fritts and published by Terry Fritts. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two grisly murders point to Hawaii as the new home of the Red Summit terrorist organization. An out-of-shape bureaucrat, a gunslinging Texas cowboy, and a beautiful Japanese National Police investigator are the FBIUs new counter-terror team assigned to stop the Red Summit from their mad cow tainted plot.
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Eighteenth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-08-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the essential book for sci-fi fans, this year's collectioncontains over two dozen stories.
Download or read book Transactions written by Asiatic Society of Japan and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book You Call the Shots written by Cameron Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-01-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why work for someone else when you can call your own shots, pursue your dreams, and find success on your terms by starting your own business? So many people end up bored with their jobs, stuck in the corporate grind, never following their true passions. As wildly successful young entrepreneur Cameron Johnson shows, you don't have to live that way. We've entered a new age of entrepreneurship, with the Web making it easier than ever to start and run your own company. As Johnson's remarkable story reveals, the entrepreneurial way of life is a great way to make sure you love what you do -- and it offers the potential to achieve extraordinary success by following your gut instincts and going for what you really want. What about the risks? Don't you need lots of money? Don't most start-ups fail? Johnson shares his essential secrets to entrepreneurial success that show you how he got into the life at very low risk, and, with very little money, took an idea that excited him and ran with it, achieving great success and satisfaction with businesses he loved. He didn't have an MBA; he didn't even have a college degree. But he had learned the simple yet vital secrets he reveals. Cameron Johnson is a seriously happy entrepreneur who started his first business when he was nine with $50 and a home computer. Before he'd turned twenty-one he'd started twelve successful businesses and was offered $10 million in venture capital to grow his hot Web company CertificateSwap.com -- praised by Entrepreneur magazine as one of the Web businesses helping the tech industry get its groove back -- even bigger. He has never taken out a loan or racked up any debt, and every one of his businesses has been highly profitable -- so profitable that he made his first million before graduating from high school, and he's put away enough cash so that he could retire today. But that's the last thing on earth he'd want to do; he's much too happy starting up new companies. Through the story of his own impressive career so far, in You Call the Shots, Johnson takes you behind the scenes of entrepreneurial success and empowers you to hit the ground running with your own great business idea, no matter how young you are or how little money you have to invest.
Download or read book Taka written by Tyberia Blaqk and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taka Denesho, a foul tempered, karate welding female cop on the tough streets of New Jersey. First off being a lesbian, she has no tolerance for nonsense. However the sh-t hits the fan after the take down of a street hustler leaves her bodysitting the girlfriend whom he wants silenced before his court date. Through aid of corrupt cops, Dyshun gets word to his boys to end her. Wrong move... Passion ignites between Taka and the girl while Dyshun is pissed that his orders haven't been carried out. His anger heightens as he learn that his girl...is now her girl. Oh hell no! Now they both gotta go. The heat has just gotten hotter in Mudd City as lesbian love, corrupt cops and gang bangers bump heads.
Download or read book Forest and Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blasting Trumpets written by Carole Bailey and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerusalem, 1099 AD, was the central focus of the First Crusade, the holy war between Christian Crusaders and the Saracens. Passionately motivated by the sight of their Holy City, the Crusaders stop and wait for orders to assault the city's stone walls. In that moment of hesitation, wing-walkers Kate Phillips and Jen Fillmore are pulled from twenty-first century Earth World and hurled into the land of Domar in Bigna World. The two find their lives caught in a world of medieval knights and scaly beasts, far from their high tech world. Brought to Domar to find a cure for the Bás plague spreading throughout Domar, Kate and Jen are plunged into the deep, mystical chambers of Rapio, the sinister, dark Prince of Bigna. The fate of Jerusalem 1099 AD hangs on their actions in Domar. Blasting Trumpets, the second book in The Locket Chronicles, is a continuation of the life journey of two characters, Kate and Jen, who first appeared in The Morgan Chronicles, the first series by Carole Bailey.
Download or read book Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gungi Blues written by Sanchita Islam and published by Chipmunkapublishing ltd. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DescriptionGungi Blues chronicles the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional Bangladeshi family growing up in Manchester. The main character Mina, who after being widowed at 25 with three little girls, remarries and embarks on a journey that leads to self-discovery and final self-acceptance. It is only by re-visiting the country of her birth, the country she escaped, that she reaches this epiphany. About the AuthorSanchita Islam is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She graduated in International History and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics, Directing and Screenwriting at the Northern Media School and studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art and Design. She heads pigmentexplosion.com, a company that specialises in London based and international art projects. Islam has exhibited and screened her films in London, New York, Paris, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh. She has also made films in New York, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and London for the British Council, Arts Council and Commonwealth Institute. Her writing and artwork have been published in New York, Paris, London, Mumbai and Bangladesh.Islam has published six books to date, 'From Briarwood to Barisal to Brick Lane, ' 'Old Meets Young, ' 'Hidden, ' 'Connecting Kids, ' 'Avenues' and the 'Cloud Catcher.' Sanchita Islam lives and works in London.
Download or read book Civilization in Overdrive written by Konrad Stachnio and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Interesting interviews in this book about the future of the world including #degov #bitcoin #crypto." TIM DRAPER, Venture capitalist "A conversation that explores new frontiers of politics and technology, as well as depicts the shadowland of our unfolding strange and ominous future as a species." RICHARD FALK, Public Intellectual CIVILIZATION IN OVERDRIVE: Conversations on the Edge of the Human Future provides an astonishing tour of how the world’s future looks to those likely to know the most about it. Journalist Konrad Stachnio engages 17 experts, global opinion leaders in their respective fields, in discussions on artificial intelligence, finance, the economy, technology, world order, the military, cultural change and more. His well-researched and probing questions draw out striking revelations from his guests on where 21st century civilization is leading us, raising further questions as to whether we want to go there, and if that could be prevented. This book is a plunge into the unexpected, forcing us to bid farewell to our familiar yet increasingly complex world which is irrevocably disappearing before our eyes and morphing into dimensions even more complex and less comprehensible
Download or read book If I Had the Chance written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection features the artwork and words of impoverished child artists living on the streets of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines. The children, who live on the margins of some of the poorest societies in the world, have produced poignant and expressive pieces of work, demonstrating how little is needed to nurture artistic talent. Proceeds from the sale of this book will be shared among the NGOs that played lead roles in the second Asian Development Bank Street Children's Art Competition and will be used for the direct benefit of the children under their care.
Download or read book Ancient Japanese Rituals written by Satow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. What is Shinto? is the key question asked by all who seek to understand Japan and the Japanese, answered in this volume by Sir Ernest Satow, the great British scholar and diplomat. Shinto is the unique and little-known religious beliefs that flourished in Japan before the introduction of Buddhism and Confucianism, but there are many versions - which is the pure form? Satow begins with a detailed study of core Shinto rituals as revealed in ancient texts, which embody the deepest and oldest traditions of Shinto belief in divinity, national destiny and, above all, Japan's special favored status as 'the country of the gods', beliefs that endure today behind the facade of Japan Inc. Shinto rites, incantations, sacred objects and symbols are described meticulously, with illustrations and translations by Karl Florenz. Satow then describes how the Ancient Way of Shinto survived centuries of foreign influence to be revived during the Meiji era, when it became the driving force behind the transformation of Japan into a world power. Unrivalled for its scholarship and elegance, this is a classic in Japanese studies.
Download or read book Apex Legends Pathfinder s Quest Lore Book written by Respawn Entertainment and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the world of the hit game through the eyes of the lovable robot, Pathfinder, as he chronicles his journey throughout the various environs of the Outlands to interview his fellow Legends -- all in the hope of finally locating his mysterious creator. The rich history of Apex Legends is explained by the characters that helped to shape it, as are their unique bonds of competition and camaraderie.
