Download or read book The Amicus Book of Earth written by Isobel Lundie and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel the world in a book, and what will we see? From oceans to cities, from the forests to the skies, this charming board book shows toddlers and preschoolers the beauty of the Earth. The rhythmic and repetitive text, paired with unique collage illustrations, make this a perfect choice for read-alouds and story times.
Download or read book The Amicus Book of Nature written by Isobel Lundie and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2021 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is nature? From the flowers and trees to the animals of the forests and oceans, it's everything on Earth - even you! This collage-illustrated board book introduces toddlers and preschoolers to the beauty of nature around them. Give young readers an appreciation for the wonders of nature, with this wide overview of plants, animals, and landscapes. Isobel Lundie's unique collage art, with detailed layers full of depth and life, draws the reader into the natural world, while the lyrical, poetic text connects all the elements together.Perfect for inquisitive 2- and 3-year-olds, this board book makes an engaging one-to-one story time read.
Download or read book The Amicus Book of Bugs written by Isobel Lundie and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2021 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying bugs, crawling bugs, jumping bugs - what little critters do you see? From dragonflies to spiders, from grasshoppers to caterpillars, this collage-illustrated board book introduces toddlers and preschoolers to a wide variety of insects and other crawling creatures.Help toddlers and preschoolers identify common bugs they might see in the garden. Isobel Lundie's unique collage art, with detailed layers full of depth and life, draws the reader into the animal's world, while the simply structured text describes the bugs.Perfect for inquisitive 2- and 3-year-olds, this board book makes an engaging one-to-one story time read.
Download or read book Law of the Jungle written by Paul M. Barrett and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of one American lawyer’s obsessive crusade—waged at any cost—against Big Oil on behalf of the poor farmers and indigenous tribes of the Amazon rainforest. Steven Donziger, a self-styled social activist and Harvard educated lawyer, signed on to a budding class action lawsuit against multinational Texaco (which later merged with Chevron to become the third-largest corporation in America). The suit sought reparations for the Ecuadorian peasants and tribes people whose lives were affected by decades of oil production near their villages and fields. During twenty years of legal hostilities in federal courts in Manhattan and remote provincial tribunals in the Ecuadorian jungle, Donziger and Chevron’s lawyers followed fierce no-holds-barred rules. Donziger, a larger-than-life, loud-mouthed showman, proved himself a master orchestrator of the media, Hollywood, and public opinion. He cajoled and coerced Ecuadorian judges on the theory that his noble ends justified any means of persuasion. And in the end, he won an unlikely victory, a $19 billion judgment against Chevon--the biggest environmental damages award in history. But the company refused to surrender or compromise. Instead, Chevron targeted Donziger personally, and its counter-attack revealed damning evidence of his politicking and manipulation of evidence. Suddenly the verdict, and decades of Donziger’s single-minded pursuit of the case, began to unravel. Written with the texture and flair of the best narrative nonfiction, Law of the Jungle is an unputdownable story in which there are countless victims, a vast region of ruined rivers and polluted rainforest, but very few heroes.
Download or read book Amicus Humani Generis written by SB. Zarben and published by P.D. Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space was the last frontier for the human race, one that they conquered with their usual unrelenting enthusiasm. But did they really? The crew of the United Space Coalition vessel Avenger is about to have that question answered. While the Avenger is out on a routine vacation tour, taking residents of Earth to the fabled Marson prison which had been abandoned fifty years prior, they come across an unidentifiable ship floating in space, having been attacked by a savage race of alien beings. Despite being warned off countless times the Avenger's Captain insists on dispatching a small team among which is one Ensign Connie Barker, an archeologist and historian. The rescue team finds only three people out of the entire crew survived, taking the mysterious survivors back to the USC Avenger, back to safety. Janus, one of the survivors whose odd silver tracings which snake all over her skin, belongs to an alien race that the humans have never before come across or even heard of. She keeps her own past and origins shrouded in mystery and darkness, though with the display of her own strange powers, it becomes obvious that Janus is a truly powerful but largely unknown element. As the Avenger crew comes under attack by the very beings they had rescued Janus from, the Avenger is catapulted across the universe and into a galactic war that the humans are totally unprepared for. What awaits is dangerous and deadly and will test the very core of their determination to survive. As the future of the universe is decided on a small, remote planet, Janus is reunited with people of her own species and the future remains full of question marks. More than the outcome of the war weighs on the minds of all thoseinvolved. Would the Avenger ever get home? Would they even survive to try and return to Earth? Among a backdrop of war and death they would do more than simply fight for their lives. Personal revelations, even historical revelations, ensue as everyone inevitably forms relationships, friendships destined to last. And perhaps more. Perhaps love.
Download or read book The Amicus Book of Animal Homes written by Isobel Lundie and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do animals live? What kind of homes do they build? From hives to webs, from dams to nests, this collage-illustrated board book introduces toddlers and preschoolers to a wide variety of animal homes.
Download or read book A Tiny Brown Monkey on the Big Blue Earth written by Tory Christie and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starting with a tiny brown monkey in the middle of a jungle, this unique geography perspective shows ever-widening views from mountain to village to city, to country, continent, ocean, and planet.
Download or read book Tales from the Haunted Mansion Vol 1 The Fearsome Foursome written by Amicus Arcane and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2016-07-19 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome, foolish mortals, to Disney Press' spookiest chapter book series yet: Tales from the Haunted Mansion! Based on the attractions from the Disney Parks, each new book tells the story of one of the Haunted Mansion's 999 ghosts. With eerie illustrations throughout and a beautiful three-piece cloth cover, the books are designed to look like they came straight from the library in the Haunted Mansion. Tales from the Haunted Mansion is a fun, spooky ride, just like the attraction from the Disney Parks. And if readers are familiar with the ride, they'll see elements of it throughout the entire story, from items straight of the Mansion (are those pictures stretching?) to lyrics from the narration that is heard in each Doom Buggy. In this bone-chilling book, you will hear the terrifying tales of the Fearsome Foursome--four kids who look to out-scare each other. But just wait until they hear my spooky stories. Who am I? I am Amicus Arcane, your librarian and host. Your Ghost Host. So read on... if you dare!
Download or read book A Little Round Panda on the Big Blue Earth written by Tory Christie and published by Big Blue Earth. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Starting with a baby panda in a bamboo forest, this richly illustrated poem illuminates a unique geography perspective, showcasing China's environment with ever-widening views from forest to terraced farms to village and city, country, continent, ocean, and finally the planet in space. Endsheets include a map of Asia labeling places shown"--
Download or read book One Blue Gnu written by Danna Smith and published by Amicus/Amicus Illustrated. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a box of cell phones is accidentally delivered to the zoo, one blue gnu quickly calls two white sheep, who plan a party - beep beep beep! This illustrated picture book will keep young readers giggling and guessing to the end. News of the party spreads to three orange apes, four red pandas and five green ducks... up until ten purple birds learn it's party time! But oh no - who invited tiger, and who will he call on his new phone? ONE BLUE GNU is a fun and colorful romp at the zoo, where we count from one to ten and down again in one huge party!
Download or read book Save Water Every Day written by Mari C. Schuh and published by Kids Save the Earth. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the concept recycling and why it is beneficial for our Earth while offering fun ways to recycle and reuse at home and in the community.
Download or read book Falling Leaves 1 2 3 An Autumn Counting Book written by Tracey E. Dils and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young readers will build counting skills and content knowledge with these delightful counting books! Each book increases number familiarity and counting skills, while also introducing fun facts about popular early childhood topics. Each spread clearly displays the featured number, plus photos to depict that number of objects. Simple text and high-impact photos develop basic math skills. Introduces leaves, pumpkins, apples, and other fall season objects, while teaching the concept of counting to ten.
Download or read book The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs written by Janet Peery and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Library of Virginia's Emyl Jenkins Sexton Literary Award for Fiction! "A brilliantly moving and unforgettable novel." - Jill McCorkle, author of Life After Life Janet Peery’s first novel, The River Beyond the World, was a National Book Award finalist in 1996. Acclaimed for her gorgeous writing and clear-eyed gaze into the hearts of people, Peery now returns with her second novel, The Exact Nature of Our Wrongs. On a summer evening in the blue-collar town of Amicus, Kansas, the Campbell family gathers for a birthday dinner for their ailing patriarch, retired judge Abel Campbell, prepared and hosted by their still-hale mother Hattie. But when Billy, the youngest sibling—with a history of addiction, grand ideas, and misdemeanors—passes out in his devil’s food cake, the family takes up the unfinished business of Billy’s sobriety. Billy’s wayward adventures have too long consumed their lives, in particular Hattie’s, who has enabled his transgressions while trying to save him from Abel’s disappointment. As the older children—Doro, Jesse, ClairBell, and Gideon—contend with their own troubles, they compete for the approval of the elderly parents they adore, but can’t quite forgive. With knowing humor and sure-handed storytelling, Janet Peery reveals a family at its best and worst, with old wounds and new, its fractures and feuds, and yet its unbreakable bonds.
Download or read book News of the Earth written by Homero Aridjis and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Homero is one of the planet's great environmental heroes."--Jacob Scherr, Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, DC News of the Earth chronicles Homero Aridjis's relationship with the natural world through his writings and his activism as president of the Grupo de los Cien [Group of 100], Mexico's influential environmental group composed of one hundred prominent personalities in the arts, culture, and science, which Aridjis founded in 1985. Under his leadership, the group's efforts led to a ban on the capture and commercialization of sea turtles, legislation reducing the amount of lead in gasoline, daily monitoring of air quality in Mexico City, and official designation of sanctuaries for the monarch butterfly. Aridjis waged a lifelong battle against threats to endangered ecosystems and wildlife in his country, many with global implications, including campaigns to save the gray whale, bottle-nosed dolphin, bee population, giant saguaro cactus, endangered coral reefs, and rainforests of Mexico. This book highlights these crucial battles, with detailed documentation of critical environmental victories. Homero Aridjis, one of Latin America's foremost literary figures, is the author of forty-eight books of poetry and prose. He served as Mexico's Ambassador to Switzerland, The Netherlands, and UNESCO, and as president of PEN International. He received awards from the United Nations (Global 500 Award), the Orion Society, Mikhail Gorbachev, Global Green USA, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Betty Ferber Aridjis was born in New York and graduated from Bryn Mawr College. She served as the International Coordinator of the Grupo de los Cien (Group of 100) since its founding in 1985. Her lifelong commitment to the environment was also honored by Mikhail Gorbachev and by Global Green USA with the Green Cross Millennium Award for International Environmental Leadership. She is the translator of several books by Homero Aridjis into English.
Download or read book Simple Machines written by JoAnn Early Macken and published by Amicus Readers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes how simple machines are used in construction and how they make work easier. Includes experiments"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book How Animals Find Water written by Emily C. Dawson and published by Riverstream Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title explores how animals find water, using leveled text and vibrant photography. The volume includes a picture glossary and critical thinking activity that supports the Common Core State Standards. Extending learning opportunities are also highlighted, along with notes for parents and teachers.
Download or read book A Turtle s Dangerous Journey written by Mary Ellen Klukow and published by Amicus Ink. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals face scary challenges every day! These narrative nonfiction books focus on describing the changes to animals habitats that affect the animal's way of life—or even puts their species at risk of dying out! Readers will learn about the reasons for changes in habitats that affect animals and small steps they can take to help protect them. A turtle is making her way across a highway to find a nesting spot. She avoids being run over, only to find trash in the nesting grounds which will attract predators to her eggs. Will the turtle survive this dangerous journey? This narrative nonfiction title includes a range map, notes on how to help turtles, further resources, and a glossary.
