Download or read book The Grasshopper written by Bernard Suits and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2005-11-09 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid twentieth century the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously asserted that games are indefinable; there are no common threads that link them all. "Nonsense," says the sensible Bernard Suits: "playing a game is a voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles." The short book Suits wrote demonstrating precisely that is as playful as it is insightful, as stimulating as it is delightful. Suits not only argues that games can be meaningfully defined; he also suggests that playing games is a central part of the ideal of human existence, so games belong at the heart of any vision of Utopia. Originally published in 1978, The Grasshopper is now re-issued with a new introduction by Thomas Hurka and with additional material (much of it previously unpublished) by the author, in which he expands on the ideas put forward in The Grasshopper and answers some questions that have been raised by critics.
Download or read book The Grasshopper Book written by and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bronson's fascinating book about grasshoppers and other related insects--crickets and katydids--reveals how they are equipped for life and how they act from birth to death. Particularly interesting are the incidents and examples that are drawn from his observation of his own insect collection.
Download or read book Grasshopper Jungle written by Andrew Smith and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2015 Michael L. Printz Honor Book Winner of the 2014 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction "Raunchy, bizarre, smart and compelling." --Rolling Stone “Grasshopper Jungle is simultaneously creepy and hilarious. Reminds me of Kurt Vonnegut’s in “Slaughterhouse Five,” in the best sense.” --New York Times Book Review In the small town of Ealing, Iowa, Austin and his best friend, Robby, have accidentally unleashed an unstoppable army. An army of horny, hungry, six-foot-tall praying mantises that only want to do two things. This is the truth. This is history. It’s the end of the world. And nobody knows anything about it. You know what I mean. Funny, intense, complex, and brave, Grasshopper Jungle brilliantly weaves together everything from testicle-dissolving genetically modified corn to the struggles of recession-era, small-town America in this groundbreaking coming-of-age stunner.
Download or read book The Grasshopper the Ants written by Jerry Pinkney and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning companion to the Caldecott Medal-winning The Lion & the Mouse and the highly acclaimed The Tortoise & the Hare, a playful grasshopper wonders why the busy ants around him won't join in his merrymaking as the seasons pass by. But when winter arrives, he soon sees the value of his friends' hard work--just as the ants learn the value of sharing what they've worked for. Featuring a striking, surprise gatefold page, this third book in Jerry Pinkney's gorgeous trilogy of picture book fables subtly suggests a resonant moral: Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today.
Download or read book Are You a Grasshopper written by Judy Allen and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Young children will make many amazing discoveries about creatures in their own backyards in this intriguing tale of a day in the life of a grasshopper.
Download or read book Ant and Grasshopper written by Luli Gray and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work and play are both important, in this fresh, heartwarming take on a classic fable from Aesop. Full color.
Download or read book 48 Grasshopper Estates written by Sara de Waal and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little girl uses imagination and inventiveness to spread friendship through her community. But will she find a friend of her own? Whether it’s a supersonic sandwich maker or a twelve-tailed dragon, Sicily Bridges can make almost anything from materials she finds around her apartment complex. But when it comes to making friends, Sicily has yet to find the perfect fit. With a diverse cast of characters brought to life by illustrator Erika Medina, Sara de Waal’s whimsical debut emphasizes the power of imagination and finding companionship where you least expect it.
Download or read book Grasshoppers written by Valerie Bodden and published by The Creative Company. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, habitat, and diet of grasshoppers.
Download or read book The Grasshopper King written by Jordan Ellenberg and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chandler State University is the one thing keeping the dusty, Western town of Chandler on the map. Now that its basketball program has fallen apart, CSU’s only claim to fame is its Gravinics Department, dedicated to the study of an obscure European country—its mythology, its extraordinarily difficult language, and especially its bizarre star poet, Henderson. Having discovered Henderson’s poetry in a trash bin, Stanley Higgs becomes the foremost scholar of the poet’s work, accepts a position at Chandler State University, achieves international academic fame, marries the Dean’s daughter, and abruptly stops talking. With all of academia convinced that Higgs is formulating a great truth, the university employs Orwellian techniques to record Higgs’s every potential utterance and to save its reputation. A feckless Gravinics language student, Samuel Grapearbor, together with his long-suffering girlfriend Julia, is hired to monitor Higgs during the day. Over endless games of checkers and shared sandwiches, a uniquely silent friendship develops. As one man struggles to grow up and the other grows old, The Grasshopper King, in all of his glory, emerges. In this debut novel about treachery, death, academia, marriage, mythology, history, and truly horrible poetry, Jordan Ellenberg creates a world complete with its own geography, obscene folklore, and absurdly endearing -characters—a world where arcane subjects flourish and the smallest swerve from convention can result in -immortality. Jordan Ellenberg was born in Potomac, Maryland in 1971. His brilliance as a mathematical prodigy led to a feature in The National Enquirer, an interview with Charlie Rose on CBS’s Nightwatch, and gold medals at the Math Olympiad in Cuba and Germany. He is now an Assistant Professor of Math at Princeton University and his column, "Do the Math," appears regularly in the online journal Slate. This is his first novel.
Download or read book Grasshopper Dreaming written by Jeffrey A. Lockwood and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grasshopper Dreaming is a collection of first-person musings about the ethical and philosophical implications of the author's work as an entomologist who specializes in grasshoppers and pest control. Lockwood deftly explores the moral implications of his work and speculates on about the actual relationship between "pests" and humanity if we consider all living creatures to have value in and of themselves, regardless of their usefulness or inconvenience for us. The author, self-described as "a hired assassin for agriculture," offers readers a rich account of the sometimes painful, often odd, occasionally funny, and invariably complex realizations that come out of balancing a religious perspective with the practices of modern science and technology. Based on fifteen years of work, the essays in this book represent the rare and compelling integration of understanding of nature with the perspective of a world-class ecologist and struggling mystic.
Download or read book The Grasshopper Myth written by Karl Vaters and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 90% of the churches in the world have less than 200 people. What if that's not a bad thing? What if smallness is an advantage God wants us to use, not a problem to fix?
Download or read book Leader s Guide for Overcoming the Grasshopper Complex written by Kathryn Siska and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grasshopper written by and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus “Gloriously inventive.”—New York Times “Any youngster who enjoys critters and nature will appreciate this book.”—5 STARS, Youth Services Book Review Kids ages 4-7 will get lost in the imaginative world of this wordless picture book! In this colorful and moving portrait told from the up-close perspectives of a young girl and a grasshopper, a garden comes alive with creatures, plants, and surprises of nature. Grasshopper encourages young readers to: Explore nature around them with curiosity and imagination Respect nature and the creatures who call it their home While investigating and admiring the insects in her garden, a young girl discovers how her actions impact the little creatures she finds, like a caterpillar inside a pea pod. When she places the caterpillar on an anthill, the ants swarm it! When she captures a grasshopper, she discovers one of its legs has fallen off. To keep it safe from the ants, she places it in a jar—only for another curious creature to come investigate. As the day progresses, the girl learns the profound effect she can have on the natural world around her. An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
Download or read book Grasshopper Girl written by Teresa R Peterson and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-02-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story within a story about Psipsi, a young Dakota girl, whose father shares a traditional Uŋktomi story with her. Uŋktomi stories have been shared in Dakota families and communities for a very long time. This tradition continued into the childhood of my mother's generation. Depending upon location and community, variations of this Uŋktomi story have been told. This Uŋktomi story is a local version my mother and her siblings heard from their father, primarily when they were ill, perhaps to lend comfort in addition to impart lessons to a captive audience.
Download or read book Grasshopper on the Road written by Arnold Lobel and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-04-18 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Grasshopper sets out to follow a road, he meets some unusual characters.
Download or read book Thoughts of a Grasshopper written by Louise Plummer and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ant and the Grasshopper 2022 Edition written by Cali's Books and published by . This book was released on 2021-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic fable that children love, with a lesson about the importance of hard work, and planning for the future. This classic story adapted for Cali's Books and wonderfully illustrated with hand-drawings by Clara Spinassi also brings this classic story into the future with modern characters and features selected colored text to introduce your little one to word recognition.Cali's Recordable Book Collection is all about transitioning to longer stories and listening to fairy tales through the voice of our favorite storyteller. Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles; with our technology, anyone can record their voice so your children can hear them tell these stories time and time again and enjoy that special bond.This book is gift-ready! It comes with 3 size AAA batteries that can be easily replaced and a specially designed gift box! The Ants and the Grasshopper - 2022 edition is compatible with My Story Blank Booklet - 2022 Edition. Add a My Story Blank Booklet to your basket and transform your recordable book into your own story!Reader discretion:? This is an adaptation of a classic fairy tale from the 19th century. To keep the charm of the original version, this book may include opinionated insects and themes linked to food hoarding.
