Download or read book Zoo in the Sky written by Jacqueline Mitton and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifies the groups of stars known as constellations and discusses their origin, uses, and observation.
Download or read book The Heaven of Animals written by Nancy Tillman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a comforting story for readers of all ages grieving the loss of a pet that depicts an idyllic heaven for animals.
Download or read book Zoo Story written by Thomas French and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This story, told by a master teller of such things, does more than take you inside the cages, fences, and walls of a zoo. It takes you inside the human heart, and an elephant's, and a primate's, and on and on. Tom French did in this book what he always does. He took real life and wrote it down for us, with eloquence and feeling and aching detail." -Rick Bragg, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author "An insightful and detailed look at the complex life of a zoo and its denizens, both animal and human." -Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi and Beatrice and Virgil Welcome to the savage and surprising world of Zoo Story, an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in Obsession perfume, and a brilliant but tyrannical CEO known as El Diablo Blanco. The sweeping narrative takes the reader from the African savannah to the forests of Panama and deep into the inner workings of a place some describe as a sanctuary and others condemn as a prison. Zoo Story shows us how these remarkable individuals live, how some die, and what their experiences reveal about the human desire to both exalt and control nature.
Download or read book The Heaven s Hell written by Arthy S L and published by Notion Press. This book was released on with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love makes life beautiful. At 30, Priya was perhaps into the twilight of her womanhood. A lovable husband in Sanjay, an equally adorable child in Karthick, she couldn’t have asked for a better gift from God. Life was very kind to her. Love indeed made her life beautiful. But, like a bolt from above, all this came crashing down. In walked Darshan. ¬ The avoidable disastrous type your parents always warn you against. Eventually surprises catch up with Priya, spinning her out of a silent life. Priya realizes she needs more than will power, Sanjay and love to get through this traumatic time in her life. Can Priya reclaim her heaven from the fury of hell? Find out as Arthy takes you on a journey through an innocent dreamy love story intertwined with a lover’s wrath and agony
Download or read book Miss Pringle in Paradise written by Margaret B Jennings and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2022-08-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy-year-old Mildred Agnes Pringle is in perfect health and completely unaware that two angel brothers are watching her every move from their office in Heaven. Desperate to fix their earlier blunder before anyone finds out, they force a chain of events to occur that prompt her untimely entrance into Heaven. But when Miss Pringle arrives, she is dismayed to find her new home devoid of all things heavenly. Because she accomplished so little in her earthly life, Miss Pringle vows not to squander her afterlife. With grim determination, she decides to save herself by surrounding herself with an eclectic group of companions that include guardian angels, Elijah and Reg, and two porters: Old George, a workaholic long-time resident and Boots, a would-be-biker who cannot accept that he is dead. When the renegade gang led by Miss Pringle decides to flee in a moving cloud to seek new adventures, now only time will tell if they can outwit and outrun St. Peter and the Arch Angel Gabriel. In this delightful story, an elderly woman plucked from her earthly life by two angels desperate to right their wrong is sent on a heavenly adventure like no other.
Download or read book In Search of the Great White Tiger written by Sheila Walsh and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2003-02-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the carousel animals at the Gnoo Zoo are taken prisoner by the evil Reptillion, they turn for help to the Great White Tiger, who made the Land of Gnoo.
Download or read book Under the Heaven Tree written by William Bridges and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Under the Heaven Tree," journalist and poet William Bridges paints a rich picture of growing up in two Indiana towns, Franklin and Vincennes, from the 1930s through the 1950s. It is the story of an unusual family of artists, of a secret marriage, of hidden scandal, and the characters who once populated small towns, including the creator of the world's only six-person harmonica and a man who climbed the town monument to disarm the Civil War soldier. Most of all, it is a valentine to the writer's mother and father, and to a long-lost America.
Download or read book Heaven Lake written by John Dalton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heaven Lake is about many things: China, God, passion, friendship, travel, even the reckless smuggling of hashish. But above all, this extraordinary debut is about the mysteries of love. Vincent Saunders has graduated from college, left his small hometown in Illinois, and arrived in Taiwan as a Christian volunteer. After opening a ministry house, he meets a wealthy Taiwanese businessman, Mr. Gwa, who tells Vincent that on his far travels to western China he has discovered a beautiful young woman living near the famous landmark Heaven Lake. Elegant, regal, clever, she works as a lowly clerk in the local railway station. Gwa wishes to marry her, but is thwarted by the political conflict between China and Taiwan. In exchange for a sum of money, will Vincent travel to China on Gwa's behalf, take part in a counterfeit marriage, and bring her back to Taiwan for Gwa to marry legitimately? Vincent, largely innocent about the ways of the world and believing that marriage is a sacrament, says no. Gwa is furious. Soon, though, everything Vincent understands about himself and his vocation in Taiwan changes. Supplementing his income from his sparsely attended Bible-study classes, he teaches English to a group of enthusiastic schoolgirls -- and it is his tender, complicated friendship with a student that forces Vincent to abandon the ministry house and sends him on a path toward spiritual reckoning. It also causes him to reconsider Gwa's extraordinary proposition. What follows is not just an exhilarating -- sometimes harrowing -- journey to a remote city in China, but an exploration of love, passion, loneliness, and the nature of faith. John Dalton's exquisite narrative arcs across China as gracefully as it plumbs the human heart, announcing a major new talent. John Dalton was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of seven children. Upon graduation from college, he received a plane ticket to travel around the world, and so began an enduring interest in travel and foreign culture. During the late 1980s he lived in Taiwan for several years and traveled in Mainland China and other Asian countries. He attended the University of Iowa Writer's Workshop in the early 1990s and was awarded two fellowships at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown as well as a James Michener/Paul Engle Award for his novel-in-progress, Heaven Lake. He presently lives with his wife in North Carolina.
Download or read book Creative Haven Happy Home written by Jessica Mazurkiewicz and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2018-06-13 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pronounced "hoo-gah," the Danish term hygge basically means coziness. These 31 soothing illustrations bring the concept home with relaxing images of a glowing fire, a warm family dinner, quiet reading time, and more.
Download or read book The Midnight Zoo written by Sonya Hartnett and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master storyteller Sonya Hartnett crafts a magical and moving fable about war and redemption . . . and what it means to be free. When the Germans attack their Romany encampment during World War II, Andrej and his younger brother, Tomas, flee through a ravaged countryside under cover of darkness, guarding a secret bundle. Their journey leads to a bombed-out town, where the boys discover a hidden wonder: a zoo filled with creatures in need of hope. Like Andrej and Tomas, the animals--wolf and eagle, monkey and bear, lioness and seal, kangaroo and llama-- have stories to share and a mission to reclaim their lives.
Download or read book The Architecture of Clouds written by Howard B. Bluestein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Architecture of Clouds describes in a visual, poetic, and personal way how clouds are related to our everyday life and the weather. It expertly details how the art and science of clouds are interconnected with straightforward scientific explanations of the meteorological context in which clouds appear and why they form, alongside in-depth descriptions of the visual and artistic aspects of clouds. The air motion dynamics, cloud microphysics and thermodynamics discussed are written in a style accessible to all readers. The clouds showcased within the text range from placid ground fog to smoothly sculpted, stationary, mountain-wave clouds to violent clouds associated with convective storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Clouds are classified as whether they are buoyant or not, and if they are, how deep they extend through the atmosphere. An exhaustive and impressive compilation of photos taken from all over the world, including photographs taken from satellites, are featured in each chapter. Radar depictions of the inside of some clouds and storms provide a unique addition. This book provides an abundance of detail and photography that will be appreciated by scientists, students, and any reader interested in exploring beyond the aesthetics of clouds.
Download or read book Deliveryman of the Heaven written by Wu NianMoJian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 777 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wei Qing had a very special job. Sending couts to all the deities of the six realms, and even snatching red packets from WeChat! From then on, Wei Qing's life became very enchanting. Di, you have a courier from the God of Fortune, please pay attention to check.
Download or read book What about Heaven written by Kathleen Long Bostrom and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rhyming text consisting of a child's questions about heaven, the responses given, and scriptural references to support the answers.
Download or read book Big Billy s Great Adventure written by Sheila Walsh and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2003-06-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Big Billy and his Gnoo Zoo pals go on a sailing adventure. Big Billy's courage and trust in the Great White Tiger is tested. He and his friends grow spiritually by helping each other, while learning to appreciate the strengths and differences they each possess. Kids will delight in the bright, joyful illustrations while listening to Sheila Walsh read The Great Adventure in her own captivating style. The message of God's enduring love makes this a book every family should have.
Download or read book The Heaven of Animals written by David James Poissant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first collection by an award-winning writer features characters at relationship crossroads in such stories as "Lizard Man," in which two men race to save a sick alligator; and "The End of Aaron," in which a girl helps her boyfriend face his greatest fears.
Download or read book Tales of a Clear Dark Night written by H.F. Jansen Estrup and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanity, we are taught, has always looked to the heavens for inspiration, solace, even salvation. Why? What did our ancestors see there? How was it understood? And how will we, in this enlightened, high-tech age, benefit by discovering the motives and miscalculations of ancient teachings? Jansen Estrups Tales of a Clear, Dark Night is a stunning inquiry into the essence of archaeological, mythic and cosmological lore, and their relationship to the pandemic of violence at large in todays societies. Working the night watch with unusual savvy, he balances toughness with compassion while deftly illustrating the murderous intrigues which are uncovered. An original and controversial thinker, Estrup concludes that all oppression is rooted in nothing less than the stories we tell each other and our children. Asking questions until he has answers, the author masterfully weaves together the threads of past and present into a griping read.
Download or read book The Revelation of Gods and Devils written by Zi YeKuDeng and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a country where martial arts were paramount, where would the weak protagonist go? In a country where martial arts were paramount, where would the protagonist of a demon clan elder's memories go? On one side was the memories of the devil, and on the other side was the power of a god. Was this the power of a devil or a god? lt} br/{gt}The reincarnated body of the demon elder and the god race war god was actually the same person! After being bullied by his classmates, he had picked up the ring containing the memories of the elder of the demon race. Moreover, he had come into contact with magic during his encounter with the mage, Haos K. From then on, his legendary life began.