Download or read book The Orangutan Room written by Brent Rankin and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All things end. They begin again. What would it be like, after the nuclear genocide? The first 100 years? The next 100? And the next?
Download or read book There s a Rang Tan in My Bedroom written by James Sellick and published by Crocodile Books. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A STUNNING PICTURE BOOK ABOUT ONE LITTLE GIRL AND HER ORANGUTAN FRIEND, BASED ON THE GREENPEACE FILM THAT BECAME A VIRAL SENSATION When a little girl discovers a mischievous orangutan on the loose in her bedroom, she can't understand why it keeps shouting OOO! at her shampoo and her chocolate. But when Rang-tan explains that there are humans running wild in her rainforest, burning down trees so they can grow palm oil to put in products, the little girl knows what she has to do: help save the orangutans! Published in collaboration with Greenpeace, featuring a foreword from Emma Thompson and brought to life by award-winning illustrator Frann Preston-Gannon, this is a very special picture book with a vital message to share. This timely picture book focusing on the environmental crisis we all face includes information about orangutans and palm oil plus exciting ideas about how young readers can make a difference.
Download or read book The Creed Room written by Daniel Spiro and published by AEGIS PRESS. This book was released on 2006 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Kramer is the kind of school teacher who is born to provoke-whether it's his students' thoughts or his principal's anger. In his classroom, he's in charge. But he soon finds himself a pawn in someone else's classroom when he responds to a cryptic ad in the Washington Post and visits an old Victorian mansion. There, he and eight others are given a proposition: for a handsome fee, work together over the next several months to develop a new creed for humankind, a unifying philosophy that will give hope to an increasingly divided world. The group starts out with great devotion to the man who brought them together. What they don't realize until later is that this "benefactor" may in fact have created the creed room for his own, more sinister purposes. Daniel Spiro's characters pull no punches as they spar about religious fundamentalism, racism, poverty and the question of God. Sometimes, these characters find common ground. They also find romance. And in the end, they change history. The Creed Room is a dramatic, thought-provoking journey through the ideological divide that now strangles the American soul. Fortunately, Mr. Spiro doesn't simply diagnose the problem; the "creed" he offers as a solution succeeds in marrying many of the best ideas on both sides of the Great Divide.
Download or read book Confessions from a Dark Wood written by Eric Raymond and published by Sator Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You have received a business card. It invites you into the world of global capital brand management consultancy. Prepare for pain. You'll meet Nick, a hapless pawn in the world of global capital brand management consulting. And his girlfriend Sadie Parish, the first domestic suicide bomber. And his boss, emperor of b****t, Pontius J. LaBar. And PJ's dreaded orangutan. Their story is a hilarious, heartbreaking, painfully smart satire that guides you through the high dollar swamps of modern industry. "The world of Eric Raymond's winning novel may be the 'post-idea economy,' but rest assured, the book is never post-smart, or post-funny. It's a rollicking and inventive corporate (and cultural) satire -- get in now at the ground floor, people." –Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask "In a world where cash has become language, Eric Raymond's Confessions from a Dark Wood wastes no syllable in converting cultural mechanisms into a well-oiled, wise-cracking machine. Smart as Saunders, tight as Ellis, but banking waters of its own, after this one we'll no longer 'forget they built the Magic Kingdom on swamps.'" –Blake Butler, author of There Is No Year
Download or read book Animals and Agency written by Sarah E. McFarland and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry. Section I presents studies of actual animals demonstrating agency; Section II moves agency into new terrain while considering key representations of animal agency in literature; Section III analyzes animals as mediators and as conveyances of human-to-human communication;and Section IV investigates the agency of beings who defy conventional species categories. The Envoi demonstrates how the microscopic polyp is interwoven into notions of agency and mythical superagency. This volume's interdisciplinary explorations press hard on issues of agency to open up space for more questions about how we can understand relationships between the human and the nonhuman.
Download or read book Oriana written by Vera Kasal and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The beautiful kingdom of Bohemia is ruled by a cruel and heartless King Lothar. The story begins when Flora, the Fairy Queen of the forest, sends him a magic fish. The magic will enable him to understand the language of animals thus making him the most powerful ruler in the world. It comes with one condition though. Only Tristan, his stable boy, must cook and serve it to him. Against the king's orders, Tristan tastes the fish and immediately discovers its magical power. This angers the king who sends him on a quest for Oriana, a beautiful princess with hair of spun gold and a gold star on her forehead, for the king to marry. Accompanied by his dog Max and his horse Pasha, armed with his newly acquired skill and guided by his good and generous heart, Tristan embarks on a long and dangerous journey. Along the way he befriends Tom, Dick and Harry, three unusual men with special skills of their own. They will encounter friends and foes and face many challenges. To find Oriana they must battle Immortal Blaze, retrieve a magic sword from the depth of the ocean, climb the Glass Mountain to obtain the Water of Life, find seeds of Vanisher and free the Bluebird of Luck from Morana's frozen land. At the end, with Oriana by his side, Tristan will need all his skills to face his biggest adversary yet. This tale is full of magic, awe-inspiring beasts and delightful characters. Tristan's nonstop struggle against evil will appeal to all readers, the very young as well as the young at hearts.
Download or read book My Cold and Elegant CEO Wife written by Pang Pang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He had clearly returned as a king, yet he was forced to marry a cold and beautiful wife. He was clearly an immortal, yet his entire body was covered in thorns. He couldn't even touch him, much less sleep. Even a man asking his wife for some living expenses is being snubbed. Ye Xian realized that his life could be so tragic. He was determined to push his life to this woman!
Download or read book The Intimate Ape written by Shawn Thompson and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kusasi is a three-hundred-pound male who could rip your arms and legs off like daisy petals if he wanted. Princess was taught sign language by a researcher and had a limited ability to combine vocabulary. . .. For centuries the shaggy red orangutan lived in peaceful seclusion in the jungles of Southeast Asia and kept the ancient secrets about its quiet, contemplative nature. But that time has come to an end, as one of the earth's most intelligent creatures has, sadly, also become one if its vanishing species. "I went up a muddy brown river called the Sekonyer into the jungles of southern Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo, to see orangutans as they really are and to know them the way they deserve to be known. . ." In The Intimate Ape, journalist Shawn Thompson brings together a global assemblage of primatologists, conservationists, and volunteers to reveal the intricate life of these majestic primates. As he travels through the steamy rainforests of Sumatra and the jungle river valleys of Borneo, visiting nature preserves and observing conservation programs, Thompson describes the emotional and intellectual lives of orangutans and recognizes the people who have committed their lives to understand, protect, and ultimately rescue this powerful yet sensitive relation of humanity. "An extraordinary book that adds to our understanding of the animal world." --From the Foreword by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson After 17 years as a reporter, photographer, and editor at newspapers in Ontario, Shawn Thompson became a full-time assistant professor in the journalism department at Thompson Rivers University, in British Columbia, Canada. He has traveled the world to find orangutans and interview orangutan scientists, including trips to Sumatra and Borneo (the only places in the world where orangutans are found in the wild), Java, the Philippines, Australia, the Netherlands, and the United States. He lives in the small city of Kamloops, in the mountainous interior of British Columbia. This is his sixth book.
Download or read book Mr Sanuh written by Domanic Domba and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book On Poe written by Louis J. Budd and published by Best from American Literature. This book was released on 1993 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1929 to the latest issue, American Literature has been the foremost journal expressing the findings of those who study our national literature. The journal has published the best work of literary historians, critics, and bibliographers, ranging from the founders of the discipline to the best current critics and researchers. The longevity of this excellence lends a special distinction to the articles in American Literature. Presented in order of their first appearance, the articles in each volume constitute a revealing record of developing insights and important shifts of critical emphasis. Each article has opened a fresh line of inquiry, established a fresh perspective on a familiar topic, or settled a question that engaged the interest of experts.
Download or read book The Adventures of Shetan and Ram written by John Chardavoyne and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-09-12 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adventures of Shetan and Ram is a short story collection about two brothers from a village in Northwest Rajasthan, India. They work with the Director of Archaeology at a prominent university in search of ancient antiquities, missing persons, stolen art and other cases brought to their attention. Each episode involves them learning bit by bit about Indian and world history, archaeology, geography, science, and food. The Shetan and Ram series provides an entertaining, educational experience for young readers as they work with the main characters to solve unique cases.
Download or read book The Octopus and the Orangutan written by Eugene Linden and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Octopus and the Orangutan, Eugene Linden takes readers on another unforgettable journey into the minds and hearts of animals. The Parrot's Lament, his acclaimed previous book, featured extraordinary true stories of animal consciousness and intelligence. Linden's latest book goes beyond our everyday encounters with animals at home and in the zoo in a wide-ranging collection of real-life anecdotes that offer further compelling evidence of their higher mental capabilities and their awareness of the needs and feelings of others. The Octopus and the Orangutanreveals extraordinary new details about animals introduced in The Parrot's Lament, and then finds intelligent behavior in surprising new places, ranging from the octopus's garden to the crow's nest. Amazing feats of stealth, deception, and larceny accompany unexpected acts of kindness and friendship. Animals show they are cagey bargainers and tough negotiators both with their human keepers and with one another. The animals themselves are our guides in this fresh look at the question of animal intelligence. From the beloved pets we think we know to the remarkable survival skills of creatures in the wild, Eugene Linden once again shares his wonder and joy at the infinite variety of animal behavior that continues to inform, amaze, and touch us all.
Download or read book The Double the Labyrinth and the Locked Room written by Ilana Shiloh and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2011 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book explores detective and crime-mystery fiction and film from the perspective of their entrenched metaphors of paradox. --Book Jacket.
Download or read book Miracle on the Benning Beat Mission Monsters Super Science Showcase Christmas Stories 5 written by Lee Fanning and published by Wonder Mill Cosmos. This book was released on 2022-12-23 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benning, Washington D.C.—home of the beast people-like “Others”—is in the middle of a crime wave that seems to be building towards something big on Christmas Day. With the help of missionary Mason and private eye Valerie, Officer Mitchell Henderson is on the case. But can he uncover what’s really going on in time to save Christmas? This exciting adventure also includes real science facts and a bonus activities section! Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.
Download or read book Super Science Showcase Christmas Treasury Volume 1 written by Lee Fanning and published by Wonder Mill Cosmos. This book was released on 2022-12-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the imaginative worlds of Super Science Showcase, enjoy this fun collection of yuletide stories sure to brighten—and smarten—your Christmas season! Explore the frigid wilds of colonial America with the Cuyahoga River Riders in search of a lost horse. Discover the many origins of the holiday with Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn. Take a daring trip to Saturn’s moon Titan with the LightSpeed Pioneers. Experience the greatest holiday-themed court trial since Miracle on 34th Street with the Shocklosers. And stop a crime wave that’s headed right towards Christmas Day with Mission: Monsters. All five of these charming, original adventures feature exciting educational topics, like history, language arts and STEM. Plus, each story is accompanied with fun, educational activities, like science articles, experiments, puzzles, games, comics and more! Super Science Showcase. Smart Adventures for Smart Kids.
Download or read book Microdevelopment written by Nira Granott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Microdevelopment is the process of change in abilities, knowledge and understanding during short time-spans. This book presents a new process-orientated view of development and learning based on recent innovations in psychology research. Instead of characterising abilities at different ages, researchers investigate processes of development and learning that evolve through time and explain what enables progress in them. Four themes are highlighted: variability, mechanisms that create transitions to higher levels of knowledge, interrelations between changes in the short-term scale of microdevelopment and the crucial effect of context. Learning and development are analysed in and out of school, in the individual's activities and through social interaction, in relation to simple and complex problems and in everyday behaviour and novel tasks. With contributions from the foremost researchers in the field Microdevelopment will be essential reading for all interested in cognitive and developmental science.
Download or read book Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World written by Erika McGann and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tabitha Plimtock lives in a house at the very edge of the world. She is a go-getter – that is, a dogsbody forced to go and get things – for her nasty relatives, Gower, Gristle, Bertha and Cousin Wilbur. One of Tabitha's endless chores involves descending the cliff face, via a net that hangs from the back of the house, to collect eggs, nuts and other things from the inhabitants of the wall. When rumours begin to circulate of monsters climbing from the base to gobble up unsuspecting wall-dwellers, Tabitha is worried for all her friends. Determined to save them, Tabitha seeks out the elusive and eccentric Dr Sherback. The doctor introduces her to a whole new world at the base – one that is dark, dangerous and absolutely thrilling – but not even Dr Sherback's vast knowledge can slow the terrible creatures climbing to the top of the wall. With a clever plan, and not a small amount of courage, can Tabitha stop the monsters and keeps the people she loves safe for good?
