Download or read book The Orca s Odyssey written by Cam Weiler and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-07-26 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The young orca was excited to set out on his lone adventures across land and sea. But there were many dangers out there. Would he survive? Based on a true story, this book describes a killer whale's epic journey covering thousands of miles. It is an entertaining chapter book for early readers who love animals.
Download or read book The Alpha Boats Odyssey written by Robert Murray and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a true story of adventure set against a backdrop of the sea, a money making scheme, and international intrigue. There was money to be made in West Africa. The Government of Ghana needed commercial fishing vessels. Acquire and deliver a couple of boats. How hard could that be? Bob Murray and three of his sons soon found out. In this powerful and intriguing true story you'll be drawn into the story, and perhaps live the adventure for yourself, A father and three of his sons set out on what was advertised to be the adventure of a lifetime, In that, they were not disappointed. But the adventure part, at times was more than they had bargained for. It was the start of the 1975 hurricane season, and they were sailing up the barrel of the Atlantic's most prolific creators of devastating winds and seas. Veritable mountains of water came crashing down on their small wooden craft. They could feel these mountains building like a voltanic precursor to an eruption The common thought was, 'Is
Download or read book Whale Odyssey written by Michael Bright and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This account of the threats and challenges face by the humpback whale during his first year of life is based on real events observed and documented by whale watchers and scientists and tells the story of a young whale migrating from the Hawaiian island of Maui to Alaska.
Download or read book Tongass Odyssey written by John Schoen and published by University of Alaska Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tongass Odyssey is a biologist’s memoir of personal experiences over the past four decades studying brown bears, deer, and mountain goats and advocating for conservation of Alaska’s Tongass National Forest. The largest national forest in the nation, the Tongass encompasses the most significant expanse of intact old-growth temperate rainforest remaining on Earth. Tongass Odyssey is a cautionary tale of the harm that can result when science is eclipsed by politics that are focused on short-term economic gain. Yet even as those problems put the Tongass at risk, the forest also represents a unique opportunity for conserving large, intact landscapes with all their ecological parts, including wild salmon, bears, wolves, eagles, and other wildlife. Combining elements of personal memoir, field journal, natural history, conservation essay, and philosophical reflection, Tongass Odyssey tells an engaging story about an enchanting place.
Download or read book Whale of Wonder written by Marie-Paule Mahoney and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-08-29 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a radiant summer day in 2018, an orca named Tahlequah gave birth to a female calf off the coast of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. The calf was emaciated, lacking enough blubber to stay afloat, and she only lived for 30 minutes. Tahlequah placed the baby on her head, and with the members of her pod, she swam for 17 days, covering 1,000 miles before releasing her into the sea. Whale of Wonder is the dramatized story of this true-life odyssey, told through a dialogue between the mother orca and her curious son, who keeps asking, "Why, Mama?" Young readers will discover how Tahlequah expresses her maternal love, her grief, and slowly overcomes her loss to celebrate life again. This unique story opens a window to the majestic orcas and their complex emotional lives. The Afterword presents information about orcas in general and the specific culture of the Southern Residents. It unveils Tahlequah's life with the members of her pod in the Salish Sea, emphasizing the plight these orcas--close to extinction--are facing.
Download or read book Of Orcas and Men written by David Neiwert and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journalist “convincingly spells out the threats to their survival, their misery in captivity, and what scientists can learn by studying them” (Kirkus). The orca—otherwise known as the killer whale—is one of earth’s most intelligent animals. Remarkably sophisticated, orcas have languages and cultures and even long-term memories, and their capacity for echolocation is nothing short of a sixth sense. They are also benign and gentle, which makes the story of the captive-orca industry—and the endangerment of their population in Puget Sound—that much more damning. In Of Orcas and Men, a marvelously compelling mix of cultural history, environmental reporting, and scientific research, David Neiwert explores an extraordinary species and its occasionally fraught relationship with human beings. Beginning with their role in myth and contemporary culture, Neiwert shows how killer whales came to capture our imaginations, and brings to life the often catastrophic environmental consequences of that appeal. In the tradition of Barry Lopez’s classic Of Wolves and Men, David Neiwert’s book is a triumph of reporting, observation, and research, and a powerful tribute to one of the animal kingdom’s most remarkable members. Praise for Of Orcas and Men “Human beings need to learn from and understand the cooperative nature of orca society. Everyone who is interested in both animal and human behavior should read this remarkable book.” —Temple Grandin, New York Times–bestselling author of Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human “Powerful and beautifully written.” —Jane Goodall “Humans and killer whales have a long and complicated history, one that David Neiwert describes forcefully and eloquently in this fascinating and highly readable book.” —David Kirby, New York Times–bestselling author of Death at SeaWorld “[A] breathtaking survey of orca science, folklore, and mystery.” —The Stranger
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Download or read book Iconoclast written by Laurie Buchanan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Burdened by the pressing weight of survivor’s guilt, Sean McPherson, an ex-cop, is desperate for redemption. At Pines & Quill, a writer’s retreat in the Pacific Northwest, he and his fiancée, Emma Benton, are planning their lives together. He wants to go back into law enforcement. She plans to walk again. Georgio “The Bull” Gambino, head of a Seattle-based crime family, has a long reach. Like cockroaches, his minions infiltrate even the most inaccessible of places to do his bidding. With Seattle to the south, the Canadian border a stone’s throw to the north, and Bellingham Bay—a gateway to the Pacific Ocean—immediately to the west, Bellingham is the ideal location for the Gambino crime family to traffic drugs, weapons, and humans. But McPherson’s in Gambino’s way, which means he must be eliminated. The writers in residence at Pines & Quill include an Afghanistan War veteran, a professional photographer, a civil rights attorney, and a gourmet chef. But McPherson suspects that there’s more going on than the joy of creating plot twists. Is one of them conspiring murder outside the pages of their manuscript?
Download or read book Orca written by Arthur Herzog III and published by Arthur Herzog III. This book was released on 2003-04-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Killer whale seeks revenge on a fisherman who killed his offspring.
Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Merchant Vessels of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 2152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Encyclopaedic dictionary a new practical and exhaustive work of reference to all the words in the English language with a full account of their origin meaning pronunciation history and use written by Robert Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Whale Music written by David Rothenberg and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The marvelous sonic world of whales, from the perspective of music and science. Whale song is an astonishing world of sound whose existence no one suspected before the 1960s. Its discovery has forced us to confront the possibility of alien intelligence—not in outer space but right here on earth. Thoughtful, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining, Whale Music uses the enigma of whale sounds to open up whales' underwater world of sonic mystery. In observing and talking with leading researchers from around the globe as they attempt to decipher undersea music, Rothenberg tells the story of scientists and musicians confronting an unknown as vast as the ocean itself. His search culminates in a grand attempt to make interspecies music by playing his clarinet with whales in their native habitats, from Russia to Canada to Hawaii. This is a revised edition of Thousand Mile Song, originally published in 2008. The latest advances in cetacean science and interspecies communication have been incorporated into this new edition, along with added photographs and color whale scores.
Download or read book Shamu written by Joeming Dunn and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides readers information on orcas, background on Shamu, a chronology of Shamu's life, and how her captivity influenced history. Includes colorful graphic art, fast facts, and a glossary.
Download or read book Puget Sound Orca in Captivity A The Fight To Bring Lolita Home written by Sandra Pollard and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On August 8, 1970, the Southern Resident orcas of Puget Sound were herded into Penn Cove on Whidbey Island by explosives, spotter planes and speedboats in a coordinated effort to capture seven young whales. Between 1964 and 1976, dozens of these now-endangered orcas were torn from their home and sent to marine parks around the globe. Just over a decade later, all but one had died. This lone survivor is Tokitae, also known as Lolita, and she's spent most of her life performing at the Miami Seaquarium. For twenty years, the Orca Network has called for her release, and now the indigenous Lummi Nation, People of the Sea, have joined the fight. Author Sandra Pollard chronicles the extraordinary effort to bring Tokitae home.
