Download or read book A Salamander s Tale written by Paul Steinberg and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staring in the face of prostate cancer at age thirty-five and metastatic disease and proposed surgical castration at age forty, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys. The first was to transition from doctor to patient and surrender his physical health to a medical establishment he knew from firsthand knowledge would be using approaches that would be outdated within a few years. The second was a spiritual journey. His search for a higher meaning in his life sent him as far as walking over hot coals with Tony Robbins. Using the salamander as his role model, Steinberg, a college-health and sports psychiatrist, takes a look at the evolution of the regenerative capabilities of cold-blooded vertebrates like the salamander and at what we as humans have lost and gained in our warm-bloodedness. How do human beings regenerate? How do we redeem ourselves when our capacity for regeneration is limited? How did the prostate evolve, and how does prostate cancer develop? With wit and humor, Steinberg tackles lust and sex, and ultimately time and death and the gods. Having lived longer than virtually anyone else with metastatic prostate cancer, he uses his knowledge as a doctor and experience as a patient to provide a story of endurance and perseverance, weaving a tale of grace, regeneration, and redemption—just not the kind of regeneration and redemption that he or anyone else would expect.
Download or read book Sally the Salamander s Lost Tail written by Carl Emerson and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sally is a slippery, slimy salamander. She brags about how fast she is, and how no one can catch her. One day, though, she almost gets eaten. Sally escapes, but she loses her tail. How embarrassing if her friends find out! Will Sally ever tell a tale again with her tail gone?
Download or read book Tiger Salamander s Amazing Tail written by Katacha Díaz and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Tail of the Salamander written by Mark T Wright and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Memoir about saving a stream... daily log of the activities of a nature lover who was set on saving a stream in his hometown of North Carolina. A well know architect and urban planner saves a stream and find s his true calling. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Download or read book Examining Tail Development Models in the Four toed Salamander Hemidactylium Scutatum written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tails are common among most vertebrates. The embryonic tails of most vertebrates grow into adulthood while other vertebrates absorb them. Interestingly, some species of salamanders have the ability to add axial segments to their tails post-embryonically. In the salamander, Hemidactylium scutatum, postembryonic growth of the tail is due to the development of new caudal vertebrae, as well as the growth of pre-existing segments. The mechanisms that drive the postembryonic segmentation in salamanders are relatively unexplored and may offer insights on the molecular nature of tail development in vertebrates. I found evidence that larval and adult tail growth could be utilizing the same mechanisms for tail segmentation that are used in embryonic tail development by comparing the expression of Wnt8 and My5 in the developing tails of H. scutatum embryos, larvae, and adults. Specifically, the expression of Wnt8 in the growing tails suggests that both larval and adult H. scutatum continue to segment through the use of a molecular oscillating clock and/or a tail organizer, which induces the tail to undergo somitogenesis and, with the aid of Myf5, develop skeletal muscle in the tail.
Download or read book Salamander Sky written by Katy Farber and published by . This book was released on 2022-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every spring in the eastern region of the United States, warmer nights with steady rain bring the migration of thousands of spotted salamanders to ponds and pools, often across busy roads. These crossings are magical, and secretive--most people don't even know they happen. Salamander Sky features a mother and daughter who go out on a rainy night to help the salamanders cross the road safely. This dramatic, full-color, picture book introduces readers to the elusive spotted salamanders and the perilous nighttime journey they take each spring. Amphibians worldwide desperately need protection. This book is a valuable tool for getting children engaged in conservation.
Download or read book Fossil Salamanders of North America written by J. Alan Holman and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book concludes with a discussion of the study of fossil salamanders as it relates to the development of a realistic phylogeny and classification of the group.
Download or read book The Ancestor s Tale written by Richard Dawkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
Download or read book Salamanders of the Old World written by Max Sparreboom and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Salamanders of the Old World is a new in-depth reference work covering all the salamander species of Europe, Asia, and North Africa. A marvellous addition for the herp community that comes recommended for researchers, managers, conservationists, students, and salamander enthusiasts. Salamanders of the Old World • features information on biology and life history of salamanders • includes over 150 species of Europe, Asia, and North Africa • richly illustrated • focuses on habitat, behaviour, and reproduction • information on identification, eggs and larvae, and threats and species conservation • distribution maps for all species • an extensive reference list. Published in cooperation between KNNV Publishing and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre (The Netherlands).
Download or read book Encyclop dia Metropolitana written by Edward Smedley and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tears of the Salamander written by Peter Dickinson and published by Wendy Lamb Books. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfredo, a choir boy in 18th-century Italy, loses his family in a fire, and his mysterious Uncle Giorgio spirits him away to their ancestral home below a volcano. There he learns that Uncle Giorgio is the Master of the Mountain; he can control the volcano. He is also an alchemist, able to make gold from the tears of the fiery salamander he captured from the heart of the mountain. Alfredo is his heir, the next Master; and as Alfredo learns the history of his family and its power, he begins to suspect that his uncle is actually a fearsome sorcerer.
Download or read book The Lancet written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Structure and Innervation of the Venom Glands in the Tail of the Salamander written by Grant Albert Mason and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Vermont written by Zadock Thompson and published by Burlington, Vt. : C. Goodrich. This book was released on 1842 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Salamanders in Your Pocket written by Terry VanDeWalle and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding a salamander in the woodlands rates as one of the most enjoyable surprises of an early morning hike. Active mainly at night, these secretive, shiny, lizardlike amphibians often glow like jewels when found under the logs or rocks that many prefer. This colorful addition to Iowa’s popular series of laminated guides—the twenty-fifth in the series—will inform both amateur and professional naturalists about twenty-five species of salamanders found in the Upper Midwest states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Missouri. Common mudpuppies and lesser sirens spend their entire lives in water, never losing the gills that they developed as larvae; the lungless four-toed salamander distracts predators by detaching its tail; the eastern newt discourages predators by secreting poisonous chemicals from its skin; the flat-bodied hellbender, which can reach twenty-nine inches in length, breathes by absorbing oxygen through the folds of its skin. These, plus the well-named slimy, zigzag, tiger, and other salamanders in this guide, are now threatened by loss of habitat, pollution, and a deadly fungus. Terry VanDeWalle provides a complete description of each species as well as distinguishing characteristics for twenty-one subspecies, from the striking orange and yellow spots of the spotted salamander to the lichenlike patches of the green salamander to the prominent rounded head of the mole salamander. He also includes information about the salamanders’ range and habitat preferences, from twilight zones of limestone caves and crevices to seepages and spring-fed bogs. His comparisons of similar species and his comprehensive key are most helpful for identifying individuals in the field. Superb photographs by Suzanne Collins make this new guide the perfect companion for outdoor expeditions in all kinds of moist environments.
Download or read book The New American Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New American Cyclopaedia written by George Ripley and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
