Download or read book Under the Acacia Tree written by Ed Renshaw and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When medical student Doug accepts a placement at a field hospital in Uganda, he hopes it will get his life back on track after a sudden and traumatic break-up with his ex-girlfriend. On route to Uganda, a chance encounter with Shistri, a young teacher who has escaped her sheltered existence in Nepal, sets Doug on a journey that will open his eyes to a wider world. Though the two live separate lives, their paths cross again in tragic circumstances, and as they begin to share their struggles adjusting to an unfamiliar world, they grow closer and closer. With their time in Uganda coming to an end, they must decide whether they can make a life for themselves, or if the call of home is too strong.
Download or read book Under the Acacia Tree written by CES Family of Friends and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book holds the inspiring story of friendship and collaboration between two groups of people - in Kenya and in Canada. They saw how many bright young people in Kenya were denied a chance for an education due to family poverty - and did something about it. Since that start in 2003, Community Education Services has touched thousands of lives – students, parents, educators and volunteers. This book is the story of the first 15 years of CES, told through the stories of the people impacted by it.
Download or read book Acacia written by David Anthony Durham and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “David Anthony Durham has serious chops. I can’t wait to read whatever he writes next." —George R. R. Martin Welcome to Acacia . . . Born into generations of prosperity, the four royal children of the Akaran dynasty know little of the world outside their opulent island paradise. But when an assassin strikes at the heart of their power, their lives are changed forever. Forced to flee to distant corners and separated against their will, the children must navigate a web of hidden allegiances, ancient magic, foreign invaders, and illicit trade that will challenge their very notion of who they are. As they come to understand their true purpose in life, the fate of the world lies in their hands.
Download or read book African Acacia Trees Protect Themselves written by Janey Levy and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many animals munch on the leaves of a tree for sustenance. However, the African acacia absolutely objects to being eaten. They've developed several clever ways to protect themselves, including thorns, chemical defenses, and ant guards. Readers of this absorbing volume will discover fascinating facts about this unusual tree, including what kind of chemical defenses it has and how it uses its ant guards. Age-appropriate text highlights important elementary science concepts, while colorful images help readers closely examine a tree they may never see in real life. Fact boxes share fun tidbits and a graphic organizer enriches the main text.
Download or read book The Cross Under the Acacia Tree written by Jim Klobuchar and published by Kirk House Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Acacia Tree written by Ces Family of Friends and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book holds the inspiring story of friendship and collaboration between two groups of people - in Kenya and in Canada. They saw how many bright young people in Kenya were denied a chance for an education due to family poverty - and did something about it. Since that start in 2003, Community Education Services has touched thousands of lives - students, parents, educators and volunteers. This book is the story of the first 15 years of CES, told through the stories of the people impacted by it....
Download or read book Under the Baobab Tree written by Julie Stiegemeyer and published by Zonderkidz. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The baobab tree story, which I wrote (the church version) is actually based upon a true story, told by Limakatso Nare, a Lutheran pastor who is currently serving a congregation in Louisiana. When he was growing up in his native Africa, he gathered for Sunday school under the baobab tree. Here he learned the Biblical stories of Noah and the ark, Jonah and the big fish, and the parables of Jesus. His Sunday school experiences inspired my story, Under the Baobab Tree.
Download or read book There Was a Tree written by Rachel Isadora and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-11 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A favorite children's song becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife Also known as "The Green Grass Grew All Around," this popular song has been recorded by artists from Barney to Captain Kangaroo. Now "the prettiest tree that you ever did see" is a lovely acacia tree, where a baby starling is just about to hatch. Rachel Isadora gives children a fun, easy way to follow along with the cumulative lyrics by using rebus icons for the repeated words, as she did with 12 Days of Christmas. Sheet music is also included, making this irresistible fun!
Download or read book The Wisdom of Trees written by Lita Judge and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With lush illustrations, poems, and accessible scientific information, The Wisdom of Trees by Lita Judge is a fascinating exploration of the hidden communities trees create to strengthen themselves and others. We clean the air and seed the clouds, we drench the thirsty land with rain. We are like wizards. The story of a tree is a story of community, communication, and cooperation. Although trees may seem like silent, independent organisms, they form a network buzzing with life: they talk, share food, raise their young, and offer protection. Trees thrive on diversity, learn from their ancestors, and give back to their communities. Trees not only sustain life on our planet—they can also teach us important lessons about patience, survival, and teamwork. A New York Public Library Best Book of 2021 A New York Public Library Top Ten Book for Kids
Download or read book The Acacia Tree A Lesson in Kindness written by Students From Canada and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the heart of Kenya, grew a beautiful Acacia tree. The tree "Hisani", meaning "kindness" in Swahili, provided food, shelter, and protection for all the animals. As time passed, the animals were too much for the kind and giving tree and Hisani began to die. Nobody seemed to know what to do. For all the kindness the tree showed the animals, would the animals do anything? What could the animals do to help Hisani?
Download or read book Acacia hybrid Ecology and silviculture in Vietnam written by Chaw Chaw Sein and published by CIFOR. This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Under the Acacia Tree written by Lucy Goodley and published by . This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's not always easy trying to fit in, even if you are a lion growing up in the Savannah. Meet Luca the lion starting his journey into 'Big' school and encountering a few challenges along the way. Join Luca as he embarks on a new journey to learn, outside of the classroom. He realises that the lessons on his old school timetable are not the only subjects that he needs to study as he discovers a new way to learn whilst finding out a bit more about himself.
Download or read book Looking for Transwonderland written by Noo Saro-Wiwa and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “remarkable chronicle” of a journey back to this West African nation after years of exile (The New York Times Book Review). Noo Saro-Wiwa was brought up in England, but every summer she was dragged back to visit her father in Nigeria—a country she viewed as an annoying parallel universe where she had to relinquish all her creature comforts and sense of individuality. After her father, activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was killed there, she didn’t return for several years. Then she decided to come to terms with the country her father given his life for. Traveling from the exuberant chaos of Lagos to the calm beauty of the eastern mountains; from the eccentricity of a Nigerian dog show to the decrepit kitsch of the Transwonderland Amusement Park, she explores Nigerian Christianity, delves into the country’s history of slavery, examines the corrupting effect of oil, and ponders the huge success of Nollywood. She finds the country as exasperating as ever, and frequently despairs at the corruption and inefficiency she encounters. But she also discovers that it is far more beautiful and varied than she had ever imagined, with its captivating thick tropical rain forest and ancient palaces and monuments—and most engagingly and entertainingly, its unforgettable people. “The author allows her love-hate relationship with Nigeria to flavor this thoughtful travel journal, lending it irony, wit and frankness.” —Kirkus Reviews
Download or read book Trees of Stanford and Environs written by Ronald Newbold Bracewell and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acacia written by Aide Matheson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acacia: Characteristics, Distribution and Uses opens with a chapter describing the wood of A. melanoxylon grown in Portugal in view of determining its technological quality for use in the construction and furniture industry. The characterization includes stem features, wood anatomical characteristics, chemical composition, wood density and mechanical properties.Next, the authors aim to describe and analyze common characteristics among Acacia s.l. species and to trace some parallelisms of their performance throughout several ecosystems that hold such species. It is well-known that Acacia s.l. species have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen and may modify soil chemistry and physics by enabling microorganisms/soil fauna to alter the microhabitat beneath the tree, and such characteristics are significant in the recovery of ecosystems.The potential of Acacia mangium, an exotic species, for restoration of a degraded land in Mt. Makiling Forest Reserve (MMFR), Philippines was also examined. Results suggested a general trend of changes in A. mangium plantation which was once a grassland dominated by Imperata cylindrica and Saccharum officinarum. Both (stems ha-1) and basal area (m2 ha-1) increased significantly in 2010-2018 (P=0.001).The authors discuss the way in which NMR spectroscopy applied to the study of gum exudates has become important since the 1990̍s in Venezuela. Analytical and structural studies of 23 species belonging to different genera and families have been reported through the combination of classic methodology for carbohydrates and NMR spectroscopy.The footprints left by evolution in the distribution of characters among current organisms have been one of the main tools in the study of organic evolution. The authors propose that the reconstruction of ancestral character states offers the possibility of knowing the changes suffered by characters in a species throughout evolutionary time.Pollinosis, also known as pollen allergy, hay fever or seasonal allergic rhinitis is one the most common respiratory disorders throughout the world. The inhalation of Acacia pollen is one of the main causes of respiratory allergic diseases in semiarid countries such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This book suggests that the recognition of allergenic components of pollens is essential for component-resolved diagnosis, the design of patient-specific immunotherapy, and the explanation of sensitization mechanisms to various allergens.The authors analyze Acacia-Pseudomyrmex mutualism which includes 15 species of acacias and a group of 10 species of mutualistic ants whose geographical distribution is similar. This relationship is frequently cited as an example of coevolution, a term that has been used to refer to the reciprocal change of interacting species where each of them acts as an agent of natural selection with respect to the other and where the reciprocal selection would result in congruent phylogenies.The concluding chapter characterizes the A. melanoxylon wood pulping performance regarding yield and kappa number as well as the pulp and paper properties. The application of fast spectroscopic technologies for pulp quality determination is also described.
Download or read book Whistling Thorn written by Helen Cowcher and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how the acacia evolved its own protection against browsing animals and helped create a balanced natural environment.
Download or read book We Planted a Tree written by Ruth Owen and published by Ruby Tuesday Books. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this delightful, science-packed picture book, readers will join two very different groups of young friends as they each plant a tree. In a city garden, one group of children plants an oak tree and learns how it will become a maker of oxygen, a cleaner of the air, a feeder of the soil, and a home for millions of tiny creatures. And in the Sahel region of Africa, another group of young friends plants a tree as part of Africa's Great Green Wall. Their tree will be part of a green barrier that will create a place for people and animals to live and grow crops on the edge of the Sahara Desert. This uplifting celebration of trees will encourage young readers to not only notice, value, and enjoy these giants of the plant kingdom, but also want to plant a tree themselves.
