Download or read book An Immense World written by Ed Yong and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong “One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction.”—Oprah Daily ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON AWARD

Download or read book Volcanoes written by Anne Schreiber and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cool story of volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike. Hot melted rock from the middle of our planet forces its way up through cracks in the Earth’s crusts, exploding violently and sometimes unexpectedly in volcanic fury that can terrorize populations for months, even years. Anne Schreiber’s narrative gives readers a little of the science, a little of the history, and a lot of the action. National Geographic photography fires the imagination on dramatic spreads alive with vivid images of lava, ash, molten rock, weird rocks, and steaming seawater.

Download or read book Good Night Animal World written by Giselle Shardlow and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Say good night to the animals of the world! Join six Kids Yoga Stories characters as you perch like a bald eagle, crouch like a tiger, and curl up like a sloth. Learn about animals, explore movement, and unwind together before bedtime!

Download or read book Deadliest Animals written by Melissa Stewart and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore 12 species that you hope you'll never come across, from sharks, snakes, jellyfish, bears, tigers and mosquitoes.

Download or read book Animal World written by Antonio Di Benedetto and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dr Seuss s Book of Animals written by Dr. Seuss and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An easy reader about animals—real and imaginary—with illustrations by Dr. Seuss! Featuring a mix of real animals and Seussian creatures, this super-simple rhymed riff about animals is both a concept book AND a funny introduction to the world of Dr. Seuss. Illustrated with art from beloved Dr. Seuss books—including One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish,Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?, and Dr. Seuss's ABC—it teaches beginning readers to identify animals in the world around them and ones only found in classic books by Dr. Seuss! Nurture a love of reading—and of Seussian creatures—with this great new concept book for beginning readers!

Download or read book The World Book Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.

Download or read book Animal Exploring the Zoological World written by Phaidon Editors and published by Phaidon Press. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the beauty and diversity of the animal world through more than 300 captivating images from across time and from every corner of the globe Animal: Exploring the Zoological World is a visually stunning and broad-ranging survey that explores and celebrates humankind's ongoing fascination with animals. Since our very first moments on Earth, we have been compelled to make images of the curious beasts around us - whether as sources of food, danger, wonder, power, scientific significance or companionship. This carefully curated selection of images, chosen by an international panel of experts, delves into our shared past to tell the story of animal life. From the first cave paintings, extraordinary medieval bestiaries and exquisite scientific illustration, to iconic paintings, contemporary artworks and the incredible technological advancements that will shape our futures together, the huge range of works reflects the beauty and variety of animals themselves - including butterflies, hummingbirds, bats, frogs, tigers, dogs, jellyfish, spiders and elephants, to name a few. Arranged in a curated and thought-provoking sequence, this engaging compilation includes iconic works by some of the great names in zoology, such as Conrad Gesner, Charles Darwin and John James Audubon, as well as celebrated artists and photographers, indigenous cultures and lesser-known figures who have made important contributions to the study and representation of animals throughout history.

Download or read book The Animal Boogie written by Debbie Harter and published by Barefoot Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the jungle, the animals' toes are twitching, their bodies are wiggling, and their wings are flapping, as they teach children how to do the Animal Boogie.

Download or read book Natural History written by Carlos Fonseca and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Carlos Fonseca comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic epic of art, politics, and hidden realities Just before the dawn of the new millennium, a curator at a New Jersey museum of natural history receives an unusual invitation from a celebrated fashion designer. She shares the curator’s fascination with the secrets of the animal kingdom—with camouflage and subterfuge—and she proposes that they collaborate on an exhibition, the nature of which remains largely obscure, even as they enter into a strange relationship marked by evasion and elision. Seven years later, after the designer’s death, the curator recovers the archive of their never-completed project. During a long night of insomnia, he finds within the archive a series of clues about the true history of the designer’s family, a mind-bending puzzle that winds from Haifa, Israel, to bohemian 1970s New York to the Latin American jungles. As he follows this trail, the curator discovers a cast of characters whose own fixations interrogate the unstable frontiers between art, science, politics, and religion. An aging photographer, living nearly alone in an abandoned mining town where subterranean fires rage without end, creates miniature replicas of ruined cities. A former model turned conceptual artist becomes the star defendant in a trial over the very soul and purpose of art. A young indigenous boy receives a vision of the end of the world. Reality is a curtain, the curator realizes, and to draw it back is to reveal the theater of the obsessed. Natural History is a portrait of a world trapped between faith and irony, tragedy and farce. An urgent and impressively ambitious novel in the tradition of Italo Calvino and Ricardo Piglia, it confirms Carlos Fonseca as one of the most daring writers of his generation.

Download or read book Animal Pants written by Brian Moses and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From long johns to bloomers, Y-fronts to boxers - Animal Pants is quite simply packed with pants! There's a cat who buys her pants from a catalogue and a frog who wears pants when he's off for a jog. Not to mention a penguin with frozen pants, or the difficulties of finding undies for an octopus. With an infectious rhyming text from the brilliant Brian Moses, and wonderfully entertaining artwork by Anja Boretzki, there's a giggle guaranteed on every page.

Download or read book The Animal World written by Jules Howard and published by Blueprint Editions. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids will love learning about the ways in which animals are related to each other in this beautifully illustrated book! What do a raccoon and a river otter have in common? An elephant seal and a leopard? How about a slow loris and a gorilla? The Animal World collects members of the same taxonomic order, which are groups of animals with similar features, together in an informative and accessible way through easy-to-read facts about each animal. Kids will love learning about the ways in which animals are related to each other, and Kelsey Oseid's charming illustrations bring the text to life in this enchanting look at the animal kingdom

Download or read book If Animals Went to School written by Ann Whitford Paul and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have for any nursery! If Animals Went to School is a beloved picture book in the bestselling If Animals Kissed Goodnight series that imagines what creatures from all across the animal kingdom might do in the classroom – making it the perfect gift for teachers and educators as well as a great read aloud at home. What if animals did what YOU do? Beaver would practice counting with sticks. Goat would snack on the storybooks. And at recess, Goose would glide down Giraffe’s neck slide! Across the animal kingdom, every creature would learn, play, and make new friends. Featuring playful rhymes and adorable art, little ones can see how creatures, great and small, learn together. Families will giggle along as they imagine the critters that inhabit places near and far. This is a wonderful gift for baby showers, birthdays, new parents, or any occasion! Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Gave Thanks, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Trick-or-Treated, and If Animals Went to Work.

Download or read book The Animals in My Brain written by Sarah Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new tool for kids and parents/teachers to support them in talking about and dealing with fight, flight or freeze responses. These automatic responses often come with complex emotions and actions. Now we have a way to put the power into the children's own hands for kids to effectively regulate their behaviour.... When Pam gets annoyed by her little sister, she throws her colouring book at her. Pam's mom steps in to help her understand how the brain works to direct behaviour. Mom uses animals to explain the complex brain processes in a way that young learners can understand. Pam is empowered by understanding her behaviour and learning the importance of taking a break when she is feeling upset before doing something she might regret. "Children and adults will love this delightfully illustrated book that so wonderfully explains the workings of the brain to school aged children... " Dr. Jane Nelsen, Author and co-author of the Positive Discipline book series. "This book is revolutionary as it provides a simple, relatable, and powerful methodology to teach our kids about brain science... " Ricky Shetty, Founder of DaddyBlogger

Download or read book LGTBIQ en el reino animal written by Jose Javier Monroy and published by José Javier Monroy. This book was released on 2024-07-17 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Los seres humanos han estado fascinados durante mucho tiempo por su propia sexualidad, asumiendo a menudo que es única o superior a la de otras especies. Este egocentrismo ha llevado a una falta de comprensión y reconocimiento de los diversos comportamientos sexuales en el reino animal. Sin embargo, a medida que nos adentramos más en el estudio del comportamiento animal, comenzamos a darnos cuenta de que los comportamientos LGBTQ+ no son exclusivos de los humanos, sino que son frecuentes en el mundo natural. Para apreciar plenamente la diversidad de los comportamientos sexuales en los animales, es importante reconocer primero nuestros propios sesgos y entender cómo moldean nuestras percepciones. La sexualidad humana se ve a menudo desde una perspectiva reproductiva, con un enfoque en roles binarios de género y relaciones heterosexuales. Esta perspectiva estrecha no reconoce la complejidad y fluidez que existe dentro de nuestra propia especie, y mucho menos entre otros animales. Cuando abrimos nuestras mentes y observamos la naturaleza con una mirada imparcial, descubrimos una amplia variedad de comportamientos LGBTQ+ entre diversas especies. Si bien es difícil determinar porcentajes exactos debido a la investigación limitada y las dificultades para observar poblaciones salvajes, los científicos estiman que alrededor del 20% de los animales muestran comportamientos LGBTQ+. Las relaciones lésbicas no son exclusivas de los humanos; también se pueden encontrar entre monos macacos y bonobos. Estas asociaciones entre hembras cumplen diversos propósitos dentro de sus respectivas sociedades, desde formar alianzas sólidas para protección y compartir recursos hasta satisfacer necesidades emocionales. De manera similar, las sociedades matriarcales entre elefantes y gaviotas a menudo involucran relaciones del mismo sexo entre hembras. También se pueden observar casos famosos de comportamiento lésbico en diferentes especies animales. Por ejemplo, las albatros hembra participan en rituales de cortejo del mismo sexo antes de emparejarse con parejas macho con fines reproductivos. En ciertas especies de aves como los cisnes o los pingüinos, las hembras pueden formar vínculos a largo plazo entre ellas incluso mientras participan en prácticas de apareamiento heterosexual. Pasando a los comportamientos gay (G) en los animales, podemos observar relaciones entre machos en ocasiones como gansos, leones y cisnes negros. En algunos casos, la homosexualidad está relacionada con la dominancia y la jerarquía social dentro de los grupos animales. Por ejemplo, en ciertas manadas de lobos, los machos subordinados pueden participar en apareamiento del mismo sexo como una forma de establecer vínculos sociales y obtener protección de individuos dominantes. El comportamiento homosexual no se limita a animales terrestres; también ocurre entre especies acuáticas como pingüinos y flamencos. Estas aves forman parejas del mismo sexo y participan en rituales de cortejo similares a los de las parejas heterosexuales. Algunos zoológicos incluso han presenciado cómo estas parejas crían polluelos juntas a través de la adopción de huevos o la crianza por sustitución. La exploración de la diversidad sexual también incluye a individuos que no se identifican con el género asignado al nacer, es decir, personas trans (T). Se ha descubierto que las osas polares canadienses femeninas muestran intersexualidad debido a desequilibrios hormonales causados por su dieta compuesta principalmente por focas. Esto resalta la compleja relación entre la dieta, las hormonas y el desarrollo sexual en los animales. La fluidez de género es otro aspecto del comportamiento trans que se puede observar entre los leones americanos (Puma concolor). Estos leones muestran rasgos asociados tanto con los géneros masculino como femenino, desafiando las tradicionales nociones binarias de sexo e identidad de género. La apariencia anatómica no siempre se alinea con los patrones de comportamiento cuando se trata del comportamiento trans en los animales. Hay casos en los que individuos aparentemente masculinos viven con hembras pero exhiben comportamientos femeninos o viceversa debido a dinámicas sociales o factores hormonales. Al examinar los comportamientos bisexuales (B) entre insectos como chinches, obtenemos una visión única de estrategias reproductivas que involucran prácticas de apareamiento tanto del mismo sexo como del sexo opuesto. Los lobos presentan un escenario más complejo donde la bisexualidad está influenciada por intrincadas dinámicas sociales dentro de la estructura de la manada. La intersexualidad (I) se refiere a individuos que poseen características asociadas tanto con los géneros masculino como femenino. Se ha descubierto que las osas polares canadienses femeninas muestran rasgos intersexuales, nuevamente resaltando el impacto de la dieta y los factores hormonales en el desarrollo sexual. Finalmente, exploramos los comportamientos "queer" (Q) que desafían las ideas establecidas sobre la sexualidad y el género. El comportamiento y las relaciones no binarias se pueden observar en diversas especies animales, enfatizando aún más la diversidad dentro del reino animal. Además, al observar diferentes estructuras familiares que van desde la crianza monoparental hasta la crianza comunitaria, destacamos la complejidad y flexibilidad de las dinámicas familiares entre los animales. En conclusión, nuestro viaje a través del reino animal revela un rico tapiz de comportamientos LGBTQ+ que refleja la diversidad encontrada en las sociedades humanas. Al reconocer y estudiar estos comportamientos, obtenemos una comprensión más profunda del mundo natural que nos rodea. La ciencia está evolucionando para abrazar la diversidad más allá de las normas reproductivas, reconociendo que la diversidad sexual no es exclusiva de los humanos, sino una parte integral de la vida en la Tierra.

Download or read book Animal Friends of Pica Pau 2 written by Yan Schenkel and published by Animal Friends of Pica Pau. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the wildly imaginative world of Pica Pau! Get together with the creative zebra, the thoughtful lion, the witty anteater, the flamboyant elephant, and many more: there's room for everyone at Yan's craft table! Toy maker, character designer, and crochet knitter Yan Schenkel has collected the most original amigurumi around her. In this book, she shows her passion for amigurumi crochet in 20 new designs, and also shares special tips and tricks for every single project. All patterns contain detailed instructions, accompanied by step-by-step pictures and explanations of all techniques used, so both beginners and advanced crocheters can easily get acquainted with her animal band.

Download or read book Animal Tales from the Caribbean written by George List and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These twenty-one animal tales from the Colombian Caribbean coast represent a sampling of the traditional stories that are told during all-night funerary wakes. The tales are told in the semi-sacred space of the patio (backyard) of homes as part of the funerary ritual that includes other aesthetic and expressive practices such as jokes, song games, board games, and prayer. In this volume these stories are situated within their performance contexts and represent a highly ritualized corpus of oral knowledge that for centuries has been preserved and cultivated by African-descendant populations in the Americas. Ethnomusicologist George List collected these tales throughout his decades-long fieldwork amongst the rural costeños, a chiefly African-descendent population, in the mid-20th century and, with the help of a research team, transcribed and translated them into English before his death in 2008. In this volume, John Holmes McDowell and Juan Sebastián Rojas E. have worked to bring this previously unpublished manuscript to light, providing commentary on the transcriptions and translations, additional cultural context through a new introduction, and further typological and cultural analysis by Hasan M. El-Shamy. Supplementing the transcribed and translated texts are links to the original Spanish recordings of the stories, allowing readers to follow along and experience the traditional telling of the tales for themselves.