Download or read book The Seagull and The Beluga Whale written by Robert Buyer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can a seagull do to save an animal 100 times his size? Jacques, a young seagull, goes out to play hoping to make new friends. He learns that a baby beluga whale is caught in a fishing net. Many of his new animal friends work together with him to free the baby. A Thornton Burgess or Beatrix Potter type of story in which all of the animal characters speak English, with a few common French words. The animals are described briefly at the end of Jacques story, along with vocabulary, suggested discussion questions and provisions for making paper book characters to re-enact the story. Obedience, inquisitiveness, friendship, and helpfulness are lessons that can be learned through this story.
Download or read book A Writer s Guide to Color written by H. R. Sinclair and published by H. R. Sinclair. This book was released on 2022-12-12 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing with color helps paint the scene. Using the specific color shade can add depth and meaning. This writer’s guide will help authors choose the perfect color with the color thesaurus. Writers can intrigue readers with historically accurate colors and terminology, pulling from superstitions, phrases, and symbolism from around the world. Previously published as The Life and Time of Color.
Download or read book Desperate Prayers written by Daniel D. Dancer and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As his stories unfold, Daniel Dancer reflects on spirituality, indigenous knowledge, quantum physics, psychology, and ecological principles. Humor, synchronicity, delight, and heartfelt struggle are all present in these tales. The result is a breath of wholeness, a gift for our apocalyptic times and for a culture that has forgotten its connection to nature. The sacred, magical role that art has held in everyday life since the dawn of humanity is often lost in modern society. Dancer's timely work is a quest to revive this form of art, weaving the shards of our failing culture and fragmented ecosystems into a celebration of possibility. Entertaining, full of surprise at every turn, and beautifully illustrated, Desperate Prayers helps map the way home to our authentic selves.
Download or read book Healing at the Harbor written by Keri Dangerfield Stone and published by Keri Dangerfield Stone. This book was released on 2024-04-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Healing at the Harbor, the final installment of Keri Dangerfield Stone's memoir series, readers are transported to Maui, where Keri seeks tranquility amidst life's storms. Facing her husband's substance abuse, which threatens to dismantle their family, Keri makes a bold move with her son and nephews to start anew in this island paradise. Here, she grapples with the lingering shadows of her past, including the emotional weight of her firstborn's adoption and the fluctuating ties with her family. This memoir candidly portrays Keri's journey through significant life challenges—her husband's imprisonment, her father's death, and her family’s comings and goings—all while struggling financially. Embracing meditation, the wisdom of Universal Laws, and unwavering faith, Keri finds solace and strength in the Lahaina community and her newfound "harbor family." Healing at the Harbor is a raw and introspective narrative that delves into themes of loss, identity, resilience, and the power of forgiveness. Keri's transformation from turmoil to peace highlights her profound connection to her surroundings and her journey toward emotional and spiritual healing. It's a testament to the enduring human spirit's capacity to find light in the darkest times, underscored by the belief that, ultimately, love is all you need.
Download or read book Whalewatcher written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Animal Spirit Guides written by Steven D. Farmer, Ph.D and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN EASY-TO-USE HANDBOOK FOR IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDINGYOUR POWER ANIMALS AND ANIMAL SPIRIT HELPERS After the publication of his best-selling book Power Animals, many people inquired about the meaning of spirit animals that were not contained in that work. In Animal Spirit Guides, Dr. Farmer provides concise, relevant details about the significance of more than 200 animals that may come to you in physical or symbolic form as guides and teachers. With each animal listed, you’ll find general meanings of the visitation; practical ways that they can help you as spirit guides; and how, as your power animal, they reflect characteristics that you possess. You’ll also find a "whom-to-call-on" section that will tell you which animal spirit guide to call on for any specific purpose.
Download or read book Humphrey the Lost Whale written by Wendy Tokuda and published by Heian International. This book was released on 1986 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how a migrating humpback whale mistakenly entered the San Francisco Bay in 1985 and swam sixty-four miles inland before being led back to the sea by people concerned for his welfare.
Download or read book At Home on an Unruly Planet written by Madeline Ostrander and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Kirkus Reviews' 100 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 A gold Nautilus Book Award winner, Ecology & Environment From rural Alaska to coastal Florida, a vivid account of Americans working to protect the places they call home in an era of climate crisis How do we find a sense of home and rootedness in a time of unprecedented upheaval? What happens when the seasons and rhythms in which we have built our lives go off-kilter? Once a distant forecast, climate change is now reaching into the familiar, threatening our basic safety and forcing us to reexamine who we are and how we live. In At Home on an Unruly Planet, science journalist Madeline Ostrander reflects on this crisis not as an abstract scientific or political problem but as a palpable force that is now affecting all of us at home. She offers vivid accounts of people fighting to protect places they love from increasingly dangerous circumstances. A firefighter works to rebuild her town after catastrophic western wildfires. A Florida preservationist strives to protect one of North America's most historic cities from rising seas. An urban farmer struggles to transform a California city plagued by fossil fuel disasters. An Alaskan community heads for higher ground as its land erodes. Ostrander pairs deeply reported stories of hard-won optimism with lyrical essays on the strengths we need in an era of crisis. The book is required reading for anyone who wants to make a home in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book The Interspecies Newsletter written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beluga written by Pierre Béland and published by Lyons Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very powerful chronicle of the St. Lawrence River Beluga whales which were hunted to near extinction until given legal protection in 1979, and are now quite literally dying from pollution. Beland (senior research scientist, St. Lawrence National institute of Ecotoxicology) describes the Beluga history, how they live now, the pollution threats to them, and ways in which this kind of tragedy can be prevented in the future, although it looks like it's too late for the Beluga; thus the volume also serves as their elegy. Includes color photographs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Kicked Bitten and Scratched written by Amy Sutherland and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed New York Times article of 2006, "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage," Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two about animals. In Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, she takes readers behind the gates of Moorpark Community College, where students are taught such skills as how to train a hyena to pirouette and coax a tiger to open wide for a vet exam. As she follows the faculty, student body, and four- footed teaching aides at Moorpark's Exotic Animal Training and Management program, Sutherland produces a true walk on the wild side, filled with wonder, comedy, occasional heartache, and transcendent beauty.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Manchu English Dictionary written by Jerry Norman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jerry Norman’s Comprehensive Manchu–English Dictionary, a substantial revision and enlargement of his Concise Manchu–English Lexicon of 1978, now long out of print, is poised to become the standard English-language resource on the Manchu language. As the dynastic language of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Manchu was used in official documents and was also the vehicle for an enormous translation literature, mostly from the Chinese. The newDictionary, based exclusively on Qing sources, retains all of the information from the earlier Lexicon, but also includes hundreds of additional entries cited from original Manchu texts, enhanced cross-references, and an entirely new introduction on Manchu pronunciation and script. All content from the earlier publication has also been verified. This final book from the preeminent Manchu linguist in the English-speaking world is a reference work that not only updates Norman’s earlier scholarship but also summarizes his decades of study of the Manchu language. The Dictionary, which represents a significant scholarly contribution to the field of Inner Asian studies and to all students and scholars of Manchu and other Tungusic and related languages around the world, will become a major tool for archival research on Chinese late imperial period history and government.
Download or read book Acta Arctica written by and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Indigenous Knowledge and Ethnomathematics written by Eric Vandendriessche and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents a series of ethnographic studies, which illustrate issues of wider importance, such as the role of cultural traditions, concepts and learning procedures in the development of formal (or mathematical) thinking outside of the western tradition. It focuses on research at the crossroads of anthropology and ethnomathematics to document indigenous mathematical knowledge and its inclusion in specific cultural patterns. More generally, the book demonstrates the heuristic value of crossing ethnographical, anthropological and ethnomathematical approaches to highlight and analyze—or "formalize" with a pedagogical outlook—indigenous mathematical knowledge. The book is divided into three parts. The first part extensively analyzes theoretical claims using particular ethnographic data, while revealing the structural mathematical features of different ludic, graphic, or technical/procedural practices in their links to other cultural phenomena. In the second part, new empirical studies that add data and perspectives from the body of studies on indigenous knowledge systems to the ongoing discussions in mathematics education in and for diverse cultural traditions are presented. This part considers, on the one hand, the Brazilian work in this field; on the other hand, it brings ethnographic innovation from other parts of the world. The third part comprises a broad philosophical discussion of the impact of intuitive or "ontological" premises on mathematical thinking and education in the light of recent developments within so-called indigenously inspired thinking. Finally, the editors’ conclusions aim to invite the broad and diversified field of scholars in this domain of research to seek alternative approaches for understanding mathematical reasoning and the adjacent adequate educational goals and means. This book is of interest to scholars and students in anthropology, ethnomathematics, history and philosophy of science, mathematics, and mathematics education, as well as other individuals interested in these topics.
Download or read book Eskimo String Figures and Their Origin written by Thomas Thomson Paterson and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distribution of figures; local variations in names and form; method of construction, with diagrams.
Download or read book The Lepine Girls of Mud City written by Evelyn Earl Geer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of three sisters who grew up on the Vermont countryside, traveled the world, and returned to their farm to raise acclaimed cows. The Lepines’ story began in Quebec, from where Maurice and Imelda immigrated to Vermont during the Great Depression. The family farmed, lived off the rich Vermont landscape and instilled a love for it in their daughters, Gert, Jeanette and Therese. As adults, “the Girls” taught school, traveled the world and worked for President Johnson but never forgot their roots. All three returned to Mount Sterling Farm, raising their famed Jersey cows and embodying Vermont’s agricultural tradition. Their story is one of hope and valor—of a family who loved their home and neighbors and left their land as a lasting gift for the world. Praise for the Lepine Sisters “The Lepine sisters . . . are the doyennes of rural northern Vermont. The sisters, and the Jersey cows they have been milking, feeding and cleaning up after for more than four decades, are what many Vermonters regard as the real Vermont.” —New York Times
Download or read book Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Ltd Imprints 1909 1985 written by McClelland and Stewart Limited and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Ltd. Imprints, 1909-1985 contains bibliographic records of all books and other materials published by McClelland and Stewart publishing company from 1909, when the first books were published, to 1985, when Jack McClelland ceased to be associated with the company. Carl Spadoni and Judith Donnelly have included all manner of books in this compilation: fiction, poetry, drama, biography, history, and other non-fiction, as well as textbooks at all levels. A good portion of the company's books in the pre-World War II period were imported from the United States and England; the compilers have therefore listed not only Canadian books, but also works by non-Canadian writers in Canadian issues.
