Download or read book When Giant Mammals Thundered written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine the blooming of the very first flower. Or a 3-ton sloth with massive claws standing as tall as a giraffe. And horses the size of small dogs that have toes instead of hooves. This is not a dream or vision of an artist or author. This is North America over 20 million years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events in North America; when mammals rose from the shadows of the extinct dinosaurs to fill the land, and the first flowers and grasslands bloomed.

Download or read book Prehistoric Mammals of Australia and New Guinea written by John A. Long and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diagrams showing skeletal features and tooth structure and a glossary of technical terms are included.

Download or read book The Fire Never Dies written by Richard Sterling and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these tales from a life on the road, a Vietnam vet and "adventure eater" takes the reader on a worldwide tour of culinary and lusty adventures deep into the heart of cultures, from Asia to Africa to North America.

Download or read book Myths of the Iroquois written by Erminnie A. Smith and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sparing Nature written by Jeffrey K. McKee and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2003-01-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are humans too good at adapting to the earth’s natural environment? Every day, there is a net gain of more than 200,000 people on the planet—that’s 146 a minute. Has our explosive population growth led to the mass extinction of countless species in the earth’s plant and animal communities? Jeffrey K. McKee contends yes. The more people there are, the more we push aside wild plants and animals. In Sparing Nature, he explores the cause-and-effect relationship between these two trends, demonstrating that nature is too sparing to accommodate both a richly diverse living world and a rapidly expanding number of people. The author probes the past to find that humans and their ancestors have had negative impacts on species biodiversity for nearly two million years, and that extinction rates have accelerated since the origins of agriculture. Today entire ecosystems are in peril due to the relentless growth of the human population. McKee gives a guided tour of the interconnections within the living world to reveal the meaning and value of biodiversity, making the maze of technical research and scientific debates accessible to the general reader. Because it is clear that conservation cannot be left to the whims of changing human priorities, McKee takes the unabashedly neo-Malthusian position that the most effective measure to save earth’s biodiversity is to slow the growth of human populations. By conscientiously becoming more responsible about our reproductive habits and our impact on other living beings, we can ensure that nature’s services will make our lives not only supportable, but also sustainable for this century and beyond.

Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Costa Rica written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The DK Eyewitness Costa Rica Travel Guide is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions on offer. The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel guide will help you to discover everything region-by-region; from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, whilst detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, bus or car. Plus, DK's excellent insider tips and essential local information will help you explore every corner of Costa Rica effortlessly. DK Eyewitness Costa Rica Travel Guide - showing you what others only tell you. Now available in PDF format.

Download or read book United States written by Robert Grayson and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore diverse landscapes, travel back in time, and discover unique populations, all without leaving your chair! Start your international tour in the United States, land of the Mississippi River, the Statue of Liberty, vast national parks, and so much more. This colorful, informative book introduces the United States' history, geography, culture, climate, government, economy, and other significant features. Sidebars, maps, fact pages, a glossary, a timeline, historic images and full-color photos, and well-placed graphs and charts enhance this engaging title. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Download or read book Long Ride To Serenity written by Harry Jay Thorn and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a range war, the story of a railroad right of way, of murder, greed and corruption littering the long dark trail from the East Coast of America, to south Texas. This is the story of the township of Serenity, and the people who live and die there. Above all it is the story of Louise Kettle a frontier woman and her love for the ageing gunfighter, a living legend, a man with a voice in the White House. He rides that long dark trail leading back from the hollows of western Kentucky, and on to the slaughterhouse they call Shiloh. He is the fastest gun south of the Picket wire, and always behind him is a stone cold killer on a mission from God. This is the story of the pistolero, shootist and gentleman, Rio Jack Fanning: the Undertaker....

Download or read book A Giant Dose of Gross written by Andy Seed and published by QEB Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature's most disgusting creatures take centre stage, in this humorous but enlightening collection of downright disgusting creatures. From puking vultures and farting goats to stinky opossums who pretend to be dead, this title will include disgusting facts exploring each animal's unusual skills and how they use them to survive. Humorous illustrations celebrating weird and wonderful creatures will delight any child with an interest in animals and nature, particularly those with a fondness for the grosser things in life.

Download or read book When Ice Threatened Living Things written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine vast, flowing, 10,000-foot-thick ice sheets covering much of the land. See huge, elephant-like wooly mammoths roaming the tundra. Picture hunting monstrously large mammals alongside the first humans to travel to a new land. This is not an imaginary world. This is our continent, North America, less than 100,000 years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events in North America; when much of the continent was still covered in ice, the last of the giant beasts roamed the land, and human beings expanded into new territories to bring the dawn of their (and our) new world.

Download or read book Australia s Southwest and Our Future written by Jan C. Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the role and importance of conservation through a study of the geological history of southwest Australia. The author is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, whose previous books include TEvolution in the Outback' and TFlower Power in the Australian Bush and Garden'.

Download or read book When Life Flourished in Ancient Seas written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series tells the incredible story of our planet, the formation of our continent, and the events and transformations that have brought the diversity of life that we enjoy today. Learn about the creatures that roamed the Earth millions of years ago. These titles, filled with vivid artwork, show readers which types of animals lived in prehistoric times and where.

Download or read book When Life Took Root on Land written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine giant trees over 100 feet tall covering the land. And monstrous salamanders, dragonflies as big as crows, and millipedes over 6 feet long. Picture abundant life everywhere, then witnessing the end of almost all living things. This is not a science-fiction story. This is the story of our planet, Earth, over 250 million years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events in what would become North America; when life on land multiplied, grew to giant proportions, and then suddenly disappeared in the largest extinction our world has ever known.

Download or read book When Land Sea and Life Began written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-11-23 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world with a thick stew of poisonous gases. A world so hot that metals and rock melt. There is no land, no water, no life. This is not Jupiter or Saturn. This is our planet, Earth, over 4 billion years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events on Earth; when the land and sea first formed, and the earliest life arrived.

Download or read book When Dinosaurs Ruled written by Jean F. Blashfield and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine a world with volcanoes erupting as a single supercontinent slowly breaks apart. Fierce creatures over 16 feet tall and 40 feet long with huge, sharp teeth. Flying reptiles with a 30-foot wingspan prowling the skies. This is not a nightmare vision. This is our planet, Earth, over 100 million years ago! Journey into the distant past with this book and witness the earliest events in what would become North America; when life flourished and the dinosaurs ruled the land, only to be wiped out when a meteorite from outer space exploded on Earth.

Download or read book Manzili s 7 Journeys written by Camilo Kareem Casey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stealthily, the jaguar boy crept from Umoja the banana tree and scoured the darkness of the hull of the boat in search of Yucca. He listened and looked for any sign of the monkey. Sniffing for his pet’s familiar scent, the jaguar boy turned his nose in every direction. He searched the food storage area, the sleeping quarters, in crevices, but no monkey—no meal! After eating the Olmec queen’s bananas (the only bananas in the western hemisphere), Manzili is sent on a journey to find another banana tree. The return of a banana tree and Manzili’s fates are intertwined. If he does not return with the banana tree before the New Year, he will be permanently transformed into a jaguar. This adventurous tale of this Olmec boy and his pet spider monkey takes you on an adventure around the world. Manzili has many encounters with strange animals and earthly elements and learns the importance of morals, values and principles of life. I hope this story will pique your interest in how so many things came to be and provoke you to ask questions, even questions to which the answers may not yet be known, questions to which you might one day find the answers! Get ready for intrigue and wonder in MANZILI’S 7 JOURNEYS!

Download or read book The Bare Bones written by Matthew F. Bonnan and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bonnan combines wit and passion with the sensibilities of a talented instructor in this encyclopedic tour of the vertebrate skeleton.” —Publishers Weekly What can we learn about the evolution of jaws from a pair of scissors? How does the flight of a tennis ball help explain how fish overcome drag? What do a spacesuit and a chicken egg have in common? Highlighting the fascinating twists and turns of evolution across more than 540 million years, paleobiologist Matthew Bonnan uses everyday objects to explain the emergence and adaptation of the vertebrate skeleton. What can camera lenses tell us about the eyes of marine reptiles? How does understanding what prevents a coffee mug from spilling help us understand the posture of dinosaurs? The answers to these and other intriguing questions illustrate how scientists have pieced together the history of vertebrates from their bare bones. With its engaging and informative text, plus more than 200 illustrative diagrams created by the author, The Bare Bones is an unconventional and reader-friendly introduction to the skeleton as an evolving machine. “No bones about it, a text like The Bare Bones was sorely needed in the popular literature of vertebrate paleontology. Matthew Bonnan’s tome on the evolution, form, and function of the vertebrate skeleton may seem daunting in size, but it is written in an enjoyable and readable fashion that will absolutely delight all sorts of readers from expert to soon-to-be-expert.” —Palaeontologia Electronica “A remarkably fun book to read . . . his conversational style and wit make this an unintimidating yet highly informative book that would work wonderfully in college courses.” —The Quarterly Review of Biology