Download or read book The Tiger written by John Vaillant and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's December 1997 and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. To their horrified astonishment it emerges that the attacks are not random: the tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured and starving, it must be found before it strikes again, and the story becomes a battle for survival between the two main characters: Yuri Trush, the lead tracker, and the tiger itself. As John Vaillant vividly recreates the extraordinary events of that winter, he also gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spectacularly beautiful region where plants and animals exist that are found nowhere else on earth, and where the once great Siberian Tiger - the largest of its species, which can weigh over 600 lbs at more than 10 feet long - ranges daily over vast territories of forest and mountain, its numbers diminished to a fraction of what they once were. We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived alongside tigers - even sharing their kills with them - in a natural balance. We witness the first arrival of settlers, soldiers and hunters in the tiger's territory in the 19th century and 20th century, many fleeing Stalinism. And we come to know the Russians of today - such as the poacher Vladimir Markov - who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching for the corrupt, high-paying Chinese markets. Throughout we encounter surprising theories of how humans and tigers may have evolved to coexist, how we may have developed as scavengers rather than hunters and how early Homo sapiens may have once fit seamlessly into the tiger's ecosystem. Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator, and the grave threat it faces as logging and poaching reduce its habitat and numbers - and force it to turn at bay. Beautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger is a gripping tale of man and nature in collision, that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the Siberian forest.

Download or read book Explorations written by Beth Alison Schultz Shook and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mystery of the White Lions written by Linda Tucker and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring firsthand account of one woman’s journey into African shamanism and the mysteries of the most sacred animal on the continent: the legendary White Lion In 1991, Linda Tucker was rescued from a pride of lions in the Timbavati game region by a medicine woman known as the “Lion Queen.” So began Linda’s lifelong journey into the wisdom and ceremonies of Old Africa, in which humans and lions are able to cross the species barrier. Such knowledge is in accordance with the most guarded secrets of Ancient Egypt and humankind’s greatest riddle, the Sphinx. Scientists in our day have established that humankind’s most significant evolutionary leap occurred as a result of our ancestors’ interaction with great cats. The White Lion is a genetic rarity within Panthera leo, and occurred in just one region on Earth: Timbavati. Today, White Lions form the center of the notorious “canned” trophy-hunting industry—hand-reared captive lions, shot in enclosures for gross sums of money. By contrast, shamans believe that killing a “lion sun god” is the ultimate sacrilege. How the human species treats such precious symbols of God in nature may determine how nature treats the human species. Whether we view them as prophetic “Lions of God” or simply as rare genetic mutations, the story of the White Lions is a true legend unfolding in our own extraordinary times. Inspiring, captivating, and thoroughly researched, Mystery of the White Lions is an unforgettable portrait of these magnificent beasts and of the overwhelming love that has driven Linda's every action to save them. “Through understanding the White Lion we will understand ourselves and our great role in the chain of being.” —Deepak Chopra

Download or read book Reading Informational Text Grade 3 Teacher Resource written by Evan-Moor Corporation and published by Reading Informational Text. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "10 units + bonus unit; 5 text structures; Content & academic vocabulary, text analysis, close reading; Leveled text: science, social studies, biography, how-to; Text-based writing prompts"--Page 1 of cover.

Download or read book Action to Language via the Mirror Neuron System written by Michael A. Arbib and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-09-07 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, internationally recognised experts from child development, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, primatology and robotics discuss the role of the mirror neuron system for the recognition of hand actions and the evolutionary basis for the brain mechanisms that support language.

Download or read book The Jaguar written by Rafael Hoogesteijn and published by . This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lady of the Lotus Born written by Gyalwa Changchub and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2002-02-12 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Tibetan to attain complete enlightenment was in all probability the woman Yeshe Tsogyal, the closest disciple of Padmasambhava, the master who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the eighth century. This classical text is not only a biography but also an inspiring example of how the Buddha's teaching can be put into practice. Lady of the Lotus-Born interweaves profound Buddhist teachings with a colorful narrative that includes episodes of adventure, court intrigue, and personal searching. The book will appeal to students of Tibetan Buddhism and readers interested in the role of women in Buddhism and world religions.

Download or read book Obiter Dicta written by Erick Verran and published by punctum books. This book was released on 2021-10-14 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stitched together over five years of journaling, Obiter Dicta is a commonplace book of freewheeling explorations representing the transcription of a dozen notebooks, since painstakingly reimagined for publication. Organized after Theodor Adorno's Minima Moralia, this unschooled exercise in aesthetic thought--gleefully dilettantish, oftentimes dangerously close to the epigrammatic--interrogates an array of subject matter (although inescapably circling back to the curiously resemblant histories of Western visual art and instrumental music) through the lens of drive-by speculation. Erick Verran's approach to philosophical inquiry follows the brute-force literary technique of Jacques Derrida to exhaustively favor the material grammar of a signifier over hand-me-down meaning, juxtaposing outer semblances with their buried systems and our etched-in-stone intuitions about color and illusion, shape and value, with lessons stolen from seemingly unrelatable disciplines. Interlarded with extracts of Ludwig Wittgenstein but also Wallace Stevens, Cormac McCarthy as well as Roland Barthes, this cache of incidental remarks eschews what's granular for the biggest picture available, leaving below the hyper-specialized fields of academia for a bird's-eye view of their crop circles. Obiter Dicta is an unapologetic experiment in intellectual dot-connecting that challenges much long-standing wisdom about everything from illuminated manuscripts to Minecraft and the evolution of European music with lyrical brevity; that is, before jumping to the next topic.

Download or read book Was Man More Aquatic in the Past Fifty Years After Alister Hardy Waterside Hypotheses of Human Evolution written by Mario Vaneechoutte and published by Bentham Science Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book starts from the observation that humans are very different from the other primates. Why are we naked? Why do we speak? Why do we walk upright? Fifty years ago, in 1960, marine biologist Sir Alister Hardy tried to answer this when he announced his so-called aquatic hypothesis: human ancestors did not live in dry savannahs as traditional anthropology assumes, but have adapted to live at the edge between land and water, gathering both terrestrial and aquatic foods. This eBook is an up-to-date collection of the views of the most important protagonists of this long-neglected theory of huma.

Download or read book Gateways to Art written by Debra J. DeWitte and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flexible organization, inclusive illustration program, expanded media resources.

Download or read book Ultimate Exakta Repair a CLA and New Curtains for Your Camera written by Miles Upton and published by . This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete and thorough DIY repair manual for Exakta VX and VXIIa cameras. The step-by-step instructions combined with excellent photographt allow a high rate of success. Much of the information specific to these models has never been published!

Download or read book Zen Doodle Coloring Book written by Kristy Conlin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relax and restore with Zen Doodle coloring pages! Some days you just need a break. A break from the stresses of everyday life. From the million little tasks and responsibilities that crowd your to-do list. A break from the world around you and its 24-hour news cycle. You know what you need? You need "Me Time." Remember when you were a child and you got deeply, intensely focused on coloring in your coloring books? Well, relive that feeling again with this coloring book for adults. This book is built of lovely Zentangle-inspired art, and coloring in these inspiring and unique designs will definitely help you relax and meditate. You'll clear your mind, you'll have fun, and you might even have a pretty piece of art to frame when you're finished! • More than 100 Zen Doodle illustrations selected from some of our bestselling titles, including Zentangle Untangled, Zen Doodle and Creative Tangle • Illustration themes include geometrics, organic shapes, animals, florals, letterforms, and more • Can be colored with colored pencils, artists' markers, watercolor pencils, crayons, pastels or even watercolors Enjoy the simple things!

Download or read book Little Cat and the Big Red Bus written by Jane Godwin and published by Picture Puffin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The bus went over and the bus went around. The bus went up and the bus went down. ' Winter and summer Little Cat goes to school on the big red bus with her big sister. But one day, Little Cat's big sister is sick and Little Cat must go to school on her own. Unfortunately, on the way back home, Little Cat falls asleep on the bus and no one notices. When she wakes up the bus is empty and it's dark outside. As soon as the bus driver realises what has happened, he sits her in the very special spot up the front of the bus and takes Little Cat home.

Download or read book Rare Posters written by Jack Rennert and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vente du 6 mai 2012 proposant un large éventail d'affiches internationales sur des thèmatiques variées : automobile, aviation, tennis...

Download or read book Detailed Animal Sketches 3 written by Tim Jeffs and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-07 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detailed Animal Sketches 3 is a grayscale coloring book of animal drawings. This is a collection of 25 black and white animal drawings of mine. I have a passion for drawing animals and they fill the pages of my sketchbooks. I hope you enjoy coloring these animal sketches as much as I had drawing them. And I know that with your colors, you will bring them to life! Have fun! Included in the book are coloring pages of the following animals: African wild dog - Anglefish - Cassowary - Cheetah - Chimpanzee - White-tailed deer - Common dolphins - Steppe eagle - Asian elephant - Gila monster - Knobbed hornbill - Greater kudu - Lioness - Blue morpho - Tiny owl - Cottontail rabbit - Rosette spoonbill - Sand tiger shark - Scorpion - Siberian tiger - Cane toad - Wild turkey - Griffon vulture - Walrus - Timber wolf

Download or read book P is for Parrot written by DK and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn storytime into a fun learning experience with this charming alphabet book about parrots! Introduce your little one to pretty parrots! This gorgeously illustrated children’s book teaches kids parrot-related first words beginning with the letter P. Spend the day with beautiful, vividly colored parrots! The friendly, read-aloud text and exciting illustrations will capture the attention of young nature-lovers in no time! Babies and toddlers will love learning new words about parrots while practicing their P letter sound. This baby book is ideal for promoting early learning and language development. P is for perch! Did you know that parrots perch on branches by gripping their curly claws tight? Packed with bright pictures and short text, this engaging animal book provides curious kids with lots to talk about and look at! Explore the Playful World of Parrots Prepare your child for the magic of reading! Filled with simple, fun facts, P is for Parrot is the perfect ABC book for toddlers aged 0-3 years. They’ll learn what sounds parrots make, what colors their feathers come in, and what plants they eat. It’s a must-have for every young child’s library! Complete the Series: Introduce little ones to the ABCs of the animal kingdom with DK’s brand new, beautifully illustrated alphabet series. From P is for Parrot and R is for Rabbit all the way up to F is for Fox and J is for Jaguar, these baby board books are perfect for parents wanting to support young children’s interest in nature, animals, and the alphabet.

Download or read book Zoo looking written by Mem Fox and published by . This book was released on 1986-05 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story describing Effie's day at the zoo and what each animal did when she looked at it.