Meet the heroine everyone's talking about . . . Fiercely resilient and impeccably dressed, Veronica McCreedy has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea. But Veronica has recently discovered a late-life love for family and friendship, adventure and wildlife. More specifically, a love for penguins! And so when she's invited to co-present a wildlife documentary, far away in the southern hemisphere, she jumps at the chance. Even though it will put her in the spotlight, just when she thought she would soon fade into the wings. Perhaps it's never too late to shine?
Penguins are aquatic, flightless birds, which live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere. Antarctica, where a few species can be found, shows that these fascinating birds are highly adapted for life in the water. The majority of species are found in the temperate zone, and the Galapagos live close to the equator. Rather than wings, penguins have evolved dark flippers, which match their outer body color and complement their white plumage to the front. They are expert “fishermen” who feed on fish, squid, krill, and other sea creatures while they swim underwater. About half their time is spent in the sea, while the other half is spent on land. The Emperor penguin is the largest species and can grow to around 1.1m or 3 feet 11 inches. The Little Blue is the smallest penguin and is sometimes known as the Fairy penguin, measuring up to 40cm or 16 inches. The larger species tend to inhabit colder regions and the smallest are found in temperate regions. This book explores the world of penguins from their evolution and habitats to their feeding and breeding patterns and their long-term survival and conservation.
A husband and wife travel the globe to see all 18 penguin species in this “celebration of these delightful birds and a call for their conversation” that offers “joy, love, and hope for penguins and the world” (Dr. Jane Goodall). Every Penguin in the World tracks author-photographer Charles Bergman’s forays around the southern hemisphere—from the Galapagos to South Africa to the Antarctic—in his quest to see all 18 species of penguins in the world. The sections of the book are organized around themes of adventure, science and conservation, and pilgrimage—in which stories of each penguin species will be touched upon. This endearing and thought-provoking book beautifully combines narrative and photography to capture the plight and the experience of penguins worldwide. The author and his wife developed a passion after seeing their first penguin species and have since spent years traveling far and wide to see each variety of penguin in its natural habitat. Both a love letter and a call to action, Every Penguin in the World is a joyful ode to adventure, conservation, and the beautiful penguins that capture our hearts. “It's SO good! [...] Chuck Bergman’s writing, photography, and vulnerability is so kick-ass!” —Brené Brown, New York Times–bestselling author of Dare to Lead
This book looks at the penguins - an enduringly popular and fascinating group of birds. Penguins are associated in the public consciousness with the icecap of the south pole, and we are all familiar with images of male Emperor Penguins clustered together through the long night of the Antarctic winter as they incubate the single egg on their feet. However, several species occur in warmer regions further north, in southern Africa, South America, Australia, New Zealand and even the Galapagos. All are flightless but are beautifully adapted swimmers and divers, and many are able to travel at high speeds on dry land by means of spectacular leaps and belly-slides. Most species breed in close-knit colonies and exhibit a complex system of social behaviour. This book looks at all aspects of penguin evolution, biology, ecology and sociobiology, as well as conservation issues affecting the group. It is illustrated with line drawings and black and white photographs, and has a full-colour photographic section.
When Penguins Fly: An Ascension Enhancement Project By: Andrew Patrick Craig My full name is Andrew Patrick Timothy Michael Craig. My Pops gave me that name, but he told me he never intended to. It is a heck of a name: Catholic Saints, an Apostle, and an Archangel. It also has very powerful and symmetrical numerology, packed with master numbers: 29/11(twice), 33(twice), 38/11, and 162/99. The consonants even produce two master numbers: 22 and 99. My birthday is yet another master number, 33/6. Altogether that is three 11’s (spiritual messenger), one 22 (manifestation), three 33’s (compassion consciousness), and two 99’s (enlightenment). Lastly, it takes 99 years from the date of my birth before my birth month and day, 9/18, connect with a year that will again produce a 33/6. Rare in every way. My pops had Master’s degrees in Mathematics and Chemical Engineering, but also a personality disorder, and I was severely beaten and belittled most of my first 20 years. In my second 20 years I thought I overcame the trauma: undergraduate and graduate degrees with honors; marriage; and a job as the “numbers” man on hostile takeover transactions which would equate to the recapitalization of around a half trillion dollars of assets using current stock market levels. My wife, however, went off the ranch while I was doing that, leaving me back at square one, beaten and belittled as worthless. I turned to Higher Spiritualism for an answer, and it turns out I came to the planet to live exactly this life, to overcome it, and to help others do the same. In two generations, we will likely have 25 billion people on the planet, leading to catastrophic collapse. If so, only higher order consciousness can alter that outcome. Sex, money, and power consciousness can not. I would be honored if you would read my book and get in the game.
Stalking academia, re-ordering double printsand rewriting the autobiography of Buster Keaton, Clinton's hapless and sophomoric intellectual narrator offers his poignant and funny insights on modern-day culture in a series of slapstick misadventures.
The dapper staff of The Watering Hole are always eager to serve their clientele with grace and charm. But little do the patrons know that these handsome gents are actually penguins in disguise! The sharply dressed flightless birds love all that the human world offers, but as the saying goes: “You can take the penguin out of the Antarctic, but you can’t take the Antarctic out of the penguin!”* *Not all penguins come from the Antarctic.**** Yes, this actually matters in the world of Penguin Gentlemen.
Chart a path to power -- Weigh costs and benefits -- Assess thy rivals -- Watch and be watched -- Build alliances -- Cement the hold -- Survive the battles -- Rise and fall.
