Endangered Beauty
Author: Carol Freeman
Publisher:
Published: 2019-10-06
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780970442512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBook about photographing Illinois endangered species.
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Author: Joel Sartore
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 1426205759
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSartore and National Geographic present 80 iconic images, representing a lifelong commitment to the natural world and a three-year investigation into the Endangered Species Act along with the creatures it exists to protect.
Can We Save the Tiger?
Author: Martin Jenkins
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2020-12-01
Total Pages: 56
ISBN-13: 1536220965
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A stunningly beautiful book as well as an eloquent appeal and a consciousness raiser.” — The Horn Book Tigers, ground iguanas, partula snails, and even white-rumped vultures are in danger of disappearing altogether. Using the experiences of a few endangered species as examples, Martin Jenkins highlights the ways human behavior can either threaten or conserve the amazing animals that share our planet. Vicky White’s stunning portraits of rare creatures offer a glimpse of nature’s grace and beauty — and give us a powerful reason to preserve it.
Endangered
Author: Shaun Kelsey
Publisher: Shaun Kelsey
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 1419621971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTours visit the great Zoo of Belletrix every year and see with wonder the endangered animals of many worlds. A huge stellar event causes one to crash and the passengers and crew must find a way to adapt or succumb to their Endangered status.
Malawi
Author: Philip Briggs
Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781841621708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA guide for visitors to Malawi. It provide readers with advice on planning their itinerary, wildlife and bird species identification, conservation areas, national parks and a history of the country.
Endangered and Threatened Species Recovery Program
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisappearing Acts
Author: Isabella Bunnell
Publisher: Cicada
Published: 2021-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781908714985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this beautiful search-and-find book, readers are invited to find a variety of endangered animals within their habitats. Densely detailed landscapes of a rainforest, coral reef, mountains and skies are harbouring within them numbats, and snow leopards and mountain gorillas. Isabella Bunnell's glorious watercolours makes the job of scouring the images even more fun. At the back of the book a glossary lends an additional educational element, describing each species in detail and explaining why they are endangered. In these urgent times, awareness of the rich bio-diversity of our planet has never been more vital. This is a great way of getting children as young as three engaging with environmental issues. Reviews: Vibrantly illustrated, this is an important book that all children should read...books like these raise awareness in the people we need to educate the most--the children who will inherit the perilous habitats we are leaving behind. -- Kids Book Review This most stunning search-and-find book of endangered animals is a complete gem -- Picturebooks Blogger A beautiful way to introduce children to the concept of habitats as well as the importance of a balanced ecosystem. -- School Library Journal
Beauty
Author: Dave Beech
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 246
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . Beauty is among the most hotly contested subjects in current discussions on art and culture. After decades of disavowal, beauty's resurgence in recent art has engaged some of the most influential artists and writers. Spanning diverse positions, this anthology assembles the key texts on the cultural politics of this recent phenomenon, as well as contextualizing these debates - both for and against - in artistic practice and the broader history of aesthetics. Artists surveyed include: Vito Acconci, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Gustave Courbet, Marcel Duchamp, Marlene Dumas, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Adolph Gottlieb, Hans Hofmann, Gary Hume, Asger Jorn, Alex Katz, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Kosuth, Paul McCarthy, Edouard Manet, Robert Mapplethorpe, Agnes Martin, Robert Morris, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Robert Smithson, Nancy Spero, Frank Stella, Clyfford Still and Andy Warhol. Writers include: Theodor Adorno, Alexander Alberro, Rasheed Araeen, Art & Language, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, T. J. Clark, Mark Cousins, Arthur C. Danto, Jacques Derrida, Thierry de Duve, Fredric Jameson, Christoph Grunenberg, Dave Hickey, Suzanne Perling Hudson, Caroline A. Jones, John Roberts, Elaine Scarry, Wendy Steiner and Paul Wood.
Representing Blackness
Author: Valerie Smith
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780813523149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe essays in this collection provide a variety of perspectives on black representation and questions of racial authenticity in mainstream as well as African American independent cinema. This volume includes seminal essays on racial stereotypes, trenchant critiques of that discourse, original essays on important directors such as Haile Gerima and Charles Burnett, and an insightful discussion of black, gay and lesbian film and video. The contributors include Donald Bogle, Thomas Cripps, Jane Gaines, Nathan Grant, Stuart Hall, Tommy L. Lott, Wahneema Lubiano, Mike Murashige, Valerie Smith, James Snead, and David Van Leer. Valerie Smith is a professor of English at UCLA. She is the author of Self-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative and editor of New Essays on Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon." A volume in the Depth of Field Series, edited by Charles Affron, Mirella Jona Affron, and Robert Lyons.
Bunk
Author: Kevin Young
Publisher:
Published: 2017-11-14
Total Pages: 575
ISBN-13: 155597791X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of the hoax as a distinct American phenomenon, exploring the roles of stereotype, suspicion, and racism as factors that have shaped fraudulent activities from the heyday of P.T. Barnum through the "fake news" activities of Donald Trump.
