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Author: Robert Low
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2011-02-17
Total Pages: 39
ISBN-13: 0007370415
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDISCOVER SOMETHING NEW WITH THIS LIMITED-TIME DISCOUNT ON BOOK ONE OF THE SERIES. The first in the Oathsworn series, charting the adventures of a band of Vikings on the chase for the secret hoard of Attila the Hun.
Author: D. K. McCutchen
Publisher: Jackleg Press
Published: 2023-10-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781956907018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1992, ten years after whaling was banned (in the South Pacific), a scientific expedition set off from Tahiti to New Zealand, following the 'whale road.' Deborah McCutchen joined the crew as a nanny for the two children of the captain and his wife. The Whale Road is a montage of snapshots layered in a colorful album of words. There are diary excerpts and ship's log entries; there is myth, story, and fascinating facts about whales. McCutchen strikes a fine balance between lyricism and musing on the one hand and action and anecdote on the other. The natural world is illuminated with a sense of magic and awe in a style akin to Annie Dillard's. Without being preachy, this book is a plea for the conservation of whales and other creatures and a lament for human interference in nature. -The New Zealand Herald
Author: Sarah J. Sloat
Publisher: Sarabande Books
Published: 2020-09-15
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 1946448656
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVisually arresting and utterly one-of-a-kind, Sarah J. Sloat's Hotel Almighty is a book-length erasure of Misery by Stephen King, a reimagining of the novel's themes of constraint and possibility in elliptical, enigmatic poems. Here, "joy would crawl over broken glass, if that was the way." Here, sleep is “a circle whose diameter might be small," a circle "pitifully small," a "wrecked and empty hypothetical circle." Paired with Sloat's stunning mixed-media collage, each poem is a miniature canvas, a brief associative profile of the psyche—its foibles, obsessions, and delights.
Author: David Clark
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019-11-29
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1527544060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis collection explores Beowulf’s extensive impact on contemporary culture across a wide range of forms. The last 15 years have seen an intensification of scholarly interest in medievalism and reimaginings of the Middle Ages. However, in spite of the growing prominence of medievalism both in academic discourse and popular culture—and in spite of the position Beowulf itself holds in both areas—no study such as this has yet been undertaken. Beowulf in Contemporary Culture therefore makes a significant contribution both to early medieval studies and to our understanding of Beowulf’s continuing cultural impact. It should inspire further research into this topic and medievalist responses to other aspects of early medieval culture. Topics covered here range from film and television to video games, graphic novels, children’s literature, translations, and versions, along with original responses published here for the first time. The collection not only provides an overview of the positions Beowulf holds in the contemporary imagination, but also demonstrates the range of avenues yet to be explored, or even fully acknowledged, in the study of medievalism.
Author: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Publisher: IUCN
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9782880329365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alexandra Morton
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Published: 2022-09-06
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0735279683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNATIONAL BESTSELLER Alexandra Morton has been called "the Jane Goodall of Canada" because of her passionate thirty-year fight to save British Columbia's wild salmon. Her account of that fight is both inspiring in its own right and a roadmap of resistance. Alexandra Morton came north from California in the early 1980s, following her first love—the northern resident orca. Then, in 1989, industrial aquaculture moved into the region, chasing the whales away. Soon Alex had shifted her scientific focus to documenting the infectious diseases and parasites that pour from the ocean farm pens of Atlantic salmon into the migration routes of wild Pacific salmon, and then to proving their disastrous impact on wild salmon and the entire ecosystem of the coast. Alex stood against the farms, first representing her community, then alone, and at last as part of an uprising in which ancient Indigenous governance resisted a province and a country that wouldn't obey their own court rulings. She has used her science, many acts of protest and the legal system in her unrelenting efforts to save wild salmon and ultimately the whales—a story that reveals her own perseverance and bravery, but also shines a bright light on the ways other humans doggedly resist the truth. Here, she brilliantly calls those humans to account for the sake of us all.
Author: Tim Hodkinson
Publisher: Aries Book
Published: 2021-09-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1800246439
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIceland, AD 936: A warrior son avenges his mother.
Author: Charles Siebert
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2011-05
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 145210574X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Secret World of Whales takes readers deep into the history of human encounters with whales. In conjunction with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Charles Siebert illuminates the latest research on these gentle giants. Readers will discover scientific findings that suggest that the human brain and the whale brain are surprisingly similar. They will dive into stories from fiction and legend, as well as real-life tales of ships raised in the air on the back of a whale. With masterful storytelling and impressive photographs, this comprehensive book brings new light to the mysterious underwater world of whales.
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Published: 2004
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John D Niles
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780393330106
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnhancing Heaneys masterful bestselling translation of this classic Old English poem, Niless illustrations help modern-day readers visualize the story by bringing it to life.
