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'Elephants Are Not Picked from Trees'

Liv Emma Thorsen
Elephants Are Not Picked from Trees Book PDF

Author : Liv Emma Thorsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788771840827

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"Elephants are not picked from trees" are the words of Swedish taxidermist and conservator David Sjolander, spoken while he was in Angola looking for a fine bull elephant specimen in the autumn of 1948. At the age of 62 Sjolander was to satisfy his life's dream of shooting the elephant he for so long had wished to prepare and exhibit. The African elephant was to be the main attraction in the Mammal Room of the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History. Liv Emma Thorsen, professor of cultural history, has reconstructed the collection history of four mammals exhibited in the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History that attracted much attention when they were displayed to the public for the first time: The elephant, gorilla, Tonkean macaque and walrus. The book examines how the museum acquired animals for its exhibits from 1906 to 1948, and how living animal bodies became museum exhibits. Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for writing the cultural history of animals, and that the museums of natural history display a nature that is historically, socially and culturally construed.

Elephants are Not Picked from Trees

Liv Emma Thorsen
Elephants are Not Picked from Trees Book PDF

Author : Liv Emma Thorsen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8771242120

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Elephants are Not Picked from Trees by Liv Emma Thorsen Pdf

"Elephants are not picked from trees" are the words of Swedish taxidermist and conservator David Sjolander, spoken while he was in Angola looking for a fine bull elephant specimen in the autumn of 1948. At the age of 62 Sjolander was to satisfy his life's dream of shooting the elephant he for so long had wished to prepare and exhibit. The African elephant was to be the main attraction in the Mammal Room of the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History. Liv Emma Thorsen, professor of cultural history, has reconstructed the collection history of four mammals exhibited in the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History that attracted much attention when they were displayed to the public for the first time: The elephant, gorilla, Tonkean macaque and walrus. The book examines how the museum acquired animals for its exhibits from 1906 to 1948, and how living animal bodies became museum exhibits. Using photographs and documents from the Gothenburg Museum of Natural History, the book shows that these museums are in possession of valuable material for writing the cultural history of animals, and that the museums of natural history display a nature that is historically, socially and culturally construed.

Elephants Do Not Belong in Trees

Russ Willms
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Author : Russ Willms
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1459825993

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In this delightful picture book an elephant takes up roost in a tree, upsetting the other animals living there. But the elephant helps save the day when a bulldozer comes along to chop the tree down.

The Elephant Tree

Penny Dale
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Author : Penny Dale
Publisher : G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0399222820

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A search for the elephant tree among the jungle animals and their trees brings no results, so an elephant tree is made.

Taming My Elephant

Amulungu, Tshiwa Trudie
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Author : Amulungu, Tshiwa Trudie
Publisher : University of Namibia Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789991642185

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In Oshiwambo, the elephant is likened to the most challenging situation that people can face. If an elephant appears in the morning, all planned activities are put on hold and the villagers join forces to deal with it. For Tshiwa Trudie Amulungu, the elephant showed up on many mornings and she had no choice but to tame it. Growing up in a traditional household in northern Namibia, and moving to a Catholic school, Amulungu’s life started within a very ordered framework. Then one night in 1977 she crossed the border into Angola with her schoolmates and joined the liberation movement. Four months later she was studying at the UN Institute for Namibia in Lusaka Zambia, later going on to study in France. Amulungu recounts the cultural shocks and huge discoveries she made along her journey with honesty, emotion and humour. She draws the reader into her experiences through a close portrayal of life, friends and community in the different places where she lived and studied in exile. This is a compelling story of survival, longing for home, fear of the return, and overcoming adversity in strange environments. It is also a love story that brought two families and cultures together.

Every Home Needs an Elephant

Jane Heinrichs
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Author : Jane Heinrichs
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781459824324

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Every Home Needs an Elephant by Jane Heinrichs Pdf

One hot summer’s day nine-year-old Sarah goes to the grocery store...and comes home with an elephant. Sarah's new elephant is not without its challenges, he has trouble fitting through doorways, knocks over everything in sight, is allergic to the neighbor’s cat and cowers at the sight of a mouse. But he also has a knack for arranging flowers and keeping Sarah company. And it’s because of the elephant that Sarah meets her new next-door neighbor and makes her first real friend. It's because of the elephant that Sarah's mother starts spending more time with her. In fact, despite the destruction, just about everything good that happens is because of the elephant. It turns out that every home, and every nine-year-old girl, does need an elephant. A story about friendship, adventure, and never being afraid to be yourself, this hybrid graphic novel is the perfect introduction to chapter books for all the young animal-lovers in your life.

The Living Elephants

Raman Sukumar
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Author : Raman Sukumar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0195107780

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From the ancient origins of the proboscideans to the crisis of the living elephants, this book synthesizes the behavior, ecology and conservation of elephants, while covering also the history of human interactions with elephants. It is useful for biologists, field ecologists, wildlife administrators, historians, and conservationists.

The Elephant Gates

Chamalee Namal Weeratunge
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Author : Chamalee Namal Weeratunge
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781632990020

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The Elephant Gates by Chamalee Namal Weeratunge Pdf

The Elephant Gates is a recollection of the simple pleasures of childhood caught up in an inevitable tide of change. With vivid and touching detail, it recalls Weeratunge’s life, home, and family in her native village of Depanama on the island of Sri Lanka. Weeratunge’s memories reveal a yearning for past times when traditions like celebrating the New Year or a Full Moon Day, still endured. Her poignant reminiscences evoke compassion for a misunderstood vagrant and a captive elephant, and curiosity for the appearance of the Pot-Bellied Merchant and Uncle Robert the Capitalist. She celebrates everyday heroes like the Coconut-Plucker, the Cook of Sweet Meats, and the Buffalo-Herdsman. With delicate diplomacy, cultural change is signaled by events such as the abandoning of the firewood hearth and the arrival of the television. These intricately woven stories are told with an engaging voice and graceful prose. Time, as it often does, has softened the edges and imparted a gentle humor in each vignette, whether in describing a rice harvest or sharing a game of checkers on the veranda. Ultimately, The Elephant Gates reaffirms our innate affinity for home, family, and the need to belong.

The Drunken Botanist

Amy Stewart
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Author : Amy Stewart
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-19
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616201043

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The New York Times-bestselling guide to botany and booze celebrates its 10th anniversary with an updated edition─now including a guide to planting your very own cocktail garden to go with more than fifty drink recipes. This fascinating, go-to text about the plants that make our drinks is the ideal gift book for every cocktail aficionado, the perfect drinks book for every plant-lover. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley, tequila from agave, rum from sugarcane, bourbon from corn. Thirsty yet? In The Drunken Botanist, Amy Stewart explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries. Of all the extraordinary and obscure plants that have been fermented and distilled, a few are dangerous, some are downright bizarre, and one is as ancient as dinosaurs—but each represents a unique cultural contribution to our global drinking traditions and our history. This charming concoction of biology, chemistry, history, etymology, and mixology—with delightful drawings, tasty cocktail recipes, and fun factoids throughout—will make you the most popular guest at any cocktail party. “A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants.”—NPR's Morning Edition “Amy Stewart has a way of making gardening seem exciting, even a little dangerous.” —The New York Times

The Elephant Tree

R D Ronald
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Author : R D Ronald
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781848769533

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A jagged series of events written with gritty realism. The Elephant Tree transcends stereotypes and challenges the reader’s sense of morality, with shocking plot twists and vivid characters.

Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories

Herbert Ernest Bates
Elephant s Nest in a Rhubarb Tree Other Stories Book PDF

Author : Herbert Ernest Bates
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 081121088X

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Elephant's Nest in a Rhubarb Tree & Other Stories by Herbert Ernest Bates Pdf

Readers who have discovered the delights of the British master storyteller H.E. Bates will welcome this third collection. Gathered here are twenty stories written between 1938 and 1964 which are gems of human observation.

Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings

C. H. Stigand
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Author : C. H. Stigand
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781447488804

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Hunting the Elephant in Africa and Other Recollections of Thirteen Years' Wanderings by C. H. Stigand Pdf

The book contains the recollections of one of the most noted big game hunters and explorers of Africa originally published in 1913. The book will appeal to every lover of wilderness adventure and every person who values the observations of an excellent field naturalist. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original artwork and text.

Umboo, the Elephant

Howard Roger Garis
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Author : Howard Roger Garis
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547643043

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"Umboo, the Elephant" by Howard Roger Garis. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Keeping All the Pieces

Whit Gibbons
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Author : Whit Gibbons
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820332482

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With scholarly expertise and infectious enthusiasm, Whit Gibbons explores the many pieces that support our natural environment. Whether describing caterpillar disguises, fish that produce antifreeze, the mutual reliance of rhinoceroses and Trewia trees, or the origins of tumbleweed, he affirms the delicate and intricate biological relationships between species and encourages a deeper knowledge of our natural world. In these essays Gibbons celebrates the beauty of biodiversity and laments the tragedy of “ecovoids,” a term he coined to describe missing components of our environment that we wish were still present but can never be replaced.

The Elephant and the Tree

Jin Pyn Lee
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Author : Jin Pyn Lee
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0762435321

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Originally published in Singapore as part of the First-Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative, The Elephant and the Tree became an instant success, selling out its entire print run. Distinctly illustrated in black and green and orchestrated to a tuneful rhythm, this little picture book about the enduring friendship between an Asian Elephant and a tree promote friendship, conservationism, and ecological awareness. Not since The Giving Tree or Owen and Mzee has such a simple and heartwarming tale been crafted to teach young readers about the power of friendship, adventure, and discovery. The Elephant and the Tree is sure to become a classic beloved by generations of readers, inspiring loyalty and love, as well as encouraging children to think for themselves. A modern-day tale of friendship, this story is unique and not to be missed! The Elephant and the Tree is made with recycled materials.