Killer Whale Blues

Author : Mark Conkling
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611392241

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Killer Whale Blues by Mark Conkling Pdf

Ida Corley, a troubled thirty-six year old nurse from Albuquerque is searching for her unknown half-brother, a sibling she discovered by reading an old letter in her deceased mother’s personal effects. On her deathbed, Ida’s mother had confessed a teenage abortion, but the letter reveals a different past, a secret that unhinged Ida and drove her on a quest to find him. Her journey takes her to Victoria, Canada where she goes on a whale watching tour and becomes bewildered by a close encounter with a killer whale. He captures her eye with his own eerie whale eye, luring Ida into new spiritual territory and the mystery of interspecies communication. Ida searches the Inside Passage where killer whales act as guides, save her life, open windows into the natural world, and reach deep into her soul. It is as if these powerful mammals carried Ida up to the heart of Mother Nature, showed her the stars, and then returned her to a new life. Ida had set out to find her half-brother, but ended up finding herself. Ida Corley first appeared as a character in Prairie Dog Blues, and surfaced again as Danny Sandoval’s lover in Dog Shelter Blues, both from Sunstone Press. Along with Killer Whale Blues, the three novels explore the power of nature and living creatures to transform broken peoples’ lives.

Author : Mark Conkling
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780865349810

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Killer Whale Blues by Mark Conkling Pdf

Ida Corley, a troubled thirty-six year old nurse from Albuquerque is searching for her unknown half-brother, a sibling she discovered by reading an old letter in her deceased mother’s personal effects. On her deathbed, Ida’s mother had confessed a teenage abortion, but the letter reveals a different past, a secret that unhinged Ida and drove her on a quest to find him. Her journey takes her to Victoria, Canada where she goes on a whale watching tour and becomes bewildered by a close encounter with a killer whale. He captures her eye with his own eerie whale eye, luring Ida into new spiritual territory and the mystery of interspecies communication. Ida searches the Inside Passage where killer whales act as guides, save her life, open windows into the natural world, and reach deep into her soul. It is as if these powerful mammals carried Ida up to the heart of Mother Nature, showed her the stars, and then returned her to a new life. Ida had set out to find her half-brother, but ended up finding herself. Ida Corley first appeared as a character in Prairie Dog Blues, and surfaced again as Danny Sandoval’s lover in Dog Shelter Blues, both from Sunstone Press. Along with Killer Whale Blues, the three novels explore the power of nature and living creatures to transform broken peoples’ lives.

Author : Mark Conkling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 163293468X

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Killer Whale Blues by Mark Conkling Pdf

Ida Corley, a troubled thirty-six year old nurse from Albuquerque is searching for her unknown half-brother, a sibling she discovered by reading an old letter in her deceased mother's personal effects. On her deathbed, Ida's mother had confessed a teenage abortion, but the letter reveals a different past, a secret that unhinged Ida and drove her on a quest to find him. Her journey takes her to Victoria, Canada where she goes on a whale watching tour and becomes bewildered by a close encounter with a killer whale. He captures her eye with his own eerie whale eye, luring Ida into new spiritual territory and the mystery of interspecies communication. Ida searches the Inside Passage where killer whales act as guides, save her life, open windows into the natural world, and reach deep into her soul. It is as if these powerful mammals carried Ida up to the heart of Mother Nature, showed her the stars, and then returned her to a new life. Ida had set out to find her half-brother, but ended up finding herself. Ida Corley first appeared as a character in "Prairie Dog Blues," and surfaced again as Danny Sandoval's lover in "Dog Shelter Blues," both from Sunstone Press. Along with "Killer Whale Blues," the three novels explore the power of nature and living creatures to transform broken peoples' lives. Mark Conkling's latest novel in this series is "Honey Bee Blues."

Author : Dawn Bluemel Oldfield
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781936087921

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Killer Whale by Dawn Bluemel Oldfield Pdf

Describes the anatomical features that make the killer whale one of the fastest animals in the water, includes fascinating facts about its habits and behavior, and compares its speed to that of other animals.

Author : Mark Leiren-Young
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781771641944

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The Killer Whale Who Changed the World by Mark Leiren-Young Pdf

The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale — a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll — as the whale became known — was an instant celebrity, drawing 20,000 visitors on the one and only day he was exhibited. He died within a few months, but his famous gentleness sparked a worldwide crusade that transformed how people understood and appreciated orcas. Because of Moby Doll, we stopped fearing “killers” and grew to love and respect “orcas.”

Author : Erich Hoyt
Publisher : Firefly Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770854123

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Orca by Erich Hoyt Pdf

"Hoyt's passionate sense of kinship with orca makes his account effective as both a science and literature. He has chronicled his adventures and discoveries ...with grace, insight, wit--and a comprehensiveness that might satisfy even Herman Melville." (Discover Magazine) Star performers in aquariums and marine parks, killer whales were once considered to be too dangerous to approach in the wild. Erich Hoyt and his colleagues spent seven summers following these intelligent and playful creatures in the waters off northern Vancouver Island, intent on dispelling the killer myth. Orca: The Whale Called Killer is Hoyt's exciting account of those summers of adventure and discovery, and the definitive, classic work on the orca or killer whale. The Free Willy films, inspired in part by Hoyt's pioneering writing about orcas, tell the story of a captive orca being returned to the wild. (Hoyt, in fact, recommended Keiko, the orca who became the star of Free Willy, to Warner Bros.) But Orca: The Whale Called Killer tells the true story of wild orcas befriending humans.

Author : Leigh Calvez
Publisher : Sasquatch Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781632171870

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The Breath of a Whale by Leigh Calvez Pdf

From the author of The Hidden Lives of Owls, an exploration of the elusive lives of whales in the Pacific Ocean, home to orcas, humpbacks, sperm, blue, and gray whales. Leigh Calvez has spent a dozen years researching, observing, and probing the lives of the giants of the deep. Here, she relates the stories of nature's most remarkable creatures, including the familial orcas in the waters of Washington State and British Columbia; the migratory humpbacks; the ancient, deep-diving blue whales, the largest animals on the planet. The lives of these whales are conveyed through the work of dedicated researchers who have spent decades tracking them along their secretive routes that extend for thousands of miles, gleaning their habits and sounds and distinguishing peculiarities. The author invites the reader onto a small research catamaran maneuvering among 100-foot long blue whales off the coast of California; or to join the task of monitoring patterns of humpback whale movements at the ocean surface: tail throw, flipper slap, fluke up, or blow. To experience whales is breathtaking. To understand their lives deepens our connection with the natural world.

Author : Peter Carnavas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913639266

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Blue Whale Blues by Peter Carnavas Pdf

Author : Sondra Simone Segundo,Kathy Dye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Haida Indians
ISBN : 0985312955

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Killer Whale Eyes by Sondra Simone Segundo,Kathy Dye Pdf

In this story adapted from Haida tales, a girl who is born with eyes like no other has a special affinity for the water and the creatures who live there. When she is lost to the sea one day, her people are heartbroken until they encounter the wonder that has occurred.

Author : Natalie Lunis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781936087273

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Killer Whale by Natalie Lunis Pdf

Describes the characteristics, diet, behavior, and life cycle of killer whales.

Author : Deborah Hodge
Publisher : Kids Can Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-01-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1550744186

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Whales by Deborah Hodge Pdf

Kids will learn about the many kinds of whales that live in the world's oceans. They'll find out how and where whales live, how they give birth and raise their young, how they find food, how some species migrate and communicate, and much more. The easy-to-read text and detailed illustrations of the Kids Can Press Wildlife Series meet the research needs of young children and satisfy their curiosity about these magnificent animals.

Author : Leo Statts
Publisher : Abdo Zoom-Launch
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Killer whale
ISBN : 1680799126

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Killer Whales by Leo Statts Pdf

Learn all about fast and powerful killer whales! Easy-to-read text and vibrant, full-color photos captivate young readers and bring these fascinating animals to life. Plus, quick stats diagrams and bolded glossary terms invite readers to zoom in and learn more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.

Author : Megan M. Gunderson
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 161613447X

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Blue Whales by Megan M. Gunderson Pdf

Dive into Earth's oceans and discover the world of the blue whale! Stunning, full-color photos show these gigantic whales above water and below. A range map reveals where these special sea creatures can be found. A labeled diagram helps readers identify flukes, flippers, and more. The blue whale's habitat, senses, threats, diet, reproduction, unique behaviors, and enormous size are also introduced. These whales are already more than 20 feet long at birth. Find out just how big they grow to become the largest creatures ever to have lived on Earth! Plus, learn how deep blue whales can dive and the special way these baleen whales eat. A facts page, bolded glossary terms, and an index support the engaging, easy-to-read chapter text. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.

Author : Stanislao Nievo
Publisher : Guernica Editions
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1550711180

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The Blue Whale by Stanislao Nievo Pdf

The story of a close encounter between a woman and a whale, told from the perspective of both protagonists. A scientific project studying blue whales takes a strange turn when one of the whales and Miriam, the team's statistician, discover that they share a mystic telepathic communication.

Author : Jason Michael Colby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780190673093

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Orca by Jason Michael Colby Pdf

Drawing on interviews, official records, private archives, and the author's own family history, this is the definitive story of how the feared and despised "killer" became the beloved "orca", and what that has meant for our relationship with the ocean and its creatures