The Dangerous World Of Butterflies

Author : Peter Laufer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780762799817

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Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter Laufer Pdf

This widely praised book chronicles Peter Laufer's adventures within the butterfly industry and the butterfly underground. Laufer begins by examining the allure of butterflies throughout history, but his research soon veers into the high-stake realms of organized crime, ecological devastation, museum collections, and chaos theory. His ever-expanding journey of discovery throughout the Americas and beyond offers a rare look into a theater of intrigue, peopled with quirky and nefarious characters—all in pursuit of these delicate, beautiful creatures. Read this book, and your garden—and the world—will never quite look the same.

Author : Peter Laufer
Publisher : Globe Pequot
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1599219271

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The Dangerous World of Butterflies by Peter Laufer Pdf

This work chronicles Laufer's visit to a butterfly preserve in Nicaragua, in which he stumbled into a theater of intrigue full of strange and nefarious characters--all in pursuit of one of nature's most delicate creatures.

Author : Ellen Lawrence
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617724770

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A Butterfly's Life by Ellen Lawrence Pdf

A young child from the northern United States spots a Monarch butterfly laying eggs and keeps watch as the eggs hatch and the new caterpillars munch away on leaves. Readers will follow along as the narrator observes the butterflies' behavior up close, including the amazing metamorphosis of caterpillars into adult Monarch butterflies and their migration to Mexico. Colorful photos, diagrams, and clear, age-appropriate text will engage young readers as they explore the life cycle, natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, and behavior of these beautiful insects. The diary format models scientific observation and critical thinking--and encourages children to keep notebooks recording their own investigations into the natural world.

Author : John Stidworthy
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781597164832

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Queen Alexandra's Birdwing by John Stidworthy Pdf

In Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, young readers will meet the world's largest butterfly found exclusively in the tropical forests of Papua New Guinea. Bright, colorful photographs closely paired with age-appropriate text will engage children as they learn about this unique butterfly's natural habitat, physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, and behavior. Queen Alexandra's Birdwing includes such useful and fun learning features as a detailed diagram that compares the animal's super size to something familiar in kids' own lives.

Author : Peter Laufer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780762799831

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Forbidden Creatures by Peter Laufer Pdf

Author : Philip Sloan,Claudia Simons-Kaufman,Willy Legrand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780123851963

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Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism as Motors for Development by Philip Sloan,Claudia Simons-Kaufman,Willy Legrand Pdf

It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. These changes pose huge challenges on nations, organizations, businesses, communities and ultimately individuals. Developing countries, many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be Top Emerging Tourism Destinations (UNWTO, 2009), are already suffering the full frontal effect of environmental degradation with the UN recently reporting the existence of nearly half a million climate refugees in Africa and Asia in addition to huge swathes of the world's farming land and oceans becoming infertile. The challenge for developing countries is a triple-edged sword, how can economic prosperity be achieved without the perpetual depletion of nature's reserves, the destruction of rural habitat and the dislocation of traditional societies? Many emerging nations are looking increasingly to the tourism industry as the motor for economic development with hospitality businesses at the forefront. In line with this increasing economic necessity is the growth of concern in the West for environmental and societal stewardship. Expectations are high, Western consumers want classy lodgings and unspoilt landscapes in the knowledge that the room maid has enough money to feed and educate her family. This book is designed to give students and practitioners a guide for best practices of sustainable hospitality operations in developing countries. Based on case studies, it provides a road map of how to achieve the goals of sustainability giving benchmark examples. The book not only taps in a contemporary business subject but provides readers with a better understanding on how sustainable theories can be operationalized in hospitality and tourism business practices in developing countries. Provides an enhanced view on sustainability beyond the borders of developed countries Case studies include hands-on activities, creative business practices and applied sustainable development strategies Includes case study questions, advanced reading list and online resource features

Author : Raynald Harvey Lemelin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107012882

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The Management of Insects in Recreation and Tourism by Raynald Harvey Lemelin Pdf

An insight into the booming industry of insect leisure and tourism, using case studies and examples from around the world.

Author : Peter Laufer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250128102

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Dreaming in Turtle by Peter Laufer Pdf

A fascinating exploration into the world of turtles across the globe; Laufer charts the lore, love, and peril to a beloved species. Dreaming in Turtle is a compelling story of a stalwart animal prized from prehistory through to today—an animal threatened by human greed, pragmatism, and rationalization. It stars turtles and shady and heroic human characters both, in settings ranging from luxury redoubts to degraded habitats, during a time when the confluence of easy global trade, limited supply, and inexhaustible demand has accelerated the stress on species. The growth of the middle class in high-population regions like China, where the turtle is particularly valued, feeds this perfect storm into which the turtle finds itself lashed. This is a tale not just of endangered turtles but also one of overall human failings, frailties, and vulnerabilities—all punctuated by optimistic hope for change fueled by dedicated turtle champions.

Author : Rebecca Hirsch
Publisher : Weigl Publishers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781489645227

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Monarch Butterflies: A Generational Journey by Rebecca Hirsch Pdf

When the seasons change, many animals migrate to new homes. Readers will learn about these fascinating creatures in Nature’s Great Journeys. This series explores the physical features, behaviors, and histories of migratory animals with easy-to-read text and vivid images. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with video, audio, weblinks, slide shows, activities, quizzes, and much more.

Author : Sara Rosett
Publisher : Sara Rosett
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Treacherous by Sara Rosett Pdf

A mysterious package, a rumor about a missing painting, and a dangerous game of hide and seek… Zoe loves working as a consultant for a company that specializes in the recovery of stolen art. Her only complaint is that the jobs are few and far between, so when she meets an eccentric collector who is on the hunt for a painting of a blue butterfly that might—or might not—exist, she jumps at the chance to look for it. She comes across shady dealers and a confusion of clues as her search for the elusive painting takes her from tropical destinations to the cobblestone streets of Madrid. Treacherous is the sixth installment of the lighthearted On The Run series from USA Today bestselling author Sara Rosett, which features globetrotting art heists and international intrigue.

Author : Marina Peterson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781478013174

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Atmospheric Noise by Marina Peterson Pdf

In Atmospheric Noise, Marina Peterson traces entanglements of environmental noise, atmosphere, sense, and matter that cohere in and through encounters with airport noise since the 1960s. Exploring spaces shaped by noise around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), she shows how noise is a way of attuning toward the atmospheric: through noise we learn to listen to the sky and imagine the permeability of bodies and matter, sensing and conceiving that which is diffuse, indefinite, vague, and unformed. In her account, the “atmospheric” encompasses the physicality of the ephemeral, dynamic assemblages of matter as well as a logic of indeterminacy. It is audible as well as visible, heard as much as breathed. Peterson develops a theory of “indefinite urbanism” to refer to marginalized spaces of the city where concrete meets sky, windows resonate with the whine of departing planes, and endangered butterflies live under flight paths. Offering a conceptualization of sound as immanent and non-objectified, she demonstrates ways in which noise is central to how we know, feel, and think atmospherically.

Author : Ann Hobbie
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635862904

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Monarch Butterflies by Ann Hobbie Pdf

Monarch Butterflies is a richly illustrated, large-format book that celebrates North America’s most recognized butterfly and educates children and families about what they can do to help protect these beloved pollinators from the impacts of habitat loss and climate change.

Author : Peter Kobel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-02
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780762796571

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Strange Case of the Mad Professor by Peter Kobel Pdf

It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of manufacturing LSD and Quaaludes in his campus laboratory. He claimed the drugs were for an animal behavior experiment, but the jury found otherwise. B-J, as he was known, served two years in prison before being paroled, emerging to find his life and career in shambles. Four years later, he sought revenge by trying to kill the sentencing judge and others with poisoned Valentine’s Day chocolates. After pleading guilty to attempted murder, he was sentenced to twenty years in prison, where he died in mysterious circumstances. But before he was infamous at NYU, B-J, a scientific luminary, had also taught at Yale and Duke. One of the world’s foremost authorities on lemurs, our distant primate relatives on the remote island of Madagascar, he brought international attention to these endearing and endangered creatures. He cofounded the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina and inspired a whole generation of scientists to study them and conservationists to save them and their habitat. His trials captured national headlines, but the mad scientist’s full story has never been told—until now.

Author : Loree Griffin Burns
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780761393429

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Handle with Care by Loree Griffin Burns Pdf

Some farms grow vegetables or grains, and some raise cows, sheep, chickens, or pigs. But have you ever heard of a butterfly farm? How do you raise a butterfly? On a farm in Costa Rica, workers care for these delicate, winged creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to pupae. Like any other crop, the butterflies will eventually leave the farm. But where will they go? And just how do you ship a butterfly? Very carefully! To discover how it works, follow these butterflies on a remarkable journey!

Author : Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Butterflies
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6E2L

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Frail Children of the Air by Samuel Hubbard Scudder Pdf