The Elephant Gates

Author : Chamalee Namal Weeratunge
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 54,7 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.

Author : Curtis Christopher Comer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-27
Category : Elephants
ISBN : 1483933903

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Forcibly taken from family in his native homeland, young Siam grows up a prisoner in Hitler's Berlin. There, with others like him, he struggles to comprehend the depravations he is forced to endure while behind bars. When the air war finally reaches the Nazi capital, Siam's faith is tested as those he loves die and he spirals into a deep despair that threatens to destroy his spirit. This is the true story of Siam, "the Last Elephant in Berlin."

Author : Chamalee Namal Weeratunge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Autobiography
ISBN : 1632990016

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The Elephant Gates by Chamalee Namal Weeratunge Pdf

Author : John Perrott
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780595438686

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Save Mozambique's Elephant Coast by John Perrott Pdf

The author meets entrepreneur Jim on a 1988 North Pole adventure, discover they are both Africa enthusiasts. Returning from a waspish over the Andes pipeline experience in 1995, Jim recruits him for Africa to produce a feasibility study to obtain a 40,000 acre Indian Ocean look-alike San Francisco Peninsula development offered personally by Mozamique's President. The project goes through several near death experiences, end up an inimitable world class international tourist destination project. Jim has the largest wildlife refuge development by private enterprise on record, a 914 Sq Mi wildlife ecotourism development which safeguards the UN's botanically diverse region. But Jim fails to develop it, dies in 1999. The author now targets recruiting a billionaire or Disney to fund expanding to 4000 Sq Mi to connect to the nearby 38,500 Sq Mi worlds' largest wildlife refuge, to provide range to save 5000 Kruger elephants slated for mercy killing for overgrazing.

Author : Nigel Rothfels
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781421442600

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Elephant Trails by Nigel Rothfels Pdf

Why have elephants—and our preconceptions about them—been central to so much of human thought? From prehistoric cave drawings in Europe and ancient rock art in Africa and India to burning pyres of confiscated tusks, our thoughts about elephants tell a story of human history. In Elephant Trails, Nigel Rothfels argues that, over millennia, we have made elephants into both monsters and miracles as ways to understand them but also as ways to understand ourselves. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including municipal documents, zoo records, museum collections, and encounters with people who have lived with elephants, Rothfels seeks out the origins of our contemporary ideas about an animal that has been central to so much of human thought. He explains how notions that have been associated with elephants for centuries—that they are exceptionally wise, deeply emotional, and have a special understanding of death; that they never forget, are beloved of the gods, and suffer unusually in captivity; and even that they are afraid of mice—all tell part of the story of these amazing beings. Exploring the history of a skull in a museum, a photograph of an elephant walking through the American South in the early twentieth century, the debate about the quality of life of a famous elephant in a zoo, and the accounts of elephant hunters, Rothfels demonstrates that elephants are not what we think they are—and they never have been. Elephant Trails is a compelling portrait of what the author terms "our elephant."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Bombay (India : State)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117217088

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Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bombay (India : State)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Bombay (India : State)
ISBN : UOM:39015035940504

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Gazetteer by Bombay (India : State) Pdf

Author : Frank Kinsey Evans
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780595125005

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You're the Elephant Man by Frank Kinsey Evans Pdf

This book is a series of vignettes about my life in the wild animal business. It brings the reader into the mind of the people who are responsible for caring and maintaining all of the wild animals in captivity today. It illustrates the many emotions which come into play when one deals with wild animals, some of whom can be dangerous. It lets the reader experience those emotions whithout incurring the risk.

Author : Konstantin S Nossov,Konstantin Nossov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849080507

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Indian Castles 1206–1526 by Konstantin S Nossov,Konstantin Nossov Pdf

From the beginning of the 2nd millennium AD northern India began to fall under the sway of a number of Muslim-Turkic rulers who, at the start of the 13th century, founded the series of dynasties known to history as the Delhi Sultanate. For three centuries these sultans expanded their territory, which led to a dramatic rise in the number of fortifications throughout the subcontinent. This period is the defining age of the Indian castle and the combined influence of the Islamic and Hindu architectural tradition lends these fortifications a unique style. This book covers all the major sites of the period including the fabled seven medieval cities on the site of the present-day city of Delhi.

Author : KLING JOHNSON
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781645465348

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CLI- The Colt by KLING JOHNSON Pdf

CLI, a young feral horse from the queen of hill stations, Ooty, always thought the grass was greener on the other side of the hill and dreamt of sweet beet pulp and wheat middlings served in the royal stable at Mysooru. His dream of joining the palace stable almost comes to an end when he confronts one of the world’s most notorious forest brigands, Meese Muniswamy Beerappan. The miracles of life that he witnesses cruising through the South Indian Madumalai reserve, a veritable treasure trove of wildlife, leaves him bemused. While the animals and birds offer him company through his journey, his wish to join the stable turns out to be a mere chimera. CLI the colt is a breathtaking action packed venture tale woven around the cultural capital Mysooru using the strands of fantasy, true historical and animal facts.

Author : Laura Gates Galvin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 27 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1592491693

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Judy the Elephant by Laura Gates Galvin Pdf

When a baby African elephant and a baby wildebeest become stuck in mud, a group of elephants struggles to get them out.

Author : Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 706 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780271080673

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Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires by Mohammad Gharipour Pdf

The cross-cultural exchange of ideas that flourished in the Mediterranean during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries profoundly affected European and Islamic society. Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires considers the role and place of gardens and landscapes in the broader context of the information sharing that took place among Europeans and Islamic empires in Turkey, Persia, and India. In illustrating commonalities in the design, development, and people’s perceptions of gardens and nature in both regions, this volume substantiates important parallels in the revolutionary advancements in landscape architecture that took place during the era. The contributors explain how the exchange of gardeners as well as horticultural and irrigation techniques influenced design traditions in the two cultures; examine concurrent shifts in garden and urban landscape design, such as the move toward more public functionality; and explore the mutually influential effects of politics, economics, and culture on composed outdoor space. In doing so, they shed light on the complexity of cultures and politics during the Renaissance. A thoughtfully composed look at the effects of cross-cultural exchange on garden design during a pivotal time in world history, this thought-provoking book points to new areas in inquiry about the influences, confluences, and connections between European and Islamic garden traditions. In addition to the editor, the contributors include Cristina Castel-Branco, Paula Henderson, Simone M. Kaiser, Ebba Koch, Christopher Pastore, Laurent Paya, D. Fairchild Ruggles, Jill Sinclair, and Anatole Tchikine.

Author : Ben Norton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781666774702

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The Elephant's Trunk by Ben Norton Pdf

Ambassador Thurell is no friend of Indian billionaire Soufka Oman, and when the ambassador is killed in a suspicious motor vehicle accident, it inadvertently thrusts the Oman clan into direct conflict with his daughter, Tyra Thurell. Headstrong and ambitious, she is not averse to taking huge risks, and when the opportunity to find a treasure cherished by the Omans’ Parsi community arises, she pursues it with a vengeance. Her sense of loss and anger are confronted when she meets a young American engineer, Rex Ediger, who questions her ethics and excuses to steal and lie. His best friend, murdered by mercenaries, was the best influence in his life and Rex’s attempts to rescue the young woman when she is captured expose his own secrets and grief. The Elephant’s Trunk is the first of five volumes in the Signpost Series in which Tyra faces insurmountable odds while simultaneously searching for the Signpost and combating a ruthless and evil enemy. How will passion to become a CIA field agent force her to decide between moral scruples and her love of country?

Author : John Lockwood Kipling
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Animal welfare
ISBN : MINN:319510023013540

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Beast and Man in India by John Lockwood Kipling Pdf

Author : Nīlakaṇṭha (of Rajamangalam)
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Reference
ISBN : 8120800052

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The Elephant-lore of the Hindus by Nīlakaṇṭha (of Rajamangalam) Pdf

This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the elephant-lore of Hindus. It consists primarily of a translation of the Elephant-Sport (Matanga-Lila) of Nilakantha, with notes, introduction, and glossary. The Matanga-Lila is without doubt the best available Sanskrit work on elephantology. It is a brief and succinct treatise in 263 stanzas, divided into twelve chapters of uneven length. Nothing is known of the Nilakantha who is mentioned as its author. According to the editor, Ganapati Sastri, the three manuscripts he used are about two hundred years old. But the work is probably very much older. For aught we know it may go back a thousand years or even to a much earlier date. This, however, is purely conjectural; all we can say is that there is no positive trace of modernity in the work. The elephant-lore of our text is based on a genuine traditional knowledge which grew up among those whose business it was to deal with elephants, and that this tradition has persisted to modern times.