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Author : Win Scott Eckert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 098374615X
Author : Win Scott Eckert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0990567370
Author : Bruce Barcott
Publisher : Random House
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781588368003
“The first time we came here I didn’t know what to expect,” she told me as we paddled upstream. “What we found just blew me away. Jaguars, pumas, river otters, howler monkeys. The place was like a Noah’s Ark for all the endangered species driven out of the rest of Central America. There was so much life! That expedition was when I first saw the macaws.” As a young woman, Sharon Matola lived many lives. She was a mushroom expert, an Air Force survival specialist, and an Iowa housewife. She hopped freight trains for fun and starred as a tiger tamer in a traveling Mexican circus. Finally she found her one true calling: caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the Central American country of Belize. Beloved as “the Zoo Lady” in her adopted land, Matola became one of Central America’s greatest wildlife defenders. And when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the last scarlet macaws in Belize, Sharon Matola was drawn into the fight of her life. In The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, award-winning author Bruce Barcott chronicles Sharon Matola’s inspiring crusade to stop a multinational corporation in its tracks. Ferocious in her passion, she and her confederates–a ragtag army of courageous locals and eccentric expatriates–endure slander and reprisals and take the fight to the courtroom and the boardroom, from local village streets to protests around the world. As the dramatic story unfolds, Barcott addresses the realities of economic survival in Third World countries, explores the tension between environmental conservation and human development, and puts a human face on the battle over globalization. In this marvelous and spirited book, Barcott shows us how one unwavering woman risked her life to save the most beautiful bird in the world. "Barcott’s compelling narrative is suspenseful right up to the last moment." –Publisher's Weekly "An engrossing but sad account of a brave and quirky champion of nature."–Kirkus “…A riveting account of one woman’s fight to save one of the last bastions of an endangered Species. . . Barcott writes of international politics, ecology and endangered species, and human relations with equal facility. This real page-turner of narrative nonfiction is hard to put down.” –Booklist
Author : Ranjit Lal
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9788183284189
The sun went out. The first wisps of clouds had already reached us. A strange silvery light from the clouds bathed the landscape eerily, like some malevolent eclipse. A stillness fell over the mountainside and forest, making the leaves look as though they were made of metal. It became dimmer as I hurried down the green tunnel path?and over the still, silent air came the distinct clink of tools being used. And then came the revving of a powerful engine. Had I found the Jaguar?s lair? Read further?
Author : Nicholas J. Saunders
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136605147
Icons of Power investigates why the image of the cat has been such a potent symbol in the art, religion and mythology of indigenous American cultures for three thousand years. The jaguar and the puma epitomize ideas of sacrifice, cannibalism, war, and status in a startling array of graphic and enduring images. Natural and supernatural felines inhabit a shape-shifting world of sorcery and spiritual power, revealing the shamanic nature of Amerindian world views. This pioneering collection offers a unique pan-American assessment of the feline icon through the diversity of cultural interpretations, but also striking parallels in its associations with hunters, warriors, kingship, fertility, and the sacred nature of political power. Evidence is drawn from the pre-Columbian Aztec and Maya of Mexico, Peruvian, and Panamanian civilizations, through recent pueblo and Iroquois cultures of North America, to current Amazonian and Andean societies. This well-illustrated volume is essential reading for all who are interested in the symbolic construction of animal icons, their variable meanings, and their place in a natural world conceived through the lens of culture. The cross-disciplinary approach embraces archaeology, anthropology, and art history.
Author : Richard Mahler
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300155938
When the nature writer Richard Mahler discovers that wild jaguars are prowling a remote corner of his home state of New Mexico, he embarks on a determined quest to see in the flesh a big, beautiful cat that is the stuff of legend--yet verifiably real. Mahler's passion sets in motion a years-long adventure through trackless deserts, steamy jungles, and malarial swamps, as well as a confounding immersion in centuries-old debates over how we should properly regard these powerful predators: as varmints or as icons, trophies or gods? He is drawn from border badlands south to Panama's rain forest along a route where the fate of nearly all wildlife now rests in human hands. Mahler's odyssey introduces him to unrepentant poachers, pragmatic ranchers, midnight drug-runners, ardent conservationists, trance-induced shamans, hopeful biologists, stodgy bureaucrats, academic philosophers, macho hunters, and gentle Maya Indians. Along the way, he is forced to reconsider the true meaning of his search--and the enduring symbolism of the jaguar.
Author : Alan Rabinowitz
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544358874
2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015 Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book
Author : Chimba Kabayi
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781514422717
In a world of dreams, being a top-notch reporter is the cardinal thing for two young reporters Jake Chingu and Michael Fwando, who, despite having humble backgrounds, decide to be reporters. While working for a local newspaper, they discover their talent. They venture further into a world of reporting. With Bindwo, Ngwiza, Deveraux, Vasco, and the Banchilis on their trail, they get more than they bargained for. Someone starts hunting them one by one. Virgin Chingu becomes the pitch of everything as they discover a plot calling itself Operation Jivundu. The Banchilis are part of these guerrillas. Jake and Michael must outwit their adversaries and figure out whos hunting them before its too late.
Author : Peter Wells
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775532002
An achingly insightful coming-of-age novel about discovering sexuality and selfhood. Hungry Creek runs out over mudflats and curves around to a tidal beach. Hungry Creek is where everything is put that nobody wants: a dump, a zoo, a loony bin. It is also a magical place. 'I'm two bits of mismatched bikini. M doesn't seem to belong to E . . .' Jamie is eleven, on the threshold of discovery. But he can't find the map that will explain where he fits in or who he is. His parents are away and he is staying with family friends. The sea is rising towards high tide, and he is a boy overboard.
Author : Philip José Farmer,Win Scott Eckert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Derbyshire (England)
ISBN : 1596062495
Author : Ruben E. Reina,Kenneth M. Kensinger
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780924171123
Presenting 10 essays by experts in the fields of anthropology, ethnography, and ornithology on the native peoples of South America and their use of birds, this volume offers a fascinating view into the lives and customs of some of the indigenous peoples living in the rainforest and coastal areas of Brazil and Peru. This book includes color photographs of South American natives in festival and ritual celebrations and everyday activities, along with spectacular objects of featherwork, textiles, and pottery. Contributors: Ruben E. Reina, Kenneth M. Kensinger, Kay L. Candler, Virginia Greene, Elizabeth Netto Calil Zarur, Catherine V. Howard, Patricia J. Lyon, Jon F. Pressman, Peter T. Turst, and Mark Robbins. University Museum Monograph, 75
Author : Philip Jose Farmer
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781163054
A collection of Wold Newton-inspired short stories by Farmerphiles, experts, and the Grand Master of SF himself.A real meteorite fell near Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England, on December 13, 1795, and was found to be radioactive, causing genetic mutations in the occupants of a passing coach. Many of their descendants were thus endowed with extremely high intelligence and strength, as well as an exceptional capacity and drive to perform good, or, as the case may be, evil deeds.
Author : Shirley Conran
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476725444
"Which one of you bitches is my mother?" Four elegant, successful, and sophisticated women in their forties are called to New York's Pierre Hotel to meet Lili -- a beautiful, young, and notoriously temperamental Hollywood movie star. None of the women knows exactly why she is there; each has a reason to hate Lili and each of them is astonished to see the others. They are old friends who share a guilty secret and who have for years been doing their best to keep that secret quiet. Their lives are changed forever, however, when Lili suddenly confronts them. When the women refuse to answer her, Lili proceeds to travel around the world through the playgrounds of the rich and famous, seeking to answer the question that has obsessed and almost destroyed her. From Paris to London, from the boardroom to the bedroom, Lace takes the reader into the rarified world of five unforgettable women who are as beautiful, as complex and as strong as...lace.
Author : Jack Ewing
Publisher : PixyJack Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781936555550
In the last century, the south-central Pacific coast of Costa Rica evolved from a wild, remote strip of land to one sparsely populated by homesteaders who cleared the forests to live off the land. Now it is a popular tourist destination filled with diverse wildlife in the abundant rainforests. Join author Jack Ewing as he reveals the ever-changing and fascinating history of the area and recounts his 45-year journey from managing a cattle ranch to developing Hacienda Barú into a National Wildlife Refuge. And discover how his efforts with the Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor may one day bring jaguars and tapirs back to the area.
Author : Lara Naughton
Publisher : Central Recovery Press, LLC
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781942094210
What happens when one harrowing incident changes your life, splitting it between before and after? On the fourth day of what Lara Naughton thought would be two weeks of bliss in Belize, she was kidnapped and assaulted by a man pretending to be a cabdriver. Held in the depths of the tropical forest—alone with the jaguar Man—she found that compassion was her only defense. Lara’s survival and journey of healing is poignant, compelling, and exceptional. Bending the limits of reality, she uses myth to process her experience. As Lara seeks a new understanding of herself, her lyrical, haunting prose reveals a belief that there is room for compassion—for self and and others—even in the midst of violence. Lara Naughton is an author and documentary playwright. Her work includes Never Fight a Shark in the Water: The Wrongful Conviction of Gregory Bright. She is a certified Compassion Cultivation Trainer through The Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University School of Medicine. She lives and teaches in New Orleans.
