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Author : Desmond Bagley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008211288
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in New Zealand.
Author : Peter Matthiessen
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028880784
The tiger is an endangered species. There are now only a few thousand tigers surviving in Asia in their natural habitat. The largest of the species, the Siberian tiger, is now confined almost entirely to the thinly-populated Russian Far East where it is increasingly under threat from intensified poaching and the destruction of its habitat. Peter Matthiessen, in addition to being a distinguished novelist, has written classic accounts of his observation of wildlife around the world and his study of the Siberian tiger displays his deep knowledge of, and feeling for, the natural world. He tells the story of the tiger's origin and evolution and describes its role in the mythology and culture of the peoples amongst whom it lived and by whom it was hunted. His illuminating text is accompanied by Maurice Hornocker's magnificent photographs of this fabulous animal.
Author : Desmond Bagley
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0385048416
A catastrophic avalanche brings disaster to the inhabitants of a small New Zealand mining town, bringing out the best and the worst in the people.
Author : Jonathan Neale
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0312266235
After spending almost a year in Nepal and India, Neale presents the true story of tragedy and survival on one of the world's most dangerous mountains and illuminates the gripping history of the Sherpa. 16-page photo insert.
Author : Aravind Adiga
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416562733
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE The stunning Booker Prize–winning novel from the author of Amnesty and Selection Day that critics have likened to Richard Wright’s Native Son, The White Tiger follows a darkly comic Bangalore driver through the poverty and corruption of modern India’s caste society. “This is the authentic voice of the Third World, like you've never heard it before” (John Burdett, Bangkok 8). The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. On the occasion of the president of China’s impending trip to Bangalore, Balram writes a letter to him describing his transformation and his experience as driver and servant to a wealthy Indian family, which he thinks exemplifies the contradictions and complications of Indian society. Recalling The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, The White Tiger is narrative genius with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation—and a startling, provocative debut.
Author : Oxford Dictionaries Staff,Paul Shipton,Hannah Fish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-16
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0194709337
"Max is in a new ice hockey team, called The Tigers. But what happens when grandpa and Clunk take the children to a snowy place to seea snow tiger?"--Back cover.
Author : Desmond Bagley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Avalanches
ISBN : 0006143199
Author : Nick Butterworth
Publisher : Harper Childrens
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Animals
ISBN : 0007257740
Tiger wants to play in the snow but his friends are too busy or too cold to join him until they see how much fun he has sledding.
Author : Vincanne Adams
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781400851775
Sherpas are portrayed by Westerners as heroic mountain guides, or "tigers of the snow," as Buddhist adepts, and as a people in touch with intimate ways of life that seem no longer available in the Western world. In this book, Vincanne Adams explores how attempts to characterize an "authentic" Sherpa are complicated by Western fascination with Sherpas and by the Sherpas' desires to live up to Western portrayals of them. Noting that diplomatic aides at world summit meetings go by the name "Sherpa," as do a van in the U.K. built for rough terrain and a software product from Silicon Valley, Adams examines the "authenticating" effects of this mobile signifier on a community of Himalayan Sherpas who live at the base of Mount Everest, Nepal, and its "deauthenticating" effects on anthropological representation. This book speaks not only to anthropologists concerned with ethnographic portrayals of Otherness but also to those working in cultural studies who are concerned with ethnographically grounded analyses of representations. Throughout Adams illustrates how one might undertake an ethnography of transnationally produced subjects by using the notion of "virtual" identities. In a manner informed by both Buddhism and shamanism, virtual Sherpas are always both real and distilled reflections of the desires that produce them.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481443357
Bundle up with Daniel Tiger in this adorable new storybook based on a popular episode of Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood! It’s snowing in the neighborhood, and Daniel Tiger can’t wait to go outside and build a snowman with Miss Elaina! Daniel tells Mom Tiger that he doesn’t need his hat and mittens, but when he gets outside, he’s too cold to play! Luckily, Mom Tiger is close by to help Daniel pick the right clothes for cold weather. This sweet winter-themed storybook is perfect for helping little ones understand that playing in the snow is much more fun when you’re dressed for the weather! © 2015 The Fred Rogers Company
Author : Glen A. Sorestad,James A. MacNeill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Short stories, Canadian (English)
ISBN : OCLC:150432039
Author : John Vaillant
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780307375278
It's December 1997 and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. The tiger isn't just killing people, it's annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. To their horrified astonishment it emerges that the attacks are not random: the tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured and starving, it must be found before it strikes again, and the story becomes a battle for survival between the two main characters: Yuri Trush, the lead tracker, and the tiger itself. As John Vaillant vividly recreates the extraordinary events of that winter, he also gives us an unforgettable portrait of a spectacularly beautiful region where plants and animals exist that are found nowhere else on earth, and where the once great Siberian Tiger - the largest of its species, which can weigh over 600 lbs at more than 10 feet long - ranges daily over vast territories of forest and mountain, its numbers diminished to a fraction of what they once were. We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived alongside tigers - even sharing their kills with them - in a natural balance. We witness the first arrival of settlers, soldiers and hunters in the tiger's territory in the 19th century and 20th century, many fleeing Stalinism. And we come to know the Russians of today - such as the poacher Vladimir Markov - who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching for the corrupt, high-paying Chinese markets. Throughout we encounter surprising theories of how humans and tigers may have evolved to coexist, how we may have developed as scavengers rather than hunters and how early Homo sapiens may have once fit seamlessly into the tiger's ecosystem. Above all, we come to understand the endangered Siberian tiger, a highly intelligent super-predator, and the grave threat it faces as logging and poaching reduce its habitat and numbers - and force it to turn at bay. Beautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger is a gripping tale of man and nature in collision, that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the Siberian forest.
Author : Claire O'Neal
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781545749777
Before the 1900s, hundreds of thousands of wild tigers roamed Southeast Asia. Their beauty, fierceness, and intelligence inspired fear and awe in their human neighbors. These peoples gave the tiger starring roles in folktales and mythology. Human fascination with tigers continues. Unfortunately, the tiger may not survive in the wild much longer. Researchers estimate that fewer than 2,500 tigers remain in their natural habitat. As the human population explodes in Southeast Asia, the wild tiger population pays the price. Can the wild tiger be saved by its only natural enemy, people?
Author : Jeanette Owens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1467889377
Author : Nina Boal
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781105069949
A historical work of fiction with a bit of fantasy. Set in feudal Japan in the 18th century. In feudal Japan, it has been said that ""The Sword is the Soul of the Samurai."" Fujii Yukitora is an impoverished ronin who struggles to raise his two children after the death of his wife. Tange Sakura is a lone swordswoman who has engaged in the warriors' path to seek to better her skills. Hidemasa is a young samurai, orphaned and seeking guidance. Chief Retainer Saito Banzaemon seeks to be kind to commoners of his domain, but he has secret lusts within him. What happens when these four warriors seek to learn the true nature of a sword's soul?