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Book Synopsis Do You Really Want to Meet a Platypus? by : Cari Meister
Download or read book Do You Really Want to Meet a Platypus? written by Cari Meister and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A child goes on an adventure to Australia in search of a duck-billed platypus, which is hard to spot in the wild"--
Download or read book Platypuses written by Sara Louise Kras and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Simple text and photographs present platypuses, how they look, where they live, and what they do"--Provided by publisher.
Book Synopsis Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . by : Thomas Cathcart
Download or read book Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . . written by Thomas Cathcart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestseller is the hilarious philosophy course everyone wishes they’d had in school. Outrageously funny, Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar... has been a breakout bestseller ever since authors—and born vaudevillians—Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein did their schtick on NPR’s Weekend Edition. Lively, original, and powerfully informative, Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar... is a not-so-reverent crash course through the great philosophical thinkers and traditions, from Existentialism (What do Hegel and Bette Midler have in common?) to Logic (Sherlock Holmes never deduced anything). Philosophy 101 for those who like to take the heavy stuff lightly, this is a joy to read—and finally, it all makes sense! And now, you can read Daniel Klein's further musings on life and philosophy in Travels with Epicurus and Every Time I Find the Meaning of Life, They Change it.
Book Synopsis The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing by : Joseph Fasano
Download or read book The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing written by Joseph Fasano and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Deep in the mountains of British Columbia, across an unforgiving landscape, one man's pursuit of a fabled mountain lion leads him into the furthest reaches of himself. As he struggles to confront the wilderness surrounding him--from the baying hounds to the relentless northern snows--he journeys into his own haunted memories: a life of wild horses and ballet, fishing skiffs and blizzards, tropical seas and dolphins. Through wind, snow, and the depths of grief, he asks what price he is willing to exact on a world that ravages what we love, and whether redemption awaits those who learn to forgive. A tender story of love and a modern-day parable, The Dark Heart of Every Wild Thing, the debut novel from acclaimed poet Joseph Fasano, guides us into the deepest territories of the human heart. "Joseph Fasano has the heart and the ear and he puts them to magnificent use in THE DARK HEART OF EVERY WILD THING. By turns mournful and thrilling, this story, told in precise and glorious prose, traverses the wild heights of grief, vengeance, tenderness, and love. It pierces."--Sam Lipsyte "A father, a boy, and a mountain lion. If it sounds like the start of a parable, that's because THE DARK HEART OF EVERY WILD THING has wisdom to share. But that wisdom is complicated, surprising, and at times even vicious. What seems at first like a quiet book is actually quite fierce, not unlike the big cat at the center of its story. This elegiac novel is a moving meditation on grief, love, and obsession."--Erica Wright "Joseph Fasano is a wonderfully gifted writer. He writes evocatively, lyrically, and never fails to surprise us with his revelations and illuminations. His insights are deep, his delineation of character and place immensely satisfying. He gives us a story that keeps resonating long after we have finished reading."--Nicholas Christopher
Download or read book Bike Snob written by BikeSnobNYC and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Equal parts critical manifesto and tender mini-memoir about a boy and his bikes” from Eben Weiss, blogger and author of The Enlightened Cyclist (GQ). Cycling is exploding in a good way. Urbanites everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-conscious commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC—cycling’s most prolific, well-known, hilarious, and anonymous blogger—brings a fresh and humorous perspective to the most important vehicle to hit personal transportation since the horse. Bike Snob treats readers to a laugh-out-loud rant and rave about the world of bikes and their riders and offers a unique look at the ins and outs of cycling, from its history and hallmarks to its wide range of bizarre practitioners. Throughout, the author lampoons the missteps, pretensions, and absurdities of bike culture while maintaining a contagious enthusiasm for cycling itself. Bike Snob is an essential volume for anyone who knows, is, or wants to become a cyclist. “This is a social manual that should be bundled with every bike shipped in America.” —Christian Lander, author of Stuff White People Like “I like to think I know a thing or two (or three) about being ruthless and relentless—either trying to win the Tour or fighting cancer. The Snob knows it too. Keeping us dorks in line is tough work. I take pleasure in getting picked on by the Snob, slightly more pleasure in reading his writing, but take the most pleasure punishing his ass (my payback) on the bike either in Central Park or on 9W/River Road. Long live the Snob.” —Lance Armstrong
Book Synopsis The Croc and the Platypus by : Jackie Hosking
Download or read book The Croc and the Platypus written by Jackie Hosking and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Australian reimagining of Edward Lear's nonsense poem The Owl and the Pussycat. The croc and the platypus trundled off in a rusty old Holden ute. They took some damper and tea in a hamper and bundled it up in the boot. Join Croc and Platypus for an Australian outback hullabaloo!
Download or read book Australia written by Emily Rose Oachs and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country and a continent, Australia is home to bizarre wildlife such as platypuses, emus, and wombats. Australia also boasts the Great Barrier Reef that stretches more than 1,400 miles across its northeastern coast! Hop down under in this low-level title to learn more about a truly unique continent.
Book Synopsis What You, Animal Lover - Need To Know Right Now by : James Dazouloute
Download or read book What You, Animal Lover - Need To Know Right Now written by James Dazouloute and published by James Dazouloute. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think Like An Animal, because you must, in order for them to communicate with you, also because all the atrocious murders that take place along with all the animal abuse taking place in this world, are all because we refuse to think like the animals in our world, nor do we love them as we love ourselves. And so I wrote this book in order that you may get to know the many animals that you will encounter during your lifetime, whether at The Zoo, or in your National Park, or at your Local Animal Shelter and even in your house and backyard as your pets. So that the more you know about the Characteristics and lifestyle about a particular animal, the more likely you will take time to appreciate what it's doing, and will not have to call Animal Control to have that particular animal put down. So this is why this book: What You, Animal Lover - Need To Know Right Now was written with you in mind, since you love the animals that God placed in your world so much. - https:www.JamesDazouloute.net/ - For More:
Download or read book Platypus Matters written by Jack Ashby and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Naturalist and Assistant Director of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, Jack Ashby shares his love for the platypus and other Australian mammals, including wombats, echidnas, and kangaroos. Informed by stories of his experiences meeting living marsupials and egg-laying mammals on fieldwork in Tasmania and mainland Australia and his close contact with thousands of zoological specimens collected for museums over the last 200 years, Ashby's book explains historical mysteries and debunks myths about these mammals and especially the platypus-which lays eggs, feeds its young on milk, has venom spurs, and sports a bill that can detect electricity. In evaluating how humans have considered these special mammals, he makes clear that calling these animals "weird" or "primitive"- or incorrectly implying that Australia is an "evolutionary backwater"-has only added to the challenges for their conservation. One outcome of these descriptions is that Australia now has the worst mammal extinction rate of anywhere on Earth. Ashby argues that many of the ways that the world thinks about Australia's mammals can be traced back to the country's colonial history"--
Book Synopsis Improbable Destinies by : Jonathan B. Losos
Download or read book Improbable Destinies written by Jonathan B. Losos and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new book overturning our assumptions about how evolution works Earth’s natural history is full of fascinating instances of convergence: phenomena like eyes and wings and tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently, multiple times. But evolutionary biologists also point out many examples of contingency, cases where the tiniest change—a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze—caused evolution to take a completely different course. What role does each force really play in the constantly changing natural world? Are the plants and animals that exist today, and we humans ourselves, inevitabilities or evolutionary flukes? And what does that say about life on other planets? Jonathan Losos reveals what the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology can tell us about one of the greatest ongoing debates in science. He takes us around the globe to meet the researchers who are solving the deepest mysteries of life on Earth through their work in experimental evolutionary science. Losos himself is one of the leaders in this exciting new field, and he illustrates how experiments with guppies, fruit flies, bacteria, foxes, and field mice, along with his own work with anole lizards on Caribbean islands, are rewinding the tape of life to reveal just how rapid and predictable evolution can be. Improbable Destinies will change the way we think and talk about evolution. Losos's insights into natural selection and evolutionary change have far-reaching applications for protecting ecosystems, securing our food supply, and fighting off harmful viruses and bacteria. This compelling narrative offers a new understanding of ourselves and our role in the natural world and the cosmos.
Book Synopsis This Zoo Is Not for You by : Ross Collins
Download or read book This Zoo Is Not for You written by Ross Collins and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a platypus wanders into a zoo one day, the animals want to know why he should be allowed to join them.
Book Synopsis If My Mom Were a Platypus by : Dia L. Michels
Download or read book If My Mom Were a Platypus written by Dia L. Michels and published by Paw Prints. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an informative examination of fourteen mammal animals, including the elephant and platypus, young readers can learn how mammal mothers protect, feed, and raise their young in their natural habitats during their offspring's most vulnerable period in life. Simultaneous.
Book Synopsis Do Not Feed the Platypus Please by : Tionne Rogers
Download or read book Do Not Feed the Platypus Please written by Tionne Rogers and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-03-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcial was everything that Carsten had desired: handsome, young, serious, helpful and kind. A real Spanish "little Elf" His only drawback? The ravenous platypus living with him, the Georgian mobster decided to turn Marcial into his new boyfriend; and Pelayo, his meddlesome childhood friend.For the hyper-rational middle aged programmer nothing makes sense any longer as he finds himself plunged into a world where reality and fantasy merge and sanity is scarce.
Download or read book Platypus Dreaming written by Graeme Innes and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A prophecy brings common sense to the confusion of modern life, responding to its challenges in local and international conflict resolution, through remembering life’s composition of widely divergent yet related parts. An alternative view of life’s complexities, this novel is a modern-day take on an ancient way of seeing, placing the reader as the central character in a set of real-life circumstances, and confronting them wherever they find themselves. In many ways, the book is an initiation, taking you on a fascinating journey while deepening your comprehension of who and what you are and your place in the scheme of things. Disoriented and dissatisfied by the trite answers provided by compromised teachers and politicians alike, and perhaps lacking the experience and wisdom to judiciously negotiate life in the confusion of a world of apparent plenty, most people find themselves struggling to find representatives whose wise application of intelligence is the currency of their decision making. Where a balance of feeling and intuition equally weighted by logic and reason is absent, humanity is forced to conclude that society’s rulers, whether financial or political, have abandoned representing life’s common destiny as the foundation stone of humankind’s finest aspirations. When morality is applied differently in different settings to gain advantage and cultures have a variety of spiritual and existential beliefs pitted one against the other, the step to terrorism, though seemingly incomprehensible, appears understandable to a mind pushed to its extremes, as it attempts to reconcile that which is apparently irreconcilable. Without prizing humanity as an interwoven part of nature’s fabric, people are caught between a rock and hard place, but it is precisely there that Platypus Dreaming inspires hope.
Book Synopsis Strange Tales: a Girl Like Her and a Crocodile by : Nayla Khan
Download or read book Strange Tales: a Girl Like Her and a Crocodile written by Nayla Khan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-07-25 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laila Ahmed is sceptical-about all things. Muslim by birth, solicitor by profession and self-confessed degenerate, Laila is convinced that love is not for her, but on a whim she signs up to a dating site. Along comes a Muslim man: spiritual, cultured and charming. Almost everything Laila wants in a mate. The fact that he is also married is one problem. She should tell him shes not interested. But there is something strangely irresistible about him. What is in Lailas destiny? A quick fling, real love or a broken heart?
Download or read book Platypus written by Christina Leaf and published by Bellwether Media. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The platypus is one strange-looking animal! These mammals have duck-like bills, beaver-like tails, otter-like bodies, and even venomous stingers on their webbed feet! Find out how these bizarre animals use their unique features in this title for beginning readers.
Book Synopsis The Black Hand: Poisoner by : Joseph Francis Collins
Download or read book The Black Hand: Poisoner written by Joseph Francis Collins and published by Joseph Francis Collins. This book was released on 2014-12-04 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Black Hand... A shadowy organization that recruits, trains and supports assassins who specialize in unique methods of murder. A Talent for Murder When Jill Ringler learned that her uncle was abusing his young granddaughter, she put an end to it knowing that her family would close ranks around him and never suspect a precocious teen of murder by poison. A New Career After college, Jill should be looking forward to mastering her own life but, instead is blackmailed by someone from her past and forced into killing for The Black Hand. But she finds that she enjoys the work, the thrills, the money and making her own way in the world. The Future She learns the truth behind the accident that killed her parents and formed her future. Now her life rests on the action she takes. With luck, skill and determination, she might just survive her time as... The Black Hand: Poisoner
