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Giraffe on Fire

Author : Juan Felipe Herrera
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816519854
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe on Fire written by Juan Felipe Herrera and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic collage of voices, genres, and time-spaces. A display of power over language and rhythm. A postmodern performance of naked figures hanging in the nebulae of a militarized universe. A new millennium cubist manifesto against decrepit political machines. A mystic song in search of birth and love. In this new collection of poems, Juan Felipe Herrera's natural talent for capturing the raw dimensions of reality merges with his wild imagination and technical prowess. Things, names, places, histories, herstories, desires, wills, minds, and their effects and progeny are re-mixed, re-mastered, and re-cast into a new narrative theater. Characters in a constant and stubborn rush, appearance, disappearance, and flow— with, against, and for each other— create the fire and give birth to the hallucinatory spotted and leaf-eating, long-necked child. Exciting and original, cutting-edge and risk-taking, Giraffe on Fire is a breathtaking addition to a respected body of work by a poet not afraid to speak out about how poetry reflects the raw beauty and truth of life.

Giraffe

Author : Edgar Williams
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861898894
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe written by Edgar Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their extraordinary long necks, distinctive camouflage, graceful movements, and friendly nature have made giraffes one of the most fascinating and beloved animals on the planet. But while giraffes once roamed the Great Plains of Africa in huge herds, their numbers have greatly diminished, and they are now entirely dependent on humanity for their survival. In Giraffe, Edgar Williams explores not only the biology of the tallest animals on earth, but also their impact on human history—including in ancient Egypt, where giraffes were kept as exotic pets; the Middle Ages, when giraffes were considered mythical beasts as improbable and mysterious as the dragon; and the Victorian era, in which giraffe hunting was considered an exhilarating sport. Giraffe is the first book to provide a comprehensive, twenty-first-century view of the giraffe in art, literature, film, and popular culture, as well as its natural history from prehistory to modern times. With new insights into the giraffe’s genetics and evolution, this book will appeal to those interested in the giraffe’s unique biology and to anyone who admires the majestic giraffe.

The White Giraffe

Author : Lauren St John
Publisher : Orion Children's Books
ISBN 13 : 1444002104
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book The White Giraffe written by Lauren St John and published by Orion Children's Books. This book was released on 2010-05-14 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book in the heart-warming White Giraffe series by Lauren St John, featuring the African adventures of Martine and her magical white giraffe. When tragedy strikes on a winter's night in England, Martine is sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her wild, beautiful new home is riddled with secrets, but lonely Martine finds comfort in the legend of a white giraffe and in mysterious Grace, who believes Martine has a powerful gift. Defying her grandmother by entering the reserve alone, Martine is plunged into a world of danger, mystery and adventure. Who can she trust? And how far will she go to save the only friend she has ever known?

Giraffe on Fire

Author : Juan Felipe Herrera
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816533067
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe on Fire written by Juan Felipe Herrera and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Place co-winner, Best Poetry, Latino Literary Hall of Fame A poetic collage of voices, genres, and time-spaces. A display of power over language and rhythm. A postmodern performance of naked figures hanging in the nebulae of a militarized universe. A new millennium cubist manifesto against decrepit political machines. A mystic song in search of birth and love. In this new collection of poems, Juan Felipe Herrera's natural talent for capturing the raw dimensions of reality merges with his wild imagination and technical prowess. Things, names, places, histories, herstories, desires, wills, minds, and their effects and progeny are re-mixed, re-mastered, and re-cast into a new narrative theater. Characters in a constant and stubborn rush, appearance, disappearance, and flow—with, against, and for each other—create the fire and give birth to the hallucinatory spotted and leaf-eating, long-necked child. Exciting and original, cutting-edge and risk-taking, Giraffe on Fire is a breathtaking addition to a respected body of work by a poet not afraid to speak out about how poetry reflects the raw beauty and truth of life.

Animal Novel: A Lion Goes Wandering

Author : ouping guo
Publisher : ouping guo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Novel: A Lion Goes Wandering written by ouping guo and published by ouping guo. This book was released on with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Living Elephants

Author : Raman Sukumar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195107784
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Living Elephants written by Raman Sukumar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-09-11 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ancient origins of the proboscideans to the crisis of the living elephants, this book synthesizes the behavior, ecology and conservation of elephants, while covering also the history of human interactions with elephants. It is useful for biologists, field ecologists, wildlife administrators, historians, and conservationists.

The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire

Author : Herbert Carter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire written by Herbert Carter and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Half a Giraffe?

Author : Jodie Parachini
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807531618
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Half a Giraffe? written by Jodie Parachini and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rollicking rhyming text shows how a baby giraffe learns, with a little help from her friends, to be true to herself. All giraffes, even baby Gisele, know that the juiciest leaves are on the tops of the trees. But how does she reach them? No matter how she stretches or twists, those tasty leaves are just too high. A strong story with a light touch, and colorful art with extra touches of humor, appeals to both children and adults.

A Giraffe Did One

Author : Jerry Pallotta
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
ISBN 13 : 1410310051
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book A Giraffe Did One written by Jerry Pallotta and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2011-12-13 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers have to figure out just exactly what it is these animals are doing. A fun reminder on good manners.

Giraffe Reflections

Author : Dale Peterson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520956966
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe Reflections written by Dale Peterson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most comprehensive book on giraffes to appear in the last fifty years, this volume presents a magnificent portrait of a group of animals who, in spite of their legendary elegance and astonishing gentleness, may not entirely survive this century. Dale Peterson’s text provides a natural and cultural history of the world’s tallest and second-biggest land animals, describing in detail their biology and behavior. He offers a new perspective on the giraffes’ place in our world, and argues for the stronger protection of these imposing yet endangered creatures and their elusive forest relatives, the okapis. Some 120 stunning photographs by award-winning wildlife photographer Karl Ammann capture the grace and elegance of Giraffa camelopardalis. Both beautiful and informative, the images document giraffes’ complex interactions with each other and their environment.

Serengeti II

Author : A. R. E. Sinclair
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226760322
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Serengeti II written by A. R. E. Sinclair and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1995-08 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serengeti II: Dynamics, Management, and Conservation of an Ecosystem brings together twenty years of research by leading scientists to provide the most most thorough understanding to date of the spectacular Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa, home to one of the largest and most diverse populations of animals in the world. Building on the groundwork laid by the classic Serengeti: Dynamics of an Ecosystem, published in 1979 by the University of Chicago Press, this new book integrates studies of the ecosystem at every level—from the plants at the bottom of the visible food chain, to the many species of herbivores and predators, to the system as a whole. Drawing on new data from many long-term studies and from more recent research initiatives, and applying new theory and computer technology, the contributors examine the large-scale processes that have produced the Serengeti's extraordinary biological diversity, as well as the interactions among species and between plants and animals and their environment. They also introduce computer modeling as a tool for exploring these interactions, employing this new technology to test and anticipate the effects of social, political, and economic changes on the entire ecosystem and on particular species, and so to shape future conservation and management strategies.

Smitten by Giraffe

Author : Anne Innis Dagg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773599754
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Smitten by Giraffe written by Anne Innis Dagg and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten. She knew she had to learn more about this marvellous animal. Twenty years later, now a trained zoologist, she set off alone to Africa to study the behaviour of giraffe in the wild. Subsequently, Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey would be driven by a similar devotion to study the behaviour of wild apes. In Smitten by Giraffe the noted feminist reflects on her scientific work as well as the leading role she has played in numerous activist campaigns. On returning home to Canada, Anne married physicist Ian Dagg, had three children, published a number of scientific papers, taught at several local universities, and in 1967 earned her PhD in biology at the University of Waterloo. Dagg was continually frustrated in her efforts to secure a position as a tenured professor despite her many publications and exemplary teaching record. Finally she opted instead to pursue her research as an independent “citizen scientist,” while working part-time as an academic advisor. Dagg would spend many years fighting against the marginalization of women in the arts and sciences. Boldly documenting widespread sexism in universities while also discussing Dagg’s involvement with important zoological topics such as homosexuality, infanticide, sociobiology, and taxonomy, Smitten by Giraffe offers an inside perspective on the workings of scientific research and debate, the history of academia, and the rise of second-wave feminism. A new preface relates Dagg’s experience as the subject of the documentary The Woman Who Loves Giraffes.

The Mating Rituals of the Burning Giraffe

Author : Morgan Benson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1450042929
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The Mating Rituals of the Burning Giraffe written by Morgan Benson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in a world where clocks melt and gentlemen rain from the sky, The Mating Rituals Of The Burning Giraffe is a grown-ups fable, inspired by the surrealist paintings, sculptures, and sketches of Magritte, Dal, and Monty Python. Its a brightly colored delirium, dedicated to the indomitable child. The story follows Billy Dada, a young man about to enter a state of higher learning where he will be taught the principles of categorizing biological diversity, from smelly wolves to cats with heads like mushrooms, from hares with fangs to enormous clams, but who, midst the books and lectures, nurtures a fascination with the giraffa infernalis, a pyring obsession thats about to turn into a scathefire. So begins a black-and-blue excursion into the brushstrokes on lifes canvas. Its a slab of confusion and desperation, a swirl of hardships and sorrowsinside a frame of meaning. The Mating Rituals of the Burning Giraffe is an adult fairytale about how fate tears us apart unless we move with it. Its a way to move with it. Move with it.

One Spotted Giraffe

Author : Petr Horáček
Publisher : Candlewick Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780763661571
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book One Spotted Giraffe written by Petr Horáček and published by Candlewick Press (MA). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrations, simple text, and pop-up numerals encourage young readers to identify and count animals, from one spotted giraffe to ten swimming fish.

Giraffe

Author : Meish Goldish
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1597163740
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (971 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe written by Meish Goldish and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out how the world's tallest mammal uses its height to find food, stay safe, and even help other animals escape from enemies.

Why Did You Come If You Leave Again? Volume 2

Author : Conradin Perner
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524503223
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Why Did You Come If You Leave Again? Volume 2 written by Conradin Perner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Why Did You Come If You Leave Again? is an ethnographers personal account of the five years he spent in one of the remotest parts of Africa. In the authors comprehensive monograph (eight volumes published by Schwabe) about the Anyuak, a little-known tribe in South Sudan, there was no space left for a portrait of the person who did the fieldwork, his professional and personal itinerary, his experiences and attitudes, his relationship with the local peoplelet alone for all the adventures he lived when crossing the wilderness and when struggling to stay alive. The travel autobiography sheds light on the long and tedious process of ethnographic fieldwork; it is both personal and profound, varying between moments of actions and reflections and eventually leading to an intimate encounter with an African culture. The many riveting stories told in the book are signposts of a spiritual, psychological, philosophical, and physically exhausting expedition through arid savannah, flooded plains, and compact walls of elephant grass to the spiritual home of a courageous people who have created in the middle of wilderness a center of humanity. Though the narrative is essentially about the discovery of a foreign culture, it also relates the exploration of the ethnographers own identity in an environment that didnt offer any possibility to escape. The book is about thirst, starvation, loneliness and lightening, sickness and death, joy and deliverance, snakes and spirits, shadow, spittle and footprints, and eventually about the authors quest for meaning, beauty, and understanding of the world. The memoir tells a saga about forlornness, hope, and achievement, and last but not least, growing friendships as the only reward for struggle and pain. The researchers autobiography is captivating for the soul and the mind. It is funny, sad, informative, inspiring, and poetic.

Giraffe

Author : J. M. Ledgard
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780143038962
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book Giraffe written by J. M. Ledgard and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel based on a bizarre, real-life incident that took place in 1975 Czechoslovakia describes the destruction of the world's largest captive herd of giraffes at a zoo in a small Czech town, recounting the story of the giraffes from their capture in Africa to their apparently senseless slaughter by the secret police. A first novel. Reprint.