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Author : Jack Trelawny
Publisher : Thirteen Things
ISBN 13 : 9781906815172
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (151 download)
Download or read book The Emperor's Rhinoceros written by Jack Trelawny and published by Thirteen Things. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jerry Toner
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421415860
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino written by Jerry Toner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roman Emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. For fourteen days near the end of AD 192, the emperor mounted one of the most lavish gladiatorial games Rome had ever seen. People rushed from all over Italy to witness the spectacle. Why did Roman rulers spend vast resources on such over-the-top displays? Why did the Roman rabble enjoy watching the slaughter of animals and the sight of men fighting to the death? In this book, Jerry Toner set out to answer these questions by describing what it would have been like to attend Commodus' fantastic shows.
Author : Jerry Toner
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421415879
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)
Download or read book The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino written by Jerry Toner and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015-01-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In ancient times, the Roman games—that heady cocktail of mass slaughter, gladiatorial combat, and chariot racing—made strong political, social, and cultural statements. The Roman emperor Commodus wanted to kill a rhinoceros with a bow and arrow, and he wanted to do it in the Colosseum. Commodus’s passion for hunting animals was so fervent that he dreamt of shooting a tiger, an elephant, and a hippopotamus; his prowess was such that people claimed he never missed when hurling his javelin or firing arrows from his bow. For fourteen days near the end of AD 192, the emperor mounted one of the most lavish and spectacular gladiatorial games Rome had ever seen. Commodus himself was the star attraction, and people rushed from all over Italy to witness the spectacle. But this slaughter was simply the warm-up act to the main event: the emperor was also planning to fight as a gladiator. Why did Roman rulers spend vast resources on such over-the-top displays—and why did some emperors appear in them as combatants? Why did the Roman rabble enjoy watching the slaughter of animals and the sight of men fighting to the death? And how best can we in the modern world understand what was truly at stake in the circus and the arena? In The Day Commodus Killed a Rhino, Jerry Toner set out to answer these questions by vividly describing what it would have been like to attend Commodus’ fantastic shows and watch one of his many appearances as both hunter and fighter. Highlighting the massive logistical effort needed to supply the games with animals, performers, and criminals for execution, the book reveals how blood and gore were actually incidental to what really mattered. Gladiatorial games played a key role in establishing a forum for political debate between the rulers and the ruled. Roman crowds were not passive: they were made up of sophisticated consumers with their own political aims, which they used the games to secure. In addition, the games also served as a pure expression of what it meant to be a true Roman. Drawing on notions of personal honor, manly vigor, and sophisticated craftsmanship, the games were a story that the Romans loved to tell themselves about themselves.
Author : Sandra Markle
Publisher : Millbrook Press (Tm)
ISBN 13 : 1512444367
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)
Download or read book The Great Rhino Rescue written by Sandra Markle and published by Millbrook Press (Tm). This book was released on 2019 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The southern white rhinos of Africa were almost extinct by the end of the 20th century. Although these animals have made a comeback, award-winning author Markle explains they continue to face such threats as habitat loss, continuous poaching, and the high illegal demand for rhino horn. Full color.
Author : L. C. Rookmaaker
Publisher : Kugler Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789051031348
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book The Rhinoceros in Captivity written by L. C. Rookmaaker and published by Kugler Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kees Rookmaaker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004691545
Total Pages : 891 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Rhinoceros of South Asia written by Kees Rookmaaker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rhinoceros is an iconic animal. Three species once inhabited South Asia, two of which disappeared over a century ago. This survey aims to reconstruct the historical distribution of these large mammals resulting in new maps showing the extent of their occurrences. Thousands of sources varied in time and nature are used to study the interactions between man and rhinoceros. The text is supported by over 700 illustrations and 38 maps showing the importance of the rhinoceros in the scientific and cultural fabric of Asia and beyond.
Author : Juan Pimentel
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674974425
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (749 download)
Download or read book The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium written by Juan Pimentel and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One animal left India in 1515, caged in the hold of a Portuguese ship, and sailed around Africa to Lisbon—the first of its species to see Europe for more than a thousand years. The other crossed the Atlantic from South America to Madrid in 1789, its huge fossilized bones packed in crates, its species unknown. How did Europeans three centuries apart respond to these two mysterious beasts—a rhinoceros, known only from ancient texts, and a nameless monster? As Juan Pimentel explains, the reactions reflect deep intellectual changes but also the enduring power of image and imagination to shape our understanding of the natural world. We know the rhinoceros today as “Dürer’s Rhinoceros,” after the German artist’s iconic woodcut. His portrait was inaccurate—Dürer never saw the beast and relied on conjecture, aided by a sketch from Lisbon. But the influence of his extraordinary work reflected a steady move away from ancient authority to the dissemination in print of new ideas and images. By the time the megatherium arrived in Spain, that movement had transformed science. When published drawings found their way to Paris, the great zoologist Georges Cuvier correctly deduced that the massive bones must have belonged to an extinct giant sloth. It was a pivotal moment in the discovery of the prehistoric world. The Rhinoceros and the Megatherium offers a penetrating account of two remarkable episodes in the cultural history of science and is itself a vivid example of the scientific imagination at work.
Author : Charles Knight
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)
Download or read book The English Cyclopaedia written by Charles Knight and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0593488539
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Rhinos at Recess written by Mary Pope Osborne and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away across the world with Jack and Annie--this time to the African savanna! Jack and Annie are on the playground at recess when they feel the magic tree house calling them. They sneak away and are whisked off on an adventure to South Africa, where a majestic rhino needs saving! With a hovering helicopter, watchful park rangers, and the chilling presence of poachers, rescuing one of Earth's greatest giants in the sprawling savanna won't be easy. Jack and Annie are going to need a little bit of magic for this mission! Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures If you're looking for Merlin Mission #37: Dragon of the Red Dawn, it was renumbered as Merlin Mission #9 when the series was rebranded in 2017.
Author : Hugh Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book The Animal Kingdom written by Hugh Craig and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Tarrant
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 0834823497
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (348 download)
Download or read book Bring Me the Rhinoceros written by John Tarrant and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2008-11-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative and playful exploration of the Zen koan tradition that reveals how everyday paradoxes are an integral part of our spiritual journey Bring Me the Rhinoceros is an unusual guide to happiness and a can opener for your thinking. For fifteen hundred years, Zen koans have been passed down through generations of masters, usually in private encounters between teacher and student. This book deftly retells more than a dozen traditional koans, which are partly paradoxical questions dangerous to your beliefs and partly treasure boxes of ancient wisdom. Koans show that you don’t have to impress people or change into an improved, more polished version of yourself. Instead you can find happiness by unbuilding, unmaking, throwing overboard, and generally subverting unhappiness. Author and Zen teacher John Tarrant brings the heart of the koan tradition out into the open, reminding us that the old wisdom remains as vital as ever, a deep resource available to anyone in any place or time.
Author : Hemanta Mishra
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 159921640X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Soul of the Rhino written by Hemanta Mishra and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal. For more info go to souloftherhino.com
Author : Hugh Craig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Johnson's Household Book of Nature written by Hugh Craig and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Pinnock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Guide to Knowledge written by William Pinnock and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Jennison
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome written by George Jennison and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1937 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome" is a complete and comprehensive investigation of the rise, function, and pageantry of wild and domesticated animals as household pets and as fodder for entertainment in the Roman world.
Author : Genhai Luo
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 981994273X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Humanistic Spirit of Traditional Chinese Medicine written by Genhai Luo and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to introduce in everyday language the profound culture and unique legacy of the ancient healing art with mesmerizing stories, allusions and anecdotes in the history of its evolution, handpicked from three perspectives, including contributions of master TCM practitioners, the nourishment of TCM by traditional Chinese culture, and the exchanges between TCM and its western counterparts. The vivid narrative of each section is complemented with elaboration of one related key TCM concept in a specific column. It is a brilliant reader for those interested in TCM and traditional Chinese culture.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The English Cyclopædia written by and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
