The Frozen Leopard

Download The Frozen Leopard full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Frozen Leopard ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

The Snow Leopard

Author : Peter Matthiessen
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 014312952X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Snow Leopard by : Peter Matthiessen

Download or read book The Snow Leopard written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today. The Snow Leopard In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. The result is a remarkable account of a journey both physical and spiritual, as the arduous climb yields to Matthiessen a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.

Snow Leopard

Author : Don Hunter
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 145716597X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Snow Leopard by : Don Hunter

Download or read book Snow Leopard written by Don Hunter and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like no other large cat, the snow leopard evokes a sense of myth and mysticism, strength and spirit shrouded in a snowy veil, seldom seen but always present. Giving a voice to the snow leopard, this collection of powerful first person accounts from an impressive cadre of scientist-adventurers grants readers a rare glimpse of this elusive cat and the remarkable lives of those personally connected to its future. These Stories from the Roof of the World resonate with adventure, danger, discovery, and most importantly hope for this magnificent big cat. Very little has been written about this mystical creature. Its remote and rugged habitat among the mightiest collection of mountains on Earth, proclaimed "The Roof of the World" by awe-struck explorers, make it one of the most difficult and expensive animals to study. After a millennia thriving in peaceful isolation, human encroachment, poaching and climate change threaten the snow leopards survival. Speaking on behalf of the snow leopard, these heart-felt stories will inform and inspire readers, creating the vital connection needed to move people toward action in saving this magnificent cat. Contributors include: Ali Abutalip Dahashof, Som B. Ale, Avaantseren Bayarjargal, Yash Veer Bhatnagar, Joseph L. Fox, Helen Freeman, Darla Hillard, Don Hunter, Shafqat Hussain, Rodney Jackson, Jan E. Janecka, Mitchell Kelly, Ashiq Ahmad Khan, Nasier A. Kitchloo, Evgeniy P. Kashkarov, Peter Matthiessen, Kyle McCarthy, Tom McCarthy, George B. Schaller, and Rinchen Wangchuk.

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099460920
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (994 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Snows of Kilimanjaro by : Ernest Hemingway

Download or read book The Snows of Kilimanjaro written by Ernest Hemingway and published by Random House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ten short fiction stories by American author Ernest Hemingway, including the title work about a hardened adventurer on safari in Africa who must face his innermost fears when an accident threatens to cut short his life.

The Leopard Is Loose

Author : Stephen Harrigan
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 0525655778
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Leopard Is Loose by : Stephen Harrigan

Download or read book The Leopard Is Loose written by Stephen Harrigan and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fragile, 1952 postwar tranquility of a young boy’s world explodes one summer day when a leopard escapes from the Oklahoma City zoo, throwing all the local residents into dangerous excitement, in this evocative story of a child’s confrontation with his deepest fears For Grady McClarty, an ever-watchful but bewildered five-year-old boy, World War II is only a troubling, ungraspable event that occurred before he was born. But he feels its effects all around him. He and his older brother Danny are fatherless, and their mother, Bethie, is still grieving for her fighter-pilot husband. Most of all, Grady senses it in his two uncles: young combat veterans determined to step into a fatherhood role for their nephews, even as they struggle with the psychological scars they carry from the war. When news breaks that a leopard has escaped from the Oklahoma City Zoo, the playthings and imagined fears of Grady’s childhood begin to give way to real-world terrors, most imminently the dangerous jungle cat itself. The Leopard Is Loose is a stunning encapsulation of America in the 1950s, and a moving portrait of a boy’s struggle to find his place in the world.

The Eye of the Leopard

Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
ISBN 13 : 1595585680
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Eye of the Leopard by : Henning Mankell

Download or read book The Eye of the Leopard written by Henning Mankell and published by New Press/ORIM. This book was released on 2011-07-26 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the acclaimed Kurt Wallander series: A thrilling story set in Sweden and Zambia told with “heart-stopping tension” (Entertainment Weekly). Interweaving past and present, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell’s deep understanding of both Scandinavia and post-colonial Africa. Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia in the 1970s, at the start of its independence. There, he hopes to fulfill the missionary dream of a boyhood friend who was unable to make the journey. But he is also there to flee the traumas of his motherless childhood in provincial Sweden: his father’s alcoholism, his best friend’s terrible accident, his fear of an ordinary and stifled fate. Africa is a terrible shock, yet he stays and makes it his home. In all his years as a mzungu, a wealthy white man among native blacks, he never comes to fully understand his adoptive home, or his precarious place in it. Rumors of an underground army of revolutionaries wearing leopard skins warn him that the fragile truce between blacks and whites is in danger of rupturing. Alternating between Hans’s years in Africa and those of his youth in Sweden, The Eye of the Leopard is a bravura achievement and a study in contrasts—black and white, poor and wealthy, Africa and Europe—both sinister and elegiac. “Mankell’s novels are a joy.” —USA Today “A fascinating novel . . . [the] prose is powerful, and the narrative of The Eye of the Leopard is profound.” —Bookreporter.com “A thought-provoking, multilayered novel whose themes will challenge and linger.” —The Courier Mail “Mankell is a master of atmosphere and suspense.” —Los Angeles Times “Mankell’s novels are the best Swedish export since flatpack furniture.” —The Guardian “Beautiful, heartbreaking, yet ultimately hopeful . . . A powerful exploration of the stresses and challenges of freedom.” —Booklist, starred review

The Art of Patience

Author : Sylvain Tesson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593296281
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Art of Patience by : Sylvain Tesson

Download or read book The Art of Patience written by Sylvain Tesson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey in search of one of the most elusive creatures on the planet Adventurer Sylvain Tesson has led a restless life, riding across Central Asia on horseback, freeclimbing the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame, and traversing the Himalayas by foot. But while recovering from an accident that left him in a coma, and nursing his wounds from a lost love, he found himself domesticated, his lust for life draining with each moment spent staring at a screen. An expedition to the mountains of Tibet, in search of the famously elusive snow leopard, presented itself as a cure. For the chance to glimpse this near mythical beast, Tesson and his companions must wait for hours without making a sound or a movement, enduring the thin air and brutal cold. Their vigil becomes an act of faith--many have pursued the snow leopard for years without seeing it--and as they keep their watch, Tesson comes to embrace the virtues of patience and silence. His faith is rewarded when the snow leopard, the spirit of the mountain, reveals itself: an embodiment of what we have surrendered in our contemporary lives. And the simple act of waiting proves to be an antidote to the frenzy of our times. A celebration of the power and grace of the wild, and a requiem for the world's vanishing places, The Art of Patience is a revelatory account of the communion between nature and the human heart. Sylvain Tesson has written a new masterpiece on the relationship between man and beast in prose as sublime as the wilderness that inspired it.

So Cool! Leopards

Author : Crispin Boyer
Publisher : So Cool/So Cute
ISBN 13 : 1426335253
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (263 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis So Cool! Leopards by : Crispin Boyer

Download or read book So Cool! Leopards written by Crispin Boyer and published by So Cool/So Cute. This book was released on 2019 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silently they stalk, carefully they creep, with perfect precision, they pounce! Face it folks, leopards are just SO COOL. Leopards are among the world's top predatory big cats, but that's just ONE reason why they are SO COOL. So who wouldn't want to hang out with them to learn more? These books blend awesome animal photos with silly quips and info that will delight young readers and animal enthusiasts. For example, kids can learn that leopards are the best climbers of all the big cats, that they have excellent night vision, and that black panthers are just leopards that are born black. This is the perfect little reader to start kids' brains buzzing and keep them laughing during downtime, bedtime, or anytime!

The Frozen Worlds

Author : Jason Bittel
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0744084156
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (44 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Frozen Worlds by : Jason Bittel

Download or read book The Frozen Worlds written by Jason Bittel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-03-21 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeously illustrated book all about the Arctic and Antarctic, for young animal and conservation enthusiasts. Enter the world of the Arctic and Antarctic for an incredible journey around Earth's icy poles. Polar bears, penguins, and ice glide across the pages of this colorful book, which combines gorgeous illustrations and photos to help young enthusiasts learn all about the Arctic and Antarctic. From icy rivers to Antarctic volcanoes, they'll discover the incredible secret life of Earth's polar regions. They'll also find out how they can help take care of the Arctic and Antarctic themselves. The Frozen Worlds takes children on a fascinating sub-zero journey, showing them just how amazing Earth's poles are, which plants and animals live near them, and how we can help them. It includes a multitude of polar life, plus amazing facts on how icebergs are formed, how animals survive in the freezing cold, and how scientists study the Antarctic.

Leopard

Author : Desmond Morris
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780233183
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Leopard by : Desmond Morris

Download or read book Leopard written by Desmond Morris and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sleek, spotted leopard may be the smallest of the big cats, but its ferocity and solitary style makes lions and tigers seem puny in comparison. Lacking the social mentality of other animals, the leopard is stealthy and selfish, ambushing its prey and carrying it high into a tree where it can dine alone. Humans call leopards the “perfect predator." In Leopard, renowned zoologist Desmond Morris seeks to show all sides of the cat, delving into the fascinating history of these incredible animals. Morris examines the leopard’s athletic elegance, predatory skill, wary shyness, and cunning intelligence while also exploring the animal’s parental devotion, preference for solitude, and capacity for revenge. In addition to tracing the evolution of leopards, he considers how humans have related to the animal throughout history. Leopards, he shows, have long featured in the art, mythology, and folklore of ancient Greece, Persia, Rome, and even England, where they have not lived for several millennia. But humans and leopards do not always coexist peacefully; as Morris explains, leopards have been known to attack humans when their food is scarce or they are injured. He reveals how humans have exploited the cats, attempting to train them for circus roles, and how today some people are now making strides toward the leopard’s conservation. He also describes their rich symbolism, appearances in literature and film, and the use of the leopard print in both haute couture and down-market fashion. Packed with compelling images of this amazing animal in action, Leopard sheds new light on these gorgeous cats.

Theorizing Narrativity

Author : John Pier
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110969807
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Theorizing Narrativity by : John Pier

Download or read book Theorizing Narrativity written by John Pier and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theorizing Narrativity is a collective work by an international array of leading specialists in narrative theory. It provides new perspectives on the nature of narrative, genre theory, narrative semiotics and communication theory. Most contributions center on the specificity of literary fiction, but each chapter investigates a different dimension of narrativity with many issues dealt with in innovative ways (including oral storytelling, the law, video games, causality, intertextuality and the theory of reading). There are chapters by Gerald Prince on narrativehood and narrativity, Meir Sternberg on the narrativity of the law-code, Werner Wolf on chance and Peter Hühn on eventfulness in fiction, Jukka Tyrkkö on kaleidoscope narratives, Marie-Laure Ryan on transfictionality and computer games, Ansgar Nünning and Roy Sommer as well as Monika Fludernik on the narrativity of drama, Beatriz Penas on (non)standard narrativities, David Rudrum on narrativity and performativity, Michael Toolan on textual guidance, John Pier on causality and retrospection, and José Ángel García Landa on retelling and represented narrations.

Across the Frozen Himalaya

Author : Harish Kohli
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173871061
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Across the Frozen Himalaya by : Harish Kohli

Download or read book Across the Frozen Himalaya written by Harish Kohli and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 maps, 48 colour pictures. When Harish Kohli and his team of seven members reached the summit of the Karakoram Pass in the early afternoon of 17th February 1995, they had been on the move for twelve gruelling hours. As they began the treacherous descent, the light breeze turned into a storm and then into a blizzard, plummet-ing the temperature to minus 48 degrees Celcius. Later that night when they reached their base, after twenty-six horrifying hours, two of the members were frostbitten, one of them losing seven of his fingers. But for the Ski-Himalaya team, it was only the beginning of their adventure, which became one of the most momentous journeys in mountaineering history.

Private Lies

Author : Warren Adler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781590060179
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Private Lies by : Warren Adler

Download or read book Private Lies written by Warren Adler and published by . This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of children’s literature and culture has been experiencing a renaissance, with vital new work proliferating across many areas of interest. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, Keywords for Children’s Literature presents 49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts of the field. From Aesthetics to Young Adult, an impressive, multidisciplinary cast of scholars explores the vocabulary central to the study of children's literature. Following the growth of his or her word, each author traces its branching uses and meanings, often into unfamiliar disciplinary territories: Award-winning novelist Philip Pullman writes about Intentionality, Education expert Margaret Meek Spencer addresses Reading, literary scholar Peter Hunt historicizes Children’s Literature, Psychologist Hugh Crago examines Story, librarian and founder of the influential Child_Lit litserv Michael Joseph investigates Liminality. The scope, clarity, and interdisciplinary play between concepts make this collection essential reading for all scholars in the field. In the spirit of Raymond Williams’ seminal Keywords, this book is a snapshot of a vocabulary of children’s literature that is changing, expanding, and ever unfinished.

Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles, Book 1)

Author : Stuart Hill
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545381347
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (453 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles, Book 1) by : Stuart Hill

Download or read book Cry of the Icemark (The Icemark Chronicles, Book 1) written by Stuart Hill and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic, highly acclaimed fantasy that has just been optioned as a feature film by Fox 2000!The Icemark is a kingdom in grave danger. Its king has been killed in battle, its enemy lies in wait, and its fate rests on the shoulders of one girl. Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield, a beautiful princess and an intrepid warrior, must find a way to protect her land from a terrible invasion. She will forge an extraordinary alliance of noble Snow Leopards, ancient Vampires, and ferocious Wolf-folk. She will find unexpected strength in her friendship with a young warlock. And she will lead her allies to victory with her fierce battle cry: "Blood! Blast! And Fire!"

Death in the Dark Continent

Author : Peter Hathaway Capstick
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1466803932
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Death in the Dark Continent by : Peter Hathaway Capstick

Download or read book Death in the Dark Continent written by Peter Hathaway Capstick and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1989-07-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick takes us back to Africa to encounter the world’s most dangerous big-game animals. After consulting African game experts and recalling his own experiences and those of his colleagues, Capstick has written chilling, authoritative accounts of hunting the five most dangerous killers on the African continent—lion, leopard, elephant, Cape buffalo and rhinoceros. The classic big-game animals are unmatched as a test of a hunter’s skill and courage. With a command of exciting prose, Capstick brings us along on the chase. The warning snarl of a crouching lion, the swish of grass that reveals a leopard, the enraged scream of a wounded elephant, the cloud of dust that marks a herd of Cape buffalo, the earthshaking charge of a rhino are recreated in heart-stopping, nerve-racking detail. In Death in the Dark Continent, Capstick brings to life all the suspense, fear and exhilaration of stalking ferocious killers under primitive, savage conditions, with the ever present threat of death.

Art of Excursion Vol. 1

Author : Kevin Lester
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387231359
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (872 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Art of Excursion Vol. 1 by : Kevin Lester

Download or read book Art of Excursion Vol. 1 written by Kevin Lester and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is filled with the short moments that define our philosophy. During the short journeys we take out into the wide-open world, there's no telling where your life is headed afterwards. Art of Excursion is a project to chronicle the most important year of my life from the beginning of 2014, to 2015, through which I discovered my passion for wildlife, and the stories from far-flung corners of the Americas and Antarctica. There is adventure to be had out there, and you best be sure that the experience is to the fullest. Volume 1 of this series spans my photo journals in Argentina, Antarctica, Florida, and Paraguay. Along with the high quality pictures on nearly every page of this condensed journal are the thoughts, feelings, and histories of these beautiful places from the perspective of an average North American citizen.

Whaling in the Frozen South

Author : Alan Villiers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Whaling in the Frozen South by : Alan Villiers

Download or read book Whaling in the Frozen South written by Alan Villiers and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expedition commanded by Captain Carl A. Larsen.

New Essays on Hemingway's Short Fiction

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521556514
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis New Essays on Hemingway's Short Fiction by : Paul Smith

Download or read book New Essays on Hemingway's Short Fiction written by Paul Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-05-28 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction and four scholarly essays in this volume constitute an overview of Hemingway's career as a short story writer and offer an overview of practical problems involved in reading this work. The early short story Up in Michigan is explained in relation to the short story cycle In Our Time. Problems of narration are analysed in Now I Lay Me, an integral part of the famous Nick Adams stories. A detailed look at ecological and Native American backgrounds is presented in Fathers and Sons, in the collection Winner Take Nothing; and Snows of Kilimanjaro is examined from a postcolonial perspective. Also included is a selected bibliography designed to direct readers to the most valuable resources for the study of Hemingway's short fiction.