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Book Synopsis The Jar Menagerie by : Monica Babich
Download or read book The Jar Menagerie written by Monica Babich and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will can't contain his excitement collecting creatures he finds outside in jars. One day, something unexpected happens that makes him realize there may be a better way to appreciate life's smaller creatures.Combining rhyme and wonder with captivating illustrations, "the jar menagerie" teaches the age-old story that you don't have to capture or own something to love it.
Download or read book Utopia's Garden written by E. C. Spary and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The royal Parisian botanical garden, the Jardin du Roi, was a jewel in the crown of the French Old Regime, praised by both rulers and scientific practitioners. Yet unlike many such institutions, the Jardin not only survived the French Revolution but by 1800 had become the world's leading public establishment of natural history: the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. E. C. Spary traces the scientific, administrative, and political strategies that enabled the foundation of the Muséum, arguing that agriculture and animal breeding rank alongside classification and collections in explaining why natural history was important for French rulers. But the Muséum's success was also a consequence of its employees' Revolutionary rhetoric: by displaying the natural order, they suggested, the institution could assist in fashioning a self-educating, self-policing Republican people. Natural history was presented as an indispensable source of national prosperity and individual virtue. Spary's fascinating account opens a new chapter in the history of France, science, and the Enlightenment.
Book Synopsis Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by : Chris Packham
Download or read book Fingers in the Sparkle Jar written by Chris Packham and published by Random House. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voted the UK’s Favourite Nature Book The memoir that inspired Chris Packham's BBC documentary, Asperger’s and Me Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence. An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham only felt at ease in the fields and woods around his suburban home. But when he stole a young Kestrel from its nest, he was about to embark on a friendship that would teach him what it meant to love, and that would change him forever. In his rich, lyrical and emotionally exposing memoir, Chris brings to life his childhood in the 70s, from his bedroom bursting with fox skulls, birds' eggs and sweaty jam jars, to his feral adventures. But pervading his story is the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn’t understand him. Beautifully wrought, this coming-of-age memoir will be unlike any you've ever read.
Download or read book Menagerie written by Rachel Vincent and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a richly imagined, provocative new series set in the dark mythology of the Menagerie... When Delilah Marlow visits a famous traveling carnival, Metzger's Menagerie, she is an ordinary woman in a not–quite–ordinary world. But under the macabre circus black–top, she discovers a fierce, sharp–clawed creature lurking just beneath her human veneer. Captured and put on exhibition, Delilah is stripped of her worldly possessions, including her own name, as she's forced to “perform” in town after town. But there is breathtaking beauty behind the seamy and grotesque reality of the carnival. Gallagher, her handler, is as kind as he is cryptic and strong. The other “attractions”–mermaids, minotaurs, gryphons and kelpies–are strange, yes, but they share a bond forged by the brutal realities of captivity. And as Delilah struggles for her freedom, and for her fellow menagerie, she'll discover a strength and a purpose she never knew existed. Renowned author Rachel Vincent weaves an intoxicating blend of carnival magic and startling humanity in this intricately woven and powerful tale.
Book Synopsis Natural History of Quadrupeds by : James Rennie
Download or read book Natural History of Quadrupeds written by James Rennie and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Killing Jars written by Danial Neil and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Trickett's world is shrinking, out on the short-grass prairie undulating on and on to the horizons. He has never been east of Regina or west of Medicine Hat. Out there is what he fears and what he does not know...
Download or read book Follies of God written by James Grissom and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkably illuminating portrait of Tennessee Williams lifts the veil on the heart and soul of his artistic inspiration: the unspoken collaboration between playwright and actor. At a low moment in Williams’s life, he summoned to New Orleans a young twenty-year-old writer, James Grissom, who had written him a letter asking for advice. After a long, intense conversation, Williams sent Grissom on a journey on his behalf to find out if he or his work had mattered to those who had so deeply mattered to him. Among the more than seventy women and men with whom Grissom talked were giants of American theater and film: Lillian Gish, (“the escort who brought me to Blanche”), Jessica Tandy (the original Blanche DuBois on Broadway), Eva Le Gallienne (“She was a stone against which I could rub my talent and feel that it became sharper”), Maureen Stapleton, Julie Harris, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, Elia Kazan, Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, and many more. Follies of God provides dazzling insight into how Williams conjured the dramatic characters and plays that so transformed American theater.
Download or read book Things in Jars written by Jess Kidd and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “miraculous and thrilling” (Diane Setterfield, #1 New York Times bestselling author) mystery for fans of The Essex Serpent and The Book of Speculation, Victorian London comes to life as an intrepid female sleuth wades through a murky world of collectors and criminals to recover a remarkable child. Bridie Devine—flame-haired, pipe-smoking detective extraordinaire—is confronted with the most baffling puzzle yet: the kidnapping of Christabel Berwick, secret daughter of Sir Edmund Athelstan Berwick, and a peculiar child whose reputed supernatural powers have captured the unwanted attention of collectors in this age of discovery. Winding her way through the sooty streets of Victorian London, Bridie won’t rest until she finds the young girl, even if it means unearthing secrets about her past that she’d rather keep buried. Luckily, her search is aided by an enchanting cast of characters, including a seven-foot-tall housemaid; a melancholic, tattoo-covered ghost; and an avuncular apothecary. But secrets abound in this foggy underworld where nothing is quite what it seems. Blending darkness and light, Things in Jars is a stunning, “richly woven tapestry of fantasy, folklore, and history” (Booklist, starred review) that explores what it means to be human in inhumane times.
Book Synopsis Leggett's Antiques Atlas by : Kim Leggett
Download or read book Leggett's Antiques Atlas written by Kim Leggett and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1998-11-17 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide to antiquing in America.
Download or read book Grave New World written by ken sheffer and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-10-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It began as Global Warming, and then worsened to become known in the 22nd century as the Horrific Decline. Unless something drastic was done, the human race faced certain extinction. But because it had already progressed beyond the point of no return, nothing could be done to avert that fate unless they could somehow make changes to the past. Part science-fantasy and part romance, both serious and fun, Grave New World takes you on a new kind of adventure with intense and surprising turns. It is fiction to be enjoyed. We humans are the only species capable of bringing about our own extinction, and the only species so inclined. I wrote Grave New World to help raise the public consciousness about the perils of human impact on our environment, and to underscore our responsibilities for keeping this extraordinary planet a place where life can flourish. ken sheffer
Book Synopsis Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar? by : George Shannon
Download or read book Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar? written by George Shannon and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's easy to take a cookie out of the cookie jar: just reach in. But how does it get in there in the first place? It's more complicated than you might think. Someone has to milk the cow, grow the wheat, harvest the sugar cane—everyone has a special job to do to make that cookie possible. In Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar?, George Shannon and Julie Paschkis take us on a delicious cookie journey, showing how many hands work together so that one hand can take the cookie out—and so that you can take a huge yummy bite!
Download or read book Harper's New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Discover Nature Close to Home by : Elizabeth P. Lawlor
Download or read book Discover Nature Close to Home written by Elizabeth P. Lawlor and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicely illustrated guide for beginning naturalists, youthful or adult. Looks at spiders, fungi, earthworms, galls, wildflowers, vines, lichens, maples, starlings, squirrels, and other common but interesting "finds." Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Tausret written by Max Overton and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House of Ramesses falters as Tausret relinquishes the throne upon the death of her husband, King Seti. Amenmesse's young son Siptah will become king until her infant son is old enough to rule. Tausret, as Regent, and the king's uncle, Chancellor Bay, hold tight to the reins of power and vie for complete control of the kingdoms. Assassination changes the balance of power, and, seeing his chance, Chancellor Bay attempts a coup... Tausret's troubles mount as she also faces a challenge from Setnakhte, an aging son of the Great Ramesses who believes Seti was the last legitimate king. If Setnakhte gets his way, he will destroy the House of Ramesses and set up his own dynasty of kings.
Book Synopsis The Last Threshold by : R. A. Salvatore
Download or read book The Last Threshold written by R. A. Salvatore and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drizzt navigates a winding path littered with secrets and lies in this suspenseful conclusion to the Neverwinter Saga Drizzt is tangled up in Dahlia’s dark secrets more than ever. The ties that once held them close now threaten to rip apart as Dahlia’s bonds to Drizzt’s former foe, Artemis Entreri, continue to grow. Determined to stand for what’s right in the Realms once again, Drizzt forges a new road north toward Icewind Dale. Will Dahlia, Entreri, and the rest of his new companions follow? Will he be forced to fight the darkness alone? Either way, he knows now where he’s headed—back to the only place that’s ever felt like home. Meanwhile, in the caverns of Gauntlgrym, the drow Tiago Baenre enlists the help of the Bregan D’aerthe in his quest to destroy his grandfather’s killer: Drizzt Do’Urden. While making promises they may not keep, the agents of the elite drow mercenary group hide plans of their own . . . The Last Threshold is the fourth book in the Neverwinter Saga and the twenty-sixth installment in the Legend of Drizzt series.
Book Synopsis The Lily-Livered Prince by : Christopher William Hill
Download or read book The Lily-Livered Prince written by Christopher William Hill and published by Orchard Books. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gruesomely funny series for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket. Meet Eugene, the most portly of princes, and Kalvitas, the most courageous of chocolate makers. Theirs is a tale of cakes and cowardice, bullies and battles, as they set out to defeat a terrifying tyrant. The characters are CURSED. The deserts are DEADLY. And people are NOT always as they appear... With cover and chapter head artwork by Chris Riddell.
Book Synopsis The Cockroach Hall of Fame by : Sandra Gurvis
Download or read book The Cockroach Hall of Fame written by Sandra Gurvis and published by Carol Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unusual and eccentric museums throughout the United States and Canada which feature such displays as Dan Quayle's baby pictures and spelling tests, 2,000 cookie jars, the largest and best dressed cockroaches, and antique dental instruments in Charleston, South Carolina, whose fame is spread "thanks to word of mouth."
