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Agog! Fantastic Fiction

Author : Cat Sparks
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 0809556308
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Agog! Fantastic Fiction written by Cat Sparks and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-nine new tales of fantasy, imagination and wonder, edited by Cat Sparks, including contributions by Michael Barry, Deborah Biancotti, Leigh Blackmore, Damien Broderick, Simon Brown, David Carroll, Marianne de Pierres, Terry Dowling, Brendan Duffy, Dirk Flinthart, Paul Haines, Richard Harland, Robert Hood, Trent Jamieson, Rick Kennett, Geoffrey Maloney, Claire McKenna, Chuck Mckenzie, Chris Mowbray, Kate Orman, Ben Peek, Robin Pen, Tony Plank, Tansy Rayner Roberts, Tracey Rolfe, Keith Stevenson, Jessica Vivien, and Kyla Ward.

Endlings

Author : Lydia Pyne
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452968845
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Endlings written by Lydia Pyne and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the historical decimation of species around the globe, a new way into the language of loss An endling is the last known individual of a species; when that individual dies, the species becomes extinct. These “last individuals” are poignant characters in the stories that humans tell themselves about today’s Anthropocene. In this evocative work, Lydia Pyne explores how discussion about endlings—how we tell their histories—draws on deep traditions of storytelling across a variety of narrative types that go well beyond the science of these species’ biology or their evolutionary history. Endlings provides a useful and thoughtful discussion of species concepts: how species start and how (and why) they end, what it means to be a “charismatic” species, the effects of rewilding, and what makes species extinction different in this era. From Benjamin the thylacine to Celia the ibex to Lonesome George the Galápagos tortoise, endlings, Pyne shows, have the power to shape how we think about grief, mourning, and loss amid the world’s sixth mass extinction.

The Best Australian Essays 2017

Author : Anna Goldsworthy
Publisher : Black Inc.
ISBN 13 : 192543592X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book The Best Australian Essays 2017 written by Anna Goldsworthy and published by Black Inc.. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘When a group of essays get together in a room they start talking to each other, often in surprising ways ... The existence of these voices – stylish, vital frequently wise – is a source of hope.’ —Anna Goldsworthy The Best Australian Essays showcases the nation’s most eloquent, insightful and urgent non-fiction writing. In her debut as editor of the anthology, award-winning author Anna Goldsworthy chooses brilliant pieces that provoke, unveil, engage and enlighten. From the election of Donald Trump to digital disruption, from the passing of rock gods to the wonders of Australian slang, these essays get to the heart of what’s happening in Australia and the world. Contributors include Shannon Burns, Barry Humphries, Stan Grant, Keane Shum, Richard Cooke, Nick Feik, Michael Adams, Micheline Lee, Mandy Sayer, Tim Flannery, Sonya Hartnett, Harriet Riley, John Clarke, Jennifer Rutherford, Amanda Niehaus, Sam Vincent, Lech Blaine, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, Moreno Giovannoni, Janine Mikosza, Melissa Howard, Helen Garner, James Wood, J.M. Coetzee, Robert Skinner, Sebastian Smee and Anwen Crawford. Anna Goldsworthy is the author of Piano Lessons, Welcome to Your New Life and the Quarterly Essay Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny. Her writing has appeared in the Monthly, the Age, the Australian, the Adelaide Review and The Best Australian Essays. She is also a concert pianist, with several recordings to her name.

The Curse of Eelgrass Bog

Author : Mary Averling
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593624904
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book The Curse of Eelgrass Bog written by Mary Averling and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse. Nothing about Kess Pedrock’s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon’s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim). But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town. Lilou comes to Kess for help breaking a mysterious curse—and the only clue she has leads straight into the center of Eelgrass Bog. Everyone knows the bog is full of witches, demons, and possibly worse, but Kess and Lilou are determined not to let that stop them. As they investigate the mystery and uncover long-buried secrets, Kess begins to realize that the curse might hit closer to home than she’d ever expected, and she’ll have to summon all her courage to find a way to break it before it’s too late.

The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019

Author : Sy Montgomery
Publisher : Mariner Books
ISBN 13 : 1328519007
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (285 download)

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Download or read book The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019 written by Sy Montgomery and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 2019-10 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sy Montgomery, New York Times best-selling author and recipient of numerous awards, edits this year's volume of the finest science and nature writing. New York Times best-selling author of How to Be a Good Creature, The Soul of an Octopus, The Good Good Pig, and more, Sy Montgomery, selects the year's top science and nature writing from writers who balance research with humanity, and, in the process, uncover riveting stories of discovery across the disciplines.

Losing Eden

Author : Lucy Jones
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1524749338
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Losing Eden written by Lucy Jones and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating look at why human beings have a powerful mental, spiritual, and physical need for the natural world—and the profound impact this has on our consciousness and ability to heal the soul and bring solace to the heart, and the cutting-edge scientific evidence proving nature as nurturer. “The connection between mental health and the natural world turns out to be strong and deep—which is good news in that it offers those feeling soul-sick the possibility that falling in love with the world around them might be remarkably helpful.” —Bill McKibben Lucy Jones interweaves her deeply personal story of recovery from addiction and depression with that of discovering the natural world and how it aided and enlivened her progress, giving her a renewed sense of belonging and purpose. Jones writes of the intersection of science, wellness, and the environment, and reveals that in the last decade, scientists have begun to formulate theories of why people feel better after a walk in the woods and an experience with the natural world. She describes the recent data that supports evidence of biological and neurological responses: the lowering of cortisol (released in response to stress), the boost in cortical attention control that helps us to concentrate and subdues mental fatigue, and the increase in activity in the parasympathetic nervous system, slowing the heart and allowing the body to rest. “Beautifully written, movingly told and meticulously researched. An elegy to the healing power of nature. A convincing plea for a wilder, richer world.” —Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

Word by Word

Author : Larry Swartz
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 155138938X
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Word by Word written by Larry Swartz and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make words the core of classroom instruction and engagement; day by day, word by word. This practical resource is designed to help students discover why word choice and language matter as they build vocabulary across subject areas, gain confidence in word usage, and increase their understanding of word patterns. This practical book shows you how to motivate students to become passionate about words and develop strategies to help them grow in language and learning skills. Ideal for new and experienced teachers, Word by Word is committed to helping students develop innovative ways to explore and make meaning with words.

Communicating Endangered Species

Author : Eric Freedman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000425681
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Communicating Endangered Species written by Eric Freedman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communicating Endangered Species: Extinction, News, and Public Policy is a multidisciplinary environmental communication book that takes a distinctive approach by connecting how media and culture depict and explain endangered species with how policymakers and natural resource managers can or do respond to these challenges in practical terms. Extinction isn’t new. However, the pace of extinction is accelerating globally. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies more than 26,000 species as threatened. The causes are many, including climate change, overdevelopment, human exploitation, disease, overhunting, habitat destruction, and predators. The willingness and the ability of ordinary people, governments, scientists, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses to slow this deeply disturbing acceleration are uncertain. Meanwhile, researchers around the world are laboring to better understand and communicate the possibility and implications of extinctions and to discover effective tools and public policies to combat the threats to species survival. This book presents a history of news coverage of endangered species around the world, examining how and why journalists and other communicators wrote what they did, how attitudes have changed, and why they have changed. It draws on the latest research by chapter authors who are a mix of social scientists, communication experts, and natural scientists. Each chapter includes a mass media and/or cultural aspect. This book will be essential reading for students, natural resource managers, government officials, environmental activists, and academics interested in conservation and biodiversity, environmental communication and journalism, and public policy.

De-Extinction

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (661 download)

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Download or read book De-Extinction written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2022-10-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Is De-Extinction The process of creating an organism that either resembles or really is an extinct species is referred to as de-extinction. There are a few different approaches one might use while carrying out the process of de-extinction. Cloning is the approach that has received the most attention, although genome editing and selective breeding are two other options that have been studied. Techniques quite similar to these have been used on several endangered animals in the aim of increasing the genetic diversity of those populations. Cloning is the only one of these three methods that can produce an animal with the exact identical genetic make-up as the original. There are benefits and drawbacks associated with the process of de-extinction, which range from scientific and technical improvements to moral and ethical concerns. How You Will Benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: De-extinction Chapter 2: Aurochs Chapter 3: Cloning Chapter 4: Mammoth Chapter 5: Quagga Chapter 6: Breeding back Chapter 7: Commercial animal cloning Chapter 8: Columbian mammoth Chapter 9: Quagga Project Chapter 10: Heinz Heck Chapter 11: Pleistocene rewilding Chapter 12: Frozen zoo Chapter 13: Endling Chapter 14: Woolly mammoth Chapter 15: Revival of the woolly mammoth Chapter 16: Molecular paleontology Chapter 17: Uruz Project Chapter 18: How to Clone a Mammoth Chapter 19: Necrofauna Chapter 20: Revive and Restore Chapter 21: Colossal Biosciences (II) Answering the public top questions about de-extinction. (III) Real world examples for the usage of de-extinction in many fields. (IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of de-extinction' technologies. Who This Book Is For Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of de-extinction.

End of Day

Author : Mae Clair
Publisher : Lyrical Underground
ISBN 13 : 1516107314
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book End of Day written by Mae Clair and published by Lyrical Underground. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generations of Jillian Cley’s family have been tasked with a strange duty—tending the burial plot of Gabriel Vane, whose body was the first to be interred in the Hode’s Hill cemetery. Jillian faithfully continues the long-standing tradition—until one October night, Vane’s body is stolen from its resting place. Is it a Halloween prank? Or something more sinister? As the descendants of those buried in the church yard begin to experience bizarre “accidents,” Jillian tries to uncover the cause. Deeply empathic, she does not make friends easily, or lightly. But to fend off the terror taking over her town, she must join forces with artist Dante DeLuca, whose sensitivity to the spirit world has been both a blessing and a curse. The two soon realize Jillian’s murky family history is entwined with a tragic legacy tracing back to the founding of Hode’s Hill. To set matters right, an ancient wrong must be avenged...or Jillian, Dante, and everyone in town will forever be at the mercy of a vengeful spirit.

Die Landessprachen Der Schweiz

Author : Franz Joseph Stalder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Die Landessprachen Der Schweiz written by Franz Joseph Stalder and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Brown Swiss Bulletin

Author : Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Brown Swiss Bulletin written by Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Revenant Ecologies

Author : Audra Mitchell
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452960569
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)

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Download or read book Revenant Ecologies written by Audra Mitchell and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging a broad spectrum of ecological thought to articulate the ethical scale of global extinction As global rates of plant and animal extinctions mount, anxieties about the future of the earth’s ecosystems are fueling ever more ambitious efforts at conservation, which draw on Western scientific principles to manage species and biodiversity. In Revenant Ecologies, Audra Mitchell argues that these responses not only ignore but also magnify powerful forms of structural violence like colonialism, racism, genocide, extractivism, ableism, and heteronormativity, ultimately contributing to the destruction of unique life forms and ecosystems. Critiquing the Western discourse of global extinction and biodiversity through the lens of diverse Indigenous philosophies and other marginalized knowledge systems, Revenant Ecologies promotes new ways of articulating the ethical enormity of global extinction. Mitchell offers an ambitious framework—(bio)plurality—that focuses on nurturing unique, irreplaceable worlds, relations, and ecosystems, aiming to transform global ecological–political relations, including through processes of land return and critically confronting discourses on “human extinction.” Highlighting the deep violence that underpins ideas of “extinction,” “conservation,” and “biodiversity,” Revenant Ecologies fuses political ecology, global ethics, and violence studies to offer concrete, practical alternatives. It also foregrounds the ways that multi-life-form worlds are actively defying the forms of violence that drive extinction—and that shape global efforts to manage it. Retail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and/or extended descriptions.

Discours Social

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discours Social written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last of Its Kind

Author : Gísli Pálsson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691230986
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Last of Its Kind written by Gísli Pálsson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction The great auk is one of the most tragic and documented examples of extinction. A flightless bird that bred primarily on the remote islands of the North Atlantic, the last of its kind were killed in Iceland in 1844. Gísli Pálsson draws on firsthand accounts from the Icelanders who hunted the last great auks to bring to life a bygone age of Victorian scientific exploration while offering vital insights into the extinction of species. Pálsson vividly recounts how British ornithologists John Wolley and Alfred Newton set out for Iceland to collect specimens only to discover that the great auks were already gone. At the time, the Victorian world viewed extinction as an impossibility or trivialized it as a natural phenomenon. Pálsson chronicles how Wolley and Newton documented the fate of the last birds through interviews with the men who killed them, and how the naturalists’ Icelandic journey opened their eyes to the disappearance of species as a subject of scientific concern—and as something that could be caused by humans. Blending a richly evocative narrative with rare, unpublished material as well as insights from ornithology, anthropology, and Pálsson’s own North Atlantic travels, The Last of Its Kind reveals how the saga of the great auk opens a window onto the human causes of mass extinction.

The Late, Great Endlings

Author : Deborah Kerbel
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459827686
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book The Late, Great Endlings written by Deborah Kerbel and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2022-10-18 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★“This beautiful dedication to these special animals brings the reality and the irreversible finality of extinction to the forefront and calls on readers to act now, before so many other animals become endlings. Highly recommended for all collections.”—Booklist, starred review The endlings: the last known survivors of a species. Something that you may not know: in each and every case of a disappearing species, extinction had a face. Over the past 500 years, thousands of species of plants and animals have become extinct. The Late, Great Endlings pays homage to some of the more well-known endlings of the past century with rhyming stanzas that accompany watercolor illustrations and factual descriptions of each animal, along with the circumstances that led to their species' extinction. Together, these portraits of animals, like the passenger pigeon, the Pinta Island tortoise and the Tasmanian tiger, are a poignant symbol of a world irreversibly altered by human development, habitat loss and climate change. Readers are invited to reflect on the interconnectedness of all life forms on our planet with an additional look at animals that are at risk of becoming extinct in our lifetime. Concluding on a hopeful note, the final page offers suggestions for what kids can do to change the course of this mass species extinction crisis.

Fathoms

Author : Rebecca Giggs
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198212069X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Fathoms written by Rebecca Giggs and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A “delving, haunted, and poetic debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship with other species. When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms: The World in the Whale is “a work of bright and careful genius” (Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails), one that blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and changed by human technology? What can observing whales teach us about the complexity, splendor, and fragility of life on earth? In Fathoms, we learn about whales so rare they have never been named, whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet’s atmosphere. We travel to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales and delve into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth’s undersea environment. With the immediacy of Rachel Carson and the lush prose of Annie Dillard, Giggs gives us a “masterly” (The New Yorker) exploration of the natural world even as she addresses what it means to write about nature at a time of environmental crisis. With depth and clarity, she outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings, and our own place on an evolving planet. Evocative and inspiring, Fathoms “immediately earns its place in the pantheon of classics of the new golden age of environmental writing” (Literary Hub).