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Memoir of the Dodo
Memoir of the Dodo
Author: Richard Owen
Publisher:
Published: 2016-08-18
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9783742840639
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Song Of The Dodo
Author: David Quammen
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012-03-31
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 1448137403
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into island-like fragments by human activity, the implications of this question are more urgent than ever. Over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed the threads of island biogeography on a globe-encircling journey of discovery.
The Dodos Did It!
Author: Alice McKinley
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-04-29
Total Pages: 34
ISBN-13: 1471181235
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A brilliantly funny story about dodos, a dinosaur, and being VERY careful what you wish for, from the creator of Nine Lives Newton. Jack doesn’t just like dodos, he LOVES them. So when his dearest wish for a pet dodo comes true, surely Jack will be the happiest he’s ever been, EVER. Unless, of course, Jack wishes for more and more dodos and his new pets cause complete chaos, and no one believes that the dodos did it because dodos don’t exist and everyone blames Jack for everything. Maybe it's time for Jack to think about wishing for something completely different . . .
Stones for My Father
Author: Trilby Kent
Publisher: Tundra Books
Published: 2011-03-22
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1770492607
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the very raindrops sizzle. When her beloved father dies, she is left with a mother who is as devoted to her sons as she is cruel to her daughter. Despite this, Corlie finds solace in her friend, Sipho, and in Africa itself and in the stories she conjures for her brothers. But Corlie’s world is about to vanish: the British are invading and driving Boer families like hers from their farms. Some escape into the bush to fight the enemy. The unlucky ones are rounded up and sent to internment camps. Will Corlie’s resilience and devotion to her country sustain her through the suffering and squalor she finds in the camp at Kroonstad? That may depend on a soldier from faraway Canada and on inner resources Corlie never dreamed she had….
The Song of the Dodo
Author: David Quammen
Publisher:
Published:
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781439503294
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thirty years ago, two young biologists named Robert MacArthur and Edward O. Wilson triggered a far-reaching scientific revolution. In a book titled The Theory of Island Biogeography, they presented a new view of a little-understood matter: the geographical patterns in which animal and plant species occur. Why do marsupials exist in Australia and South America, but not in Africa? Why do tigers exist in Asia, but not in New Guinea? Influenced by MacArthur and Wilson's book, an entire generation of ecologists has recognized that island biogeography - the study of the distribution of species on islands and islandlike patches of landscape - yields important insights into the origin and extinction of species everywhere. The new mode of thought focuses particularly on a single question: Why have island ecosystems always suffered such high rates of extinction? In our own age, with all the world's landscapes, from Tasmania to the Amazon to Yellowstone, now being carved into islandlike fragments by human activity, the implications of island biogeography are more urgent than ever. Until now, this scientific revolution has remained unknown to the general public. But over the past eight years, David Quammen has followed its threads on a globe-circling journey of discovery. In Madagascar, he has considered the meaning of tenrecs, a group of strange, prickly mammals native to that island. On the island of Guam, he has confronted a pestilential explosion of snakes and spiders. In these and other places, he has prowled through wild terrain with extraordinary scientists who study unusual beasts. The result is The Song of the Dodo, a book filled with landscape, wonder, and ideas. Besides being a grand outdoor adventure, it is, above all, a wake-up call to the age of extinctions.
Emancipation Day
Author: Wayne Grady
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Published: 2014-11-04
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 0385677685
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Grady's novel reads with the velvety tempo of the jazz music of its day. . . . Grady fearlessly explores heated race relations and the masks we all assume." —Chatelaine With his curly black hair and his wicked grin, everyone swoons and thinks of Frank Sinatra when Navy musician Jackson Lewis takes the stage. It's World War II, and while stationed in St. John's, Newfoundland, Jack meets the well-heeled Vivian Clift, a local girl who has never stepped off the Rock and longs to see the world. They marry against Vivian's family's wishes—there's something about Jack that they just don't like—and as the war draws to a close, the couple travels to Windsor to meet Jack's family. But when Vivian meets Jack's mother and brother, everything she thought she knew about her husband gets called into question. They don't live in the dream home Jack depicted, they all look different from one another—different from anyone Vivian has ever seen--and after weeks of waiting to meet Jack's father, he never materializes. Steeped in jazz and big-band music, spanning pre- and post-war Windsor-Detroit, St. John's, Newfoundland, and 1950s Toronto, this is an arresting, heartwrenching novel about fathers and sons, love and sacrifice, race relations and a time in our history when the world was on the cusp of momentous change.
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
Author: Neal Stephenson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2017-06-13
Total Pages: 768
ISBN-13: 0062409174
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A New York Times Bestseller From bestselling author Neal Stephenson and critically acclaimed historical and contemporary commercial novelist Nicole Galland comes a captivating and complex near-future thriller combining history, science, magic, mystery, intrigue, and adventure that questions the very foundations of the modern world. When Melisande Stokes, an expert in linguistics and languages, accidently meets military intelligence operator Tristan Lyons in a hallway at Harvard University, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will alter their lives and human history itself. The young man from a shadowy government entity approaches Mel, a low-level faculty member, with an incredible offer. The only condition: she must sign a nondisclosure agreement in return for the rather large sum of money. Tristan needs Mel to translate some very old documents, which, if authentic, are earth-shattering. They prove that magic actually existed and was practiced for centuries. But the arrival of the scientific revolution and the Age of Enlightenment weakened its power and endangered its practitioners. Magic stopped working altogether in 1851, at the time of the Great Exhibition at London’s Crystal Palace—the world’s fair celebrating the rise of industrial technology and commerce. Something about the modern world "jams" the "frequencies" used by magic, and it’s up to Tristan to find out why. And so the Department of Diachronic Operations—D.O.D.O. —gets cracking on its real mission: to develop a device that can bring magic back, and send Diachronic Operatives back in time to keep it alive . . . and meddle with a little history at the same time. But while Tristan and his expanding operation master the science and build the technology, they overlook the mercurial—and treacherous—nature of the human heart. Written with the genius, complexity, and innovation that characterize all of Neal Stephenson’s work and steeped with the down-to-earth warmth and humor of Nicole Galland’s storytelling style, this exciting and vividly realized work of science fiction will make you believe in the impossible, and take you to places—and times—beyond imagining.
Me, the Dodo
Author: Anders Roseberg
Publisher:
Published: 2023-04-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781952199066
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Get ready to fall in love with Me, the Dodo?: Memoirs of a Dodo, a captivating picture book written by author Anders Roseberg. Join a dodo, a beloved character from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, on an unforgettable journey through time and space.Narrated by a dodo, this enchanting story begins on the idyllic island of Mauritius, where the Dodo and his fellow birds enjoyed a peaceful and carefree existence. But everything changed when humans arrived on the island, and the dodos' fate was sealed.Through beautiful illustrations and engaging storytelling, Me, the Dodo? Memoirs of a Dodo explores the tragic story of how dodos became extinct. From the volcanic origins of Mauritius to the evolutionary history of this unique bird, this book provides a fascinating glimpse into a world that has long since disappeared.As you turn the pages of this delightful picture book, you'll be transported to a bygone era and get to know dodos on a personal level. With its heartwarming message and stunning visuals, Me, the Dodo? Memoirs of a Dodo is a must-read for both children and adults.
