Author: Les B. Morgan
Publisher: Les Morgan
ISBN: 1463725620
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 441
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Includes: "Poetic elements in Sanskrit literature " explains the extensive use of verse in Indian texts. "Introduction to Metrics " gives a clear overview of Sanskrit prosody. "A Treasury of Common Meters" includes fully-worked examples of verses drawn from many sources. "Figures of Speech" explains similies, metaphors, and other poetic uses of language. "Figures of Sound" explains techniques that affect sound, such as rhyme and alliteration. A metrical analysis of the Hathapradipika, the best-known work on Hatha Yoga, is included. An Introduction to the Hathapradipika by Anthony Biduck summarizes key spiritual and philosophical ideas of Hatha Yoga.
Author: Julie Murray
Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN: 1617860557
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
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Briefly describes the appearance, habitat, behavior, senses, and life cycle of frogs.
Author: Sally Morgan
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410910462
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Classifies each kind of amphibian, shows them in their natural habitats, and presents amazing facts about the longest-lived salamander to the most poisonous frog.
Author: Wayland D. Hand
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822302599
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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Author: Albert Hazen Wright
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801440465
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 600
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"Whether you spell it as Okefinokee like Wright (1931) or Okefenokee like The New Georgia Guide (1996), the big swamp nestled in the southeastern corner of Georgia and northern edge of Florida with its distinctive flora, fauna, and natural history is the largest swamp in North America."--from the Foreword The Okefenokee Swamp, named a National Wildlife Refuge by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937, is the country's largest intact wetland. Its continued protection is essential to native amphibian populations. Albert Hazen Wright's survey of the life histories of the frogs found in the Okefenokee at the beginning of the twentieth century is a classic of natural history, long out of print. Wright's "Acknowledgments to Residents" provide a fascinating portrait of the human context of his research. Wright goes on to outline the status of explorations of the region and offers an extensive general discussion of the Okefenokee and its frogs, including habitats, range, coloration, measurements, vocalization, mating, structural differences, ovulation, life periods, tadpoles, growth rates, food, and predators. The book's species accounts give clear and extensive details about the species found in Georgia, still applicable today to frogs throughout the East Coast of the United States. A new foreword by J. Whitfield Gibbons highlights appreciation for Wright's work in the context of amphibian studies today and puts into perspective the value of the Okefenokee Swamp as a nature preserve and as a refuge for native amphibian fauna now in serious decline. It updates common and scientific names and notes the current status of all taxa. Gibbons provides a history of the Cornell Expeditions and mentions the importance and later influence of some of the students who took part.
Author: Samuel Jackson Holmes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Author: John Townsend
Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781410917102
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Explore the amazing world of amphibians with this unprecedented exploration of the incredible creatures in the world around us. The series is divided according to animal classifications in order to establish a firm scientific basis for each title. The titles also include predatory behavior, but not as the main thrust of the book. A variety of text types such as newspaper reports are used to represent real life stories about the creatures covered. A conservation angle is also included to demonstrate how animals are in danger from humans and our activities and to stress what needs to be done to protect them and their environments.
Author: Michael Loewe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521454667
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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Chinese empires were established by force of arms, but sustained by religious rites and intellectual theory. The four centuries from 206 BC to AD 220 witnessed major changes in the state cults and the concepts of monarchy, while various techniques of divination were used to forecast the future or to solve immediate problems. Michael Loewe examines these changes and the links between religion and statecraft. While both mythology and the traditions nurtured by the learned affected the concept and practice of monarchy throughout the period, the political and social weaknesses of the last century of Han rule bring into question the success that was achieved by the imperial ideal. Nevertheless, that ideal and its institutions were of prime importance for the understanding of Han times and for the influence they exercised on China's later dynasties.
Author: Paul Anthony Jones
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 0826356575
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Did you know, for example, that scandal derives from the Latin for “stumbling block” and originally described a trap for a wild animal? In nineteenth-century slang a wolf trap was a corrupt casino. Casino means “little house” in Italian. Roulette means “little wheel” in French. A wheeler is someone who attends auctions to bid on items merely to increase their sale price. Such links take readers on an unexpected journey through linguistic oddities. Inspired by the popular @HaggardHawks Twitter account, Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover. This unique book will delight anyone who loves language, etymology, and word games. Not for sale in the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, or Canada
Author: Ernest Stenhouse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 446
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