Author: John Woodward
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781410303929
Category : Poisonous animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The stingray can bury a venomous spine in your leg, and the gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards in the world. But neither the stingray nor the gila monster comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how humans compare to the creatures with the most extreme venom.
Extreme Venom
Author: John Woodward
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781410303929
Category : Poisonous animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The stingray can bury a venomous spine in your leg, and the gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards in the world. But neither the stingray nor the gila monster comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how humans compare to the creatures with the most extreme venom.
Publisher: Blackbirch Press, Incorporated
ISBN: 9781410303929
Category : Poisonous animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The stingray can bury a venomous spine in your leg, and the gila monster is one of only two venomous lizards in the world. But neither the stingray nor the gila monster comes in at number one in the countdown. Find out who does, and how humans compare to the creatures with the most extreme venom.
Animal Planet The Most Extreme Predators
Author: Mary Packard
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 078798664X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Describes the habits and habitats of extreme animals around the world including the peregrine falcon, hammerhead shark, and deep-sea anglerfish.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 078798664X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Describes the habits and habitats of extreme animals around the world including the peregrine falcon, hammerhead shark, and deep-sea anglerfish.
To the Extreme
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 075668840X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
To the Extreme details daredevil human feats, extreme hobbies, and adrenaline-packed ways to make a living, from fighting forest fires to fixing the outside of a spacecraft in orbit. To the Extreme is packed with facts on what certain extreme sports or jobs involve, the hazards, the equipment, record-breaking feats - and real life rescue stories of what happens when things nearly go horribly wrong. Don't try this at home!
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 075668840X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
To the Extreme details daredevil human feats, extreme hobbies, and adrenaline-packed ways to make a living, from fighting forest fires to fixing the outside of a spacecraft in orbit. To the Extreme is packed with facts on what certain extreme sports or jobs involve, the hazards, the equipment, record-breaking feats - and real life rescue stories of what happens when things nearly go horribly wrong. Don't try this at home!
Animal Planet The Most Extreme Bugs
Author: Discovery Channel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787986631
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Discusses some of the wildest, craziest bugs in some crazy categories.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787986631
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Discusses some of the wildest, craziest bugs in some crazy categories.
Extreme Science: Chasing the Ghost Bat
Author: Peter Jedicke
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312268181
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A collection of articles drawn from the pages of "Scientific American" magazine that provide information about some of the mysteries and wonders of biology and zoology.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312268181
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
A collection of articles drawn from the pages of "Scientific American" magazine that provide information about some of the mysteries and wonders of biology and zoology.
Extreme Metal
Author: Keith Kahn-Harris
Publisher: Berg
ISBN: 0857852213
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of an obscure 'scene', in which members explore dangerous themes such as death, war and the occult, sometimes embracing violence, neo-fascism and Satanism. In the first book-length study of extreme metal, Keith Kahn-Harris draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene. He shows how the scene is a space in which members creatively explore destructive themes, but also a space in which members experience the everyday pleasures of community and friendship.Including interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form.
Publisher: Berg
ISBN: 0857852213
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of an obscure 'scene', in which members explore dangerous themes such as death, war and the occult, sometimes embracing violence, neo-fascism and Satanism. In the first book-length study of extreme metal, Keith Kahn-Harris draws on first-hand research to explore the global extreme metal scene. He shows how the scene is a space in which members creatively explore destructive themes, but also a space in which members experience the everyday pleasures of community and friendship.Including interviews with band members and fans, from countries ranging from the UK and US to Israel and Sweden, Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge demonstrates the power and subtlety of an often surprising and misunderstood musical form.
Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles
Author: Stephen P. Mackessy
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429623623
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 681
Book Description
A decade after publication of the first edition, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles responds to extensive changes in the field of toxinology to endure as the most comprehensive review of reptile venoms on the market. The six sections of this new edition, which has nearly doubled in size, complement the original handbook by presenting current information from many of the leading researchers and physicians in toxinology, with topics ranging from functional morphology, evolution and ecology to crystallography, -omics technologies, drug discovery and more. With the recent recognition by the World Health Organization of snakebite as a neglected tropical disease, the section on snakebite has been expanded and includes several chapters dealing with the problem broadly and with new technologies and the promises these new approaches may hold to counter the deleterious effects of envenomation. This greatly expanded handbook offers a unique resource for biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, as well as informed laypersons interested in the biology of venomous reptiles, the biochemistry and molecular biology of venoms, and the effects and treatment of human envenomation.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0429623623
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 681
Book Description
A decade after publication of the first edition, Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles responds to extensive changes in the field of toxinology to endure as the most comprehensive review of reptile venoms on the market. The six sections of this new edition, which has nearly doubled in size, complement the original handbook by presenting current information from many of the leading researchers and physicians in toxinology, with topics ranging from functional morphology, evolution and ecology to crystallography, -omics technologies, drug discovery and more. With the recent recognition by the World Health Organization of snakebite as a neglected tropical disease, the section on snakebite has been expanded and includes several chapters dealing with the problem broadly and with new technologies and the promises these new approaches may hold to counter the deleterious effects of envenomation. This greatly expanded handbook offers a unique resource for biologists, biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, as well as informed laypersons interested in the biology of venomous reptiles, the biochemistry and molecular biology of venoms, and the effects and treatment of human envenomation.
Extreme Immortal Emperor
Author: Qian YuMo
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649750366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The era of the fall of an immortal god, the gloomy life of the Divine Emperor. A youth suddenly revived after tens of thousands of years ... A path cut through the endless abyss. Hot blood and passion seemed to surge with rage. Stepping on the battlefield, his blood splattered everywhere. The battle melody was the enemy of the entire world! Time quickly passed by. Han Feng wrote the path of the Immortal God, killed the Divine Emperor, destroyed the saints, leaped to the heavens ...
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649750366
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
The era of the fall of an immortal god, the gloomy life of the Divine Emperor. A youth suddenly revived after tens of thousands of years ... A path cut through the endless abyss. Hot blood and passion seemed to surge with rage. Stepping on the battlefield, his blood splattered everywhere. The battle melody was the enemy of the entire world! Time quickly passed by. Han Feng wrote the path of the Immortal God, killed the Divine Emperor, destroyed the saints, leaped to the heavens ...
Surviving the Extremes
Author: Kenneth Kamler
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142997611X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Surgeon, explorer, and masterful storyteller, Kenneth Kamler takes us to the farthest reaches of the earth as well as into the uncharted territory within the human brain. Surviving the Extremes is a scientific nail-biter no reader will forget. Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth's surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them? Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked through some of the most treacherous and remote regions in the world. A consultant for NASA, Yale University, and the National Geographic Society, he has explored undersea caves, crossed the frozen Antarctic wastelands, and stitched a boy's hand back together while kneeling in knee-deep Amazonian mud. He was the only doctor on Everest during the tragic expedition documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and helped treat its survivors. Kamler has devoted his life to investigating how our bodies respond to "environmental insults"-a nice way of saying the things that can kill us-and watched while some succumbed to them and others, sometimes miraculously, overcome them. Words like "extreme" and "survival" have lost some of their value from overuse and media hype. By showing us what happens when life itself is at stake, and the body's capacities put to their greatest test, this book reminds us what they truly mean. Divided into six sections-jungle, open sea, desert, underwater, high altitude, and outer space-Surviving the Extremes uses first-hand testimony and documented accounts to illustrate what happens in environments where our instinctive survival strategies must become fully engaged. These stories reveal how infinitely complex are the workings of the human body-and also how heartbreakingly fragile. At the heart of this book is a quest for the source of our will to survive and the haunting question of why some can, and others cannot, summon its awesome and nearly mystical power at their moment of greatest need.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142997611X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Surgeon, explorer, and masterful storyteller, Kenneth Kamler takes us to the farthest reaches of the earth as well as into the uncharted territory within the human brain. Surviving the Extremes is a scientific nail-biter no reader will forget. Physiological constraints confine our bodies to less than one-fifth of the earth's surface. Beyond that fraction lie the extremes. What happens when we go to them? Dr. Kenneth Kamler has spent years observing exactly what happens. A vice president of the legendary Explorers Club, he has climbed, dived, sledded, floated, and trekked through some of the most treacherous and remote regions in the world. A consultant for NASA, Yale University, and the National Geographic Society, he has explored undersea caves, crossed the frozen Antarctic wastelands, and stitched a boy's hand back together while kneeling in knee-deep Amazonian mud. He was the only doctor on Everest during the tragic expedition documented in Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air and helped treat its survivors. Kamler has devoted his life to investigating how our bodies respond to "environmental insults"-a nice way of saying the things that can kill us-and watched while some succumbed to them and others, sometimes miraculously, overcome them. Words like "extreme" and "survival" have lost some of their value from overuse and media hype. By showing us what happens when life itself is at stake, and the body's capacities put to their greatest test, this book reminds us what they truly mean. Divided into six sections-jungle, open sea, desert, underwater, high altitude, and outer space-Surviving the Extremes uses first-hand testimony and documented accounts to illustrate what happens in environments where our instinctive survival strategies must become fully engaged. These stories reveal how infinitely complex are the workings of the human body-and also how heartbreakingly fragile. At the heart of this book is a quest for the source of our will to survive and the haunting question of why some can, and others cannot, summon its awesome and nearly mystical power at their moment of greatest need.
Venomized
Author: Cullen Bunn
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302505297
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Collects Venomized #1-5. The story that began in VENOMVERSE reaches its epic conclusion! The Poisons, a species that hungers for super-powered symbiotes and their hosts, have picked their next target: the Marvel Universe itself! Their first objective? Put every superhuman in a Klyntar symbiote and then consume them! And with Venom and the X-Men still missing after the events of Poison-X, Earth stands defenseless! By the time they make it back home, Venom and the X-Men find dozens of heroes and villains unwillingly bonded with symbiotes. And when the Poisons consume one of their strongest allies, the champions of Earth must rally and stand against one of their own! But what do the Poisons have planned for Cletus Kasady, A.K.A. Carnage? And can anything in the galaxy stand in the way of Poison Thanos?!
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
ISBN: 1302505297
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
Collects Venomized #1-5. The story that began in VENOMVERSE reaches its epic conclusion! The Poisons, a species that hungers for super-powered symbiotes and their hosts, have picked their next target: the Marvel Universe itself! Their first objective? Put every superhuman in a Klyntar symbiote and then consume them! And with Venom and the X-Men still missing after the events of Poison-X, Earth stands defenseless! By the time they make it back home, Venom and the X-Men find dozens of heroes and villains unwillingly bonded with symbiotes. And when the Poisons consume one of their strongest allies, the champions of Earth must rally and stand against one of their own! But what do the Poisons have planned for Cletus Kasady, A.K.A. Carnage? And can anything in the galaxy stand in the way of Poison Thanos?!