Author: Daniel Bouchard
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038304849
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A new Earth emerges following the disappearance of humanity—a world where animals live their lives as humans once did. From homes and cars to hospitals and police stations, this world is ruled by animals. And in this transformed world, the creatures are faced with the same challenges: loss of family, corruption, racism, and triumphs: reuniting with family, personal success, and the joy of love. Daniel is a fox/bunny hybrid who escapes from a covert organization’s secret lab. He soon reunites with his true parents, police officers in the Central City Police. Although he is happy with his newfound family and friends, Daniel realizes he must perform a daring rescue to save his siblings and littermates from the research lab. Soon, a shocking secret is revealed: Daniel and his brothers and sisters, who are also hybrid animals, share telepathic abilities. Their incredible gifts give them the ability to control others, but with great power comes great danger, and they soon find themselves entangled in a struggle for survival against the enigmatic and dangerous group that once held them captive. While Daniel and his siblings are determined to protect their loved ones from the threat of the secret organization, this fight will require all their bravery and resilience. Together, the family confronts the dangers and their pasts, creating a path toward a future where hope and love prevail.
Future Foxes of New Earth
Author: Daniel Bouchard
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038304849
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A new Earth emerges following the disappearance of humanity—a world where animals live their lives as humans once did. From homes and cars to hospitals and police stations, this world is ruled by animals. And in this transformed world, the creatures are faced with the same challenges: loss of family, corruption, racism, and triumphs: reuniting with family, personal success, and the joy of love. Daniel is a fox/bunny hybrid who escapes from a covert organization’s secret lab. He soon reunites with his true parents, police officers in the Central City Police. Although he is happy with his newfound family and friends, Daniel realizes he must perform a daring rescue to save his siblings and littermates from the research lab. Soon, a shocking secret is revealed: Daniel and his brothers and sisters, who are also hybrid animals, share telepathic abilities. Their incredible gifts give them the ability to control others, but with great power comes great danger, and they soon find themselves entangled in a struggle for survival against the enigmatic and dangerous group that once held them captive. While Daniel and his siblings are determined to protect their loved ones from the threat of the secret organization, this fight will require all their bravery and resilience. Together, the family confronts the dangers and their pasts, creating a path toward a future where hope and love prevail.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038304849
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
A new Earth emerges following the disappearance of humanity—a world where animals live their lives as humans once did. From homes and cars to hospitals and police stations, this world is ruled by animals. And in this transformed world, the creatures are faced with the same challenges: loss of family, corruption, racism, and triumphs: reuniting with family, personal success, and the joy of love. Daniel is a fox/bunny hybrid who escapes from a covert organization’s secret lab. He soon reunites with his true parents, police officers in the Central City Police. Although he is happy with his newfound family and friends, Daniel realizes he must perform a daring rescue to save his siblings and littermates from the research lab. Soon, a shocking secret is revealed: Daniel and his brothers and sisters, who are also hybrid animals, share telepathic abilities. Their incredible gifts give them the ability to control others, but with great power comes great danger, and they soon find themselves entangled in a struggle for survival against the enigmatic and dangerous group that once held them captive. While Daniel and his siblings are determined to protect their loved ones from the threat of the secret organization, this fight will require all their bravery and resilience. Together, the family confronts the dangers and their pasts, creating a path toward a future where hope and love prevail.
Future Babble
Author: Daniel Gardner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101476095
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
An award-winning journalist uses landmark research to debunk the whole expert prediction industry, and explores the psychology of our obsession with future history. In 2008, experts predicted gas would hit $20 a gallon; it peaked at $4.10. In 1967, they said the USSR would be the world's fastest-growing economy by 2000; by 2000, the USSR no longer existed. In 1908, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart- throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future- everything from the weather to the likelihood of a terrorist attack. Future Babble is the first book to examine this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future, why we are attracted to those who predict it confidently, and why it's so easy for us to ignore the trail of outrageously wrong forecasts. In this fast-paced, example-packed, sometimes darkly hilarious book, journalist Dan Gardner shows how seminal research by UC Berkeley professor Philip Tetlock proved that the more famous a pundit is, the more likely he is to be right about as often as a stopped watch. Gardner also draws on current research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics to discover something quite reassuring: The future is always uncertain, but the end is not always near.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101476095
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
An award-winning journalist uses landmark research to debunk the whole expert prediction industry, and explores the psychology of our obsession with future history. In 2008, experts predicted gas would hit $20 a gallon; it peaked at $4.10. In 1967, they said the USSR would be the world's fastest-growing economy by 2000; by 2000, the USSR no longer existed. In 1908, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart- throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future- everything from the weather to the likelihood of a terrorist attack. Future Babble is the first book to examine this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future, why we are attracted to those who predict it confidently, and why it's so easy for us to ignore the trail of outrageously wrong forecasts. In this fast-paced, example-packed, sometimes darkly hilarious book, journalist Dan Gardner shows how seminal research by UC Berkeley professor Philip Tetlock proved that the more famous a pundit is, the more likely he is to be right about as often as a stopped watch. Gardner also draws on current research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics to discover something quite reassuring: The future is always uncertain, but the end is not always near.
Future Babble
Author: Dan Gardner
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771035217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart-throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future — everything from the weather to the likelihood of a catastrophic terrorist attack. Future Babble is the first book to examine this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future, why we are attracted to those who predict it confidently, and why it’s so easy for us to ignore the trail of outrageously wrong forecasts. In this fast-paced, example-packed, sometimes darkly hilarious book, journalist Dan Gardner shows how seminal research by UC Berkeley professor Philip Tetlock proved that pundits who are more famous are less accurate — and the average expert is no more accurate than a flipped coin. Gardner also draws on current research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics to discover something quite reassuring: The future is always uncertain, but the end is not always near.
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
ISBN: 0771035217
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In 2008, as the price of oil surged above $140 a barrel, experts said it would soon hit $200; a few months later it plunged to $30. In 1967, they said the USSR would have one of the fastest-growing economies in the year 2000; in 2000, the USSR did not exist. In 1911, it was pronounced that there would be no more wars in Europe; we all know how that turned out. Face it, experts are about as accurate as dart-throwing monkeys. And yet every day we ask them to predict the future — everything from the weather to the likelihood of a catastrophic terrorist attack. Future Babble is the first book to examine this phenomenon, showing why our brains yearn for certainty about the future, why we are attracted to those who predict it confidently, and why it’s so easy for us to ignore the trail of outrageously wrong forecasts. In this fast-paced, example-packed, sometimes darkly hilarious book, journalist Dan Gardner shows how seminal research by UC Berkeley professor Philip Tetlock proved that pundits who are more famous are less accurate — and the average expert is no more accurate than a flipped coin. Gardner also draws on current research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics to discover something quite reassuring: The future is always uncertain, but the end is not always near.
The Hedgehog and the Fox
Author: Isaiah Berlin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400846633
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology. This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400846633
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology. This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.
Magicon
Author: Dr. Paulus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The New Statesman
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
Book Description
Polar Tales
Author: Fredrik Granath
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 078934159X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Arctic is the ground zero of climate change, and the polar bear is on the front line. Filled with groundbreaking photography that reveals the breathtaking landscapes of the Arctic and the transformations of the environment through the changing lives of polar bears, it's a firsthand report from the top of our planet. Polar Tales tells the story of an ice world in transformation and a planet nearing its tipping point--the moment when Earth's climate begins to change irreversibly. This book is both a celebration of the wildlife that inhabits this most unforgiving and beautiful environment imaginable--mountains, fjords, enormous glaciers, and the seemingly endless pack ice of the Arctic Ocean--and a cautionary tale of global warming. Rising temperatures have put the Arctic at risk, and the habitats--and lives--of the animals there are increasingly threatened. Set against the dramatic landscape of ice floes and ragged mountains, readers see how polar bears, foxes, seals, walruses, and reindeer now struggle to live in this vulnerable climate. Images of a polar bear mother as she takes her newborns out for their first hunt, a seal pup only hours old, and the spectacle of the polar night are reminders of what is at risk. The authors work like no other photographers: spending months in the field on their expeditions, they live among the polar bears, establishing an uneasy balance and unprecedented access to the world of the kings of the Arctic. Readers are rewarded with unique and stirring images that capture the harsh beauty of a world that few will experience firsthand.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 078934159X
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Arctic is the ground zero of climate change, and the polar bear is on the front line. Filled with groundbreaking photography that reveals the breathtaking landscapes of the Arctic and the transformations of the environment through the changing lives of polar bears, it's a firsthand report from the top of our planet. Polar Tales tells the story of an ice world in transformation and a planet nearing its tipping point--the moment when Earth's climate begins to change irreversibly. This book is both a celebration of the wildlife that inhabits this most unforgiving and beautiful environment imaginable--mountains, fjords, enormous glaciers, and the seemingly endless pack ice of the Arctic Ocean--and a cautionary tale of global warming. Rising temperatures have put the Arctic at risk, and the habitats--and lives--of the animals there are increasingly threatened. Set against the dramatic landscape of ice floes and ragged mountains, readers see how polar bears, foxes, seals, walruses, and reindeer now struggle to live in this vulnerable climate. Images of a polar bear mother as she takes her newborns out for their first hunt, a seal pup only hours old, and the spectacle of the polar night are reminders of what is at risk. The authors work like no other photographers: spending months in the field on their expeditions, they live among the polar bears, establishing an uneasy balance and unprecedented access to the world of the kings of the Arctic. Readers are rewarded with unique and stirring images that capture the harsh beauty of a world that few will experience firsthand.
The Encyclopaedic dictionary; a new, practical and exhaustive work of reference to all the words in the English language, with a full account of their origin, meaning, pronunciation, history and use
Author: Robert Hunter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
The Earth and Its Inhabitants ...
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Earth and Its Inhabitants: North America
Author: Elisée Reclus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description