Author: Dawie Botha
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1631356623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Many love Africa and the romance that its wilderness represents, but the stark reality of rhino poaching and the impact it has is vividly played off against the struggle to survive this cruel continent in the crime novel Rhino Blood. In current day Africa, Dean Davidson is the mastermind behind a syndicate that thrives on the slaughter of animals for their horns or tusks. Kevin Barkley, caught with his hand in the cookie jar, needs to redeem himself. He swears revenge and intends to get it. This realistic and stirring story is the start of a journey into the darkest secrets of animal trading and the near extinction of a species. It depicts the brutal reality of poaching and the people involved. Says the author, “The brutality with which rhino and elephant are killed and the tragic circumstances of the people involved was a major inspiration. One of the biggest obstacles I had to face was the emotional involvement in the story. The killing scenes were all very upsetting, and as an animal lover and a person who has never hunted, the reality of what I experienced was just mind blowing.”
Rhino Blood
Author: Dawie Botha
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1631356623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Many love Africa and the romance that its wilderness represents, but the stark reality of rhino poaching and the impact it has is vividly played off against the struggle to survive this cruel continent in the crime novel Rhino Blood. In current day Africa, Dean Davidson is the mastermind behind a syndicate that thrives on the slaughter of animals for their horns or tusks. Kevin Barkley, caught with his hand in the cookie jar, needs to redeem himself. He swears revenge and intends to get it. This realistic and stirring story is the start of a journey into the darkest secrets of animal trading and the near extinction of a species. It depicts the brutal reality of poaching and the people involved. Says the author, “The brutality with which rhino and elephant are killed and the tragic circumstances of the people involved was a major inspiration. One of the biggest obstacles I had to face was the emotional involvement in the story. The killing scenes were all very upsetting, and as an animal lover and a person who has never hunted, the reality of what I experienced was just mind blowing.”
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN: 1631356623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Many love Africa and the romance that its wilderness represents, but the stark reality of rhino poaching and the impact it has is vividly played off against the struggle to survive this cruel continent in the crime novel Rhino Blood. In current day Africa, Dean Davidson is the mastermind behind a syndicate that thrives on the slaughter of animals for their horns or tusks. Kevin Barkley, caught with his hand in the cookie jar, needs to redeem himself. He swears revenge and intends to get it. This realistic and stirring story is the start of a journey into the darkest secrets of animal trading and the near extinction of a species. It depicts the brutal reality of poaching and the people involved. Says the author, “The brutality with which rhino and elephant are killed and the tragic circumstances of the people involved was a major inspiration. One of the biggest obstacles I had to face was the emotional involvement in the story. The killing scenes were all very upsetting, and as an animal lover and a person who has never hunted, the reality of what I experienced was just mind blowing.”
Blood Moon
Author: Dereck Joubert
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847868826
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Following a lifetime of animal rescue and African wildlife conservation efforts, Beverly and Dereck Joubert raise the alarm to the plight of the rhino. This oversize volume is both a celebration of these magnificent animals and a call to action to save them from vanishing forever. Blood Moon tells the tale of the extraordinary efforts to rescue rhinos from high-poaching zones in South Africa and save the species in secret locations in Botswana. Involving the help of military personnel, planes, helicopters, and private-sector gunboats, this is an action-packed story. The breathtaking images and riveting prose not only capture the never-before-seen rescue of rhinos, but also transcend wildlife publishing to celebrate the life of these elusive animals and the vanishing habitats of Africa. This book takes wildlife imagery to a new level. Here, the striking black-and-white photography is paired with the use of red, which has always been symbolic of wealth in the East, the largest market for rhino horns. Blood Moon is an inspiring demonstration of what humanity can do if we try to turn back extinction. Proceeds from this book benefit the Great Plains Foundation, with a mission to conserve and expand natural habitats in Africa through education programs, community initiatives, and wildlife and environmental stewardship in Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Great Plains Conservation and its Foundation manage over 1,000,000 acres of land in sub-Saharan Africa with plans to expand to 5,000,000 acres across a variety of critically important and fragile landscapes throughout Africa.
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847868826
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Following a lifetime of animal rescue and African wildlife conservation efforts, Beverly and Dereck Joubert raise the alarm to the plight of the rhino. This oversize volume is both a celebration of these magnificent animals and a call to action to save them from vanishing forever. Blood Moon tells the tale of the extraordinary efforts to rescue rhinos from high-poaching zones in South Africa and save the species in secret locations in Botswana. Involving the help of military personnel, planes, helicopters, and private-sector gunboats, this is an action-packed story. The breathtaking images and riveting prose not only capture the never-before-seen rescue of rhinos, but also transcend wildlife publishing to celebrate the life of these elusive animals and the vanishing habitats of Africa. This book takes wildlife imagery to a new level. Here, the striking black-and-white photography is paired with the use of red, which has always been symbolic of wealth in the East, the largest market for rhino horns. Blood Moon is an inspiring demonstration of what humanity can do if we try to turn back extinction. Proceeds from this book benefit the Great Plains Foundation, with a mission to conserve and expand natural habitats in Africa through education programs, community initiatives, and wildlife and environmental stewardship in Botswana, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. Great Plains Conservation and its Foundation manage over 1,000,000 acres of land in sub-Saharan Africa with plans to expand to 5,000,000 acres across a variety of critically important and fragile landscapes throughout Africa.
Soul of the Rhino
Author: Hemanta Mishra
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 159921640X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal. For more info go to souloftherhino.com
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 159921640X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal. For more info go to souloftherhino.com
Blood of the Tiger
Author: J. A. Mills
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807030643
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Blood of the Tiger takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world’s rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than ever—from a menace few experts saw coming. There may be only three thousand wild tigers left in the entire world. More shocking is the fact that twice that many—some six thousand—have been bred on farms, not for traditional medicine but to supply a luxury-goods industry that secretly sells tiger-bone wine, tiger-skin décor, and exotic cuisine enjoyed by China’s elite. Two decades ago, international wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went undercover to expose bear farming in China and discovered the plot to turn tigers into nothing more than livestock. Thus begins the story of a personal crusade in which Mills mobilizes international forces to awaken the world to a conspiracy so pervasive that it threatens every last tiger in the wild. In this memoir of triumph, heartbreak, and geopolitical intrigue, Mills and a host of heroic comrades try to thwart a Chinese cadre’s plan to launch billion-dollar industries banking on the extinction of not just wild tigers but also elephants and rhinos. Her journey takes her across Asia, into the jungles of India and Nepal, to Russia and Africa, traveling by means from elephant back to presidential motorcade, in the company of man-eaters, movie stars, and world leaders. She also journeys to the US where we meet people like Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue, who work tirelessly to end cub petting and ban private ownership and breedingof tigers and other big cats. She finds reason for hope in the increasing number of Chinese who do not want the blood of the last wild tigers to stain their beloved culture and motherland. Set against the backdrop of China’s ascendance to world dominance, Blood of the Tiger tells of a global fight to rein in the forces of greed on behalf of one of the world’s most treasured and endangered animals.
Publisher: Beacon Press
ISBN: 0807030643
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Blood of the Tiger takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world’s rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than ever—from a menace few experts saw coming. There may be only three thousand wild tigers left in the entire world. More shocking is the fact that twice that many—some six thousand—have been bred on farms, not for traditional medicine but to supply a luxury-goods industry that secretly sells tiger-bone wine, tiger-skin décor, and exotic cuisine enjoyed by China’s elite. Two decades ago, international wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went undercover to expose bear farming in China and discovered the plot to turn tigers into nothing more than livestock. Thus begins the story of a personal crusade in which Mills mobilizes international forces to awaken the world to a conspiracy so pervasive that it threatens every last tiger in the wild. In this memoir of triumph, heartbreak, and geopolitical intrigue, Mills and a host of heroic comrades try to thwart a Chinese cadre’s plan to launch billion-dollar industries banking on the extinction of not just wild tigers but also elephants and rhinos. Her journey takes her across Asia, into the jungles of India and Nepal, to Russia and Africa, traveling by means from elephant back to presidential motorcade, in the company of man-eaters, movie stars, and world leaders. She also journeys to the US where we meet people like Carole Baskin of Big Cat Rescue, who work tirelessly to end cub petting and ban private ownership and breedingof tigers and other big cats. She finds reason for hope in the increasing number of Chinese who do not want the blood of the last wild tigers to stain their beloved culture and motherland. Set against the backdrop of China’s ascendance to world dominance, Blood of the Tiger tells of a global fight to rein in the forces of greed on behalf of one of the world’s most treasured and endangered animals.
Blood Ivory
Author: Robin Brown
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752475304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
It is more than a thousand years since the exploitation of the elephant began.
Bound by Blood
Author: Rick Nelson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312372647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
New Orleans detective Jack Brenner is struggling with a faltering marriage, an injured partner, and an overbearing lieutenant when Emmett Floyd Graves, a convict facing lethal injection, sends Jack word through his lawyer that he has information about the unsolved murder of Jack’s cousin, a civil-rights worker killed in the summer of 1972. Jack is intrigued but suspicious, and before he can figure out whether he’s being played, he and his new temporary partner, Keisha Lundy, are assigned to the drive-by shooting of a teenage boy. Eerily, both Steven Bowen and Jack’s cousin David were distance-running phenomenons at the same high school where Jack himself was a champion hurdler. Jack juggles the Bowen case with his own secret investigation of Graves’s claim, backed up by Keisha, who knows what it’s like to lose a young family member through violence. Jack thinks he has time to make sense of things before bringing anyone else into it. But then television reporter Willow Ashe, an old flame from Jack’s past, comes on the scene. She not only stirs up old memories of hot nights on the levee, but breaks Graves’s story on the evening news for all the world to see, including Jack’s lieutenant, wife, and aunt. Jack is in hot water at work and at home. But the publicity gets him what he wants---a chance to solve his cousin’s murder. The two crimes, separated by thirty years, send Jack and Keisha shuttling between the Big Easy underworld and the delta town of Bon Terre. Jack’s gut tells him that the Dixie Mafia kingpin who runs Bon Terre is somehow connected to both murders. Proving it will put him and people he cares about in the line of fire. An impressive debut set among the moonlit bayous, great houses, and old ghosts of Louisiana, Bound by Blood delivers a fine balance of humor, violence, and sorrow.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312372647
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
New Orleans detective Jack Brenner is struggling with a faltering marriage, an injured partner, and an overbearing lieutenant when Emmett Floyd Graves, a convict facing lethal injection, sends Jack word through his lawyer that he has information about the unsolved murder of Jack’s cousin, a civil-rights worker killed in the summer of 1972. Jack is intrigued but suspicious, and before he can figure out whether he’s being played, he and his new temporary partner, Keisha Lundy, are assigned to the drive-by shooting of a teenage boy. Eerily, both Steven Bowen and Jack’s cousin David were distance-running phenomenons at the same high school where Jack himself was a champion hurdler. Jack juggles the Bowen case with his own secret investigation of Graves’s claim, backed up by Keisha, who knows what it’s like to lose a young family member through violence. Jack thinks he has time to make sense of things before bringing anyone else into it. But then television reporter Willow Ashe, an old flame from Jack’s past, comes on the scene. She not only stirs up old memories of hot nights on the levee, but breaks Graves’s story on the evening news for all the world to see, including Jack’s lieutenant, wife, and aunt. Jack is in hot water at work and at home. But the publicity gets him what he wants---a chance to solve his cousin’s murder. The two crimes, separated by thirty years, send Jack and Keisha shuttling between the Big Easy underworld and the delta town of Bon Terre. Jack’s gut tells him that the Dixie Mafia kingpin who runs Bon Terre is somehow connected to both murders. Proving it will put him and people he cares about in the line of fire. An impressive debut set among the moonlit bayous, great houses, and old ghosts of Louisiana, Bound by Blood delivers a fine balance of humor, violence, and sorrow.
Blood Ties (Spirit Animals, Book 3)
Author: Garth Nix
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545522579
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The adventure continues in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series. Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it.But the Conquerors are trying to destroy this balance. They're swallowing whole cities in their rush for power-including Meilin's home. Fed up with waiting and ready to fight, Meilin has set off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends aren't far behind . . . but they're not the only ones.The enemy is everywhere.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545522579
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The adventure continues in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series. Erdas is a land of balance. A rare link, the spirit animal bond, bridges the human and animal worlds. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan each have this gift-and the grave responsibility that comes with it.But the Conquerors are trying to destroy this balance. They're swallowing whole cities in their rush for power-including Meilin's home. Fed up with waiting and ready to fight, Meilin has set off into enemy territory with her spirit animal, a panda named Jhi. Her friends aren't far behind . . . but they're not the only ones.The enemy is everywhere.
World of Divine Kings
Author: Alan Andersen
Publisher: Alan Andersen
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Azulyn suddenly finds himself in a new world with half of his memories missing. With only a village full of 300 zombie like people how will he survive and build his kingdom? Thrust into a chaotic situation, Azulyn feels the noose tightening around his neck when he discovers a ticking time bomb awaits all humans after 2 years and survival becomes paramount. There is a path that lies ahead for everyone. Follow Azulyn as he navigates with his followers the hidden dangers that lurk in the shadows all around him. Only if Azulyn rises to the top of World of Divine Kings will he find out what it means to be a True King.
Publisher: Alan Andersen
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Azulyn suddenly finds himself in a new world with half of his memories missing. With only a village full of 300 zombie like people how will he survive and build his kingdom? Thrust into a chaotic situation, Azulyn feels the noose tightening around his neck when he discovers a ticking time bomb awaits all humans after 2 years and survival becomes paramount. There is a path that lies ahead for everyone. Follow Azulyn as he navigates with his followers the hidden dangers that lurk in the shadows all around him. Only if Azulyn rises to the top of World of Divine Kings will he find out what it means to be a True King.
Blood Claws Rising
Author: Brooke Renee
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1639850988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The shadow grows; the claws are out. It is the twenty-fourth century, and humanity has successfully breached beyond their limited solar system to colonize much of the known galaxy. Mostly located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, humanity has ventured into a prosperous and ever-expanding era of exploration and discovery, with several other new races joining one of powers in humanity's growing sphere of influence, either willingly or by force. However, mankind cannot escape the shadow of conflict that dared to follow them out beyond the stars. In the immediate aftermath of the Earthborn War between two galactic superpowers--the oppressive far-reaching-based Hagorian Alliance and the more egalitarian-minded and Earth-based Praetorian League--one young girl rises from the ashes of chaos to break the yoke of oppression that the tyrannical Alliance has leaned upon to enforce its rule over its section of the cosmos. While other nations exist, they are constantly and often caught in the crossfire between the Alliance and the League. The Alliance, based at the trailing ends of the Orion Arm, valued slavery, fear, and subjugation to control and rule its people. The League, while not ideal, was far more egalitarian if not apathetic. But for citizens of the Alliance, many had had enough. One girl was chosen by fate to be the leader of these dissidents whom the Alliance would classify as militant rebels outright, viewing them as little more than vermin that need to be extinguished. From being an owned slave to a warrior and rebel leader, to empress and conqueror, this is part of the legacy that Ava'kra hopes to forge, but in the brutal maelstrom of seemingly unending war, can she? When facing betrayal at every turn, fighting outnumbered and outmaneuvered, can a young girl forge a new galactic nation free of oppression and live to tell the tale?
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1639850988
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
The shadow grows; the claws are out. It is the twenty-fourth century, and humanity has successfully breached beyond their limited solar system to colonize much of the known galaxy. Mostly located within the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, humanity has ventured into a prosperous and ever-expanding era of exploration and discovery, with several other new races joining one of powers in humanity's growing sphere of influence, either willingly or by force. However, mankind cannot escape the shadow of conflict that dared to follow them out beyond the stars. In the immediate aftermath of the Earthborn War between two galactic superpowers--the oppressive far-reaching-based Hagorian Alliance and the more egalitarian-minded and Earth-based Praetorian League--one young girl rises from the ashes of chaos to break the yoke of oppression that the tyrannical Alliance has leaned upon to enforce its rule over its section of the cosmos. While other nations exist, they are constantly and often caught in the crossfire between the Alliance and the League. The Alliance, based at the trailing ends of the Orion Arm, valued slavery, fear, and subjugation to control and rule its people. The League, while not ideal, was far more egalitarian if not apathetic. But for citizens of the Alliance, many had had enough. One girl was chosen by fate to be the leader of these dissidents whom the Alliance would classify as militant rebels outright, viewing them as little more than vermin that need to be extinguished. From being an owned slave to a warrior and rebel leader, to empress and conqueror, this is part of the legacy that Ava'kra hopes to forge, but in the brutal maelstrom of seemingly unending war, can she? When facing betrayal at every turn, fighting outnumbered and outmaneuvered, can a young girl forge a new galactic nation free of oppression and live to tell the tale?
Blood: The Outbreak
Author: V
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Seven-year-old Nova Smith is unsure of his identity. Still, he runs sixty miles a day and is learning deadly martial arts from his mother. When he first meets fellow classmate Flora August, he feels an immediate connection and a need to protect her from everything dark and evil in the world. But little does he know that a zombie apocalypse, led by a mysterious figure who works in mysterious ways, is about to take over the world. When Nova discovers that he is not like other humans, he uses his newfound superhuman powers to hunt and fight zombies, thugs, and other creatures. As a chain of events unfurls, Nova discovers a mystical system that can do wonders, uses the remains to power his halo, and works to transform zombies into human form. While he reclaims Northern America, humanity creates a cure that may help the zombies return to their human selves, Flora is transformed into a zombie, and people begin seeing Nova as a monster, not a leader. Will he lose everyone and everything he once cared about in a world where zombies are pushing civilization into darkness? In this exciting tale, a boy with superhuman powers embarks on an adventurous mission to save the world from zombies, thugs, and other creatures while forming friendships and discovering love.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Seven-year-old Nova Smith is unsure of his identity. Still, he runs sixty miles a day and is learning deadly martial arts from his mother. When he first meets fellow classmate Flora August, he feels an immediate connection and a need to protect her from everything dark and evil in the world. But little does he know that a zombie apocalypse, led by a mysterious figure who works in mysterious ways, is about to take over the world. When Nova discovers that he is not like other humans, he uses his newfound superhuman powers to hunt and fight zombies, thugs, and other creatures. As a chain of events unfurls, Nova discovers a mystical system that can do wonders, uses the remains to power his halo, and works to transform zombies into human form. While he reclaims Northern America, humanity creates a cure that may help the zombies return to their human selves, Flora is transformed into a zombie, and people begin seeing Nova as a monster, not a leader. Will he lose everyone and everything he once cared about in a world where zombies are pushing civilization into darkness? In this exciting tale, a boy with superhuman powers embarks on an adventurous mission to save the world from zombies, thugs, and other creatures while forming friendships and discovering love.