Author: Laura Anne Gilman
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847893
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Looks at the legendary creature said to inhabit the Himalaya Mountains, including the history of its sightings, and the inconclusive evidence that has been offered to prove its existence.
Searching for Yeti
Author: Laura Anne Gilman
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847893
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Looks at the legendary creature said to inhabit the Himalaya Mountains, including the history of its sightings, and the inconclusive evidence that has been offered to prove its existence.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847893
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Looks at the legendary creature said to inhabit the Himalaya Mountains, including the history of its sightings, and the inconclusive evidence that has been offered to prove its existence.
Search for the Yeti (Choose Your Own Adventure)
Author: Marcos Benevides
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780071327831
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Destiny Device The Destiny Device... You are a scientist. Your mentor, the brilliant Dr. Wogan, has created a machine that neutralizes radiation. She calls it the Destiny Device, because it could change the destiny of the world. Now Dr. Wogan is missing, and so are the plans for the Destiny Device. Was she kidnapped? Or is she hiding? Can you find her before her enemies do? The Choose your Own Adventure series is unique new series consists of 30 titles adapted from the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure series, which has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and spawned an entire genre called 'interactive fiction'. What makes Choose Your Own Adventure different is that you, the reader, are the main character. You make the choices that can lead to a happy conclusion-or perhaps to a terrible fate! Each title is made up of several branching storylines, with up to 30 different endings. As a result, most readers read each book again and again, experiencing a different story each time. Originally targeted at reluctant readers, Choose Your Own Adventure has helped to develop critical thinking, literacy skills, and an interest in reading for a whole generation of English native speakers. Now adapted for English language learners of any age, the Choose Your Own Adventure series is a fun addition to any extensive reading library. Indeed, the stories are so engaging we guarantee that even non-ESL learners will enjoy reading them!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780071327831
Category : Himalaya Mountains
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Destiny Device The Destiny Device... You are a scientist. Your mentor, the brilliant Dr. Wogan, has created a machine that neutralizes radiation. She calls it the Destiny Device, because it could change the destiny of the world. Now Dr. Wogan is missing, and so are the plans for the Destiny Device. Was she kidnapped? Or is she hiding? Can you find her before her enemies do? The Choose your Own Adventure series is unique new series consists of 30 titles adapted from the wildly popular Choose Your Own Adventure series, which has sold over 250 million copies worldwide, and spawned an entire genre called 'interactive fiction'. What makes Choose Your Own Adventure different is that you, the reader, are the main character. You make the choices that can lead to a happy conclusion-or perhaps to a terrible fate! Each title is made up of several branching storylines, with up to 30 different endings. As a result, most readers read each book again and again, experiencing a different story each time. Originally targeted at reluctant readers, Choose Your Own Adventure has helped to develop critical thinking, literacy skills, and an interest in reading for a whole generation of English native speakers. Now adapted for English language learners of any age, the Choose Your Own Adventure series is a fun addition to any extensive reading library. Indeed, the stories are so engaging we guarantee that even non-ESL learners will enjoy reading them!
Yeti
Author: Daniel C. Taylor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199091366
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
As it turned out, young Daniel never outgrew the enchantment of the mysterious Yeti, the Abominable Snowman. His search for the enigmatic creature of Himalayan legends spread over many decades: from 1956 until 2015, Daniel C. Taylor visited almost all valley systems in his quest to explain the ‘Yeti’s footprints’. But to his surprise, solving the footprint mystery did not answer the Yeti question. As his quest evolved, Taylor went on to create two massive national parks around Mount Everest. Equipped with abundant knowledge of the Himalaya, Taylor tells a story that is captivating and full of surprises. He looks back at his exploration of the 2,000-mile-wide Himalaya and talks about bioresilience as a parallel dynamic to biodiversity, thus widening the scope of our understanding of ecology. Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery is the extraordinary story of one man’s conservation impact and what it means for people to be part of the wild in today’s increasingly tamed world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199091366
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
As it turned out, young Daniel never outgrew the enchantment of the mysterious Yeti, the Abominable Snowman. His search for the enigmatic creature of Himalayan legends spread over many decades: from 1956 until 2015, Daniel C. Taylor visited almost all valley systems in his quest to explain the ‘Yeti’s footprints’. But to his surprise, solving the footprint mystery did not answer the Yeti question. As his quest evolved, Taylor went on to create two massive national parks around Mount Everest. Equipped with abundant knowledge of the Himalaya, Taylor tells a story that is captivating and full of surprises. He looks back at his exploration of the 2,000-mile-wide Himalaya and talks about bioresilience as a parallel dynamic to biodiversity, thus widening the scope of our understanding of ecology. Yeti: The Ecology of a Mystery is the extraordinary story of one man’s conservation impact and what it means for people to be part of the wild in today’s increasingly tamed world.
Dear Yeti
Author: James Kwan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374300453
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Told through a series of notes, two boys go on a hike hoping to find Yeti but run into trouble along the way.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374300453
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Told through a series of notes, two boys go on a hike hoping to find Yeti but run into trouble along the way.
No Yeti Yet
Author: Mary Ann Fraser
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
ISBN: 9781441308559
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When big brother decides that a snowy winter day is perfect for a yeti hunt, his little brother comes along, asking questions about the mysterious creatures all along the way.
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
ISBN: 9781441308559
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When big brother decides that a snowy winter day is perfect for a yeti hunt, his little brother comes along, asking questions about the mysterious creatures all along the way.
Searching for Sasquatch
Author: B. Regal
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230118291
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230118291
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
The first academic study of this subject is an entertaining look at the search for Sasquatch which considers not just the nature of monsters and monster hunting in the late 20th century, but the more important relationship between the professional scientists and amateur naturalists who hunt them—and their place in the history of science.
Searching for Bigfoot
Author: Greg Cox
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847605
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Describes the legends of the man-beast Bigfoot, including the worldwide history of Bigfoot claims, the scientific analysis behind evidence of the creature's existence, and references to Bigfoot in art, literature, and the media.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1448847605
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Describes the legends of the man-beast Bigfoot, including the worldwide history of Bigfoot claims, the scientific analysis behind evidence of the creature's existence, and references to Bigfoot in art, literature, and the media.
Gate of Aesir Book 1-2 Compilation
Author: Joseph Santiago
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329545702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Casino in Connecticut is the capital building for those of us in the Great Game who live in New England. My friend Matt is a professional gambler who thought he discovered a game full of high rollers to crash, but it wasn't that simple. Since friends invite their friends along when they do stupid things I came along for the ride. What we discovered is that there are people betting on what utter strangers will do next. These Architects of behavior have the money and power to do more than make you disappear. For centuries, the Architects have moved people like puppets, and encouraged players to become monsters with no law constraining us, but their own. What we share here is our journey into a world where anything is possible, and you will be amazed at how simple this all seems. Based on a true story, and it will have you doubting what you know. Everyone questions if someone has already been pulling their strings. Even the paranoid are right sometimes...
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329545702
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
The Casino in Connecticut is the capital building for those of us in the Great Game who live in New England. My friend Matt is a professional gambler who thought he discovered a game full of high rollers to crash, but it wasn't that simple. Since friends invite their friends along when they do stupid things I came along for the ride. What we discovered is that there are people betting on what utter strangers will do next. These Architects of behavior have the money and power to do more than make you disappear. For centuries, the Architects have moved people like puppets, and encouraged players to become monsters with no law constraining us, but their own. What we share here is our journey into a world where anything is possible, and you will be amazed at how simple this all seems. Based on a true story, and it will have you doubting what you know. Everyone questions if someone has already been pulling their strings. Even the paranoid are right sometimes...
In Search of Tom Slick
Author: Catherine Nixon Cooke
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623498724
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The major guiding principle in the life of Tom Slick was a relentless search for adventure and exploration of the unknown, sparked by his immense curiosity about everything and his willingness to embrace and investigate new ideas. He was a larger-than-life Texas oilman, entrepreneur, and explorer. He climbed mountains in the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. He developed new breeds of cattle. He discovered major oil fields. He founded several research institutes in San Antonio, including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Southwest Research Institute, and the Mind Science Foundation. He even wrote and published on the topic of world peace in the 1950s; the Tom Slick World Peace Lectures at the University of Texas’ LBJ Library and the endowed Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace were established after his death in 1962. In this revised and expanded edition of her previously published biography, Catherine Nixon Cooke, niece of Tom Slick, has mined personal letters, family papers, archives of the institutes founded by her uncle, and other resources to expand what we know of this enigmatic, energetic adventurer. In addition to relating his better-known exploits and pursuits, Cooke delves for the first time into Slick’s shadowy connections with the world of international espionage, including clues that Slick may have been involved in certain operations and interests of the OSS and its successor organization, the CIA. Illustrated throughout with rare historic photographs, In Search of Tom Slick: Explorer and Visionary will introduce a new readership to this influential yet little known figure in modern history.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 1623498724
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
The major guiding principle in the life of Tom Slick was a relentless search for adventure and exploration of the unknown, sparked by his immense curiosity about everything and his willingness to embrace and investigate new ideas. He was a larger-than-life Texas oilman, entrepreneur, and explorer. He climbed mountains in the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti. He developed new breeds of cattle. He discovered major oil fields. He founded several research institutes in San Antonio, including the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, Southwest Research Institute, and the Mind Science Foundation. He even wrote and published on the topic of world peace in the 1950s; the Tom Slick World Peace Lectures at the University of Texas’ LBJ Library and the endowed Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace were established after his death in 1962. In this revised and expanded edition of her previously published biography, Catherine Nixon Cooke, niece of Tom Slick, has mined personal letters, family papers, archives of the institutes founded by her uncle, and other resources to expand what we know of this enigmatic, energetic adventurer. In addition to relating his better-known exploits and pursuits, Cooke delves for the first time into Slick’s shadowy connections with the world of international espionage, including clues that Slick may have been involved in certain operations and interests of the OSS and its successor organization, the CIA. Illustrated throughout with rare historic photographs, In Search of Tom Slick: Explorer and Visionary will introduce a new readership to this influential yet little known figure in modern history.
Looking for Mr. Smith
Author: Linda Willis
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616081589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Since 1956, The Long Walk has been, for many, the symbol of an immense love of freedom and has become one of the greatest true-life adventure stories of all time. The harrowing story about a group of POWs who escaped a labor camp in Siberia and walked to freedom in India during WWII deeply affected thousands of its readers, and Linda Willis was one of those moved by the story. But she had questions about its authenticity: Was it all true? What happened after their arrival in India? Were there others involved in the story? Who was Mr. Smith? Though she was not a trained researcher, Willis felt compelled to look at some of the most powerful aspects of the story and to try to dig to the core of the truth behind The Long Walk. Willis’s investigation took her down unforeseen byways with many hours spent unraveling facts, truths, half-truths, rumors, and the like. She waded through archives, wrote and spoke to hundreds of people, and continued to seek out and verify the details of the greatest adventure narrative ever written. The path of Willis’s research will be a model for anyone attempting a similar search and who has ever thought about the story behind a book. No one who reads Looking for Mr. Smith will ever think of The Long Walk in the same way.
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 1616081589
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Since 1956, The Long Walk has been, for many, the symbol of an immense love of freedom and has become one of the greatest true-life adventure stories of all time. The harrowing story about a group of POWs who escaped a labor camp in Siberia and walked to freedom in India during WWII deeply affected thousands of its readers, and Linda Willis was one of those moved by the story. But she had questions about its authenticity: Was it all true? What happened after their arrival in India? Were there others involved in the story? Who was Mr. Smith? Though she was not a trained researcher, Willis felt compelled to look at some of the most powerful aspects of the story and to try to dig to the core of the truth behind The Long Walk. Willis’s investigation took her down unforeseen byways with many hours spent unraveling facts, truths, half-truths, rumors, and the like. She waded through archives, wrote and spoke to hundreds of people, and continued to seek out and verify the details of the greatest adventure narrative ever written. The path of Willis’s research will be a model for anyone attempting a similar search and who has ever thought about the story behind a book. No one who reads Looking for Mr. Smith will ever think of The Long Walk in the same way.