Author: Alison Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910307472
Category : Bible stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of the Christmas story.
The Tales Teeth Tell
Author: Tanya M. Smith
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262348934
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What human teeth can tell us about our evolution, development, and behavior . . . This fascinating, accessible study will “put a smile on your face with its weird facts about primate dentistry and the shrinking grins of modern-day humans” (Washington Post). Our teeth have intriguing stories to tell. These sophisticated time machines record growth, diet, and evolutionary history as clearly as tree rings map a redwood's lifespan. Each day of childhood is etched into tooth crowns and roots—capturing birth, nursing history, environmental clues, and illnesses. The study of ancient, fossilized teeth sheds light on how our ancestors grew up, how we evolved, and how prehistoric cultural transitions continue to affect humans today. In The Tales Teeth Tell, biological anthropologist Tanya Smith offers an engaging and surprising look at what teeth tell us about the evolution of primates—including our own uniqueness. Humans’ impressive set of varied teeth provides a multipurpose toolkit honed by the diet choices of our mammalian ancestors. Fossil teeth, highly resilient because of their substantial mineral content, are all that is left of some long-extinct species. Smith explains how researchers employ painstaking techniques to coax microscopic secrets from these enigmatic remains. Counting tiny daily lines provides a way to estimate age that is more powerful than any other forensic technique. Dental plaque—so carefully removed by dental hygienists today—records our ancestors' behavior and health in the form of fossilized food particles and bacteria, including their DNA. Smith also traces the grisly origins of dentistry, reveals that the urge to pick one’s teeth is not unique to humans, and illuminates the age-old pursuit of “dental art.” The book is generously illustrated with original photographs, many in color.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262348934
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
What human teeth can tell us about our evolution, development, and behavior . . . This fascinating, accessible study will “put a smile on your face with its weird facts about primate dentistry and the shrinking grins of modern-day humans” (Washington Post). Our teeth have intriguing stories to tell. These sophisticated time machines record growth, diet, and evolutionary history as clearly as tree rings map a redwood's lifespan. Each day of childhood is etched into tooth crowns and roots—capturing birth, nursing history, environmental clues, and illnesses. The study of ancient, fossilized teeth sheds light on how our ancestors grew up, how we evolved, and how prehistoric cultural transitions continue to affect humans today. In The Tales Teeth Tell, biological anthropologist Tanya Smith offers an engaging and surprising look at what teeth tell us about the evolution of primates—including our own uniqueness. Humans’ impressive set of varied teeth provides a multipurpose toolkit honed by the diet choices of our mammalian ancestors. Fossil teeth, highly resilient because of their substantial mineral content, are all that is left of some long-extinct species. Smith explains how researchers employ painstaking techniques to coax microscopic secrets from these enigmatic remains. Counting tiny daily lines provides a way to estimate age that is more powerful than any other forensic technique. Dental plaque—so carefully removed by dental hygienists today—records our ancestors' behavior and health in the form of fossilized food particles and bacteria, including their DNA. Smith also traces the grisly origins of dentistry, reveals that the urge to pick one’s teeth is not unique to humans, and illuminates the age-old pursuit of “dental art.” The book is generously illustrated with original photographs, many in color.
The Christmas Promise
Author: Alison Mitchell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910307472
Category : Bible stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of the Christmas story.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910307472
Category : Bible stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A retelling of the Christmas story.
Thirty-three Multicultural Tales to Tell
Author: Pleasant DeSpain
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874832662
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A collection of folktales from around the world, selected for their "tellability."
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874832662
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
A collection of folktales from around the world, selected for their "tellability."
Little Girls Tell Tales
Author: Rachel Bennett
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008333297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Some of the boggy ponds were so deep that if a girl stepped into one it would swallow her forever...
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008333297
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
Some of the boggy ponds were so deep that if a girl stepped into one it would swallow her forever...
The Truth about Stories
Author: Thomas King
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 0887846963
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.
Publisher: House of Anansi
ISBN: 0887846963
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.
Ready-to-tell Tales
Author: Bill Mooney
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874833812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874833812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A multicultural collection of traditional tales contributed by more than forty of America's most experienced storytellers, with tips for telling the stories.
GARDEN THE CURTAIN & THE CROSS
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784981754
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784981754
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Any Time, Any Place, Any Prayer
Author: Laura Wifler
Publisher: Tales That Tell the Truth
ISBN: 9781784986605
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Teach kids how to pray with this beautifully illustrated Bible storybook.
Publisher: Tales That Tell the Truth
ISBN: 9781784986605
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Teach kids how to pray with this beautifully illustrated Bible storybook.
The Friend Who Forgives: A True Story about How Peter Failed and Jesus Forgave
Author: Daniel DeWitt
Publisher: Tales That Tell the Truth
ISBN: 9781784983024
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Do you ever talk before you think? Mess up? Let others down? Thats what Peter did, again and again and again, and it led him to abandoning his best friend, Jesus. Peter loved Jesus. He felt terrible when he pretended not to know him. He thought all was lost when Jesus died. But Jesus is not like our other friends. He wants to forgive us when we are really sorry, even when we mess up again and again and again. And because Jesus died and rose again he can. Jesus death took the punishment for all of Peters mistakes and all our mistakes, and his resurrection showed the penalty was lifted. After he rose from the dead, Jesus went and found Peter and forgave him, and he can do the same for us. Peter spent the rest of his life telling people that if they put their trust in Jesus, they could be forgiven tooagain and again and again.Children know all about failing, but they dont always experience true forgiveness. This book points them to Jesus, the one who will forgive them again and again and again.
Publisher: Tales That Tell the Truth
ISBN: 9781784983024
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Do you ever talk before you think? Mess up? Let others down? Thats what Peter did, again and again and again, and it led him to abandoning his best friend, Jesus. Peter loved Jesus. He felt terrible when he pretended not to know him. He thought all was lost when Jesus died. But Jesus is not like our other friends. He wants to forgive us when we are really sorry, even when we mess up again and again and again. And because Jesus died and rose again he can. Jesus death took the punishment for all of Peters mistakes and all our mistakes, and his resurrection showed the penalty was lifted. After he rose from the dead, Jesus went and found Peter and forgave him, and he can do the same for us. Peter spent the rest of his life telling people that if they put their trust in Jesus, they could be forgiven tooagain and again and again.Children know all about failing, but they dont always experience true forgiveness. This book points them to Jesus, the one who will forgive them again and again and again.
Tales We Can Tell
Author: Roshmi Roy
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Tales We Can Tell is a collection of short stories that tell about the lives of ordinary people _ the difficulties they had to overcome, the trauma of losing a loved one, the pain of unrequited love and the deep scars that lie hidden behind the smiles on their faces. Some of the protagonists tell their own life stories. As you recognize parts of yourself in the stories, you cannot help but empathize with what the narrator has to tell. They are situations any of us can go through. The protagonists achieve catharsis in being able to tell the truth. They are not prompted by any desire for justice or self-justification. The stories reveal who they are, and their experiences along the journey of life, reinforcing the belief that with grit and determination, we can overcome all the challenges that life throws in our way.
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Tales We Can Tell is a collection of short stories that tell about the lives of ordinary people _ the difficulties they had to overcome, the trauma of losing a loved one, the pain of unrequited love and the deep scars that lie hidden behind the smiles on their faces. Some of the protagonists tell their own life stories. As you recognize parts of yourself in the stories, you cannot help but empathize with what the narrator has to tell. They are situations any of us can go through. The protagonists achieve catharsis in being able to tell the truth. They are not prompted by any desire for justice or self-justification. The stories reveal who they are, and their experiences along the journey of life, reinforcing the belief that with grit and determination, we can overcome all the challenges that life throws in our way.