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Author: Mayne Reid
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Author: Mayne Reid
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Author: Mayne Reid
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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Author: Captain Mayne Reid
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3732680347
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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Reproduction of the original: The Giraffe Hunters by Captain Mayne Reid
Author: Томас Майн Рид
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 504046133X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
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Author: Mayne Reid
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Category : English Fiction (Kcal Only)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Betty Leslie-Melville
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Author: Mayne Reid
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: J M Ledgard
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448105897
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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In 1975, on the eve of May Day, secret police sealed off a zoo in a small Czechoslovakian town and ordered the destruction of the largest captive herd of giraffes in the world. Ledgard tells the story of the giraffes from the moment of their capture in Africa to their deaths behind the Iron Curtain. We see them first through the eyes of Emil, a haemodynamicist (he studies blood flow in vertical creatures) who is chosen to accompany them from Hamburg into Czechoslovakia. There Amina, a sleepwalker, a factory girl, glimpses their arrival and goes each day to gaze up at them. She is with them at the end, blinding them with a torch, as Jiri, a sharpshooter, brings them down one by one. Giraffe is a story about strangeness, about creatures that are alien. It is also a story about captivity, about Czechoslovakia, a middling totalitarian state in the middle of Europe that is itself asleep, under a spell, a nation of sleepwalkers.
Author: Roger Cressey
Publisher: Paragon Publishing
ISBN: 1782221433
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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I told this story to my great nephew Thomas O'Brien, when he was seven years old. I wanted to explain to him what the power of love can do; and chose a baby giraffe as the chief character in my story. It tells of his adventures after being captured in Africa by wicked hunters and brought to a zoo in England, where he is befriended by the zookeeper's children. A bond of love develops between them, enabling the little animal to speak to them in the language of the animal kingdom. He then asks them to help him to return to his homeland in the foothills of Kiliminjaro. "Roger Cressey weaves a gentle message of love and kindness in this thought-provoking tale." KS2 teacher "Plenty of 'giggle moments' with the animal antics . . . and a bonus quiz at the end." KS2 teacher
Author: Edgar Williams
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861898894
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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Their extraordinary long necks, distinctive camouflage, graceful movements, and friendly nature have made giraffes one of the most fascinating and beloved animals on the planet. But while giraffes once roamed the Great Plains of Africa in huge herds, their numbers have greatly diminished, and they are now entirely dependent on humanity for their survival. In Giraffe, Edgar Williams explores not only the biology of the tallest animals on earth, but also their impact on human history—including in ancient Egypt, where giraffes were kept as exotic pets; the Middle Ages, when giraffes were considered mythical beasts as improbable and mysterious as the dragon; and the Victorian era, in which giraffe hunting was considered an exhilarating sport. Giraffe is the first book to provide a comprehensive, twenty-first-century view of the giraffe in art, literature, film, and popular culture, as well as its natural history from prehistory to modern times. With new insights into the giraffe’s genetics and evolution, this book will appeal to those interested in the giraffe’s unique biology and to anyone who admires the majestic giraffe.
