Author: David McKee
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1787611434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. ‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS
Tusk Tusk
Author: David McKee
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1787611434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. ‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1787611434
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Once, elephants came in two colours: black or white. They loved all other creatures - but each set wanted to destroy the other. Peace-loving elephants ran and hid in the deepest jungle while battle commenced. The war-mongers succeeded: for a long time it seemed that there were no elephants in the world at all, not of any colour. But then the descendants of the peace-loving ones emerged from the jungle, and by now they were all grey. ‘This book was one of my favourites as a kid, I simply relished in the gloriousness of a load of elephants battling it out in a bizarre forest. It wasn’t until I was a bit older that I recognised the importance of the message that lay (not so subtly) underneath.’ OLIVER JEFFERS
Jelly-Boy
Author: Nicole Godwin
Publisher: Walker Books
ISBN: 1761600141
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
What happens when a jellyfish falls in love with a plastic bag she mistakes for a jelly-boy? Jelly-Boy is different. He is big and strong. And not as wobbly as the other Jelly-Boys. By the time Jelly-Girl discovers the dangerous truth about her new friend, it may already be too late. This is an inventive approach to tackling a conservation issue that is plaguing our world: too much plastic in the ocean. Told in a kid-friendly and humorous way, this is a story with the potential to encourage dialogue around an important issue.
Publisher: Walker Books
ISBN: 1761600141
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
What happens when a jellyfish falls in love with a plastic bag she mistakes for a jelly-boy? Jelly-Boy is different. He is big and strong. And not as wobbly as the other Jelly-Boys. By the time Jelly-Girl discovers the dangerous truth about her new friend, it may already be too late. This is an inventive approach to tackling a conservation issue that is plaguing our world: too much plastic in the ocean. Told in a kid-friendly and humorous way, this is a story with the potential to encourage dialogue around an important issue.
The Fixer
Author: Bradley Tusk
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525536507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The famed political advisor to Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, Tesla and other startups reveals what really happens at the intersection of politics, tech and business Most new startups today are in highly regulated industries with strong incumbents - transportation, hotels, drones, energy, gaming, education, health care, cannabis, finance, liquor, insurance. The more startups try to snatch a piece of the establishment's pie, the more they risk running into a political wall. That's where Bradley Tusk comes in. Described as "Silicon Valley's Political Savior" (Fast Company) "Uber's Political Genius" (Vanity Fair) and "Silicon Valley's Favorite Fixer" (TechCrunch) Tusk deploys the skills and knowledge he developed working with Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Rod Blagojevich, and other political and business legends to help startups fight back. This book goes behind the scenes on how he helped stop the taxi industry from killing Uber in its infancy, how he held insurance companies at bay while startup Lemonade launched in each state, and how he helped online sports betting sites FanDuel and Draft Kings escape the regulatory death grip casinos tried to put on them. As Tusk writes, "Every new company is essentially a tech startup. And when you disrupt someone in any industry, they don't say thank you. They punch you in the nose. These are the lessons startups need to learn to punch back and survive the clutches of politics." Combining a firsthand glimpse behind the curtain with tangible advice for how any new venture can play the political game, THE FIXER is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525536507
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
The famed political advisor to Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, Tesla and other startups reveals what really happens at the intersection of politics, tech and business Most new startups today are in highly regulated industries with strong incumbents - transportation, hotels, drones, energy, gaming, education, health care, cannabis, finance, liquor, insurance. The more startups try to snatch a piece of the establishment's pie, the more they risk running into a political wall. That's where Bradley Tusk comes in. Described as "Silicon Valley's Political Savior" (Fast Company) "Uber's Political Genius" (Vanity Fair) and "Silicon Valley's Favorite Fixer" (TechCrunch) Tusk deploys the skills and knowledge he developed working with Chuck Schumer, Michael Bloomberg, Rod Blagojevich, and other political and business legends to help startups fight back. This book goes behind the scenes on how he helped stop the taxi industry from killing Uber in its infancy, how he held insurance companies at bay while startup Lemonade launched in each state, and how he helped online sports betting sites FanDuel and Draft Kings escape the regulatory death grip casinos tried to put on them. As Tusk writes, "Every new company is essentially a tech startup. And when you disrupt someone in any industry, they don't say thank you. They punch you in the nose. These are the lessons startups need to learn to punch back and survive the clutches of politics." Combining a firsthand glimpse behind the curtain with tangible advice for how any new venture can play the political game, THE FIXER is a must-read for aspiring entrepreneurs.
We Are Australians
Author: Duncan Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742036328
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For those born in Australia, it's easy to take citizenship and its responsibilities for granted. But there is much more to being an Australian citizen than having a passport and the right to vote.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781742036328
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For those born in Australia, it's easy to take citizenship and its responsibilities for granted. But there is much more to being an Australian citizen than having a passport and the right to vote.
The Tusk That Did the Damage
Author: Tania James
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184006896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting. Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption and she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal. As the novel hurtles toward its tragic climax, these three storylines fuse into a wrenching meditation on love and revenge, fact and myth, duty and sacrifice. In a feat of audacious imagination and arrestingly beautiful prose, The Tusk That Did the Damage tells an original and heart-breaking story about how we treat nature, and each other.
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184006896
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin to the Gravedigger and is drawn into the alluring world of ivory hunting. Emma is working on a documentary set in a Kerala wildlife park with her best friend. Her work leads her to witness the porous boundary between conservation and corruption and she finds herself caught up in her own betrayal. As the novel hurtles toward its tragic climax, these three storylines fuse into a wrenching meditation on love and revenge, fact and myth, duty and sacrifice. In a feat of audacious imagination and arrestingly beautiful prose, The Tusk That Did the Damage tells an original and heart-breaking story about how we treat nature, and each other.
Get Tusked
Author: Ken Caillat
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493050702
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac’s epic, platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours, the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn’t get things his way, resulting in clashes not only with his band but especially Caillat, who had been essential to the band’s Grammy-winning sound. Hernan Rojas’s story recounts a young man who leaves Chile after General Pinochet’s coup to seek his future in the music industry of Los Angeles, where he finds success at one of the hottest studios in town. When Fleetwood Mac arrives, Rojas falls in love with its star singer, Stevie Nicks, and the two of them become romantically involved. Throughout the book, both Caillat and Rojas detail not only the trials and sacrifices they made to finish the album, but also triumphs of musical inspiration and technical innovation that have made Tusk the darling of music critics and indie rockers today.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493050702
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
In this behind-the-scenes look at the making of Fleetwood Mac’s epic, platinum-selling double album, Tusk, producers and engineers Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas tell their stories of spending a year with the band in their new million-dollar studio trying to follow up Rumours, the biggest rock album of the time. Following their massive success, the band continued its infamous soap opera when its musical leader and guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, threatened to quit if he didn’t get things his way, resulting in clashes not only with his band but especially Caillat, who had been essential to the band’s Grammy-winning sound. Hernan Rojas’s story recounts a young man who leaves Chile after General Pinochet’s coup to seek his future in the music industry of Los Angeles, where he finds success at one of the hottest studios in town. When Fleetwood Mac arrives, Rojas falls in love with its star singer, Stevie Nicks, and the two of them become romantically involved. Throughout the book, both Caillat and Rojas detail not only the trials and sacrifices they made to finish the album, but also triumphs of musical inspiration and technical innovation that have made Tusk the darling of music critics and indie rockers today.
Night Zookeeper: The Elephant of Tusk Temple
Author: Joshua Davidson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192764089
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Will journeys through a magical portal to reach a new part of the Night Zoo. In this mission, he must search for Maji the time-travelling elephant in the Tusk Temple.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780192764089
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Will journeys through a magical portal to reach a new part of the Night Zoo. In this mission, he must search for Maji the time-travelling elephant in the Tusk Temple.
Tusk and Stone
Author: Malcolm Joseph Bosse
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781886910744
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After a criminal gang attacks his caravan and he loses his identity as a Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life as a soldier, becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped sister. At the height of his fame he is captured again, and as a slave once more, finds unexpected fulfillment as a stone carver.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781886910744
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After a criminal gang attacks his caravan and he loses his identity as a Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life as a soldier, becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped sister. At the height of his fame he is captured again, and as a slave once more, finds unexpected fulfillment as a stone carver.
Shell, Beak, Tusk
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1328809641
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
We think of evolution as a tree with branches that make clear, linear sense—with one animal and its traits clearly derived from one that came before it genetically. But what about animals who share key traits but aren’t on the same family tree? This is called convergent evolution, and it’s the big idea that Bridget Heos tackles in a kid-friendly way in Shell, Beak, Tusk. From mammals to reptiles, and everything in between, Heos manages to make some intriguing comparisons—and bring to life theories of evolution and convergentevolution in bite-sized, easily digested chunks of fun facts, illustrated with full-color photography throughout.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1328809641
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
We think of evolution as a tree with branches that make clear, linear sense—with one animal and its traits clearly derived from one that came before it genetically. But what about animals who share key traits but aren’t on the same family tree? This is called convergent evolution, and it’s the big idea that Bridget Heos tackles in a kid-friendly way in Shell, Beak, Tusk. From mammals to reptiles, and everything in between, Heos manages to make some intriguing comparisons—and bring to life theories of evolution and convergentevolution in bite-sized, easily digested chunks of fun facts, illustrated with full-color photography throughout.
Tusks
Author: Gene Hale
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466968141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
From the foothills of Wyoming to the vast savannahs and rainforests of Central Africa, this action-packed adventure story takes the reader on a thrilling roller-coaster ride as Cheyenne Cole and his four friends battle the forces of evil. With a colorful cast of characters and a fast-paced storyline, Tusks exposes the needless slaughter and destruction of elephants to fuel the ivory trade. Honoring his father's dying wish, Cheyenne, a cowboy and ex-marine, with a lightning-fast draw, embarks on a quest to save the elephants of Africa. Poachers and ivory hunters are decimating the elephant tribes, and Cheyenne and his friends are determined to stop them. Batting the murderous Python and his two sidekicks, the friends encounter Black Bart, an infamous gunslinger, and dance a deadly dance with the Black Mamba and Monsoon, a rampaging elephant whose only intent is to destroy man. With the help of the Ho Goo and Ji-Hi tribes, they strive to defeat their enemies, only to face their greatest challenge: Al-Qaida! Missiles are primed and ready to destroy New York City and Israel. Will the friends be in time to prevent the annihilation of the free world? Will they save the elephants? Will they escape the deadly fangs of the Black Mamba? Will the mighty Monsoon emerge victorious from his final battle? Tusks is a story of courage, determination, and deep friendship. Friends who will lay down their lives for one another, friends who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of what is just and right, loyal friends united in their quest to defend the elephant. The elephant whose only predator is man! The elephant who never forgets . . .
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1466968141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
From the foothills of Wyoming to the vast savannahs and rainforests of Central Africa, this action-packed adventure story takes the reader on a thrilling roller-coaster ride as Cheyenne Cole and his four friends battle the forces of evil. With a colorful cast of characters and a fast-paced storyline, Tusks exposes the needless slaughter and destruction of elephants to fuel the ivory trade. Honoring his father's dying wish, Cheyenne, a cowboy and ex-marine, with a lightning-fast draw, embarks on a quest to save the elephants of Africa. Poachers and ivory hunters are decimating the elephant tribes, and Cheyenne and his friends are determined to stop them. Batting the murderous Python and his two sidekicks, the friends encounter Black Bart, an infamous gunslinger, and dance a deadly dance with the Black Mamba and Monsoon, a rampaging elephant whose only intent is to destroy man. With the help of the Ho Goo and Ji-Hi tribes, they strive to defeat their enemies, only to face their greatest challenge: Al-Qaida! Missiles are primed and ready to destroy New York City and Israel. Will the friends be in time to prevent the annihilation of the free world? Will they save the elephants? Will they escape the deadly fangs of the Black Mamba? Will the mighty Monsoon emerge victorious from his final battle? Tusks is a story of courage, determination, and deep friendship. Friends who will lay down their lives for one another, friends who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of what is just and right, loyal friends united in their quest to defend the elephant. The elephant whose only predator is man! The elephant who never forgets . . .