Author: Eli Greenbaum
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1512600970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The race to explore the Congo's dwindling biodiversity and unlock its ancient secrets
Emerald Labyrinth
Author: Eli Greenbaum
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1512601209
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Emerald Labyrinth is a scientist and adventurer's chronicle of years exploring the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa. The richly varied habitats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offer a wealth of animal, plant, chemical, and medical discoveries. But the country also has a deeply troubled colonial past and a complicated political present. Author Eli Greenbaum is a leading expert in sub-Saharan herpetology - snakes, lizards, and frogs - who brings a sense of wonder to the question of how science works in the twenty-first century. Along the way he comes face to face with spitting cobras, silverback mountain gorillas, wild elephants, and the teenaged armies of AK-47-toting fighters engaged in the continent's longest-running war. As a bellwether of the climate and biodiversity crises now facing the planet, the Congo holds the key to our planet's future. Writing in the tradition of books like The Lost City of Z, Greenbaum seeks out the creatures struggling to survive in a war-torn, environmentally threatened country. Emerald Labyrinth is an extraordinary book about the enormous challenges and hard-won satisfactions of doing science in one of the least known, least hospitable places on earth.
Publisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1512601209
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Emerald Labyrinth is a scientist and adventurer's chronicle of years exploring the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa. The richly varied habitats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offer a wealth of animal, plant, chemical, and medical discoveries. But the country also has a deeply troubled colonial past and a complicated political present. Author Eli Greenbaum is a leading expert in sub-Saharan herpetology - snakes, lizards, and frogs - who brings a sense of wonder to the question of how science works in the twenty-first century. Along the way he comes face to face with spitting cobras, silverback mountain gorillas, wild elephants, and the teenaged armies of AK-47-toting fighters engaged in the continent's longest-running war. As a bellwether of the climate and biodiversity crises now facing the planet, the Congo holds the key to our planet's future. Writing in the tradition of books like The Lost City of Z, Greenbaum seeks out the creatures struggling to survive in a war-torn, environmentally threatened country. Emerald Labyrinth is an extraordinary book about the enormous challenges and hard-won satisfactions of doing science in one of the least known, least hospitable places on earth.
Emerald Labyrinth
Author: Eli Greenbaum
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1512600970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The race to explore the Congo's dwindling biodiversity and unlock its ancient secrets
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1512600970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The race to explore the Congo's dwindling biodiversity and unlock its ancient secrets
Harlow
Author: Imaj -
Publisher: Noble Hart Library
ISBN: 0983677549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
A Love Story: In 1937 England a mulatto girl is confined to her fathers' castle in a labyrinth of secrets surfaced by the hidden agenda of a global elite.Harlow is a novel of literary fiction that explores humanity, evolution, secular spirituality, reason, corrupt government, interracial relations, comedy, tragedy and love.
Publisher: Noble Hart Library
ISBN: 0983677549
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
A Love Story: In 1937 England a mulatto girl is confined to her fathers' castle in a labyrinth of secrets surfaced by the hidden agenda of a global elite.Harlow is a novel of literary fiction that explores humanity, evolution, secular spirituality, reason, corrupt government, interracial relations, comedy, tragedy and love.
Chronicles of Teloz: The Broken Timestream
Author: Dan Bune
Publisher: Cadeus Solutions LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In the distant future, a team of skilled time travelers embarks on a mission to explore the mysteries of time. However, during an experiment gone awry, their time machine malfunctions, and they find themselves not in the era they intended but in a subterranean city called Teloz. Teloz is a multiverse nexus, a hub connecting various parallel worlds and timelines. Teloz, with its bioluminescent glow and diverse population of humans, aliens, and mythical creatures, resembles the enchanted landscapes of Middle Earth. The city is a harmonious blend of advanced technology and magical elements, hidden deep within the Earth.
Publisher: Cadeus Solutions LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In the distant future, a team of skilled time travelers embarks on a mission to explore the mysteries of time. However, during an experiment gone awry, their time machine malfunctions, and they find themselves not in the era they intended but in a subterranean city called Teloz. Teloz is a multiverse nexus, a hub connecting various parallel worlds and timelines. Teloz, with its bioluminescent glow and diverse population of humans, aliens, and mythical creatures, resembles the enchanted landscapes of Middle Earth. The city is a harmonious blend of advanced technology and magical elements, hidden deep within the Earth.
Fortress Sorek
Author: D. Michael Carriere
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The uninterrupted and predictable cycle of human desires often demands conquests and betrayals. Several ancient kingdoms find themselves bound in a protracted struggle for individual and collective relief from their common enemy, the Mizar of Fortress Sorek. A young family unexpectedly finds itself in the midst of this life-changing drama that will catapult them within three days into an unknown and certain future. The husband and father has to choose the immediate course of his life without his wife and young daughter by his side. None who have ventured into his predicament have ever returned home to their families. He is determined to be the first.
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The uninterrupted and predictable cycle of human desires often demands conquests and betrayals. Several ancient kingdoms find themselves bound in a protracted struggle for individual and collective relief from their common enemy, the Mizar of Fortress Sorek. A young family unexpectedly finds itself in the midst of this life-changing drama that will catapult them within three days into an unknown and certain future. The husband and father has to choose the immediate course of his life without his wife and young daughter by his side. None who have ventured into his predicament have ever returned home to their families. He is determined to be the first.
Mazes and Labyrinths
Author: William Henry Matthews
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
The Elemental Force
Author: Bill Valiontis
Publisher: Bill Valiontis
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A group of superheroes representing different elements—fire, water, earth, and air—must unite to protect the world from an ancient elemental force that threatens to consume everything in its path. Each hero must learn to master their element and overcome personal obstacles to stand against the encroaching darkness. To fully master their elemental powers, each hero must undergo a series of challenging trials specific to their element, and then defeat the Spirit Master at the end. As the heroes delve deeper into the history of the elemental force, they uncover ancient prophecies, artifacts, and lost civilizations that hold the key to defeating their enemy.
Publisher: Bill Valiontis
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
A group of superheroes representing different elements—fire, water, earth, and air—must unite to protect the world from an ancient elemental force that threatens to consume everything in its path. Each hero must learn to master their element and overcome personal obstacles to stand against the encroaching darkness. To fully master their elemental powers, each hero must undergo a series of challenging trials specific to their element, and then defeat the Spirit Master at the end. As the heroes delve deeper into the history of the elemental force, they uncover ancient prophecies, artifacts, and lost civilizations that hold the key to defeating their enemy.
The Spies of Winter
Author: Sinclair McKay
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 178131618X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War. Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine, moved on to GCHQ. This was the British government’s new facility established to fight a different, but no less formidable foe – Stalin and the KGB. Fascinating and insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents, deception and betrayals. From the defection of the Cambridge Five and the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, to the collapse of the British Empire, the ascension of Chairman Mao and the emergence of the US as a superpower, McKay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation. During the years of the Cold War the men and women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions and gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world. The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves and how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation and maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust.
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 178131618X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War. Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine, moved on to GCHQ. This was the British government’s new facility established to fight a different, but no less formidable foe – Stalin and the KGB. Fascinating and insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents, deception and betrayals. From the defection of the Cambridge Five and the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, to the collapse of the British Empire, the ascension of Chairman Mao and the emergence of the US as a superpower, McKay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation. During the years of the Cold War the men and women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions and gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world. The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves and how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation and maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust.
The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice
Author: Catherynne Valente
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553904418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Catherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her spellbinding In the Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic in the next book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the exotic, the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the everyday. . . . Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. Graced with the magical illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coins and Spice is a book of dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever encountered. Open it anywhere and you will fall under its spell. For here the story never ends and the magic is only beginning. . . .
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 0553904418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Catherynne M. Valente enchanted readers with her spellbinding In the Night Garden. Now she continues to weave her storytelling magic in the next book of Orphan’s Tales—an epic of the fantastic and the exotic, the monstrous and mysterious, that will transport you far away from the everyday. . . . Her name and origins are unknown, but the endless tales inked upon this orphan’s eyelids weave a spell over all who listen to her read her secret history. And who can resist the stories she tells? From the Lake of the Dead and the City of Marrow to the artists who remain behind in a ghost city of spice, here are stories of hedgehog warriors and winged skeletons, loyal leopards and sparrow calligraphers. Nothing is too fantastic, anything can happen, but you’ll never guess what comes next in these intimately linked adventures of firebirds and djinn, singing manticores, mutilated unicorns, and women made entirely of glass and gears. Graced with the magical illustrations of Michael Kaluta, In the Cities of Coins and Spice is a book of dreams and wonders unlike any you’ve ever encountered. Open it anywhere and you will fall under its spell. For here the story never ends and the magic is only beginning. . . .
The Complete Guide to Labyrinths
Author: Cassandra Eason
Publisher: Crossing Press
ISBN: 1580911269
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A universal symbol of transformation, the labyrinth was created in ancient times to represent humankind’s search for the core of divinity. Unlike a maze, which may have a confusion of tracks leading in all directions, a labyrinth has a single, winding pathway that spirals inward to the center. In The Complete Guide to Labyrinths, renowned British psychic and folklorist Cassandra Eason explores the mystery of this sacred symbol and explains how to harness its power for personal transformation, protection, healing, and enlightenment. The book features instructions for creating indoor and outdoor labyrinths; rituals to nourish fertility, confront and resolve conflict, honor grief or loss, and celebrate new beginnings; and resources for locating labyrinths around the world. Filled with personal anecdotes and a detailed exploration of labyrinth history and mythology, this complete handbook is a deeply spiritual guide to the meditative, intuitive, and creative power of this age-old symbol.
Publisher: Crossing Press
ISBN: 1580911269
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
A universal symbol of transformation, the labyrinth was created in ancient times to represent humankind’s search for the core of divinity. Unlike a maze, which may have a confusion of tracks leading in all directions, a labyrinth has a single, winding pathway that spirals inward to the center. In The Complete Guide to Labyrinths, renowned British psychic and folklorist Cassandra Eason explores the mystery of this sacred symbol and explains how to harness its power for personal transformation, protection, healing, and enlightenment. The book features instructions for creating indoor and outdoor labyrinths; rituals to nourish fertility, confront and resolve conflict, honor grief or loss, and celebrate new beginnings; and resources for locating labyrinths around the world. Filled with personal anecdotes and a detailed exploration of labyrinth history and mythology, this complete handbook is a deeply spiritual guide to the meditative, intuitive, and creative power of this age-old symbol.