Author: Harold Bindloss
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387335490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
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Lister's Great Adventure
Author: Harold Bindloss
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387335490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387335490
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Lister's Great Adventure
Author: Harold Bindloss
Publisher:
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Category : Canadian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Publisher:
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Category : Canadian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Pat and Pal
Author: Harriet Lummis Smith
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Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Languages : en
Pages : 328
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Darwin's Fossils
Author: Adrian Lister
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 158834617X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 158834617X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Reveals how Darwin's study of fossils shaped his scientific thinking and led to his development of the theory of evolution. Darwin's Fossils is an accessible account of Darwin's pioneering work on fossils, his adventures in South America, and his relationship with the scientific establishment. While Darwin's research on Galápagos finches is celebrated, his work on fossils is less well known. Yet he was the first to collect the remains of giant extinct South American mammals; he worked out how coral reefs and atolls formed; he excavated and explained marine fossils high in the Andes; and he discovered a fossil forest that now bears his name. All of this research was fundamental in leading Darwin to develop his revolutionary theory of evolution. This richly illustrated book brings Darwin's fossils, many of which survive in museums and institutions around the world, together for the first time. Including new photography of many of the fossils--which in recent years have enjoyed a surge of scientific interest--as well as superb line drawings produced in the nineteenth century and newly commissioned artists' reconstructions of the extinct animals as they are understood today, Darwin's Fossils reveals how Darwin's discoveries played a crucial role in the development of his groundbreaking ideas.
To See Every Bird on Earth
Author: Dan Koeppel
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
What drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a fortune to count birds? And what if that man is your father? Richard Koeppel’s obsession began at age twelve, in Queens, New York, when he first spotted a Brown Thrasher, and jotted the sighting in a notebook. Several decades, one failed marriage, and two sons later, he set out to see every bird on earth, becoming a member of a subculture of competitive bird watchers worldwide all pursuing the same goal. Over twenty-five years, he collected over seven thousand species, becoming one of about ten people ever to do so. To See Every Bird on Earth explores the thrill of this chase, a crusade at the expense of all else—for the sake of making a check in a notebook. A riveting glimpse into a fascinating subculture, the book traces the love, loss, and reconnection between a father and son, and explains why birds are so critical to the human search for our place in the world. “Marvelous. I loved just about everything about this book.”—Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman “A lovingly told story . . . helps you understand what moves humans to seek escape in seemingly strange other worlds.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak “Everyone has his or her addiction, and birdwatching is the drug of choice for the father of author Dan Koeppel, who writes affectionately but honestly about his father’s obsession.”—Audubon Magazine (editor’s choice) “As a glimpse into human behavior and family relationships, To See Every Bird on Earth is a rarity: a book about birding that nonbirders will find just as rewarding.”—Chicago Tribune
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440627037
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
What drives a man to travel to sixty countries and spend a fortune to count birds? And what if that man is your father? Richard Koeppel’s obsession began at age twelve, in Queens, New York, when he first spotted a Brown Thrasher, and jotted the sighting in a notebook. Several decades, one failed marriage, and two sons later, he set out to see every bird on earth, becoming a member of a subculture of competitive bird watchers worldwide all pursuing the same goal. Over twenty-five years, he collected over seven thousand species, becoming one of about ten people ever to do so. To See Every Bird on Earth explores the thrill of this chase, a crusade at the expense of all else—for the sake of making a check in a notebook. A riveting glimpse into a fascinating subculture, the book traces the love, loss, and reconnection between a father and son, and explains why birds are so critical to the human search for our place in the world. “Marvelous. I loved just about everything about this book.”—Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman “A lovingly told story . . . helps you understand what moves humans to seek escape in seemingly strange other worlds.”—Stefan Fatsis, author of Word Freak “Everyone has his or her addiction, and birdwatching is the drug of choice for the father of author Dan Koeppel, who writes affectionately but honestly about his father’s obsession.”—Audubon Magazine (editor’s choice) “As a glimpse into human behavior and family relationships, To See Every Bird on Earth is a rarity: a book about birding that nonbirders will find just as rewarding.”—Chicago Tribune
The United States Catalog Supplement, January 1918-June 1921
Author: Eleanor E. Hawkins
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1190
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The United States Catalog; Books in Print January 1, 1912
Author: H.W. Wilson Company
Publisher: Minneapolis ; New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2174
Book Description
Publisher: Minneapolis ; New York : H.W. Wilson
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2174
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The Windsor Magazine
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Languages : en
Pages : 828
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The Mentor
Author:
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Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
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Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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The United States Catalog
Author: Mary Burnham
Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1656
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1656
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