Author: Ee Kiam Chua
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789810917128
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Book highlights the natural heritage found in the nature reserves of Bukit Timah and the Central Catchment. Accompanying CD contains the images and names of the flora and fauna mentioned in the book. Also contains worksheets on the rainforest for secondary school students, with statement that the "images enclosed in this CD may be used by students or teachers in educational, non-profit settings."
Rainforest in a City
Author: Ee Kiam Chua
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789810917128
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Book highlights the natural heritage found in the nature reserves of Bukit Timah and the Central Catchment. Accompanying CD contains the images and names of the flora and fauna mentioned in the book. Also contains worksheets on the rainforest for secondary school students, with statement that the "images enclosed in this CD may be used by students or teachers in educational, non-profit settings."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789810917128
Category : Rain forest conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Book highlights the natural heritage found in the nature reserves of Bukit Timah and the Central Catchment. Accompanying CD contains the images and names of the flora and fauna mentioned in the book. Also contains worksheets on the rainforest for secondary school students, with statement that the "images enclosed in this CD may be used by students or teachers in educational, non-profit settings."
Rainforest Cities
Author: John O. Browder
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231106559
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Rainforest Cities represents a valuable contribution to our current knowledge of regional development and environmental studies and will be of interest to urban planners, geographers, Amazon regional specialists, and interdisciplinary students of international development.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231106559
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Rainforest Cities represents a valuable contribution to our current knowledge of regional development and environmental studies and will be of interest to urban planners, geographers, Amazon regional specialists, and interdisciplinary students of international development.
City Critters
Author: Nicholas Read
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554693950
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Discusses the lives of wild animals that live in a North American urban environment--
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 1554693950
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Discusses the lives of wild animals that live in a North American urban environment--
The Lost City of the Monkey God
Author: Douglas Preston
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455540021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 1455540021
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, named one of the best books of the year by The Boston Globe and National Geographic: acclaimed journalist Douglas Preston takes readers on a true adventure deep into the Honduran rainforest in this riveting narrative about the discovery of a lost civilization -- culminating in a stunning medical mystery. Since the days of conquistador Hernán Cortés, rumors have circulated about a lost city of immense wealth hidden somewhere in the Honduran interior, called the White City or the Lost City of the Monkey God. Indigenous tribes speak of ancestors who fled there to escape the Spanish invaders, and they warn that anyone who enters this sacred city will fall ill and die. In 1940, swashbuckling journalist Theodore Morde returned from the rainforest with hundreds of artifacts and an electrifying story of having found the Lost City of the Monkey God-but then committed suicide without revealing its location. Three quarters of a century later, bestselling author Doug Preston joined a team of scientists on a groundbreaking new quest. In 2012 he climbed aboard a rickety, single-engine plane carrying the machine that would change everything: lidar, a highly advanced, classified technology that could map the terrain under the densest rainforest canopy. In an unexplored valley ringed by steep mountains, that flight revealed the unmistakable image of a sprawling metropolis, tantalizing evidence of not just an undiscovered city but an enigmatic, lost civilization. Venturing into this raw, treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful wilderness to confirm the discovery, Preston and the team battled torrential rains, quickmud, disease-carrying insects, jaguars, and deadly snakes. But it wasn't until they returned that tragedy struck: Preston and others found they had contracted in the ruins a horrifying, sometimes lethal-and incurable-disease. Suspenseful and shocking, filled with colorful history, hair-raising adventure, and dramatic twists of fortune, THE LOST CITY OF THE MONKEY GOD is the absolutely true, eyewitness account of one of the great discoveries of the twenty-first century.
Into the Rainforest
Author: Aaron Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989711616
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
India and Zion, ages 10 and eight, have moved with their family to the Amazon rainforest. There parents are on an assignment to uncover the ancient ruins of a lost city, Yanopacho. The city has its secrets, and so does the surrounding jungle. Their adventure begins when they meet an unusual parrot who keeps calling out their names.Into the Rainforest is a book about friendship, courage, and what it truly means to understand one another.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989711616
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
India and Zion, ages 10 and eight, have moved with their family to the Amazon rainforest. There parents are on an assignment to uncover the ancient ruins of a lost city, Yanopacho. The city has its secrets, and so does the surrounding jungle. Their adventure begins when they meet an unusual parrot who keeps calling out their names.Into the Rainforest is a book about friendship, courage, and what it truly means to understand one another.
Rain Forests Inside Out
Author: Robin Johnson
Publisher: Ecosystems Inside Out
ISBN: 9780778714583
Category : Rain forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lush, moist, and teeming with life, rain forests are one of Earth's biome wonders. Peel back the corners of the rain forest to discover what lives within one of the planet's busiest environments, from wolves and porcupines to monkeys and poison dart frogs. Learn how each organism functions within its rainforest ecosystem and how it survives in one of the most predatory biomes on Earth. Find out, too, how rain forests are found all around the world and what you can do to help protect these precious resources. Teacher's guide available.
Publisher: Ecosystems Inside Out
ISBN: 9780778714583
Category : Rain forest animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lush, moist, and teeming with life, rain forests are one of Earth's biome wonders. Peel back the corners of the rain forest to discover what lives within one of the planet's busiest environments, from wolves and porcupines to monkeys and poison dart frogs. Learn how each organism functions within its rainforest ecosystem and how it survives in one of the most predatory biomes on Earth. Find out, too, how rain forests are found all around the world and what you can do to help protect these precious resources. Teacher's guide available.
The Rainforest
Author: John Lockyer
Publisher: Flying Start Books
ISBN: 1776548140
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Our world needs rainforests. The plants in rainforests help to clean our air and replace the oxygen we breathe. Without rainforests our planet would die. In hot countries, they are called tropical rainforests. Do you know where in the world the rainforests are?
Publisher: Flying Start Books
ISBN: 1776548140
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Our world needs rainforests. The plants in rainforests help to clean our air and replace the oxygen we breathe. Without rainforests our planet would die. In hot countries, they are called tropical rainforests. Do you know where in the world the rainforests are?
The Lost City of Z
Author: David Grann
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400078458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Suspenseful…rollicking.” —The New York Times In 1925, Percy Fawcett went into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400078458
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction that unravels the greatest exploration mystery of the twentieth century—the story of the legendary British explorer who ventured into the Amazon jungle in search of a fabled civilization and never returned. “Suspenseful…rollicking.” —The New York Times In 1925, Percy Fawcett went into the Amazon jungle, in search of a fabled civilization. He never returned. Over the years countless perished trying to find evidence of his party and the place he called “The Lost City of Z.” In this masterpiece, journalist David Grann interweaves the spellbinding stories of Fawcett’s quest for “Z” and his own journey into the deadly jungle. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!
Fordlandia
Author: Greg Grandin
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1429938013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself, along with its golf courses, ice-cream shops, bandstands, indoor plumbing, and Model Ts rolling down broad streets. Fordlandia, as the settlement was called, quickly became the site of an epic clash. On one side was the car magnate, lean, austere, the man who reduced industrial production to its simplest motions; on the other, the Amazon, lush, extravagant, the most complex ecological system on the planet. Ford's early success in imposing time clocks and square dances on the jungle soon collapsed, as indigenous workers, rejecting his midwestern Puritanism, turned the place into a ribald tropical boomtown. Fordlandia's eventual demise as a rubber plantation foreshadowed the practices that today are laying waste to the rain forest. More than a parable of one man's arrogant attempt to force his will on the natural world, Fordlandia depicts a desperate quest to salvage the bygone America that the Ford factory system did much to dispatch. As Greg Grandin shows in this gripping and mordantly observed history, Ford's great delusion was not that the Amazon could be tamed but that the forces of capitalism, once released, might yet be contained. Fordlandia is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 1429938013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Greg Grandin comes the stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself, along with its golf courses, ice-cream shops, bandstands, indoor plumbing, and Model Ts rolling down broad streets. Fordlandia, as the settlement was called, quickly became the site of an epic clash. On one side was the car magnate, lean, austere, the man who reduced industrial production to its simplest motions; on the other, the Amazon, lush, extravagant, the most complex ecological system on the planet. Ford's early success in imposing time clocks and square dances on the jungle soon collapsed, as indigenous workers, rejecting his midwestern Puritanism, turned the place into a ribald tropical boomtown. Fordlandia's eventual demise as a rubber plantation foreshadowed the practices that today are laying waste to the rain forest. More than a parable of one man's arrogant attempt to force his will on the natural world, Fordlandia depicts a desperate quest to salvage the bygone America that the Ford factory system did much to dispatch. As Greg Grandin shows in this gripping and mordantly observed history, Ford's great delusion was not that the Amazon could be tamed but that the forces of capitalism, once released, might yet be contained. Fordlandia is a 2009 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.
The Amazon Rainforest
Author: Rebecca Kraft Rector
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1635177278
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Explore the past, present, and future of the Amazon Rainforest. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 1635177278
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Explore the past, present, and future of the Amazon Rainforest. Beautiful photos, fact-filled text, and engaging infographics help readers learn all about this natural wonder and how to protect it long into the future.