[PDF] Gentle Giants eBook

Author : Bruce Weber
Publisher : Bulfinch
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,10 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Dogs
ISBN :

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A visit with some Newfoundlands and the people whose lives they share. This photographic odyssey takes the viewer from New York and Saskatchewan stopping in Montana, California and Rome. The author captures the spirit of these massive dogs, who are known for their bravery and loyalty.

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Publisher : Cuttlefish Publihsing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 39,39 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Manatees
ISBN : 9780977287307

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This collection of photographs contains intimate portraits of mothers and calves as well as manatees doing amusing acrobatics and posing for the camera. The pictures are set against the beautiful backdrop of natural freshwater springs. The text provides key information about manatees and their habits. This book offers a privileged glimpse into the world of the manatee narrating to us, through photographs, the beauty and drama that are these unique gentle giants.

Author : Joyce Milton
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0385374631

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Illus. in full color. "Milton understands what kids like about whales, and packs a considerable amount of information into the book. This easy-reader leaps with appeal."--Bulletin, Center for Children's Books.

Author : Kazuo Sayama
Publisher : Nbrp Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 19,54 MB
Release : 2019-04-20
Category :
ISBN : 9780578501338

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Between 1927 and 1934, the Philadelphia Royal Giants embarked on several goodwill tours across the Pacific-to Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the Hawaiian Territories. As African-Americans, they were relegated to second-class citizenship in the U.S., but abroad they were treated like kings. Unlike the previous tours of major league stars who ridiculed their opponents through embarrassing defeats, the Royal Giants made the games competitive, dignified and enjoyable for opposing players. In Gentle Black Giants: A History of Negro Leaguers in Japan, Kazuo Sayama and Bill Staples, Jr. chronicle the tours of the Royal Giants and demonstrate that without the skill and humanity displayed by the Negro Leaguers, Japanese ballplayers might have become discouraged and lost their love for the game. Instead, the experience of sharing the field with these "gentle, black giants" kept their spirits high and nurtured the seeds for professional baseball to flourish in Japan.

Author : Tanya Anderson
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541572238

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Quietly, without most people noticing, the population of giraffes in the wild has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 1985. Giraffes have disappeared entirely from seven countries where they used to live. Researchers believe fewer than 98,000 exist in the wild—fewer even than endangered African elephants. In 2016, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added giraffes to the organization's Red List of Threatened Species. What is causing their disappearance? Overpopulation of humans in giraffe habitats and illegal poaching. Learn about giraffes' physical characteristics, habitats, and life cycles; examine the dangers they face from humans and climate change; and meet the scientists working to save these gentle giants using technology and conservation efforts.

Author : Mary Unterbrink
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 31,97 MB
Release : 1984-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780820099149

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How we can help save this 60 million year old mammal from extinction.

Author : James P. Hogan
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Science fiction, English
ISBN : 9780345388858

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Discover the first three books in the ground-breaking 21st century hard-science fiction saga by James P. Hogan: INHERIT THE STARS The skeletal remains of a human body are found on the moon. His corpse is 50,000 years old, and nobody knows who he was, how he got there, or what killed him. THE GENTLE GIANTS OF GANYMEDE A long-ago wrecked ship of alien giants is discovered by Earth's scientists on a frozen satellite of Jupiter. Then, spinning out of the vastness of space, a ship of the same strange, humanoid giants has returned.... GIANTS' STAR Humans finally thought they comprehended their place in the universe...until Earth found itself in the middle of a power struggle between a benevolent alien empire and a cunning race of upstart humans who hated Earth!

Author : Isabelle Groc
Publisher : White Star Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9788854405813

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Take an intimate look at the marine creatures dearest to us: our fellow sea-born mammals-dolphins, porpoises, and whales. Joining superb nature writing with spectacular photography, Gentle Giants surveys 80 species, explores their mysterious origins, and examines the amazing qualities cetaceans have in common with people. Finally, their awesome power to heal is revealed in the context of their complex, and ironically often painful, relationship with humans. AUTHOR: Isabelle Groc, a freelance writer and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia, has contributed to various publications including Canadian Wildlife, Canadian Geographic, High Country News, and E/The Environmental Magazine. She is the winner of major environmental studies fellowships and the 2005 CBC David Suzuki Nature in Focus Environmental Photography Competition. ILLUSTRATIONS: 221 colour photographs

Author : Donna Campbell Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,11 MB
Release : 2016-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781493022472

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A celebration of Clydesdales, Percherons, Belgians and other heavy horse breeds.