Hippopotamus Pool

Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
ISBN 13 : 1780334508
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippopotamus Pool written by Elizabeth Peters and published by C & R Crime. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the Hippopotamus Pool a legend? Or Amelia's nemesis! A masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queens' lost tomb - and Amelia Peabody and her irascible archaeologist husband Emerson are intrigued, to say the least. When the guide mysteriously disappears before he can tell them his secret, the Peabody-Emersons sail to Thebes to follow his trail, helped - and hampered - by their teenage son Rameses, and beautiful ward Nefret. Before the sands of time shift very far, all of them will be risking their lives foiling murderers, kidnappers, grave robbers, and ancient curses. off once again on a rollicking adventure involving archaeology, murderers, kidnappers, grave robbers and ancient curses. And the hippopotamus Pool? It's a legend of war and wits that Amelia is translating, one that alerts her to a hippo of a different type - a nefarious, overweight art dealer who is on course to become her new arch-enemy!

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Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395928639
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chubbo's Pool written by and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998-09-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selfish hippopotamus, who will not share his pool with the other animals, learns a lesson about cooperation and sharing.

Author : Edgar Williams
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780237790
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippopotamus written by Edgar Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are famously fat—cumbersome, lethargic, and oddly charming for the way they lounge around half-submerged in muddy pools all day. Hippos are gregarious herbivores that don’t much like the heat, but as Edgar Williams shows in this colorful book, they can also be quite ill-tempered, and their huge mouths, sharp tusks, and powerful jaws can cut a small boat right in half. Taking readers into the swampy lands of Africa—as well as a few other surprising places—Hippopotamus tells the story of these iconic lumbering beasts. As Williams recounts, while Hippos are only found in Africa today, they actually originated in Asia. They are closer relatives to whales than to pigs or horses, as previously thought. And until the last Ice Age, you could find them as far north as Europe. Today the common hippo is confined to south, central, and east Africa, and its mysterious cousin, the Pygmy Hippo, is only found in the forests of Sierra Leone. From these natural confines, Williams explores how hippos have lived in much wider regions of the human imagination, from the hippo deity Taweret in Ancient Egypt to Obaysch, the first living hippo exhibited in the London Zoo in the nineteenth century, whom Charles Dickens called our “illustrious stranger.” A fascinating history of the hippo in natural and human history, this book also serves as a call for conservation efforts to protect this vulnerable animal.

Author : Benson Shum
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1368012914
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holly's Day at the Pool written by Benson Shum and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "NOOOOOOO! I don't want to go to the pool. What if . . . the water is too cold?" says Holly. Holly the hippo imagines the worst: icebergs and icy water, penguins and seals! Her imagination bursts at every turn, making it harder and harder for her to step foot in the pool. Until she get the chance to be a hero. Holly may be scared, but she is a very brave girl.

Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mammals written by Richard Lydekker and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Lydekker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Natural History written by Richard Lydekker and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stewart Keith Eltringham
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780856611315
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hippos written by Stewart Keith Eltringham and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personable, affectionate discussion of the many aspects of the biology and ecology of both the common or river hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) and the much smaller pygmy hippo (Hexaprotodon liberiensis), written by a zoologist but perfectly understandable to general readers who may be curious about this disarming yet formidable creature. Interesting bandw photos and drawings. Distributed by Academic Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Niedieck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.IA/5 ( download)

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Download or read book With Rifle in Five Continents written by Paul Niedieck and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Pablo Bernasconi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781741661095
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hippos Can Swim written by Pablo Bernasconi and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who ever heard of a hippo who didn't swim? Hippo's family all love to swim - but not him. He's afraid of the water. So he sets off to find himself some friends who don't like swimming either. He tries skipping rope with the rabbits, but he's too heavy to jump. He goes on the seesaw, but even seven monkeys aren't enough to lift him off the ground. He can't even climb trees. Eventually he decides to face his fears, and plunges into the lagoon... only to find that in his own element, he is as light as a bird. Hilarious, quirky illustrations bring to life this delightful story about taking the plunge.