Superdove

Author : David Quammen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439125279
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild Thoughts from Wild Places written by David Quammen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, award-winning journalist David Quammen reminds us why he has become one of our most beloved science and nature writers. This collection of twenty-three of Quammen's most intriguing, most exciting, most memorable pieces takes us to meet kayakers on the Futaleufu River of southern Chile, where Quammen describes how it feels to travel in fast company and flail for survival in the river's maw. We are introduced to the commerce in pearls (and black-market parrots) in the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia. Quammen even finds wildness in smog-choked Los Angeles -- embodied in an elusive population of urban coyotes, too stubborn and too clever to surrender to the sprawl of civilization. With humor and intelligence, David Quammen's Wild Thoughts from Wild Places also reminds us that humans are just one of the many species on earth with motivations, goals, quirks, and eccentricities. Expect to be entertained and moved on this journey through the wilds of science and nature.

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Total Pages : 2232 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Author : Richard F. Johnston
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195084098
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feral Pigeons written by Richard F. Johnston and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive monograph focuses on the population, biology, and behavioral ecology of feral pigeons, a familiar but seldom studied bird. Includes a thorough listing of primary references of U.S. and European scholarly literature.

Author : Courtney Humphries
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061259160
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Superdove written by Courtney Humphries and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2008-08-12 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we see pigeons as lowly urban pests and how did they become such common city dwellers? Courtney Humphries traces the natural history of the pigeon, recounting how these shy birds that once made their homes on the sparse cliffs of sea coasts came to dominate our urban public spaces. While detailing this evolution, Humphries introduces us to synanthropy: The concept that animals can become dependent on humans without ceasing to be wild; they can adapt to the cityscape as if it were a field or a forest. Superdove simultaneously explores the pigeon's cultural transformation, from its life in the dovecotes of ancient Egypt to its service in the trenches of World War I, to its feats within the pigeon-racing societies of today. While the dove is traditionally recognized as a symbol of peace, the pigeon has long inspired a different sort of fetishistic devotion from breeders, eaters, and artists—and from those who recognized and exploited the pigeon's astounding abilities. Because of their fecundity, pigeons were symbols of fertility associated with Aphrodite, while their keen ability to find their way home made them ideal messengers and even pilots. Their usefulness largely forgotten, today's pigeons have become as ubiquitous and reviled as rats. But Superdove reveals something more surprising: By using pigeons for our own purposes, we humans have changed their evolution. And in doing so, we have helped make pigeons the ideal city dwellers they are today. In the tradition of Rats, the book that made its namesake rodents famous, Superdove is the fascinating story of the pigeon's journey from the wild to the city—the home they'll never leave.

Author : American Quarter Horse Association
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
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Download or read book Official Stud Book and Registry of the American Quarter Horse Association written by American Quarter Horse Association and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Nixon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476731772
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 1999: Victory Without War written by Richard Nixon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Nixon raises all the timely questions about the present state of the world, and then answers them both systematically and thoroughly.” —The New York Times In this acclaimed national bestseller, Richard Nixon offers a comprehensive strategy for the West—a vital plan of action that will help ensure peace, prosperity, and freedom in the next century. From glasnost and summitry to arms control and “Star Wars,” from Nicaragua and China to Europe and Japan, he gives seasoned, no-nonsense advice on all tough foreign policy issues. The former President draws on a lifetime of experience in international affairs to examine the crucial challenges facing the United States and the West and how best to go forward in the 21st century.

Author : James Gallier
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Builder's General Price Book and Estimator written by James Gallier and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 276 pages
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Author : U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reprogramings, FY 1979. AN written by U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
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Total Pages : 836 pages
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Download or read book Department of Defense Appropriations for 1980: Secretary of Defense and Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reprogramings, FY 1979. AN written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: