Author: Eli GreenbaumPublisher: Brandeis University Press
ISBN: 1512600970
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The race to explore the Congo's dwindling biodiversity and unlock its ancient secrets
Emerald Labyrinth
Author: Eli GreenbaumPublisher: University Press of New England
ISBN: 1512601209
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Emerald Labyrinth is a scientist and adventurer's chronicle of years exploring the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa. The richly varied habitats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offer a wealth of animal, plant, chemical, and medical discoveries. But the country also has a deeply troubled colonial past and a complicated political present. Author Eli Greenbaum is a leading expert in sub-Saharan herpetology - snakes, lizards, and frogs - who brings a sense of wonder to the question of how science works in the twenty-first century. Along the way he comes face to face with spitting cobras, silverback mountain gorillas, wild elephants, and the teenaged armies of AK-47-toting fighters engaged in the continent's longest-running war. As a bellwether of the climate and biodiversity crises now facing the planet, the Congo holds the key to our planet's future. Writing in the tradition of books like The Lost City of Z, Greenbaum seeks out the creatures struggling to survive in a war-torn, environmentally threatened country. Emerald Labyrinth is an extraordinary book about the enormous challenges and hard-won satisfactions of doing science in one of the least known, least hospitable places on earth.
Fortress Sorek
Author: D. Michael CarrierePublisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
The uninterrupted and predictable cycle of human desires often demands conquests and betrayals. Several ancient kingdoms find themselves bound in a protracted struggle for individual and collective relief from their common enemy, the Mizar of Fortress Sorek. A young family unexpectedly finds itself in the midst of this life-changing drama that will catapult them within three days into an unknown and certain future. The husband and father has to choose the immediate course of his life without his wife and young daughter by his side. None who have ventured into his predicament have ever returned home to their families. He is determined to be the first.
Chronicles of Teloz: The Broken Timestream
Author: Dan BunePublisher: Cadeus Solutions LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
In the distant future, a team of skilled time travelers embarks on a mission to explore the mysteries of time. However, during an experiment gone awry, their time machine malfunctions, and they find themselves not in the era they intended but in a subterranean city called Teloz. Teloz is a multiverse nexus, a hub connecting various parallel worlds and timelines. Teloz, with its bioluminescent glow and diverse population of humans, aliens, and mythical creatures, resembles the enchanted landscapes of Middle Earth. The city is a harmonious blend of advanced technology and magical elements, hidden deep within the Earth.
The Spies of Winter
Author: Sinclair McKayPublisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN: 178131618X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War. Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine, moved on to GCHQ. This was the British government’s new facility established to fight a different, but no less formidable foe – Stalin and the KGB. Fascinating and insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents, deception and betrayals. From the defection of the Cambridge Five and the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, to the collapse of the British Empire, the ascension of Chairman Mao and the emergence of the US as a superpower, McKay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation. During the years of the Cold War the men and women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions and gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world. The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves and how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation and maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust.
Mazes and Labyrinths
Author: William Henry MatthewsPublisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Wayward Witch
Author: Zoraida CórdovaPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492650692
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From the author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: The witches of New York are back! In the epic conclusion to the award-winning series, the final Mortiz sister's story is told. Infused with Latin American tradition—the Brooklyn Brujas series follows three sisters—and brujas—as they develop their powers and battle magic in their hometown and worlds beyond. Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she's been feeling lost. She has brand new powers that she doesn't understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father's return home. Then, on the night of her Deathday party, Rose discovers her father's memory loss has been a lie. As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. There Rose is forced to work with a group of others to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father's past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters. But if Rose wants to return home so that she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first. Brooklyn Brujas Series: Labyrinth Lost (Book 1): Alex's story—set in the mythical fantasy world of Los Lagos Bruja Born (Book 2): Lula's story—urban fantasy set on the streets of Brooklyn Wayward Witch (Book 3): Rose's story—set in the magical fairy realm of Adas Perfect for those looking for: A fantasy witch series Latinx books Dark fairy tales Young adult fantasy Books about sisters
Women Courageous
Author: Jennifer Moss BreenPublisher: Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN: 1839824220
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Women Courageous: Leading through the Labyrinth is a unique collection of stories of courage, integrated with scholarly analysis to deepen our understanding of courage - how it shows up, develops, and facilitates transformation.
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Author: Yiyun LiPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679604065
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner, a MacArthur Fellow, and one of The New Yorker’s top 20 fiction writers under 40, gives us exquisite stories in which politics and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition. A professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student’s true affections. A lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. Six women establish a private investigating agency to battle extramarital affairs in Beijing. Written in lyrical prose and with stunning honesty, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl introduces us to worlds strange and familiar, creating a mesmerizing and vibrant landscape of life.
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