First Footprints

Author: Scott Cane
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 174343572X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328

Book Description
First Footprints tells the extraordinary story of the Aboriginal people of Australia. How they made their way out of Africa 60,000 years ago, and how they survived across this vast continent, from the harsh deserts of the inland to the glaciers of southern Tasmania. With photos from the ABC TV series of the same name. Some 60,000 years ago, a small group of people landed on Australia's northern coast. They were the first oceanic mariners and this great southern land was their new home. Gigantic mammals roamed the plains and enormous crocodiles, giant snakes and goannas nestled in the estuaries and savannahs. First Footprints tells the epic story of Australia's Aboriginal people. It is a story of ancient life on the driest continent on earth through the greatest environmental changes experienced in human history: ice ages, extreme drought and inundating seas. It is chronicled through astonishing archaeological discoveries, ancient oral histories and the largest and oldest art galleries on earth. Australia's first inhabitants were the first people to believe in an afterlife, cremate their dead, engrave representations of the human face, and depict human sound and emotion. They created new technologies, designed ornamentation, engaged in trade, and crafted the earliest documents of war. Ultimately, they developed a sustainable society based on shared religious tradition and far-reaching social networks across the length and breadth of Australia.

My Footprints

Author: Bao Phi
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1684461200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Every child feels different in some way, but Thuy feels "double different." She is Vietnamese American and she has two moms. Thuy walks home one winter afternoon, angry and lonely after a bully's taunts. Then a bird catches her attention and sets Thuy on an imaginary exploration. What if she could fly away like a bird? What if she could sprint like a deer, or roar like a bear? Mimicking the footprints of each creature in the snow, she makes her way home to the arms of her moms. Together, the three of them imagine beautiful and powerful creatures who always have courage - just like Thuy.

The Footprints of God

Author: Greg Iles
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743454148
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572

Book Description
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Iles probes the terrifying possibility that the next phase of human evolution may not be human at all. Alarming, believable, and utterly consuming.--Dan Brown. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.

Footprints of Modernism: African Adventures and Poetic Journeys (First Footsteps in East Africa by Sir Richard Francis Burton/ The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot)

Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 693

Book Description
Book 1: Embark on an adventurous journey with “First Footsteps in East Africa” by Sir Richard Francis Burton. Join Burton on his explorations in a land of discovery, filled with intrigue, wildlife, and cultural encounters. This captivating narrative provides a firsthand account of the wonders of East Africa, leaving readers enthralled by the spirit of exploration. Book 2: Complementing this adventure is “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot, a masterpiece of modernist poetry. Eliot's evocative verses take readers on a poetic journey, exploring the complexities of the modern world. This combination weaves together the thrill of discovery in East Africa with the intellectual journey of modernist poetry, offering a unique and enriching reading experience.

The Next Step Forward in Word Study and Phonics

Author: Jan Richardson
Publisher: Scholastic Professional
ISBN: 9781338562590
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Richardson and Dufresne, powerhouses in guided reading instruction, provide guidance in planning short, developmentally appropriate word study and phonics lessons as part of guided reading. You'll find all the support you need to teach letters, sounds, and words effectively, including 260 lessons for readers at every stage, from pre-A to fluent; assessment tools; and printable books at levels A-C.

Footprints of Thunder

Author: James F. David
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429911204
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 508

Book Description
When a freak natural phenomenon dissolves the boundaries between yesterday and today, the world is transformed into a patchwork mixture of the present and the distant past. Entire cities are replaced by primeval forests. Prehistoric monsters stalk modern city streets, hunting for human prey. While ordinary men and women struggle to survive in this strange new world, the president and his advisers search for a way to undo the catastrophe. But the solution may be more devastating than the dinosaurs.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Footprints

Author: David Farrier
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 9780374157333
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
A profound meditation on climate change and the Anthropocene and an urgent search for the fossils—industrial, chemical, geological—that humans are leaving behind What will the world look like in ten thousand years—or ten million? What kinds of stories will be told about us? In Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, the award-winning author David Farrier explores the traces we will leave for the very distant future. Modern civilization has created objects and landscapes with the potential to endure through deep time, whether it is plastic polluting the oceans and nuclear waste sealed within the earth or the 30 million miles of roads spanning the planet. Our carbon could linger in the atmosphere for 100,000 years, and the remains of our cities will still exist millions of years from now as a layer in the rock. These future fossils have the potential to reveal much about how we lived in the twenty-first century. Crossing the boundaries of literature, art, and science, Footprints invites us to think about how we will be remembered in the myths and stories of our distant descendants. Traveling from the Baltic Sea to the Great Barrier Reef, and from an ice-core laboratory in Tasmania to Shanghai, one of the world’s biggest cities, Farrier describes a world that is changing rapidly, with consequences beyond the scope of human understanding. As much a message of hope as a warning, Footprints will not only alter how you think about the future; it will change how you see the world today.

Footprints

Author: David Farrier
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374718997
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 229

Footprints in the Soil

Author: Benno P Warkentin
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080477879
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 573

Book Description
The history of science discipline is contributing valuable knowledge of the culture of soil understanding, of the conditions in society that fostered the ideas, and of why they developed in certain ways. This book is about the progressive "footprints made by scientists in the soil. It contains chapters chosen from important topics in the development of soil science, and tells the story of the people and the exciting ideas that contributed to our present understanding of soils. Initiated by discussions within the Soil Science Society of America and the International Union of Soil Sciences, this book uniquely illustrates the significance of soils to our society. It is planned for soils students, for various scientific disciplines, and for members of the public who show an increasing interest in soil. This book allows us to answer the questions: "How do we know what we know about soils? and "How did one step or idea lead to the next one?The chapters are written by an international group of authors, each with special interests, bound together by the central theme of soils and how we came to our present understanding of soils. Each concentrate on soil knowledge in the western world and draw primarily on written accounts available in English and European languages. Academics, graduate students, researchers and practitioners will gain new insights from these studies of how ideas in soil science and understanding of uses of soils developed.* Discusses tracing soils knowledge accumulated from Roman times, first by soil users and after 1800s by scientists* Offers ideas about how soils knowledge was influenced by the social context and by human needs* Combines the history of ideas with scientific knowledge of soils* Written by chapter authors who combine subject matter expertise with knowledge of practical soil uses, and provide numerous references for further study of the relevant literature

Dinosaur Facts and Figures

Author: Rubén Molina-Pérez
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691180318
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
An illustrated record book of theropod facts and figures--from the biggest to the fastest to the smartest. This compendium features more than 3,000 records, covers some 750 theropod species, and includes a wealth of illustrations ranging from diagrams and technical drawings to full-color reconstructions of specimens.