Suburban Safari

Author: Hannah Holmes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159691811X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
The suburban lawn sprouts a crop of contradictory myths. To some, it's a green oasis; to others, it's eco-purgatory. Science writer Hannah Holmes spent a year appraising the lawn through the eyes of the squirrels, crows, worms, and spiders who think of her backyard as their own. Suburban Safari is a fascinating and often hilarious record of her discoveries: that many animals adore the suburban environment, including bears and cougars venturing in from the woods; how plants, in their struggle for dominance, communicate with their own kind and battle other species; and that ways already exist for us to grow healthier, livelier lawns.

Travels with a Roadkill Rabbit

Author: Catherine Lanz
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1431700622
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
A family holiday with toddlers can be challenging at the best of times. Despite the obstacles, photojournalist Catherine Lanz and her husband Byron decide to do it the hard way. Finding themselves at one of life’s crossroads, they resolve to take the gap and show their children the landscapes, wildlife and peoples of southern Africa. So they pack Kira (3) and Tom (4) and a stuffed rabbit called ‘Roadi Killi’ into their trusty Toyota Fortuner 4x4, hitch up a trailer and set off on an ambitious 10-month circuit through South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana and Namibia. In the course of this 20 000-kilometre odyssey, they meet many unique characters (and some interesting people, too) and discover their passion for the vibrant and generous soul of Africa. Travels with a Roadkill Rabbit captures all the warmth and humour of this amazing journey, together with the frustrations, irritations and occasional disasters that can befall an expedition - especially when you run out of Jelly Tots. Catherine Lanz spent 10 years on the staff of South Africa’s premier travel magazine Getaway. Currently a freelance photojournalist, her work has appeared in magazines such as Wine, Life, Mango Juice, Hamba Kahle and Pinnacle, as well as in the books Africa Adventure Atlas and, more recently, Africa Lens.

Dark Star Safari

Author: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618446872
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.

ABC Safari

Author: Karen Lee
Publisher: Arbordale Publishing
ISBN: 0977742369
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Presents alphabetically arranged rhymes featuring animals and their habitats.

The Safari Chronicles

Author: Rick Butts
Publisher: Safari Gear
ISBN: 9780966098112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Tells the amazing story of Jim, a man who stands up for what he feels is right and loses his job, his family -- his world. In a desperate search for happiness, he signs up for a mysterious and dangerous quest in Africa with The Safari Adventure Company. While there he is introduced to an ancient book, The Three Treasures. The combination of the concepts presented in the book, the danger accompanying the safari and the counsel of his mentor, forever change Jim's perception of modern life. The story ends with a surprising discovery, leading to Volume Two: The Ancient Library.

Flattened Fauna, Revised

Author: Roger M. Knutson
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN: 1580087558
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
Are you among the millions of people whose only opportunity to observe wildlife comes after it has been run over and pressed into a patty by big rigs, then desiccated by the elements until even flies don't recognize it? This is the field guide for you! FLATTENED FAUNA fills an important gap in our natural history knowledge and fosters a heightened respect for the ecology of the paved environment.Reviews“Knutson. . . might just be to roadkill what Brett Favre is to football flinging.”—Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Rainforest Safari

Author: James Parry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
'Rainforest Safari' takes a unique approach to the subject of wildlife-viewing in these incredible areas of bio-diversity, featuring 25 of the world's most incredible rainforest areas.

Meerkats, Warthogs, and Rhinos: Seventy Glorious Days on Safari

Author: Joy Robbe
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1644688166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
This is an exciting story about three African safaris. The countries visited were South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, and Eswatini. It transports the reader to the beauty of the African country and its wildlife, filling them with the joy of travel and the wonder of God's creations. It is written in a daily journal and pictorial format that informs the reader about the places visited with some history of those places, events that took place, as well as detailed descriptions of the wildlife encountered along the way with a wide variety of color photographs. The story begins with an informative introduction, which provides the reader the necessary background information so one can feel connected by establishing a solid understanding of what the story is about. It opens the reader's eyes to the wonders of God, including Scripture verses effectively placed within the text.

Roadkill Safari

Author:
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN: 9780762435906
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
In the spirit of our bestselling Cat Butts (88,000 sold) comes this hilarious kit that immortalizes the defenseless vehicular victims of the highway. Roadkill Safari features a unique menagerie of exotic animals we're sure you (and your car) have never come across before. From the Splatypus to the Smearkat, D.O.A. Constrictor to the Gore-illa, these are not your everyday, run-of-the mill asphalt animals! Included are six magnets featuring fun, cartoon illustrations of the creatively named characters, and the 32-page Roadkill Field Guide. We've had tremendous success with our magnetic kits—especially the quirky ones—and we expect this amusing kit to follow that pattern.

Digital Prohibition

Author: Carolyn Guertin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1441131906
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The act of creation requires us to remix existing cultural content and yet recent sweeping changes to copyright laws have criminalized the creative act as a violation of corporate rights in a commodified world. Copyright was originally designed to protect publishers, not authors, and has now gained a stranglehold on our ability to transport, read, write, teach and publish digital materials. Contrasting Western models with issues of piracy as practiced in Asia, Digital Prohibition explores the concept of authorship as a capitalist institution and posits the Marxist idea of the multitude (à la Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt, and Paulo Virno) as a new collaborative model for creation in the digital age. Looking at how digital culture has transformed unitary authorship from its book-bound parameters into a collective and dispersed endeavor, Dr. Guertin examines process-based forms as diverse as blogs, Facebook, Twitter, performance art, immersive environments, smart mobs, hacktivism, tactical media, machinima, generative computer games (like Spore and The Sims) and augmented reality.