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Man and Camel
Author : Mark Strand
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 21,80 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Poetry
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Man and Camel
Author : Mark Strand
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 2006
Category : American poetry
ISBN : 0375711260
Book Description
A new collection of poetry celebrates the transience, oddities, and lasting beauty of life and its mysteries.
Yiddish Folktales
Author : Beatrice Weinreich
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 38,95 MB
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307828263
Book Description
Filled with princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, the two hundred marvelous tales that make up this delightful compendium were gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. Collected from people of all walks of life, they include parable and allegories about life, luck, and wisdom; tales of magic and wonder; stories about rebbes and their disciples; and tales whose only purpose is to entertain. Long after the culture that produced them has disappeared, these enchanting Yiddish folktales continue to work their magic today.
Exiled
Author : Kathleen Karr
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 21,17 MB
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780761452911
Book Description
Ali is a young camel in Egypt when he is captured by humans. Determined to "work, but never surrender," he earns a reputation as a disobedient animal and is sold to an American colonel. The year is 1856 and Ali soon finds himself in Texas as part of the U.S. Camel Corps. Crossing the landscape of 19th century America, Ali learns to balance his pride with the needs of his new companions, and slowly matures into a noble creature. Compellingly written from the camel's point of view, this unusual book offers a fresh and unusual perspective on a little-known slice of American history.
Inland
Author : Téa Obreht
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,20 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812992865
Book Description
In the lawless, drought-ridden lands of the Arizona Territory in 1893, two extraordinary lives collide. Nora is an unflinching frontierswoman, alone in a house abandoned by the men in her life. Lurie is a man haunted by ghosts--he sees lost souls who want something from him. The way in which Nora and Lurie's stories intertwine is the surprise and suspense of this brilliant novel.ovel.
The Camel and the Wheel
Author : Richard W. Bulliet
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 26,55 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231072359
Book Description
Why, for many centuries, was the wheel abandoned in the Middle East in favor of the camel as a means of transport? This richly illustrated study explains this anomaly. Drawing on archaeology, art, technology, anthropology, linguistics, and camel husbandry, Bulliet explores the implications for the region's economic and social development during the Middle Ages and into modern times.
Roxy the Ritzy Camel
Author : Anthony DeStefano
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 32,4 MB
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 073696634X
Book Description
Bestselling author Anthony DeStefano brings the vain and possession-loving Roxy the camel to life to demonstrate the familiar Bible verse: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Little ones ages three and older will learn that possessions are only things...and definitely NOT the most important things. Brightly illustrated by Richard Cowdrey and written in engaging, funny rhyme, this storybook follows Roxy's journey from her waterless home in the desert to a great city of beauty she's heard about but never seen. Along the way she learns that the only way to attain true happiness is to share—or even give away—what she possesses.
Once Upon a Camel
Author : Kathi Appelt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 30,78 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 153440645X
Book Description
“A delight to the senses.” —Kirkus Reviews Perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, this exquisite middle grade novel from Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt follows a creaky old camel out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert—filled with over a dozen illustrations by Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann. Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna, crossed treacherous oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion. But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. She’s not, however, alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.
Fixed by Camel
Author : Jacquelyn Reinach
Publisher : Henry Holt Books For Young Readers
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,87 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
Camel finds a practical way to handle an interfering kangaroo.
The Camel, Its Evolution, Ecology, Behavior, and Relationship to Man
Author : Hilde Gauthier-Pilters
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780226284538
