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"Provides information on the biggest and smallest lizards, frogs, and snakes" --Provided by publisher.
Author : Susan K. Mitchell
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766035799
"Provides information on the biggest and smallest lizards, frogs, and snakes" --Provided by publisher.
Author : Greg Kroening
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 38,2 MB
Release : 2017-01-06
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1507201206
Care for pet reptiles from iguanas to tortoises.
Author : Matthew Rake
Publisher : Hungry Tomato (R)
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467763616
"Can you name the most poisonous snake on Earth? Can you tell the difference between a Komodo dragon and a crocodile? Meet some of the world's creepiest critters in this photo-packed book of reptilian monsters"--
Author : Angela Wilkes
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 28,26 MB
Release : 1992-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781564581075
Pictures accompanied by brief text illustrate animal adaptations for eating or for protection.
Author : Sue L. Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 26,75 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 160453270X
Presents a world of strange and unusual creatures known as monsters.
Author : Clint Twist
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Body covering (Anatomy)
ISBN : 9780769641546
Introduction to animals with scaly skin, including fish, snakes, and chameleons.
Author : An Liu
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 41,17 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0231142048
Compiled by scholars at the court of Liu An, king of Huainan, in the second century B.C.E, The Huainanzi is a tightly organized, sophisticated articulation of Western Han philosophy and statecraft. Outlining "all that a modern monarch needs to know," the text emphasizes rigorous self-cultivation and mental discipline, brilliantly synthesizing for readers past and present the full spectrum of early Chinese thought. The Huainanzi locates the key to successful rule in a balance of broad knowledge, diligent application, and the penetrating wisdom of a sage. It is a unique and creative synthesis of Daoist classics, such as the Laozi and the Zhuangzi; works associated with the Confucian tradition, such as the Changes, the Odes, and the Documents; and a wide range of other foundational philosophical and literary texts from the Mozi to the Hanfeizi. The product of twelve years of scholarship, this remarkable translation preserves The Huainanzi's special rhetorical features, such as parallel prose and verse, and showcases a compositional technique that conveys the work's powerful philosophical appeal. This path-breaking volume will have a transformative impact on the field of early Chinese intellectual history and will be of great interest to scholars and students alike.
Author : John S. Major
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,24 MB
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0231159811
In 2010, the editors of this volume completed the first unabridged English-language translation of the Huainanzi, opening exciting new pathways in the study of philosophy, Asian studies, political science, and Asian literature. This abridgement contains essential selections from each of the Huainanzi's twenty-one chapters and adds a new introduction and chapter descriptions. The text represents a remarkable synthesis of Daoist classics, such as the Laozi and the Zhuangzi; books associated with the Confucian tradition, such as the Changes, the Odes, and the Documents; and a range of other foundational philosophical and literary works, from the Mozi to the Hanfeizi. The abridgement preserves the Huainanzi's special rhetorical features, such as its parallel prose, verse, and unique compositional techniques. The Essential Huainanzi continues to increase awareness of this brilliant work and change our understanding of early Chinese history.
Author : John Minford
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231096775
Contains English translations of Chinese writings drawn from throughout a period of four hundred years, including poems, drama, fiction, songs, biographies, and early works of philosophy and history; arranged chronologically and by genre, with introductory quotes and comments.
Author : Roel Sterckx
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791489159
Exploring the cultural perception of animals in early Chinese thought, this careful reading of Warring States and Han dynasty writings analyzes how views of animals were linked to human self perception and investigates the role of the animal world in the conception of ideals of sagehood and socio-political authority. Roel Sterckx shows how perceptions of the animal world influenced early Chinese views of man's place among the living species and in the world at large. He argues that the classic Chinese perception of the world did not insist on clear categorical or ontological boundaries between animals, humans, and other creatures such as ghosts and spirits. Instead the animal realm was positioned as part of an organic whole and the mutual relationships among the living species—both as natural and cultural creatures—were characterized as contingent, continuous, and interdependent.