Author : Joyce Major
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 15,95 MB
Release : 2019-03-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780578438313
When eleven-year-old Jaylynn moves to Sumatra, she and her two Sumatran buddies decide to rescue a stolen endangered baby orangutan and quickly get caught up in a dangerous adventure beyond their wildest imaginings.
Author : Stephen Bramucci
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 32,95 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1619636921
Indiana Jones meets Lemony Snicket in this hilarious new series--fully illustrated by picture book talent Arree Chung--that’s a must-have for all aspiring adventurers.
Author : Joyce Major
Publisher : Alegro Pub
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,61 MB
Release : 2007-11-11
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780979974007
Joyce Major rented her houseboat, sold her car, left her successful real estate career and took off for a trip around the world - ALONE! Major's yearlong global voluntourism adventure unleased her passion for helping the planet, her enthusiasm for people, her zany sense of humor and her gift of storytelling. The eclectic group of volunteer projects she chose range from monitoring a troop of wild baboons to conservation work in Rio and chronicles heartbreaking tales of wildlife rescue, hilarious re-tellings of misadventures and thoughtful reflections on soul-searching experiences. You'll want to pack your bags as Major fires up your own desire to travel, to learn and to give back to the world.
Author : Paul O’Grady
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 22,47 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0008446814
The hilarious and action-packed middle grade adventure from beloved comedian and bestselling author Paul O’Grady.
Author : Leger Grindon
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 11,67 MB
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1604739894
Knockout: The Boxer and Boxing in American Cinema is the first book-length study of the Hollywood boxing film, a popular movie entertainment since the 1930s, that includes such classics as Million Dollar Baby, Rocky, and Raging Bull. The boxer stands alongside the cowboy, the gangster, and the detective as a character that shaped America’s ideas of manhood. Leger Grindon relates the Hollywood boxing film to the literature of Jack London, Ernest Hemingway, and Clifford Odets; the influence of ring champions, particularly Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali; and controversies surrounding masculinity, race, and sports. Knockout breaks new ground in film genre study by focusing on the fundamental dramatic conflicts uniting both documentary and fictional films with compelling social concerns. The boxing film portrays more than the rise and fall of a champion; it exposes the body to reveal the spirit. Not simply a brute, the screen boxer dramatizes conflicts and aspirations central to an American audience’s experience. This book features chapters on the conventions of the boxing film, the history of the genre and its relationship to famous ring champions, and self-contained treatments of thirty-two individual films including a chapter devoted to Raging Bull.
Author : James Berardinelli
Publisher : Justin, Charles & Co.
Page : 627 pages
File Size : 29,84 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1932112405
Thoroughly revised and updated for 2005! Includes a new chapter on the best special edition DVDs and a new chapter on finding hidden easter egg features.
Author : Joe Ide
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 16,53 MB
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0316267767
In this hotly anticipated follow-up to the smash hit IQ, a New York Times Critics' Best of the Year and winner of the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus Awards, Isaiah uncovers a secret behind the death of his brother, Marcus. For ten years, something has gnawed at Isaiah Quintabe's gut and kept him up nights, boiling with anger and thoughts of revenge. Ten years ago, when Isaiah was just a boy, his brother was killed by an unknown assailant. The search for the killer sent Isaiah plunging into despair and nearly destroyed his life. Even with a flourishing career, a new dog, and near-iconic status as a PI in his hometown, East Long Beach, he has to begin the hunt again-or lose his mind. A case takes him and his volatile, dubious sidekick, Dodson, to Vegas, where Chinese gangsters and a terrifying seven-foot loan shark are stalking a DJ and her screwball boyfriend. If Isaiah doesn't find the two first, they'll be murdered. Awaiting the outcome is the love of IQ's life: fail, and he'll lose her. Isaiah's quest is fraught with treachery, menace, and startling twists, and it will lead him to the mastermind behind his brother's death, Isaiah's own sinister Moriarty. With even more action, suspense, and mind-bending mysteries than Isaiah's first adventures, Righteous is a rollicking, ingenious thrill ride.
Author : Anita Silvey
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 41,9 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1426333560
As a young scientist, Galdikas had a mission: to find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Award-winning author Silvey explores the life and legacy of this incredible and little-known primatologist. Full color.
Author : Gina Shaw
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1524786918
Primate Power! What's got long red hair, toes that work like thumbs, arms longer than its legs, swings from tree branch to tree branch, and can even use an iPad? The amazing orangutan! Smithsonian's National Zoo is actively working to help save this endangered primate. Curious about how? Check out this 8 x 8 filled with full-color photos and lively text about how orangutans live and how the Zoo provides for their enrichment and survival.
Author : Joel Sartore
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1426217773
This book of photography represents National Geographic's Photo Ark, a major cross-platform initiative and lifelong project by photographer Joel Sartore to make portraits of the world's animals -- especially those that are endangered. His message: to know these animals is to save them. Sartore intends to photograph every animal in captivity in the world. He is circling the globe, visiting zoos and wildlife rescue centers to create studio portraits of 12,000 species, with an emphasis on those facing extinction. He has photographed more than 6,000 already and now, thanks to a multi-year partnership with National Geographic, he may reach his goal. This book showcases his animal portraits: from tiny to mammoth, from the Florida grasshopper sparrow to the greater one-horned rhinoceros. Paired with the prose of veteran wildlife writer Douglas Chadwick, this book presents an argument for saving all the species of our planet.
