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Adventures in the Bone Trade

Author : Jon Kalb

Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media

Page : 421 pages

File Size : 39,80 MB

Release : 2006-04-18

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0387216189

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As co-founder of the expedition that discovered Lucy, and leader of most of the first site-surveys in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, Jon Kalb has years of experience with the region, its politics, and the scientists involved in the excavations. A participant himself in the "bone wars" that accompanied these discoveries, Kalb recounts the cutthroat competition and back stabbing that were often part of the media-highlighted race to find the oldest hominid fossil. He weaves this story in the rich fabric of Ethiopian society and politics, the plight of the regions peoples, and the international maneuverings for control of the fossil finds.





The Book of Bones

Author : David Wood

Publisher : Adrenaline Press

Page : 246 pages

File Size : 33,28 MB

Release : 2016-09-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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L egends tell of battles with strange beings living under the earth, beings whose origins lie beyond the stars. When Bones Bonebrake finds himself stranded in a small New Mexico town, he comes face-to-face with a local legend and dangerous enemies. Joined by old friends and new, Bones finds himself caught up on an action-packed search for a lost Native American artifact that may hold the key to unlocking one of the world's most enduring mysteries. Hounded by conspiracy theorists and secret government agencies, he must stay alive long enough to find The Book of Bones!



Quest for the Spark

Author : Tom Sniegoski

Publisher : Scholastic Inc.

Page : 226 pages

File Size : 14,15 MB

Release : 2011

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 054514101X

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As the evil Nacht spreads his darkness across the valley, Tom and his friends, the Bone family, desperately try to find the Spark that will heal the Dreaming and save the world.



Bone Adventures

Author : Jeff Smith

Publisher : Graphix

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,6 MB

Release : 2020-05-05

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9781338620672

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For the youngest fans of the bestselling graphic novel series BONE, Jeff Smith has created two hilarious tales to delight beginning readers. In Finders Keepers, the Bone cousins find a coin -- finders keepers -- but the boys can't agree on how to spend it. Fone Bone wants an apple and bananas they can share. Smiley Bone wants an ice cream cone with a pickle on top. And Phoney Bone wants to build a giant statue... of himself Whose idea will win out? In Smiley's Dream Book, Smiley Bone walks through the woods on a beautiful morning. During his journey, he meets a flock of friendly and playful birds. Smiley is having such a good time that he must find a fantastical way to keep up with his new friends as they soar into the big, blue sky. These wonderfully funny tales, told with lively artwork and expressive word balloons, will engage young readers like the best Sunday comics.



Rule Of The Bone

Author : Russell Banks

Publisher : Vintage Canada

Page : 381 pages

File Size : 35,43 MB

Release : 2010-01-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307375641

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Chappie is a punked-out teenager rejected by his mother and abusive stepfather. Out of school and in trouble with the police, he drifts through crash pads, doper squats, and malls until he finally settles in an abandoned school bus with Rose, a seven-year-old child, and I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian who will dramatically change his life. Together they begin an amazing journey...



The LifeQuake Phenomenon

Author : Toni Galardi

Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.

Page : 205 pages

File Size : 50,15 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Psychology

ISBN : 1604944455

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The initial signs are subtle. You're bored by activities you once enjoyed. You rely on mindless distractions like web surfing, TV, alcohol, or overeating to get you through the day. Though you sense something is fundamentally wrong, fear of change keeps you clinging to outmoded habits or worse, destructive addictions. And then the crisis hits. In The LifeQuake Phenomenon: How to Thrive (Not Just Survive) in Times of Personal and Global Upheaval, Dr. Toni Galardi provides the definitive road map through this rocky terrain. You will learn how to: make changes before you're forced to fluidly adapt to sudden change transform economic upheavals into fertile opportunities develop a method for preventing addiction relapse uncover your true purpose make changes before you're forced to fluidly adapt to sudden change transform economic upheavals into fertile opportunities develop a method for preventing addiction relapse uncover your true purpose With Dr. Galardi's revolutionary approach to change, The LifeQuake Phenomenon gives you cutting-edge tools to transform the life you have into the life you've always wanted.



The Leakeys

Author : Mary Bowman-Kruhm

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Page : 172 pages

File Size : 46,29 MB

Release : 2005-08-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0313062110

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Three generations of Leakeys have dug in East Africa for fossil evidence that answers questions about human origins. Louis and Mary, husband and wife, began what would turn into decades of research and fieldwork, often disproving common theories and beliefs of the time. Son Richard followed in his parents' foot steps, along with his wife Meave, and made spectacular finds as well. Today, Louise, the oldest daughter of Richard and Meave, continues the family tradition with fieldwork in northern Kenya. The Leakey family's achievements have had an enormous impact on our knowledge of human origins and evolution. This biography describes their life in detail, including their discoveries, publications, controversies, and legacy. A timeline, glossary, and bibliography of print and electronic sources supplement the material.



The First Human

Author : Ann Gibbons

Publisher : Anchor

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 10,35 MB

Release : 2007-04-10

Category : Science

ISBN : 0307279820

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In this dynamic account, award-winning science writer Ann Gibbons chronicles an extraordinary quest to answer the most primal of questions: When and where was the dawn of humankind?Following four intensely competitive international teams of scientists in a heated race to find the “missing link”–the fossil of the earliest human ancestor–Gibbons ventures to Africa, where she encounters a fascinating array of fossil hunters: Tim White, the irreverent Californian who discovered the partial skeleton of a primate that lived 4.4 million years ago in Ethiopia; French paleontologist Michel Brunet, who uncovers a skull in Chad that could date the beginnings of humankind to seven million years ago; and two other groups–one led by zoologist Meave Leakey, the other by British geologist Martin Pickford and his French paleontologist partner, Brigitte Senut–who enter the race with landmark discoveries of their own. Through scrupulous research and vivid first-person reporting, The First Human reveals the perils and the promises of fossil hunting on a grand competitive scale.



The Lost Dinosaur Bone

Author : Mercer Mayer

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,5 MB

Release : 2007

Category : JUVENILE FICTION

ISBN : 9781448723515

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Little Critter's class is going to the Critterville Museum of Natural History. They find out the dinosaur exhibit is closed because of a missing Triceratorops bone. Little Critter has an adventure solving the mystery of the lost dinosaur bone.