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I already said that I didn't save him, but this evil man wants to thank me?! Please, she had just knocked out a woman, who knew she was an assassin! [I am here to steal something, not to sneak around. Don't listen to me ...]
Author : Gao QiaoNing
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 29,39 MB
Release : 2019-12-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1647873673
I already said that I didn't save him, but this evil man wants to thank me?! Please, she had just knocked out a woman, who knew she was an assassin! [I am here to steal something, not to sneak around. Don't listen to me ...]
Author : Adele Brand
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 27,75 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 006296612X
Discover the hidden world of the fox, as beautifully revealed by an acclaimed ecologist who has studied foxes for two decades across four continents “An ode to this familiar yet mysterious creature. … The sight of foxes can lift Brand's prose into poetry. ... By turns lyrical, salty, funny and scholarly.” —New York Times Book Review The fox. For thousands of years myth and folklore have celebrated its cunning intelligence. Today the red fox is the nature’s most populous carnivore, its dancing orange tail a common sight in backyards. Yet who is this wild neighbor, truly? How do we negotiate this uneasy new chapter of an ancient relationship? Join British ecologist Adele Brand on a journey to discover the surprising secrets of the fabled fox, the familiar yet enigmatic creature that has adapted to the human world with astonishing—some say, unsettling—success. Brand has studied foxes for twenty years across four continents—from the Yucatán rainforest to India’s remote Thar Desert, from subarctic Canada to metropolitan London. Her observations have convinced her that the fox is arguably the most modern of all wildlife, uniquely suited to survival in the rapidly expanding urban/wild interface. Blending cutting-edge science, cultural anthropology, and intimate personal storytelling drawn from her own remarkable fieldwork, The Hidden World of the Fox is Brand’s rich and revelatory portrait of the extraordinary animal she has devoted her life to understanding.
Author : Isaiah Berlin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 2013-06-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1400846633
"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology. This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 46,73 MB
Release : 1913
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Page : 636 pages
File Size : 48,2 MB
Release : 1898
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Author : John Holmes Agnew
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Page : 882 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 1898
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Author : Henry Ward Beecher
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Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Christianity
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 1928
Category : Society of Friends
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Author : Catherine Raven
Publisher : Spiegel & Grau
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,54 MB
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781954118119
After receiving her PhD in biology, Raven lived in an isolated cottage in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes in Yellowstone National Park. Her only regular visitor was a fox, with whom she developed a friendship and from whom she learned about growth, loss, and belonging.
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Page : 692 pages
File Size : 45,26 MB
Release : 1907
Category : English literature
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