Baby Einstein, world animals
It is exactly like Isaiah 11:6: “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid . . . ” Written by National Geographic magazine writer Jennifer Holland, Unlikely Friendships documents one heartwarming tale after another of animals who, with nothing else in common, bond in the most unexpected ways. A cat and a bird. A mare and a fawn. An elephant and a sheep. A snake and a hamster. The well-documented stories of Koko the gorilla and All Ball the kitten; and the hippo Owen and the tortoise Mzee. And almost inexplicable stories of predators befriending prey—an Indian leopard slips into a village every night to sleep with a calf. A lionness mothers a baby oryx. Ms. Holland narrates the details and arc of each story, and also offers insights into why—how the young leopard, probably motherless, sought maternal comfort with the calf, and how a baby oryx ins
Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast A significant proportion of global carbon emissions come from farming meat. The link between farming animals and the climate crisis is barely discussed, because giving up our meat-based diets feels like an impossible ask. But we don't have to go cold turkey. Cutting out animal products for just part of the day is enough to change the world. Foer frames this essential debate Titel: We are the weather : saving the planet begins at breakfast Forfatter: Jonathan Safran Foer Forlag: Hamish Hamilton Udgivelsesår: 2019 Sider: 272 Sprog: Engelsk
En visuel rejse gennem Pink Floyds billedverden med analyser og baggrundshistorier om de ikoniske covers og fotografier, der har været med til at definere bandets æstetik og identitet. Type: Hardcover Rigt illustreret coffee table-bog om Pink Floyds visuelle univers og ikoniske albumcovers. Bogen gennemgår de mest kendte billeder og grafiske værker skabt til bandet, herunder motiver fra "The Dark Side of the Moon", "Wish You Were Here", "Animals" og "The Wall". Med fokus på konceptudvikling, fotografi, scenografi og samarbejdet mellem bandet og designkollektivet bag omslagene giver den et indblik i den kreative proces bag nogle af rockhistoriens mest genkendelige billeder.
Forfattere: Nancy Tillman, Eric Metaxas Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 0 Forlag: Feiwel & Friends Udgivelsesår: 2011 As comforting as a soft blanket and warm as a goodnight hug, Eric Metaxas's lullaby It's Time to Sleep, My Love is delightfully brought to life by bestselling artist Nancy Tillman (On the Night You Were Born), whose illustrations celebrate the wonders of the natural world, and the bonds of family. It's time to sleep, it's time to sleep, the fishes croon in waters deep. The songbirds sing in trees above, "It's time to sleep, my love, my love." As children prepare for bed, the world around them is also settling down for the night. Animals who live in the jungle, the forest, the sea—all whisper to their babies a soft refrain: It's time to sleep, my love. It's Time to Sleep, My Love is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Titel: It's Time to Sleep, My Love Forfa
Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopherPeter Singer is often described as the world's most influential philosopher. He is also one of its most controversial. The author of important books such as Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, Rethinking Life and Death, and The Life You Can Save, he helped launch the animal rights and effective altruism movements and contributed to the development of bioethics. Now, in Ethics in the Real World, Singer shows that he is also a master at dissecting important current events in a few hundred words.In this book of brief essays, he applies his controversial ways of thinking to issues like climate change, extreme poverty, animals, abortion, euthanasia, human genetic selection, sports doping, the sale of kidneys, the ethics of high-priced art, and ways of increasing happiness. Singer asks whether chim
For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all - 'If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?' And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it? The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungry for a true understanding of human nature. Forlag: C. S. Lewis Signature Classic Udgivelsesår: 2012 Sprog: Engelsk
Et udvidelsespakke til Zoo Tycoon 2, hvor spillere kan bringe uddøde dyr tilbage til livet, bygge deres egne zoologiske haver, og deltage i forskellige opgaver. Studie: Microsoft Game Studios Resumé: Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals bringer over 30 uddøde dyrarter tilbage til livet. Grave efter fossiler, udføre eksperimenter i laboratoriet, og kæmpe mod rasende dinosaurer er nogle af opgaverne.
