Author: Baba the Cat
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250217717
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A “fun, fanciful, and even informative” history of felines as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts (People). Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is an absurd, self-centered fantasy. The true history of felines is one of heroism, love, tragedy, sacrifice, and gravitas. Not entirely convinced? Well, get ready, because Baba the Cat is here to set the record straight. Spanning almost every continent and thousands—yes, thousands—of years, Baba’s complex story of feline survival presents readers with a diverse cast of cats long forgotten: from her prehistoric feline ancestors and the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet to the daring mariners at the height of oceanic discovery, key intellectuals in the Enlightenment period, revered heroes from World Wars I and II, and the infamous American tabbies. Baba, a talented model in addition to a scholar, goes beyond surface-level scratches, pairing her freshly unearthed research with a series of stunning costume portraits to bring history to life. A paws-on journey through the feline hall of fame, with in-depth research and four-legged testaments that will make you rethink who defines history, A Cat’s Tale is a one-of-a-kind chronicle that introduces readers to the illustrious ancestors of their closest companions and shows, once and for all, that cats know exactly what they’re doing. “Almost certainly the most unique cat history book ever published.” —Smithsonian Magazine
A Cat's Tale
Author: Baba the Cat
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250217717
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A “fun, fanciful, and even informative” history of felines as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts (People). Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is an absurd, self-centered fantasy. The true history of felines is one of heroism, love, tragedy, sacrifice, and gravitas. Not entirely convinced? Well, get ready, because Baba the Cat is here to set the record straight. Spanning almost every continent and thousands—yes, thousands—of years, Baba’s complex story of feline survival presents readers with a diverse cast of cats long forgotten: from her prehistoric feline ancestors and the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet to the daring mariners at the height of oceanic discovery, key intellectuals in the Enlightenment period, revered heroes from World Wars I and II, and the infamous American tabbies. Baba, a talented model in addition to a scholar, goes beyond surface-level scratches, pairing her freshly unearthed research with a series of stunning costume portraits to bring history to life. A paws-on journey through the feline hall of fame, with in-depth research and four-legged testaments that will make you rethink who defines history, A Cat’s Tale is a one-of-a-kind chronicle that introduces readers to the illustrious ancestors of their closest companions and shows, once and for all, that cats know exactly what they’re doing. “Almost certainly the most unique cat history book ever published.” —Smithsonian Magazine
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250217717
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
A “fun, fanciful, and even informative” history of felines as revealed by a very learned tabby with a knack for hunting down facts (People). Since the dawn of civilization, felines have prowled alongside mankind as they expanded their territory and spread the myth of human greatness. And today, cats are peddled on social media as silly creatures here to amuse humans with their antics. But this is an absurd, self-centered fantasy. The true history of felines is one of heroism, love, tragedy, sacrifice, and gravitas. Not entirely convinced? Well, get ready, because Baba the Cat is here to set the record straight. Spanning almost every continent and thousands—yes, thousands—of years, Baba’s complex story of feline survival presents readers with a diverse cast of cats long forgotten: from her prehistoric feline ancestors and the ancient Egyptian cat goddess Bastet to the daring mariners at the height of oceanic discovery, key intellectuals in the Enlightenment period, revered heroes from World Wars I and II, and the infamous American tabbies. Baba, a talented model in addition to a scholar, goes beyond surface-level scratches, pairing her freshly unearthed research with a series of stunning costume portraits to bring history to life. A paws-on journey through the feline hall of fame, with in-depth research and four-legged testaments that will make you rethink who defines history, A Cat’s Tale is a one-of-a-kind chronicle that introduces readers to the illustrious ancestors of their closest companions and shows, once and for all, that cats know exactly what they’re doing. “Almost certainly the most unique cat history book ever published.” —Smithsonian Magazine
Tales from South America
Author: Eglė Gerulaitytė
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093593914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tales from South America is a book of adventure, connection, and a lonely personal journey to the ends of the world. Egle, a 28-year old woman from Lithuania, sets out on a 30,000-mile solo motorcycle ride from Peru to Patagonia and back, exploring South America on two wheels. Along the way, as she journeys to the far South, she connects with local people, discovers a different South America and, in the end, a different self. Tales from South America is filled with stories about the everyday life, the weird and wonderful legends, and the extraordinary people of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia. It's also, in a way, an account of a young woman's coming of age, a glimpse into what it was like to be growing up in post-Soviet Lithuania, and a tale of a lone motorcycle adventure across one of the most magical continents on Earth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781093593914
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Tales from South America is a book of adventure, connection, and a lonely personal journey to the ends of the world. Egle, a 28-year old woman from Lithuania, sets out on a 30,000-mile solo motorcycle ride from Peru to Patagonia and back, exploring South America on two wheels. Along the way, as she journeys to the far South, she connects with local people, discovers a different South America and, in the end, a different self. Tales from South America is filled with stories about the everyday life, the weird and wonderful legends, and the extraordinary people of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia. It's also, in a way, an account of a young woman's coming of age, a glimpse into what it was like to be growing up in post-Soviet Lithuania, and a tale of a lone motorcycle adventure across one of the most magical continents on Earth.
The Ultimate Journey
Author: James O'Reilly
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781885211385
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'The Ultimate Journey' provides an inspiring look across all religious and geographic boundaries into life's final adventure, revealing how much dying has to teach us about living.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales
ISBN: 9781885211385
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
'The Ultimate Journey' provides an inspiring look across all religious and geographic boundaries into life's final adventure, revealing how much dying has to teach us about living.
Midnight Tales
Author: Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi
Publisher: Interlink Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts... Look at Baghdad!" commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima, one of the characters in this delightful collection of personal essays. Aunt Fatima would have approved of this book, for as her niece turns her eye first on Baghdad and then all the lands of the Middle East, ending with her research into women’s customs in the Emirates, she devotes herself as a lover does to all the intimate details around her. Whether she recounts a trip to buy a rug, a childhood incident on a Lebanese playground, or explicates Arab poetry, al-Rawi’s collection is full of all that Aunt Fatima recommends—her beloved poetry, the ever-present history of these ancient lands, tender and intricate accounts of daily life, and quirky, nuanced tracings of the workings of the human heart.
Publisher: Interlink Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
"In actual fact, the only thing that matters in life is love, yet the inquisitive mind must be fed a few facts... Look at Baghdad!" commands Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi’s lively and imperious aunt Fatima, one of the characters in this delightful collection of personal essays. Aunt Fatima would have approved of this book, for as her niece turns her eye first on Baghdad and then all the lands of the Middle East, ending with her research into women’s customs in the Emirates, she devotes herself as a lover does to all the intimate details around her. Whether she recounts a trip to buy a rug, a childhood incident on a Lebanese playground, or explicates Arab poetry, al-Rawi’s collection is full of all that Aunt Fatima recommends—her beloved poetry, the ever-present history of these ancient lands, tender and intricate accounts of daily life, and quirky, nuanced tracings of the workings of the human heart.
Journey Through the Night
Author: Anne De Vries
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781990771750
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After World War II, Anne De Vries, the most popular novelist in the Netherlands, was commissioned to capture in literary form the spirit and agony of those five harrowing years of Nazi occupation. The result was Journey Through the Night, a bestselling four-volume series that has gone through more than 30 printings in the Netherlands. This series, which appeals to both young people and adults, is now available in English translation: Volume 1: Into the Darkness Volume 2: The Darkness Deepens Volume 3: Dawn's Early Light Volume 4: A New Day
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781990771750
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After World War II, Anne De Vries, the most popular novelist in the Netherlands, was commissioned to capture in literary form the spirit and agony of those five harrowing years of Nazi occupation. The result was Journey Through the Night, a bestselling four-volume series that has gone through more than 30 printings in the Netherlands. This series, which appeals to both young people and adults, is now available in English translation: Volume 1: Into the Darkness Volume 2: The Darkness Deepens Volume 3: Dawn's Early Light Volume 4: A New Day
Retellable
Author: Jay Golden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692826362
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Before dinner tonight, you will see hundreds of emails, ads, tweets, and posts. Yet by tomorrow morning, so much of these will be forgotten. Except, that is, for the stories. The ability to find, shape, and share your own most essential stories-told one to one and one to many-is one of your greatest assets as a leader. The key is an understanding of the retellable story. While we all know how important communication and stories are, and know a good story when we hear one, we don't always know how to tell them. Retellable is a book about how you can find and tell yours. This book is an exploration into the center of what stories are, why they work, and how you can make them work for you. Written by story coach and storyteller Jay Golden, who has trained business leaders around the world on this topic at companies such as Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Retellable combines practical insights, actionable steps, anecdotes, and an easy-to-remember framework that will help you transform your audiences, your organization business, and your career, one story at a time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692826362
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Before dinner tonight, you will see hundreds of emails, ads, tweets, and posts. Yet by tomorrow morning, so much of these will be forgotten. Except, that is, for the stories. The ability to find, shape, and share your own most essential stories-told one to one and one to many-is one of your greatest assets as a leader. The key is an understanding of the retellable story. While we all know how important communication and stories are, and know a good story when we hear one, we don't always know how to tell them. Retellable is a book about how you can find and tell yours. This book is an exploration into the center of what stories are, why they work, and how you can make them work for you. Written by story coach and storyteller Jay Golden, who has trained business leaders around the world on this topic at companies such as Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Retellable combines practical insights, actionable steps, anecdotes, and an easy-to-remember framework that will help you transform your audiences, your organization business, and your career, one story at a time.
Journey Through Ash and Smoke
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#5: Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
#5: Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, has landed in Viking age Iceland, where he meets a girl named Helga, who seems perfectly able to take care of herself--until an erupting volcano and an early arriving baby forces Ranger and Helga to journey through the ash and smoke to find her father and bring him home.
A Journey Through Stories
Author: Stanley David
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1637455445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Are you about to embark on a journey, maybe by air, bus, or my favourite, the Railways? If so, pause a while and carry this book along with you. Even as you journey forth to your destination, these stories will become your travel companion, traversing with you across both real and imagined territories. This is after all why this book is fittingly titled, A Journey Through Stories. Here you will find a bouquet of micro-short stories, 50 of them that cover a wide genre of stories, such as science fiction, essay, autobiography, mythology, humour, travelogue, and plain fantasy. It is influenced by literary lovers of the short and concise prose such as R K Narayan, O Henry, Asimov, Moravia, Guy de Maupassant, and Somerset Maugham. Written in a lucid, crisp, yet simple and accessible style, this book is a quick and engaging read, leaving you yearning to hasten from the landscape of one story to the next. For who knows, dear reader, what the next story around the bend is all about.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 1637455445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Are you about to embark on a journey, maybe by air, bus, or my favourite, the Railways? If so, pause a while and carry this book along with you. Even as you journey forth to your destination, these stories will become your travel companion, traversing with you across both real and imagined territories. This is after all why this book is fittingly titled, A Journey Through Stories. Here you will find a bouquet of micro-short stories, 50 of them that cover a wide genre of stories, such as science fiction, essay, autobiography, mythology, humour, travelogue, and plain fantasy. It is influenced by literary lovers of the short and concise prose such as R K Narayan, O Henry, Asimov, Moravia, Guy de Maupassant, and Somerset Maugham. Written in a lucid, crisp, yet simple and accessible style, this book is a quick and engaging read, leaving you yearning to hasten from the landscape of one story to the next. For who knows, dear reader, what the next story around the bend is all about.
Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3)
Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545639239
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, is back for the third book in Kate Messner's new chapter book series. This time, he helps two kids navigate the Underground Railroad! Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to a Maryland plantation during the days of American slavery, where he meets a young girl named Sarah. When she learns that the owner has plans to sell her little brother, Jesse, to a plantation in the Deep South, it means they could be separated forever. Sarah takes their future into her own hands and decides there's only one way to run -- north.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545639239
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever, is back for the third book in Kate Messner's new chapter book series. This time, he helps two kids navigate the Underground Railroad! Ranger is a time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training. In this adventure, he goes to a Maryland plantation during the days of American slavery, where he meets a young girl named Sarah. When she learns that the owner has plans to sell her little brother, Jesse, to a plantation in the Deep South, it means they could be separated forever. Sarah takes their future into her own hands and decides there's only one way to run -- north.
Tale Of Two Utopias
Author: Paul Berman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393316759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Political journalist Paul Berman recounts four episodes in the history of a generation: student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France, who debated the meaning of these events. A "New York Times" Notable Book.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393316759
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Political journalist Paul Berman recounts four episodes in the history of a generation: student radicalism of the years around 1968; the birth of gay liberation and modern identity politics; the anti-Communist trajectory in the Eastern bloc; and the ideals and self-criticism of thinkers in America and in France, who debated the meaning of these events. A "New York Times" Notable Book.