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ISBN: 9781941554364
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Languages : en
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Lizard Seeks the Sun
Author: The Lizard Man Speaks
Author: Eric R. PiankaPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292765528
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Alone on the endless red-sand desert in the Australian outback, tracking Varanus giganteus, the perentie lizard that grows to be more than six feet long. . . for desert rat Eric Pianka, such adventures have led to a satisfying, if unusual, way of life, as well as a distinguished career as a field biologist. In The Lizard Man Speaks, Pianka recounts more than thirty years of adventures in reptile studies, beginning with a boyhood passion for collecting snakes and lizards. He tells of "lizarding" in the North American deserts, the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, and the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia. His vivid imagery draws the reader into a world where lions lurk in the darkness beyond a gecko hunter's lights, where being stranded by car trouble miles from the last outpost is a constant danger, and where the wilderness still deserves to be called wild. Along the way, Pianka provides much general information about lizard ecology, the fire succession cycle, and the interaction of humans with the landscape. And he reveals the springs of his own determined spirit and love of solitude, describing a near-fatal boyhood accident and its shaping and character-building effect on the life that followed.
Lagartija Y El Sol
Author: Alma Flor AdaPublisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Once, a long, long time ago, the sun disappeared from the sky. Everything was dark for many days. All the animals went to search for the sun in the rivers and lakes, through the fields and forests, but the sun was nowhere to be found. Little by little all the animals gave up, except for the faithful lizard. Finally one day she found a strange glowing rock and discovered the sun fast asleep. But no one could persuade the sun to wake up. Then the emperor organized a great feast, with the finest dancers and musicians, so the sun would wake up and never fall asleep again. Since that day, all lizards love to lie in the sun, to remember the day when one of their own brought light and warmth back to the world.
Sun Lizard book
Author: Unbecoming Human
Author: Felice CimattiPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474443419
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Drawing on a wide range of texts - from philosophical ethology to classical texts, and from continental philosophy to literature - Cimatti creates a dialogue with Flaubert, Derrida, Temple Grandin, Heidegger as well as Malaparte and Landolfi explores what human animality looks like, with a particular focus on the work of Gilles Deleuze.
Lizard in the Sun
Author: Joanne RyderPublisher: William Morrow & Company
ISBN: 9780688071721
Category : Anoles
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A child is transformed into an anole for a day and discovers what it is like to be a tiny lizard changing colors in a sunny, leafy world.
Nature and Its Symbols
Author: Lucia ImpellusoPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892367726
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"The Guide to Imagery series introduces readers to important visual vocabulary of Western art."--Back cover.
The Amulet
Author: S.C. HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Amulet
Author: Samuel Carter HallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Author: Ebenezer Elliott