Author: Rebecca Giggs Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN: 198212069X Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Winner of the 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction * Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award A “delving, haunted, and poetic debut” (The New York Times Book Review) about the awe-inspiring lives of whales, revealing what they can teach us about ourselves, our planet, and our relationship with other species. When writer Rebecca Giggs encountered a humpback whale stranded on her local beachfront in Australia, she began to wonder how the lives of whales reflect the condition of our oceans. Fathoms: The World in the Whale is “a work of bright and careful genius” (Robert Moor, New York Times bestselling author of On Trails), one that blends natural history, philosophy, and science to explore: How do whales experience ecological change? How has whale culture been both understood and changed by human technology? What can observing whales teach us about the complexity, splendor, and fragility of life on earth? In Fathoms, we learn about whales so rare they have never been named, whale songs that sweep across hemispheres in annual waves of popularity, and whales that have modified the chemical composition of our planet’s atmosphere. We travel to Japan to board the ships that hunt whales and delve into the deepest seas to discover how plastic pollution pervades our earth’s undersea environment. With the immediacy of Rachel Carson and the lush prose of Annie Dillard, Giggs gives us a “masterly” (The New Yorker) exploration of the natural world even as she addresses what it means to write about nature at a time of environmental crisis. With depth and clarity, she outlines the challenges we face as we attempt to understand the perspectives of other living beings, and our own place on an evolving planet. Evocative and inspiring, Fathoms “immediately earns its place in the pantheon of classics of the new golden age of environmental writing” (Literary Hub).
Author: Wolf Mountain Press Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781092419673 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 112
Book Description
Our Captain Rabbit Drawing Book features Cute Cover of Captain Rabbit skippering his boat, scanning the sea with his telescope looking for his friends; Octopus, Sea Turtle, Whale, Jelly Fish and a school of colorful fish swimming in the Ocean. Our notebook provides plenty of room inside for writing down ideas, notes or experiences. It can easily be used as a notebook, journal or composition book. This paperback notebook is 8.5"x11" and has 110 pages that are wide ruled. Size: Large 8.5"x11" Page Count: 110 pages (55 sheets) Inside: Wide ruled on both sides Cover: Soft, Matte Finish Perfect to use for yourself or as a gift for a co-worker, friend or relative for birthdays, anniversaries, or simply to give as a gift any time of the year for a special person.
Author: Nico Barnes Publisher: ABDO ISBN: 1629701661 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 26
Book Description
Dive into this title to meet whale sharks. Complete with a More Facts section and bolded glossary terms. Young readers will gather basic information about whale sharks through easy-to-read, simple text alongside stunning full-bleed photographs. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids is a division of ABDO.
Author: Nathaniel Philbrick Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0007241798 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
The Number One best-selling, epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the 19th century, beautifully reissued.
Author: Christina Peterson Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781726190152 Category : Languages : en Pages : 200
Book Description
The composition book is college ruled lined paper of 200 sheets or 100 pages. The size is 7.44 x 9.69 (18.8976 x 24.6126). This is different than ones sold in big box stores. It has information on the back cover about the seals. It can be used as a journal, school notebook, travel journal, or composition book to keep notes. It has cover of a Walrus pup. Some of the descriptive names for this book are: school notebook, composition book, new notebook cover, book cover, composition notebook, journal, notebook, travel journal.
Author: Majestical Notebook Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781723569869 Category : Languages : en Pages : 110
Book Description
Composition Notebook College Ruled: Ocean Sea Life Whale Dolphin Crab Under Water Cute Composition Notebook, College Notebooks, Girl Pineapple School Notebook, Composition Book, 8.5" x 11" is a large, college ruled, composition book. Featuring a Marine Life design, a cute composition book that is great for taking notes, jotting ideas, drawing, making a grocery list, use for a journal, or making a to-do list. Makes a great college composition notebook, or buy one for back to school supplies. The book has 110 Lined Pages (55 sheets).
Author: Avi Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 054592247X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 232
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Avi's treasured Newbery Honor Book now in expanded After Words edition!Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is excited to return home from her school in England to her family in Rhode Island in the summer of 1832. But when the two families she was supposed to travel with mysteriously cancel their trips, Charlotte finds herself the lone passenger on a long sea voyage with a cruel captain and a mutinous crew. Worse yet, soon after stepping aboard the ship, she becomes enmeshed in a conflict between them! What begins as an eagerly anticipated ocean crossing turns into a harrowing journey, where Charlotte gains a villainous enemy . . . and is put on trial for murder!After Words material includes author Q & A, journal writing tips, and other activities that bring Charlotte's world to life!
Author: Vera John-Steiner Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0198026870 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
How do creative people think? Do great works of the imagination originate in words or in images? Is there a rational explanation for the sudden appearance of geniuses like Mozart or Einstein? Such questions have fascinated people for centuries; only in recent years, however, has cognitive psychology been able to provide some clues to the mysterious process of creativity. In this revised edition of Notebooks of the Mind, Vera John-Steiner combines imaginative insight with scientific precision to produce a startling account of the human mind working at its highest potential. To approach her subject John-Steiner goes directly to the source, assembling the thoughts of "experienced thinkers"--artists, philosophers, writers, and scientists able to reflect on their own imaginative patterns. More than fifty interviews (with figures ranging from Jessica Mitford to Aaron Copland), along with excerpts from the diaries, letters, and autobiographies of such gifted giants as Leo Tolstoy, Marie Curie, and Diego Rivera, among others, provide illuminating insights into creative activity. We read, for example, of Darwin's preoccupation with the image of nature as a branched tree while working on his concept of evolution. Mozart testifies to the vital influence on his mature art of the wondrous "bag of memories" he retained from childhood. Anais Nin describes her sense of words as oppressive, explaining how imagistic free association freed her as a writer. Adding these personal accounts to laboratory studies of thought process, John-Steiner takes a refreshingly holistic approach to the question of creativity. What emerges is an intriguing demonstration of how specific sociocultural circumstances interact with certain personality traits to encourage the creative mind. Among the topics examined here are the importance of childhood mentor figures; the lengthy apprenticeship of the talented person; and the development of self- expression through highly individualistic languages, whether in images, movement or inner speech. Now, with a new introduction, this award-winning book provides an uniquely broad-based study of the origins, development and fruits of human inspiration.
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