Author: Ian M. Royds
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781545118740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
This beautifully illustrated story follows Wadley the wombat on his search for a new home in the Australian bush. But for a young and inexperienced wombat, finding a good place to burrow is not as easy as you might think. Wadley will need courage and strength as well as some advice from a friend to dig his new home. In the end, Wadley's new home may not be that new after all.
Wadley the Wombat Search for a New Home
Author: Ian M. Royds
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781545118740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
This beautifully illustrated story follows Wadley the wombat on his search for a new home in the Australian bush. But for a young and inexperienced wombat, finding a good place to burrow is not as easy as you might think. Wadley will need courage and strength as well as some advice from a friend to dig his new home. In the end, Wadley's new home may not be that new after all.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781545118740
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
This beautifully illustrated story follows Wadley the wombat on his search for a new home in the Australian bush. But for a young and inexperienced wombat, finding a good place to burrow is not as easy as you might think. Wadley will need courage and strength as well as some advice from a friend to dig his new home. In the end, Wadley's new home may not be that new after all.
Drunk
Author: Edward Slingerland
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
ISBN: 0316453374
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised). While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then.
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
ISBN: 0316453374
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised). While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically-grounded explanation for our love of alcohol. Drawing on evidence from archaeology, history, cognitive neuroscience, psychopharmacology, social psychology, literature, and genetics, Drunk shows that our taste for chemical intoxicants is not an evolutionary mistake, as we are so often told. In fact, intoxication helps solve a number of distinctively human challenges: enhancing creativity, alleviating stress, building trust, and pulling off the miracle of getting fiercely tribal primates to cooperate with strangers. Our desire to get drunk, along with the individual and social benefits provided by drunkenness, played a crucial role in sparking the rise of the first large-scale societies. We would not have civilization without intoxication. From marauding Vikings and bacchanalian orgies to sex-starved fruit flies, blind cave fish, and problem-solving crows, Drunk is packed with fascinating case studies and engaging science, as well as practical takeaways for individuals and communities. The result is a captivating and long overdue investigation into humanity's oldest indulgence—one that explains not only why we want to get drunk, but also how it might actually be good for us to tie one on now and then.
In the Minds of Men
Author: Ian T. Taylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969178804
Category : Civilization, Modern 20th century
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780969178804
Category : Civilization, Modern 20th century
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The Australian Race
Author: Edward Micklethwaite Curr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
Author: James Augustus Henry Murray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1210
Book Description
The Life of the Ant
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 0898753511
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A unique and really detailed work on ants and their contribution to nature - chapters include warfare, pastoral ants, the mushroom growers, the secrets of the formicary, the nest, communication and orientation, agricultural ants, and more. Here are the essential features of the life of the ants, a life incontestably superior to that of the bees, which is precarious in the extreme,In his unique studies of the social insects: the bee, the termite (or white ant) and the ant, Maurice Maeterlinck conveys not only accurate pictures of his subjects, but a rather remarkable development of his own philosophy.
Publisher: The Minerva Group, Inc.
ISBN: 0898753511
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A unique and really detailed work on ants and their contribution to nature - chapters include warfare, pastoral ants, the mushroom growers, the secrets of the formicary, the nest, communication and orientation, agricultural ants, and more. Here are the essential features of the life of the ants, a life incontestably superior to that of the bees, which is precarious in the extreme,In his unique studies of the social insects: the bee, the termite (or white ant) and the ant, Maurice Maeterlinck conveys not only accurate pictures of his subjects, but a rather remarkable development of his own philosophy.
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681611129
Category : Language arts (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781681611129
Category : Language arts (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Victoria and Its Metropolis, Past and Present ...
Author: Alexander Sutherland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melbourne (Vic.)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Contains brief references to Aborigines derived from secondary sources.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Melbourne (Vic.)
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
Contains brief references to Aborigines derived from secondary sources.
The South Australian Government Gazette
Author: South Australia
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazettes
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gazettes
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Prospect County Council
Author: Prospect County Council
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780909199173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780909199173
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description