Tag: Elephant

Elephant Trees, Copales, and Cuajiotes A Natural History of Bursera


Free Download Judith X. Becerra, "Elephant Trees, Copales, and Cuajiotes: A Natural History of Bursera"
English | ISBN: 0816551944 | 2024 | 272 pages | PDF | 15 MB
Predominantly native to the U.S. Southwest, Mexico, and the Caribbean, the various species of Bursera have been prized throughout history for their distinctive aromas, medicinal properties, workable wood, and attractive appearance. Despite its extensive past and current use as incense in religious ceremonies, and its resourceful antiseptic ability to treat a range of maladies, no comprehensive book exists on this vital yet overlooked plant. Highlighting bursera’s importance and impact within the desert Southwest and Mexico, this volume will be the first book to describe the ecology, evolution, ethnobotany, and peculiar chemistry of the many species of Bursera.

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Modoc The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived


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English | 1998 | pages: 352 | ISBN: 0060929510 | EPUB | 0,5 mb
"Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn’t put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind-nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers." -Betty White

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Animal Modernity Jumbo the Elephant and the Human Dilemma


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English | 2015 | pages: 112 | ISBN: 1137562064 | PDF | 3,3 mb
The concept of ‘modernity’ is central to many disciplines, but what is modernity to animals? Susan Nance answers this question through a radical reinterpretation of the life of Jumbo the elephant. In the 1880s, consumers, the media, zoos, circuses and taxidermists, and (unknowingly) Jumbo himself, transformed the elephant from an orphan of the global ivory trade and zoo captive into a distracting international celebrity. Citizens on two continents imaged Jumbo as a sentient individual and pet, but were aghast when he died in an industrial accident and his remains were absorbed by the taxidermic and animal rendering industries reserved for anonymous animals. The case of Jumbo exposed the ‘human dilemma’ of modern living, wherein people celebrated individual animals to cope or distract themselves from the wholesale slaughter of animals required by modern consumerism.

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Talk to the Elephant Design Learning for Behavior Change


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 0138073686 | 320 Pages | EPUB (True) | 23 MB
Training is created with the goal of changing learners’ behaviors, but anyone who has created learning experiences knows that there’s a big gap between knowing and doing. You can create an engaging learning experience that informs and helps people remember, but often those people go back to their regular world and continue to do things the same way they always have.

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The Elephant & Macaw Banner Roleplaying Game


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2020 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 1911486314 | PDF | 24 MB
An unlikely pair of brave adventurers – the Dutch explorer Gerard van Oost and the Yoruban warrior Oludara – travel the wilderness of sixteenth century Brazil. They aim to protect both the new colonies and the native inhabitants from dangers human and supernatural. Along the way, they encounter a host of creatures inspired by Brazilian folklore: from the brain-sucking Kalobo to the one-legged prankster Sacy-Perey.This multi award-winning, Nebula-finalist series is now a novel – with new material, but the same mixture of action, adventure, humor, magic, and South American folklore that has won it fans the world over.

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White Elephant Or Cash Cow Beijing Story of Olympic Venues


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English | 2014 | ISBN: 3659300969 | PDF | pages: 250 | 10.5 mb
Whenever the Olympic Games complete, all the athletes and tourists leave, all the attention has gone, the Organizing Committees are dismantled usually half a year later, local residents in the host cities gradually go back to their routine lives. However, those sport venues do not stop costing moneys for operating and maintaining after the Games. If stop using them, the previous cost will become a waste thereby increasing the Olympic-related cost and reducing the credibility of the Olympic legacy; if keep using them, continuing cost will be a must. In either way, post-Olympic cost on those venues is inevitable. How does Beijing deal with this Dilemma? This book will tell you the answer.

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The Elephant in the Room Donald Trump and the Future of the Republican Party


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English | September 1, 2022 | ISBN: 1538158116 | 194 pages | PDF | 1.85 Mb
Did Donald Trump create a new blueprint for Republicans, ruin the Grand Old Party, or something in between? And what, if anything, should his role be in the future of the party? In this collection of timely essays, a variety of center-right political scientists and commentators address Donald J. Trump’s past effects and future role in the Republican Party. Covering policy, politics, character, and comportment, the authors offer a wide range of analyses and recommendations. Essays range from Trump’s place in historical context to analyses of contemporary voting behavior to efforts to disentangle Trump’s policies from his persona.

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