eBook downloads, eBook resources & eBook authors
The misadventures of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. She is Nickie, daughter of a foreign service official, who gets a job in a village and proceeds to teach the American way. A tale of well-intentioned meddling in the intricate balance of village life.
The misadventures of a Peace Corps volunteer in Africa. She is Nickie, daughter of a foreign service official, who gets a job in a village and proceeds to teach the American way. A tale of well-intentioned meddling in the intricate balance of village life.
This Action Plan describes the conservation status of 23 species of the order Crocodylia found worldwide. The plan is arranged in three principal sections: an Introductory overview, Country accounts, and Species accounts. Each Country account describes the status of wild populations, and current management programmes. The Species accounts summarise the conservation status, principle threats, and existing management programmes and then describe the ecology and natural history of the species and set out recommended priority conservation projects.
This book investigates literary representations and self-representations of people with cosmopolitan identities arising from mobile global childhoods which transcend categories of migrancy and diaspora.
This book explains how alligators & crocodiles are living dragons, how they have morphed into dragons & how & why they are hiding in plain sight.
“Tick, tock, tick, tock.” Thanks to Peter Pan, this sound, if heard near water, means run: a hungry crocodile is on its way. J. M. Barrie isn’t fully to blame for spreading the word that crocodiles are our enemies, or at least the enemies of one-handed pirates—innumerable songs, stories, and legends have characterized these reptiles as a symbol of pitiless predation and insatiable appetite. Tracking twenty-three crocodilian species from India and Egypt to Africa, Australia, and beyond, Crocodile advocates that we do a complete one-eighty in our views of these magnificent creatures. Dan Wylie traces the crocodile in myth, art, and literature, demonstrating that though we commonly associate the reptiles with ferocity and deceit, they have also often been respected and revered in human history. Discussing how crocodiles were all but wiped out in the middle of the twentieth century by hunters and skin traders and are now making a comeback, he reveals that, as apex predators, they are today an increasingly important indicator of the health of an ecosystem and may outlive humans like they did dinosaurs. Presenting a concise, cogent case for why we should respect these fearsome animals, this beautifully illustrated volume is a tribute to one of the world’s ultimate survivors.
After the departure of King Bakaro, unfortunate events unfolded in Crocodile Lake, resulting in the arrival of the sorceress queen to power. She became involved in the murder of the king's legitimate children and seized power after abandoning the king himself. It was a reign of injustice and tyranny, where the queen utilized all her demonic tricks and the magic she learned in the cave of Arsanom to eliminate anyone who stood in the way of her plans. However, the rightful heir to the kingdom, Karo, does not lose hope and fights to regain the legacy of his eagle ancestors.
