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Dead As A Dodo
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Author : Jane Langton
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2012-03-06
Dead As A Dodo written by Jane Langton and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with Fiction categories.
Visiting Oxford, the Harvard professor/sleuth gets a crash course in Darwin’s survival of the fittest in a high-spirited whodunit that’s “vintage Langton” (Booklist). William Dubchick is too keen a student of the writings of Charles Darwin to not see that the world of biology has evolved past him. Decades ago, he was the foremost mind in Oxford University’s department of natural sciences, but as the field’s focus narrowed to the microscopic level he became nothing more than a gray-haired, cantankerous relic. He has a small fiefdom, manned by Helen Farfrae, a committed disciple who, Dubchick is annoyed to learn, someone is trying to kill. It is into this world that Homer Kelly, Emersonian scholar and part-time sleuth, comes to spend a semester lecturing. Though expecting a vacation, he finds Oxford to be a swamp of theft, fraud, and murder. Besides the attempts on Farfrae’s life, he must reckon with a murdered priest, the theft of a dodo’s portrait, and suspicious claims that long-lost Darwinian artifacts have been found. With an academic climate like this, it’s amazing that any of the Oxford dons live to see tenure.
Dead As The Dodo
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Author : Lynne Edwards
language : en
Publisher: Parents Magazine Press
Release Date : 1973-01-01
Dead As The Dodo written by Lynne Edwards and has been published by Parents Magazine Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973-01-01 with Dodo categories.
Upon reading in a book that he is extinct, a dodo bird attempts to set the British government straight.
Dead As A Dodo
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Author : Venita Coelho
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-05-10
Dead As A Dodo written by Venita Coelho and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-10 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
MISSION DEAD AS A DODO Mission Brief: Somebody is on an extinction operation, stealing all the last specimens of highly endangered species. This mysterious crook has somehow managed to discover the impossible – a living specimen of Raphus cucullatus, aka, the dodo. Yes, the same flightless bird that was hunted to oblivion in Mauritius more than 300 years ago! This dodo has become the single most priceless creature on the planet and it must be rescued immediately. Without delay, Animal Intelligence Agency agents are assigned to this urgent mission. NOTE: The Animal Intelligence Agency is a multi-species nongovernmental agency. Specially trained Animal and Human agents work undercover to save animals and save the world. Some of them have a licence to kill. Agent no. 002 Species: Panthera tigris tigris Name: Bagcha Currently the only agent with a licence to kill. He is the most dangerous and experienced operative, with the scars to prove it. Agent no. 015 Species: Semnopithecus entellus Name: Kela This operative was formerly a disgraced agent, stripped of his number. However, after his sterling performance in Mission Tiger by the Tail, his number and privileges have been restored. Agent no. 11.5 Species: Homo sapiens sapiens Name: Rana One of only two people in the world who use JungleSpeak to communicate across species. Extremely good with computers and all things tech. Far from dangerous or lethal. However, his intelligence is a real contribution to a mission. His allergies are a real problem. Indications are that the mission will take the agents to Mauritius, America, and as far off as the Arctic Circle and the North Pole. They must not fail, come what may. This dodo must not die.
Dead As A Dodo
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language : en
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Release Date : 2015
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Dead As A Dodo Now What
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Author : Vincent Van Gouache
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-04-03
Dead As A Dodo Now What written by Vincent Van Gouache and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-03 with categories.
This easy-to-use book is an excellent place to gather all the useful information your loved ones will need once you've gone. Having a will is the most important thing you can do to help loved ones left behind, but this book comes a close second! Everything from account numbers, to the songs you'd like played at your funeral. From insurance details to what you want done with your possessions. Make life easier for those you leave behind. They will certainly appreciate your thoughtfulness in their time of grief.
Dead As A Dodo
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Author : Shaurya Singh Thapa
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2017-04-06
Dead As A Dodo written by Shaurya Singh Thapa and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-06 with Fiction categories.
What do dodos, Adolf Hitler and the small pox virus have in common? They’re all DEAD. But sometimes, unexpected things happen. When Kevin Smith, a money-minded auctioneer and Ned, his booze-loving, failed-writer dad are shipwrecked in the Indian Ocean, they have absolutely no idea of the series of weird incidents that are about to follow. • Dodos coming back to life. • A Greek god solving writer’s block issues. • Poop getting auctioned. …they just have no idea.
I Am Dead As A Dodo
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Author : Grand Journals
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
I Am Dead As A Dodo written by Grand Journals and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with categories.
Death or being incapacitated can be a drain on your family, both emotionally and financially. This planner can come quite handy as it contains all the vital information so that confusion is avoided and your near and dear ones are not left scrambling for details A well-informed planner can make a huge difference in what is left for your loved ones. Use this planner to update all the relevant information about your contacts, legal and health issues, financial and business affairs and many more. This practical information contained in this planner can play an extremely important role and can help your near and dear ones to sort out vital information at the time of need and can be a very valuable gift to them. Fill all the relevant information in the planner and keep the same in a secure location. Also please keep updating the information as and when needed and also whenever the details keep changing. Sufficient extra pages have been provided for the same This planner covers: - Personal Information - Marital History - Medical Information - Family History - Emergency Information - Details of Legal Documents - Insurance Policies - Employment Details - Financial Information - Real Estate Details - Utilities Details - Vehicle Details - Pet Details - Membership and Charities - Funeral Arrangements - Notification in case of Death Details of the planner Cover: Premium Glossy Finish Size: 8.5 x 11 inches - Large size with sufficient space to put in all the details Pages: 95 Pages Paper: High-grade White Paper
Dead As A Dodo
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Author : Jane Langton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Dead As A Dodo written by Jane Langton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Americans categories.
Murder strikes in the natural history museum of the University of Oxford, famed for its zoological specimens. PI Homer Kelly, a Harvard professor who is in town to give a lecture, will solve it.
The Dodo
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Author : Charles River Editors
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-26
The Dodo written by Charles River Editors and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-26 with categories.
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts about the dodo *Includes a bibliography for further reading "The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for." - Willy Cuppy, 19th century American humorist and literary critic At one point or another, just about everyone has heard of the dodo bird, which is almost universally described as a cuddly, whimsical creature renowned for its alleged stupidity. This prehistoric avian had been known for hundreds of years before it was made popular around the world in Lewis Carroll's 1865 classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The character, the Dodo, satirized the author himself - according to pop culture lore, Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, regarded the dodo as his spirit animal due to his alleged stutter, which led to him often presenting himself as "Do-do-dodgson." Carroll was also a frequent patron of the Oxford Museum of Natural History, which served as a fount of inspiration for his memorable anthropomorphic characters. The 1951 Disney animation, Alice in Wonderland, breathed new life into Carroll's Dodo, portrayed as a plump, peach-faced creature with a bulbous pink beak, clad in a purple waistcoat, a powdered wig, and a pipe dangling out of his beak. Like its real-life counterparts, the Dodo was depicted as a flightless bird who crossed paths with Alice, bobbing along inside of a bottle upon the open sea. Owing to its inability to fly, the Dodo uses an upside-down toucan as his boat, and the Dodo is being maneuvered by a green hawk furiously flapping its wings, serving as the boat's propeller. The dimwitted, carefree dodo also made various appearances in film and TV shows over the years, such as Yoyo Dodo in the 1938 black-and-white animation Porky in Wackyland, the short-lived stop-motion animated series Rocky and the Dodos, and the 2002 animated film Ice Age, which depicts the dodos as a silly, clumsy troop of birds who fail to guard three small watermelons. Indeed, the dodo's presence in literature, picture books, music, video games, and general pop culture has been so prevalent that it has secured its own entry on TV Tropes, where it is infamously immortalized as the "Dumb Dodo." This only scratches the surface of the string of misconceptions that has plagued the delightfully peculiar bird for centuries. Along with its stereotypical depictions in literature, film, and other mediums of pop culture, a number of idioms playing on the bird's alleged idiocy, as well as the supposed role it played in its own extinction, have become irreversibly cemented in the English lexicon. "Dodo" and the even less tactful "dumb dodo" are slang terms directed at dense individuals, an explicit reference to the bird's sluggish reflexes and supposedly pint-sized brain. One may have also come across a business venture or a fad that has "gone the way of the dodo" or is "as dead as a dodo," meaning that the venture has become defunct, obsolete, or a thing of the past, most likely due to reckless and half-baked business practices. The phrase "deaf to reality like a dodo" has also been thrown around quite frequently in recent years, used to describe individuals who are overly trusting and blissfully ignorant of unpalatable facts and ugly truths. But were the dodo birds truly as simple-minded as they are often portrayed? And what were the actual factors behind the zany avian's extinction? The Dodo: The History and Legacy of the Extinct Flightless Bird looks at the origins of the bird, human contact with it, and how the species went extinct. Along with pictures depicting important people, places, and events, you will learn about the dodo like never before.
I Wonder Why The Dodo Is Dead And Other Questions About Extinct And Endangered Animals
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Author : Andrew Charman
language : en
Publisher: I wonder why series
Release Date : 1996
I Wonder Why The Dodo Is Dead And Other Questions About Extinct And Endangered Animals written by Andrew Charman and has been published by I wonder why series this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Endangered species categories.
Designed to amuse and intrigue the young reader, this addition to the I Wonder Why series takes a look at animals in danger - their habitats, causes of extinction, and efforts of conservation.