Horn Of Darkness
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Horn Of Darkness
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Author : Carol Cunningham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Horn Of Darkness written by Carol Cunningham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Black rhinoceros categories.
The world's rhinoceroses face extinction because their horns are regarded as extremely valuable. Cunningham and Berger spent 3 years in the Namib desert studying Africa's last sizable group of rhinos, and struggling to find a way to conserve them.
Horn Of Darkness
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Author : Carol Cunningham
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997-04-17
Horn Of Darkness written by Carol Cunningham and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-17 with Nature categories.
The black rhino is nature's tank, feared by all animals. Even lions will break off a hunt to detour around one. And yet the black rhino is on the edge of extinction, its numbers dwindling from 100,000 at the turn of the century, to less than 2,500 today. The reason is that in places like Yemen, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand, the rhino's horn is more valuable than gold, so valuable that people will risk their lives to harvest it. To deter rhino poachers, African governments have spent millions--on helicopters, paramilitary operations, fences and guard dogs, even relocation to protected areas. Finally, Namibia decided to dehorn its rhino population, in a last ditch effort to stop the slaughter. In 1991, Carol Cunningham and Joel Berger, and their eighteen-month-old daughter Sonja, went to Namibia to weigh the effects of dehorning on rhinos. In Horn of Darkness, they tell the story of three years in the Namib Desert, studying Africa's last sizable population of free-roaming black rhinos. This is the closest most readers will come to experiencing life in the remaining wilds of Africa. Cunningham and Berger, writing alternate chapters, capture what it is like to leave the comforts of civilization, to camp for months at a time in a land filled with deadly predators, to study an animal that is reclusive, unpredictable, and highly dangerous. The authors describe staking out water holes in the dead of the night, creeping to within twenty-seven meters of rhinos to photograph them, all the while keeping a lookout for hyenas, elephants, and lions. They recount many heart-pounding escapes--one rhino forces Carol Cunningham up a tree, an unseen lion in hot pursuit of hyenas races right past a frozen Joel Berger--and capture the adrenaline rush of inching closer to a rhino that might flee--or charge--at any moment. They also give readers a clear sense of the careful, patient work involved in studying animals, the frustration of long days without finding rhinos or seeing other people, coping with heat and thirst (the Namib desert is one of the driest on Earth), with dirt and insects, driving hundreds of kilometers in a Land Rover packed to capacity, slowing amassing records on one hundred individual rhinos over the course of several years. And perhaps most important, the authors reveal that the data they collected suggests that the dehorning project might backfire--that in the four years after dehorning began, calf survival was down (the evidence suggests that hyenas might be preying on calves and the hornless mothers couldn't defend their offspring). They also describe the dark side of scientific work, from the petty jealousy of other scientists--outside researchers were often seen as ecological imperialists--to the controversy that erupted after the authors published their findings, as furious officials of the Namibian conservation program denounced their findings and through delays and other tactics effectively withheld a permit to allow the couple to continue their study. Weaving together the historical accounts of other naturalists, a vividly detailed look at life in the wild, and a behind-the-scenes glimpse of scientific work and the dark side of the conservation movement, Horn of Darkness is destined to be a classic work on the natural world.
Tiger Bone Rhino Horn
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Author : Richard Ellis
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2013-02-22
Tiger Bone Rhino Horn written by Richard Ellis and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-22 with Nature categories.
In parts of Korea and China, moon bears, black but for the crescent-shaped patch of white on their chests, are captured in the wild and brought to "bear farms" where they are imprisoned in squeeze cages, and a steel catheter is inserted into their gall bladders. The dripping bile is collected as a cure for ailments ranging from an upset stomach to skin burns. The bear may live as long as fifteen years in this state. Rhinos are being illegally poached for their horns, as are tigers for their bones, thought to improve virility. Booming economies and growing wealth in parts of Asia are increasing demand for these precious medicinals. Already endangered species are being sacrificed for temporary treatments for nausea and erectile dysfunction. Richard Ellis, one of the world's foremost experts in wildlife extinction, brings his alarm to the pages of Tiger Bone & Rhino Horn, in the hope that through an exposure of this drug trade, something can be done to save the animals most direly threatened. Trade in animal parts for traditional Chinese medicine is a leading cause of species endangerment in Asia, and poaching is increasing at an alarming rate. Most of traditional Chinese medicine relies on herbs and other plants, and is not a cause for concern. Ellis illuminates those aspects of traditional medicine, but as wildlife habitats are shrinking for the hunted large species, the situation is becoming ever more critical. One hundred years ago, there were probably 100,000 tigers in India, South China, Sumatra, Bali, Java, and the Russian Far East. The South Chinese, Caspian, Balinese, and Javan species are extinct. There are now fewer than 5,000 tigers in all of India, and the numbers are dropping fast. There are five species of rhinoceros--three in Asia and two in Africa--and all have been hunted to near extinction so their horns can be ground into powder, not for aphrodisiacs, as commonly thought, but for ailments ranging from arthritis to depression. In 1930, there were 80,000 black rhinos in Africa. Now there are fewer than 2,500. Tigers, bears, and rhinos are not the only animals pursued for the sake of alleviating human ills--the list includes musk deer, sharks, saiga antelope, seahorses, porcupines, monkeys, beavers, and sea lions--but the dwindling numbers of those rare species call us to attention. Ellis tells us what has been done successfully, and contemplates what can and must be done to save these animals or, sadly, our children will witness the extinction of tigers, rhinos, and moon bears in their lifetime.
The Horn S Hoax
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Author : Hector Cantu Kalifa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-11-10
The Horn S Hoax written by Hector Cantu Kalifa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-10 with categories.
It's hard to tell when someone's soul changes, especially when it's your brother's. One day, Henry's father leaves for work like usual but never comes home. Left to fill his father's shoes with his younger siblings, eighteen-year-old Henry convinces his mother to book a family vacation at a remote cabin. He quickly realizes they were in a mysterious land when he and his ten-year-old brother Moris find two strange magic horns and are thrown into a far-away universe where wizards are fighting and magic rules. Henry and Moris have no idea one of the horns has dark powers and alters the soul of the one who carries it. They just want to get home again, but someone in the wizard world wants to use the horns' power for dark magic and will stop at nothing to get them. In a strange world where wizards fight each other and are not what they seem, who can the brothers trust? More importantly, how will they ever get home alive? Scroll up and click Buy Now to find out what happens to the dark horn and the brothers.
The Children Of The Eternal Darkness
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Author : Jesse Horn
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-05-06
The Children Of The Eternal Darkness written by Jesse Horn 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 2016-05-06 with categories.
Vesper is a 17 year old who is tired of his surroundings, tired of being powerless, and tired of not being spontaneous. When he meets the beautiful Nunki and her friends, who seem to have powers that are beyond human, he instantly feels like he has found an answer to his problems and runs away with them for the summer. He quickly learns that they are using a book to become temporarily possessed by demons to gain their super human abilities. This comes with a heavy price however and one that can not always be survived. Ultimately this first of the trilogy is about the struggle against light over darkness, strength over weakness, but not just on a spiritual level, also on an emotional one as well. This is a story about love and addiction with a very dark twist and as the group starts to become submerged into their world they may be failing to see that there is a bigger, more sinister force at work. One teacher response: "It was definitely young adult. You mastered the action and adventure portions. So many twists and turns made me want to rush through on the first read. I'm not sure where you have Nunki and loverboy ending up at the end of your series. All in all its going to be a best seller in my opinion!"
The Orb Of Darkness The Thirteen Guardians
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Author : Liz J. Berni
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-11-01
The Orb Of Darkness The Thirteen Guardians written by Liz J. Berni and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Fiction categories.
As the story unfolds, the strife for the Orb escalates. A new enemy that has been biding his time in cunning darkness has reared his head. The trauma left in Arden's wake weakens the three, and while the chess pieces move into battle, Ommadon's final weapon comes into play. The renegade Arden; his cause in turmoil, struggles to trust his new family. If he remains in the belief that he is alone he won't find the strength to endure the darkness that is the Orb. The help of the Thirteen Guardians is either a blessing or a curse. Their presence is enigmatic as much as it is sinister. Will they find the answers in time?
Musical Symbolism In The Operas Of Debussy And Bartok
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Author : Elliott Antokoletz
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
Release Date : 2004-07-22
Musical Symbolism In The Operas Of Debussy And Bartok written by Elliott Antokoletz and has been published by Oxford University Press on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-07-22 with Music categories.
The authors explore the means by which two early 20th-century operas - Debussy's 'Pelléas et Mélisande' (1902) and Bartók's 'Duke Bluebeard's Castle' (1911) - transformed the harmonic structures of the traditional major/minor scale system into a new musical language.
Horn Of Africa
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Author : Philip Caputo
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-06-13
Horn Of Africa written by Philip Caputo and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-13 with Fiction categories.
When Vietnam veteran and foreign correspondent Charlie Gage is recruited by the shadowy Thomas Colfax to assist with something called Operation Atropos, he has no idea he is about to be enlisted for guerilla warfare in northeast Africa. Once he realizes he’s a mercenary, however, he is not at all concerned. Ever since his young secretary was killed by a grenade at their bureau office in Beirut a couple of years before, he has lost all volition. Which is why he so readily capitulates not only to Colfax, but also, and more dangerously so, to every command of Jeremy Nordstrand, the mystical megalomaniac determined to achieve greatness on their seemingly suicidal mission. Set in the forsaken yet exotic deserts of Ethiopia, Horn of Africa is a vividly detailed and masterfully plotted novel chronicling a broken man’s struggle for salvation and inner freedom in the midst of a broken nation’s fight for stability and peace.
The Great Sioux Campaign Of 1876 Day By Day
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Author : Frederic C. Wagner III
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-11-24
The Great Sioux Campaign Of 1876 Day By Day written by Frederic C. Wagner III and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-24 with History categories.
Drawing on more than 22 years' research, this book presents an exhaustive chronology of the Great Sioux Campaign in three parts: the U.S. Seventh Cavalry's communications, decisions and movements October 15, 1875-June 21, 1876, are traced day-by-day; the three-day prelude to the Battle of Little Bighorn hour-by-hour; and the battle itself minute-by-minute. The separate actions of the several military commands and the Indians involved are narrated in coherent sequence. Archival intelligence summaries offer the reader fresh perspective on the events leading to the decisive Indian victory known as Custer's Last Stand.
Reborn Flowers Are Few
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Author : Zhao Feng
language : en
Publisher: Devneybooks
Release Date :
Reborn Flowers Are Few written by Zhao Feng and has been published by Devneybooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Art categories.
You put up tiles outside, which is for the sake of beauty and atmosphere, but you still put up such places in the window. Isn't this a' wave' fee? And Qin Tianqi's hands just grabbed the tile, which is really killing me!