The Gradual Elephant
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The Gradual Elephant
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Author : H. S. Toshack
language : en
Publisher: WordSmith
Release Date : 2010
The Gradual Elephant written by H. S. Toshack and has been published by WordSmith this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Cats categories.
Chinese And Indian Warfare From The Classical Age To 1870
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Author : Kaushik Roy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-12-17
Chinese And Indian Warfare From The Classical Age To 1870 written by Kaushik Roy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with History categories.
This book examines the differences and similarities between warfare in China and India before 1870, both conceptually and on the battlefield. By focusing on Chinese and Indian warfare, the book breaks the intellectual paradigm requiring non-Western histories and cultures to be compared to the West, and allows scholarship on two of the oldest civilizations to be brought together. An international group of scholars compare and contrast the modes and conceptions of warfare in China and India, providing important original contributions to the growing study of Asian military history.
Elephant The Lady Boss
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Author : Dr. C.H. Basappanavar
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2021-04-09
Elephant The Lady Boss written by Dr. C.H. Basappanavar and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-09 with Nature categories.
Why elephant is known as, “The Lady Boss”? The Indian elephant Elephas maximus, the matriarchal society is led by the wisest and eldest female of the family/herd. Here, the matriarch is the boss. Being hub of the family, she not only performs the usual maternal tasks, but also protects the family with extreme efficiency from poten¬tial enemies, apart from guiding the family to safety in times of crises. The matriarch keeps male suitors at a trunk’s distance, only allowing them to join the herd when their presence is felt necessary to service the females in oestrus. Her long memory over fifty years experiences, among others, help in leading the family to introduce potential feeding grounds, waterholes, natural springs and salt licks within her domain ranging over 50 or more km2. The matriarchal family remains united and truly stable to enable to wage war against adversaries and enemies. With prowess and devotion to her kin, the ‘gentle giant’ remains the unques-tionable authority. She acts like a lady and thinks like a boss! Hence the book, “ELEPHANT-THE LADY BOSS”.
The Astonishing Elephant
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Author : Shana Alexander
language : en
Publisher: Random House (NY)
Release Date : 2000
The Astonishing Elephant written by Shana Alexander and has been published by Random House (NY) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
"Physiologically, elephants are unique - entirely different from all other mammals. Yet, since antiquity, observers have agreed that the elephant is the animal most akin to man." "Today both species of elephant - Africans and Asians - stand on the brink of extinction. Hope is arising, however, from a new generation of young American scientists, many of them women. Female zoologists and biologists have led the field in new findings about elephant ecology, family and sexual patterns, and the animals' continual communication by ultrasound, inaudible to human ears." "The Astonishing Elephant also reveals, for the first time, a hair-raising story of elephant "genocide": in the years between the Civil War and World War I, all male elephants in U. S. circuses were stealthily killed - shot, poisoned, drowned, and even hanged. The reason was musth, a periodic condition of mature males that renders them uncontrollable. So, gradually, only female elephants - now with masculine names - were put on parade, with none the wiser." "Most important, The Astonishing Elephant details a decade of heartbreaking trial and error and eventual triumph as scientists have tried to learn how to breed elephants via artificial insemination."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Elephant Memories
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Author : Cynthia Moss
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2012-08-06
Elephant Memories written by Cynthia Moss and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-06 with Nature categories.
“A style so conversational…that I felt like a privileged visitor riding beside her in her rickety Land-Rover as she showed me around the park." —The New York Times Book Review Cynthia Moss spent many years living in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and studying the elephants there, and her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. In this book, she shares a more up-close and personal perspective, chronicling the lives of the elephant families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless, including a rare look at calves and their development. This edition is also updated with a new afterword, catching up on the families, covering current conservation issues, and “celebrating a species from which we could learn some moral as well as zoological lessons” (Chicago Tribune). “One is soon swept away by this ‘Babar’ for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, ‘Now God stand up for the elephants!’”—The New York Times “Moss speaks to the general reader, with charm as well as scientific authority…[An] elegantly written and ingeniously structured account.”—TheWall Street Journal “Any reader interested in animals will be captivated.”—Publishers Weekly
Elephants On The Edge
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Author : G. A. Bradshaw
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2009-10-06
Elephants On The Edge written by G. A. Bradshaw and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-06 with Nature categories.
“At times sad and at times heartwarming . . . Helps us to understand not only elephants, but all animals, including ourselves” (Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation). Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behavior, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. Wars, starvation, mass culls, poaching, and habitat loss have reduced elephant numbers from more than ten million to a few hundred thousand, leaving orphans bereft of the elders who would normally mentor them. As a consequence, traumatized elephants have become aggressive against people, other animals, and even one another; their behavior is comparable to that of humans who have experienced genocide, other types of violence, and social collapse. By exploring the elephant mind and experience in the wild and in captivity, Bradshaw bears witness to the breakdown of ancient elephant cultures. But, she reminds us, all is not lost. People are working to save elephants by rescuing orphaned infants and rehabilitating adult zoo and circus elephants, using the same principles psychologists apply in treating humans who have survived trauma. Bradshaw urges us to support these and other models of elephant recovery and to solve pressing social and environmental crises affecting all animals—humans included. “This book opens the door into the soul of the elephant. It will really make you think about our relationship with other animals.” —Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation
The Elephant Principally Viewed In Relation To Man
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
The Elephant Principally Viewed In Relation To Man written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with Elephants categories.
The Elephant Principally Viewed In Relation To Man A New Edition Revised By The Author
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
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From The Elephant S Back
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Author : Lawrence Durrell
language : en
Publisher: University of Alberta
Release Date : 2015-08-16
From The Elephant S Back written by Lawrence Durrell and has been published by University of Alberta this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-16 with Literary Collections categories.
“...the proverb says that whoever sees the world from the back of an elephant learns the secrets of the jungle and becomes a seer. I had to be content to become a poet.” —Lawrence Durrell Best known for his novels and travel writing, Lawrence Durrell defied easy classification within twentieth-century Modernism. His anti-authoritarian tendencies put him at odds with many contemporaries—aesthetically and politically. However, thanks to a compelling recontextualization by editor James Gifford, these thirty-eight previously unpublished and out-of-print essays and letters reveal that Durrell’s maturation as an artist was rich, complex, and subtle. Durrell fans will treasure this selection of rare nonfiction, while scholars of Durrell, Modernist literature, anti-authoritarian artists, and the Personalist movement will also appreciate Gifford’s fine editorial work. “Gifford’s scholarly command of the archives shows—especially his working intimacy with the unpublished archived words of Durrell’s editors, publishers, and collaborators. I have no doubt that this collection will serve as a starting point for any number of new critical ventures into the life and writing of Lawrence Durrell.” —Charles Sligh, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
The Elephant Lore Of The Hindus
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Author : Nīlakaṇṭha (of Rajamangalam)
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Release Date : 1985
The Elephant Lore Of The Hindus written by Nīlakaṇṭha (of Rajamangalam) and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Reference categories.
This book is intended to serve as an introduction to the elephant-lore of Hindus. It consists primarily of a translation of the Elephant-Sport (Matanga-Lila) of Nilakantha, with notes, introduction, and glossary. The Matanga-Lila is without doubt the best available Sanskrit work on elephantology. It is a brief and succinct treatise in 263 stanzas, divided into twelve chapters of uneven length. Nothing is known of the Nilakantha who is mentioned as its author. According to the editor, Ganapati Sastri, the three manuscripts he used are about two hundred years old. But the work is probably very much older. For aught we know it may go back a thousand years or even to a much earlier date. This, however, is purely conjectural; all we can say is that there is no positive trace of modernity in the work. The elephant-lore of our text is based on a genuine traditional knowledge which grew up among those whose business it was to deal with elephants, and that this tradition has persisted to modern times.