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The Rome Zoo
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Author : Pascal Janovjak
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2021-08-03
The Rome Zoo written by Pascal Janovjak and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-03 with Fiction categories.
Rome, too, wants the sound of roaring as evening falls ... The Rome Zoo: a place born of fantasy and driven by a nation’s aspirations. It has witnessed – and reflected in its tarnished mirror – the great follies of the twentieth century. Now, in an ongoing battle that has seen it survive world wars and epidemics, the zoo must once again reinvent itself, and assert its relevance in the Eternal City. Caught up in these machinations is a cast of characters worthy of this baroque backdrop: a man desperate to find meaning in his own life, a woman tasked with halting the zoo’s decline and a rare animal, the last of its species, who bewitches the world. Drifting between past and present, The Rome Zoo weaves together these and many other stories, forming a colourful and evocative tapestry of life at this strange place. It is both a love story and a poignant juxtaposition of the human need to classify, to subdue, with the untameable nature of our dramas and anxieties. Spellbinding and disturbing, precise and dreamy, this award-winning novel, translated by Stephanie Smee, is unlike any other. Winner of the Swiss Literature Award, the Prix Michel-Dentan and the Prix du public de la RTS “Like all truly great literary allegories, The Rome Zoo is both innocent and wise, filled equally with tenderness and darkness. A gorgeous, dream-like fable of Italy's past and present.” —Ceridwen Dovey
Animals For Show And Pleasure In Ancient Rome
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Author : George Jennison
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1937
Animals For Show And Pleasure In Ancient Rome written by George Jennison and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1937 with Games categories.
"Animals for Show and Pleasure in Ancient Rome" is a complete and comprehensive investigation of the rise, function, and pageantry of wild and domesticated animals as household pets and as fodder for entertainment in the Roman world.
Aesop S Human Zoo
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Author : Phaedrus
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2020-10-27
Aesop S Human Zoo written by Phaedrus 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 2020-10-27 with Literary Criticism categories.
Most of us grew up with Aesop's Fables—tales of talking animals, with morals attached. In fact, the familiar versions of the stories attributed to this enigmatic and astute storyteller are based on adaptations of Aesop by the liberated Roman slave Phaedrus. In turn, Phaedrus's renderings have been rewritten so extensively over the centuries that they do not do justice to the originals. In Aesop's Human Zoo, legendary Cambridge classicist John Henderson puts together a surprising set of up-front translations—fifty sharp, raw, and sometimes bawdy, fables by Phaedrus into the tersest colloquial English verse. Providing unusual insights into the heart of Roman culture, these clever poems open up odd avenues of ancient lore and life as they explore social types and physical aspects of the body, regularly mocking the limitations of human nature and offering vulgar or promiscuous interpretations of the stuff of social life. Featuring folksy proverbs and satirical anecdotes, filled with saucy naughtiness and awful puns, Aesop's Human Zoo will amuse you with its eccentricities and hit home with its shrewdly candid and red raw messages. The entertainment offered in this volume of impeccably accurate translations is truly a novelty—a good-hearted and knowing laugh courtesy of classical poetry. Beginning to advanced classicists and Latin scholars will appreciate the original Latin text provided in this bilingual edition. The splash of classic Thomas Bewick wood engravings to accompany the fables renders the collection complete.
Confessions Of An Accidental Zoo Curator
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Author : Annette Berkovits
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1917-03
Confessions Of An Accidental Zoo Curator written by Annette Berkovits and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1917-03 with categories.
From cougars, orangutans, supersize snakes, fugitive pigs, and a shocked New York City cabbie, Confessions is fascinating, and often hilarious. Berkovits masterfully regales readers with stories that give the inside scoop on what went on behind the scenes at one of the world's most famous zoos with facts that read like fiction! Her tales will surprise and enlighten. A must read for all animal lovers and those interested in the future of wildlife. ..".a remarkable story, fascinating and unique...with a deft blend of personal insight and eloquent story-telling, Berkovits takes us from a remote village in Kyrgyzstan to the Bronx Zoo... from neophyte to international leader in her field." -William Conway, former President of the Wildlife Conservation Society and Director of the Bronx Zoo ..".a story that goes far beyond its title. Berkovits goes from a difficult childhood devoid of any real animal connections, to become one of the world's foremost leaders in wildlife conservation education... fascinating and inspiring." - Alan Rabinowitz PhD, Zoologist, Author, CEO Panthera
Drawing History Ancient Greece
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Author : Don Bolognese
language : en
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
Release Date : 2014-04-30
Drawing History Ancient Greece written by Don Bolognese and has been published by StarWalk Kids Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A guide to the history and art of ancient Greece through the drawings and illustrations found on decorated vases, tombs, palaces, temples, and sculptures of the time.
The Adventurer S Son
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Author : Roman Dial
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2020-02-18
The Adventurer S Son written by Roman Dial and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Destined to become an adventure classic." —Anchorage Daily News Hailed as "gripping" (New York Times) and "beautiful" (Washington Post), The Adventurer's Son is Roman Dial’s extraordinary and widely acclaimed account of his two-year quest to unravel the mystery of his son’s disappearance in the jungles of Costa Rica. In the predawn hours of July 10, 2014, the twenty-seven-year-old son of preeminent Alaskan scientist and National Geographic Explorer Roman Dial, walked alone into Corcovado National Park, an untracked rainforest along Costa Rica’s remote Pacific Coast that shelters miners, poachers, and drug smugglers. He carried a light backpack and machete. Before he left, Cody Roman Dial emailed his father: “I am not sure how long it will take me, but I’m planning on doing 4 days in the jungle and a day to walk out. I’ll be bounded by a trail to the west and the coast everywhere else, so it should be difficult to get lost forever.” They were the last words Dial received from his son. As soon as he realized Cody Roman’s return date had passed, Dial set off for Costa Rica. As he trekked through the dense jungle, interviewing locals and searching for clues—the authorities suspected murder—the desperate father was forced to confront the deepest questions about himself and his own role in the events. Roman had raised his son to be fearless, to be at home in earth’s wildest places, travelling together through rugged Alaska to remote Borneo and Bhutan. Was he responsible for his son’s fate? Or, as he hoped, was Cody Roman safe and using his wilderness skills on a solo adventure from which he would emerge at any moment? Part detective story set in the most beautiful yet dangerous reaches of the planet, The Adventurer’s Son emerges as a far deeper tale of discovery—a journey to understand the truth about those we love the most. The Adventurer’s Son includes fifty black-and-white photographs.
Le Zoo De Rome
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Author : Pascal Janovjak
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-04-03
Le Zoo De Rome written by Pascal Janovjak and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-03 with categories.
Depuis 1911, Rome voit vivre en son coeur, au beau milieu de l'antique, dans la verdure et sur dix-sept hectares, un zoo extraordinaire. Figure principale de ce livre, ce lieu baroque saura attirer, au fil des décennies, un monde de personnalités aussi diverses que Mussolini et sa lionne domestique, le pape, les actrices de Cinecittà ou Salman Rushdie... Mais l'auteur de ce roman ne se contente pas d'entraîner le lecteur dans la mémoire d'un lieu. Il en réinvente aussi le présent, en suivant les traces de Giovanna, directrice de la communication du zoo, et de Chahine, architecte algérien, l'un par l'autre attirés, l'un et l'autre fascinés par un tamanoir, ultime survivant de son espèce, objet des soins jaloux d'un vétérinaire sans scrupules et d'un gardien en fin de carrière. Tous sont happés par une aventure où s'affrontent en silence la corruption, la mémoire politique de l'Italie et la réalité économique d'un parc démesuré, qui survit loin des itinéraires touristiques. Pour Pascal Janovjak : "Le zoo est un sanctuaire de l'innocence." Mais c'est aussi le miroir d'un siècle troublé, le révélateur d'une humanité fabulatrice. Dans cet envoûtant décor romanesque, l'auteur entremêle avec bonheur passé et présent, renommée et décadence, nostalgie et espoir.
What S New The Zoo A Zippy History Of Zoos
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Author : Kathleen Krull
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Release Date : 2014-06-24
What S New The Zoo A Zippy History Of Zoos written by Kathleen Krull and has been published by Scholastic Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-24 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
With friendly facts, funny pictures, and animals galore, What's New? The Zoo! is history to roar for! Did you know . . . * The first zoo was established forty-three hundred years ago in what is now Iraq?* Aztec King Moctezuma II had such an incredible collection of animals that it took six hundred men and women to care for them?* Children across Great Britain wrote to Queen Victoria when Jumbo the elephant was sold away from the London Zoo?* Fifty buffalo passed through Grand Central Station in 1907 on their way to the Bronx Zoo?* Zoos now play a crucial role in animal conservation?Kathleen Krull and Marcellus Hall bring witty insight, jazzy style, and a globe-trotting eye to our millennia-long history of keeping animals -- and the ways animals have changed us in turn.
The Great Ledge
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Author : Peter Davison
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 2013-05-22
The Great Ledge written by Peter Davison and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-22 with Poetry categories.
James Dickey, in reviewing Peter Davison's last book, Praying Wrong: New and Selected Poems, 1957-1984, said, ' Davison will not let things break him. His voice is his; he has earned it and can use it, and as a result is surely one of our better poets.' That sense of this poet's singularity is one of the great strengths of this new book; these deeply felt poems are uniquely his. From the almost unbearably moving 'Equinox 1980, ' which opens the book, to the delightful 'Peaches, ' The Great Ledge confirms the remark of Vernon Young that Davison is 'one of the few poets of the first order writing in English today.'
Little Children S Zoo Activity Book
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Author : Rebecca Gilpin
language : en
Publisher: Little Children's Activity Books
Release Date : 2019-03-07
Little Children S Zoo Activity Book written by Rebecca Gilpin and has been published by Little Children's Activity Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-07 with categories.
An imaginative zoo-themed activity book for young children, packed with lots of puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dot, pictures to colour and things to spot. Facts about zoos, the people who work in them and the creatures that live there are incorporated into the activities. A fun way to extend a fun day at the Zoo. All the reader needs are some pens or pencils, so this is an ideal activity book for holidays and rainy days or down-time.