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The Incredible Journey

2015-05-01 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2015-05-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 196/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Incredible Journey by : Sheila Burnford

Download or read book The Incredible Journey written by Sheila Burnford. This book was released on 2015-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic Canadian story of the bravery and ingenuity of three animals who find their way home. First published in 1961, The Incredible Journey tells the story of three pets: a young Labrador retriever, an old bull terrier, and a Siamese cat. While their owners are away in England, they are being cared for by a family friend at his home in the country. But a miscommunication occurs between the friend and his housekeeper when he goes on a hunting trip, and the animals are left alone for a several hours, with a gnawing instinct that something has gone wrong. They soon set off on a journey to find home, which instinct tells them is to the west. They travel 400 kilometres across the Northern Ontario wilderness, facing many obstacles along the way: swift-flowing rivers and the rugged landscape; wild animals and unsympathetic humans; starvation, injuries and sheer exhaustion. Separately they would not have survived, but together this disparate group prevails, and they find their way home to the family they love.

The Incredible Journey of Plants

2020-03-24 Nature
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Release : 2020-03-24
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 927/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Incredible Journey of Plants by : Stefano Mancuso

Download or read book The Incredible Journey of Plants written by Stefano Mancuso. This book was released on 2020-03-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of the Year for the Know-It-All by The Globe and Mail In this richly illustrated volume, a leading neurobiologist presents fascinating stories of plant migration that reveal unexpected connections between nature and culture. When we talk about migrations, we should study plants to understand that these phenomena are unstoppable. In the many different ways plants move, we can see the incessant action and drive to spread life that has led plants to colonize every possible environment on earth. The history of this relentless expansion is unknown to most people, but we can begin our exploration with these surprising tales, engagingly told by Stefano Mancuso. Generation after generation, using spores, seeds, or any other means available, plants move in the world to conquer new spaces. They release huge quantities of spores that can be transported thousands of miles. The number and variety of tools through which seeds spread is astonishing: we have seeds dispersed by wind, by rolling on the ground, by animals, by water, or by a simple fall from the plant, which can happen thanks to propulsive mechanisms, the swaying of the mother plant, the drying of the fruit, and much more. In this accessible, absorbing overview, Mancuso considers how plants convince animals to transport them around the world, and how some plants need particular animals to spread; how they have been able to grow in places so inaccessible and inhospitable as to remain isolated; how they resisted the atomic bomb and the Chernobyl disaster; how they are able to bring life to sterile islands; how they can travel through the ages, as they sail around the world.

The Incredible Journey Through the Human Body

2000 Body, Human
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Release : 2000
Genre : Body, Human
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Book Rating : 180/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Incredible Journey Through the Human Body by : Nicholas Harris

Download or read book The Incredible Journey Through the Human Body written by Nicholas Harris. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Incredible Journey

2014-05-16 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2014-05-16
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 292/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis An Incredible Journey by : Holland E. Bynam

Download or read book An Incredible Journey written by Holland E. Bynam. This book was released on 2014-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this memoir, Holland E. Bynam, a retired US Army colonel and educational administrator, looks back at a life defined by beating the odds. In a series of vignettes, he recalls both those who helped him and those who failed to assist him in making his world and that of those around him richer. While his approach to telling his story may be unconventionalat times he answers the questions of fictional interviewers to enliven his storyit allows him to convey a full orchard of anecdotes, insights, truths, ideals, and present day concerns. Bynams story is from the soul of a gifted man. It looks back at his early, military, and later educational experiences; and to his efforts in changing lives for the better. He also shares his thoughts on topics such as educational reform, the essence of Christianity, the deadliest sins, tips for success, the struggle in the Middle East, and more. An Incredible Journey shares excitement, insights, and secrets; seeks to energize you to chase your own dreams; and encourages debates and conversations at numerous venues.

The Incredible Human Journey

2010-04-05 Mathematics
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Release : 2010-04-05
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Rating : 913/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Incredible Human Journey by : Alice Roberts

Download or read book The Incredible Human Journey written by Alice Roberts. This book was released on 2010-04-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alice Roberts has been travelling the world - from Ethiopian desert to Malay peninsula and from Russian steppes to Amazon basin - in order to understand the challenges that early humans faced as they tried to settle continents. On her travels she has witnessed some of the daunting and brutal challenges our ancestors had to face: mountains, deserts, oceans, changing climates, terrifying giant beasts and volcanoes. But she discovers that perhaps the most serious threat of all came from other humans. When our ancestors set out from Africa there were already two other species of human on the planet: Neanderthal in Europe and Homo erectus in Asia. Both (contrary to popular perception) were intelligent, adept at making tools and weapons and were long adapted to their environments. So, Alice asks, why did only Homo sapiens survive? Part detective story, part travelogue, and drawing on the latest genetic and archaeological discoveries, Alice examines how our ancestors evolved physically in response to these challenges, finding out how our colour, shape, size, diet, disease resistance and even athletic ability have been shaped by the range of environments that our ancestors had to survive. She also relates how astonishingly closely related we all are. As a lecturer in Anatomy at Bristol University, Alice Roberts is eminently qualified to write this book. As a talented artist, she is perfectly qualified to illustrate it, and dotted throughout this lively book are many of the sketches and photographs from her travels.

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