Large Animals
Title | Large Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Jess Arndt |
Publisher | Catapult |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 2017-05-09 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1936787490 |
A Buzzfeed Best Fiction Book of 2017 • An Entropy magazine Best Book of 2017 “Jess Arndt’s Large Animals is wildly original, even as it joins in with the classics of loaded, outlaw literature. Acerbic, ecstatic, hilarious, psychedelic, and affecting in turn, this is an electric debut.” —Maggie Nelson, National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author of The Argonauts Jess Arndt's striking debut collection confronts what it means to have a body. Boldly straddling the line between the imagined and the real, the masculine and the feminine, the knowable and the impossible, these twelve stories are an exhilarating and profoundly original expression of voice. In “Jeff,” Lily Tomlin confuses Jess for Jeff, instigating a dark and hilarious identity crisis. In “Together,” a couple battles a mysterious STD that slowly undoes their relationship, while outside a ferocious weed colonizes their urban garden. And in “Contrails,” a character on the precipice of a seismic change goes on a tour of past lovers, confronting their own reluctance to move on. Arndt’s subjects are canny observers even while they remain dangerously blind to their own truest impulses. Often unnamed, these narrators challenge the limits of language—collectively, their voices create a transgressive new formal space that makes room for the queer, the nonconforming, the undefined. And yet, while they crave connection, love, and understanding, they are constantly at risk of destroying themselves. Large Animals pitches toward the heart, pushing at all our most tender parts—our sex organs, our geography, our words, and the tendons and nerves of our culture.
Large Animals in Everyday Life
Title | Large Animals in Everyday Life PDF eBook |
Author | Wendy Brenner |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 167 |
Release | 2011-08-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0820342904 |
The eleven stories in Wendy Brenner's debut story collection concern people who are alone or feel themselves to be alone: survivors negotiating between logic and faith who look for mysterious messages and connections in everyday life, those sudden transformations and small miracles that occur in mundane, even absurd settings. Brenner's stories range in setting from the rural and southern (a rotating country music bar, a dog track/jai alai compound, a grocery store, a natural cold springs sinkhole) to the urban and high-tech (absurdly bureaucratic companies and academic departments and a food irradiation plant). Often young and tough women seeking to hone their survival sensibilities, Brenner's characters are a mix of the everyday and the fantastic: frustrated secretaries and scientists, a young supermodel, precocious children, fierce plumbers and mechanics, a psychic grandmother, an unhappy lottery winner, a desperate grocery-store mascot in an animal suit. And then there are the animals—real ones of all kinds who turn up at unlikely moments and often seem to be trying to help.
The Big Book of Animals of the World
Title | The Big Book of Animals of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Ole Könnecke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 11 |
Release | 2015-09 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 177657012X |
A large format boardbook of animals from all over the world, illustrated with charm and humour. Each spread in this big book focuses on a continent and features animals unique to that part of the world. A wonderful look at commonand uncommonanimals from around the world.
The Big Book of Giant Animals, the Little Book of Tiny Animals
Title | The Big Book of Giant Animals, the Little Book of Tiny Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Cristina Banfi |
Publisher | White Star Kids |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2018-05-24 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 9788854412736 |
Presents the largest and smallest creatures of the animal kingdom, two books linked as to become a single volume.
The Usborne Big Book of Big Animals
Title | The Usborne Big Book of Big Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Hazel Maskell |
Publisher | Usborne Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Animals |
ISBN | 9780794530518 |
From the mighty elephant to the amazing colossal squid, open the huge fold-out pages to reveal some of the tallest, longest and heaviest animals in the world-and discover the biggest animal that's every lived.
Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology - E-Book
Title | Current Therapy in Large Animal Theriogenology - E-Book PDF eBook |
Author | Robert S. Youngquist |
Publisher | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Pages | 1088 |
Release | 2006-11-23 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 1437713408 |
An essential resource for both students and practitioners, this comprehensive text provides practical, up-to-date information about normal reproduction and reproductive disorders in horses, cattle, small ruminants, swine, llamas, and other livestock. Featuring contributions from experts in the field, each section is devoted to a different large animal species and begins with a review of the clinically relevant aspects of the reproductive anatomy and physiology of both males and females. Key topics include the evaluation of breeding soundness, pregnancy diagnosis, diagnosis and treatment of infertility, abortion, obstetrics, surgery of the reproductive tract, care of neonates, and the latest reproductive technology. Includes coverage of all large animal species. All sections provide a review of clinically pertinent reproductive physiology and anatomy of males and females of each species. Complete coverage of the most current reproductive technology, including embryo transfer, estrous synchronization, and artificial insemination. A new section on alternative farming that addresses reproduction in bison, elk, and deer. New to the equine section: stallion management, infertility, and breeding soundness evaluation. New to the bovine section: estrous cycle synchronization, reproductive biotechnology, ultrasonographic determination of fetal gender, heifer development, and diagnosis of abortion. New to the porcine section: artificial insemination, boar/stud management, diseases of postpartum period, and infectious disease control. New to the llama section: infectious disease and nutrition.
Just the Right Size
Title | Just the Right Size PDF eBook |
Author | Nicola Davies |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Pages | 65 |
Release | 2011-03-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0763653004 |
This book uses cartoon-style art and geometry to explain the relationship between an animal's size and its abilities.