Noah's Ravens
Title | Noah's Ravens PDF eBook |
Author | James O. Farlow |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 656 |
Release | 2018-10-08 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0253037166 |
How can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are preserved in huge numbers, often with few or no skeletons. Such tracks sometimes provide the only clues to the former presence of dinosaurs, but their interpretation can be challenging: How different in size and shape can footprints be and yet have been made by the same kind of dinosaur? How similar can they be and yet have been made by different kinds of dinosaurs? To what extent can tridactyl dinosaur footprints serve as proxies for the biodiversity of their makers? Profusely illustrated and meticulously researched, Noah's Ravens quantitatively explores a variety of approaches to interpreting the tracks, carefully examining within-species and across-species variability in foot and footprint shape in nonavian dinosaurs and their close living relatives. The results help decipher one of the world's most important assemblages of fossil dinosaur tracks, found in sedimentary rocks deposited in ancient rift valleys of eastern North America. Those often beautifully preserved tracks were among the first studied by paleontologists, and they were initially interpreted as having been made by big birds—one of which was jokingly identified as Noah's legendary raven.
The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences
Title | The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Hitchcock |
Publisher | |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 1851 |
Genre | Bible and geology |
ISBN |
Fox Walked Alone
Title | Fox Walked Alone PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Reid |
Publisher | Scholastic Canada |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2009-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780545989985 |
Fox woke up. Slipped out of his lair. Looked. Listened. Sniffed. There was something in the air Usually Fox sleeps in the day and hunts alone at night, but today something strange is happening. Two by two, different animals pass by - mice and tortoises, leopards, wolves, and birds. Fox decides to follow along on this mysterious journey. It leads to a boat resting on a dusty plain - and to someone Fox never expected. A beautiful retelling of the story of Noah's Ark, sure to please.
The Raven
Title | The Raven PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Allan Poe |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1883 |
Genre | Ravens |
ISBN |
The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4)
Title | The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, Book 4) PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie Stiefvater |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2016-04-26 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 0545860350 |
The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Times bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater. All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. In a starred review for Blue Lily, Lily Blue, Kirkus Reviews declared: "Expect this truly one-of-a-kind series to come to a thundering close."
Jan Brueghel the Elder
Title | Jan Brueghel the Elder PDF eBook |
Author | Arianne Faber Kolb |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 106 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892367709 |
Kolb has produced a thoroughly researched essay on this painting, which is in the Getty Museum. The study focuses on Brueghel's depiction of nature, especially his exacting representation of identifiable species of animals and birds, the names of which are listed. Brueghel's collaboration with other painters, his and other painters' re-use of the same theme and composition, and the history and practice of natural history collection and representation are central themes. The volume, which is printed in a horizontal format (it's 11x8") and heavily illustrated, is written for a general audience, though art historians will also find much of interest.
Bible Matrix
Title | Bible Matrix PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Bull |
Publisher | WestBow Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2010-06-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1449702627 |
Ever wish someone could give you a big handle on the entire Bible without years of study? Well, this book not only promises to give you that big handle—it will deliver on the promise. You should be asking, how is this possible? The Bible is one story told over and over again, with many variations on the same theme. This structure is the Bible’s DNA. This basic seven-point pattern is the heartbeat of the Creation. It is the cycle of a human day and a human life. It is the pattern of the Tabernacle. It is the process of agriculture. It undergirds the speeches and Laws of God. It orders the rise and fall of nations and empires. It is also the structure of our worship. It is the rhythm of Christ, and it will open the Bible for you like never before.