The Fortean Times Book of Exploding Pigs and Other Strange Animal Stories
Title | The Fortean Times Book of Exploding Pigs and Other Strange Animal Stories PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Animal behavior |
ISBN | 9781870870368 |
Exploding Pigs and Other Bizarre Animal Stories
Title | Exploding Pigs and Other Bizarre Animal Stories PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 9780760719480 |
Fortean Times
Title | Fortean Times PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 350 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Curiosities and wonders |
ISBN |
The journal of strange phenomena.
Whitaker's Books in Print
Title | Whitaker's Books in Print PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 3116 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Bibliography, National |
ISBN |
The Walking Whales
Title | The Walking Whales PDF eBook |
Author | J. G. M. Hans Thewissen |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2014-11-13 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520959418 |
Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science. In his search for an understanding of how modern whales live their lives, Thewissen also journeys to Japan and Alaska to study whales and wild dolphins. He finds answers to his questions about fossils by studying the anatomy of otters and porpoises and examining whale embryos under the microscope. In the book's final chapter, Thewissen argues for approaching whale evolution with the most powerful tools we have and for combining all the fields of science in pursuit of knowledge.
Haunting Experiences
Title | Haunting Experiences PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Goldstein |
Publisher | University Press of Colorado |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2007-09-15 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0874216818 |
Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.
Animal Death
Title | Animal Death PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Johnston |
Publisher | Sydney University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2020-03-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1743326998 |
Animal death is a complex, uncomfortable, depressing, motivating and sensitive topic.