An Immense World
Title | An Immense World PDF eBook |
Author | Ed Yong |
Publisher | Random House |
Pages | 485 |
Release | 2022-06-21 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0593133242 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A “thrilling” (The New York Times), “dazzling” (The Wall Street Journal) tour of the radically different ways that animals perceive the world that will fill you with wonder and forever alter your perspective, by Pulitzer Prize–winning science journalist Ed Yong “One of this year’s finest works of narrative nonfiction.”—Oprah Daily ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, People, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Slate, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Public Library, Outside, Publishers Weekly, BookPage ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Economist, Smithsonian Magazine, Prospect (UK), Globe & Mail, Esquire, Mental Floss, Marginalian, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, Ed Yong coaxes us beyond the confines of our own senses, allowing us to perceive the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that surround us. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires, turtles that can track the Earth’s magnetic fields, fish that fill rivers with electrical messages, and even humans who wield sonar like bats. We discover that a crocodile’s scaly face is as sensitive as a lover’s fingertips, that the eyes of a giant squid evolved to see sparkling whales, that plants thrum with the inaudible songs of courting bugs, and that even simple scallops have complex vision. We learn what bees see in flowers, what songbirds hear in their tunes, and what dogs smell on the street. We listen to stories of pivotal discoveries in the field, while looking ahead at the many mysteries that remain unsolved. Funny, rigorous, and suffused with the joy of discovery, An Immense World takes us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage . . . not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” WINNER OF THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • FINALIST FOR THE KIRKUS PRIZE • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/E.O. WILSON AWARD
The World Around Us
Title | The World Around Us PDF eBook |
Author | Britannica Digital Learning |
Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2015-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1625134096 |
The World Around Us
Title | The World Around Us PDF eBook |
Author | Rosemary Wells |
Publisher | Puffin |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Communities |
ISBN | 9780140568448 |
Timothy and his classmates learn about families, communities, and community helpers.
On the Playground
Title | On the Playground PDF eBook |
Author | Jillian Roberts |
Publisher | Orca Book Publishers |
Pages | 34 |
Release | 2019-02-19 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1459820932 |
On the Playground: Our First Talk About Prejudice focuses on introducing children to the complex topic of prejudice. Crafted around a narrative between a grade-school-aged child and an adult, this inquiry-focused book will help children shape their understanding of diversity so they are better prepared to understand, and question, prejudice witnessed around them in their day-to-day lives and in the media. Dr. Jillian Roberts discusses types of discrimination children notice, what prejudice means, why it's not okay, how to stand up against it and how kids can spread a message of inclusion and acceptance in the world around them.
Marvels and Mysteries of the World Around Us
Title | Marvels and Mysteries of the World Around Us PDF eBook |
Author | Reader'S Digest |
Publisher | |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780393214192 |
The Science of Why
Title | The Science of Why PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Ingram |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2016-11 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1501144294 |
"An illustrated, popular science reader for any age."--
The Worlds Around Us
Title | The Worlds Around Us PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Jackson |
Publisher | Millbrook Press |
Pages | 41 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 076133405X |
A boy named Jason visits each one of the planets, and a few of Saturn's moons, and tells what he observes while on their surfaces.