5/13/2023 0 Comments The human zoo by desmond morris![]() ![]() ![]() The early 1960s had seen the first field studies of monkeys and apes, and a corresponding interest in human evolution and the biology of contemporary hunter-gatherers. In the laid-back, blue-smoke atmosphere of the hippy era, the book struck a chord with the wider public – if for no other reason than that, in the decade of free love, it asserted that humans had the largest penis for body size of all the primates. With his zoologist’s training (he had had a distinguished career studying the behaviour of fishes and birds at Oxford University as part of the leading international group in this field), he gave us a picture of who we really are. ![]() Yes, we were naked and bipedal, but beneath the veneer of culture lurked an ancestral avatar. Its pitch was that humans really were just apes, and much of our behaviour could be understood in terms of animal behaviour and its evolution. We were all gearing up for the summer of love when, in 1967, Desmond Morris’s The Naked Ape took us by storm. ![]()
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5/13/2023 0 Comments Robert munsch books i have to go![]() ![]() ![]() I learn the correct nuances of our language.” I learn how to read and write, how to talk, how to share. I learn fluency for one thing and how to correctly say things. “I don’t see it as work, I see it as a learning opportunity. She says translating is a lot of work, but also a good learning experience for her. She’s been working as the language and culture director for Cold Lake First Nations since 2010 and has done a lot of translation work for UnBQ. Also translated into nêhiyawêwin was Smelly Socks. Translating a selection of well-loved Robert Munsch books into nêhiyawêwin (Cree) and denesųłıné (Dene) caps off a two-year project undertaken by University nuxełhot’įne thaaɁehots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills (UnBQ) to help revitalize Indigenous languages.įour books were translated into both languages, including audio recordings: Love You Forever Ready, Set, Go Blackflies and Deep Snow. Robert Munsch books translated into denesųłıné (Dene). ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Python for Kids by Jason R. Briggs![]() * Create games, animations, and other graphical wonders with tkinter * Draw shapes and patterns with Python's turtle module * Use control structures like loops and conditional statements * Organize and reuse your code with functions and modules ![]() * Use fundamental data structures like lists, tuples, and maps Stick Man Races for the Exit"-a platform game with jumps, animation, and much more.Īs you strike out on your programming adventure, you'll learn how to: By the end of the book you'll have programmed two complete games: a clone of the famous Pong and "Mr. New terms are defined code is colored, dissected, and explained and quirky, full-color illustrations keep things on the lighter side.Ĭhapters end with programming puzzles designed to stretch your brain and strengthen your understanding. Briggs will guide you through the basics as you experiment with unique (and often hilarious) example programs that feature ravenous monsters, secret agents, thieving ravens, and more. Python for Kids brings Python to life and brings you (and your parents) into the world of programming. Python is a powerful, expressive programming language that's easy to learn and fun to use! But books about learning to program in Python can be kind of dull, gray, and boring, and that's no fun for anyone. The code in this book runs on almost anything: Windows, Mac, Linux, even an OLPC laptop or Raspberry Pi! ![]() ![]() Throughout the 20th century, Michigan became home to nearly every political movement in America that emerged from the grassroots. Blouin, Director of the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan "A real contribution to Michigan history that gets to the root of the movements in 20th-century American history that upon reflection can bring a certain discomfort and unease." -Francis X. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Pickle by kim baker![]() ![]() Please be aware that the delivery time frame may vary according to the area of delivery and due to various reasons, the delivery may take longer than the original estimated timeframe.
5/13/2023 0 Comments New Gods by Jack Kirby![]() ![]() ![]() But the bottomless rage and thirst for combat that course through his veins cannot be extinguished. But this pair are more than mortal enemies-they are also father and son!Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace between Apokolips and New Genesis, Orion swore to uphold the life-affirming values of his adopted world. And at the center of Kirby's startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics' greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips! Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. ![]() In honor of this extraordinary talent's centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory!At the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. Jack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World-a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The Sentinel by Jeffrey Konvitz![]() The Apocalypse is a disappointing sequel for a few reasons, the main one being that it's not much more than a complicated rehash of its esteemed predecessor. However, it proves to be not quite that simple. The target seems likely to be Faye Burdett, a young mother living in the buildings that replaced those in which the battle raged in The Sentinel. In The Apocalypse, many years later, he finds that his job is not yet finished, as, in turn, Sister Therese must now be replaced. He found Allison Parker and set her up under the guise of Sister Therese. ![]() ![]() In The Sentinel, Monsignor Franchino had to find a replacement for Father Halliran as his penance was almost complete. The Sentinel is someone who dedicates their life to guarding the gates to Hell, as a penance for attempting to take their own life. Hal C F Astell - The Last Page Bookshop - The Horror Reviews - The Apocalypse - Jeffrey Konvitz Home. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Monica ali novels![]() ![]() Your parents are authentic enough to give her an orgasm”. In fact, as Joe tells Yasmin, his “mother is a bit disappointed you’re not more Indian. There is no overt prejudice on either side. Two junior doctors, Yasmin Ghorami and Joe Sansger, are to be wed, fusing the bride’s conservative Indian family with the groom’s white, middle-class bourgeois, feminist mother. The novel begins as a social comedy with the finely tuned cultural observations only found in the very best works of the East meets West literary tradition. Ali is back with aplomb, and Love Marriage has been worth the wait. Her three subsequent novels demonstrated an ambition to keep exploring new terrains, surprising critics and fans alike with each new offering, though often to mixed reviews. In 2003, that debut novel so masterfully chronicled Britain’s multicultural landscape that it launched Ali into the literary stratosphere with phenomenal critical acclaim and international success. Monica Ali, the English-Bangladeshi author of the Booker shortlisted Brick Lane, has returned to publishing after a 10-year hiatus. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments Carwin the biloquist![]() ![]() ![]() Sources and Contexts presents inspirations for Brown’s work, including an account of the real-life Yates family murders, an excerpt from Christoph Martin Wieland’s The Trial of Abraham, as well as religious and medical accounts of delusion, spontaneous combustion, and ventriloquism. This Norton Critical Edition also reprints Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, Brown’s fragmentary sequel to Wieland. The editor provides explanatory annotation throughout the volume. ![]() ![]() Testing the limits of religious and literary authority in the new United States, Brown’s novel has for more than two centuries kept readers debating questions of agency, accountability, and revolutionary politics as the story’s moral chaos unfolds. Violence erupts when the family’s young patriarch believes he hears God’s voice demanding a human sacrifice as a sign of faith. A family living on an estate outside Philadelphia is visited first by a set of mysterious voices, seemingly coming out of thin air, followed soon after by an itinerant rustic named Carwin. Wieland, the story of religious delusions and horrific violence on the eve of the American Revolution, is the first gothic novel in America and a cornerstone of the Early American literary canon. ![]() 5/13/2023 0 Comments The poet connelly![]() ![]() ![]() But as Sean's twin brother, Jack, of the Rocky Mountain News, notices tiny clues that marked Sean's death as murder, his suspicions about the dying message Sean scrawled inside his fogged windshield-``Out of space. ![]() Even his buddies in the Denver PD thought Sean McEvoy's shooting in the backseat of his car looked like a classic cop suicide, right down to the motive: his despondency over his failure to clear the murder of a University of Denver student. I forge my professional reputation on it."With these words the story moves into what seems like hyper drive as the reader is presented with the reporter's single-minded pursuit of the serial killer who murdered his twin. The protagonist is Jack McEvoy, a newspaper reporter, who is introduced with these opening lines: "Death is my beat. I had previously read and enjoyed novels in the "Harry Bosch" detective series by Michael Connelly but I was not prepared for the intensity of suspense that he delivers in this thriller. ![]() |