Author: Juliet Eilperin Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0307379795 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 329
Book Description
A group of traders huddles around a pile of dried shark fins on a gleaming white floor in Hong Kong. A Papua New Guinean elder shoves off in his hand-carved canoe, ready to summon a shark with ancient magic. A scientist finds a rare shark in Indonesia and forges a deal with villagers so it and other species can survive. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, Juliet Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different individuals and cultures relate to the ocean’s top predator. Along the way, she reminds us why, after millions of years, sharks remain among nature’s most awe-inspiring creatures. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, we see that sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. This is why movie stars and professional athletes go shark hunting in Miami and why shark’s fin soup remains a coveted status symbol in China. Yet we also see glimpses of how people and sharks can exist alongside one another: surfers tolerating their presence off Cape Town and ecotourists swimming with sharks that locals in the Yucatán no longer have to hunt. With a reporter’s instinct for a good story and a scientist’s curiosity, Eilperin offers us an up-close understanding of these extraordinary, mysterious creatures in the most entertaining and illuminating shark encounter you’re likely to find outside a steel cage.
Author: Juliet Eilperin Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0307386805 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 338
Book Description
A thrilling guided tour through the world of sharks and their relationship with human communities around the globe. From Belize to South Africa, from Shanghai to Bimini, we see that sharks are still the object of an obsession that may eventually lead to their extinction. In this eye-opening adventure that spans the globe, environmental journalist Juliet Eilperin investigates the fascinating ways different individuals and cultures relate to the ocean's top predator. Along the way, she reminds us why, after millions of years, sharks remain among nature's most awe-inspiring creatures. With a reporter's instinct for a good story and a scientist's curiosity, Eilperin offers us an up-close understanding of these extraordinary, mysterious creatures in the most entertaining and illuminating shark encounter you're likely to find outside a steel cage.
Author: Insight Editions Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1647221501 Category : Games & Activities Languages : en Pages : 125
Book Description
Learn to survive extreme situations in wild locales from around the world with The Far Cry Survival Manual, based on the hit game series. The Far Cry video game series has taken players on extreme adventures around the world: from untamed tropical islands to towering mountains and beyond, this blockbuster series thrusts players into exciting but deadly scenarios. The Far Cry Survival Manual immerses readers in the Far Cry universe with practical tips on survival, self-defense, extreme sports, stunt driving, and more, inspired by the games they love. The book is narrated by a journalist who will go to any extreme for his story, traveling to the Rook Islands, the Kingdom of Kyrat, Montana’s Hope County, and beyond to explore and survive some of the most extreme situations and environments. This guide is his personal record of his perilous adventures and includes tips and instructions on how readers might be able to make it out alive as well. Readers will learn how to face and survive increasingly dramatic and deadly scenarios, from executing tense covert-ops to escaping pirate-filled South Pacific islands, and even surviving the prehistoric past. Packed with applicable real-world advice, this manual will entertain and inform fans of this thrilling franchise and survival enthusiasts alike.
Author: Li Donghao Publisher: Sellene Chardou ISBN: 1304467848 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 4479
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At this time, however, a pale palm suddenly stretched out from a pile of sand, followed by the other one. Two palms forcibly opened the sand, and a boy with a blank face slowly climbed up from the bunker
Author: April Beaver Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1450052940 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 146
Book Description
As a normal life goes, everyone wants more; more attention, more power, more parties, and even more action. But as for Saya, she just wants less. Saya finds herself getting more of everything, but not in any of the good ways. Her friends stand beside her, but that makes her enemies even greater. The truth of Sayas identity is revealed and her past has come to haunt her. Her only way out, to accept herself and fight the unimaginable, the demons, and their slaves. Sayas life is turned inside out as she tries to save her friends and loved ones. But sometimes, you dont get what you have been wanting.
Author: Jiang NanFeng Publisher: Funstory ISBN: 1648575315 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 710
Book Description
'You're very weak! ' Ever since Li Qingniu could remember, the Grandma Long had always told him this. Regarding this, Li Qingniu had always deeply understood it as well. Because he was not as fast as the Grandpa Quezi, not even as far as the Blind Crutch. Not as good as the Medicinal Residue, not even as far as the Great Black Cow at the entrance of the village, until one day, Li Qingniu walked out of the village ...
Author: Jenn Stark Publisher: Jenn Stark ISBN: 1958512192 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 293
Book Description
A gritty, fast-talking mercenary teams up with the last of the Demon Enforcers to defeat her own family...a cabal of one-percenter psychics threatening to take over the world. As the castoff, unmagical daughter of one of the most powerful psychic families on earth, I learned a long time ago to make my own path, becoming a discreet and brutally effective operative-for-hire for the Shadow Court. Little do those elitist assholes know, I’m this close to taking them out for good. Then I get tangled up with Raum of the Syx, who also has the Shadow Court in his sights. He’s not like any knuckle-dragging, goop-drooling demon I’ve ever met. He’s got the voice of an angel, the body of a Greek god, and a mystical voodoo eye trick that mesmerizes everyone who looks at him. He also thinks I shouldn’t shoot quite so many people. I mean, fair. I don’t trust Raum, and I can’t—especially since, despite our synced-up missions, he’s also destined to kill me. Good thing I definitely won’t be falling for him…much. Your heart will only destroy you when you face a Demon Beloved. Demon Beloved is book 6 of 6, and concludes the Demon Enforcers paranormal romance series. Set in the same world as Immortal Vegas and Wilde Justice, it's perfect for fans of urban fantasy, high-adventure supernatural suspense, slow-burn romance, and wise-cracking humor.
Author: Charles A. Stansfield Publisher: Stackpole Books ISBN: 9780811733731 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 132
Book Description
Tales of pirates, witches, and other amazing denizens of the state of Maine. A fun look at spooky legends and stories of the paranormal, including the guardian spirit of Portland Head Light, the preacher and the cats from Hell, the ghost of Marie Antoinette, the ghost who toasts independence, and the logger who befriended the Devil. Other titles in series: Haunted Connecticut Haunted Delaware Haunted Jersey Shore Haunted Massachusetts Haunted New Jersey Haunted New York Haunted Pennsylvania
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Author: Juliet Eilperin
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