Alligators in B-Flat - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Alligators in B-Flat write by Jeff Klinkenberg. This book was released on 2013-04-16. Alligators in B-Flat available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With a keen eye for detail and a lyrical style, Jeff Klinkenberg sets his sights on the contradictions that make up the Sunshine State. No one else would think to engage a professional symphony orchestra tuba player to find out whether bull gators will thunderously bellow back at a low B-flat during mating season (they do, but only to that pitch). From fishing camps and country stores to museums and libraries, Klinkenberg is forever unearthing the magic that makes Florida a place worth celebrating.
America's Alligator
America's Alligator - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's Alligator write by Doug Alderson. This book was released on 2020-04-01. America's Alligator available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. People have long been fascinated by the American alligator. Ever since humans arrived on the continent more than 15,000 years ago, the American alligator has been both feared and revered, celebrated and scorned, and often hunted for food and hide. Once tourism began to take hold in the South as a real industry, especially in Florida, the alligator took on iconic and even mythical status. “One of the most picturesque features of Florida has always been that uncouth and fierce-looking reptile called the alligator,” wrote Nevin O. Winter in 1918. “Everybody who comes down here to the peninsula has an ambition to see one in the wild.” Seminole Indians wrestled alligators for show. Alligator souvenirs and mascots often took what people feared—a sharp-toothed predator—and made it into something cute and cuddly. Alligator-themed songs were recorded and released, including “See You Later Alligator” by Bill Haley and His Comets. Hollywood into created alligator-themed movies such as Alligator People. Alligators were also reportedly kept in the White House under two presidencies. And perhaps the most unusual alligator story was one that helped to nab Ma Barker and her son Fred when they were hiding out along Florida’s Lake Weir. America’s Alligator examines the colorful and sometimes conflicted relationship our species has had with Alligator mississippiensis. Doug Alderson explores the country’s rich alligator mythology and how it inspired various forms of art, stories, photography, tourism and even humor.
The Attention of a Traveller
The Attention of a Traveller - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Attention of a Traveller write by Kathryn H. Braund. This book was released on 2022-06-07. The Attention of a Traveller available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Brings together and highlights some of the latest and most engaging work on William Bartram and efforts to commemorate his journey through the disparate region that would become the Southeastern US"--
An Alchemy of Mind
An Alchemy of Mind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Alchemy of Mind write by Diane Ackerman. This book was released on 2012-10-30. An Alchemy of Mind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses. Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity.
Moon By Whale Light
Moon By Whale Light - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Moon By Whale Light write by Diane Ackerman. This book was released on 2011-05-18. Moon By Whale Light available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In a rare blend of scientific fact and poetic truth, the acclaimed author of A Natural History of the Senses explores the activities of whales, penguins, bats, and crocodilians, plunging headlong into nature and coming up with highly entertaining treasures.
