Emerald Labyrinth
| Author | : Eli Greenbaum |
| Publisher | : Brandeis University Press |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2017-11-07 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1512600970 |
The race to explore the Congo's dwindling biodiversity and unlock its ancient secrets
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Emerald Labyrinth
| Author | : Eli Greenbaum |
| Publisher | : University Press of New England |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2017-11-07 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1512601209 |
Emerald Labyrinth is a scientist and adventurer's chronicle of years exploring the rainforests of sub-Saharan Africa. The richly varied habitats of the Democratic Republic of the Congo offer a wealth of animal, plant, chemical, and medical discoveries. But the country also has a deeply troubled colonial past and a complicated political present. Author Eli Greenbaum is a leading expert in sub-Saharan herpetology - snakes, lizards, and frogs - who brings a sense of wonder to the question of how science works in the twenty-first century. Along the way he comes face to face with spitting cobras, silverback mountain gorillas, wild elephants, and the teenaged armies of AK-47-toting fighters engaged in the continent's longest-running war. As a bellwether of the climate and biodiversity crises now facing the planet, the Congo holds the key to our planet's future. Writing in the tradition of books like The Lost City of Z, Greenbaum seeks out the creatures struggling to survive in a war-torn, environmentally threatened country. Emerald Labyrinth is an extraordinary book about the enormous challenges and hard-won satisfactions of doing science in one of the least known, least hospitable places on earth.
Fortress Sorek
| Author | : D. Michael Carriere |
| Publisher | : Covenant Books, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2024-06-18 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
The uninterrupted and predictable cycle of human desires often demands conquests and betrayals. Several ancient kingdoms find themselves bound in a protracted struggle for individual and collective relief from their common enemy, the Mizar of Fortress Sorek. A young family unexpectedly finds itself in the midst of this life-changing drama that will catapult them within three days into an unknown and certain future. The husband and father has to choose the immediate course of his life without his wife and young daughter by his side. None who have ventured into his predicament have ever returned home to their families. He is determined to be the first.
Chronicles of Teloz: The Broken Timestream
| Author | : Dan Bune |
| Publisher | : Cadeus Solutions LLC |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2024-07-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
In the distant future, a team of skilled time travelers embarks on a mission to explore the mysteries of time. However, during an experiment gone awry, their time machine malfunctions, and they find themselves not in the era they intended but in a subterranean city called Teloz. Teloz is a multiverse nexus, a hub connecting various parallel worlds and timelines. Teloz, with its bioluminescent glow and diverse population of humans, aliens, and mythical creatures, resembles the enchanted landscapes of Middle Earth. The city is a harmonious blend of advanced technology and magical elements, hidden deep within the Earth.
The Spies of Winter
| Author | : Sinclair McKay |
| Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2017-01-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 178131618X |
Following on from the enormous success of his bestseller, The Secret Life of Bletchley Park, renowned author Sinclair McKay uncovers the story of what happened after the end of the Second World War. Once victory was declared, many of the individuals who had achieved the seemingly impossible at Bletchley Park by cracking the impenetrable Enigma codes and giving the Allies an invaluable insight directly into the Nazi war machine, moved on to GCHQ. This was the British government’s new facility established to fight a different, but no less formidable foe – Stalin and the KGB. Fascinating and insightful revelations from deep within the archives of this secret organisation reveal the story of the tumultuous early years of GCHQ as it navigated its way through an era of double agents, deception and betrayals. From the defection of the Cambridge Five and the treachery of the atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs, to the collapse of the British Empire, the ascension of Chairman Mao and the emergence of the US as a superpower, McKay deftly explores the impact these events had on the fledgling organisation. During the years of the Cold War the men and women of GCHQ penetrated Soviet encryptions and gathered crucial intelligence from all over the world. The Spies of Winter tells the story of the codebreakers themselves and how they used new technology to expand the horizons of cryptography in order to defend the nation and maintain the fragile peace in a world now under the shadow of nuclear holocaust.
Women Courageous
| Author | : Jennifer Moss Breen |
| Publisher | : Emerald Group Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2021-11-25 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1839824220 |
Women Courageous: Leading through the Labyrinth is a unique collection of stories of courage, integrated with scholarly analysis to deepen our understanding of courage - how it shows up, develops, and facilitates transformation.
Mazes and Labyrinths
| Author | : William Henry Matthews |
| Publisher | : Independently Published |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 1922 |
| Genre | : Design |
| ISBN | : |
Mazes and Labyrinths is a look into the origin and mystery of mazes. From ancient stone carvings, Minoan palaces to today's hedge-maze, Matthews chronicles the history of the maze. With over 140 illustrations.
Wayward Witch
| Author | : Zoraida Córdova |
| Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2020-09-01 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1492650692 |
From the author of The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina: The witches of New York are back! In the epic conclusion to the award-winning series, the final Mortiz sister's story is told. Infused with Latin American tradition—the Brooklyn Brujas series follows three sisters—and brujas—as they develop their powers and battle magic in their hometown and worlds beyond. Rose Mortiz has always been a fixer, but lately she's been feeling lost. She has brand new powers that she doesn't understand, and her family is still trying to figure out how to function in the wake of her amnesiac father's return home. Then, on the night of her Deathday party, Rose discovers her father's memory loss has been a lie. As she rushes to his side, the two are ambushed and pulled through a portal to the land of Adas, a fairy realm hidden in the Caribbean Sea. There Rose is forced to work with a group of others to save Adas. Soon, she begins to discover the scope of her powers, the troubling truth about her father's past, and the sacrifices he made to save her sisters. But if Rose wants to return home so that she can repair her broken family, she must figure out how to heal Adas first. Brooklyn Brujas Series: Labyrinth Lost (Book 1): Alex's story—set in the mythical fantasy world of Los Lagos Bruja Born (Book 2): Lula's story—urban fantasy set on the streets of Brooklyn Wayward Witch (Book 3): Rose's story—set in the magical fairy realm of Adas Perfect for those looking for: A fantasy witch series Latinx books Dark fairy tales Young adult fantasy Books about sisters
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
| Author | : Yiyun Li |
| Publisher | : Random House |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2010-09-14 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0679604065 |
In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, a Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner, a MacArthur Fellow, and one of The New Yorker’s top 20 fiction writers under 40, gives us exquisite stories in which politics and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition. A professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student’s true affections. A lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. Six women establish a private investigating agency to battle extramarital affairs in Beijing. Written in lyrical prose and with stunning honesty, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl introduces us to worlds strange and familiar, creating a mesmerizing and vibrant landscape of life.
