English Animals

English Animals
Author: Laura Kaye
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2017-01-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408708256

'A beautiful and bold debut' M.J. Hyland, author of the Man Booker-shortlisted Carry Me Down It's a long time since I've enjoyed any debut novel as much as English Animals. Its command of tone, narrative and character is so assured, and both its wit and perceptiveness about a certain kind of English life make it a joy to read' Amanda Craig English Animals is a brilliantly assured debut that fans of Nina Stibbe's writing will love. I opened my mouth to say something but she ran up the steps and into the house. I had imagined arriving at the house so many times, but it was never like this. I realised I knew nothing about these people. Richard and Sophie sounded like good names for good people. But they could be anything, they could be completely crazy. When Mirka gets a job in a country house in rural England, she has no idea of the struggle she faces to make sense of a very English couple, and a way of life that is entirely alien to her. Richard and Sophie are chaotic, drunken, frequently outrageous but also warm, generous and kind to Mirka, despite their argumentative and turbulent marriage. Mirka is swiftly commandeered by Richard for his latest money-making enterprise, taxidermy, and soon surpasses him in skill. After a traumatic break two years ago with her family in Slovakia, Mirka finds to her surprise that she is happy at Fairmont Hall. But when she tells Sophie that she is gay, everything she values is put in danger and she must learn the hard way what she really believes in. English Animals is a funny, subversive, poignant and beautifully written novel about a doomed love affair, a certain kind of Englishness and prejudice.

Hungry Animals

Hungry Animals
Author: Anna Lang
Publisher: My First Book of English Words
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2019-02-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9788854413597

These four little books with their rounded edges are perfect for introducing younger children to the world of animals. Anna Lang is an illustrator who is both delicate and funny and whose characterisations of the various animals are ironic and captivating. Turning the pages of these books, children will learn about the biggest and smallest animals, what they like to eat, what noises they make when they want to be heard and where they like to hide when they want to get away from danger or simply to relax. Children can page through the books on their own or with the help of their parents or older children to learn new words. AGES: 0 to 3 AUTHOR: Anna Lang, a Hungarian graphic designer and illustrator, currently lives and works in Milan.

1000 Animals

1000 Animals
Author: Jessica Greenwell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781474951340

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Animals

Animals
Author: Milet Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Animals
ISBN: 9781840596120

Illustrations and clear text help children discover two languages through the concept of their favorite animals.

Some Pets

Some Pets
Author: Angela DiTerlizzi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2016-08-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481444026

"At the pet show, there are so many different types of pets. With dogs and cats, horses and chickens, hamsters and chinchillas--and many, many more--this book celebrates animal companions of all shapes and sizes"--

Perceiving Animals

Perceiving Animals
Author: Erica Fudge
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2002
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780252070686

The boundaries between human and beast forged a rugged philosophical landscape across early modern England. Spectators gathered in London's Bear Garden to watch the callous and brutal baiting of animals. A wave of "new" scientists performed vivisections on live animals to learn more about the human body. In Perceiving Animals, the British scholar Erica Fudge traces the dangers and problems of anthropocentrism in texts written from 1558 to 1649. Meticulous examinations of scientific, legal, political, literary, and religious writings offer unique and fascinating depictions of human perceptions about the natural world. Views carried over from bestiaries--medieval treatises on animals-- posited animals as nonsentient beings whose merits were measured solely by what provisions they afforded humans: food, medicine, clothing, travel, labor, scientific knowledge. Without consciences or faith, animals were deemed far inferior to humans. While writings from the period asserted an enormous biological superiority, Fudge contends actual human behavior and logic worked, sometimes accidentally, to close the alleged gap. In the Bear Garden, even a man of the lowest social rank had power over a tortured animal, sinking him, though, below the beasts. The beast fable itself fails to show a true understanding of animals, as it merely attributes human characteristics to beasts in an attempt to teach humanist ideals. Scholars and writers continually turned to the animal world for reflection. Despite this, scientists of the period used animals for empirical and medical knowledge, recognizing biological and spiritual similarities but refusing to renege human superiority. Including an insightful reexamination of Ben Jonson's Volpone and fascinating looks at works by Francis Bacon, Edward Coke, and Richard Overton, among others, Fudge probes issues of animal ownership and biological and spiritual superiority in early modern England that resonate with philosophical quandaries still relevant in contemporary society.

A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans

A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans
Author: Jakob von Uexküll
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2013-11-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781452903798

“Is the tick a machine or a machine operator? Is it a mere object or a subject?” With these questions, the pioneering biophilosopher Jakob von Uexküll embarks on a remarkable exploration of the unique social and physical environments that individual animal species, as well as individuals within species, build and inhabit. This concept of the umwelt has become enormously important within posthumanist philosophy, influencing such figures as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Deleuze and Guattari, and, most recently, Giorgio Agamben, who has called Uexküll “a high point of modern antihumanism.” A key document in the genealogy of posthumanist thought, A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans advances Uexküll’s revolutionary belief that nonhuman perceptions must be accounted for in any biology worth its name; it also contains his arguments against natural selection as an adequate explanation for the present orientation of a species’ morphology and behavior. A Theory of Meaning extends his thinking on the umwelt, while also identifying an overarching and perceptible unity in nature. Those coming to Uexküll’s work for the first time will find that his concept of the umwelt holds new possibilities for the terms of animality, life, and the framework of biopolitics.

Carry Me Down

Carry Me Down
Author: M.J Hyland
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2006-06-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1847673627

Ireland, 1971, John Egan is a misfit, 'a twelve year old in the body of a grown man with the voice of a giant who insists on the ridiculous truth'. With an obsession for the Guinness Book of Records and faith in his ability to detect when adults are lying, John remains hopeful despite the unfortunate cards life deals him. During one year in John's life, from his voice breaking, through the breaking-up of his home life, to the near collapse of his sanity, we witness the gradual unsticking of John's mind, and the trouble that creates for him and his family.

The Big Book of Animals of the World

The Big Book of Animals of the World
Author: Ole Könnecke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 11
Release: 2015
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 177657012X

A large format board book of animals from all over the world, illustrated with charm and humor. Each spread in this big book focuses on a continent or ocean and features animals unique to that part of the world. Simple but charming, this is a great mix of world tour and day at the zoo, with plenty of room for spontaneous storytelling.

Discovering Animals: English * French * Cree

Discovering Animals: English * French * Cree
Author: Neepin Auger
Publisher: Rocky Mountain Books Ltd
Total Pages: 30
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1771604700

A new format for young readers transforms Neepin Auger's bestselling board books into playful and colourful resources for elementary school children. Neepin Auger's colourful board books for infants have collectively sold well over 20,000 copies since they first appeared on the market. With more and more parents and educators looking for Indigenous resources, this paperback edition of Discovering Animals will bring the experience of learning French and Cree to a whole new group of early elementary school-aged kids. In addition to the English words presented, the French and Cree equivalents are also given, along with pronunciation support, making these some of the most dynamic and useful picture books on the market, perfectly suitable for the classroom, library, and playroom.