Kakapo Keeper

Kakapo Keeper
Author: Gay Buckingham
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781990035050

Inspired by a true story, Kakapo Keeper is a tale of New Zealand history and conservation efforts. Written as a fictional diary by Andrew Burt (14), who has been employed as the assistant to Richard Henry the Chief Conservator based in Dusky Sound (on New Zealand's lower west coast) from July 1894 to June 1908. Henry has been charged with preserving birds on specific islands in the area, and to add to them. Each chapter starts with a lift from Andrew's diary as he recounts the action of the day, and through his eyes we follow the struggle to save New Zealand's endangered wildlife. He has also included interesting maps, curios and information in pages lifted from his field guide. Also includes information about the birds and their predators and resources about the real events of Henry's research.

Invasive Predators in New Zealand

Invasive Predators in New Zealand
Author: Carolyn M. King
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2019-12-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 303032138X

The story of invasive species in New Zealand is unlike any other in the world. By the mid-thirteenth century, the main islands of the country were the last large landmasses on Earth to remain uninhabited by humans, or any other land mammals. New Zealand’s endemic fauna evolved in isolation until first Polynesians, and then Europeans, arrived with a host of companion animals such as rats and cats in tow. Well-equipped with teeth and claws, these small furry mammals, along with the later arrival of stoats and ferrets, have devastated the fragile populations of unique birds, lizards and insects. Carolyn M. King brings together the necessary historical analysis and recent ecological research to understand this long, slow tragedy. As a comprehensive historical perspective on the fate of an iconic endemic fauna, this book offers much-needed insight into one of New Zealand’s longest-running national crises.

Kākāpō Keeper

Kākāpō Keeper
Author: Gay Buckingham
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021
Genre: Kakapo
ISBN: 9781990035975

"Written as a fictional diary by Andrew Burt (14), who has been employed as the assistant to Richard Henry the Chief Conservator based in Dusky Sound (on New Zealand's lower west coast) from July 1894 to June 1908. Henry has been charged with preserving birds on specific islands in the area, and to add to them. Each chapter starts with a lift from Andrew's diary as he recounts the action of the day, and through his eyes we follow the struggle to save New Zealand's endangered wildlife. He has also included interesting maps, curios and information in pages lifted from his field guide. Also includes information about the birds and their predators and resources about the real events of Henry's research"--Publisher's website.

The New York Times Crossword Answer Book

The New York Times Crossword Answer Book
Author: Stanley Newman
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
Total Pages: 708
Release: 1998-04
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780812929720

Unlike crosswords of just a few years ago, today's crosswords, as exemplified by those in The New York Times, are filled with lively words and phrases that can't be found in a standard dictionary or any other single reference source - until now. The Crossword Answer Book is the first-ever puzzler's reference based on actual crossword answers. Multi-word phrases, abbreviations, famous people from all fields, place names, fictional characters, brand names, and more - all get "equal time" for the first time in this book.

The Penguin History of New Zealand

The Penguin History of New Zealand
Author: Michael King
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Total Pages: 726
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 1459623754

New Zealand was the last country in the world to be discovered and settled by humankind. It was also the first to introduce full democracy. Between those events, and in the century that followed the franchise, the movements and the conflicts of human history have been played out more intensively and more rapidly in New Zealand than anywhere else on Earth. The Penguin History of New Zealand, a new book for a new century, tells that story in all its colour and drama. The narrative that emerges in an inclusive one about men and women, Maori and Pakeha. It shows that British motives in colonising New Zealand were essentially humane; and that Maori, far from being passive victims of a 'fatal impact', coped heroically with colonisation and survived by selectively accepting and adapting what Western technology and culture had to offer. This book, a triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, was an unprecedented best-seller from the time of its first publication in 2003.

KAKAPO

KAKAPO
Author: ALISON. BALLANCE
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018
Genre:
ISBN: 9780947503826

The Story of Nature

The Story of Nature
Author: Jeremy Mynott
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2024-10-29
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0300280599

The story of humanity’s evolving relationship with the natural world from pre-history to the present day Nature has long been the source of human curiosity and wonderment, and the inspiration for some of our deepest creative impulses. But we are now witnessing its rapid impoverishment, even destruction, in much of our world. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jeremy Mynott traces the story of nature—past, present and future. From the dramatic depictions of animals by the prehistoric cave-painters, through the romantic discovery of landscape in the eighteenth century, to the climate emergency of the present day, Mynott looks at the different ways in which humankind has understood the world around it. Charting how our ideas about nature emerged and changed over time, he reveals how the impulse to control nature has deep historical roots. As we reach an environmental crisis point, this vital study shows how human imagination and wonder can play a restorative role—and reveal what nature ultimately means to us.