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This sequel to 'Toy Story' sees pull-string cowboy Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) kidnapped by toy collector Al, who plans to sell him to a Japanese toy museum. Assisted by Mr Potato Head, Slinky Dog and Rex the Dinosaur, action figure Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) sets off to the rescue, but when they get to Al's store Buzz is mistakenly boxed up and his place taken by a new, flashier Lightyear model - complete with utility belt! Meanwhile, Woody has discovered that he was once the star of a popular children's television show, and is no longer sure he wants to return to Andy's toy cupboard.
No creature has been subject to such extremes of reverence and
exploitation as the chicken. Hens have been venerated as cosmic
creators and roosters as solar divinities. Many cultures have found
the mysteries of birth, healing, death and resurrection
encapsulated in the hen's egg. Yet today, most of us have nothing
to do with chickens as living beings, although billions are
consumed around the world every year. In "Chicken" Annie Potts
introduces us to the vivid and astonishing world of Gallus gallus.
The book traces the evolution of jungle fowl and the domestication
of chickens by humans. It describes the ways in which chickens
experience the world, form families and friendships, communicate
with each other, play, bond, and grieve. "Chicken" explores
cultural practices like egg-rolling, the cockfight, alectromancy,
wishbone-pulling and the chicken-swinging ritual of Kapparot;
discovers depictions of chickenhood in ancient and modern art,
literature and film; and also showcases bizarre supernatural
chickens from around the world including the Basilisk, Kikimora and
Pollio Maligno. "Chicken "concludes with a detailed analysis of the
place of chickens in the world today, and a tribute to those who
educate and advocate on behalf of these birds. Numerous beautiful
illustrations show the many faces (and feathers and combs and
tails) of Gallus, from wild roosters in the jungles of Southeast
Asia to quirky Naked-Necks and majestic Malays. There are chickens
painted by Chagall and Magritte, chickens made of hair-rollers, and
chickens shaped like mountains. The reader of "Chicken "will
encounter a multitude of intriguing facts and ideas, including why
the largest predator ever to walk the earth is considered the
ancestor of the modern chicken, how mother hens communicate with
their chicks while they're still in the egg, why Charlie Chaplin's
masterpiece required him to play a chicken, whether it's safe to
take eggs on a sea-voyage, and how "chicken therapy" can rejuvenate
us all. This book will fascinate those already familiar with and
devoted to the Gallus species, and it will open up a whole new
gallinaceous world for future admirers of the intelligent and
passionate chicken.
Larry McMurtry is the author of twenty-nine novels, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Lonesome Dove." His other works include two collections of essays, three memoirs, and more than thirty screenplays, including the coauthorship of "Brokeback Mountain," for which he received an Academy Award. He lives in Archer City, Texas.
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