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This book examines the role of the El Nino Southern Oscillation
(ENSO) in society. Throughout human history, large or recurrent El
Ninos could cause significant disruption to societies and in some
cases even contribute to political change. Yet it is only now that
we are coming to appreciate the significance of the phenomenon. In
this volume, Richard Grove and George Adamson chart the dual
history of El Nino: as a global phenomenon capable of devastating
weather extremes and, since the 18th century, as a developing idea
in science and society. The chapters trace El Nino's position in
world history from its role in the revolution in Australian
Aboriginal Culture at 5,000 BP to the 2015-16 'Godzilla' event. It
ends with a discussion of El Nino in the current media, which is as
much a product of the public imagination as it is a natural
process.
This collection of eleven evocative, accessible and funny stories
for children of 5+ tells how a particular animal came to be as it
is now. The Whale grew up in God's vegetable patch but was banished
to sea when he became too large and crushed all His carrots; the
Polar Bear was lured to the North Pole by the other animals who
were jealous that she always won the annual beauty contest; the
Hare has asked the moon to marry him but can never stretch his ears
high enough to hear her reply; the Bee must sip honey all day long
to sweeten the bitter demon that runs through his veins . . . each
story is a delight for reading alone or aloud.
This book examines the role of the El Nino Southern Oscillation
(ENSO) in society. Throughout human history, large or recurrent El
Ninos could cause significant disruption to societies and in some
cases even contribute to political change. Yet it is only now that
we are coming to appreciate the significance of the phenomenon. In
this volume, Richard Grove and George Adamson chart the dual
history of El Nino: as a global phenomenon capable of devastating
weather extremes and, since the 18th century, as a developing idea
in science and society. The chapters trace El Nino's position in
world history from its role in the revolution in Australian
Aboriginal Culture at 5,000 BP to the 2015-16 'Godzilla' event. It
ends with a discussion of El Nino in the current media, which is as
much a product of the public imagination as it is a natural
process.
'Other folks get so well known, And nobody knows about my own,'
Have you met my sister Jane? She's a great big crow! My Grandpa is
an owler and Grandma knits jerseys for wasps! And my other Granny
is an octopus... Meet Aunt Flo, Brother Bert and more extraordinary
family members in Ted Hughes' irresistible Meet My Folks, his first
book for children, illustrated beautifully by George Adamson.
In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube
and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the
moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after
they had left him in Africa with "Born Free's "George Adamson to
introduce him into his rightful home in the wild.
"A Lion Called Christian "tells the remarkable story of how Anthony
"Ace" Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in
1969, bought the boisterous lion cub in the pet department of
Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above
a furniture shop on London's King's Road, where the charismatic and
intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising
the streets in the back of a Bentley, popping in for lunch at a
local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the
lion cub was growing up--"fast"--and soon even the walled church
garden where he went for exercise wasn't large enough for him. How
could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the
rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors
Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of the hit film "Born
Free," led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the
expert care of "the father of lions" George Adamson. Incredibly,
when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later,
they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then
fully integrated into Africa and a life with other lions.
Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated
with more than 50 photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in
London to magnificent lion in Africa, " A Lion Called Christian "is
a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal
bond. It is is destined to become one of the great classics of
animal literature.
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Rufus Tractor (Paperback)
Roy Herbert; Illustrated by George Adamson
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