Zabu, the young orca, is separated from his family by a huge drift net. On the long journey back to his fellow orcas, he has to survive exciting adventures. He meets various types of whales unfamiliar to him so far. Zabu befriends Piet, the sperm whale, he saves the life of a humpback whale baby and tries hard to keep up with a dolphin in a swimming contest. Only the advice of the cheeky belugas gets him closer to the end of his journey. (translated from German to English by Christine Sawi...

One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political foes.Winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize and the inspiration for the Oscar Award winning–film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, directed by Steven S...

About two dozen comedies of the Roman playwright Plautus have survived the years, with many of them ending up rewritten and recast by other playwrights such as Moliere. This one, Pseudolus, was part of the source for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.

Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." Later issues were expanded to include animals, plants, etc.

Selina is in the second grade. She finally gets to visit her father at work. He runs the "Super Wave" dolphinarium. There she sees the dolphin Scarby, who had been found injured on the beach. When her hair ribbon falls into the pool with the dolphins, she leans way over the water ... and loses her balance ... splash! A richly illustrated, exciting and touching story that raises awareness for the consequences of captivity. In the appendix is a lot of information about whales and dolphins an...

Lisa and Peter have to prepare a presentation on killer whales for school. While a thunderstorm rages outside they are studying their papers in Lisa's attic room. They become engrossed more and more in the interesting facts. Lightning flashes. Did the orca in the poster just move? Peter and Lisa are listening to the sound of the orcas. The call goes right through them. "Eeeoooo!" A blinding flash of lightning and a deafening roll of thunder at the same time. There is a power cut. Suddenly ...

Zabu the orca lives peacefully with his family. One day, he is seized by great restlessness. He wants to go off to meet old friends and experience new adventures. Zabu's journey takes him from the pack ice to the warm waters of the coral reefs. And indeed, he meets his friends, Gal the beluga and Jasch the dolphin. But the orca also encounters whale species he never knew before, and even makes friends with a seal. When he hears the distant call of another orca, Zabu realizes what the real ...

Curl up by the fire with a heartwarming collection of Christmas tales from around the world! "A Christmas Miscellany 2021" whisks you on a festive journey through time and place. Travel with explorers to the frozen South Pole for a unique Christmas under the Aurora. Then, lose yourself in the wonder of a child's first Christmas adventure. This delightful audiobook features readings from classic works by James W. S. Marr, Adeline Knapp, and more. In addition to enchanting stories, discover ...

Beginning in the 1950s, William Masters and Virginia Johnson convinced hundreds of people to shed their clothes and copulate— in the name of science. For more than 40 years, the pair served as the nation's top experts on love, sex, and intimacy. In this eye-opening work, critically acclaimed biographer Thomas Maier presents an unprecedented look at the research team of Masters and Johnson, their pioneering studies of intimacy, and their lasting impact on the love lives of men and ...

Focused on an early twentieth-century home in Texarkana, Arkansas, Doris Douglas Davis’s The Ahern Home of Texarkana offers not only a discussion of the architecture of a Classical Revival dwelling but also provides a closely observed account of the material culture and social structures of a particular time and place in the American South.Built in 1905–1906 by Patrick Ahern, who immigrated to the United States from Dungarvan, Ireland, in 1881, the house at 403 Laurel Stre...

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offering "American households a mass of good reading", the editors drew from literature of all times and all kinds what they considered the best pieces of human writing, and compiled an ambitious collection of 45 volumes (with a 46th being an index-guide). Besides the selection and translation of a huge number of poems, letters, short stories and sections o...

Frank Boreham was a well known preacher who served in England, Australia, and New Zealand. He published dozens of books and thousands of editorials during his lifetime, with no sign of slowing down, even up until his death at age 88. He wrote with a distinctive style, seeming to be able to draw a spiritual lesson out of any conceivable topic. In this volume, Boreham invites us to enter his book and his thoughts as if we were honored guests entering his home, with an evening of hospitality ...