Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
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  • A memoir of a remarkable young woman among remarkable animals
  • CONSERVATION BUREAUCRAT COMES OF AGE
  • a touching memoir.......
  • educational and entertaining
  • A beautiful glance into the life of a caring person
Coming of Age With Elephants: A Memoir
Joyce Poole
Manufacturer: Hyperion Books (Adult Trd Pap)
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5 out of 5 stars A memoir of a remarkable young woman among remarkable animals.......2007-07-31

I just finished the book and thoroughly enjoyed it. Joyce Poole blends delightful anecdotes of her interactions with elephants, her scientific findings, and her work to stem the tide of elephant poaching with the joys, heartbreaks, sacrifices, and harrowing experiences of a single woman living and working in Africa.

1 out of 5 stars CONSERVATION BUREAUCRAT COMES OF AGE.......2004-12-06

This book is mostly about Joyce Poole & her personal trials & tribulations. I did not learn anything new about elephants, but rather more about the lengths to which the author was driven to gain a prominent position in conservation bureaucracy;
for example, deeply resenting exclusion from all the globe-trotting conferencing going on around the plight of the elephant, & stung by the reason given that her research into elephant communications was irrelevant to conservation, she abandons the research, "betrays" her mentor -- Cynthia Moss -- & goes to count elephants in order to prove that the widespread slaughter of adults for their tusks leads to an overall decline in the group's reproductive rate. Wow. She provides a very good example of how money spent with good intentions is usually wasted on the recipients.

5 out of 5 stars a touching memoir..............2000-07-29

When I finished reading this book, it made me burst into tears...for such a long time, I've never read a book that was so touching and unforgettable. I love elephants so much and after reading this book. It bring me more courage to boycott those merchants who sell ivory......very impressive work and worthy of reading again and again...

5 out of 5 stars educational and entertaining.......1999-10-25

I enjoyed this book very much! I learned alot about elephants and their habitat. I feel I got to know the elephants personally from the info and stories that Joyce gave on all of them. I feel this book will give a reader insight on the elephants,lives,loves and servival.

5 out of 5 stars A beautiful glance into the life of a caring person.......1998-09-03

This is a well-written and wonderfully insightful glance into the lives of elephants. If you are interesting in learning more about the hidden lives of elephants this is the book. Her story was both enthralling and insightful. I salute her for her work in getting the elephant listed on the endangered list; trying to prevent the slide of elephants into possible extinction. I cried when the elephants gave her a welcoming ceremony when she returned from a long departure. Thanks. A must read for all!
COMING OF AGE WITH ELEPHANTS. A MEMOIR.
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    COMING OF AGE WITH ELEPHANTS. A MEMOIR.
    J. Poole
    Manufacturer: Hyperion
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    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000WPHNHQ

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      Malayan ferns and fern allies: Handbook to the determination of the ferns and fern allies of the Malayan Islands (incl. those of the Malay Peninsula, The Philippines and New Guinea) Supplement 1,
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          Tristan is fifteen years old from a family of divorce. He also happens to be overweight. So start this hilarious funny and sad story. Tristan mom and dad eventually becomes divorce in the beginning of the book. Not too long afterwards his mother moves in with a man name Frank. Tristan gets along with him until the story takes a nosedive when Frank highstrung daughter pays a visit and eventually moves in. Kelly is the daughter from hell. She abuses her father emotionally by obsessing about his weight. She is a spitfire who is very argumentative and never backs down. She eventually starts obsessing about Tristan weight and starts watching what he and her father eats. This book has many comedy relief and sad turns like Tristan falling through the roof and has to be resuced by Kelly and her boyfriend (who happens to be Tristan ex-friend Marcos): Tristan going skiing with Kelly and Marcos and hearing them making love and feeling left out and alone, having to deal with his friend abandoned him and taking up with kelly.I enjoy this book thoroughly it had its highs, lows and saddness. It was many things wrapped up in one. I highly recomend.

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          The dough boys. (Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp.): An article from: Business North Carolina
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            The dough boys. (Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp.): An article from: Business North Carolina
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            Author: Sheridan Hill
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                    Into the Cool: Energy Flow, Thermodynamics, and Life
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                    5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2007-06-12

                    This book is excellent and should be read for those Physicochemical Professors that believe second law can not be taught without calculus. Thermodynamics is a subject demistified in this book.

                    5 out of 5 stars Superb Science and Art.......2006-11-02

                    This is one of the few recent books that I am buying for friends. Schneider and (Dorion) Sagan do a marvelous job of explicating the most significant concepts behind non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Their explanation makes the subject both accessible and meaningful - an artful and rare accomplishment. And, as I am finding out, their message is enlightening for even friends with science degrees!

                    It has been stressed for years how the "entropy law" foretells and mandates a relentless downward spiral towards equilibrium (oblivion). Now read about the other side of the story - how the ongoing evolution of complexity gets its "sustenance" from its ability to destroy energy gradients and thus entropy becomes the essential engine and ally in the evolution of our universe and self-analytical life.

                    5 out of 5 stars You are a GRS too!.......2006-05-24

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                    5 out of 5 stars Very impressive effort.......2006-04-11

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                    5 out of 5 stars a journey of energetic enthusiasm.......2006-04-11

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                        The scientific work of Morris Loeb
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                                              Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)
                                              Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                              • An excellent book for college courses
                                              • Great reading!
                                              • Must have for anyone interested in Ancient Egypt
                                              Voices from Ancient Egypt: An Anthology of Middle Kingdom Writings (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)

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                                              Product Description

                                              Voices from Ancient Egypt is an anthology presenting translations of sixty documents from a golden age of ancient Egyptian culture (c. 2081-1600 BC). The documents illustrate all aspects of life and the place of literacy in an early civilisation. The 'voices' range from the high formal literature of religious rituals and royal monuments to the hurried requests of the bureaucrats and the jokes of harrassed workmen. They tell a tale not ony of the intellectual beliefs of the elite, but of family feuds, love and murder, as well as the pastoral dreams of a society trying to attain its vision of absolute order in a chaotic universe.

                                              This volume is a reissue of the valuable introduction to ancient Egyptian literature, first published in 1991.

                                              Table of Contents
                                              Introduction; The Intellectual Setting of Cosmos and State; The King; The Life of the Land; Religious Life; The Other Life; Epilogue; Glossary; Bibliography.

                                              Customer Reviews:

                                              5 out of 5 stars An excellent book for college courses.......2004-04-20

                                              I have used this book several times for world and western history courses, and my students have really enjoyed it. The collection has the advantage of having a wide variety of types of sources that portray all aspects of Egyptian life during this period. The selections are lively and very readable. They are also fairly short (sometimes a bonus in students' opinions) but long enough to get a sense of the genre and subject matter of each text. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in ancient Egyptian society in general, and for anyone looking for a good primary source reader in this area for both general, freshmen courses and for upper level courses on Egyptian history.

                                              5 out of 5 stars Great reading!.......2001-12-15

                                              I really enjoyed reading this selection of ancient Egyptian writings from the Middle Kingdom. Parkinson did an excellent job in editing and writing those opening introductions to each section. I really loved the one on the Maat and the king, though all of them were equally interesting. It's great to read ancient Egyptian writings. It really gives you a feel for what these people thought was important. Lots of small tidbits you would never have thought exixted. An excellent book for all to read, a must for the Egyptologist!

                                              5 out of 5 stars Must have for anyone interested in Ancient Egypt.......1998-03-29

                                              This anthology is unique in that it includes not only tales, biographies, and wisdom literature, but also contains samples of medical texts, letters, and even "cartoons." By providing such a mixture of writings from ancient Egypt, Parkinson's book is able to offer us a glimpse into the lives of individuals from a wide spectrum of Egyptian society. His translations are accurate, yet he succeeds in capturing the flavor of the time as well. This is that rare combination of a scholarly yet entertaining work. I would recommend it for anyone's library!

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