The Jungle Grapevine

The Jungle Grapevine
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Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0810980010
ISBN-13 : 9780810980013
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis The Jungle Grapevine by : Alex Beard

When Turtle makes an off-hand remark to Bird at the watering hole one day, Bird's misunderstanding starts a series of rumors that stirs up the other jungle animals.

Sailing Through the Jungle

Sailing Through the Jungle
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9781445277875
ISBN-13 : 1445277875
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Sailing Through the Jungle by : Roy Samuels

""Sailing Through the Jungle"" by Roy Samuels in part two of an autobiographical trilogy and covers the second twenty years of his life working in the Ladies Fashion Industry. In Britain and Ireland the business commonly referred to as ""The Rag Trade"" in America is more aptly called ""The Jungle."" Roy was born in Dublin in 1933 shortly after his parents moved there from Liverpool. In Book One ""Sailing through Plate glass Doors"" he described what life was like for him and his family, before, during and after World War II. Nowadays, semi-retired, he and his wife Anita live in Manchester close to their four sons, daughters-in-law and eight grandchildren. For the past eight years Roy has been treated for Leukaemia but still finds time to work, write, paint - and play

The Jungle

The Jungle
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Publisher : Faber & Faber
Total Pages : 150
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ISBN-10 : 9780571350193
ISBN-13 : 0571350194
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Jungle by : Joe Robertson

Okot wants nothing more than to get to the UK. Beth wants nothing more than to help him. Join the hopeful, resilient residents of 'The Jungle', the refugees and volunteers from around the globe who gather at the Afghan Café. They're just across the Channel, right on our doorstep. Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson's The Jungle premiered as a coproduction between Young Vic and the National Theatre with Good Chance Theatre, commissioned by the National Theatre, opening at the Young Vic, London, in December 2017. The play transferred to the Playhouse Theatre, London, in June 2018.

Shreds of Humanity

Shreds of Humanity
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 354
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ISBN-10 : 9780595396795
ISBN-13 : 0595396798
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Shreds of Humanity by : Phillip Carpenter

~A NEW NOVEL FROM PHILLIP E. CARPENTER, THE AUTHOR OF ELEPHANT GUN AND ARABIAN ASSIGNMENT!~ Refugees of ravaged planet Earth are caught in a war between the Host of Jesus and the Nomad Nation. The small number of humans left alive must face truths about themselves, choose sides and form bonds to survive this strange new world. The earth suffers a stellar calamity that reduces the world population to less than a million people. Without electricity, internal combustion engines or government, the remnants of humanity flee to Mexico from the encroaching northern hemisphere ice age. Returning to the ways of the early native Americans is not easy as old prejudices and political ambitions cause groups to splinter. Follow the story of a group of such refugees thrown together during their escape from the frozen north. Experience their personal trials, stormy relationships and Herculean efforts to survive in a harsh new world of altered topography, rapidly propagating free-roaming wild animals and a vicious, medieval war between strange new cultures. "Normals", the pre-cataclysm generation, find nature has accelerated evolution to prevent species extinction by giving the "new" children extra sensory powers to help them assure a future for the human race. Like all human stories, this one includes the best and the worst of human nature and a strong dose of action and excitement. Take this unforgettable journey into a world of tomorrow with these brave adventurers, you won't regret it!

Peace Child

Peace Child
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Publisher : Gospel Light Publications
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 0830737847
ISBN-13 : 9780830737840
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Peace Child by : Don Richardson

In 1962, Don and Carol Richardson risked their lives to share the gospel with the Sawi people of New Guinea. Peace Child told their unforgettable story of living among these headhunting cannibals who valued treachery through fattening victims with friendship before the slaughter. God gave Don and Carol the key to the Sawi hearts via a redemptive analogy from their own mythology. The peace child became the secret to unlocking a value system that existed through generations over centuries, possibly millenniums, of time. This new edition of Peace Child will inspire a new generation of readers who need to hear this unforgettable story and the lessons it teaches us about communicating Christ in a meaningful way to those around us.

Gone Are the Days

Gone Are the Days
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 389
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ISBN-10 : 9781571574763
ISBN-13 : 157157476X
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Gone Are the Days by : Peter Byrne

Peter Byrne has led the life most of us can only dream about. After WW II he returned to Ireland, but being restless, he decided to find a job that would take him to exotic lands. Using his family's connections, he was hired as a manager on a huge Indian tea plantation in the Himalayan foothills--a posh job that came with 17 servants and a mansion. Almost immediately on arrival he was plunged into Indian jungle hunting, his primary love, when the local villagers turned to him with a plea to eliminate a rogue boar. Read his exciting description of how he jumped from a tree and sliced the boar's skull in two while half the adult males of the village stayed in the trees to watch and cheer him on. Share his many adventures in India with tiger, elephant, and leopard, and see how a fortuitous championing of a member of the ruling elite of Nepal during a bar brawl prompted Peter to move to Nepal and become a professional hunter there. Move with him to Nepal where he was, for years, the only authorized professional hunter to operate in that country. In the unspoiled wilderness of the White Grass Plains area of Nepal, where there were virtually no roads and the natives did not even know the name of the capital of the country, he hunted tiger right up till the close of tiger hunting in 1969. Follow his exploits in the Terai (forested southlands of Nepal) where he encountered a man-eater . . . that was eventually killed by a train! This is the true-life story about a time that now is completely gone--a time when virtually no cars were seen in the remote areas of India and Nepal, a time when tiger, gaur, leopard, sambar, and many other jungle denizens were plentiful beyond description. Those days are truly gone. Foreword by Charlton Heston.

Boys' Life

Boys' Life
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 56
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Boys' Life by :

Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

The Read-Aloud Scaffold

The Read-Aloud Scaffold
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9781598846850
ISBN-13 : 159884685X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis The Read-Aloud Scaffold by : Judy Bradbury

This compendium of outstanding read-aloud choices for grades pre-K–3 will enrich and extend content area instruction, helping busy teachers to meet curriculum requirements within the confines of their busy schedules. It's a familiar and unfortunate story: educators everywhere are being asked to do more teaching with less—less money, less staff, and less time. One easy way to provide more content area instruction to very young readers is by scaffolding beneficial learning subjects within memorable read-aloud activities. This augments the instructional curriculum and keeps learning fun—without adding to the educator's already-full plate. Read-Aloud Scaffold: Best Books to Enhance Content Area Curriculum, Grades Pre-K–3 offers teachers and librarians over 700 content area connections through carefully selected, recently published children's trade books. These selections include fiction and non-fiction titles that represent outstanding read-aloud choices that will augment the instructional curriculum, covering subjects ranging from history to holidays to special events, and from biographies and memoirs to poetry and character education. "A Closer Look" suggests outstanding read-aloud choices related to key units in the curriculum and features discussion points, cross-curricular activities, writing prompts, and related online and print materials.

The OSS in Burma

The OSS in Burma
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Publisher : University Press of Kansas
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780700620180
ISBN-13 : 0700620184
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The OSS in Burma by : Troy J. Sacquety

"One could not choose a worse place for fighting the Japanese," said Winston Churchill of North Burma, deeming it "the most forbidding fighting country imaginable." But it was here that the fledgling Office of Strategic Services conducted its most successful combat operations of World War II. Troy Sacquety takes readers into Burma's steaming jungles in the first book to fully cover the exploits and contributions of the OSS's Detachment 101 against the Japanese Imperial Army. Functioning independently of both the U.S. Army and OSS headquarters-and with no operational or organizational model to follow-Detachment 101 was given enormous latitude in terms of developing its mission and methods. It grew from an inexperienced and poorly supported group of 21 agents training on the job in a lethal environment to a powerful force encompassing 10,000 guerrillas (spread across as many as 8 battalions), 60 long-range agents, and 400 short-range agents. By April 1945, it remained the only American ground force in North Burma while simultaneously conducting daring amphibious operations that contributed to the liberation of Rangoon. With unrivaled access to OSS archives, Sacquety vividly recounts the 101's story with a depth of detail that makes the disease-plagued and monsoon-drenched Burmese theater come unnervingly alive. He describes the organizational evolution of Detachment 101 and shows how the unit's flexibility allowed it to evolve to meet the changing battlefield environment. He depicts the Detachment's two sharply contrasting field commanders: headstrong Colonel Carl Eifler, who pushed the unit beyond its capabilities, and the more measured Colonel William Peers, who molded it into a model special operations force. He also highlights the heroic Kachin tribesmen, fierce fighters defending their tribal homeland and instrumental in acclimating the Americans to terrain, weather, and cultures in ways that were vital to the success of the Detachment's operations. While veterans' memoirs have discussed OSS activities in Burma, this is the first book to describe in detail how it achieved its success—portraying an operational unit that can be seen as a prototype for today's Special Forces. Featuring dozens of illustrations, The OSS in Burma rescues from oblivion the daring exploits of a key intelligence and military unit in Japan's defeat in World War II and tells a gripping story that will satisfy scholars and buffs alike.

Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag

Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag
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Publisher : Mountain Lake Press
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9780981477350
ISBN-13 : 0981477356
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag by : R. A. Comunale

In Dr. Galen's Little Black Bag, we follow the man that Berto Galen has become, as he deals with the pleasures, traumas, and tragedies of life in the medical profession. Like Berto's World, it is a collection of stories, but together those stories create a portrait of someone who is deeply dedicated to healing—even as he struggles to heal the hurts and wounds that he has suffered over his own lifetime.