Year of the Elephant
Title | Year of the Elephant PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Parmenter |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | 172 |
Release | 2009-09-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780292721722 |
Includes glossary and interview with the author.
The Life of Muhammad the Prophet
Title | The Life of Muhammad the Prophet PDF eBook |
Author | Allamah Sayyid Sa'eed Akhtar Rizvi |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 146 |
Release | 2015-11-03 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781519105059 |
Detailed account of the life and history of Prophet Muhammad (s), including his birth and early life, events in Makkah and Madina, and his final years. The idea behind writing this book was to satisfy the needs of our new generation - the youths and the students who are unable to study the scholastic books written by the Muslim scholars. - ISLAMICMOBILITY.COM - Published by: Darul Tabligh North America Under the Patronage of World Federation of KSI Muslim Communities Stanmore, Middlesex, Al-islam.org ISBN 0-9702125-0-X - This book is one of the many Islamic publications distributed by Ahlulbayt Organization throughout the world in different languages with the aim of conveying the message of Islam to the people of the world. Ahlulbayt Organization (www.shia.es) is a registered Organization that operates and is sustained through collaborative efforts of volunteers in many countries around the world, and it welcomes your involvement and support. Its objectives are numerous, yet its main goal is to spread the truth about the Islamic faith in general and the Shia School of Thought in particular due to the latter being misrepresented, misunderstood and its tenets often assaulted by many ignorant folks, Muslims and non-Muslims. Organization's purpose is to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge through a global medium, the Internet, to locations where such resources are not commonly or easily accessible or are resented, resisted and fought! In addition, For a complete list of our published books please refer to our website (www.shia.es) or send us an email to [email protected]
Miraculous Happenings in the Year of the Elephant
Title | Miraculous Happenings in the Year of the Elephant PDF eBook |
Author | Mehded Maryam Sinclair |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 28 |
Release | 2010-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780860374916 |
The vice-regent Abrahah diverts the pilgrims from the Ka'ba, the House of Allah in Makkah, to the cathedral his slaves have built for him; but when the cathedral is complete, the people do not arrive.
Elephant Memories
Title | Elephant Memories PDF eBook |
Author | Cynthia Moss |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | 401 |
Release | 2012-08-06 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 022614853X |
“A style so conversational…that I felt like a privileged visitor riding beside her in her rickety Land-Rover as she showed me around the park." —The New York Times Book Review Cynthia Moss spent many years living in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and studying the elephants there, and her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. In this book, she shares a more up-close and personal perspective, chronicling the lives of the elephant families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless, including a rare look at calves and their development. This edition is also updated with a new afterword, catching up on the families, covering current conservation issues, and “celebrating a species from which we could learn some moral as well as zoological lessons” (Chicago Tribune). “One is soon swept away by this ‘Babar’ for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, ‘Now God stand up for the elephants!’”—The New York Times “Moss speaks to the general reader, with charm as well as scientific authority…[An] elegantly written and ingeniously structured account.”—TheWall Street Journal “Any reader interested in animals will be captivated.”—Publishers Weekly
The Elephant in the Universe
Title | The Elephant in the Universe PDF eBook |
Author | Govert Schilling |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 377 |
Release | 2022-01-01 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0674248996 |
An award-winning science journalist details the quest to isolate and understand dark matter--and shows how that search has helped us to understand the universe we inhabit. When you train a telescope on outer space, you can see luminous galaxies, nebulae, stars, and planets. But if you add all that together, it constitutes only 15 percent of the matter in the universe. Despite decades of research, the nature of the remaining 85 percent is unknown. We call it dark matter. In The Elephant in the Universe, Govert Schilling explores the fascinating history of the search for dark matter. Evidence for its existence comes from a wealth of astronomical observations. Theories and computer simulations of the evolution of the universe are also suggestive: they can be reconciled with astronomical measurements only if dark matter is a dominant component of nature. Physicists have devised huge, sensitive instruments to search for dark matter, which may be unlike anything else in the cosmos--some unknown elementary particle. Yet so far dark matter has escaped every experiment. Indeed, dark matter is so elusive that some scientists are beginning to suspect there might be something wrong with our theories about gravity or with the current paradigms of cosmology. Schilling interviews both believers and heretics and paints a colorful picture of the history and current status of dark matter research, with astronomers and physicists alike trying to make sense of theory and observation. Taking a holistic view of dark matter as a problem, an opportunity, and an example of science in action, The Elephant in the Universe is a vivid tale of scientists puzzling their way toward the true nature of the universe.
Beco's Big Year
Title | Beco's Big Year PDF eBook |
Author | Linda Stanek |
Publisher | Lerner Publishing Group |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2010-01-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0984155422 |
Covers the birth and first year of Beco, an Asian elephant born at the Columbus Zoo, describing how he learns to control his trunk, take a bath, swim, play with toys, and follow directions.
Tarra & Bella
Title | Tarra & Bella PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Buckley |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 34 |
Release | 2014-03-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0147510635 |
A friendship unlike any other! After retiring from the circus, Tarra became the first resident of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. When other elephants moved in and developed close friendships, only Tarra remained alone—until the day she met a stray mixed-breed dog named Bella. From then on, the two were inseparable. Color photographs of Tarra and Bella at home in the Elephant Sanctuary deftly illustrate this inspiring story of inter-species companionship.