Jaguar in America

Jaguar in America
Author: John Dugdale
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2001
Genre: Jaguar automobile
ISBN: 0894041053

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The Jaguar XKs

The Jaguar XKs
Author: John Nikas
Publsiher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 9781445673479

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Highly illustrated throughout, here see the inside story of the development of the Jaguar XK120, XK140 and XK150.

American Jaguar

American Jaguar
Author: Elizabeth Webb
Publsiher: Twenty-First Century Books ™
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781541572201

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In the borderlands between the United States and Mexico, America's largest cat—the jaguar—is fighting to regain its kingdom. Added to the endangered species list in 1997, the jaguar has declined in population mainly due to habitat fragmentation created by roads, farms, mines, and most controversially, the border wall. Such human-made barriers prevent free movement of many wild animals for predation and mating, thereby threatening their reproduction, DNA transfer, and overall survival. Author and wildlife biologist Elizabeth Webb examines the jaguar's predicament and highlights the work of field scientists who are searching for solutions. "Conservation Connection" features throughout the book underscore the importance of protecting this keystone species of the Americas.

21st Century Retro Mad Men and 1960s America in Film and Television

21st Century Retro   Mad Men  and 1960s America in Film and Television
Author: Debarchana Baruah
Publsiher: transcript Verlag
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2021-04-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9783839457214

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Numerous contemporary televisual productions revisit the past but direct their energies towards history's non-events and anti-heroic subjectivities. Debarchana Baruah offers a vocabulary to discuss these, using Mad Men as a primary case study and supplementing the analysis with other examples from the US and around the world. She takes a fundamentally interdisciplinary approach to studying film and television, drawing from history, memory, and nostalgia discourses, and layering them with theories of intertextuality, paratexts, and actor-networks. The book's compositions style invites discussions from scholars of various fields, as well as those who are simply fans of history or of Mad Men.

Seven Wonders of Ancient North America

Seven Wonders of Ancient North America
Author: Mary B. Woods,Michael Woods
Publsiher: Twenty-First Century Books
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780822575726

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Describes seven monumental ancient North American architectural sites that still exist today, including Jellyfish Cove, the Anasazi Cliff Palace, and the pyramids of Teotihuacâan.

A Natural History of Belize

A Natural History of Belize
Author: Samuel Bridgewater
Publsiher: Univ of TX + ORM
Total Pages: 518
Release: 2012-01-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780292739000

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A wide-ranging study that draws on local and regional research findings to provide a popular portrait of the biodiverse and resilient Chiquibul. Belize’s Chiquibul Forest is one of the largest remaining expanses of tropical moist forest in Central America. It forms part of what is popularly known as the Maya Forest. Battered by hurricanes over millions of years, occupied by the Maya for thousands of years, and logged for hundreds of years, this ecosystem has demonstrated its remarkable ecological resilience through its continued existence into the twenty-first century. Despite its history of disturbance, or maybe in part because of it, the Maya Forest is ranked as an important regional biodiversity hot spot and provides some of the last regional habitats for endangered species such as the jaguar, the scarlet macaw, Baird’s tapir, and Morelet’s crocodile. A Natural History of Belize presents for the first time a detailed portrait of the habitats, biodiversity, and ecology of the Maya Forest, and Belize more broadly, in a format accessible to a popular audience. It is based in part on the research findings of scientists studying at Las Cuevas Research Station in the Chiquibul Forest. The book is unique in demystifying many of the big scientific debates related to rainforests. These include “Why are tropical forests so diverse?”; “How do flora and fauna evolve?”; and “How do species interact?” By focusing on the ecotourism paradise of Belize, this book illustrates how science has solved some of the riddles that once perplexed the likes of Charles Darwin, and also shows how it can assist us in managing our planet and forest resources wisely in the future.

The Legacy of Mad Men

The Legacy of Mad Men
Author: Karen McNally,Jane Marcellus,Teresa Forde,Kirsty Fairclough
Publsiher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2019-11-30
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9783030310912

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For seven seasons, viewers worldwide watched as ad man Don Draper moved from adultery to self-discovery, secretary Peggy Olson became a take-no-prisoners businesswoman, object-of-the-gaze Joan Holloway developed a feminist consciousness, executive Roger Sterling tripped on LSD, and smarmy Pete Campbell became a surprisingly nice guy. Mad Men defined a pivotal moment for television, earning an enduring place in the medium’s history. This edited collection examines the enduringly popular television series as Mad Men still captivates audiences and scholars in its nuanced depiction of a complex decade. This is the first book to offer an analysis of Mad Men in its entirety, exploring the cyclical and episodic structure of the long form series and investigating issues of representation, power and social change. The collection establishes the show’s legacy in televisual terms, and brings it up to date through an examination of its cultural importance in the Trump era. Aimed at scholars and interested general readers, the book illustrates the ways in which Mad Men has become a cultural marker for reflecting upon contemporary television and politics.

Wild Cats of the World

Wild Cats of the World
Author: Mel Sunquist,Fiona Sunquist
Publsiher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780226518237

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Did you know that European royalty once used cheetahs to hunt deer, or that caracals can capture birds by leaping six and a half feet straight up into the air from a standing start? Have you ever wondered whether domestic cats really do land on their feet when they fall, or how Canada lynx can stalk their prey in the winter without falling through the deep snow? Wild Cats of the World is a treasure trove of answers to questions like these, and many others, for anyone who's interested in learning more about the world's felids, including the ones with whom we share our homes. Mel and Fiona Sunquist have spent more than a decade gathering information about cats from every available source, many of them quite difficult to find, including scientific papers, descriptions of hunts, archeological findings, observations by naturalists and travelers, reports from government agencies, and newsletters from a wide variety of organizations. Weaving information from these sources together with their own experiences observing wild cats around the world, the Sunquists have created the most comprehensive reference on felids available. Each of their accounts of the 36 species of cat contains a description of the cat, including human interactions with it, as well as detailed data on its distribution, ecology and behavior, status in the wild, and efforts to conserve it. Numerous photographs, including more than 40 in full color, illustrate these accounts. Ranging from the two-pound black-footed cat to the five-hundred-pound tiger, and from the African serval with its satellite-dish ears to the web-footed fishing cat of Asia, Wild Cats of the World will fascinate and educate felid fans of any stripe (or spot).