In 1989, students marched on Tiananmen Square demanding democratic reform. The Communist Party responded with a massacre, but it was jolted into restructuring the economy and overhauling the education of its young citizens. A generation later, Chinese youth are a world apart from those who converged at Tiananmen. Brought up with lofty expectations, they’ve been accustomed to unprecedented opportunities on the back of China’s economic boom. But today, China’s growth is slowing and its demog...

When Amanda and Eric adopted Neuro Dan, a special needs kitten with a terminal neurological disease, they had no idea just how special his needs were going to be. They also didn't realize what a special soul he was and what a catalyst he would be in their own lives. Dan's daily care required much time and patience but the love and appreciation he showed in return were humbling. When veterinary specialists broke the news that he would be lucky to live to see his second birthday, his story q...

DJ is an outside cat who enjoys an easy-going life but when he’s beset by a sense of danger he sets out on a quest to discover the cause of his distress. He’s confronted by a ghost that tells a tragic tale of abduction and murder which happened only a year ago in his own territory. The murderer fled the area and was never caught but now he’s returned and it’s only a matter of time before history repeats itself. DJ takes it upon himself to prevent another tragedy and solve the year-old crim...

Meet Neuro Dan – Feather Dan, a tiny orange kitten with an unknown neurological disability. Rescued from a hoarding situation he found his rescue was almost a death sentence. The high kill shelter put him on the euthanasia list. At the last second a rescue named Misfit Critter Farm and Sanctuary took him.Even at a place that sounded as wonderful as Misfits, Dan learned that being different came with challenges. While becoming best friends with a cat named JuJu he found himself chal...

Ready, set, go! Did you ever wonder which animals are the fastest… and the slowest?All fish can move! But how do these animals actually go from place to place? Sea horses can swim upside down. Sharks use their tails to propel themselves through the water. Manta rays flap their fins up and down to swim. Batfish can use their fins to walk on the ocean floor. Which animal do you think would win in a race? Look inside to discover which of the ten fish in this book are ...

• A near-death experience after falling into the frigid North Atlantic becomes high comedy.• The salvage of an abandoned yacht on the Grand Banks hints at mystery and intrigue.• A voyage to re-supply the Titanic expedition 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland leads to a harrowing experience with the fury of Hurricane Andrew.• All part of the life and times of an accomplished skipper.I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the life of Captain Keith Bath. This book ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This system has been adopted worldwide and used extensively. However, many people tend to take up this food production technique without having basic knowledge of what it entails. As a result, their systems flop and fail to perform to their expectations. This has prompted educational campaigns geared towards familiarizing the community with the practice.Aquaponics is a guide that is appropriate for every interes...

The aim of this book is to systematize and discuss population genetic studies of freshwater fish in a region that harbors the greatest diversity of species among all inland water ecosystems. This volume explores the genetic evaluation for a number of orders, families and species of Neotropical fishes, and provides an overview on genetic resources and diversity and their relationships with fish domestication, breeding, and food production.

What happens when one of America’s most beloved biographers writes his own biography?For five-time New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas, the answer is Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life—a soaring, lyrical, and often mischievous account of his early years, in which the astute Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit.While millions know Metaxas as a celeb...

Its the big 3-0. To celebrate, Samantha Silver decides to take three friends from New York City on a Caribbean vacation. Their days are spent snorkeling, scuba diving and just hanging out, but they begin hearing a rumor from the locals about a creature in the water. The story seems too horrific to be true. They do their best to dismiss it and enjoy their trip, but then people begin disappearing. Are the rumors actually true? Stories about treasure and sea monsters are for kids, right? Take...

The NHL’s New York Islanders were struggling. After winning four straight Stanley Cups in the early 1980s, the Islanders had suffered an embarrassing sweep by their geographic rivals, the New York Rangers, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. Hoping for a new start, the Islanders swapped out their distinctive logo, which featured the letters NY and a map of Long Island, for a cartoon fisherman wearing a rain slicker and gripping a hockey stick. The new logo immediately drew co...

Written by an expert outfitter with boots in its waters, this piece includes a detailed map with access points along the river, information about gear, seasonal hatches, local lodges, fly shops, restaurants, watering holes, and closest medical care, along with the sort of intimate, insider information only someone working on the river can share.