Showing results for "Gorilla" in All Categories

When Afia, a newborn Western Lowland Gorilla, is rejected by her mother Kera after a difficult birth, her human keepers start the challenging but rewarding experience of hand-rearing her themselves. Teaching her the ropes of life in the Gorilla House at Bristol Zoo is tricky enough. But providing 24/7 care for a baby gorilla means Alan must hand-rear Afia in his own home too, forging a remarkable emotional bond between them over the course of many sleepless nights.

Gorillas are the largest primates in the world! These gentle mammals roam through the jungle, living in big groups as they search for fruit and bamboo shoots to eat. Climb through the trees to learn all about these strong, social primates.

Applying Gorilla Mindset to your life (make no mistake, this is an audiobook you must apply) will improve your health and fitness, lead to more money and career advancement, and help you have deeper, more meaningful relationships (or more casual ones; it's your choice). Your thinking will become clear. You will have more focus. You will know exactly what steps to take to change your life. More importantly, you will be able to troubleshoot your own life.

Helen Cadmus was dead - but how had it happened? Suicide, most people said. She jumped off that millionaire's yacht in a fit of despair, her body was never found, and the case was closed. The story was too neat to suit Perry Mason. It didn't add up. Somebody was concealing the truth about Helen's death, and how was going to uncover it even if it killed him.

Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his 16th birthday - but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. He decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is stored. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who have sworn to protect the Library’s secrets. And when one of Runt’s professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt’s not the only one whose days are numbered.

One night, Molly meets an unhappy gorilla named Griff who was caught in a blizzard on his way to Florida. Like Molly, Griff’s friends have moved away. Will Molly be able to help Griff on his way to Florida without waking her family?

Learn about gorillas and their infants.

Enjoy this collection of eight Magic Tree House audiobooks! #25: Stage Fright on a Summer Night The show must go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meet William Shakespeare himself—one of the greatest writers of...

Runt Higgins needs answers, fast. Someone cursed him to die on his 16th birthday—but no one seems to know who cursed him or why. He decides he must find the Great Library, where all true knowledge is stored. Unfortunately, the only people who know the location of the Great Library are a covert network of librarian-spies who have sworn to protect the Library’s secrets. And when one of Runt’s professors is attacked, it soon becomes clear that others are also out to find the Library at any cost. Meanwhile, Runt’s not the only one whose days are numbered.

¡Los gorilas son los primates más grandes del mundo! Estos amables mamíferos deambulan por la selva, viven en grupos grandes y buscan frutas y brotes de bambú para alimentarse. Sube a los árboles y conoce a estos poderosos y amigables primates.

If you grew up in the '80s or '90s, you might be familiar with the story of Koko’s Kitten. It’s the tale of a giant gorilla named Koko who made friends with a tiny baby cat called All Ball. But this gorilla wasn’t just any ape—she spoke sign language. Or at least a gorilla version of it. And when Koko wanted her kitty brought to her, she just signed his name. The story riveted people young and old across America.

In this exciting sequel to The Coral Island, R. M. Ballantyne continues the adventures of Ralph Rover, Jack Martin, and Peterkin Gay, who go to hunt and study Africa's elusive gorilla. The trio has a knack for finding danger, and there are many hilarious and hair-raising events they must pass through. Elephants and lions are just a few of the dangers that roam the African safari. The real question is, can Ralph, Jack, and Peterkin survive the dangers of a brutal slave-trader and a volatile native king?

Sandrone accetta una vacanza di lavoro sul lago Maggiore, come sorvegliante di un piccolo luna park, perché è stanco di avere sempre a che fare con la violenza. Ma per il Gorilla-Sandrone le cose non vanno esattamente come si aspettava: qualcuno cerca di fare una strage durante un matrimonio in costume, e lui si trova a dover proteggere una giovane soprano, Lidia, prima dalle fiamme, poi dalle violente attenzioni di un maniaco.

Have you ever felt ordinary? Little Olive knows the feeling all too well—always picked last for games, overlooked at parties, and never a valentine left on her desk. But everything changes the night of the big daddy-daughter dance, when a dancing gorilla picks her from the crowd! Suddenly, Olive feels seen. Special. Extraordinary. And as the music twirls and laughter fills the room, Olive discovers that one small, unexpected act of kindness can make a big difference.

In Gorillas Can Dance, distinguished international business strategy professor and expert Dr. Shameen Prashantham delivers a proven roadmap for large corporations collaborating with startups. Drawing on over a decade of international research, Dr. Prashantham explains the "why," "how," and "where" of corporate-startup partnering.

Dopo che gli avvenimenti raccontati nel precedente romanzo, Attenti al gorilla, lo avevano fatto finire all'ospedale, Sandrone Dazieri, è finalmente guarito dai suoi malanni. Ma per un tipo così è difficile stare lontano dai pasticci. Torna a Cremona, in convalescenza a casa della madre, incontra una ragazza meritevole di seduzione e finisce dritto dritto sul cadavere di un albanese. Sembra uno di quei casi risolto in partenza, però Sandrone, che i particolari li osserva, non è affatto convinto.

From the author of critically acclaimed Don Don comes this startling journey through a distant land. In an African country, while a civil war rages, Kibwe and Zuberi meet. Both are 12 years old, both are orphans; Kibwe's parents killed in the name of war and Zuberi's in the name of trade. Kibwe is a boy and Zuberi a gorilla, a young silverback. They are on the run: Kibwe, from the horrors he has committed as a child soldier, and Zuberi, from the violent hand of man.

In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. In the face of discrimination and a male dominated world, one woman’s passion and determination to build a brighter future for the local wildlife and human community offers inspiration and insights into what is truly possible for our planet when we come together.

When Chester discovers he can mind jump, his sister Amy wastes no time in putting his new skills to work boosting the viewing figures on her video blog. And when a TV company takes them global, he does his most daring mind jump yet, into the brain of Tito the gorilla. The trouble is, when he tries to return to his own body - it's gone! Has it been stolen? But who would want it, and why? And how come Chester suddenly has the urge to search Amy's hair for fleas?

Ora che sbarca il lunario come addetto "freelance" alla sicurezza, il Gorilla non ha rinunciato alle brutte abitudini, e passa il tempo a sbronzarsi e a fare a pugni con focosi supporter della guerra in Iraq. A rendergli le cose più complicate riappare Sammy, un vecchio amico che ha un incarico per lui: rintracciare la sua ex fidanzata, scomparsa da anni, e probabilmente finita nei guai. Un incarico che al Gorilla non piace, ma che è costretto ad accettare perché Sammy conosce il suo segreto.