A Desert Bestiary: Folklore, Literature, and Ecological Thought from the World's Dry PlacesBig Earth Publishing, 1996 - 166 עמודים Following the model of the medieval Latin bestiaries, Gregory McNamee has written a book at once naturalistic, folkloristic, and literary, made up of short essays on forty-three animals of the world's desert |
תוכן
Ant | 1 |
Bat | 8 |
Bee | 11 |
Beetle | 19 |
Bighorn sheep | 20 |
Blowfly | 22 |
Butterfly | 24 |
Camel | 27 |
Jackrabbit | 89 |
Kangaroo | 94 |
Kangaroo rat | 97 |
Leopard | 100 |
Lion | 101 |
Millipede | 106 |
Ostrich | 107 |
Peregrine falcon | 111 |
Coatimundi | 32 |
Coyote | 36 |
Desert tortoise | 43 |
Dingo | 44 |
Eagle | 47 |
Eland | 52 |
Elephant | 54 |
Frog | 64 |
Gila monster | 68 |
Guanaco | 72 |
Hedgehog | 79 |
Hippopotamus | 80 |
Horse | 81 |
Hummingbird | 82 |
Hyena | 85 |
Phoenix | 112 |
Prairie dog | 117 |
Rattlesnake | 119 |
Reem | 122 |
Roadrunner | 123 |
Scorpion | 125 |
Sidewinder | 129 |
Sphinx moth | 131 |
Tarantula | 135 |
Termite | 137 |
Vulture | 138 |
Wolf | 142 |
Bibliography | 157 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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