Books with author George William Bagby

The famous Panchatantra and Jataka consist of interesting tales of animals and human beings which the kids will love to read. The Panchatantra stories were written by Vishnu Sharma. The great Jataka tales are about the previous births of Gautama Buddha. These stories are to teach children valuable lessons of life. The stories in this book are very useful also for the parents to help them guide their kids towards the values of human life. The stories have been narrated in easy to understand and simple language.

The famous Panchatantra and Jataka consists of interesting tales of animals and human beings which the kids will love to read. The Panchatantra stories were written by Vishnu Sharma. The great Jataka tales are about the previous births of Gautama Buddha. These stories are to teach children valuable lessons of life. The stories in this book are very useful also for the parents to help them guide their kids towards the values of human life. The stories have been narrated in easy to understand and simple language.

"A day in the life of a box turtle is rendered carefully in words and lifelike illustrations with a text that respects its subject....Superior."--School Library Journal. "Will delight the young viewer. An excellent introduction to pond ecology, and a strikingly beautiful book."--Kirkus Reviews.It is dawn at Long Pond. Box Turtle's red eyes look out from his shelter within a crumbling tree, and his day begins ...In Beaver at Long Pond, the Georges introduced the pond and its resident. In this lyrical, magnificently painted companion book, they insure its place as a favorite spot on every child's itinerary.

We may regard ourselves as the most advanced species on the planet, but have we really reached our optimum design? Isn't there always room for improvements? Before you answer, let noted evolutionary biologist George C. Williams remind you of both the exquisite adaptations and absurd maladaptations nature has bestowed upon us, the self-proclaimed ”pinnacle of evolution.”Picking up where Darwin left off, Williams combines philosophical perspective and scientific method to provide a foundation for the answers to some fascinating questions. He explains why our bodies have to deteriorate so disastrously with old age. He gives us logical reasons to explain why we crave foods like sugar and fat that have been proven time and again to be detrimental to our health. And Williams single-handedly deflates our Homo sapiens sapiens ego with such insights as: Our eyesight—it may seem superior, but not when compared to that of the invertebrate squid, whose eye has developed over time to prove more efficient than ours. And wouldn't it make more sense to have a third eye, located on the back of the head? We could have stereoscopic vision in front and rear-vision warning us of danger sneaking up behind. Rear-view mirrors would become a thing of the past. And why stop at three eyes?This fascinating new book is markedly different from all previous work on evolutionary biology. Using the pony fish and its luminescent abdomen as the perfect evolutionary mystery, Williams explores the intricacies of nature's designs. Rather than telling us how or why the pony fish got its light, Williams explains the functional reasons why the pony fish keeps its light. He also explains why our species keeps arbitrary or malfunctioned features like the reproductive and excretory systems' sharing of parts.George C. Williams, one of today's most qualified evolutionary biologists, has written an important, entertaining, and thought-provoking addition to a science that has captivated the world for almost 150 years.

Canal Reminiscences - Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River & Kanawha Canal is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1879. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Excerpt from The Old Virginia Gentleman, and Other SketchesMount Airy Bellefield Avenel Westover Slave Quarters, Upper Brandon Lucy Parke Chamberlayne 204 West Franklin Street Montrose ~the Stateliest Man of all Our Time - R. E. Lee View of Richmond in 1850 St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Virginia Slave Quarters at Tuckahoe James River Canal Terminal, Richmond An Early Handbill of Dr. Bagby's Lecture Meekins's Twinses - Original Woodcut John M. Daniel's Latch Key Edgehill School, Princeton, New Jersey, 1838' Edgehill Woodhouse Present Home of the Virginia Historical Society Virginia House, Windsor Farms, Richmond Confederate Bank Note (poem)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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High Quality FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION: :Bagby, George William, 1828-1883 :The Old Virginia Gentleman, And Other Sketches :1910 :Facsimile: Originally published by New York : Scribner in 1910. Book will be printed in black and white, with grayscale images. Book will be 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall and soft cover bound. Any foldouts will be scaled to page size. If the book is larger than 1000 pages, it will be printed and bound in two parts. Due to the age of the original titles, we cannot be held responsible for missing pages, faded, or cut off text.

Excerpt from Canal Reminiscences: Recollections of Travel in the Old Days on the James River and Kanawha CanalBut shall we see better times? Why, yes, surely. They have begun already in Troy, N. Y., the papers say. And I verily believe the railway, which is to take the place of the canal, will do more than all things else to bring back work for all and money for all of us in our fair city of Richmond. Let us at least hope so. And with that hope in view, I trust that these reminiscences of an obsolescent mode of travel - which may have been delightful, but cer tainly was not rapid - will give a few moments of pleasure to the friends of the publishers and of the writer.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.