Books with title Vultures

Vultures may be the most notorious bird of prey. Readers learn why this carnivore has a reputation for scavenging, as well as the characteristics that set it apart from other members of the raptor family. Highly detailed photographs allow readers to visualize a vultures life cycle and give readers the tools needed to identify vultures in the wild. With text written to support elementary science curricula, this high-interest title makes it fun to learn about vultures!

Amazing animals of the desert fill the pages of this exciting series. Redesigned with new features, each book invites readers to discover the world of creatures that live in the desert. Young learners will read about each animal’s unique physical characteristics, behavior, and adaptations to their environment. Through fascinating facts and brilliant photographs, these books paint a vibrant picture of the incredible array of animal life in the desert habitat.

Vultures may be the most notorious bird of prey. Readers learn why this carnivore has a reputation for scavenging, as well as the characteristics that set it apart from other members of the raptor family. Highly detailed photographs allow readers to visualize a vultures life cycle and give readers the tools needed to identify vultures in the wild. With text written to support elementary science curricula, this high-interest title makes it fun to learn about vultures!

The bestselling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy offers a globetrotting, Sam Spade-style investigation that blows the lid off the oil industry, the banking industry, and the governmental agencies that aren't regulating either.This is the story of the corporate vultures that feed on the weak and ruin our planet in the process-a story that spans the globe and decades.For Vultures' Picnic, investigative journalist Greg Palast has spent his career uncovering the connection between the world of energy (read: oil) and finance. He's built a team that reads like a casting call for a Hollywood thriller-a Swiss multilingual investigator, a punk journalist, and a gonzo cameraman-to reveal how environmental disasters like the Gulf oil spill, the Exxon Valdez, and lesser-known tragedies such as Tatitlek and Torrey Canyon are caused by corporate corruption, failed legislation, and, most interestingly, veiled connections between the financial industry and energy titans. Palast shows how the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, World Trade Organization, and Central Banks act as puppets for Big Oil.With Palast at the center of an investigation that takes us from the Arctic to Africa to the Amazon, Vultures' Picnic shows how the big powers in the money and oil game slip the bonds of regulation over and over again, and simply destroy the rules that they themselves can't write-and take advantage of nations and everyday people in the process.