Join us on a literary world trip!
Add this book to bookshelf
Grey
Write a new comment Default profile 50px
Grey
Subscribe to read the full book or read the first pages for free!
All characters reduced
The Kindred of the Wild - A Book of Animal Life - cover

The Kindred of the Wild - A Book of Animal Life

Charles G. D. Roberts

Publisher: Aeneas Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Summary

Animal stories written from the animal's side, without speech or moral - a lynx, a bear, a porcupine, each in a world of hunger and weather. Roberts and Ernest Thompson Seton invented this kind of story between them, and Roosevelt joined the public quarrel about whether it was honest natural history. Eleven plates by Corot and Daubigny carry the same weather and open ground the animals live in, from Fontainebleau oaks to fields and river scenes.
Available since: 09/16/2026.
Print length: 173 pages.

Other books that might interest you

  • How to Be Funny: The Right Way - The Only 7 Steps You Need to Master Comedy Conversational Humor and Making People Laugh Today - cover

    How to Be Funny: The Right Way -...

    Dean Mack

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Learn How to Make People Laugh and Improve Your Sense of Humor with These 7 Easy Steps! 
    Do you only have an arsenal of three old jokes to work with in conversations, and you can't figure out what to say or when to say it in order to be funny? Did you stop counting how many awkward situations you had to endure at a certain point because you tried to make a joke but absolutely nobody laughed? 
    Don't worry, there are plenty of people that have just the same issue as you do! Being funny really isn't an easy thing, but the guide "How to Be Funny: The Right Way - The Only 7 Steps You Need to Master Comedy, Conversational Humor, and Making People Laugh Today" will make it so much easier you will start wondering why everyone can't stop laughing around you! The guide covers a total of 9 topics on how to master comedy and become funny to other people. 
    Here's What You'll Learn:Some information about why humor is important in general, as well as when it's appropriate to use itThe importance of taking risks in order to learn what type of humor fits different people and situationsHow to study, learn and practice being funnyHow to find the optimal moment to be funny, and the optimal moment not toHow to make your signature joke that you will have as a plan B wherever you goHow to balance the edginess of your jokes depending on the people you're with and the current atmosphereHow to combine everything you've previously learned for maximum effectiveness 
    Being funny has never been easier - make sure to make the most out of the opportunities that this guide will provide, because there will be a lot of them! 
    Order Now!
    Show book
  • Useless Life Facts So Pointless Your Brain Will Shut Off Instantly - cover

    Useless Life Facts So Pointless...

    Tamara Holt

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Silence nighttime overthinking with obscure trivia cleverly engineered as a soothing sleep audio tool. When tossing and turning leaves you exhausted, this tranquil journey pulls stressed listeners away from daily anxiety. It delivers an avalanche of utterly impractical facts about forgotten inventions and weird animals to gently exhaust your racing mind.
     
    What you will experience and discover:
     The architecture of falling asleep: An audio structure that intentionally slows down and unravels, mimicking your natural descent into heavy rest.
     Low-stakes mental misdirection: Bite-sized bursts of curiosity regarding pointless measurements that require zero mental energy to process.
     Guilt-free cognitive drifting: A peaceful narrator who happily loses the point of their own stories, giving insomniacs permission to let go.
     Tranquil murmurs for nighttime relief: A final stretch of soft-spoken, circular musing designed to fade seamlessly into ambient relaxation.
     
    Stop fighting your wakefulness and surrender to this highly effective auditory wind-down routine. It transforms meaningless historical footnotes into a brilliant relaxation technique for chronic overthinkers. 
     
    Plug in, press play, and let a delightfully pointless stream of information carry you into a deep, uninterrupted rest.
    Show book
  • 365 Unforgettable Experiences - A Year of Celebrating Unique Cultures and World Travel - cover

    365 Unforgettable Experiences -...

    Sarah Woods

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Sometimes, there is a perfect time and a place to have the experience of your life. An Entire Year of Unforgettable Events is here to help you find yours! In this book from renowned British-born traveler Sarah Woods, armchair travel enthusiasts and seasoned travelers will discover that traveling isn't just about where you go, but when. Don't simply pick a spot on the map. Pick a reason to travel there. An Entire Year of Unforgettable Events is about finding the most awe-inspiring, unusual, and engaging experiences and events worldwide. Split month-by-month and day-by-day and with all seven continents represented, Sarah provides detailed insight for events happening every day of the year and where they take place. Are king penguins taking their first swim in Antarctica? When is Mali's outlandish Festival of the Desert? Why is Elvis Day the best time to pay homage to The King near Graceland? It's all here, with high-quality photos and detailed information on each event, all conveniently color-coded to help you find must-visit places near your neck of the woods.
    Show book
  • The Adventure of WJ Bear - cover

    The Adventure of WJ Bear

    WE Schmidt

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    W.J. Bear writes his own story of things that have happened in his young life.  He is a normal young bear cub, ready to go at a moment's notice.  He is almost human but still a bear.  He experiences things like the great outdoors, swings, slides and recycle, where his nose and smells get the better of him.  Come along and see what life is like for a little mischievous bear cub named W.J. Bear.
    Show book
  • How the Hell Did I Not Know That? - My Midlife Year from Couch to Curiosity - cover

    How the Hell Did I Not Know...

    Lucie Frost

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    After quitting her job with an awkward text to her boss, Lucie Frost planned to live out her early retirement fantasy. Except she was lost, an empty nester with no job, no structure, no identity, and no clear purpose. Everything changed after she binge-watched the television program 90 Day Fiancé one day, which led to a stream of answers to her question about midlife stagnation: What do we do with our lives when our jobs or children are no longer making those decisions for us? 
    Her trivia-filled memoir, How the Hell Did I Not Know That?, follows the first year of Frost’s postretirement era, a year when curiosity pulled her off the couch and into a world where she discovered how to build a fulfilling life from the smallest of wonders—things like how to unboil an egg with urine (but why, oh why?), where the vice president of the United States lives (something we should know?), and why the sky is blue (wait, didn’t we learn that in third grade?). 
    How the Hell Did I Not Know That? is a witty and honest companion, a girlfriend, if you will, for women in midlife who are struggling to find their place in the world, who are concerned about misogyny, climate change, and the industrial prison complex, just not while watching the latest episode of The Bachelor. Frost shows us that women “of a certain age” need to take themselves seriously while remembering to laugh at inappropriate things and that they can find meaning in life by relying on the power of curiosity.
    Show book
  • Mama Tenga - My African Life - cover

    Mama Tenga - My African Life

    Katrin Rhode

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Courage, Humanity, and the Call of a New Life – told by the woman who became "Mama Tenga".After a life-changing trip to West Africa, Katrin Rohde makes a radical decision: she sells all her possessions in Germany and emigrates to Burkina Faso. In the capital, Ouagadougou, she begins working with street children—boys fighting to survive amid poverty, drugs, and violence. What begins as a single act of compassion becomes a lifelong mission.With courage, discipline, humor, and a deep belief in the power of education and community, Katrin Rohde builds a network of support over the years: orphanages, women's shelters, workshops, schools, counseling centers, and training programs—all rooted in the principle of helping people to help themselves. Her initiatives represent real empowerment, social justice, and hope for change.Today, she is known across Burkina Faso as "Mama Tenga – Mother Fatherland." In this deeply personal and compelling memoir, Katrin Rohde tells her true story—an inspiring journey of female leadership, cross-cultural connection, and human resilience, rich with African wisdom and the courage to make a difference.
    Show book