Bøger af Robert Bakker

The Highland Society at Geelong, or to give it its proper name, Comunn na Feinne (The Society of Fingalians), lasted from 1856 to 1946, approximately ninety years.Despite its Highland roots, to define it solely as a Scottish organization would be to paint only a very narrow portrait of its life and activity in Geelong and district. There were present, certainly, all of the usual trappings of tartan, haggis and bagpipes, but these represented only a very small portion of its overall activities throughout each year, and Scots numbered only a small percentage of its support.The Society had a 'vision' of the 'normative community'. It sought to create an inclusive, harmonious and just environment within Geelong and to continue to radiate this in ever-widening waves beyond the town itself. It championed a culture of volunteerism, raised educational standards, both in terms of the curriculum taught as well as the teaching itself, and reached out to the marginalized groups and individuals in the community. Along the way it produced many men and women whose achievements were to take them to the highest ranks in education, medicine, opera, theatre and politics.How the Society originated, thrived and ended is told in a popular way in the pages of this book. It was a 'vision' brightly shining, but then gradually dimming, flickering and, finally, being lost to sight and to memory.

A pair of fierce but beautiful eyes look out from the undergrowth of conifers. She is an intelligent killer...So begins one of the most extraordinary novels you will ever read. The time is 120 million years ago, the place is the plains of prehistoric Utah, and the eyes belong to an unforgettable heroine. Her name is Raptor Red, and she is a female Raptor dinosaur.Painting a rich and colorful picture of a lush prehistoric world, leading paleontologist Robert T. Bakker tells his story from within Raptor Red's extraordinary mind, dramatizing his revolutionary theories in this exciting tale. From a tragic loss to the fierce struggle for survival to a daring migration to the Pacific Ocean to escape a deadly new predator, Raptor Red combines fact an fiction to capture for the first time the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors of the most magnificent, enigmatic creatures ever to walk the face of the earth.