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Author | : Roy Adkins |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 343 |
Release | : 2021-11-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 140871356X |
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A landmark book that charts humanity's changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century 'A marvellously original slice of social history' Daily Mail 'The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable detail in this handsome book' Sunday Times 'Roy and Lesley Adkins are masters of their craft' BBC Countryfile Magazine No other group of animals has had such a complex and lengthy relationship with humankind as birds. They have been kept in cages as pets, taught to speak and displayed as trophies. More practically, they have been used to tell the time, predict the weather, foretell marriages, provide unlikely cures for ailments, convey messages and warn of poisonous gases. When There Were Birds is a social history of Britain that charts the complex connections between people and birds, set against a background of changes in the landscape and evolving tastes, beliefs and behaviours. It draws together many disparate, forgotten strands to present a story that is an intriguing and unexpectedly significant part of our heritage.
Author | : Terry Tempest Williams |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2013-02-26 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1250024110 |
Download When Women Were Birds Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In 54 chapters that unfold like a series of yoga poses, each with its own logic and beauty, Williams creates a lyrical and caring meditation of the mystery of her mother's journals in a book that keeps turning around the question, "What does it mean to have a voice?"
Author | : Lang Elliott |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780395912386 |
Download Common Birds and Their Songs Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Presents the songs and calls of fifty North American birds that are common to residential settings, city parks, and urban areas.
Author | : Joe Wilkins |
Publisher | : University of Arkansas Press |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2016-03-01 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 1557286973 |
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In When We Were Birds, Joe Wilkins wrestles his attention away from the griefs, deprivations, and high prairies of his Montana childhood and turns toward "the bean-rusted fields and gutted factories of the Midwest," toward ordinary injustice and everyday sadness, toward the imminent birth of his son and his own confusions in taking up the mantle of fatherhood, toward faith and grace, legacy and luck. A panoply of voices are at play--the escaped convict, the late-night convenience store clerk, and the drowned child all have their say--and as this motley chorus rises and crests, we begin to understand something of what binds us and makes us human: while the world invariably breaks all our hearts, Wilkins insists that is the very "place / hope lives, in the breaking." Within a notable range of form, concern, and voice, the poems here never fail to sing. Whether praiseful or interrogating, When We Were Birds is a book of flight, light, and song. "When we were birds," Wilkins begins, "we veered & wheeled, we flapped & looped-- / it's true, we flew."
Author | : Les Beletsky |
Publisher | : becker&mayer! Books |
Total Pages | : 371 |
Release | : 2018-10-16 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0760363269 |
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In Bird Songs, ornithologist Les Beletsky profiles 250 birds alongside colorful illustrations, and includes a digital audio player that provides the corresponding song for each of the 250 birds. Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds—including the rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker—in a stunning format. Renowned ornithologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song.
Author | : Tim Laman |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Birds of paradise (Birds) |
ISBN | : 1426209584 |
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In this dazzling photo essay, Laman and Scholes present gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.
Author | : Lita Judge |
Publisher | : Flash Point |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2012-03-13 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1466808683 |
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A gorgeously illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the fantastic, funny, fascinating things that they do. Birds have lots of ways of communicating: They sing and talk, dance and drum, cuddle and fight. But what does all of the bird talk mean? Filled with gorgeous illustrations, this fascinating picture book takes a look at the secret life of birds in a child-friendly format that is sure to appeal to readers of all ages - whether they're die-hard bird-watchers or just curious about the creatures in their own backyards.
Author | : Ayanna Lloyd Banwo |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2022-03-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385547277 |
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A mythic love story set in Trinidad, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo's radiant debut is a masterwork of lush imagination and exuberant storytelling—a spellbinding and hopeful novel about inheritance, loss, and love's seismic power to heal. "Roots the reader in [Trinidad’s] traditions and rituals [and] ... in the glorious matriarchy by which lineage is upheld. The result is a depiction of ordinary life that’s full and breathtaking."—The New York Times Book Review In the old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide’s mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: one St Bernard woman in every generation has the power to shepherd the city’s souls into the afterlife. But after years of suffering her mother’s neglect and bitterness, Yejide is looking for a way out. Raised in the countryside by a devout Rastafarian mother, Darwin has always abided by the religious commandment not to interact with death. He has never been to a funeral, much less seen a dead body. But when the only job he can find is grave digging, he must betray the life his mother built for him in order to provide for them both. Newly shorn of his dreadlocks and his past, and determined to prove himself, Darwin finds himself adrift in a city electric with possibility and danger. Yejide and Darwin will meet inside the gates of Fidelis, an ancient and sprawling cemetery, where the dead lie uneasy in their graves and a reckoning with fate beckons them both.
Author | : Susan Stockdale |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Birds |
ISBN | : 9781921504594 |
Download Bring on the Birds Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Birds come in all sorts of interesting shapes, sizes and colours, and many of them can do remarkable things. There are birds that whoop, swoop and dive. Others that dance, race and hitch a ride . . . and some that cannot even fly. They're all her in Bring On the Birds! A delightful comapnion to Fabulous Fishes.
Author | : Amy Alznauer |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2020-07-21 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1592703437 |
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“I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs.” —Flannery O’Connor When she was young, the writer Flannery O’Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She’d watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life. But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor explores the beginnings of one author’s lifelong obsession. Amy Alznauer lives in Chicago with her husband, two children, a dog, a parakeet, sometimes chicks, and a part-time fish, but, as of today, no elephants or peacocks. Ping Zhu is a freelance illustrator who has worked with clients big and small, won some awards based on the work she did for aforementioned clients, attracted new clients with shiny awards, and is hoping to maintain her livelihood in Brooklyn by repeating that cycle.