A Bird S Eye View

Author : Elinor Florence
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459721456

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Bird's Eye View by Elinor Florence Pdf

A Toronto Star Bestseller! Rose, a Canadian intelligence officer in Britain in World War II, struggles with conflicting feelings about the war and a superior’s attention. Rose Jolliffe is an idealistic young woman living on a farm with her family in Saskatchewan. After Canada declares war against Germany in World War II, she joins the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as an aerial photographic interpreter. Working with intelligence officers at RAF Medmenham in England, Rose spies on the enemy from the sky, watching the war unfold through her magnifying glass. When her commanding officer, Gideon Fowler, sets his sights on Rose, both professionally and personally, her prospects look bright. But can he be trusted? As she becomes increasingly disillusioned by the destruction of war and Gideon’s affections, tragedy strikes, and Rose’s world falls apart. Rose struggles to rebuild her shattered life, and finds that victory ultimately lies within herself. Her path to maturity is a painful one, paralleled by the slow, agonizing progress of the war and Canada’s emergence from Britain’s shadow.

Author : Jenny Giles
Publisher : Nelson Thornes
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1869611071

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Bird's Eye View by Jenny Giles Pdf

Designed to be used by children in their first six months of school PM Starters One and Two

Author : Elinor Florence
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459740228

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Wildwood by Elinor Florence Pdf

A single mother. An abandoned farmhouse. An epic battle with the northern wilderness. Broke and desperate, Molly Bannister accepts the ironclad condition laid down in her great-aunt’s will: to receive her inheritance, Molly must spend one year in an abandoned, off-the-grid farmhouse in the remote backwoods of northern Alberta. If she does, she will be able to sell the farm and fund her four-year-old daughter’s badly needed medical treatment. With grim determination, Molly teaches herself basic homesteading skills. But her greatest perils come from the brutal wilderness itself, from blizzards to grizzly bears. Will she and her child survive the savage winter? Will she outsmart the idealist young farmer who would thwart her plan to sell the farm? Not only their financial future, but their very lives are at stake. Only the journal written by Molly's courageous great-aunt, the land’s original homesteader, inspires her to struggle on.

Author : Kirsti Blom,Geir Wing Gabrielson
Publisher : Cornell Lab Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1943645507

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Plastic Sea by Kirsti Blom,Geir Wing Gabrielson Pdf

A clear explanation of a pressing problem and an invitation to take action.-- KIRKUS REVIEWS Plastic garbage knows no borders. In the sea, it floats on ocean currents and makes its way around the globe, threatening seabirds and animals that eat it by mistake and are sometimes caught in plastic waste. Told from the perspective of a Northern Fulmar, a seabird that lives across the oceans of the northern hemisphere, Plastic Sea: A Bird's-eye View uses the most up-to-date science to offer insight into a growing environmental crisis with global implications. If we continue to waste as much plastic as we do today, there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. Fortunately, there are actions we can take as individuals and as a global community to reduce plastic waste in our oceans. Plastic Sea is an invitation to give seabirds, animals, and the Earth itself a chance to thrive again.

Author : Richard Grimmett,Carol Inskipp,Tim Inskipp,Hem Sagar Baral
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781472983190

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Birds of Nepal by Richard Grimmett,Carol Inskipp,Tim Inskipp,Hem Sagar Baral Pdf

This fully updated edition of Birds of Nepal is the most comprehensive guide to the birds of this beautiful Himalayan country. Every species of bird recorded in Nepal is covered in this fantastic guide, including vagrants, with accurate distribution maps for most species. More than 790 species are featured with illustrations and concise text covering essential information for quick and easy reference. The comprehensive text covers voice, habits, habitats, altitudinal range, distribution and status to aid accurate identification. The texts have been completely re-written for this edition and many of the illustrations have been replaced. In addition, maps have been included for the first time.

Author : Richard Cannings
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781926685083

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An Enchantment of Birds by Richard Cannings Pdf

In these delightful meditations, biologist and bird lover Richard Cannings weaves stories of his personal encounters with birds into fascinating descriptions of their behavior, anatomy, and evolution. He muses over the meadowlarks’ ability to hide their nests so completely that he has seen only two in a lifetime spent searching for them; the trumpeter swan, as picky as a two-year old, devouring potatoes and carrots but turning up its beak at Brussels sprouts; the northern gannet, with its snowy plumage, black wingtips, and startling blue eyes; the little saw-whet owl, which dabbles in bigamy and even trigamy; and more than two dozen other birds. Covering the entire continent, from the cacophony of a seabird colony on the shores of the Atlantic to a symphony of snow geese on the autumn plains to songbird courtship in the alpine tundra of the Rockies, An Enchantment of Birds informs and entertains, in one fell swoop.

Author : John W. Reps
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1568981465

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Bird's Eye Views by John W. Reps Pdf

As new towns and cities spread across the American frontier in the nineteenth century, itinerant artists soon followed, documenting these growing urban centers by drawing aerial perspectives, also known as bird's eye views. Commissioned by land speculators, local businesses, civic organizations, and individual citizens, these renderings fostered both civic pride and local commerce. The use of color lithography, a recent invention popularized by such prominent publishers as Currier & Ives, allowed the inexpensive reproduction of the highest-quality drawings, so that a bird's eye view was within the financial budget of even the smallest towns. These extraordinarily detailed lithographs eventually numbered in the thousands and now serve as a rich pictorial record of North America as it stood a century ago. This sequel to our highly acclaimed title An Atlas of Rare City Maps collects over 100 views dating between 1835 and 1902, showing the streets, buildings, churches, bridges, waterways, and surrounding countryside of North American towns, ranging from burgeoning metropolitan centers to small logging towns and mining camps. Baltimore, Brooklyn, Denver, Indianapolis, Memphis, Montreal, New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Syracuse, and Washington are just a few of the cities presented in this collection. The exquisite color and fine detail of these bird's eye views have been reproduced in all their original glory; also included is an introduction by John W. Reps providing a background on the artistic process and on urban development in the nineteenth century.

Author : Paul Campbell
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781913634407

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Birds Eye London by Paul Campbell Pdf

Viewed from above, London gives up its best-kept secrets; unique shapes, designs and landmarks come together to form a stunning artwork all of their own. Welcome to Bird s Eye London. This generous hardback reproduces the aerial photography of Paul Campbell with over 150 spectacular images, revealing new perspectives on the iconic city and its major sights as all that is familiar on the ground takes on a new persona from the air. In creating this Bird s Eye London collection, Paul has approached the subjects with the eye of a designer, producing images that offer a spectacular perspective without losing the reality of the city. From major landmarks and historic sites to sporting stadia, music venues, green spaces, and more, each photograph is informatively captioned, giving a concise introduction to the city's most popular sights and others that are perhaps not so well known a superb souvenir or gift for both residents and visitors.

Author : Aditya Bihani
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781648996085

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A Bird's-Eye View by Aditya Bihani Pdf

This is a collection of essays, structured around contemporary Indian and global issues. Divided into three distinct sections, the book aims to provide the reader with a wholesome exposure to our economic, political and social systems. The first section delves into the largely unfortunate state of the global economy. There always exists hope, however being unaware of the predicaments that plague us on an international level is a blunder one cannot afford to commit. As India still struggles to recover from domestic shocks, worsening global markets undermine its ability to reach for the stars. The second section, discusses the varied difficulties that haunt our nation and explores ways to navigate through the inevitable storm. The last section is a collection of works on abstract discourses.

Author : Erazim Kohak
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812697568

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The Green Halo by Erazim Kohak Pdf

The Green Halo is a highly readable introduction to the vast field of contemporary ecological thought. It is a basic education in environmental philosophy and a welcome propadeutic for understanding the most crucial problem facing humankind in the coming century: How can humans live on this earth so that they do not destroy the preconditions for their own existence?

Author : Cary Fagan
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781770893115

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A Bird's Eye by Cary Fagan Pdf

Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and selected as an Amazon.ca Best Book. With all the wonder of a small-scale The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay comes this moving and unforgettable novel about childhood, love, and magic. Growing up in a Jewish neighbourhood in the 1930s, young Benjamin Kleeman falls in love, first with Corrine Foster and then with magic. Hiding his new passions from his parents — the long-suffering Bella, an Italian immigrant, and Jacob, a talented but failed inventor of elaborate mechanical devices — Benjamin begins apprenticeships in magic and life itself, learning along the way that everything is more complicated than it seems. With wit, tenderness, humour, and, startling beauty, Cary Fagan brings a gifted young man’s rise to a peculiar kind of stardom, wonderfully alive.

Author : Chris A. Zeigler Dendy,Alex Zeigler
Publisher : Cherish Children
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Attention-deficit-disordered youth
ISBN : 0967991137

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A Bird's-eye View of Life with ADD and ADHD by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy,Alex Zeigler Pdf

A Bird's-Eye View of Life was written expressly for teenagers and preteens by twelve teens and a young adult who are living with this challenging condition. These young people offer the best kind of advice--advice based upon first-hand experience. This book offers factual information and practical strategies in words and examples that young people can easily understand and put into practice. It also leaves teens and their families with a sense of hope that they too can survive this sometimes overwhelming disorder.

Author : Chris A. Zeigler Dendy,Alex Zeigler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11
Category : Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
ISBN : 0967991145

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A Bird's-Eye View of Life with ADD and ADHD by Chris A. Zeigler Dendy,Alex Zeigler Pdf

Twelve teens and a young adult who are living with attention deficit disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder describe what it is like to have the conditions, and offer practical coping strategies.

Author : David M. Bird
Publisher : Véhicule Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Birds
ISBN : 1550651196

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Bird's Eye View by David M. Bird Pdf

Why do grackles rub mothballs over their feathers? Are pigeons and house sparrows merely to be despised? Do chickadees grow new brains each year? Why do vultures defecate down their legs and vomit? What does it take to set up an ideal bird feeding station? How do birds keep warm in winter? What do you do when your child brings home a baby bird? Of interest to North American bird-lovers everywhere, these are just a sprinkling of the questions to be tackled in this delectable collection of the best of the ornithological essays written by Dr. David M. Bird over the last fifteen years. Not only is Birds-Eye View ideal for those wishing to learn more about the lives of the birds with which we share the planet, it is also an invaluable reference for that growing army of enthusiasts eager to enjoy their company by offering them housing, food and water. Employing plenty of humour, wit and personal family experiences, Dr. Bird's engaging writing style makes Birds-Eye View a delightful, easy-to-read book for anyone with even a passing interest in birds.

Author : Casey Albert Wood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Birds
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031196251

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The Fundus Oculi of Birds by Casey Albert Wood Pdf