A Mirror For Skylarks

Author : Paul Donald
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408128190

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The Skylark by Paul Donald Pdf

The Skylark is one of Britain's most popular and inspirational birds, and in recent years it has also been one of the most newsworthy. The species' population has plummeted as a consequence of changes in farming practice, and the RSPB has launched a major research and fund-raising campaign to save the 'blithe spirit' from further decline. This book looks at all aspects of the life of the Skylark, from its biology, migratory patterns, breeding behaviour and habitat requirements, to its role in legend and folklore. It also discusses its recent rapid decline which has led to the species being placed on the top-priority 'red list' of Birds of Conservation Concern by the leading governmental and non-governmental conservation organisations in the UK. Three closely related species, Oriental and Japanese Skylarks and the enigmatic Raso Lark are also discussed.

Author : Georges Ladoux
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015034230279

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Marthe Richard, the Skylark by Georges Ladoux Pdf

Author : F. A. Casemore
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2001-10-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781469711928

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Skylarks by F. A. Casemore Pdf

For myself, lest I forget, or die unsung. This is not a travelogue, or a survival kit. This is the Fable of the Wealthy Man. A Dragon, with a Hoard of Treasures, Hidden, High in the Mountains, Far, Far away. For me.

Author : Edward Elmer Smith
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547192589

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The Skylark of Space by Edward Elmer Smith Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Skylark of Space" by Edward Elmer Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Thomas C. Gannon
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780803220577

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Skylark Meets Meadowlark by Thomas C. Gannon Pdf

AøNative rereading of both British Romanticism and mainstream Euro-American ecocriticism, this cross-cultural transatlantic study of literary imaginings about birds sets the agenda for a more sophisticated and nuanced ecocriticism. Lakota critic Thomas C. Gannon explores how poets and nature writersøin Britain and Native America have incorporated birds into their writings. He discerns an evolution in humankind?s representations?and attitudes toward?other species by examining the avian images and tropes in British Romantic and Native American literatures, and by considering how such literary treatment succeeds from an ecological or animal-rights perspective. ø Such depictions, Gannon argues, reveal much about underlying cultural and historical relationships with the Other?whether other species or other peoples. He elucidates the changing interconnections between birds and humans in British Romanticism from Cowper to Clare, with particular attention to Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, Byron, and Keats. Gannon then considers how birds are imagined by Native writers, including early Lakota authors and contemporary poets such as Linda Hogan and Joy Harjo. Ultimately he shows how the sensitive and far-reaching connections with nature forged by Native American writers encourage a more holistic reimagining of humankind?s relationship to other animals.

Author : E.E. 'Doc' Smith
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575122673

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The Skylark of Space by E.E. 'Doc' Smith Pdf

Brilliant government scientist Richard Seaton discovers a remarkable faster-than-light fuel that will power his interstellar spaceship, The Skylark. His ruthless rival, Marc DuQuesne, and the sinister World Steel Corporation will do anything to get their hands on the fuel. When they kidnap Seaton's fiancee and friends, they unleash a furious pursuit and ignite a burning desire for revenge that will propel The Skylark across the galaxy and back.

Author : Mini Joseph & Hilda Peacock
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789325986084

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Skylark Coursebook – 7 VRApp by Mini Joseph & Hilda Peacock Pdf

Skylark is a multi-skill based series of coursebooks and workbooks for Classes 1-8. It caters to the needs of the learners and the facilitators of the English language through its approach—teaching language through literature. Through their simple, lucid and visually appealing presentation of content, the books make language acquisition effortless, seamless and engrossing for the learners.

Author : Birgitta Jansson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595276608

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Plucking the Skylark by Birgitta Jansson Pdf

In this World War II novel set in France, Therese Leon defies her staunchly conservative father to marry Gilbert Ricard, the radical printer who comes to town following his army service in the Great War. Life is sweet for the young couple, and their happiness seems secure as they raise their children in the cozy apartment above their print shop on Anne Street. But when Gil publishes articles in support of a local strike, over the objections of his iron-willed father-in-law, political differences turn violent. Love and loyalty are tested as the private quarrel grows to encompass the larger conflicts of the turbulent times, and a harrowing sequence of events rips apart their world. Years later, when Tess and Gil's daughter, Gabrielle, decides to work as a printer for the French Resistance, old tensions resurface and her clandestine activities bring new dangers to Anne Street.

Author : E.E. 'Doc' Smith
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575122697

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Skylark of Valeron by E.E. 'Doc' Smith Pdf

As the mighty spaceship Skylark roamed the intergalactic spaceways, scientist Richard Seaton and his companions found a world of disembodied intelligences. A world of four dimensions where time was insanely distorted and matter obeyed no terrestrial laws - where three-dimensional human intellects had to fight hard to thwart malevolent invisible mentalities...

Author : Dezso Kosztolanyi
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590174029

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Skylark by Dezso Kosztolanyi Pdf

It is 1900, give or take a few years. The Vajkays—call them Mother and Father—live in Sárszeg, a dead-end burg in the provincial heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Father retired some years ago to devote his days to genealogical research and quaint questions of heraldry. Mother keeps house. Both are utterly enthralled with their daughter, Skylark. Unintelligent, unimaginative, unattractive, and unmarried, Skylark cooks and sews for her parents and anchors the unremitting tedium of their lives. Now Skylark is going away, for one week only, it’s true, but a week that yawns endlessly for her parents. What will they do? Before they know it, they are eating at restaurants, reconnecting with old friends, attending the theater. And this is just a prelude to Father’s night out at the Panther Club, about which the less said the better. Drunk, in the light of dawn Father surprises himself and Mother with his true, buried, unspeakable feelings about Skylark. Then, Skylark is back. Is there a world beyond the daily grind and life's creeping disappointments? Kosztolányi’s crystalline prose, perfect comic timing, and profound human sympathy conjure up a tantalizing beauty that lies on the far side of the irredeemably ordinary. To that extent, Skylark is nothing less than a magical book.

Author : William Edward Armytage Axon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : English poetry
ISBN : PRNC:32101067004851

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The Ancoats Skylark by William Edward Armytage Axon Pdf

Author : E. E. Smith
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547389439

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The Skylark of Space by E. E. Smith Pdf

The Skylark of Space - Dick Seaton accidentally discovers a workable space drive in combining pure copper with a newly discovered element "X." Having failed to re-create the effect, Seaton realizes that the missing component is a field generated by DuQuesne's particle accelerator, his arch-enemy, and thereafter sets up a business with his millionaire friend, Martin Crane, to build a spaceship... Skylark Three - DuQuesne announces a long absence from Earth, to find another species more knowledgeable than the Osnomians allied with protagonist Richard Seaton. Shortly thereafter, DuQuesne and a henchman disappear from Earth...

Author : Edward Elmer Smith
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547193401

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Skylark Three by Edward Elmer Smith Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Skylark Three" by Edward Elmer Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Poets
ISBN : HARVARD:32044086791605

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The Skylark and Adonais by Percy Bysshe Shelley Pdf

Author : Aberjhani
Publisher : Bright Skylark Book Products
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0966235649

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Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black by Aberjhani Pdf

"When a reader enters the pages of a book of poetry [with fiction], he or she enters a world where dreams transform the past into knowledge made applicable to the present, and where visions shape the present into extraordinary possibilities for the future. One of the funny things about those dreams and visions is that although they spring from the heart and soul of the writer, it is not unusual for readers to sometimes see themselves reflected in their light. This is possible because the reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large." --From Introduction to VISIONS OF A SKYLARK DRESSED IN BLACK