Bird Brother

Author : Rodney Stotts,Kate Pipkin
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781642831740

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Bird Brother by Rodney Stotts,Kate Pipkin Pdf

In Bird Brother, Rodney Stotts shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of incarceration affecting the lives of everyone he knew. He was no exception, but he was also employed by the newly founded Earth Conservation Corps, helping to restore and conserve the polluted Anacostia River. This work eventually sent his life in a different direction, as he began to train to become a master falconer and to develop his own raptor education program and sanctuary. Eye-opening, witty, and moving, Bird Brother is a testament to the healing power of nature, and a reminder that no matter how much heartbreak we've endured, we still have the capacity to give back to our communities and follow our dreams.

Author : Jeff Mills
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781803134673

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Hugo and the Bird: The Ark of the Covenant by Jeff Mills Pdf

Greed. Deceit. Jealousy. Treachery. None are qualities you want to come up against, especially when they're brought to life in a group thought to be dead. Unfortunately for Hugo Bennett, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, and his friends and allies, this group wants what they have and will stop at nothing to get it.

Author : William BIRD (Forger.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1812
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020067897

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The Life and Character of William Bird, who was Executed at Cambridge for Forgery, on the 28th of March 1812. With Some Letters which He Wrote While Under Sentence of Death. By a Resident in the University. To which is Added, Some Account and Reflections of M. Macdonald, who was Executed at Greenock, for Robbery, on the 5th of June 1812 by William BIRD (Forger.) Pdf

Author : Zetta Elliott
Publisher : Lee & Low Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1620143488

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Bird by Zetta Elliott Pdf

In this gentle, award-winning picture book, an African American boy nicknamed Bird uses drawing as a creative outlet as he struggles to make sense of his grandfather's death and his brother's drug addiction.

Author : Anne Bird
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0060838574

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Blood Brother by Anne Bird Pdf

Scott Peterson's sister describes her relationship with Scott and Laci, the police investigation following Laci's murder, and her growing suspicions regarding Scott's guilt.

Author : Jeff Mills
Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781800468009

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Hugo and the Bird by Jeff Mills Pdf

Death! The children of the three witches of Bideford who were hanged in 1682 have vowed to kill all those people responsible for their parent’s deaths and their own murder by hanging based on trumped-up charges to cover up the crime of their local judge.

Author : Ella Elgar Bird Dumont
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1988-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292735958

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Ella Elgar Bird Dumont by Ella Elgar Bird Dumont Pdf

A crack shot, expert skinner and tanner, seamstress, sculptor, and later writer—a list that only hints at her intelligence and abilities—Ella Elgar Bird Dumont was one of those remarkable women who helped tame the Texas frontier. First married at sixteen to a Texas Ranger, she followed her husband to Comanche Indian country in King County, where they lived in a tepee while participating in the final slaughter of the buffalo. Living off the land until the frontier was opened for ranching, Ella and Tom Bird typified the Old West ideals of self-sufficiency and generosity, with a hesitancy to complain about the hard life in the late 1800s. Yet, in one important way, Ella Dumont was unsuited for life on the frontier. Endowed with an instinctive desire and ability to carve and sculpt, she was largely prevented from pursuing her talents by the responsibilities of marriage and frontier life and later, widowhood with two small children. Even though her second marriage, to Auguste Dumont, made life more comfortable, the realities of her existence still prevented the fulfillment of her artistic longings. Ella Bird Dumont's memoir is rich with details of the frontier era in Texas, when Indian depredations were still a danger for isolated settlers, where animals ranged close enough to provide dinner and a new pair of gloves, and where sheer existence depended on skill, luck, and the kindness of strangers. The vividness and poignancy of her life, coupled with the wealth of historical material in the editor's exhaustive notes, make this Texas pioneer's autobiography a very special book.

Author : George Borrow
Publisher : London J. Murray 1872.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : HARVARD:HWIQL9

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The Romany Rye by George Borrow Pdf

Author : Crystal Chan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442450905

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Bird by Crystal Chan Pdf

Entrenched secrets, mysterious spirits, and an astonishing friendship weave together in this extraordinary and haunting debut that School Library Journal calls “a powerful story about loss and moving on.” Nothing matters. Only Bird matters. And he flew away. Jewel never knew her brother Bird, but all her life she has lived in his shadow. Her parents blame Grandpa for the tragedy of their family’s past: they say that Grandpa attracted a malevolent spirit—a duppy—into their home. Grandpa hasn’t spoken a word since. Now Jewel is twelve, and she lives in a house full of secrets and impenetrable silence. Jewel is sure that no one will ever love her like they loved Bird, until the night that she meets a mysterious boy in a tree. Grandpa is convinced that the boy is a duppy, but Jewel knows that he is something more. And that maybe—just maybe—the time has come to break through the stagnant silence of the past.

Author : John Lorence BIRD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1834
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020734456

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Mr. J. L. Bird's Statement of Facts, in relation to Mr. Watson's hostile message to Mr. H. P. Bird, etc by John Lorence BIRD Pdf

Author : James A. Jobling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408133262

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Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names by James A. Jobling Pdf

A comprehensive dictionary of the meaning and derivation of scientific bird names. Many scientific bird names describe a bird's habits, habitat, distribution or a plumage feature, while others are named after their discoverers or in honour of prominent ornithologists. This extraordinary work of reference lists the generic and specific name for almost every species of bird in the world and gives its meaning and derivation. In the case of eponyms brief biographical details are provided for each of the personalities commemorated in the scientific names. This fascinating book is an outstanding source of information which will both educate and inform, and may even help to understand birds better.

Author : John C. Jackson
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781552381113

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Jemmy Jock Bird by John C. Jackson Pdf

The story of Jemmy Jock Bird, the son of a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and a Cree woman, is a little-known, yet fascinating, part of the mythology of the northern fur trade. Caught between opposing sides of a dual heritage, Bird situated himself firmly in both worlds. Hired as an undercover 'confidential servant', he crossed into US territory to bring furs taken by Cree and Peigan hunters to his British employers. Later, he served both nations, and his tribal friends, in the negotiation of the 1855 Blackfoot peace treaty and the 1877 Canadian Treaty 7. In this creative non-fiction account, Jackson reconstructs the life of this intriguing individual, using materials from the Hudson's Bay Archives, the Montana Historical Society, and Bird's descendants living on the American Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana.

Author : Georgiana Fullerton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10929473

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Lady-bird by Georgiana Fullerton Pdf

Author : Lady Georgiana Fullerton
Publisher : London : R. Bentley
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Fiction, English
ISBN : IND:30000054412618

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Lady-bird ... by Lady Georgiana Fullerton Pdf

Author : Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781635866506

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How to Look at a Bird by Clare Walker Leslie Pdf

Bestselling author and acclaimed nature illustrator Clare Walker Leslie invites beginning birdwatchers to hone their observational skills with this easy-to-use visual guide. Using her signature nature journal illustrations, Leslie shows readers the key clues to look for, from the shape of the beak or talons to distinctive feather colorings, flight patterns, and behavioral traits. She offers simple prompts that encourage readers to embrace curiosity and take a closer look: Where are you? What season is it? How is that bird moving or eating? With an emphasis on the birds that are most likely to be seen at a feeder, in a city park, or at a nature preserve, How to Look at a Bird makes bird watching, identification, and appreciation accessible to everyone, no matter where they live.