Bird In A Cage

Author : Frédéric Dard
Publisher : Pushkin Vertigo
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781782271994

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Bird in a Cage by Frédéric Dard Pdf

A man becomes entangled in a dangerous web of death and deceit in this “hallmark of classic French noir” set in 1960s Paris (The Guardian) Trouble is the last thing Albert needs. Traveling back to his childhood home on Christmas Eve to mourn his mother’s death, he finds the loneliness and nostalgia of his Parisian quartier unbearable. Until, that evening, he encounters a beautiful, seemingly innocent woman at a brasserie, and his spirits are lifted. Still, something about the woman disturbs him. Where is the father of her child? And what are those two red stains on her sleeve? When she invites him back to her apartment, Albert thinks he’s in luck. But a monstrous scene awaits them, and he finds himself lured into the darkness against his better judgment. Unravelling like a paranoid nightmare, Bird in a Cage melds existentialist drama with thrilling noir to tell the story of a man trapped in a prison of his own making.

Author : Derek Niemann
Publisher : Short Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781780720944

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Birds in a Cage by Derek Niemann Pdf

At Warburg, Germany, in 1941, four British PoWs find an unexpected means of escape from the horrors of internment when they form a birdwatching society, and embark on an obsessive quest behind barbed wire. Through their shared love of birds, they overcome hunger, hardship, fear and stultifying boredom. Their quest draws in not only their fellow prisoners, but also some of the German guards, at great risk to them all... Derek Niemann draws on original diaries, letters and drawings, to tell of how Conder, Barrett, Waterston and Buxton were forged by their experiences as POWs into the giants of post war wildlife conservation. Their legacy lives on, in institutions such as the RSPB and the British Wildlife Trust.

Author : Cary Fagan
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781554988624

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A Cage Went in Search of a Bird by Cary Fagan Pdf

Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan featuring vibrant art by Banafsheh Erfanian. Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from award-winning comic writer Cary Fagan. In her North American debut, illustrator Banafsheh Erfanian brings ornate artistry to the cage and birds that inhabit this surprisingly human story. A long-empty birdcage takes a chance and leaves behind its attic home to find a bird to keep. Out in the world, the cage encounters many birds and offers shelter to each of them. One by one, they refuse, explaining why they belong elsewhere. The cage feels lonelier than ever – until the cage in search of a bird finds a bird in search of a cage. Based on an aphorism by Franz Kafka, Fagan’s original story will make readers laugh at its absurdity and ponder its meaning long after they finish reading. Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7 Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307477729

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Pdf

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

Author : Stanley B. Lubman
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Law
ISBN : 0804743789

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Bird in a Cage by Stanley B. Lubman Pdf

This book analyzes the principal legal institutions that have emerged in China and considers implications for U.S. policy of the limits on China's ability to develop meaningful legal institutions.

Author : Hazel Gaynor
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008393656

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The Bird in the Bamboo Cage by Hazel Gaynor Pdf

Inspired by true events... ‘Moving and authentic’ Dinah Jefferies ‘Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful’ Jenny Ashcroft 'A beautiful, tender and fascinating story' Sinead Moriarty

Author : Florence Noiville
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0857428748

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A Cage in Search of a Bird by Florence Noiville Pdf

Now in paperback, A Cage in Search of a Bird is the gripping story of two women caught in the vise of a terrible delusion. Laura Wilmote is a television journalist living in Paris. Her life couldn't be better--a stimulating job, a loving boyfriend, interesting friends--until her phone rings in the middle of one night. It is C., an old school friend whom Laura recently helped find a job at the same television station: "My phone rang. I knew right away it was you." Thus begins the story of C.'s unrelenting, obsessive, incurable love/hatred of Laura. She is convinced that Laura shares her love, but cannot--or will not--admit it. C. begins to dress as Laura, to make her friends and family her own, and even succeeds in working alongside Laura on the unique program that is Laura's signature achievement. The obsession escalates, yet is artfully hidden. It is Laura who is perceived as the aggressor at work, Laura who appears unwell, Laura who is losing it. Even Laura's adoring boyfriend begins to question her. Laura seeks the counsel of a psychiatrist who diagnoses C. with De Clérambault syndrome--she is convinced that Laura is in love with her. And worse, the syndrome can only end in one of two ways: the death of the patient, or that of the object of the obsession. A Cage in Search of a Bird is the gripping story of two women caught in the vise of a terrible delusion. Florence Noiville brilliantly narrates this story of obsession and one woman's attempts to escape the irrational love of another--an inescapable, never-ending love, a love that can only end badly.

Author : Margaret Drabble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:442981269

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A summer bird-cage by Margaret Drabble Pdf

Author : Devin Scillian
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781634709248

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Memoirs of a Parrot by Devin Scillian Pdf

Join a brilliant, but stubborn, parrot as he endures the banality of the pet store before being purchased by an equally insufferable young man. But while things between parrot and owner get off to a rocky start, the delights of having a pet (or human) bring them both around in the end. From author Devin Scillian and illustrator Tim Bowers of the Memoirs series, this is sure to please fans new and old.

Author : Anyta Sunday
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1370065515

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Bird Meets Cage by Anyta Sunday Pdf

He called himself Stardust, but one of my friends told me his name was Jean. I met him during the summer I worked at the cotton candy stand when the circus came through town.He was made of big dreams, sunshine, and raw sense of being that I'd never known existed before him. His eyes were black as mud, his lips were the same color as the cotton candy I sold, and his smile could put a solar eclipse to shame.He was everything I wasn't. He was the first man I ever loved, and he left without me ever telling him that the way he looked at me broke my heart.I'm older now, and even if that circus never comes through town again, I'll still call him Stardust.Sweet coming-of-age story / gay romance set in the circus.

Author : Walter Murch
Publisher : Catapult
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781619022812

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The Bird that Swallowed Its Cage by Walter Murch Pdf

Walter Murch first came across Curzio Malaparte's writings in a chance encounter in a French book about cosmology, where one of Malaparte's stories was retold to illustrate a point about conditions shortly after the creation of the universe. Murch was so taken by the strange, utterly captivating imagery he went to find the book from which the story was taken. The book was Kaputt, Malaparte's autobiographical novel about the frontlines of World War II. Curzio Malaparte, an Italian born with a German heritage, was a journalist, dramatic, novelist and diplomat. When he wrote a book attacking totalitarianism and Hitler's reign, Mussolini, in no position to support such a body of work, stripped him of his National Fascist Party membership and sent him to internal exile on the island of Lipari. In 1941, he was sent to cover the Eastern Front as a correspondent for Corriere della Sera, the Milano daily newspaper. His dispatches from the next three years would be largely suppressed by the Italian government, but reverberated among readers as painfully real depictions of a landscape at war. The film editor, fluent in translating the written word over to the languages of sight and sound, began slowly translating Malaparte's writings from World War II. The density and intricacy of his stories compelled Murch to adapt many of them into prose or blank verse poems. The result is a book of surprising insight and strange beauty.

Author : Esther J. J. Verhoef-Verhallen
Publisher : Booksales
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9036614953

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The Complete Encyclopedia of Cage and Aviary Birds by Esther J. J. Verhoef-Verhallen Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the care, feeding, and housing of over 250 commonly kept species of birds.

Author : Anna Castagnoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 191149614X

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The Golden Cage by Anna Castagnoli Pdf

Valentina the emperor's daughter is an obsessive collector of exotic birds. Her servants track down every bird she desires - just one remains unfound: a bird that talks. Servants search far and wide to fulfill her impossible quest - and she beheads those who fail. In Valentina's palace, heads roll every day! Will the golden cage ever be filled? A deliciously dark European fairy tale with words as rich as its bold and luxurious illustrations.

Author : Susan Griffin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1838274227

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Bird in a Gilded Cage by Susan Griffin Pdf

Bird in a Gilded Cage - Second Edition This book has been published before and is the second edition of Bird in a Gilded Cage. A passionate story of love, women's fight for equality in the early twentieth century and friendships that test the very limits of endurance. Fighting for the right to vote in Edwardian Britain, but is the price of freedom too high? The Suffragette movement in the early 20th century is at the heart of this dramatic story of Beth Hamilton-Green and her bid for freedom. Fighting to break free from her overbearing and manipulative parents, Beth is pressured towards leading a life devoid of any choices, and to quietly conform to the social standing of the era. Determined not to succumb to her parents' demands, Beth befriends the headstrong Suffragette, Alice Sparks, and finds herself drawn into a savage fight for the emancipation of women. Beth shuns her restricted but privileged way of life to join Emmeline Pankhurst and her brave band of women from the Women's Social & Political Union in their determined fight for equal rights. When the handsome and mysterious Finn McGuiness appears in Beth's life, Alice's declaration of undying love throws Beth into confusion. The real fight has only just begun as Beth becomes embroiled in a powerful struggle, not only for her own survival amidst the Suffragette activities, but with the pull of divided loyalties between Alice and Finn. Beth is pushed to the very edge of reason and the resulting events lead to tragic consequences.

Author : Rebecca Roher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 177262005X

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Bird in a Cage by Rebecca Roher Pdf

"Once a sharp, strong-willed and independent woman, Roher's grandmother's life took an unexpected turn when an accident left her with a brain injury, leading to early onset dementia. An unlikely protagonist, grandma was an elderly woman trapped by her deteriorating mind, aging body and the walls around her. This story illuminates the often overlooked narrative of a senior, her complicated history and inner life. Loveable and tragic, she is determined to get back to a familiar place, to be home again. Roher digs deep into her grandmother's personal history, learns to manage her escapes, and tries to create a safe environment for her. Exploring memory, the idea of place, and the power of song to transcend dementia, Bird In a Cage tells the story of one woman's search for home and the strength of family to try and bring her back."--Amazon.com.