Cuckoo S Blood

Author : Ken Kesey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101575277

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey Pdf

A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of a counterculture classic, and the inspiration for the new Netflix original series Ratched, with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Now in a new deluxe edition with a foreword by Chuck Palahniuk and cover by Joe Sacco, here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy’s heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them all imprisoned. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Author : Iain Campbell,Sam Woods,Nick Leseberg
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781400865109

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Birds of Australia by Iain Campbell,Sam Woods,Nick Leseberg Pdf

The best photographic field guide to Australia's birds Australia is home to a spectacular diversity of birdlife, from parrots and penguins to emus and vibrant passerines. Birds of Australia covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occurring migrants and features more than 1,100 stunning color photographs, including many photos of subspecies and plumage variations never before seen in a field guide. Detailed facing-page species accounts describe key identification features such as size, plumage, distribution, behavior, and voice. This one-of-a-kind guide also provides extensive habitat descriptions with a large number of accompanying photos. The text relies on the very latest IOC taxonomy and the distribution maps incorporate the most current mapping data, making this the most up-to-date guide to Australian birds. Covers all 714 species of resident birds and regularly occurring migrants Features more than 1,100 stunning color photos Includes facing-page species accounts, habitat descriptions, and distribution maps The ideal photographic guide for beginners and seasoned birders alike

Author : Nick Davies
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781408135860

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Cuckoos, Cowbirds and Other Cheats by Nick Davies Pdf

This fascinating study describes the natural histories of these brood parasites and examines many of the exciting questions they raise about the evolution of cheating and the arms race between parasites and their prey. Brood parasites fill their armoury with adaptations including exquisite egg mimicry, rapid laying, ejection of host eggs, murder of host young, chick mimicry and manipulative begging behaviour: ploys shown by recent research to have evolved in response to host defence behaviour or through competition among the parasites themselves. While many host species appear defenceless, accepting parasite eggs quite unlike their own, many are more discriminating against odd-looking eggs and some have evolved the ability to discriminate against odd-looking chicks as well. How is this arms race conducted? Will defenceless hosts develop defences in time, or are there constraints which limit the evolution and perfection of host defences? And why are so few species obliged only to lay eggs in host nests? Have host defences limited the success of brood parasitism, or is it in fact much more common than we suspect, but occurring mainly when birds parasitize the nest of their own kind? All of these puzzles are examined in descriptions of the natural history of each of the groups of parasites in turn. Here is a book with wide appeal, both to amateur naturalists fascinated by this most singular and macabre of behaviours and by ornithologists and ecologists interested in the evolution of ecology and behaviour. The story takes us from the classic field work by pioneer ornithologists such as Edgar Chance, Stuart Baker, Herbert Friedmann and others, through to the experimental field work and molecular techniques of today's leading scientists. We visit brood parasites in Europe, Asia, Japan, Africa, Australasia, and North and South America, to look at some of the world's most interesting birds and some of biology's most interesting questions, many of which still beg answers from ornithologists in the future. Brilliant illustrations by David Quinn illuminate the species discussed, showing many behaviours never before illustrated and conveying the thrill of watching these astonishing birds in the wild.

Author : Robert Galbraith
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316206860

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The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith Pdf

Published under a pseudonym, J. K. Rowling's brilliant debut mystery introduces Detective Cormoran Strike as he investigates a supermodel's suicide in "one of the best books of the year" (USA Today), the first novel in the brilliant series that inspired the acclaimed HBO Max series C.B. Strike. After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, creditors are calling, and after a breakup with his longtime girlfriend, he's living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with a shocking story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry -- known to her friends as the Cuckoo -- famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man. You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.

Author : Stephen Berg
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781556592683

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Cuckoo's Blood by Stephen Berg Pdf

Idiosyncratic and energized versions of Zen poems by the editor of The American Poetry Review.

Author : Ron S King
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781445764580

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The Cuckoo's Nest by Ron S King Pdf

This book is an autobiography of Ron S King, who lived a very different lifestyle. You will read of 'Gangsters and the 'Low-Life', the dregs of Society... Once a reader picks up this book, there will be difficulty in putting it down.

Author : Iain Campbell,Sam Woods
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691153537

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Wildlife of Australia by Iain Campbell,Sam Woods Pdf

The go-to introductory guide to Australia's diverse wildlife and habitats Ideal for the nature-loving traveler, Wildlife of Australia is a handy photographic pocket guide to the most widely seen birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and habitats of Australia. The guide features more than 400 stunning color photographs, and coverage includes 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs likely to be encountered in Australia's major tourist destinations. Accessible species accounts are useful for both general travelers and serious naturalists, and the invaluable habitat section describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife. Animal species with similar features are placed on the same plates in order to aid identification. Wildlife of Australia is an indispensable and thorough resource for any nature enthusiast interested in this remarkable continent. Easy-to-use pocket guide More than 400 high-quality photographs Accessible text aids identification Habitat guide describes the Australian bush and its specific wildlife Coverage includes the 350 birds, 70 mammals, 30 reptiles, and 16 frogs most likely to be seen on a trip around Australia

Author : Ulla E. Dydo,William Rice
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780810125261

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Gertrude Stein by Ulla E. Dydo,William Rice Pdf

The definitive book on Gertrude Stein

Author : Jane Dews
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781479704293

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The Cuckoo's Song by Jane Dews Pdf

Author : Кен Кизи
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9785041375720

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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest / Пролетая над гнездом кукушки. Книга для чтения на английском языке by Кен Кизи Pdf

Эта книга – одно из самых известных произведений знаменитого американского писателя ХХ века К. Кизи. Неадаптированный текст романа снабжен комментариями, заданиями на понимание и словарем.Книга предлагается в качестве учебного пособия для чтения и перевода в вузах и на курсах иностранных языков, а также для самостоятельного чтения.

Author : Jagdish Joshi
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781482810844

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The Cuckoo's Nest by Jagdish Joshi Pdf

Terror outfits in Asia are looking beyond the 9/11 episode to terrorize the world with nuclear devices. Rogue nuclear scientists involved in smuggling and dissemination of WMD technologies are eager to help Al Qaeda and similar groups in achieving their objectives. Russian mafia groups are arranging sale of nuclear scrap retrieved from ICBM's dismantled under SALT Treaty agreements to whoever is willing to pay in bullion and US Dollars. Indian Intelligence agencies discover a major money laundering operation in Mumbai. A British hydrocarbon specialist working at a major drilling site is kidnapped and taken to Myanmar as hostage. The Tamil Tiger guerillas of Sri Lanka demand the British Government release a Lankan rogue scientist undergoing prison term for smuggling contraband nuclear material, in exchange of the hostage in Myanmar. The murder of a senior executive involved in the money laundering operations in Mumbai sends Indian sleuths on tracing money trails to Sri Lanka, Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The daring rescue of a Bangladesh nuclear scientist held captive for three decades and blackmailed to work on a project of WMD's by the ISI, exposes the conspiracy to arm Qaeda with nuclear devices.

Author : Bill Oddie
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781844568710

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One Flew into the Cuckoo's Egg by Bill Oddie Pdf

Whose first records were produced by George Martin, and who had two singles banned by the BBC? Who earned rare reviews on Broadway for his dancing? Who rode on the back seat of the Goodies’ trandem? Who has been called ‘Britain’s best-known birdwatcher’? Who had his first clinical depression in his 60th year, and has only just discovered why? Who has written an autobiography that is as witty, candid and unconventional as the man himself? Answer to all of the above – Bill Oddie Bill Oddie is best known for the wacky humour of the Goodies, and the irrepressible enthusiasm of his nature programmes, off screen there has been a darker side. Bill has suffered from bouts of depression which have more than once taken him to the brink. Now he is back in control and wiser about the causes and the cure. Here he describes the childhood blighted by the absence of his mother who had been committed to a mental asylum when he was small. It was a lonely and difficult start to life, but there were to be happier times. Touring with the Cambridge Footlights in the l960s saw him alongside the greatest comic talents of his generation – John Cleese and of course fellow Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. Soon the Goodies were to become on of the biggest comedy hits of the 70s – bringing a new brand of surreal humour to our screens. Now as Britain’s favourite birdwatcher Bill has turned his private passion into his most public role and presented more than 20 nature programmes for the BBC. He has also become a fervent and outspoken campaigner for the environment. It has been an extraordinary and far from straightforward journey. Bill Oddie takes us along with him in a memoir which is as witty, candid, curious and unconventional as the man himself.

Author : Eric Saylor
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252099656

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English Pastoral Music by Eric Saylor Pdf

Covering works by popular figures like Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst as well as less familiar English composers, Eric Saylor's pioneering book examines pastoral music's critical, theoretical, and stylistic foundations alongside its creative manifestations in the contexts of Arcadia, war, landscape, and the Utopian imagination. As Saylor shows, pastoral music adapted and transformed established musical and aesthetic conventions that reflected the experiences of British composers and audiences during the early twentieth century. By approaching pastoral music as a cultural phenomenon dependent on time and place, Saylor forcefully challenges the body of critical opinion that has long dismissed it as antiquated, insular, and reactionary.

Author : Norman Macleod,Daniel Dewar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : English language
ISBN : ONB:+Z174573703

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A Dictionary of the Gaelic Language by Norman Macleod,Daniel Dewar Pdf

Author : Joel Dorman Steele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : EHC:148101020765Z

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Hygienic Physiology: with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics by Joel Dorman Steele Pdf