Rare Vanishing Lost British Birds

Author : Linda Gardiner,W. H. Hudson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781528784337

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Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds by Linda Gardiner,W. H. Hudson Pdf

First published in 1923, this book deals with the various endangered and recently-extinct birds of contemporary Britain. “Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds” is profusely illustrated and contains interesting historical information, detailed descriptions, anecdotes, and other notable information relating to the birds treated. Highly recommended for those with an interest in ornithology. Contents include: “Pelican, Pelicanus Onocrotalus”, “Crane, Grus Cinerea”, “White Spoonbill, Platalea Leucorodia”, “Capercaillie, Tetrao Urogallus”, “Avocet, Recurvirostra Avocetta”, “Great Bustard, Otis Tarda”, “Black-Tailed Godwit, Limosa Belgica”, “Great Auk, Alca Impennis”, “Goshawk, Astur Palumbarius”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on ornithology.

Author : William Henry Hudson,Linda Gardiner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCAL:$B807765

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Rare, Vanishing & Lost British Birds by William Henry Hudson,Linda Gardiner Pdf

Author : W. H. Hudson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0742685314

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Rare, Vanishing and Lost British Birds by W. H. Hudson Pdf

Author : Charles Dixon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Birds
ISBN : HARVARD:32044066327701

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Lost and Vanishing Birds by Charles Dixon Pdf

Author : Frederick Wilse Bateson
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 1132 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Cambridge bibliography of English literature. 3. 1800 - 1900 by Frederick Wilse Bateson Pdf

Author : J. Anker
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401179836

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Bird Books and Bird Art by J. Anker Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Copyright
ISBN : UOM:39015076056731

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Copyrights by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents Pdf

Author : Boria Sax
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781789144314

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Avian Illuminations by Boria Sax Pdf

An exquisitely illustrated journey through the complex and crucial relationship between humans and birds. Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities, and pets, to omens, muses, timekeepers, custodians, hunting companions, decorative motifs, and, most importantly, embodiments of our aspirations. Boria Sax narrates the history of our relationships with a host of bird species, including crows, owls, parrots, falcons, eagles, nightingales, hummingbirds, and many more. Along the way, Sax describes how birds’ nesting has symbolized human romance, how their flight has inspired inventors throughout history, and he concludes by showing that the interconnections between birds and humans are so manifold that a world without birds would effectively mean an end to human culture itself. Beautifully illustrated, Avian Illuminations is a superb overview of humanity’s long and rich association with our avian companions.

Author : Laurence Rose
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781472936691

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The Long Spring by Laurence Rose Pdf

One man tracks the arrival of spring north through Europe from southern Spain to the Arctic Circle. Exploring Europe's remarkable heritage of exceptional places and the wildlife, traditions and people associated with them, in February 2016 Laurence Rose crossed the Mediterranean from North Africa and set off on a series of journeys northwards towards the Arctic coast of Norway, all the while keeping pace with the arrival of spring. Like a modern-day pilgrimage, he is accompanied by fellow wayfarers, migrating swallows and cranes and later, wild swans and eagles. He witnesses the awakening of a continent from its winter slumber and encounters new behaviours, such as storks that no longer migrate, exploring how they link to climate change. From Spain, Laurence headed north through France and Britain. Crossing over to Sweden, Finland and Norway, he ended his travels four months later as the long Arctic days stretched into continuous daylight. In The Long Spring, Laurence evokes the landscapes, sounds and colours of the continent at its most vibrant. And as a lifelong naturalist, his journeys tracking the world's most significant and beautiful phenomenon – spring – were a chance to explore the past, present and future of our connections to nature, reflecting on three decades of work and travel in Europe and his own long relationship with wildlife.

Author : Conor Mark Jameson
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781408187029

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Looking for the Goshawk by Conor Mark Jameson Pdf

A gripping tale on the trail of a most mysterious and charismatic bird. The book traces Conor Jameson's travels in search of the Goshawk, a magnificent yet rarely seen (in Britain at least) raptor. Each episode of the narrative arises from personal experience, investigation, and the unearthing of information from research, exploration and conversations. The journey takes him from an encounter with a stuffed Goshawk in a glass case, through travels into supposed Goshawk territories in Britain, to Berlin - where he finds the bird at ease in the city. Why, he wants to know, is the bird so rarely seen in Britain? He explores the politics of birdwatching, the sport of falconry and the impact of persecution on the recent history of the bird in Britain and travels the length of Britain, through central Europe and the USA in search of answers to the goshawk mystery. Throughout his journey he is inspired by the writings of T H White who told of his attempts to tame a Goshawk in his much-loved book.

Author : Miriam B. Mandel
Publisher : Camden House
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781571134837

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Hemingway and Africa by Miriam B. Mandel Pdf

New scholarly essays providing a multifaceted approach to the role of Africa in Hemingway's life and work.

Author : Jason Wilson
Publisher : Constable
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781472106346

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Living in the Sound of the Wind by Jason Wilson Pdf

W. H. Hudson was brought up on the pampas, where he learnt from gauchos about frontier life. After moving to London in 1874, Hudson lived in extreme poverty. Like his friend Joseph Conrad, Hudson was an exile, adapting to England. He never returned to Argentina. Wilson unravels Hudson?s English dream, his natural history rambles, and his work to protect birds. He remains both a complex witness to his homeland before mass immigration and to his England of the mind, before the urban sprawl. Praise for Jason Wilson: Tireless, shrewd, erudite Jason Wilson, mixing hard fact and anthology, provides the perfect outfit of allusion and comparative experience - Jonathan Keates, Observer Put his treasure trove into your pocket. - Anthony Sattin, Sunday Times The idea is so simple that it must be original. This inaugural book might prove to be a landmark. - Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph

Author : Jerry Saye
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-09-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1420053140

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Manheimer's Cataloging and Classification, Revised and Expanded by Jerry Saye Pdf

This work has been revised and updated to include the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed), the Dewey Decimal System Classification (21st ed) and the Library of Congress Classification Schedules. The text details the essential elements of the International Standard Bibliographic Description; introduces the associated OCLC/MARC specifications; and more. The downloadable resources give more than 500 PowerPoint slides and graphics identical to the text, in addition to scans of the title page, and title page verso and other illustrations that support examples from Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (2nd ed).

Author : William J. Keith
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1974-12-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487586324

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The Rural Tradition by William J. Keith Pdf

'There is probably no single quality or characteristic – besides love of the countryside – that must inevitably distinguish a rural writer,' notes W.J. Keith. However, 'what distinguishes rural writing that belongs to literature from that belonging to natural history, agricultural history, etc., is, as Richard E. Haymaker has observed, the writer's "means of revealing Nature as well as describing her"...In the final analysis the rural essayist paints neither landscapes nor self-portraits; instead he communicates the subtle relationship between himself and his environment, offering for our inspection his own attitudes and his own vision. We may be asked to look or to agree, but more than anything else we are invited to share. Ultimately, then, the best rural writing may be said to provide us, in a phrase adapted from Robert Langbaum, with a prose of experience.' Keith argues that non-fiction rural prose should be recognized as a distinct literary tradition that merits serious critical attention. In this book he tests the cogency of thinking in terms of a 'rural tradition,' examines the critical problems inherent in such writing, and traces significant continuities between rural writers. Eleven of the more important and influential writers from the seventeenth century to modern times come under individual scrutiny: Izaak Walton, Gilbert White, William Cobbett, Mary Russell Mitford, George Borrow, Richard Jefferies, George Sturt/'George Bourne', W.H. Hudson, Edward Thomas Williamson, and H.J. Massingham. In examining these writers within the context of the rural tradition, Keith rescues their works from the literary attic where they have too often been relegated as awkward misfits. When studied together, each throws fascinating light on the others and is seen to fit into a loose but nonetheless discernible 'line.'

Author : Ralph Whitlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001919954

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Rare and Extinct Birds of Britain by Ralph Whitlock Pdf