A Rage For Falcons
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A Rage For Falcons
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Author : Stephen Bodio
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2015-10-27
A Rage For Falcons written by Stephen Bodio and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with Nature categories.
Thus begins the tale by Stephen Bodio, a lover of birds and nature, of the incredible connection between man and birds of prey. Falconry can be traced back over four thousand years and, as Bodio says, “it is amazing that the practice did not die out soon afterward when its first adherents starved.” With a new introduction by Helen MacDonald, A Rage For Falcons not only shares the history of falconry, but shows the personal side in a way only Bodio can share. With masterful prose and breathtaking imagery, you not only understand how falconry has lasted, but why. As Bodio so appropriately notes in his introduction: “To understand falconry, you must understand the nature of the relationship between man and bird.” In A Rage For Falcons, Bodio explores this incredible relationship and how it has affected him as a person. Never has such a personal touch been put on a sport that has lasted generations, which many people still do not have a grasp of. That’s what makes Bodio so great. While his words may not convince you to take up the sport, will certainly open your eyes to appreciate a world unlike any other.
Rage Of Eagles Lib
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Author : William W. Johnstone
language : en
Publisher: Topeka Bindery
Release Date : 1998-05-01
Rage Of Eagles Lib written by William W. Johnstone and has been published by Topeka Bindery this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-05-01 with Fiction categories.
Falcon McCallister roams the West with a single-minded goal - swift justice for the man who ambushed his father. The relentless search has turned the frontier into a hunting ground. And it has turned the hunter into a legend. An adventure, a love story, an epic of courage, loyalty, honor and betrayal, "Rage of Eagles" plunges its hero into the harshness of the awakening West. From the opening shot of Wyoming's Johnson County War to the pursuit of his father's killers into the high country of Montana, Falcon's daring quest will make him not only an eyewitness to history, but a hero in his own time.
Special Bibliography Series
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Author : United States Air Force Academy. Library
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Special Bibliography Series written by United States Air Force Academy. Library and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Bibliography categories.
Special Bibliography Series
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
Special Bibliography Series written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with categories.
Falconry
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Author : Emma Ford
language : en
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1998
Falconry written by Emma Ford and has been published by DIANE Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Falconry categories.
Birdology
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Author : Sy Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-08-04
Birdology written by Sy Montgomery and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-04 with Nature categories.
Meet the ladies: a flock of smart, affectionate, highly individualistic chickens who visit their favorite neighbors, devise different ways to hide from foxes, and mob the author like she's a rock star. In these pages you'll also meet Maya and Zuni, two orphaned baby hummingbirds who hatched from eggs the size of navy beans, and who are little more than air bubbles fringed with feathers. Their lives hang precariously in the balance-but with human help, they may one day conquer the sky. Snowball is a cockatoo whose dance video went viral on YouTube and who's now teaching schoolchildren how to dance. You'll meet Harris's hawks named Fire and Smoke. And you'll come to know and love a host of other avian characters who will change your mind forever about who birds really are. Each of these birds shows a different and utterly surprising aspect of what makes a bird a bird-and these are the lessons of Birdology: that birds are far stranger, more wondrous, and at the same time more like us than we might have dared to imagine. In Birdology, beloved author of The Good Good Pig Sy Montgomery explores the essence of the otherworldly creatures we see every day. By way of her adventures with seven birds-wild, tame, exotic, and common-she weaves new scientific insights and narrative to reveal seven kernels of bird wisdom. The first lesson of Birdology is that, no matter how common they are, Birds Are Individuals, as each of Montgomery's distinctive Ladies clearly shows. In the leech-infested rain forest of Queensland, you'll come face to face with a cassowary-a 150-pound, man-tall, flightless bird with a helmet of bone on its head and a slashing razor-like toenail with which it (occasionally) eviscerates people-proof that Birds Are Dinosaurs. You'll learn from hawks that Birds Are Fierce; from pigeons, how Birds Find Their Way Home; from parrots, what it means that Birds Can Talk; and from 50,000 crows who moved into a small city's downtown, that Birds Are Everywhere. They are the winged aliens who surround us. Birdology explains just how very "other" birds are: Their hearts look like those of crocodiles. They are covered with modified scales, which are called feathers. Their bones are hollow. Their bodies are permeated with extensive air sacs. They have no hands. They give birth to eggs. Yet despite birds' and humans' disparate evolutionary paths, we share emotional and intellectual abilities that allow us to communicate and even form deep bonds. When we begin to comprehend who birds really are, we deepen our capacity to approach, understand, and love these otherworldly creatures. And this, ultimately, is the priceless lesson of Birdology: it communicates a heartfelt fascination and awe for birds and restores our connection to these complex, mysterious fellow creatures
Falcon
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Author : Helen Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2016-11-15
Falcon written by Helen Macdonald and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-15 with Nature categories.
Before best-selling author Helen Macdonald told the story of the goshawk in H Is for Hawk, she told the story of the falcon, in a cultural history of the masterful creature that can “cut the sky in two” with the “perfectly aerodynamic profile of a raindrop,” as she so incisively puts it. In talon-sharp prose she explores the spell the falcon has had over her and, by extension, all of us, whether we’ve seen them “through binoculars, framed on gallery walls, versified by poets, flown as hunting birds, through Manhattan windows, sewn on flags, stamped on badges, or winnowing through the clouds over abandoned arctic radar stations.” Macdonald dives through centuries and careens around the globe to tell the story of the falcon as it has flown in the wild skies of the natural world and those of our imagination. Mixing history, myth, and legend, she explores the long history of the sport of falconry in many human cultures—from Japan to Abu Dhabi to Oxford; she analyzes the falcon’s talismanic power as a symbol in art, politics, and business; and she addresses the ways we have both endangered and protected it. Along the way we discover how falcons were mobilized in secret military projects; their links with espionage, the Third Reich, the Holy Roman Empire, and space programs; and how they have figured in countless stories of heroism and, of course, the erotic. Best of all, Macdonald has given us something fresh: a new introduction that draws on all her experience to even further invigorate her cherished subject. The result is a deeply informed book written with the same astonishing lyrical grace that has captivated readers and had everyone talking about this writer-cum-falconer.
Shakespeare Survey
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Author : Stanley Wells
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-11-28
Shakespeare Survey written by Stanley Wells and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-28 with Drama categories.
The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback.
The Coffin Dancer
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Author : Jeffery Deaver
language : en
Publisher: Pocket Books
Release Date : 2021-01-26
The Coffin Dancer written by Jeffery Deaver and has been published by Pocket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with Fiction categories.
Now a major television series starring Russel Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, and Michael Imperioli, “Lincoln Rhyme is more relentless than ever” (People) and Jeffery Deaver delivers “supercharged tension” (USA TODAY) in this New York Times bestselling suspense masterwork. NYPD criminalist Lincoln Rhyme joins his brilliant protégé Amelia Sachs, in the hunt for the Coffin Dancer—an ingenious killer who changes his appearance even faster than he adds to his trail of victims. They have only one clue: the madman has a tattoo of the Grim Reaper waltzing with a woman in the front of a coffin. Rhyme must rely on his wits and intuition to track the elusive murderer through New York City—knowing they have only forty-eight hours before the Coffin Dancer strikes again. Coffin Dancer is a “heart-stopping” (Booklist) thriller from #1 international bestselling author Jeffery Deaver’s “simply outstanding” (San Jose Mercury News) Lincoln Rhyme series.
The Lincoln Rhyme Collection 1 4
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Author : Jeffery Deaver
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-04-18
The Lincoln Rhyme Collection 1 4 written by Jeffery Deaver and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-18 with Fiction categories.
Four electrifying suspense novels featuring brilliant criminalist and quadriplegic Lincoln Rhyme: THE BONE COLLECTOR, THE COFFIN DANCER, THE EMPTY CHAIR and THE STONE MONKEY