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Billy Bird

Author : Emma Neale
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
ISBN 13 : 0143770071
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Billy Bird written by Emma Neale and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving, insightful, lyrical and also at times very funny, this novel is a supple, disarmingly frank exploration of parenthood. Liam and Iris have one son: Billy, a bright ‘toddler puddling about like a penguin, leaving surrealist art installations all over the house— a tiny cow in a teapot in a hat on the doorstep, of course! A stuffed crocodile in a silk camisole perched beside a woollen chick in a beanie on the bread-bin, why not!’ Just as they are despairing about being able to conceive another child, Jason comes into their family. He arrives under fraught circumstances, but might just make a perfect sibling for Billy. Jason is a ‘ lovely, poor, sad, unfortunate, ordinary, annoying, delightful nuisance of a ratbag of a hoot of a kid ’ and the boys grow close over the ensuing years. But after a terrible accident, Billy turns into a bird. He utterly believes it: and as his behaviour becomes increasingly worrying, Liam and Iris must find a way to stop their family flying apart. When extracts of Billy Bird won the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship, the judges said the project was ‘inventive, joyful and beautifully written’. Ripe with playfulness, yet also unforgettably poignant, this novel will unstitch — and then mend — your heart several times over.

Bright Wings

Author : Billy Collins
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231150873
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Bright Wings written by Billy Collins and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this beautiful collection of poems and paintings, Billy Collins, former U.S. poet laureate, joins with David Allen Sibley, America's foremost bird illustrator, to celebrate the winged creatures that have inspired so many poets to sing for centuries. From Catullus and Chaucer to Robert Browning and James Wright, poets have long treated birds as powerful metaphors for beauty, escape, transcendence, and divine expression. Here, in this substantial anthology, more than one hundred contemporary and classic poems are paired with close to sixty original, ornithologically precise illustrations. Part poetry collection, part field guide, part art book, Bright Wings presents verbal and visual interpretations of the natural world and reminds us of our intimate connection to the "bright wings" around us. Each in their own way, these poems and pictures honor the enchanting creatures that have been, and continue to be, longtime collaborators with the poet's and painter's art. Poet and bird pairings include: Wallace Stevens and the Blackbird; Emily Dickinson and the Robin; Marianne Moore and the Frigate Pelican; Thomas Hardy and the Goldfinch; Sylvia Plath and the Pheasant; John Updike and the Seagull; Walt Whitman and the Eagle; Billy Collins and the Sparrow.

Billy the Bird

Author : Dick King-Smith
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 055256737X
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Billy the Bird written by Dick King-Smith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mary Mary finds her little brother Billy seems floating above his bed, with his nose, tummy and toes touching the ceiling, she is astounded. Never before has anyone in Mary's family been able to fly - even though their name is Bird! An engaging tale from everybody's favourite animal author Dick King-Smith.

Billy Bird

Author : Lori Ann Kent
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1638148309
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Billy Bird written by Lori Ann Kent and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-01-05 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone loves birds, so I hope to capture kids’ attentions—by learning things from Billy Bird.

A Catalog of Birds

Author : Laura Harrington
Publisher : Europa Editions
ISBN 13 : 1609454049
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book A Catalog of Birds written by Laura Harrington and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel of a wounded Vietnam veteran’s homecoming is both “a searing war story and a page-turning thriller” (The Washington Post). Billy Flynn has always wanted to fly, like the birds he draws with pencils and paints. He is also a patriot, so in 1970 he cannot resist the call to serve in Vietnam. A year later, he is the only one to survive after his helicopter is shot down. A wounded Billy returns home to his family in upstate New York, including Nell, his adoring younger sister. In his absence, the woman he loves has mysteriously disappeared. His wounds have crippled his ability to hold a pencil and his hearing loss has cut him off from the natural world he loves so much. Nell, a brilliant student headed for a career in science, is determined to do all that’s possible to save him. A Catalog of Birds is the story of a community confronted with shattered innocence and with wounds that may never heal, in “a beautiful book about family, loss, and love [whose] memorable characters will haunt you long after you put it down” (Claire Messud, New York Times–bestselling author of The Woman Upstairs). “Stunning natural descriptions provide a rich backdrop for Harrington’s beautifully articulated coming-of-age story, which captures the pain of loved ones grappling with the after effects of war.” —Booklist (starred review)

The Year of Billy Miller

Author : Kevin Henkes
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062268155
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Year of Billy Miller written by Kevin Henkes and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Honor Book and New York Times Bestseller! Award-winning, nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship, sibling rivalry, and elementary school. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books; Frindle, by Andrew Clements; and the Clementine series. The New York Times declared: "Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid . . . forgoing the overdramatic or zany, it shows the substance, warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love." When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation, he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade! As the year goes by, though, Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school, how to appreciate his little sister, and how to be a more grown up and responsible member of the family and a help to his busy working mom and stay-at-home dad. Newbery Honor author and Caldecott Medalist Kevin Henkes delivers a short, satisfying, laugh-out-loud-funny school and family story that features a diorama homework assignment, a school poetry slam, cancelled sleepovers, and epic sibling temper tantrums. This is a perfect short novel for the early elementary grades. Plus don't miss the follow-up, Billy Miller Makes a Wish!

This Life I've Loved

Author : Isobel Field
Publisher : Great West Books
ISBN 13 : 0944220185
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book This Life I've Loved written by Isobel Field and published by Great West Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isobel Field, the stepdaughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, was a wonderful storyteller, and a writer of great wit and acuity. She was with her mother, Fanny, when they met Stevenson in Grez, France, in 1876; when Fanny and Louis married in 1880 in San Francisco and at the Silverado sojourn; with the Stevensons in Hawaii in the late 1880s; and finally with them in Samoa from 1890 until Stevenson's death in 1894.

Surprise, Kill, Vanish

Author : Annie Jacobsen
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316441406
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Surprise, Kill, Vanish written by Annie Jacobsen and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target. Kill . . . your enemy. Vanish . . . without a trace. When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA's Special Activities Division, a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective, black operations force in the world. Originally known as the president's guerrilla warfare corps, SAD conducts risky and ruthless operations that have evolved over time to defend America from its enemies. Almost every American president since World War II has asked the CIA to conduct sabotage, subversion and, yes, assassination. With unprecedented access to forty-two men and women who proudly and secretly worked on CIA covert operations from the dawn of the Cold War to the present day, along with declassified documents and deep historical research, Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen unveils -- like never before -- a complex world of individuals working in treacherous environments populated with killers, connivers, and saboteurs. Despite Hollywood notions of off-book operations and external secret hires, covert action is actually one piece in a colossal foreign policy machine. Written with the pacing of a thriller, Surprise, Kill, Vanish brings to vivid life the sheer pandemonium and chaos, as well as the unforgettable human will to survive and the intellectual challenge of not giving up hope that define paramilitary and intelligence work. Jacobsen's exclusive interviews -- with members of the CIA's Senior Intelligence Service (equivalent to the Pentagon's generals), its counterterrorism chiefs, targeting officers, and Special Activities Division's Ground Branch operators who conduct today's close-quarters killing operations around the world -- reveal, for the first time, the enormity of this shocking, controversial, and morally complex terrain. Is the CIA's paramilitary army America's weaponized strength, or a liability to its principled standing in the world? Every operation reported in this book, however unsettling, is legal.

Billy Loves Birds

Author : Jess French
Publisher : Nature Heroes
ISBN 13 : 0711265585
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Billy Loves Birds written by Jess French and published by Nature Heroes. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Billy Loves Birds tells the story of a day in the life of a boy who is passionate about birds and nature.

Soldier's Joy

Author : Madison Smartt Bell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453235469
Total Pages : 715 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Soldier's Joy written by Madison Smartt Bell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vietnam vet returns to rural Tennessee in this acclaimed novel from the National Book Award–nominated author of Save Me, Joe Louis. After the horrors of Vietnam, Thomas Laidlaw returns to his home in rural Tennessee where he spends his days raising sheep and growing vegetables. At night he likes to roam the quiet countryside and practice his banjo, revelling in the roots music he finds so grounding. Over time, he resumes his friendship with Rodney Redmon, a fellow vet and childhood friend scarred not only by the wages of war, but also by the deep wounds of racism. As the two friends piece together a new life as civilians, they also piece together a band with the addition of a fiddler. Through a masterful accumulation of details, Bell brings his story to a fever pitch, concluding in “an unexpected, if powerful, finale” (Publishers Weekly). “This important, insightful novel” (Library Journal) proves once again that “every sentence [Bell] writes is a joy. His power is exhilarating” (The New Yorker). “Bell’s impressive talents as a writer, which include endowing settings with the significance of character, and a patient, compassionate probing of injured souls, are on full display.” —Publishers Weekly

Billy the Bird

Author : Dick King-Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780439375412
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Billy the Bird written by Dick King-Smith and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary, her cat Lilyleaf, and her guinea pig Mr. Keylock are astounded to discover that Mary's little brother Billy can fly whenever the moon is full.

Wallace's Year Book of Trotting and Pacing

Author : United States Trotting Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Wallace's Year Book of Trotting and Pacing written by United States Trotting Association and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wallace's Year-book of Trotting and Pacing in ...

Author : John Hankins Wallace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Wallace's Year-book of Trotting and Pacing in ... written by John Hankins Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 1012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Aunt Jimmy's Will

Author : Mabel Osgood Wright
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aunt Jimmy's Will written by Mabel Osgood Wright and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aunt Jimmy's Will by Mabel Osgood Wright: Aunt Jimmy's Will is a novel by Mabel Osgood Wright that revolves around the unexpected inheritance of Aunt Jimmy's estate and the ensuing family drama. The story explores themes of inheritance, family dynamics, social expectations, and the impact of money on relationships. Wright's insightful portrayal of characters and her keen observation of human nature create a compelling narrative that reflects the social conventions and challenges of the time. Key Aspects of the Book "Aunt Jimmy's Will": Inheritance and Family: The novel delves into the complexities of inheritance and its effects on family relationships, highlighting the conflicts and dynamics that arise from the sudden change in fortunes. Social Expectations: Aunt Jimmy's Will explores the societal expectations and constraints placed on individuals, particularly women, in the context of inheritance and social standing. Character Portrayals: Wright's nuanced characterizations provide readers with an intimate understanding of the motivations, desires, and struggles of the individuals caught up in the inheritance drama. Mabel Osgood Wright (1859-1934) was an American author and naturalist. She wrote novels, short stories, and non-fiction works that often centered around themes of nature, family, and social dynamics. Aunt Jimmy's Will showcases Wright's storytelling abilities and her keen insight into human relationships and societal expectations.

The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration

Author : Mindy Lighthipe
Publisher : Walter Foster Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1633225747
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (332 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration written by Mindy Lighthipe and published by Walter Foster Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draw and paint beautiful, vibrant, and realistic birds and botanicals with The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration. Take a sketch and transform it into fine art! The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration is a guide for contemporary artists aspiring to master shape, color, and texture and render beautiful, realistic, and vibrant botanical artwork. Author Mindy Lighthipe, an expert botanical artist, educates you about the tools and materials traditionally used in botanical illustration, including pencils, colored pencils, watercolor, gouache, and pastels. This thorough yet easily digestible guide includes overviews of key illustration techniques and basic color theory and mixing, and it's loaded with exercises designed to help you learn to see shape, value, and form. By learning tounderstand plant life and anatomy, you can craft elegant flowers, leaves, trees, and much more in no time! To bring it all together, The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration includes step-by-step demonstrations to follow along with as you practice taking sketches and transforming them into fully rendered, colorful pieces of fine art.

Annual Year Book - United States Trotting Association

Author : United States Trotting Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Annual Year Book - United States Trotting Association written by United States Trotting Association and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shanty For The Soul

Author : Steve Conoboy
Publisher : Steve Conoboy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Shanty For The Soul written by Steve Conoboy and published by Steve Conoboy. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They’ve wounded his ship, they’ve murdered his parrot, they’ve battered his reputation, and broken his trust. Everything that matters to him has come under attack. Cap’n Silus de Senza, however, is One o’ the Eight and will fight to get it all back. Not a single soul will be safe from his wrath, not even those he’s sailed alongside for years. The only person he can trust is Billy Bird, the crow’s nest girl, a young pirate with sharp eyes who’s about to see more than she ever bargained for.In the volatile Province of Maudlin, enemies old, new and numerous await. Grand Merchant Xavier Angst bears a grudge that has simmered for eight long years, and he will spend every coin he has to ensure Silus does not escape again. Many others remember de Senza’s last visit and have not forgiven him. Running out of friends, Silus is relieved when he bumps into Cap’n Samira Dalal, another of the infamous Eight, and a pirate renowned for her cool demeanour and sharp wit. Together they learn that one of their number, Brawley the Vile, arrived two days ago and was murdered along with most of his crew. It’s too great a coincidence. The harbour town is an elaborate trap, and the more they fight the tighter it grips. Someone - or something - hunts them, and once again Silus de Senza’s arrival in Maudlin will turn the damned place upside-down.