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Bird of Another Heaven

Author : James D. Houston
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307388085
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Bird of Another Heaven written by James D. Houston and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-04-08 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed author of Snow Mountain Passage comes this richly evocative novel that follows a half-Indian, half-Hawai'ian woman and her complex relationship with the last king of Hawai'i.When talk show host Sheridan Brody finds the journals of his great grandmother Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), he uncovers a mythic, unknown tale. Nani, a shy girl from a remote Indian village, met the Hawai'ian king, David Kalakaua, on his grand progress by train across the United States in 1881, eventually returning with him to Honolulu. There, as his young ally and protégée, ever more assured and charming, she played an integral role in his attempt to revive the monarchy and spirit of his people and, eventually, witnessed the mysterious circumstances surrounding his downfall. Deeply engaging through its vivid portrayal of California and Hawai'i at the end of the nineteenth century, Bird of Another Heaven is a masterful portrait of an era long past.

Bird of Paradise

Author : Raquel Cepeda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451635877
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Bird of Paradise written by Raquel Cepeda and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker chronicles her personal year-long journey to discover the truth about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing her findings as well as her insights into controversies surrounding modern Latino identity.

Between Heaven and Earth

Author : Howard A. Norman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152019822
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Between Heaven and Earth written by Howard A. Norman and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creators of The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese provide an illustrated collection of folktales from around the world, all of which have a bird as a main character.

The Race to Save the Lord God Bird

Author : Phillip Hoose
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374301964
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (743 download)

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Download or read book The Race to Save the Lord God Bird written by Phillip Hoose and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga that sweeps through two hundred years of history, it introduces artists like John James Audubon, bird collectors like William Brewster, and finally a new breed of scientist in Cornell's Arthur A. "Doc" Allen and his young ornithology student, James Tanner, whose quest to save the Ivory-bill culminates in one of the first great conservation showdowns in U.S. history, an early round in what is now a worldwide effort to save species. As hope for the Ivory-bill fades in the United States, the bird is last spotted in Cuba in 1987, and Cuban scientists join in the race to save it. All this, plus Mr. Hoose's wonderful story-telling skills, comes together to give us what David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds calls "the most thorough and readable account to date of the personalities, fashions, economics, and politics that combined to bring about the demise of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker." The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is the winner of the 2005 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2005 Bank Street - Flora Stieglitz Award.

Falcon in the Glass

Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442429917
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Falcon in the Glass written by Susan Fletcher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Eleven-year-old Renzo must teach himself to blow glass with the help of a girl who has a mysterious connection to her falcon"--

Snow Mountain Passage

Author : James D. Houston
Publisher : Knopf
ISBN 13 : 030742782X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Snow Mountain Passage written by James D. Houston and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snow Mountain Passage is a powerful retelling of the most dramatic of our pioneer stories—the ordeal of the Donner Party, with its cast of young and old risking all, its imprisoning snows, its rumors of cannibalism. James Houston takes us inside this central American myth in a compelling new way that only a novelist can achieve. The people whose dreams, courage, terror, ingenuity, and fate we share are James Frazier Reed, one of the leaders of the Donner Party, and his wife and four children—in particular his eight-year-old daughter, Patty. From the moment we meet Reed—proud, headstrong, yet a devoted husband and father—traveling with his family in the "Palace Car," a huge, specially built covered wagon transporting the Reeds in grand style, the stage is set for trouble. And as they journey across the country, thrilling to new sights and new friends, coping with outbursts of conflict and constant danger, trouble comes. It comes in the fateful choice of a wrong route, which causes the group to arrive at the foot of the Sierra Nevada too late to cross into the promised land before the snows block the way. It comes in the sudden fight between Reed and a drover—a fight that exiles Reed from the others, sending him solo over the mountains ahead of the storms. We follow Reed during the next five months as he travels around northern California, trying desperately to find means and men to rescue his family. And through the amazingly imagined "Trail Notes" of Patty Reed, who recollects late in life her experiences as a child, we also follow the main group, progressively stranded and starving on the Nevada side of the Sierras. Snow Mountain Passage is an extraordinary tale of pride and redemption. What happens—who dies, who survives, and why—is brilliantly, grippingly told.

The Birds of Heaven

Author : Peter Matthiessen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780374199449
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book The Birds of Heaven written by Peter Matthiessen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-12-20 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition, the enormous spans of cranes' migrations have encouraged international conservation efforts.".

A Queen's Journey

Author : James D. Houston
Publisher : Heyday Books
ISBN 13 : 9781597141635
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book A Queen's Journey written by James D. Houston and published by Heyday Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unfinished novel about the last Queen of Hawaii, Liliuokalani. and her attempt to prevent annexation of her homeland by the United States. A forgotten bit of history and the choices she made.

The Bird from the Kingdom of Heaven

Author : Parsa Peykar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781729174920
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book The Bird from the Kingdom of Heaven written by Parsa Peykar and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be free? It is one thing to be rescued, another to be free.Freedom, in its original form, is the most costly state to be reached and accomplished in our human experience. To be rescued is one thing, to be free is another; one can be done by a hand of others, the other needs to be discovered within oneself by realizing the Truth. In one side, there is a cage with a wide-open door giving access to liberty and sky- on the other, is a slaved bird, not being able to fly due to its damaged mental state. When it comes to freedom, what is the cost to be set free? Is it by the result of a revolt or a change of heart? In the real sense, the greatest revolution, young or old, is in the transformation of one's heart into its original form and the choice lies in where we decide to stand. I have collaborated this book with two inmates from the Twin Tower Correctional Facility Jail in Los Angeles who helped me with the illustrations and the cover.The Bird from the Kingdom of Heaven is meant to take you to our original state, freedom and love.

Bird of Paradise

Author : George Young
Publisher : UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
ISBN 13 : 1934795356
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book Bird of Paradise written by George Young and published by UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Abolitionist's Journal

Author : James D. Richardson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826364039
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Abolitionist's Journal written by James D. Richardson and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author raises questions about why the fervent commitment to the emancipation of African Americans was nearly forgotten by his family, exploring the racial attitudes in the author's upbringing and the ingrained racism that still plagues our nation today.

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

Author : Fannie Flagg
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1588366197
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Can't Wait to Get to Heaven written by Fannie Flagg and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here? Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of, running into people she never in a million years expected to meet. Meanwhile, back home, Elner’s nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elner’s neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch–and the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, “What is life all about, anyway?” Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Tot’s Tell It Like It Is Beauty Shop. Her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security. In this comedy-mystery, those near and dear to Elner discover something wonderful: Heaven is actually right here, right now, with people you love, neighbors you help, friendships you keep. Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg “was put on this earth to write” (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.

Lonely Planet Honolulu Waikiki & Oahu

Author : Lonely Planet
Publisher : Lonely Planet
ISBN 13 : 1787011976
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Lonely Planet Honolulu Waikiki & Oahu written by Lonely Planet and published by Lonely Planet. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonely Planet Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Catch the sunset at Waikiki Beach, snorkel the turquoise waters of Hanauma Bay, or browse the Bishop Museum's Hawaiian artefacts; all with your trusted travel companion.

Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven

Author : Karen Salyer McElmurray
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780820326672
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven written by Karen Salyer McElmurray and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haunting debut novel invites us to explore the boundaries between beliefs, desires, obsessions, and madness. Karen Salyer McElmurray's story is set in Mining Hollow, Kentucky, where we meet Ruth Blue Wallen; her husband, Earl; and their son, Andrew. Ruth longs to know God, the only escape she can find in a world that has shown her spiritual, emotional, and sensual defeat. Earl yearns for the music-making of his past, now lost as he makes a living as a coal miner. Andrew desires the affection of a boyhood friend, an expression of love considered sinful in rural Kentucky. And with the divinely inspired yet tormenting help of his mother, in a world of deeply and tragically conflicting desires, Andrew must choose to live or die--he must choose an uncertain love or nothing at all.

Little Bird of Heaven

Author : Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061829838
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Little Bird of Heaven written by Joyce Carol Oates and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of the remarkably successful "New York Times" bestseller "The Gravedigger's Daughter," Oates is back with this dark, romantic, and captivating tale set in the Great Lakes regions of upstate New York.

Jemmy Jock Bird

Author : John C. Jackson
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
ISBN 13 : 1552381110
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (523 download)

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Download or read book Jemmy Jock Bird written by John C. Jackson and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Jemmy Jock Bird, the son of a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and a Cree woman, is a little-known, yet fascinating, part of the mythology of the northern fur trade. Caught between opposing sides of a dual heritage, Bird situated himself firmly in both worlds. Hired as an undercover 'confidential servant', he crossed into US territory to bring furs taken by Cree and Peigan hunters to his British employers. Later, he served both nations, and his tribal friends, in the negotiation of the 1855 Blackfoot peace treaty and the 1877 Canadian Treaty 7. In this creative non-fiction account, Jackson reconstructs the life of this intriguing individual, using materials from the Hudson's Bay Archives, the Montana Historical Society, and Bird's descendants living on the American Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana.

Seasons with Birds

Author : Bruce Whittington
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781894898218
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Seasons with Birds written by Bruce Whittington and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With growing numbers of people turning to birdwatching as their favourite outdoor activity, this delightful book will be welcome. Unlike the typical guidebook, this beautifully illustrated work brings readers the birding experience-the thrill of spotting a particular bird for the first time, the wonder of witnessing the easy power of a gyrfalcon's flight, the pleasure of watching the dramatic choreography of a flock of wheeling shorebirds. Naturalist and veteran birder Bruce Whittington takes the reader through a year with birds. Each month offers descriptive information about several birds, along with interesting bits of bird lore, including the incredible story of long-range migrations, how birds fly, the plumage changes they undergo, and the life stories of early ornithologists. Read in its entirety or savoured story by story as the months on the kitchen calendar go by, this wonderful book will edify and please all who appreciate the beauty and song of our "feathered friends."