Chico, George, the Birds, and Me

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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603440615
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Book Synopsis Chico, George, the Birds, and Me by : Dorothy Chapman Saunders

Download or read book Chico, George, the Birds, and Me written by Dorothy Chapman Saunders and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When a mysterious manila envelope reached the hands of Henry "Milt" Reeves, no one could have anticipated the story that waited inside. Enclosed he found a manuscript - a typewritten carbon copy on onion-skin paper - written half a century earlier and yellowed with age. Each fragile page unfolded the first-person description of a trip Dorothy Chapman Saunders had taken to Mexico in 1948 and 1949 with her husband and seasoned ornithologist, George, to conduct field surveys of waterfowl and white-winged doves for the U.S. government." "Chico, George, the Birds, and Me presents Saunders's near-daily personal account of this five-month-long ornithological expedition and provides a glimpse into the dynamic life of a frontier biologist making her mark in a man's world." "Saunders adeptly describes the birds they saw and the survey work they did. She also charts the other details of their journey as they traveled south from Reynosa to Mexico City, then to Acapulco and Oaxaca, east to Veracruz, north to Tamaulipas and, finally, back to McAllen, Texas, Slowly chugging along in the under-powered jeep they affectionately dubbed "Chico," they explored lakes, lagoons, and volcanoes, Aztec ruins, markets, churches, and even old burro trails."--BOOK JACKET.

Rosengren's Books

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Publisher : Wings Press
ISBN 13 : 1609403800
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Rosengren's Books written by Mary George and published by Wings Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtually every San Antonio citizen over a certain age with any interest in literature will have vivid memories of Rosengren's Books. It was the absolute center of literary culture not only in San Antonio, but in Texas, for decades. Indeed, from the 1930s to the 1980s, Rosengren's Books was considered one of the finest bookstores between New York and San Francisco. It was a mid-continent haven for writers as diverse as Frost, John Dos Pasos, J. Frank Dobie, and Larry McMurtry. Rosengren's Books: An Oasis for Mind and Spirit is the story of a great American family of independent booksellers and the important literary institution they created. Beginning as a rare book store in Chicago, Frank and Florence Rosengren brought the store to San Antonio, Texas, in 1935. Located in various downtown locations, it became most well known as the charming book shop behind the Alamo, where it was visited by hundreds of thousands of tourists from around the world. At the heart of the story is Florence Rosengren, whom former San Antonio mayor Phil Hardberger calls the "Sylvia Beach of South Texas" and Texas Observer founding editor Ronnie Dugger described as "the chief guardian of civilization from here to Mexico City."

Birding

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 618 pages
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New Books on Women and Feminism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)

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New Books on Women, Gender and Feminism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
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Download or read book New Books on Women, Gender and Feminism written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gypsy in the Moonlight

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329453751
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Gypsy in the Moonlight written by J.L.F. Waldron and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1942. World War II is in full swing in the Atlantic. The Caribbean islands form an arc of sentry posts arrayed against an unseen enemy. From here, Great Britain and the United States spy the waves for German U-boats attempting stealthy approaches to the Panama Canal, the Gulf of Mexico and the strategic ports of South and Central America. Though not far from the deadly fray out in the mid Atlantic, life could have gone on as usual in the British colony of Trinidad. But this cosmopolitan island has become a crucial outpost, now manned by thousands of American servicemen. And as the days grow hotter and the nights grow longer lying in wait for those Nazi ships, restlessness turns to mischief, and mischief turns to murder.

Through the Arc of the Rain Forest

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Publisher : Coffee House Press
ISBN 13 : 1566892856
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (668 download)

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Book Synopsis Through the Arc of the Rain Forest by : Karen Tei Yamashita

Download or read book Through the Arc of the Rain Forest written by Karen Tei Yamashita and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the Arc of the Rain Forest is a burlesque of comic-strip adventures and apocalyptic portents that stretches familiar truths to their logical extreme in a future world that is just recognizable enough to be frightening. In the Author's Note," Karen Tei Yamashita writes that her book is like a Brazilian soap opera called a novela: "the novela's story is completely changeable according to the whims of the public psyche and approval, although most likely, the unhappy find happiness; the bad are punished; true love reigns; a popular actor is saved from death ... an idyll striking innocence, boundless nostalgia and terrible ruthlessness." The stage is a vast, mysterious field of impenetrable plastic in the Brazilian rain forest set against a backdrop of rampant environmental destruction, commercialization, poverty, and religious rapture. Through the Arc of the Rainforest is narrated by a small satellite hovering permanently around the head of an innocent character named Kazumasa. Through no fault of his own, Kazumasa seems to draw strange and significant people into his orbit and to find himself at the center of cataclysmic events that involve carrier pigeons, religious pilgrims, industrial espionage, magic feathers, big money, miracles, epidemics, true love, and the virtual end of the world. This book is simultaneously entertaining and depressing, with all the rollicking pessimism you'd expect of a good soap opera or a good political satire."- Kirsten Backstrom, 500 Great Books by Women

Imperial Dreams

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439191530
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Book Synopsis Imperial Dreams by : Tim Gallagher

Download or read book Imperial Dreams written by Tim Gallagher and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, Tim Gallagher was one of the rediscoverers of the legendary ivory-billed woodpecker, which most scientists believed had been extinct for more than half a century—now Gallagher once again hits the trail, journeying deep into Mexico’s savagely beautiful Sierra Madre Occidental, home to rich wildlife, as well as to Mexican drug cartels, in a perilous quest to locate the most elusive bird in the world—the imperial woodpecker. The imperial woodpecker’s trumpetlike calls and distinctive hammering on massive pines once echoed through the high forests. Two feet tall, with deep black plumage, a brilliant snow-white shield on its back, and a crimson crest, the imperial woodpecker had largely disappeared fifty years ago, though reports persist of the bird still flying through remote mountain stands. In an attempt to find and protect the imperial woodpecker in its last habitat, Gallagher is guided by a map of sightings of this natural treasure of the Sierra Madre, bestowed on him by a friend on his deathbed. Charged with continuing the quest of a line of distinguished naturalists, including the great Aldo Leopold, Gallagher treks through this mysterious, historically untamed and untamable territory. Here, where an ancient petroglyph of the imperial can still be found, Geronimo led Apaches in their last stand, William Randolph Hearst held a storied million-acre ranch, and Pancho Villa once roamed, today ruthless drug lords terrorize residents and steal and strip the land. Gallagher’s passionate quest takes a harrowing turn as he encounters armed drug traffickers, burning houses, and fleeing villagers. His mission becomes a life-and-death drama that will keep armchair adventurers enthralled as he chases truth in the most dangerous of habitats.

Simple Curiosity

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520332148
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Simple Curiosity written by George Gaylord Simpson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Union Pacific Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 996 pages
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Download or read book The Union Pacific Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Idler

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 674 pages
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The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147298269X
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book The Eponym Dictionary of Birds written by Bo Beolens and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birdwatchers often come across bird names that include a person's name, either in the vernacular (English) name or latinised in the scientific nomenclature. Such names are properly called eponyms, and few people will not have been curious as to who some of these people were (or are). Names such as Darwin, Wallace, Audubon, Gould and (Gilbert) White are well known to most people. Keener birders will have yearned to see Pallas's Warbler, Hume's Owl, Swainson's Thrush, Steller's Eider or Brünnich's Guillemot. But few people today will have even heard of Albertina's Myna, Barraband's Parrot, Guerin's Helmetcrest or Savigny's Eagle Owl. This extraordinary new work lists more than 4,000 eponymous names covering 10,000 genera, species and subspecies of birds. Every taxon with an eponymous vernacular or scientific name (whether in current usage or not) is listed, followed by a concise biography of the person concerned. These entries vary in length from a few lines to several paragraphs, depending on the availability of information or the importance of the individual's legacy. The text is punctuated with intriguing or little-known facts, unearthed in the course of the authors' extensive research. Ornithologists will find this an invaluable reference, especially to sort out birds named after people with identical surnames or in situations where only a person's forenames are used. But all birders will find much of interest in this fascinating volume, a book to dip into time and time again whenever their curiosity is aroused.

Island Girl Stories

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Publisher : Leo Andanar Lastimosa
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Island Girl Stories written by Iris Jakosalem and published by Leo Andanar Lastimosa. This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood memories and yearnings, and everyday happenings in a medical student's life, as well as the truly memorable occurrences at work as a doctor, and finally, the very ordinary interactions between myself and my family and friends.

Texas Wildlife

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Publisher : Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 206 pages
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Download or read book Texas Wildlife written by and published by Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural. This book was released on 1978 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Texas Wildlife, Photogrphs from Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine.

Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia

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Publisher : Chartwell
ISBN 13 : 0785827587
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia written by Roger Lederer and published by Chartwell. This book was released on 2011-03-31 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Amazing Bird Facts and Trivia" has over 400 nuggets of information drawn from nature, science, history, and mythology are sure to astound, amuse, and entertain.

Lonesome George

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1921941499
Total Pages : 275 pages
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Download or read book Lonesome George written by Jorge Sotirios and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lonesome George is a comic odyssey that combines travel adventure and comedy in a journey of epic proportions. Author Jorge Sotirios illuminates the beauty of the South American landscape, interweaving its history, culture and people, in his mock heroic quest. Beginning with the writer lured to South American by an Argentine beauty, his journey commences across the equator, through the Amazon jungle and climaxes in the austere Galapagos Islands. Incorporating angels in Argentina to sham Peruvian shaman. From Amazombies appearing on midnight boats, to visiting the lost city of Fordlandia. Accompanying ecowarriors to far -flung villages where jaguars roam, the writer ultimately finds the site of the legendary Amazon warrior women, gliding over the Mirror of the Moon Lake where everything is doubled. The alluring pink dolphin in the Amazon River, said to charm whoever encounters it, is a constant presence. Missionaries and Tarzans coexist with the cult of Che Guevara, with serious topics such as oil exploitation, deforestation and drought. Lonesome George is South America as seen from street and river level and a life- affirming portrayal of people and human emotion as Sotirios' confronts his doppelganger, "Lonesome George", the last surviving tortoise of his species.

What Bluebirds Do

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Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1620915936
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (29 download)

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Book Synopsis What Bluebirds Do by : Pamela F. Kirby

Download or read book What Bluebirds Do written by Pamela F. Kirby and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning full-color photographs and simple text introduce readers to the natural beauty and amazing behaviors of a pair of Eastern bluebirds. A sky-blue male and his young mate select the perfect place to lay their eggs and raise their chicks—a nest box built especially for them. Soon, hatchlings gape hungrily for their next meal. As the chicks grow, fledge, and learn to find food on their own, award-winning photographer Pamela Kirby captures them in startling close-ups and action shots.