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Vulture

Author : Thom van Dooren
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861899998
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Vulture written by Thom van Dooren and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simply because they are large scavenging birds, vultures are often viewed as harbingers of death. But, as Thom van Dooren shows in this cultural and natural history, that dominant association leaves us with a very one-dimensional understanding of a group of actually rather fascinating and diverse creatures. Vulture offers an enlightening new history of this much-misunderstood bird. Vultures vary in type and size, and while some have a diet mainly of bone, others are actually almost completely vegetarian. Most interesting, despite its notorious association with death, the vulture very rarely, if ever, kills for itself. In different cultural mythologies, vultures play a role in disposing of the dead and officiating over human sacrifices, but they have often been viewed as courageous and noble creatures as well—believed to be indispensable in the containment of waste and disease and even to be world creators and divine mothers. Van Dooren explores these many histories, from some of the earliest-known Neolithic sites in which vultures are thought to have consumed the dead to contemporary efforts to reintroduce the bearded vulture into the Alps. Highlighting the rich diversity of vultures and the many ways in which people have understood and lived with them, Vulture invites a new appreciation and wonder for these incredible birds.

The Wild Blue

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743217527
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Wild Blue written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen E. Ambrose, acclaimed author of Band of Brothers and Undaunted Courage, carries us along in the crowded and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to destroy the German war machine during World War II. The young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II fought against horrific odds, and, in The Wild Blue, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with vivid detail and affection. Ambrose describes how the Army Air Forces recruited, trained, and selected the elite few who would undertake the most demanding and dangerous jobs in the war. These are the boys—turned pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners of the B-24s—who suffered over fifty percent casualties. With his remarkable gift for bringing alive the action and tension of combat, Ambrose carries us along in the crowded, uncomfortable, and dangerous B-24s as their crews fought to the death through thick black smoke and deadly flak to reach their targets and destroy the German war machine. Twenty-two-year-old George McGovern, who was to become a United States senator and a presidential candidate, flew thirty-five combat missions (all the Army would allow) and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. We meet him and his mates, his co-pilot killed in action, and crews of other planes. Many went down in flames. As Band of Brothers and Citizen Soldiers portrayed the bravery and ultimate victory of the American soldiers from Normandy on to Germany, The Wild Blue illustrates the enormous contribution that these young men of the Army Air Forces made to the Allied victory.

On Freedom

Author : Maggie Nelson
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473581087
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book On Freedom written by Maggie Nelson and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'One of the most electrifying writers at work in America today, among the sharpest and most supple thinkers of her generation' OLIVIA LAING What can freedom really mean? In this invigorating, essential book, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience or talk about the concept in ways that are responsive to our divided world. Drawing on pop culture, theory and the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, she follows freedom - with all its complexities - through four realms: art, sex, drugs and climate. On Freedom offers a bold new perspective on the challenging times in which we live. 'Tremendously energising' Guardian 'This provocative meditation...shows Nelson at her most original and brilliant' New York Times 'Nelson is such a friend to her reader, such brilliant company... Exhilarating' Literary Review * A New York Times Notable Book * * A Guardian and TLS 'Books of 2021' Pick *

Stephen E. Ambrose The Men of War E-book Box Set

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476756929
Total Pages : 1221 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Stephen E. Ambrose The Men of War E-book Box Set written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 1221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ebook box set includes books by Stephen E. Ambrose that bring into focus the men and women who fought in World War II. The Victors: A breathtaking work that follows the momentous events of the war from D-Day through to the final days, centering this epic drama on the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatable. A compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and courage. Citizen Soldiers: A riveting account that follows the individual characters of World War II, from the high command down to the ordinary soldier, drawing on hundreds of interviews to re-create the war experience with startling clarity and immediacy. From the hedgerows of Normandy to the overrunning of Germany, this is the real story of World War II from the perspective of the men and women who fought it. Wild Blue: Following this exceptional band of brothers, the young men who flew the B-24s over Germany in World War II against terrible odds, Ambrose recounts their extraordinary brand of heroism, skill, daring, and comradeship with the vivid detail and affection.

Dr. Webster's complete dictionary of the English language

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1786 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dr. Webster's complete dictionary of the English language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 1786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1206 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1784 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Complete Concordance to Shakespeare

Author : John Bartlett
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349169560
Total Pages : 1915 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (491 download)

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Download or read book A Complete Concordance to Shakespeare written by John Bartlett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 1915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete concordance or verbal index to words, phrases and passages in the dramatic works of Shakespeare. There is also a supplementary concordance to the poems. This is an essential reference work for all students and readers of Shakespeare.

A Dictionary, English-Latin and Latin-English ... The second edition, enlarged

Author : Elisha COLES (Lexicographer)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1016 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)

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A Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Johnson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 562 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1818 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Noah Webster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1462 pages
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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 1462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionary of the English Language

Author : Joseph Emerson Worcester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1874 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of the English Language written by Joseph Emerson Worcester and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 1874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Imperial Dictionary

Author : Ogilvie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 874 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Imperial Dictionary written by Ogilvie and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Dictionnary of the English Language

Author : Samuel Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionnary of the English Language written by Samuel Johnson and published by . This book was released on 1773 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary ... prepared under the superintendence of W. D. Whitney

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 886 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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A dictionary of the holy Bible: containing an historical account of the persons; a geographical account of the places; and literal, critical, and systematical descriptions of other objects, whether natural or artificial, civil, religious, or military, mentioned in the writings of the Old and New Testament, or in those called Apocrypha, etc

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
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A Dictionary of the Holy Bible

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Total Pages : 432 pages
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A Dictionary of American Proverbs

Author : Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195053990
Total Pages : 1348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of American Proverbs written by Wolfgang Mieder and published by New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 1348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Americans have a gift for coining proverbs. "A picture is worth a thousand words" was not, as you might imagine, the product of ancient Chinese wisdom -- it was actually minted by advertising executive Fred Barnard in a 1921 advertisement for Printer's Ink magazine. After all, Americans are first and foremost a practical people and proverbs can be loosely defined as pithy statements that are generally accepted as true and useful. The next logical step would be to gather all of this wisdom together for a truly American celebration of shrewd advice.A Dictionary of American Proverbs is the first major collection of proverbs in the English language based on oral sources rather than written ones. Listed alphabetically according to their most significant key word, it features over 15,000 entries including uniquely American proverbs that have never before been recorded, as well as thousands of traditional proverbs that have found their way into American speech from classical, biblical, British, continental European, and American literature. Based on the fieldwork conducted over thirty years by the American Dialect Society, this volume is complete with historical references to the earliest written sources, and supplies variants and recorded geographical distribution after each proverb.Many surprised await the reader in this vast treasure trove of wit and wisdom. Collected here are nuggets of popular wisdom on all aspects of American life: weather, agriculture, travel, money, business, food, neighbors, friends, manners, government, politics, law, health, education, religion, music, song, and dance. And, to further enhance browsing pleasure, the editors have provided a detailed guide to the use of the work. While it's true that many of our best known proverbs have been supplied by the ever-present "Anonymous," many more can be attributed to some very famous Americans, like Ernest Hemingway, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Alva Edison, Abigail Adams, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, to name but a few offered in this fascinating collection.Who wouldn't want to know the origin of "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings?" This uniquely American proverb and many more are gathered together in A Dictionary of American Proverbs. A great resource for students and scholars of literature, psychology, folklore, linguistics, anthropology, and cultural history, this endlessly intriguing volume is also a delightful companion for anyone with an interest in American culture.