A Companion For Owls

Author : Maurice Manning
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780151010493
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion for Owls written by Maurice Manning and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of highly original narrative poems is written in the voice of frontiersman Daniel Boone and captures all the beauty and struggle of nascent America. We follow the progression of Daniel Boone's life, a life led in war and in the wilderness, and see the birth of a new nation. We track the bountiful animals and the great, undisturbed rivers. We stand beside Boone as he buries his brother, then his wife, and finds comfort in his friendship with a slave named Derry. Praised for his originality, Maurice Manning is an exciting new voice in American poetry. The darkest place I've ever been did not require a name. It seemed to be a gathering place for the lint of the world. The bottom of a hollow beneath two ridges, sunk like a stone. The water was surely old, the dregs of some ancient sea, but purified by time, like a man made better by his years, his old hurts absorbed into his soul, his losses like a spring in his breast. -from "Born Again"

Author : Jane Lindskold
Publisher : Obsidian Tiger Inc
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls written by Jane Lindskold and published by Obsidian Tiger Inc. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah talks to her rubber dragon. She also talks to walls, paintings, and other inanimate objects. She has incredible difficulty talking to humans. That makes her crazy, right? What most people don’t bother to discover is that when Sarah talks to inanimate objects, they answer. Tossed out onto the streets from the mental institution where she has lived most of her adult life, Sarah is adopted by Abalone, a hacker whose home is the weird and wild industrial Jungle ruled over by Head Wolf. But Sarah’s idyll with her new Pack can’t last. Someone is searching for her – and not even the Pack can protect her from those who know her secret and plan to use her gift for their own dark ends. This special edition contains the original novel, along with the essay "Pride of Place," which talks about the origin of Lindskold's first published novel.

Author : Martin Windrow
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374228469
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Owl Who Liked Sitting on Caesar written by Martin Windrow and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author reflects on his fifteen-year relationship with a tawny owl, an unlikely companionship marked by their incredulous neighbors, books, and unique care challenges.

Author : H. N. Turteltaub
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765300386
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Owls to Athens written by H. N. Turteltaub and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cousins Menedemos and Sostratos are preparing for a trading expedition to Athens. While philosophy-minded Sostratos is thrilled to return to Athens, Menedemos is both reluctant to leave his father's wife Baukis, with whom he has fallen in love, and relieved to be removed from temptation. They stock up on luxury goods and rush to Athens so Sostratos can make it there in time for Greater Dionysia, a parade and dramatic festival in honor of Dionysus. In Athens, the cousins watch political history being made as Athens trades their sovereign ruler for an invader who announces plans to institute a newfangled "democracy." Meanwhile, Sostratos visits the Lykeion, the site of his unfinished education, but his fears of being mocked turn into triumph when he gets a good price for his wares. Menedemos, in typical fashion, starts an affair with a married woman, this time having the audicity to get their host's wife pregnant. In love as in trade, Menedemos's and Sostratos's quick wits have usually been enough to get them out of their self-created messes, but this may be pushing it... Like a Patrick O'Brian novel set in the third century B.C., Owls to Athens is an entertaining tapestry of cameraderie and adventure amidst the world of classical antiquity in all its living, breathing, earthy reality.

Author : Annette Whipple
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478869634
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whooo Knew? the Truth about Owls written by Annette Whipple and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do owls see in the dark? Can owls spin their heads all the way around? Why do owls puke? These and other questions are answered by an owl expert, along with some extra information provided by the owls themselves!

Author : Joyce Wan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698160053
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Owl & Friends written by Joyce Wan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I play with the squirrels, sing with the birds, and have a picnic with the deer. What am I? Children are asked to figure out just who does all these things in this delightful, bright board book. The last spread reveals it's a big, strong tree.

Author : Stacey O'Brien
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416551735
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wesley the Owl written by Stacey O'Brien and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-08-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the author's rescue of an abandoned barn owlet, from her efforts to resuscitate and raise the young owl through their nineteen years together, during which the author made key discoveries about owl behavior.

Author : Hans J. Peeters
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520941160
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to Owls of California and the West written by Hans J. Peeters and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-10-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most owls are almost perfectly adapted to life in the dark. Their vaguely humanoid faces reflect the spectacular evolution of their hearing and vision, which has made flight, romance, and predation possible in the near absence of light. This accessible guide, full of intriguing anecdotes, covers all 19 species of owls occurring in North America. More than an identification guide, Field Guide to Owls of California and the West describes the biology and behavior of owls to make finding and identifying them easier and watching them more enjoyable. The guide also explores the conservation challenges that owls face and tells how owls provide insights to scientists working in fields from technology to health. * Color plates illustrate each species * Range maps show the western distribution of North America's owls, 14 of which occur in California * Offers tips for finding and watching owls * Gives information on how to design, place, and maintain nest boxes * Describes human attitudes toward owls through history, including in Native American cultures of the West

Author : Tessa West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780954362720
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Companion to Owls written by Tessa West and published by . This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Paul Bannick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781680513158
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Snowy Owl written by Paul Bannick and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning exploration of the life of one of our most mysterious and striking creatures: the Snowy Owl