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Author : S. David Scott
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811742177
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird Feathers written by S. David Scott and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-09-03 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 400 photos of representative feathers from 379 species.
Author : Noah Strycker
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698152735
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Thing with Feathers written by Noah Strycker and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Strycker] thinks like a biologist but writes like a poet." -- Wall Street Journal An entertaining and profound look at the lives of birds, illuminating their surprising world—and deep connection with humanity. Birds are highly intelligent animals, yet their intelligence is dramatically different from our own and has been little understood. As we learn more about the secrets of bird life, we are unlocking fascinating insights into memory, relationships, game theory, and the nature of intelligence itself. The Thing with Feathers explores the astonishing homing abilities of pigeons, the good deeds of fairy-wrens, the influential flocking abilities of starlings, the deft artistry of bowerbirds, the extraordinary memories of nutcrackers, the lifelong loves of albatrosses, and other mysteries—revealing why birds do what they do, and offering a glimpse into our own nature. Drawing deep from personal experience, cutting-edge science, and colorful history, Noah Strycker spins captivating stories about the birds in our midst and shares the startlingly intimate coexistence of birds and humans. With humor, style, and grace, he shows how our view of the world is often, and remarkably, through the experience of birds. You’ve never read a book about birds like this one.
Author : Mike Derzack
Publisher : Northwest Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781569015902
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bird Without Feathers written by Mike Derzack and published by Northwest Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true headlined story of baby Byron and one foster family's fight for the child's best interest--Jacket.
Author : Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101981628
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Feather Thief written by Kirk Wallace Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author : Chris Maynard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940984230
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)
Download or read book Feathers, Form & Function written by Chris Maynard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exposition on feathers- their form, function, varieties, and physiology, accompanied by the author's stunning artwork made from feathers.
Author : Thor Hanson
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 9780465028788
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book Feathers written by Thor Hanson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on PBS's American Spring Live, one of America's great nature-writers explores the magic and science of feathers Feathers are an evolutionary marvel: aerodynamic, insulating, beguiling. They date back more than 100 million years. Yet their story has never been fully told.In Feathers, biologist Thor Hanson details a sweeping natural history, as feathers have been used to fly, protect, attract, and adorn through time and place. Applying the research of paleontologists, ornithologists, biologists, engineers, and even art historians, Hanson asks: What are feathers? How did they evolve? What do they mean to us? Engineers call feathers the most efficient insulating material ever discovered, and they are at the root of biology's most enduring debate. They silence the flight of owls and keep penguins dry below the ice. They have decorated queens, jesters, and priests. And they have inked documents from the Constitution to the novels of Jane Austen. Feathers is a captivating and beautiful exploration of this most enchanting object.
Author : Joy McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534486763
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book Harriet's Ruffled Feathers written by Joy McCullough and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After learning about the millions of birds dying for their feathers, Harriet starts the Massachusetts Audubon Society, dedicated to the conservation and protection of birds. Includes instructions on birdwatching and how to make pretend binoculars.
Author : Susan L. Roth
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823442829
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)
Download or read book Birds of a Feather written by Susan L. Roth and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One makes colorful paper collages; the other, intricate environments out of found objects. And yet Susan L. Roth and the remarkable bowerbird are truly birds of a feather. Sibert Medalist Susan L. Roth is like a bowerbird, a small black bird found in Australia and New Guinea that builds elaborate structures from various materials they find near their habitats. Though Susan creates books to attract readers and bowerbirds build bowers to attract a mate, both get their ideas from the world around them and the materials they find. Both love colors. No two of their respective creations are alike. And most importantly, both Susan and the bowerbirds aspire for their finished works to be greater than the sum of their parts. Complete with engaging backmatter and dazzling artwork crammed full of so much to look at, this visually delightful picture book from award-winning author and artist Susan L. Roth is a fascinating comparison of art we create and art we find in nature. A Bank Street Best Book of the Year - Outstanding Merit
Author : Celia C. Pérez
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 042529045X
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)
Download or read book Strange Birds written by Celia C. Pérez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk comes the story of four kids who form an alternative Scout troop that shakes up their sleepy Florida town. *"Writing with wry restraint that's reminiscent of Kate DiCamillo... a beautiful tale." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review When three very different girls find a mysterious invitation to a lavish mansion, the promise of adventure and mischief is too intriguing to pass up. Ofelia Castillo (a budding journalist), Aster Douglas (a bookish foodie), and Cat Garcia (a rule-abiding birdwatcher) meet the kid behind the invite, Lane DiSanti, and it isn't love at first sight. But they soon bond over a shared mission to get the Floras, their local Scouts, to ditch an outdated tradition. In their quest for justice, independence, and an unforgettable summer, the girls form their own troop and find something they didn't know they needed: sisterhood.
Author : Eileen Spinelli
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805067132
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book Feathers written by Eileen Spinelli and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than twenty-five poems about both common and unusual birds.
