Falcon Fever

Author : Tim Gallagher
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547526113
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Falcon Fever written by Tim Gallagher and published by HMH. This book was released on 2009-05-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ornithologist and award-winning author of The Grail Bird shares his love of falconry in this “boundary-stretching memoir” (Kirkus Reviews). “To me, falconry at its highest level is an art form in which the canvas is the entire sky.” What is it about falconry that inspires such avid devotees? Tim Gallagher has pondered this question since he first became obsessed with the sport at the age of twelve. In Falcon Fever, he interweaves memoir, history, and travelogue as he takes us along on his many adventures—mallard hunting in upstate New York with his falcon MacDuff; traveling to Wyoming and the Scottish Highlands to visit and learn from other falconers; attending the annual field meet of the North American Falconers’ Association; and making his personal pilgrimage to the southern Italian lands and landmarks of his hero Frederick II, the thirteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor who wrote the classic text On the Art of Hunting with Birds. From his early use of falconry to escape a troubled childhood to the vibrant, modern community that continues to practice the centuries-old sport of kings, Gallagher offers both a knowledgeable introduction to these birds of prey and an inspiring personal story. “A series of exhilarating, often poignant stories. . . . He weaves an eloquent life story around his life with hawks and falcons.” —Houston Chronicle “The ideal tonic to reinvigorate a nation distracted by laptops from its love for its natural heritage.” —Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “A poignant, introspective volume.” —Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Author : Peter Capainolo
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813547903
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Fast Can a Falcon Dive? written by Peter Capainolo and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Want to know everything about birds of preyùour amazing raptors? Then Capainolo and Butler's compact book, How Fast Can a Falcon Dive?, is the place to start!"--Joel Cracraft, Lamont Curator of Birds, American Museum of Natural History.

Author : Roberto Bolaño
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811215474
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Night in Chile written by Roberto Bolaño and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2003-12-17 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "During the course of a single night, Father Sebastian Urrutia Lacroix, a Chilean priest who is a member of Opus Dei, a literary critic and a mediocre poet, relives some of the crucial events of his life. He believes he is dying, and in his feverish delirium various characters, both real and imaginary, appear to him as icy monsters, as if in sequences from a horror film. Among them are the great poet Pablo Neruda, the German novelist Ernst Junger, and General Augusto Pinochet - whom Father Lacroix instructs in Marxist doctrine - as well as various members of the Chilean intelligentsia whose lives, during a period of political turbulence, have touched his own."--Jacket.

Author : United States Air Force Academy. Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Bibliography Series written by United States Air Force Academy. Library and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Special Bibliography Series written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 376 pages
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Download or read book Atlanta written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region. Atlanta magazine’s editorial mission is to engage our community through provocative writing, authoritative reporting, and superlative design that illuminate the people, the issues, the trends, and the events that define our city. The magazine informs, challenges, and entertains our readers each month while helping them make intelligent choices, not only about what they do and where they go, but what they think about matters of importance to the community and the region.

Author : E. B. Michell
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473365465
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art and Practice of Hawking written by E. B. Michell and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-12-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the art of hawking, with information on training, game-hawking, equipment, care and management, nutrition, handling, history, and much more. Based on the author's thirty years hawking experience, this timeless manual contains everything a beginner might need to know on the subject, and will also include information of value to those with more experience. Contents include: "History and Literature", "The Birds Used in Hawking", "Furniture and Fittings", "Eyesses and Hack Hawks", "Passage Hawks", "Training and Entering", "Rook-Hawking", "Game-Hawking", "Lark-Hawking", "Gulls, Heron, Kite, Duck", "The Goshawk", et cetera. Many vintage texts such as this, especially those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on falconry.

Author : James Edmund Harting
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1528765001
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hints on the Management of Hawks and Practical Falconry written by James Edmund Harting and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a comprehensive and practical handbook on falconry, with information on training, care and management, common ailments, equipment and equipping, feeding, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of simple instructions and invaluable hints, this timeless volume is highly recommended for the modern falconer, and would make for a great addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Choice of Hawk”, “The Perch”, “The Block”, “The Bath”, “Glove, Hood and Jesses”, “Sending a hawk by Rail”, “Treatment on Arrival”, “Hooding”, “Putting on the Jesses”, “Varvels”, “The Leash”, “The Brail”, “Feeding”, “Washed Meat”, “Range”, “Tiring”, “Castings”, “The Lure”, etcetera. Many antiquarian texts such as this, especially those dating back to the 1900s and before, are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on falconry.

Author : Karen Wiesner
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300220643
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Author Karen Wiesner: A Compendium of Fiction written by Karen Wiesner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Epidemiological Society of London
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book Transactions written by Epidemiological Society of London and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes list of members.