Download or read book Day of the Flying Fox written by Steve Pitt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, now in his late eighties, has had a thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a black staff car, the kind usually employed to drive high-ranking Third Reich dignitaries. Already noted for his skill in dive-bombing and strafing the enemy, Fox went in to attack the automobile. As it turned out, the car contained famed German General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox, and Charley succeeded in wounding him. Rommel, who at the time was the Germans’ supreme military commander in France orchestrating the Nazis’ resistance to the D-day invasion, was never the same after that. Author Steve Pitt focuses on this seminal event in Charley Fox’s life and in the war, but he also provides fascinating aspects of the period, including profiles of noted ace pilots Buzz Beurling and Billy Bishop, Jr., and Great Escape architect Walter Floody, as well as sidebars about Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Messerschmitts.
Download or read book Flying Foxes written by Leslie S. Hall and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes kept as family pets, flying foxes are much beloved in Australia. This work covers issues such as descriptions of Australia's 13 species of flying foxes and blossom bats, their physiology of flight, ecology, diet and behaviour, and management of populations.
Download or read book Day of the Flying Fox written by Steve Pitt and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisits the extraordinary day in July 1944 when Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox spots a black staff car while flying over France, dive-bombs the vehicle, and manages to wound famed German General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox. Original.
Download or read book Flying Fox written by Otto Fuchs and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flying Fox is a unique work in aviation literature combining the translation of a German pilot's classic autobiographical novel of flying in the First World War with a historical investigation that both illuminates and expands upon the original narrative. In 1933 the Koehler Verlag in Leipzig published Wir Flieger ("We Flyers"), by Otto Fuchs, who flew and fought in artillery observation and fighter squadrons in the Imperial German air service. The author presented the work as the recollections of an unknown pilot, changing names, unit designations, and airfield locations in order to protect the identities of the persons involved and to thwart inquiry. Adam Wait has not only provided a thoroughly annotated translation of Wir Flieger which retains the vividness of the author's original prose, but has also conducted meticulous research to uncover the true facts behind the story. His findings are related in a chapter-by-chapter commentary, supplemented by an epilogue continuing the story from the point in time at which the novel concludes to the end of the war. A further addition is a previously unpublished chapter of Wir Flieger excised by Koehler, as it did not conform to the "heroic ideal" of the time. Flying Fox is profusely illustrated with period and present-day photographs and maps that further bring this fascinating tale to life.
Download or read book Flying Fox Bats written by Pamela J. Gerholdt and published by ABDO. This book was released on 1996 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and environment of flying fox bats.
Download or read book The Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats written by Bradley Law and published by Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. This book was released on 2011 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the Biology and Conservation of Australasian Bats, follows from the successful 3-day forum of the same name held in April 2007 at the Australian Museum. The forum was organised jointly by the Royal Zoological Society of NSW and the Australasian Bat Society.
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Download or read book Do Bats Drink Blood written by Barbara A. Schmidt-French and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bat biologist Barbara A. Schmidt-French and writer Carol A. Butler offer a compendium of insightful facts about bats in this accessible and expertly written question-and-answer volume. Numbering more than one thousand species in our world today, bats in the wild are generally unthreatening. Like most other mammals, bats are curious, affectionate, and even playful with one another. Highly beneficial animals, bats are critical to global ecological, economic, and public health. Do Bats Drink Blood? illuminates the role bats play in the ecosystem, their complex social behavior, and how they glide through the night sky using their acute hearingùecholocation skills that have helped in the development of navigational aids for the blind. Personal in voice with the perspective of a skilled bat researcher, this book explores wideranging topics as well as common questions people have about bats, providing a trove of fascinating facts. Featuring rare color and black-and-white photographs, including some by renowned biologist, photographer, and author Merlin Tuttle, Do Bats Drink Blood? provides a comprehensive resource for general readers, students, teachers, zoo and museum enthusiasts, farmers and orchardists, or anyone who may encounter or be fascinated by these extraordinary animals.
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Download or read book Tell Me About Your Day Today written by Mem Fox and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy and his favorite stuffed animals share their days with one another in this cozy bedtime picture book with audio from Mem Fox. There was once a boy who loved bedtime. What could be more wonderful than sharing bedtime with beloved friends? The little boy in this gentle and fun story loves to talk to his stuffed animals each evening and share with them all the things that happened to him that day—and to hear about their days, too. From bestselling author Mem Fox and award-winning illustrator Lauren Stinger, here is a celebration of imagination, play, friendship, and coziness certain to touch a chord with young children everywhere. Includes audio!
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Download or read book Shimmer written by Deborah Bird Rose and published by EUP. This book was released on 2021-10-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The highly anticipated final book by the leading anthropologist and environmental humanities scholar Deborah Bird Rose (1946-2018)
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