Download or read book Pigeon Hill written by George Trippon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming sharing of one's youth as one grows up in two cultures.
Download or read book Jeffrey A Wolin written by Jeffrey A. Wolin and published by Kehrer Verlag. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The residents of an Indiana housing project were re-photographed over a thirty year time period.
Download or read book National Geographic Bird Coloration written by Geoffrey Edward Hill and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is a cardinal red and a bluebird blue? How has color camouflage evolved? These are just a few of the fascinating questions explored in this work on coloration and plumage, and their key role in avian life. 200 full-color photos.
Download or read book Written in Memory written by and published by Chronicle Books (CA). This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories and photographs of holocause survivors.
Download or read book Hard Truth written by Nevada Barr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just days after marrying Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon moves to Colorado to assume her new post as district ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park. When two of three children who'd gone missing from a religious retreat reappear, Anna's investigation brings her face-to-face with a paranoid sect--and with a villain so evil, he'll make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end.
Download or read book Shen of the Sea written by Arthur Bowie Chrisman and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newbery Awards.
Download or read book Pigeon Post written by Arthur Ransome and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 1983 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. Ransome is not only a great storyteller, writing from first-hand experience, but each story celebrates eternally valuable qualities of practical knowledge, independence, and initiative. The twelve books are for children or grownups-anyone captivated by a world of sailing, adventure, and imagination. The crew's on holiday for their sixth adventure, and they turn their energies to mining for gold, aided by pigeon messengers Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho. The adventurers comb the nearby hills for a fabled lost claim, while being shadowed by a mysterious figure they dub "squashy hat." Undeterred by drought, sudden brushfires, and the continuing presence of Squashy Hat, the young prospectors persevere in their quest-with surprising results. Full of the dangers and dark adventures of old mines and forgotten claims, Pigeon Post has an irresistible appeal to the persistent explorer in all of us.
Download or read book The Wicked Pigeon Ladies in the Garden written by Mary Chase and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1968 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine-year-old Maureen is the terror of her neighborhood until the day she begins to explore an old deserted estate and encounters a leprechaun and seven strange ladies.
Download or read book Mystery in the Hill written by Aaron Qualio and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery in the Hill By: Aaron Qualio A small Wisconsin town is shaken to its core when four high school boys stumble upon an unexpected discovery. As past and present secrets are exposed, more unsolved mysteries are revealed, leading to more danger than anyone could have ever imagined.
Download or read book Koo Koo Poo Poo written by Michael W. Corrigan and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Koo-Koo Poo-Poo, a tale of a not-so mild mannered Superhero Pigeon, is an uplifting action-packed fictional story that middle grade readers and adults of all ages will enjoy immensely. It's going to make you laugh, and maybe even shed a few tears, but we don't have to tell anyone about that. Why? Well, one reason is because of the character telling this story. Meet Wesley King, a not-so-common pigeon who suffers from narcissism and has a major dilemma on his hands, or um... wings. Wesley lives in West Hill, a once eclectic thriving downtown community that is now more known for crime, drugs, and thugs. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to many West Hill residents however, also lives Jeremy Barnes, a rather creative, clever and determined 13 year old. He lives with his mom in a small apartment on the top floor of a rundown brick building. Recently, Jeremy's father, Christofer-- an active citizen with plans to revitalize the West Hill neighborhood to what it was when he was a kid-- was murdered right outside their apartment trying to save a woman from being mugged. As result Jeremy's mother, Virginia, works two jobs to keep a roof over their heads. Despite all of the challenges Jeremy and his mom face, he has big plans to follow in his father's footsteps and change things in his neighborhood. But after trying to help a kid at the bus stop getting beat up by a gangbanger, he realizes escaping the criminals' wrath and saving the neighborhood is not going to be easy, at least by himself. Enter Wesley to save the day; well maybe. You should know, Wesley hasn't always been a pigeon. He used to be a big time banker that enjoyed making the rich richer and keeping the poor in poverty. After suffering a fatal heart attack, he was transported to West Hill and transmogrified into a bird of the dove family; the creature he despised the most during his life as a human. Through what Wesley believes might possibly be divine intervention, he realizes the only way out of living for eternity in a pigeon suit relies upon if he can help Jeremy accomplish what at times seems like an impossible feat, uniting the citizens of West Hill to evict the gang that haunts their world. Although Jeremy's lovable best buddy Tommy, a much less creative, clever and determined 13 year old, tries his best to keep Jeremy from getting in trouble, it's not enough. The gang's leader, who they call Smit, is on to Jeremy. Smit even knows the whole story about Jeremy's dad unsolved murder case. Even worse, Smit is the outcast cousin of Melody, a kind and pretty new girl in the school who Jeremy is quite attracted to. But rest assured, Wesley King with his entourage and flock of felicity is always flying close by ready to swoop down and scatter #2 droppings upon any who challenge Jeremy and his friends.Jeremy's mom, however, is growing more worried that her son might suffer the same fate as his father. She's also concerned about his possibly delusional hallucinations that a pigeon is trying to help him accomplish this coup. She pleads with Jeremy to just stay away from the gang. But on a melancholy night alone at the apartment, Jeremy pulls out a box of old pictures and finds an idea his father had to fix things... and how this discovery turns out... well, It's a story you will want to read to the very last page.
Download or read book Homing written by Jon Day and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 'Rich and joyous ...The book's quiet optimism about our ability to change, and to learn to love small things passionately, will stay with me for a long time' Helen Macdonald 'Big-hearted and quietly gripping' Guardian 'I love Jon Day's writing and his birds. A marvellous, soaring account' Olivia Laing '[A] beautiful book about unbeautiful birds' Observer 'This is nature writing at its best' Financial Times 'Awash with historical and literary detail, and moving moments ... Wonderful' Telegraph 'Every page of this beautifully written book brought me pleasure' Charlotte Higgins 'A vivid evocation of a remarkable species and a rich working-class tradition. It's also a charming defence of a much-maligned bird, which will make any reader look at our cooing, waddling, junk-food-loving feathered friends very differently in future' Daily Mail 'Endlessly interesting and dazzlingly erudite, this wonderful book will make a home for itself in your heart' Prospect As a boy, Jon Day was fascinated by pigeons, which he used to rescue from the streets of London. Twenty years later he moved away from the city centre to the suburbs to start a family. But in moving house, he began to lose a sense of what it meant to feel at home. Returning to his childhood obsession with the birds, he built a coop in his garden and joined a local pigeon racing club. Over the next few years, as he made a home with his young family in Leyton, he learned to train and race his pigeons, hoping that they might teach him to feel homed. Having lived closely with humans for tens of thousands of years, pigeons have become powerful symbols of peace and domesticity. But they are also much-maligned, and nowadays most people think of these birds, if they do so at all, as vermin. A book about the overlooked beauty of this species, and about what it means to dwell, Homing delves into the curious world of pigeon fancying, explores the scientific mysteries of animal homing, and traces the cultural, political and philosophical meanings of home. It is a book about the making of home and making for home: a book about why we return.
Download or read book Denville s Union Hill written by Vito Bianco and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Union Hill was called Pigeon Hill by the earliest settlers and "a New Promised Land" by Quakers fleeing religious persecution. Prospectors established iron forges along what is now Den Brook, and the diverse community united to erect a one-room stone schoolhouse in 1816. No longer a religious sanctuary or iron mecca, this southern half of Denville Township is an upscale residential area that, despite great change, maintains many of the old homes and historic sites, including the old schoolhouse, which is being carefully restored today.
Download or read book A Peacock Among Pigeons written by Tyler Curry and published by Mascot Books. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you can't fit in, you have to learn to stand out.
Download or read book Pigeon written by Alys Conran and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incongruous ice-cream van lurches up into the Welsh hills through the hail, pursued by a boy and girl who chase it into their own dark make-believe world, and unfurl in their compelling voices a tale which ultimately breaks out of childhood and echoes across the years. Pigeon is the tragic, occasionally hilarious and ultimately intense story of a childhood friendship and how it s torn apart, a story of guilt, silence and the loss of innocence, and a story about the kind of love which may survive it all."
Download or read book The Passenger Pigeon written by Errol Fuller and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunting, beautifully illustrated memorial to this iconic extinct bird At the start of the nineteenth century, Passenger Pigeons were perhaps the most abundant birds on the planet, numbering literally in the billions. The flocks were so large and so dense that they blackened the skies, even blotting out the sun for days at a stretch. Yet by the end of the century, the most common bird in North America had vanished from the wild. In 1914, the last known representative of her species, Martha, died in a cage at the Cincinnati Zoo. This stunningly illustrated book tells the astonishing story of North America's Passenger Pigeon, a bird species that—like the Tyrannosaur, the Mammoth, and the Dodo—has become one of the great icons of extinction. Errol Fuller describes how these fast, agile, and handsomely plumaged birds were immortalized by the ornithologist and painter John James Audubon, and captured the imagination of writers such as James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, and Mark Twain. He shows how widespread deforestation, the demand for cheap and plentiful pigeon meat, and the indiscriminate killing of Passenger Pigeons for sport led to their catastrophic decline. Fuller provides an evocative memorial to a bird species that was once so important to the ecology of North America, and reminds us of just how fragile the natural world can be. Published in the centennial year of Martha’s death, The Passenger Pigeon features rare archival images as well as haunting photos of live birds.
Download or read book Atlanta Campaign Staff Ride written by Edward P. Shanahan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kennesaw Mountain written by Earl J. Hess and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-04-22 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to July 3, 1864, and Sherman initially tried to outflank the Confederates. His men endured heavy rains, artillery duels, sniping, and a fierce battle at Kolb's Farm before Sherman decided to directly attack Johnston's position on June 27. Kennesaw Mountain tells the story of an important phase of the Atlanta campaign. Historian Earl J. Hess explains how this battle, with its combination of maneuver and combat, severely tried the patience and endurance of the common soldier and why Johnston's strategy might have been the Confederates' best chance to halt the Federal drive toward Atlanta. He gives special attention to the engagement at Kolb's Farm on June 22 and Sherman's assault on June 27. A final section explores the Confederate earthworks preserved within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
