Download or read book The Albatross and Other Tales written by Anthony D Farr and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-22 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Albatross and Other Tales is a collection of twelve short stories by Anthony D Farr. With stories ranging from the fantastic to the real, readers will find stories grounded in small towns to stories taking place on planets in the farthest reaches of space.In these twelve tales, a student will find destiny from a stranger carrying an old leather book (The Albatross); three thieves escaping with their haul along Nevada's Route 50 find something unexpected (The Loneliest Highway), a date in a virtual club takes an unexpected turn for Charlene and Nathan (Static), an assassin in training must walk the path between honor and revenge (excerpt from To Tread the Narrow Path), and others.Stories included: THE ALBATROSS - PART ITHE LONELIEST HIGHWAY (originally featured in Den of Thieves Anthology)PUPPETSRAISING A GLASS TO THE END OF THE WORLD (originally featured in Spring: Dreams & Nightmares)THE LONG SUMMER (originally featured in Summer: Myth & Mayhem)THE MASK MAKER (originally featured in Fall: Fear & Hope)DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN (originally featured in Winter: Ruin & Renewal)STATICTHE LEGEND OF AIEN THORNBLOODTO TREAD THE NARROW PATH: BOOK I (excerpt from the novel To Tread the Narrow Path)THE ALBATROSS- PART II
Download or read book Albatross written by Tui De Roy and published by Firefly Books Limited. This book was released on 2008 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at what is known about the albatross, a bird of legend and poetry, and examines the conditions that are threatening over three-quarters of all albatross species with extinction.
Download or read book Eye of the Albatross written by Carl Safina and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interwoven with recollections of whalers and famous explorers, "Eye of the Albatross" probes the unmistakable environmental impact of the encounters between man and marine life. Safina's portrait results in an eye-opening look at the health of our oceans. 15 illustrations, 13 maps.
Download or read book Albatross written by Deborah Scaling Kiley and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Holy M l written by Hob Osterlund and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laysan albatross is called ml in Hawaiian.--
Download or read book Albatross written by Graham Barwell and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God’s name.” The introduction of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic seabird in Western culture. In Albatross, Graham Barwell goes beyond Coleridge to examine the role the bird plays in the lives of a wide variety of peoples and societies, from the early views of north Atlantic mariners to modern encounters by writers, artists, and filmmakers. Exploring how the bird has been celebrated in proverbs, folk stories, art, and ceremonies, Barwell shows how people marvel at the way the albatross soars through the air, covering awe-inspiring distances with little effort thanks to its impressive wingspan. He surveys the many approaches people have taken to thinking about the albatross over the past two hundred years—from those who devoted their lives to these birds to those who hunted them for food and sport—and discusses its place in the human imagination. Concluding with a reflection on the bird’s changing significance in the modern world, Barwell considers threats to its continued existence and its prospects for the future. With one hundred illustrations from nature, film, and popular culture, Albatross is an absorbing look at these beautiful birds.
Download or read book Albatross written by Josie Bloss and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new student develops a destructive crush on a musician in love with the mysterious and alluring "albatross" around his neck.
Download or read book The Rime of the Ancient Mariner written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little Albatross written by Michael Morpurgo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last snows of winter are melting away and Little Albatross sits snug in the warmth of Mother Albatross' feathers. He grows bigger and stronger until one day Mother and Father Albatross go fishing together, leaving Little Albatross alone for the first time. Will they return in time to save him from the killer bird who is watching, waiting . . .?
Download or read book Albatross written by Terry Fallis and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER A funny and smart new novel about destiny--and what it means to forge your own path--from two-time Leacock Medal winner Terry Fallis. Adam Coryell is your average high-school student--well, except for that obsession with fountain pens--when his life changes forever. Based on a study by a quirky Swedish professor that claims that every human being, regardless of athletic inclination, has a body that is suited to excel in at least one sport, it turns out that Adam is good--very good, in fact--at golf. Even though he'd never even picked up a golf club. Almost instantly, and with his coach, hard-nosed Bobbie Davenport by his side, Adam and his new-found talent skyrocket to a prodigy-level stardom that includes tournament titles, sponsorship deals, throngs of fans following his every move, and fodder for tabloids. But here's the catch: Adam doesn't really like golf. And as the life he once knew slips away--including the love of his life, the dream of being a writer, and everyday normalcy--he can't help but wonder if all this success and fame is worth it . . . or if it's enough for him. Heartwarming and funny, sweeping and entertaining, Albatross takes readers on a journey of self-discovery.
Download or read book Strange Bird written by Michele K. Troy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book about the Albatross Press, a Penguin precursor that entered into an uneasy relationship with the Nazi regime to keep Anglo-American literature alive under fascism The Albatross Press was, from its beginnings in 1932, a “strange bird”: a cultural outsider to the Third Reich but an economic insider. It was funded by British-Jewish interests. Its director was rumored to work for British intelligence. A precursor to Penguin, it distributed both middlebrow fiction and works by edgier modernist authors such as D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway to eager continental readers. Yet Albatross printed and sold its paperbacks in English from the heart of Hitler’s Reich. In her original and skillfully researched history, Michele K. Troy reveals how the Nazi regime tolerated Albatross—for both economic and propaganda gains—and how Albatross exploited its insider position to keep Anglo-American books alive under fascism. In so doing, Troy exposes the contradictions in Nazi censorship while offering an engaging detective story, a history, a nuanced analysis of men and motives, and a cautionary tale.
Download or read book Why Viet Nam written by Archimedes L. A. Patti and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Call It Courage written by Armstrong Sperry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1968-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For use in schools and libraries only. Relates how Mafatu, a young Polynesian boy whose name means Stout Heart, overcomes his terrible fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his people.
Download or read book Albert the Albatross written by Syd Hoff and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1961-01-21 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert finds his way home to the ocean with the help of a lady tourist—and her hat. ‘Many economical words are briskly exchanged before the happy ending.’ —Saturday Review.
Download or read book The Shark and the Albatross written by John Aitchison and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twenty years John Aitchison has been travelling the world to film wildlife for the BBC and other broadcasters, taking him to far-away places on every continent. The Shark and the Albatross is the story of these journeys of discovery, of his encounters with animals and occasional enterprising individuals in remote and sometimes dangerous places. His destinations include the far north and the far south, expeditions to film for Frozen Planet and other natural history series, in Svalbard, Alaska, the remote Atlantic island of South Georgia and the Antarctic. They also encompass wild places in India, China and the United States. In all he finds and describes key moments in the lives of animals, among them polar bears and penguins, seals and whales, sharks and birds, and wolves and lynxes. He reveals what happens behind the scenes and beyond the camera. He explains the practicalities and challenges of the filming process, and the problems of survival in perilous places. He records touching moments and dramatic incidents, some ending in success, others desperately sad. There are times when a hunted animal triumphs against the odds, and others when, in spite of preparation for every outcome, disaster strikes. And, as the author shows in several incidents that combine nail-biting tension with hair-raising hilarity, disaster can strike for film-makers too. This is natural history writing at its absolute best: evocative, informative and gripping from first to last.
Download or read book Brave Or Stupid written by Tracey Christiansen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wisdom the Midway Albatross written by Darcy Pattison and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the albatross named Wisdom, the oldest bird in the world.
