Download or read book A White Bird Flying written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1931, Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel 'A White Bird Flying' is about Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, who has died at the beginning of the story. She left her china and heavy furniture to others, and to her granddaughter Laura - the secret of her dream of finer things. Grandma Deal's literary aspirations had been thwarted by the hard circumstances of her life, but Laura vows that nothing, no one, will deter her from a successful writing career. Childhood passes, and the more she repeats her vow the more life intervenes.

Download or read book Modelling the Flying Bird written by C.J. Pennycuick and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2008-08-23 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of simplifying the mechanics of flight into a practical computer program, which will predict in some detail what any bird, real or hypothetical, can and cannot do. The Flight program, presented on the companion website, generates performance curves for flapping and gliding flight, and simulations of long-distance migration and accounts successfully for the consumption of muscles and other tissues during migratory flights. The program is effectively a working model of a flying bird (or bat or pterosaur) and is the skeleton around which the book is built. The book provides a wider background and then explains how Flight works and shows how to set up and test hypotheses generated by the program.The book and the program are based on adapting the conventional (and well-tested) thinking of aeronautical engineers to the biological problems of bird flight. Their primary aim is to convince biologists that this is the appropriate way to handle problems that involve flight, to make the engineering background accessible to biologists, and to provide a tool kit in the shape of the Flight program, which they can use to solve practical problems involving bird flight and migration. In addition, the book will be readily accessible to engineers who want to know how birds work, and should be of interest to the ever-growing community working on flapping "micro air vehicles" (MAVs). The program can be used to predict the flight performance and capabilities of reconstructed fossil birds and pterosaurs, flying in ancient atmospheres that differ from present conditions, and also, of course, to predict and account for the results of experiments and observations on living birds and bats.* An up to date work by the world's leading expert on bird flight* Examines the biology and biomechanics of bird flight with added reference to the flight of bats and pterosaurs.* Uses proven aeronautical principles to help solve biological issues in understanding and predicting the flight capabilities of birds and other vertebrates.* Provides insights into the evolution of flight and the likely capabilities of extinct birds and reptiles.* Gives a detailed explanation of the science behind, and use of, the author's predictive bird flight simulation program - Flight - which is available on a companion website.* Presents often difficult concepts in easily understood language.

Download or read book Whoever Heard of a Flying Bird written by David Cunliffe and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pip is a little bird who wants nothing more than to eat the fresh fruit high up in the trees. There's just one problem - The birds on her island don't fly. All the other birds think the idea sounds ridiculous. Afterall, Whoever Heard of a Flying Bird?But that won't stop Pip from trying. Surrounded by others that think she'll never succeed, Pip is determined to overcome adversity and self-doubt and reach the fruit. And if she tries hard enough, she might just succeed?

Download or read book Fly Little Bird Vuela Pajarito written by Lingolino Books and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-21 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2 in 1: Bilingual Picture Book + Coloring Pics at The End Of The Book A little bird is afraid of heights. The other birds laugh at him and say, "Birds love flying high in the sky. No bird is afraid of heights!" The little bird loves the sky. He tries to fly but can never fly up more than a few feet. He is too afraid. So he watches the other birds fly into the sky and leave him. But then something strange happens... Read how the shy little bird overcomes his fears. Here's what makes this book special: Each line is both in English and Spanish The story is simple and suitable for early age learning Introduces concepts of problem-solving, cooperation, and teamwork. All the illustrations are original, creative and super fun Plus, there are EXTRA PAGES for coloring and drawing at the end of the book AND SO MUCH MORE! Kids learn quickly and easily. With bilingual children's books, you set them up for success and expand their horizons from an early age! This dual language story is specifically designed to teach children new foreign words and phrases as you read to them. The book is also available in other languages. For all kids learning English or Spanish as a second language.

Download or read book Handbook of Bird Biology written by Irby J. Lovette and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Forbes.com as one of the 12 best books about birds and birding in 2016 This much-anticipated third edition of the Handbook of Bird Biology is an essential and comprehensive resource for everyone interested in learning more about birds, from casual bird watchers to formal students of ornithology. Wherever you study birds your enjoyment will be enhanced by a better understanding of the incredible diversity of avian lifestyles. Arising from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology and authored by a team of experts from around the world, the Handbook covers all aspects of avian diversity, behaviour, ecology, evolution, physiology, and conservation. Using examples drawn from birds found in every corner of the globe, it explores and distills the many scientific discoveries that have made birds one of our best known - and best loved - parts of the natural world. This edition has been completely revised and is presented with more than 800 full color images. It provides readers with a tool for life-long learning about birds and is suitable for bird watchers and ornithology students, as well as for ecologists, conservationists, and resource managers who work with birds. The Handbook of Bird Biology is the companion volume to the Cornell Lab's renowned distance learning course, www.birds.cornell.edu/courses/home/homestudy/.

Download or read book Meido the Bird Who Was Afraid to Fly written by Jacob Pearce-Dietrich and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meido is a bluebird who lives in a park downtown, up high in an awesome tree. But something makes him different from many other birds: he’s afraid to fly! Instead, Meido climbs up using his talons. One beautiful morning, Meido and his best feathered friend, Flier, are going around the park and taking care of official bird business. They go to the mulberry bush for breakfast and pay a visit to an unlucky person’s white car. Then the Tuesday Terror, Jaws the Chihuahua, arrives, and he’s out to get revenge on Meido and Flier for a trick they played on him before. But when their escape puts Flier and Jaws in danger, Meido knows he is the only one who can save the day. He’ll have to overcome his fear and finally start flying. In this children’s tale, a mischievous bird gets his friends in trouble and must conquer his fear of flying in order to rescue them

Download or read book The Flying Egret English Edition written by Eleanor and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Fly Little Bird Vole Petit Oiseau written by Ingo Blum and published by Planetoh Concepts. This book was released on 2021-06-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teach Your Children First Words in English or French A little bird is afraid of heights. The other birds laugh at him and say, "Birds love flying high in the sky. No bird is afraid of heights!" The little bird loves the sky. He tries to fly but can never fly up more than a few feet. He is too afraid. So he watches the other birds fly into the sky and leave him. But then something strange happens... Read how the shy little bird overcomes his fears. Here's what makes this book special: Each line is both in English and French The story is simple and suitable for early age learning Introduces concepts of problem-solving, cooperation, and teamwork. All the illustrations are original, creative, and super fun AND SO MUCH MORE! Kids learn quickly and easily. With bilingual children's books, you set them up for success and expand their horizons from an early age! This dual-language story is specifically designed to teach children new foreign words and phrases as you read to them. The book is also available in other languages. For all kids learning English or French as a second language.

Download or read book The Sibley Guide to Bird Life Behavior written by David Allen Sibley and published by Alfred a Knopf Incorporated. This book was released on 2009 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides basic information about the biology, life cycles, and behavior of birds, along with brief profiles of each of the eighty bird families in North America.

Download or read book Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation written by Otto Lilienthal and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Shadow of a Flying Bird written by Mordicai Gerstein and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 1994-09-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moses, at the end of his life, refuses to give up his soul to God, who is forced to take it himself with a single kiss.

Download or read book The Flight of Red Bird written by Doreen Rappaport and published by StarWalk Kids Media. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taken from her family on the Yankton Sioux Reservation at the age of eight and sent to a school far from home, Gertrude is forced to become "civilized"--to give up her moccasins, her long hair, and her language, and to renounce her Sioux heritage. As an adult, she renames herself Zitkala-¬Sa, which means "Red Bird," and devotes her life to fighting for justice for Native Americans. Her powerful and memorable story, told in her own words from letters and diaries, will inspire anyone who has ever dreamed of making a difference.

Download or read book Bird in Flight written by Edith Balas and published by Carnegie Mellon Nonfiction. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bird in Flight: Memoir of a Survivor and Scholar, Professor of Art History Edith Balas recounts her life from Transylvania, to Auschwitz, to respected art historian.

Download or read book What It s Like to Be a Bird written by David Allen Sibley and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bird book for birders and nonbirders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing—and why: "Can birds smell?"; "Is this the same cardinal that was at my feeder last year?"; "Do robins 'hear' worms?" "The book's beauty mirrors the beauty of birds it describes so marvelously." —NPR In What It's Like to Be a Bird, David Sibley answers the most frequently asked questions about the birds we see most often. This special, large-format volume is geared as much to nonbirders as it is to the out-and-out obsessed, covering more than two hundred species and including more than 330 new illustrations by the author. While its focus is on familiar backyard birds—blue jays, nuthatches, chickadees—it also examines certain species that can be fairly easily observed, such as the seashore-dwelling Atlantic puffin. David Sibley's exacting artwork and wide-ranging expertise bring observed behaviors vividly to life. (For most species, the primary illustration is reproduced life-sized.) And while the text is aimed at adults—including fascinating new scientific research on the myriad ways birds have adapted to environmental changes—it is nontechnical, making it the perfect occasion for parents and grandparents to share their love of birds with young children, who will delight in the big, full-color illustrations of birds in action. Unlike any other book he has written, What It's Like to Be a Bird is poised to bring a whole new audience to David Sibley's world of birds.

Download or read book The Greatest Works of French Literature English Edition written by Charles Baudelaire and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 22266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique collection of the greatest French classics books has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards: A History of French Literature François Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel Molière: Tartuffe or the Hypocrite The Misanthrope The Miser The Imaginary Invalid The Impostures of Scapin… Jean Racine: Phaedra Pierre Corneille: The Cid Voltaire: Candide Zadig Micromegas The Huron A Philosophical Dictionary… Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Confessions Emile The Social Contract De Laclos: Dangerous Liaisons Stendhal

Download or read book Jonathan Livingston Seagull written by Richard Bach and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Includes the rediscovered part four"--Cover.

Download or read book The Little White Bird written by James M. Barrie and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did Peter Pan come from? There is a very general conception that he stepped from Mr. Barrie's day-dreams straight upon the boards. But those who remember that delicate piece of sentiment, "The Little White Bird, or Adventures in Kensington Gardens" will find him already grown to his eternal youth there. In the story that the lonely old bachelor tells the boy David, Peter Pan is the same lad, whose "age is a week" and who "escaped from being human when he was seven days old; he escaped by the window and flew back to the Kensington Gardens," where, like all children, he had been a bird before he was born; and he lives in Kensington Gardens, which is the Never Never Land of "The Little White Bird."