Bird: 743 books
Howl
of Woman and Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
"Enormously personal and perceptive
a compelling wildlife study that extends beyond familiar settings."-BOOKLIST"Howl has all the depth, complexity, and moving power of that most haunting of sounds: the howl of a wild wolf. Bird shows us that the gap between tameness and wildness
is not so far as it...
The Secrets of Story
Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
You've just boarded a plane. You've loaded your phone with your favorite podcasts, but before you can pop in your earbuds, disaster strikes: The guy in the next seat starts telling you all about something crazy that happened to him--in great detail. This is the unwelcome storyteller, trying to convince...
The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the
Key Sites for Birds and Birding in All 50 States
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2011
The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the United States offers both bird enthusiasts and conservationists specialized information never before compiled in a single comprehensive volume.
This expert resource organizes the United States into 36 ornithologically...
Recent Studies Indicate
The Best of Sarah Bird
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
When Sarah Bird arrived in Austin in 1973 in pursuit of a boyfriend who was “hotter than lava,” she found an abundance of inspiration for storytelling (her sweetheart left her for Scientology, but she got to taste a morsel of Lynda Bird Johnson’s poorly preserved wedding cake as a temp worker...
by nigel bird
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
From the author of the critically acclaimed Dirty Old Town (and other stories).
'A fantastic writer.' - Donald Ray Pollock
'A rare talent.' - Allan Guthrie
When ‘An Arm And A Leg’ was published by Crimespree Magazine in January 2010, we were to witness Nigel Bird’s debut...
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate
Coming of Age Between the Arabs and Israelis, 1956-1978
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2010
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD’S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an original and illuminating perspective into the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Weeks before the Suez War of 1956, four-year-old Kai Bird, son of a garrulous,...
This is Charlie Bird
The Autobiography of one of Ireland's Best-Known Journalist
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Charles "Charlie" Bird has had a long and distinguished career in Irish Journalism. He joined RTE – The National Broadcaster– in 1974. He has been at the heart of every big news event for over thirty years, breaking exclusive stories and interviewing presidents and prime ministers. He...
by Robert Bird
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, Demons, The Idiot—the complex and prolific Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–81) is responsible for some of our greatest literary works and most fascinating characters. Praised by the likes of Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf, he is also acknowledged...
Veronica's Bird
Thirty-five years inside as a female prison officer
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Veronica Bird was one of nine children living in a tiny house in Barnsley with a brutal coal miner for a father. Life was a despairing time in the 1950s, as Veronica sought desperately to keep away from his cruelty. Astonishingly, to her and her mother, she won a scholarship to Ackworth Boarding School...
Ella Elgar Bird Dumont
An Autobiography of a West Texas Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
A crack shot, expert skinner and tanner, seamstress, sculptor, and later writer—a list that only hints at her intelligence and abilities—Ella Elgar Bird Dumont was one of those remarkable women who helped tame the Texas frontier. First married at sixteen to a Texas Ranger, she followed her husband...
Looking Forward
A Dream of the United States of the Americas in 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
“The author respectfully submits it as his firm and immovable conviction, that the United States of America, in the years to come, will govern the entire Western Hemisphere.”
These words, written by Arthur Bird in 1899, were his premonition as to the direction of the US one hundred years...
by Colin Bird
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Powerful. An incredible view into all aspects of death and dying, focused on the Griever caught between; how to care and be there, as told in anecdotal perspective of a former twenty-something Nursing Home Chaplain turned screenwriter and actor. In this conversational guidebook by Colin Bird readers...
by Sarah Bird
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2012
From the author of the widely praised The Yokota Officers Club, a superbly alive novel about two young American women caught up in the fevered excitement of the flamenco revival sweeping the Southwest.The place is Albuquerque. Cyndi Rae Hrncir, called Rae, seventeen and shy, is twice spellbound, first...
by Sarah Bird
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
"Sarah Bird is a true eccentric, but one with a straightforward gift for explaining the human heart. . . . A Lone Star girl-legend."—Boston GlobeWhat is it that distinguishes Texas women—the famous Yellow Rose and her descendants? Is it that combination of graciousness and grit that Lady Bird Johnson...