Author: David Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
During 1972-1974, David Lewis attempted a solo circumnavigation of Antarctica on his yacht 'Ice Bird'. During the journey he capsized three times and survived some of the most extreme conditions.
Ice Bird
Author: David Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
During 1972-1974, David Lewis attempted a solo circumnavigation of Antarctica on his yacht 'Ice Bird'. During the journey he capsized three times and survived some of the most extreme conditions.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antarctic Ocean
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
During 1972-1974, David Lewis attempted a solo circumnavigation of Antarctica on his yacht 'Ice Bird'. During the journey he capsized three times and survived some of the most extreme conditions.
Ice Bird
Author: David Lewis
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574091519
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Ice Bird is one of the great true sea stories of the twentieth century. It is also a tale of human endurance, a testimony of one man's will to overcome almost anything and everything physical and psychological to stay alive.
Publisher: Sheridan House, Inc.
ISBN: 9781574091519
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Ice Bird is one of the great true sea stories of the twentieth century. It is also a tale of human endurance, a testimony of one man's will to overcome almost anything and everything physical and psychological to stay alive.
Bird & Squirrel on Ice
Author: James Burks
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9780545563185
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
When Bird and Squirrel crash land in the South Pole during a raging blizzard, Bird is taken away by a horde of penguins intent on feeding him to a killer whale as a sacrifice, and Squirrel must hatch a crazy plan to escape.
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9780545563185
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
When Bird and Squirrel crash land in the South Pole during a raging blizzard, Bird is taken away by a horde of penguins intent on feeding him to a killer whale as a sacrifice, and Squirrel must hatch a crazy plan to escape.
The Ice-cream Cone Coot
Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819304445
Category : Animals, Mythical
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Describes in verse such unusual birds as the shuttercluck, the milkbottle midge, the waterglass goose, and the highbutton bobolink.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780819304445
Category : Animals, Mythical
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Describes in verse such unusual birds as the shuttercluck, the milkbottle midge, the waterglass goose, and the highbutton bobolink.
Owls of the Eastern Ice
Author: Jonathan C. Slaght
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374718091
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 Longlisted for the National Book Award Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction A Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award Winner of the Peace Corps Worldwide Special Book Award A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Globe and Mail, The BirdBooker Report, Geographical, Open Letter Review Best Nature Book of the Year: The Times (London) "A terrifically exciting account of [Slaght's] time in the Russian Far East studying Blakiston’s fish owls, huge, shaggy-feathered, yellow-eyed, and elusive birds that hunt fish by wading in icy water . . . Even on the hottest summer days this book will transport you.” —Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk, in Kirkus I saw my first Blakiston’s fish owl in the Russian province of Primorye, a coastal talon of land hooking south into the belly of Northeast Asia . . . No scientist had seen a Blakiston’s fish owl so far south in a hundred years . . . When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Soon he was on a five-year journey, searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the lush, remote forests of eastern Russia. That first sighting set his calling as a scientist. Despite a wingspan of six feet and a height of over two feet, the Blakiston’s fish owl is highly elusive. They are easiest to find in winter, when their tracks mark the snowy banks of the rivers where they feed. They are also endangered. And so, as Slaght and his devoted team set out to locate the owls, they aim to craft a conservation plan that helps ensure the species’ survival. This quest sends them on all-night monitoring missions in freezing tents, mad dashes across thawing rivers, and free-climbs up rotting trees to check nests for precious eggs. They use cutting-edge tracking technology and improvise ingenious traps. And all along, they must keep watch against a run-in with a bear or an Amur tiger. At the heart of Slaght’s story are the fish owls themselves: cunning hunters, devoted parents, singers of eerie duets, and survivors in a harsh and shrinking habitat. Through this rare glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist and conservationist, Owls of the Eastern Ice testifies to the determination and creativity essential to scientific advancement and serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of the natural world.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374718091
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A New York Times Notable Book of 2020 Longlisted for the National Book Award Winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction A Finalist for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year Award Winner of the Peace Corps Worldwide Special Book Award A Best Book of the Year: NPR, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, The Globe and Mail, The BirdBooker Report, Geographical, Open Letter Review Best Nature Book of the Year: The Times (London) "A terrifically exciting account of [Slaght's] time in the Russian Far East studying Blakiston’s fish owls, huge, shaggy-feathered, yellow-eyed, and elusive birds that hunt fish by wading in icy water . . . Even on the hottest summer days this book will transport you.” —Helen Macdonald, author of H is for Hawk, in Kirkus I saw my first Blakiston’s fish owl in the Russian province of Primorye, a coastal talon of land hooking south into the belly of Northeast Asia . . . No scientist had seen a Blakiston’s fish owl so far south in a hundred years . . . When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most mysterious birds on Earth. Bigger than any owl he knew, it looked like a small bear with decorative feathers. He snapped a quick photo and shared it with experts. Soon he was on a five-year journey, searching for this enormous, enigmatic creature in the lush, remote forests of eastern Russia. That first sighting set his calling as a scientist. Despite a wingspan of six feet and a height of over two feet, the Blakiston’s fish owl is highly elusive. They are easiest to find in winter, when their tracks mark the snowy banks of the rivers where they feed. They are also endangered. And so, as Slaght and his devoted team set out to locate the owls, they aim to craft a conservation plan that helps ensure the species’ survival. This quest sends them on all-night monitoring missions in freezing tents, mad dashes across thawing rivers, and free-climbs up rotting trees to check nests for precious eggs. They use cutting-edge tracking technology and improvise ingenious traps. And all along, they must keep watch against a run-in with a bear or an Amur tiger. At the heart of Slaght’s story are the fish owls themselves: cunning hunters, devoted parents, singers of eerie duets, and survivors in a harsh and shrinking habitat. Through this rare glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist and conservationist, Owls of the Eastern Ice testifies to the determination and creativity essential to scientific advancement and serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of the natural world.
Shapes on the Wind
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780060770495
Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780060770495
Category : Sailors
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pimp
Author: Iceberg Slim
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
“[In Pimp], Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Dave Chappelle, from his Nextflix special The Bird Revelation Pimp sent shockwaves throughout the literary world when it published in 1969. Iceberg Slim’s autobiographical novel offered readers a never-before-seen account of the sex trade, and an unforgettable look at the mores of Chicago’s street life during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. In the preface, Slim says it best, “In this book, I will take you, the reader, with me into the secret inner world of the pimp.” An immersive experience unlike anything before it, Pimp would go on to sell millions of copies, with translations throughout the world. And it would have a profound impact upon generations of writers, entertainers, and filmmakers, making it the classic hustler’s tale that never seems to go out of style.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451617143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
“[In Pimp], Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Dave Chappelle, from his Nextflix special The Bird Revelation Pimp sent shockwaves throughout the literary world when it published in 1969. Iceberg Slim’s autobiographical novel offered readers a never-before-seen account of the sex trade, and an unforgettable look at the mores of Chicago’s street life during the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. In the preface, Slim says it best, “In this book, I will take you, the reader, with me into the secret inner world of the pimp.” An immersive experience unlike anything before it, Pimp would go on to sell millions of copies, with translations throughout the world. And it would have a profound impact upon generations of writers, entertainers, and filmmakers, making it the classic hustler’s tale that never seems to go out of style.
Drug World
Author: Ronald Barnes
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147972789X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The world for JC was inescapable, it seemed like the more he ran from the life style of selling drugs; the more it came in his life. After losing his two son's mother to drug world, he fell in love with the woman of his dreams. He thought he was off to a beautiful future with his family, until his past caught up with him and sent him to prison. After prison, that dreadful life style that he feared, came in his life like a quiet storm. Before he could realize what had happen to his life after prison, he was caught up in drug world and couldn't get out. The drug world is a heartless and selfish business, it has no respect for life or anything in it. This book does not sugar coat any aspect of this life style; at any level what so ever, it's the plain truth and if you think for one minute you can stand the test of time in drug world. You're a fool, because the life style ain't nothing but sadness and pain!
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 147972789X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
The world for JC was inescapable, it seemed like the more he ran from the life style of selling drugs; the more it came in his life. After losing his two son's mother to drug world, he fell in love with the woman of his dreams. He thought he was off to a beautiful future with his family, until his past caught up with him and sent him to prison. After prison, that dreadful life style that he feared, came in his life like a quiet storm. Before he could realize what had happen to his life after prison, he was caught up in drug world and couldn't get out. The drug world is a heartless and selfish business, it has no respect for life or anything in it. This book does not sugar coat any aspect of this life style; at any level what so ever, it's the plain truth and if you think for one minute you can stand the test of time in drug world. You're a fool, because the life style ain't nothing but sadness and pain!
Wildlife Research Report
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife research
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wildlife research
Languages : en
Pages : 756
Book Description
Ghost Eye Master
Author: Ye GuHun
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1637074034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The human left the human and the ghost left the ghost. No matter if it's a person or a ghost, if you take the wrong path, I, Li Xiangyang, will come and take you in. After a class reunion, Li Xiangyang's business was in full swing. All sorts of demons and monsters, come to my bowl!
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1637074034
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
The human left the human and the ghost left the ghost. No matter if it's a person or a ghost, if you take the wrong path, I, Li Xiangyang, will come and take you in. After a class reunion, Li Xiangyang's business was in full swing. All sorts of demons and monsters, come to my bowl!