Author: Clayton M. White
Publisher: Western Sporting Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Peregrine Quest
Author: Clayton M. White
Publisher: Western Sporting Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Publisher: Western Sporting Publications
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Peregrine
Author: J. A. Baker
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007395906
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands - peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries - creating the essential volume of Baker's writings. Since the hardback was published in 2010, papers, maps, and letters have come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker's history. Contemporaries - particularly from while he was at school in Chelmsford - have kindly provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation. In the longer term, there is hope of an archive of these papers being established, but in the meantime, and with the arrival of this paperback edition, there is a chance to reveal a little more of what has been learned. Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article - entitled On the Essex Coast - appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the kind agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker's astounding work.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007395906
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Reissue of J. A. Baker's extraordinary classic of British nature writing Despite the association of peregrines with the wild, outer reaches of the British Isles, The Peregrine is set on the flat marshes of the Essex coast, where J A Baker spent a long winter looking and writing about the visitors from the uplands - peregrines that spend the winter hunting the huge flocks of pigeons and waders that share the desolate landscape with them. Including original diaries from which The Peregrine was written and its companion volume The Hill of Summer, this is a beautiful compendium of lyrical nature writing at its absolute best. Such luminaries as Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Ted Hughes and Andrew Motion have cited this as one of the most important books in 20th Century nature writing, and the bestselling author Mark Cocker has provided an introduction on the importance of Baker, his writings and the diaries - creating the essential volume of Baker's writings. Since the hardback was published in 2010, papers, maps, and letters have come to light which in turn provide a little more background into J A Baker's history. Contemporaries - particularly from while he was at school in Chelmsford - have kindly provided insights, remembering a school friend who clearly made an impact on his generation. In the longer term, there is hope of an archive of these papers being established, but in the meantime, and with the arrival of this paperback edition, there is a chance to reveal a little more of what has been learned. Among fragments of letters to Baker was one from a reader who praised a piece that Baker had written in RSPB Birds magazine in 1971. Apart from a paper on peregrines which Baker wrote for the Essex Bird Report, this article - entitled On the Essex Coast - appears to be his only other published piece of writing, and, with the kind agreement of the RSPB, it has been included in this updated new paperback edition of Baker's astounding work.
The Peregrine's Journey
Author: Madeleine Dunphy
Publisher: Web of Life Children's Book
ISBN: 0988330342
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Peregrine’s Journey vividly describes one of the most remarkable feats in the animal kingdom. Beginning in Alaska and ending two months later in Argentina, the peregrine falcon’s annual migration is an 8,000-mile flight across the Americas. This beautifully illustrated book allows young readers to follow one bird on its journey. Based on the actual migration of a real bird that was tracked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the book is filled with amazing facts about the bird’s diet, habits, and navigational abilities, as well as stunning views of the many habitats the peregrine visits along the way.
Publisher: Web of Life Children's Book
ISBN: 0988330342
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Peregrine’s Journey vividly describes one of the most remarkable feats in the animal kingdom. Beginning in Alaska and ending two months later in Argentina, the peregrine falcon’s annual migration is an 8,000-mile flight across the Americas. This beautifully illustrated book allows young readers to follow one bird on its journey. Based on the actual migration of a real bird that was tracked by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the book is filled with amazing facts about the bird’s diet, habits, and navigational abilities, as well as stunning views of the many habitats the peregrine visits along the way.
Peregrine's Progress
Author: Jeffery Farnol
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387061765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3387061765
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Peregrine
Author: J. A. Baker
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590171330
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This extraordinary, poetic portrait of two peregrine falcons is one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published. From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry. And as he continued his mysterious private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, to be replaced with the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk. It is this extraordinary metamorphosis, magical and terrifying, that these beautifully written pages record.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590171330
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
This extraordinary, poetic portrait of two peregrine falcons is one of the most beloved works of nature writing ever published. From fall to spring, J.A. Baker set out to track the daily comings and goings of a pair of peregrine falcons across the flat fen lands of eastern England. He followed the birds obsessively, observing them in the air and on the ground, in pursuit of their prey, making a kill, eating, and at rest, activities he describes with an extraordinary fusion of precision and poetry. And as he continued his mysterious private quest, his sense of human self slowly dissolved, to be replaced with the alien and implacable consciousness of a hawk. It is this extraordinary metamorphosis, magical and terrifying, that these beautifully written pages record.
The adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Author: Tobias George Smollett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle in which are Included Memoirs of a Lady of Quality
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Peregrine's Progress
Author: Jeffery Farnol
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle ... The Eighth Edition
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description