Author: Gregory O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780790326276
Category : Children's literature, New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The title of this winner of the 2008 Montana New Zealand Book Awards, Reference and Anthology category is a phrase originally used by Samuel Johnson to affectionately describe his old Oxford College. The famous New Zealand School Journal will be 100 years old in May 2007. It was founded by the Department of Education with some basic objectives in mind. They were to improve the reading skills of the young and teach them good English colonial values. Over time it moved from the connection with Mother England and began to represent New Zealand society, particularly when Clarence Beeby became Director of Education in 1940. It also became a source of income and an outlet for the talents of leading artists and writers. Roger Hall, Peter Bland, James K. Baxter, Jack Lazenby, Margaret Mahy, Rita Angus, Dick Frizzell, Russell Clark, Janet Frame, Anne and Colin McCahon, and Joy Cowley were among those commissioned. This history records the high and low points of a journal that is still influencing and inspiring New Zealand children. Beautifully illustrated with original artwork, covers and content.
Author: Elizabeth Murphy
Publisher: Headline
ISBN: 0755392973
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 361
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Anne is the youngest of the eight Fitzgerald children, loved and petted by her older brothers and sisters and secure amid their extended family in Liverpool's Everton district. When Sarah Redmond introduces Anne to her brother John, there is an unspoken attraction between them, but John goes to Spain to fight with the International Brigade. Only when war breaks out do they marry and have three children, with whom Anne hopes to recreate her happy childhood home. But John is busy pursuing his own ambitions, and Anne wonders if she will ever live in the nest of singing birds she dreams of.
Author: Elizabeth Murphy
Publisher: Canelo
ISBN: 1788634764
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 679
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Anne is the youngest of the eight Fitzgerald children, secure amid her extended family in Liverpool’s Everton district. She leaves school at fourteen to work, where she becomes friendly with Sarah Redmond. The two girls enjoy life to the full, dating young men in a lighthearted way, and it is Sarah who introduces Anne to her brother, John. From there marriage and children follow, but when war breaks out he enlists, along with her brothers. Combat creates a barrier to Anne’s happiness, and so she must wait, not only to discover if her and John can rekindle their passions, but more importantly to see if her loved ones will return home safely. A heartbreaking saga of love, war and family, A Nest of Singing Birds is a wonderful read, perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Helen Forrester and Lyn Andrews
Author: Rita Gray
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054410580X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
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In this nonfiction picture book for young readers, we learn just why the mother nesting bird stays quiet and still while sitting on her eggs. Shh. . . .
Author: Susan Charlotte Haley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canadian fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234
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Author: Lang Elliott
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395912386
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Presents the songs and calls of fifty North American birds that are common to residential settings, city parks, and urban areas.
Author: Ted Floyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 1426220030
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
Author: Susan J. Tweit
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647420377
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 293
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Writer Susan Tweit and her economist-turned-sculptor husband Richard Cabe had just settled into their version of a “good life” when Richard saw thousands of birds one day—harbingers of the brain cancer that would kill him two years later. This compelling and intimate memoir chronicles their journey into the end of his life, framed by their final trip together, a 4,000-mile-long delayed honeymoon road trip. As Susan and Richard navigate the unfamiliar territory of brain cancer treatment and learn a whole new vocabulary—craniotomies, adjuvant chemotherapy, and brain geography—they also develop new routines for a mindful existence, relying on each other and their connection to nature, including the real birds Richard enjoys watching. Their determination to walk hand in hand, with open hearts, results in profound and difficult adjustments in their roles. Bless the Birds is not a sad story. It is both prayer and love song, a guide to how to thrive in a world where all we hold dear seems to be eroding, whether simple civility and respect, our health and safety, or the Earth itself. It’s an exploration of living with love in a time of dying—whether personal or global—with humor, unflinching courage, and grace. And it is an invitation to choose to live in light of what we love, rather than what we fear.
Author: Edward Thomas
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291417885
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 246
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Spring was late in 1913 and Edward Thomas decided to go and search for winter's grave and the tell-tale signs of season's turn - he set out to cycle westwards from London to the Quantocks. Edward Thomas 1878-1917 turned from writing prose to poetry in 1914. His work as a poet has been widely celebrated and admired - Ted Hughes described Thomas as "the father of us all". The Pursuit of Spring, originally published in 1914, bridges the divide between Thomas the journalist/critic and Thomas the highly regarded poet.
Author: Rosamond Wolff Purcell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674031722
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Purcell captures the diverse beauty, quirkiness and allure of eggs and the remarkable resourcefulness of birds, focusing on the intricacy of nests and the aesthetic perfection of bird eggs.--Kurt Shaw, "Pittsburgh Tribune Review."
