A Feathered River Across The Sky

Author: Joel Greenberg
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620405350
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The epic story of why passenger pigeons became extinct and what that says about our current relationship with the natural world.

The Feather Thief

Author: Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473537053
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Auburn, NY: Miller, Orton and Mulligan, 1854. Greenberg, Joel. A Feathered
River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction. New York:
Bloomsbury, 2014. Greene, W. T. Birds of the British Empire. London: Imperial
Press, 1898. Hanson, Thor. Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle. New
York: Basic Books, 2011. Hartert, Ernst. Types of Birds in the Tring Museum. Tring
, UK: Zoological Museum, 1918. Herd, Andrew. The Fly. Ellesmere, UK: Medlar
Press, 2003.

Der Geschmack Von Laub Und Erde

Author: Charles Foster
Publisher: Piper ebooks
ISBN: 3492958761
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Was fühlt ein Tier, wie lebt es und wie nimmt es seine Umwelt wahr? Um das herauszufinden, tritt Charles Foster ein faszinierendes Experiment an.

H Wie Habicht

Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Ullstein eBooks
ISBN: 384371147X
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Als die Tage in dem abgedunkelten Raum vergingen und ich mich immer mehr in den Habicht hineinversetzte, schmolz mein Menschsein von mir ab.« Helen Macdonald Ein Buch über die Erinnerung, über Natur und Freiheit - und über das Glück, ...

Gold In The Sky

Author: Max Catto
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He took her out across the river and back to test her and the whole village
applauded. That took care of the first day. The ramp from Gold in the Sky down to
the river was now nearly done. It was a labour of love that inspired even the
villagers to help. A wider audience had now ... Her wings clipped harshly, her feet
as ungainly as a feathered river wader's, she looked aggressively ready for the
plunge. The launch was chugging five yards out in the river, wreathing the
surface of the water ...

Birds Across The Sky

Author: Florence Page Jaques
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ISBN:
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The first flock which flew up reminded me of those I'd watched on the Minnesota
rice lake; I was beginning to have a feathered past. These mallards were in the
White River swamp literally by the thousands. They flew over the bare treetops
continually, in lovely broken lines and small flocks, they fed noisily on the acorns
in the damp woods, and at night they went out to feast in the rice fields through
the cultivated country far away. We paddled silently in our kayak to see them
floating ...

Das Zeitalter Der Erkenntnis

Author: Eric Kandel
Publisher: Siedler Verlag
ISBN: 3641099854
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Nobelpreisträger Eric Kandel hat mit »Das Zeitalter der Erkenntnis« ein brillantes Buch geschrieben, das uns in das Wien Sigmund Freuds, Gustav Klimts und Arthur Schnitzlers entführt.

Love In Victorian Times

Author: Patricia Watters
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300601183
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As the gangway of the Hudson settled against the dock, jagged lightning stabbed
through the clouds and thunder cracked with a deafening report, rumbling and
rolling and gaining momentum as it feathered out across the sky. Standing on the
deck, Jon tugged his hat lower to fend off gust-blown raindrops that whipped
around him. He gazed at the derelict town, another nameless settlement of tents,
shacks, hovels and bawdy hotels dotting the banks of the Fraser River. The
streets of ...