The Backyard Duck Book

The Backyard Duck Book

Author: Nyiri Murtagh

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0643106510

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This is a revised edition of Nyiri Murtagh.s popular book, For the Love of Ducks, but with colour photographs of the duck breeds. It covers all aspects of duck husbandry, from selecting a breed and buying ducks to housing, breeding, feeding and health. It includes a description of each of the duck breeds.


The Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor

The Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor

Author: Amy Alznauer

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2020-07-21

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1592703437

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“I intend to stand firm and let the peacocks multiply, for I am sure that, in the end, the last word will be theirs.” —Flannery O’Connor When she was young, the writer Flannery O’Connor was captivated by the chickens in her yard. She’d watch their wings flap, their beaks peck, and their eyes glint. At age six, her life was forever changed when she and a chicken she had been training to walk forwards and backwards were featured in the Pathé News, and she realized that people want to see what is odd and strange in life. But while she loved birds of all varieties and kept several species around the house, it was the peacocks that came to dominate her life. Written by Amy Alznauer with devotional attention to all things odd and illustrated in radiant paint by Ping Zhu, The Strange Birds of Flannery O’Connor explores the beginnings of one author’s lifelong obsession. Amy Alznauer lives in Chicago with her husband, two children, a dog, a parakeet, sometimes chicks, and a part-time fish, but, as of today, no elephants or peacocks. Ping Zhu is a freelance illustrator who has worked with clients big and small, won some awards based on the work she did for aforementioned clients, attracted new clients with shiny awards, and is hoping to maintain her livelihood in Brooklyn by repeating that cycle.


The Use and Abuse of Nature

The Use and Abuse of Nature

Author: Madhav Gadgil

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 9780195671988

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This is an omnibus edition of two books that have radically altered our understanding of Indian history. This Fissured Land presents an interpretive ecological history of the sub-continent. Ecology and Equity is a spirited intervention into the environment-development debate.


Duck for President

Duck for President

Author: Doreen Cronin

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9781599610917

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When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.


Moby-Duck

Moby-Duck

Author: Donovan Hohn

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-03-03

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 110147596X

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Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth. When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity.


Feathers and Fools

Feathers and Fools

Author: Mem Fox

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 9780152023652

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A modern fable about some peacocks and swans who allow the fear of their differences to become so great that they end up destroying each other.


The Forager Chef's Book of Flora

The Forager Chef's Book of Flora

Author: Alan Bergo

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2021-06-24

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1603589481

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“In this remarkable new cookbook, Bergo provides stories, photographs and inventive recipes.”—Star Tribune As Seen on NBC's The Today Show! "With a passion for bringing a taste of the wild to the table, [Bergo’s] inspiration for experimentation shows in his inventive dishes created around ingredients found in his own backyard."—Tastemade From root to flower—and featuring 180 recipes and over 230 of the author’s own beautiful photographs—explore the edible plants we find all around us with the Forager Chef Alan Bergo as he breaks new culinary ground! In The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora you’ll find the exotic to the familiar—from Ramp Leaf Dumplings to Spruce Tip Panna Cotta to Crisp Fiddlehead Pickles—with Chef Bergo’s unique blend of easy-to-follow instruction and out-of-this-world inspiration. Over the past fifteen years, Minnesota chef Alan Bergo has become one of America’s most exciting and resourceful culinary voices, with millions seeking his guidance through his wildly popular website and video tutorials. Bergo’s inventive culinary style is defined by his encyclopedic curiosity, and his abiding, root-to-flower passion for both wild and cultivated plants. Instead of waiting for fall squash to ripen, Bergo eagerly harvests their early shoots, flowers, and young greens—taking a holistic approach to cooking with all parts of the plant, and discovering extraordinary new flavors and textures along the way. The Forager Chef’s Book of Flora demonstrates how understanding the different properties and growing phases of roots, stems, leaves, and seeds can inform your preparation of something like the head of an immature sunflower—as well as the lesser-used parts of common vegetables, like broccoli or eggplant. As a society, we’ve forgotten this type of old-school knowledge, including many brilliant culinary techniques that were borne of thrift and necessity. For our own sake, and that of our planet, it’s time we remembered. And in the process, we can unlock new flavors from the abundant landscape around us. “[An] excellent debut. . . . Advocating that plants are edible in their entirety is one thing, but this [book] delivers the delectable means to prove it."—Publishers Weekly "Alan Bergo was foraging in the Midwest way before it was trendy."—Outside Magazine


Ducks, Newburyport

Ducks, Newburyport

Author: Lucy Ellmann

Publisher: Biblioasis

Published: 2019-08-20

Total Pages: 826

ISBN-13: 1771963085

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WINNER OF THE 2019 GOLDSMITHS PRIZE • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BOOKER PRIZE • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2019 • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2019 • A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2019 "This book has its face pressed up against the pane of the present; its form mimics the way our minds move now toggling between tabs, between the needs of small children and aging parents, between news of ecological collapse and school shootings while somehow remembering to pay taxes and fold the laundry."—Parul Sehgal, New York Times Baking a multitude of tartes tatins for local restaurants, an Ohio housewife contemplates her four kids, husband, cats and chickens. Also, America's ignoble past, and her own regrets. She is surrounded by dead lakes, fake facts, Open Carry maniacs, and oodles of online advice about survivalism, veil toss duties, and how to be more like Jane Fonda. But what do you do when you keep stepping on your son's toy tractors, your life depends on stolen land and broken treaties, and nobody helps you when you get a flat tire on the interstate, not even the Abominable Snowman? When are you allowed to start swearing? With a torrent of consciousness and an intoxicating coziness, Ducks, Newburyport lays out a whole world for you to tramp around in, by turns frightening and funny. A heart-rending indictment of America's barbarity, and a lament for the way we are blundering into environmental disaster, this book is both heresy―and a revolution in the novel.


Exodus to a Brave New World

Exodus to a Brave New World

Author: Davin Owen

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2016-05-16

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1514485486

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Mother Earth is destroyed when the sun mysteriously goes supernova and obliterates the solar system. Fortunately, the seeds of Old Earth when the animals and specially chosen groups of humans flee through unexplained portals that open all across the globe. These few lucky people emerge on a new world that is remarkably similar to their old home, but with some startling differences. The remnants of humanity quickly set about rebuilding their destroyed society. Their efforts bear fruit all across this new world, until the evils of Old Earth unexpectedly rears its ugly head and threatens to destroy humanitys new home world. Gavin Tolen, his boyfriend, Topher, along with their family and friends band together to fight the evil humans that snuck through the portals alongside the chosen people. They use their special powers to combat the fiends that would bath humanitys new home in blood and fire. The desperate fight for survival is on, and the stakes couldnt be any higher.


Lali's Feather

Lali's Feather

Author: Farhana Zia

Publisher: Holiday House

Published: 2020-08-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1682632636

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A vivacious and endearing story of identification, values, and the rewards in looking closely and thinking imaginatively. Lali finds a little feather in the field. Who might it belong to? Lali sets out to find the feather a home, but one bird after another rejects it. The feather is too small for Rooster, too slow for Crow, and too plain for Peacock. That is until Lali decides to keep the little feather and discovers all the things she can do with it, and the other birds begin to recognize its value. Farhana Zia offers a charming tale with an inventive circular structure that reveals the importance of looking beyond first impressions. Illustrator Stephanie Fizer Coleman brings this delightful story of imagination and inspiration to life.