Why Do People Commit Crime?

Why Do People Commit Crime?

Author: Alex Woolf

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780739866825

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Explores issues related to criminal behavior, including discussion of society's role in crime, capital punishment, and history of policing.


Incredible Birds

Incredible Birds

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Capstone Classroom

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781410917201

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Looks at the physical characteristics and behavior of various unusual birds.


Birds of Paradise

Birds of Paradise

Author: Tim Laman

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 1426209584

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In this dazzling photo essay, Laman and Scholes present gorgeous full-color photographs of all 39 species of the Birds of Paradise that highlight their unique and extraordinary plumage and mating behavior.


Atlas of Amazing Birds

Atlas of Amazing Birds

Author: Matt Sewell

Publisher: Pavilion Children's

Published: 2019-10-10

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1843654628

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'No budding ornithologist should be without Matt Sewell's Atlas of Amazing Birds... sumptuous illustrations and brief captions tell us all we need to know.' The Telegraph Matt Sewell, creator of Our Garden Birds, presents his personal selection of the most amazing birds from around the world, with dazzling watercolour illustrations, witty and informative descriptions and maps of every continent. Did you know that the bald eagle holds the record for the world's biggest nest - weighing more than two tons? When the elf owl gets into trouble, it plays dead rather than fighting? The Adelie penguin can hold its breath for six minutes and leap up to three metres out of the water? Discover these and many more fascinating facts in this fabulous and beautiful book. Every bird chosen to appear in this book is amazing in its own individual way - birds that migrate thousands of miles, have strange and showy mating rituals, survive in extreme environments, are brilliant builders, are super-fast, super-brave or super-big! Sections on each continent - Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia, North America, South America and Antarctica - include maps to pore over. Travel the world to see magnificent eagles, resilient penguins, tiny hummingbirds, towering ostriches, stunning peacocks and many more. Colourful, clever, song-filled, strange and stunning - this book is a celebration of bird life!


Special Wonders of the Wild Kingdom

Special Wonders of the Wild Kingdom

Author: Buddy Davis

Publisher: Master Books

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780890512548

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Children and adults both will delight in this illustrated guide to animals of the wild. Filled with spectacular photographs, and "creature classifications" -- great for any home or school library. Book jacket.


Life List

Life List

Author: Olivia Gentile

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 160819146X

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After her four kids were nearly grown and she was about to turn 50, Phoebe Snetsinger was told she had less than a year to live. Snetsinger, a St. Louis housewife and avid backyard birder, decided to spend that year traveling the world in search of birds. As it turned out, her doctors were wrong, but Phoebe's passion had been ignited and she spent the next eighteen years crisscrossing the globe recklessly staking out her quarry. En route she contracted malaria in Zambia, nearly fell to her death in Zaire, and was kidnapped and gang raped on the outskirts of Port Moresby. Yet none of this curbed her enthusiasm. By the time she died in a bus accident while birding in Madagascar in 1999, Phoebe was world renowned and had seen more species-8,500 of the roughly 10,000-than anyone in history. A fascinating portrait of a hobbiest whose obsession contributed to both her success and her demise, Life List brings Phoebe Snetsinger and the wild world of amatuer ornithology to vivid life.


Amazing Birds

Amazing Birds

Author: Ruth Soffer

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2006-06-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0486447960

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The Earth is home to thousands of species of birds. This fact-filled coloring book introduces 30 of the most fascinating. From the Andean condor, with its wingspan of nearly eleven feet, to the tiny bee hummingbird, weighing in at less than an ounce, these remarkable birds come in all sizes and colors. Nature artist Ruth Soffer provides accurate, ready-to-color images of the roadrunner, the great hornbill, the emperor penguin, the blue-footed booby, the Raggiana bird of paradise, the European bee-eater, and other intriguing feathered creatures.


Bird Trivia

Bird Trivia

Author: Stan Tekiela

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781591938101

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Award-winning author and wildlife photographer Stan Tekiela presents a fascinating and surprising collection of facts about birds, paired with his full-color photography.


Incredible Birds

Incredible Birds

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781410917119

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Looks at the physical characteristics and behavior of various unusual birds.


Red Knot

Red Knot

Author: Nancy Carol Willis

Publisher:

Published: 2006-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780966276152

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Describes the 20,000-mile annual migration of a shorebird called a Red knot, from the tip of South America to the Arctic tundra nesting grounds and back.