Vesper Flights

Vesper Flights

Author: Helen Macdonald

Publisher: Grove Press

Published: 2020-08-25

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0802146694

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The New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk explores the human relationship to the natural world in this “dazzling” essay collection (Wall Street Journal). In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk’s poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds’ nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.


Risky Living

Risky Living

Author: Tom Jones

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2009-11-15

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1602397694

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45 revealing interviews with fearless workers that will appeal to fans of Studs Terkel and television s Deadliest...


Fallen Angels: The Untold Legacy

Fallen Angels: The Untold Legacy

Author: G.K.L

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2021-05-07

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 163873674X

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The nature of the demon, the one that’s been haunting him for years was obscure to him. But even so, he fell into the depths of wickedness he never knew, too far to walk away from. But then she came... she came and what happens now is beyond his control. Will he consume all of her or will his past come to help him out of his misery? Whatever happens, it'll distort all that is known to man, and all that he'll ever know. Will they survive… Or will anyone?


Jobs That Could Kill You

Jobs That Could Kill You

Author: Tom Jones

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-01-28

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 1620874504

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Jobs That Could Kill You is a fascinating collection of candid and intimate conversations with forty-two men and women who describe in gripping detail how physical risk is a familiar companion in their working lives, and how they deal with it. In the oral history tradition of Studs Terkel, Jobs That Could Kill You will introduce you to: - Antron Brown as he launches his top fuel drag racer from zero to over 300 miles an hour in less than four seconds. - Justin McBride talking about the guts it takes to stay atop a raging 1,600-pound bull. - Jeff Gammons as he painfully remembers the terrifying screams of Hurricane Katrina drowning victims. - Cameron Begbie as he recalls fighting hand-to-hand against insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. - Crab fisherman Matt Corriere, who describes the harrowing night when he was the sole survivor after the sinking of the fishing vessel Massacre Bay in icy Alaskan waters. - And dozens more! Jobs That Could Kill You reveals who these daring people are, what they will endure for a paycheck, and how they feel about their jobs. They speak for themselves, in their own words.


Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Forgotten Heroes of World War II

Author: Thomas E. Simmons

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-11-06

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 158979964X

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World War II was the defining event of the twentieth century. For everyone it was a time of confusion, fear, destruction, and death on a scale never before seen. Much has been written of the generals, campaigns, and battles of the war, but it was young, ordinary American kids who held our freedom in their hands as they fought for liberty across the globe. Forgotten Heroes of World War II offers a personal understanding of what was demanded of these young heroes through the stories of rank-and-file individuals who served in the navy, marines, army, air corps, and merchant marine in all theaters of the war. Their tales are told without pretense or apology. At the time, each thought himself no different from those around him, for they were all young, scared, and miserable. They were the ordinary, the extraordinary—the forgotten.


Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Harper's New Monthly Magazine

Author: Henry Mills Alden

Publisher:

Published: 1870

Total Pages: 948

ISBN-13:

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Harper's informs a diverse body of readers of cultural, business, political, literary and scientific affairs.