The Vultures and the Phoenix
Author: Robert W. Millett
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 192
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Author: Robert W. Millett
Publisher: Associated University Presses
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 192
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl Douglass
Publisher: Publication Consultants
Published: 2015-09-30
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1594333629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArthur Koestler, the notable twentieth century playwright said, Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion." Carl Douglass, neurosurgeon turned author, writes with gripping realism about the point in Garven Wilsonhulme, M.D., F.A.C.S's life when he turns the hopes and aspirations of his family, friends, colleagues, and opponents into illusions. In so doing, he realizes that he has become both The Vulture and The Phoenix in his own life. He scrambles to the heights of fame, prestige, riches, and cruelty. There, he meets a wall of opposition and begins the final great fight of his complicated life and career. What he does will surprise and amaze you. This is the finale of the successful Saga of a Neurosurgeon series."
Author: Tim Harris (Ornithologist)
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780717259571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of vultures.
Author: Michael O'Neal Campbell
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2015-06-26
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1482223627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book reexamines current knowledge on the evolution, ecology, and conservation biology of both New World vultures (Cathartidae) and Old World vultures (Accipitridae) and seeks answers to past and present regional extinctions, colorizations, and conservation questions. Extinct species of both families are examined, as is the disputed evidence fo
Author: Katie Fallon
Publisher: Brandeis University Press
Published: 2020-08-04
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1684580331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFew animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scientific papers and articles and weaving those in with interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts and her own compelling natural history writing, Fallon examines all aspects of the bird’s natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. The result is an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird—one you’ll never look at in the same way again.
Author: Todd Downing
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: 2020-03-10
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1504061578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA customs agent must track down a killer on a train barreling across the Texas border into Mexico . . . When a train leaves Laredo en route to Mexico City, the trip turns terrifying as one passenger after another falls victim to murder. Will anyone make it to their destination alive? Fortunately, Hugh Rennert—US Customs agent and amateur detective—is on board, and his investigation will proceed full steam ahead . . . “You won’t go wrong in giving Todd Downing a try.” —Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Author: John Fahey
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780965618373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVampire Vultures is an unexpected gift from the late music legend John Fahey. Originally a project of his own conception, it was to be an epic work that would expand on many of the character and experiences he introduced in How Bluegrass Music Destroyed My Life (2000). It is a unique volume that allows the reader to walk deep into the mind of its creator. Compiled from his private papers, it includes notebook entries, short stories, letters never sent, revealing the struggles and victories of a cult icon's life in modern America.
Author: Edmund Sim
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published:
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 1435719026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Josy Joseph
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2016-07-10
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9350297523
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Every day, millions of people -- the rich, the poor and the many foreign visitors -- are hunting for ways to get their business done in modern India. If they search in the right places and offer the appropriate price, there is always a facilitator who can get the job done. This book is a sneak preview of those searches, the middlemen who do those jobs, and the many opportunities that the fast-growing economy offers.' Josy Joseph draws upon two decades as an investigative journalist to expose a problem so pervasive that we do not have the words to speak of it. The story is big: that of treacherous business rivalries, of how some industrial houses practically own the country, of the shadowy men who run the nation's politics. The story is small: a village needs a road and a hospital, a graveyard needs a wall, people need toilets. A Feast of Vultures is an unprecedented, multiple-level inquiry into modern India, and the picture it reveals is both explosive and frightening. Within these covers is unimpeachable evidence against some of the country's biggest business houses and political figures, and the reopening of major scandals that have shaped its political narratives. Through hard-nosed investigations and the meticulous gathering of documentary evidence, Joseph clinically examines and irrefutably documents the non-reportable. It is a troubling narrative, but also a call to action and a cry for change. A tour de force through the wildly beating heart of post-socialist India, the book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the large, unwieldy truth about this nation.