Flight of the Hawk
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: Five Star
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781432854072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York Times bestselling author"--Cover.
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Flight of the Hawk
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: Five Star
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781432840686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA realistic account of life on the river in 1812. With talk of a coming war with England, Manuel Lisa, an experienced trader, is in St. Louis preparing his river expedition for a dangerous journey on the Upper Missouri. While there, a ragged man with an odd air of quality about him, comes to see Lisa in hopes of joining his keelboat mission -- Amazon.com
Hawks in Flight
Author: Pete Dunne
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780395709597
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn indispensable guide for hawk watchers, this is a completely new edition of the seminal book that introduced a holistic method for identifying distant birds in flight.
The Road to Kitty Hawk
Author: Valerie Moolman
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780809432585
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHighlights many obscure scientists and inventors, with special focus on the Wright brothers, on the road to manned flight.
Love Me Anyway
Author: Tiffany Hawk
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1250021472
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"When twenty-three-year-old Emily Cavenaugh's marriage to her abusive high school sweetheart ends, she trades in her dull smalltown life for an all-access pass to see the world as a flight attendant. Hoping for a new start, she moves to San Francisco to bunk with six other new flight attendants them is KC Valentine, a free spirit who encourages Emily to shed her mousy ways and start collecting experiences as exciting as her passport stamps. Emily soon follows KC's advice a little too well, falling in love with an older, married co-worker named Tien, a father to two young girls. But as Emily and Tien become more deeply entangled, KC grows distraught.Neither her friends nor co-workers know the real reason she became a flight attendant: to find her father who abandoned her as a child."--Provided by publisher.
Vesper Flights
Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 2020-08-25
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 0802146694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Conquering the Sky
Author: Larry E. Tise
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009-09-29
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 0230100600
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe nail-biting account of the Wright brothers' secret flights at Kitty Hawk and their unexpected rise to fame Despite their great achievements following their first powered flights in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright still enjoyed virtual anonymity until 1908. In seven crucial days in May of that year, however, the eyes of the world were suddenly cast upon them as they sought lucrative government contracts for their flying technology and then had to prove the capabilities of their machines. In these pivotal moments, the brothers were catapulted into unwanted worldwide fame as the international press discovered and followed their covert flight tests, and reported their every move using rudimentary telegraphs and early forms of photography. From the brothers' rise to fame on the historic Outer Banks, to the quickly expanding role of the world press and the flights' repercussions in war and military technology, Tise weaves a fascinating tale of a key turning point in the history of flight.
Hawk, I'm Your Brother
Author: Byrd Baylor
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-03-11
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 1481417134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“A Native American boy captures a hawk in the hope that he can also capture some sense of its ability to fly….Parnall’s sweeping black-and-white panoramas complement this spare, poetic text.” —School Library Journal A Caldecott Honor Book An ALA Notable Book
Flight of the Nighthawks
Author: Raymond E. Feist
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-10-13
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 0061794783
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe New York Times bestselling author revisits his signature world of Midkemia in this first book in a new trilogy that ushers in the third, and most dramatic, Riftwar yet: the Darkwar Flight of Nighthawks picks up two years after Exile’s Return as Pug, the powerful sorcerer, awakens from a nightmare that portends destruction for all of Midkemia. Disturbed by his dream, Pug calls for a convening of the Conclave of Shadows. Meanwhile, in a small town on the other side of Midkemia, two young brothers are coming of age. As they travel away from home, towards apprenticeships and adulthood, the boys are attacked by bandits and mistakenly transported to Sorcerer’s Isle, the home of the Conclave of Shadows. Though they are untrained and unready, the brothers will join the powerful, mysterious Conclave to confront Midkemia’s most looming evil yet—the Nighthawks, assassins feared throughout the centuries. And Pug will face his old nemesis, the evil wizard formerly known as Sidi, now Leso Varen, in a confrontation with everything at stake: his honor, his life, and the future of Midkemia.
Hawks Kettle, Puffins Wheel
Author: Susan Vande Griek
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Published: 2019-09-03
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1525303740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA lyrical celebration of the fascinating ways birds move through the air. This collection of captivating poems celebrates the distinctive movements of twelve birds in flight and the special words associated with those movements, from geese that skein and puffins that wheel, to crows that mob and starlings that murmurate. The evocative language conveys the beauty of these animals and describes how each one makes its own unmistakable way in the world. An informational sidebar complements each poem, describing the reasons behind the bird’s unique way of flying. Children will be captivated by the magnificence of these birds in flight.
