Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 31,93 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Nature
ISBN :
The primary purpose of this book is to provide information on each of the species of the waterfowl family in a standardized format and easily accessible manner.
Author : Alice L. Price
Publisher : Council Oak Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 15,30 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780933031814
Fully illustrated with swans of legend, art, nature and the imagination, Swans of the World is a treasury and a treasure as well.
Author : Jung Chang
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 11,31 MB
Release : 2008-06-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439106495
The story of three generations in twentieth-century China that blends the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history—a bestselling classic in thirty languages with more than ten million copies sold around the world, now with a new introduction from the author. An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members: her grandmother, a warlord’s concubine; her mother’s struggles as a young idealistic Communist; and her parents’ experience as members of the Communist elite and their ordeal during the Cultural Revolution. Chang was a Red Guard briefly at the age of fourteen, then worked as a peasant, a “barefoot doctor,” a steelworker, and an electrician. As the story of each generation unfolds, Chang captures in gripping, moving—and ultimately uplifting—detail the cycles of violent drama visited on her own family and millions of others caught in the whirlwind of history.
Author : Sylvia Bruce Wilmore
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 29,53 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Leon Gray
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 36,70 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1617727342
Introduces the trumpeter swan, describing its physical characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and the ways in which it defends itself against predators.
Author : John Elkington
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 17,2 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1732439133
Even leading capitalists admit that capitalism is broken. Green Swans is a manifesto for system change designed to serve people, planet, and prosperity. In his twentieth book, John Elkington—dubbed the “Godfather of Sustainability”—explores new forms of capitalism fit for the twenty-first century. If Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s “Black Swans” are problems that can take us exponentially toward breakdown, then “Green Swans” are solutions that take us exponentially toward breakthrough. The success—and survival—of humanity now depends on how we rein in the first and accelerate the second. Green Swans draws on Elkington’s firsthand experience in some of the world’s best-known boardrooms and C-suites. Using case studies, real-world examples, and profiles on emergent technologies, Elkington shows how the weirdest “Ugly Ducklings” of today’s world may turn into tomorrow’s world-saving Green Swans. This book is a must-read for business leaders in corporations great and small who want to help their businesses survive the coming shift in global priorities over the next decade and expand their horizons from responsibility, through resilience, and onto regeneration.
Author : Alexis Wright
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,22 MB
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501124781
Originally published: Australia: Giramondo, 2013.
Author : Guy Baldassarre
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 1183 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 1421408082
The best-selling and authoritative reference book on waterfowl has been fully revised and updated by one of the world’s most respected waterfowl biologists. Honorable Mention for the PROSE Award for Excellence, Multivolume/Science of the Association of American Publishers Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was published in 1942. A must-have for professional biologists, birders, waterfowl hunters, decoy collectors, and wildlife managers, this fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's forty-six species. Maps of both winter and breeding ranges are presented with stunning images by top waterfowl photographers and the acclaimed original artwork of Robert W. (Bob) Hines. Originally authored by F. H. Kortright and later revised by Frank Bellrose, this latest edition, which has been meticulously updated by renowned waterfowl biologist Guy Baldassarre, continues the legacy of esteemed authors. Each species account contains in-depth sections on: • identification • distribution • migration behavior • habitat • population status • breeding biology • rearing of young • recruitment and survival • food habits and feeding ecology • molts and plumages • conservation and management To facilitate identification, the species accounts also include detailed illustrations of wings. An appendix contains comparative illustrations of ducklings, goslings, and cygnets. This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along with a CD containing references and additional maps.
Author : Mark Nicolaides
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 20,13 MB
Release : 2015-06-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781326281205
"A touching, life affirming true story that grips you from the time they hatch, until moment they finally leave." Swan Life is the heart-warming account of the trials and tribulations experienced by a pair of mute swans, as they struggle to raise a family on Dorset's River Stour. Gaining the complete trust of the birds, the author reveals rarely seen aspects of a swan's life. Discover the extraordinary level care given to their young and the close relationship forged between the adults. Experience the tension as the family battles with a rival swan, along with the touching moment when the female bird buries one of her own dead cygnets. This is a unique book, it will give the reader a brand new insight into how the swan's graceful nature often belies the tumultuous life they lead. This is not just a wildlife book though, it's a story of a parent's love, devotion and sacrifice. It will change the way you see these birds forever. "Unforgettable - one reading will not be enough."
Author : Janet Kear
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 28,44 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Anseriformes
ISBN : 9780198610083
"Wildfowl and screamers belong to a highly diverse family of birds, confined to watery habitats. They are amongst the most attractive of birds and are very well-known to man, who has domesticated them, used their feathers for warm clothing and ornamentation, admired their flight, courtship and migration, caught them for food, maintained them in captivity for pleasure, and written about their doings in delightful children's stories, from Mother Goose to Jemima Puddleduck and Donald Duck. They occur throughout the world except Antarctica. Some are faithful to the same partner for life, others for only the few minutes of copulation. In some species, male and female make devoted parents, and yet there is one within the group whose female lays her eggs in the nests of others and never incubates. Diving as a method of obtaining food has evolved many times within the family. Most nest in the open but others in the tree-hole nests of woodpeckers and some in the ground burrows of rabbits or aardvarks. They may be highly social or solitary, defending a large territory." -- publisher website.
