Author : William R Phillips IV
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 18,34 MB
Release : 2019-12-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780578621173
Sometimes embracing life to its fullest is the only reasonable way to honor the reality of death. Follow musician and writer William Phillips in real time through the forests of the Pacific Crest Trail on a journey of love and loss with an unforgettable collage of journals, stories, pictures, quotes, and more.
Author : Attica Locke
Publisher : Mulholland Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 031636326X
A "heartbreakingly resonant" thriller about the explosive intersection of love, race, and justice from a writer and producer of the Emmy-winning Fox TV show Empire (USA Today). "In Bluebird, Bluebird Attica Locke had both mastered the thriller and exceeded it."-Ann Patchett When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules -- a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders -- a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman -- have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes -- and save himself in the process -- before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. From a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show Empire, Bluebird, Bluebird is a rural noir suffused with the unique music, color, and nuance of East Texas.
Author : Bob Staake
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 27,51 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375989048
"Like nothing you have seen before," raves Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. In his most beautiful and moving work to date, Bob Staake explores the universal themes of loneliness, bullying, and the importance of friendship. In this emotional picture book, readers will be captivated as they follow the journey of a bluebird as he develops a friendship with a young boy and ultimately risks his life to save the boy from harm. Both simple and evocative, this timeless and profound story will resonate with readers young and old. Bob Staake has been working on this book for 10 years, and he believes it is the story he was born to write.
Author : Sharon Cameron
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,63 MB
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1338355988
Author of Reese's Book Club YA Pick The Light in Hidden Places, Sharon Cameron, delivers an emotionally gripping and utterly immersive thriller, perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys's Salt to the Sea. In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird, and it is something that neither should ever be allowed to possess. But Eva hasn't come to America for secrets or power. She hasn't even come for a new life. She has come to America for one thing: justice. And the Nazi that has escaped its net. Critically acclaimed author of The Light in Hidden Places Sharon Cameron weaves a taut and affecting thriller ripe with intrigue and romance in this alternately chilling and poignant portrait of the personal betrayals, terrifying injustices, and deadly secrets that seethe beneath the surface in the aftermath of World War II.
Author : Lindsey Yankey
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,67 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781927018330
A little bluebird wanted to fly but she thought she had to have her friend the wind to help her. She couldn't find her friend, but in the end she learned to she didn't need the wind to fly.
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 36,43 MB
Release : 1912
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Author : Julie Zickefoose
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
Release : 2012-03-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0547727429
Julie Zickefoose lives for the moment when a wild, free living bird that she has raised or rehabilitated comes back to visit her; their eyes meet and they share a spark of understanding. Her reward for the grueling work of rescuing birds—such as feeding baby hummingbirds every twenty minutes all day long—is her empathy with them and the satisfaction of knowing the world is a birdier and more beautiful place. The Bluebird Effect is about the change that's set in motion by one single act, such as saving an injured bluebird—or a hummingbird, swift, or phoebe. Each of the twenty five chapters covers a different species, and many depict an individual bird, each with its own personality, habits, and quirks. And each chapter is illustrated with Zickefoose's stunning watercolor paintings and drawings. Not just individual tales about the trials and triumphs of raising birds, The Bluebird Effect mixes humor, natural history, and memoir to give readers an intimate story of a life lived among wild birds.
Author : Janette Oke
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1585587362
Sometimes she wished she was an only child . . . "She's lovely! Look at those curls. Those blue eyes. She's just beautiful!" Berta was used to hearing comments like that. But they were not about her. . . . Whenever ladies came to the house or met her mother on the street, they exclaimed over Berta's little sister, Glenna. Somewhere along the way, Berta decided that whatever Glenna was, she would not be. Whatever Glenna did, she would not do. Whatever Glenna liked, she would not like. She would be the opposite. Sure enough, Glenna is sparkling, vivacious, outgoing, and adored, while Berta is serious, dependable, and prim. Their relationship grows more and more distant until, finally, Berta must look into her heart and discover what truly has caused the rift between them.
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Page : 394 pages
File Size : 38,68 MB
Release : 1907
Category : Birds
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Page : 564 pages
File Size : 35,76 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Birds
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