The Bird Room


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When a boy named Will meets Alice, he can’t believe his luck. She’s smart, sexy and, much to Will’s surprise, in love with him. Alice brings meaning to his urban existence and his McJob. But the course of modern love did never run smooth and soon devotion leads Will to something darker. Elsewhere in the city Helen is an actress. Or she will be one day. For now she finds work as a model. She used to be called Clair, but she wants to be something new and she can be anyone. She’s an actress, remember. A love story with a twist, this explosive debut novel brings Will and Helen’s lives together in a tale as tight as rope and as black as tar. The Bird Room is a candid, funny, intimate portrait of a generation.




Aviaries, Bird-Rooms and Cages - Their Construction and Furnishing


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This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive guide to constructing and furnishing aviaries, bird rooms, and cages. Written in simple, clear language and profusely illustrated, this book will be of considerable utility to the novice or prospective bird keeper, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this book include: “Introduction”, “The Situation Considered”, “The Ideal”, “Some Essentials”, “The Materials Described”, “The Front, The Floor, and the Roof”, “Prices of Materials”, “Details of Construction”, “Methods of Roofing”, “How to Lay the Floor”, etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on aviculture.







The Condor


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Birds


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Birds: Our Ancient Friends will take you through the husbandry of birds in the most interesting and informative ways. You will take from this a myth-busting knowledge of birds and a small history through the millennia, and you will see why birds are our ancient friends. The intricacy of bird husbandry will show how differently birds are from other animals as you learn how to care for your avian friend.







Grassfinches in Australia


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An up-to-date, fully illustrated monograph on all Australian species of grassfinches.




Bird Notes


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The Bird Market of Paris


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"This may be the most original cross-species love story I've ever read. Part travelogue, part recovery memoir, and one hundred percent compelling." -Gwen Cooper, author of the New York Times bestselling Homer's Odyssey: A Fearless Feline Tale, or How I Learned About Love and Life with a Blind Wonder Cat "[An] epiphany-provoking gem of a story, skillfully crafted, vivid and rich with feeling." -Richard Blanco, Presidential Inaugural Poet and author of The Prince of los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood "A stunning, exceptional memoir from a woman who truly understands and appreciates birds . . . A captivating, heart-warming tale and a delightful, inspiring read." -Joanna Burger, author of The Parrot Who Owns Me: The Story of a Relationship Nikki Moustaki grew up in 1980s Miami, the only child of parents who worked, played, and traveled for luxury sports car dealerships. At home, her doting grandmother cooked for and fed her, but it was her grandfather-an evening-gown designer, riveting storyteller, and bird expert-who was her mentor and dearest companion. Like her grandfather, Nikki fell hard for birds. "Birds filled my childhood," she writes, "as blue filled the sky." Her grandfather showed her how to hypnotize chickens, sneak up on pigeons, and handle baby birds. He gave her a white dove to release for luck on each birthday. And he urged her to, someday, visit the bird market of Paris. But by the time Nikki graduated from college and moved to New York City, she was succumbing to an alcohol addiction and was increasingly unable to care for her flock. When her grandfather died, guilt-ridden Nikki drank even more. In a last-ditch effort to honor her grandfather, she flew to France hoping to visit the bird market of Paris to release a white dove. And there, something astonishing happened that saved Nikki's life.