Bird: 743 books

In October 1967, early in the Nigerian Civil War, government troops entered Asaba in pursuit of the retreating Biafran army, slaughtering thousands of civilians and leaving the town in ruins. News of the atrocity was suppressed by the Nigerian government, with the complicity of Britain, and its significance...

Conservationist George Bird Grinnell helped tame the western U.S., establishing a number of national parks as tourism hubs. He brings this knowledge to bear in the "Jack" series of outdoor adventure stories for younger readers. In Jack the Young Trapper, Jack Danvers is recruited for a fur-trapping expedition in the treacherous territory of the Rockies.

In 1940, the defense of Great Britain rested with a handful of volunteer aircrew, Churchill’s ‘few’. Overshadowed in later folklore by the more famous Spitfire and Hurricane pilots, there were other pilots, observers and air gunners – just as courageous – flying the Bristol Blenheim MKIV-F....

One tragedy Two parts Four explosive plays Agamemnon faces an impossible choice, he is a father commanded by the gods to sacrifice his daughter. In doing so, he will lose his wife, Clytemnestra and bury his child, Iphigenia. Ever present over his shoulder, the Chorus awaits Iphigenia’s...

A fascinating look at the people of Tibet by 19th Century travel writer Isabella Bird.

48 original poems celebrating little moments that unfolded in 2011: memory of fire evacuation, pondering on a tsunami, observations on a relationship crumbling. A variety of poetic styles are reflected.

Learn dental assisting top to bottom from the best, with the most comprehensive, most current, and most trusted text available. For more than 40 years, students and practitioners alike have relied on Modern Dental Assisting for its cutting-edge content, easy-to-grasp writing style, step-by-step procedures,...

***EINZEL-ROMAN – MIT GLÜCKLICKEM ENDE – KEIN OFFENER AUSGANG*** Er ist ein Bär und ein Künstler. Sie ist in jeder Hinsicht sein Gegensatz. Es wird eine wilde Fahrt werden, bevor dieser Bär seinen Partner einfordern kann. Die kurvige Laila Banks ist eine Geschäftsfrau, die hart...

Choreographing Creativity: Teaching as Artistic and Technical within the Curriculum of Composition views teaching as a combination of artistic and technical elements, similar to a figure skating or dance routine. Dr. Jennifer Bird presents a fictional story founded in factual teaching methods to illustrate...

A 3000 word dark fantasy short story: It is summertime in Gilroy, California, and the garlic fields permeate the air with a biting, earthy smell. A young English teacher discovers ancient magic when one of her migrant worker students is assaulted. 

The Medical Interview by Drs. Steven A. Cole and Julian Bird equips you to communicate effectively with your patients so you can provide optimal care! This best-selling, widely adopted resource presents a practical, systematic approach to honing your basic interviewing skills and managing common challenging...

A story of a young girl, Philomena, nickname of Philly, who is deeply affected by music and has lost a close friend. She has begun to feel she is alone in the world, to be the only one who feels as she does about music, as well as her loss of a close friend. But in reality, there are indeed others who know how she feels. She just has to find them, or let them find her.

A business executive is transferred from his New York office to a southern town in Georgia, his life and his marriage are off track when he has breakfast with a prostitute who is destined to change his life. **please review this book**

Yoshika Mertz's teenage daughter is out of control and changing before her very eyes. But she finds out it isn't just normal hormones at work—Aria has a brain tumor. Despite a supernatural warning, Yoshika chooses an experimental immunotherapy to save her daughter. But will the cure itself change her daughter so much that she will lose her forever?