Rare Bird Books: 181 books
The Night Language
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
The Night Language tells the story of a young man, Prince Alamayou of Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), who is taken from his home and the Abyssinian war to the court of Queen Victoria—a world he knows nothing about.
With him is Philip Layard, a young apprentice to one of the doctors on the...
Crisis: Blue
A Rex Bent Thriller
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
North Korea continues to taunt the United States by detonating nuclear weapons and launching long-range missiles across the Pacific. This threat is suddenly overshadowed by the destruction of the US fleet as it sails through the Straits of Hormuz and into the Persian Gulf. As the crisis escalates,...
by Richard Kluger
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ashes to Ashes
When the assistant manager of a hardware store in rural New Jersey shows up at the offices of Cubbage & Wakeham, an elite New York auction house, with a worn musical manuscript he hopes to sell for a small (or perhaps hefty) fortune,...
Stairway to Paradise
Growing Up Gershwin
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Her father invented Kodachrome, and her mother-who sang and danced professionally-was the sister of George and Ira Gershwin. Growing up in Westport, Connecticut amidst great privilege and uncommon fame, Nadia Natali might have chosen a life of comfort and celebrity. But from an early age, she was driven...
Higher Love
Skiing the Seven Summits
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2015
Centered on her quest to climb and ski the Seven Summits,” Higher Love is a hero’s journey, rich with personal insights, life-threatening consequences, and a thrilling crescendo. Spanning seven continents in just two years, this is Kit’s personal account of the secret journey that would change...
Navigating Chaos
How to Find Certainty in Uncertain Situations
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Jeff Boss has faced and overcome uncertainty in the most tumultuous circumstances. As a Navy SEAL, he worked in some of the most unforgiving environments on earth and faced enemies that constantly changed, much like today's business landscape. In a world of chaos, how do individuals and teams stay...
by Lise Arin
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Impeccably researched historical romance
Book uses elements of both Medieval witchcraft and Christianity in its story
Features a strong female progatonist who subverts expectations of a woman living in the 12th century
Based on a true story
The romance element is based...
Lessons from the Road
Musicians as Business Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Todd Pasternack was a professional, touring musician for 10 years
He made a living at being a musician even though he wasn't famous
Lessons from the Road is both an advice manual for musicians on how to make money while touring, whether or not your band is famous, as well as an advice...
Living Rich with Coupons
Empowering Smart Shoppers to Live Rich
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Entering the crazy world of couponing can literally change your life and your lifestyle! You’ll start making ends meet, pay off your debt, create a financial cushion, and feel freer and happier than you’ve felt in years, maybe decades. That’s living rich with coupons!Use the tools you get from...
2Brides 2Be
A Same-Sex Guide for the Modern Bride
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2017
Planning a two-bride wedding means twice the beauty and twice the stress, and with a shortage of inspiration and guidance for the modern lesbian bride, this is the book for the next generation of women planning same-sex weddings. 2Brides 2Be is a wedding guide for the bride who exudes youth and style...
ChangeAbility
How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
We live in a time of fast moving, complex change on both the personal and the global level. Welcome or unwelcome, nothing is more certain than the constant and uncertain movement of change. Whether change is met with excitement or met with fear, we can easily become overwhelmed by all of that movement.
ChangeAbility...
Improbable Fortunes
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
In Improbable Fortunes, Jeffrey Price takes us on a wild ride into Vanadium, a dusty, down-on-its-heels mining town in southwest Colorado-where it would be fair to assume that nothing has ever happened. But you’d be wrong. As it turns out, quite a lot has happened starting with a suspicious mudslide...
The Write Prescription
Telling Your Story to Live With and Beyond Illness
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2015
A hands-on, hearts-on guide to writing about illness. Using intimate prompts and personal stories, Judith Hannan takes the reader and emerging-writer on a journey through what it means to reckon with illness. Having gone through her daughter's cancer diagnosis and treatments, Hannan is an experienced,...