Author: Rosemary Vanliew Cassels
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1434354148
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
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The Bird with the Golden Feather is about sticking to your convictions no matter what the price. Leaders are like eagles. They do not flock, you find them one at a time. This is what little Bird learns. She chooses to be true to her decisions. It does not always mean you fit in with everyone else.
Author: Richard L. Purtill
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781410713384
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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This book details my two fire service careers that took me to the "bumpy" road to the top. These careers consumed almost 34 years of my life. In this book I also included my colorful and exciting pre-teen and teenage years as well as my Navy experience. I originally wanted to be a Montgomery County Police Officer while in high school but after I finished my time with the Navy Seabees, unexpected events led me to the fire service. The fire service then afforded me an interesting career. In this book you will see where I was honored by being invited to "Ground Zero" by some of the FDNY Firefighters. This by far was the most emotional trip I have ever undertaken.
Author: Debbie Struck
Publisher: Innovo Publishing LLC
ISBN: 9781613146347
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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The Golden Feather Challenge is a year-long quest to complete a set of difficult tasks that were purposefully (and prayerfully) created for boys 15-18 years of age. With a strong emphasis on taking responsibility for one's own life, these challenges are designed to cause friction with the immature mind and stir the man within to rise. As parents, It's of great value that our boys know that we are confident in them, but it is far more powerful when our sons prove to themselves that they have what it takes to accomplish difficult goals. As David Storey says, 'Self-confidence is the memory of success.' And each completed challenge will give them a success to remember. Along with the challenges, we also included blank (lined) pages that allow the boys to record their thoughts, actions, and results for each of the tasks. These Journal entries are important. Each boy who demonstrates the discipline to write them will have a lasting record of his triumphs toward manhood. Over time, The Golden Feather Challenge and journal entries may become a cherished family heirloom, inspiring generations to come.
Author: Kirk Wallace Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101981628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Author: Leo Lionni
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0394817494
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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A classic fable encouraging generosity and individuality, from four-time Caldecott Honor-winner Leo Lionni. Tico, a little bird born without wings, is one day granted his dearest wish. But the wings he gets are made of gold and his bird friends turn against him. “You think you are better than we are,” they say. What Tico does with his golden feathers—and the important lesson he learns—is a fable that children will take to their hearts.
Author: Waldemar Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258995782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.
Author: Ron Mueller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781682232927
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Debby Waldman
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 155143332X
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 33
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In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, a boy named Yankel, who loves to tell stories, learns an important lesson.
Author: Deepak Dalal
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9353057159
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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WELCOME TO STORK-PUR, THE PLACE OF NO RETURN One moonlit night, when Shikar, the squirrel, asks his favourite doves, Lovey and Dovey, to tell him a story, they recount their time at Stork-pur, a mysterious bird commune. A place no bird would ever want to visit. On a secret mission, the doves are taken hostage by a villainous stork whose dark plan is to rule the bird-world. Danger lurks in every corner of the caves the doves are imprisoned in, and they wonder whom they can trust? The talkative green pigeon, the mesmerizing whistling thrush or the magnificent golden eagle? The feather-raising adventure ends finally in a story the doves dub as 'the story of all stories'–one that deeply affects Shikar and alters his notions of himself, his past and his origins. Return to the Rose Garden to read about the enthralling capers of your favourite feathered friends and bird-squirrel, as they swap stories of daring and wonder.
Author: Dorothy Kunhardt
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 9780307168535
Category : Old age
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Mrs. Ticklefeather is happy living with her pet puffin Paul on the top floor of a very high building, until Paul disappears one morning.
