Bird's Nest Soup

Bird's Nest Soup
Author: Hanna Greally
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781855942103

In Birds Nest Soup Hanna Greally recounts with vivid detail the terrible suffering she endured in a psychiatric hospital in the Irish Midlands in the 1940s and 50s. "Mentally well, but unclaimed" sums up her horrendous situation for the best part of twenty years. What she anticipated as a short rest in the `Big House' was repeatedly prolonged as it became clear that after her mother's unexpected death none of her relatives had any intention of applying for her release. She survived this Kafka-esque situation emotionally and physically whole, and when a more enlightened system was introduced, she regained her freedom through a rehabilitation institute in 1962.

International Trade in Swiftlet Nests with Special Reference to Hong Kong

International Trade in Swiftlet Nests with Special Reference to Hong Kong
Author: Amy S. M. Lau
Publisher: Traffic International
Total Pages: 48
Release: 1994
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A marked decline in some swiftlet populations has been attributed to the harvesting of their nests which are prized in Chinese cuisine and traditional medicines. Documentation is provided on the history and volume of the trade.

Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?

Have You Heard the Nesting Bird?
Author: Rita Gray
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 054410580X

In this nonfiction picture book for young readers, we learn just why the mother nesting bird stays quiet and still while sitting on her eggs. Shh. . . .

Avian Architecture

Avian Architecture
Author: Peter Goodfellow
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2011-06-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 069114849X

Examines the nests that birds build around the world, including illustrations of each nest type's construction, descriptions of the materials and techniques used during the process, and case studies on specific birds' habitats.

The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World

The End of Plenty: The Race to Feed a Crowded World
Author: Joel K. Bourne Jr
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2015-06-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0393248046

“An urgent and at times terrifying dispatch from a distinguished reporter who has given heart and soul to his subject.”—Hampton Sides In The End of Plenty, award-winning environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr. puts our fight against devastating world hunger in dramatic perspective. He travels the globe to introduce a new generation of farmers and scientists on the front lines of the next green revolution. He visits corporate farmers trying to restore Ukraine as Europe's breadbasket, a Canadian aquaculturist, the agronomist behind the world's largest organic sugarcane plantation, and many other extraordinary farmers, large and small, who are racing to stave off catastrophe as climate change disrupts food production worldwide. A Financial Times Best Book of the Year and a Finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award.

The Chinese Cook Book

The Chinese Cook Book
Author: Shiu Wong Chan
Publisher: Case Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2011-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1446093689

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A Nest Is Noisy

A Nest Is Noisy
Author: Dianna Hutts Aston
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1452133433

From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, A Butterfly Is Patient, and A Rock Is Lively comes this gorgeous and informative look at the fascinating world of nests. From tiny bee hummingbird nests to orangutan nests high in the rainforest canopy, an incredible variety of nests are showcased here in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book introduces children to a captivating array of nest facts and will spark the imaginations of children whether in a classroom reading circle or on a parent's lap.

The Unfeathered Bird

The Unfeathered Bird
Author: Katrina van Grouw
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0691151342

There is more to a bird than simply feathers. And just because birds evolved from a single flying ancestor doesn't mean they are structurally the same. With 385 stunning drawings depicting 200 species, The Unfeathered bird is a richly illustrated book on bird anatomy that offers refreshingly original insights into what goes on beneath the feathered surface.

Jake and the Dynamo

Jake and the Dynamo
Author: D. G. D. Davidson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737573500

Jake Blatowski can't wait for high school--basketball, calculus, and a cafeteria that isn't under investigation by the health department.But he'll have to wait: A computer malfunction has assigned him to the fifth grade!It's bad enough that he bangs his knees on the desks or that Miss Percy is going over long division . . . again . . . but Jake has to sit next to Dana Volt, a perpetually surly troublemaker determined to make his life a living hell.Worse yet, Dana secretly belongs to a coalition of girls that protects humanity from the horde of deadly monsters plaguing the city--monsters that have chosen Jake as their next target!Jake's no hero; he just wants to make it to varsity tryouts. But now the impulsive and moody Dana is the only one who can save Jake from certain death--and Jake is the only one who can save Dana from herself.