Flight of the Grey Goose

Flight of the Grey Goose
Author: Victor Canning
Publisher: Prelude Books
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1788423496

Fifteen-year-old Smiler is still on the run. Smiler is aiming to evade the police until his father, a ship’s cook, comes home to clear him of a crime he hasn't committed. Hitching a train to Scotland, he finds work as an animal caretaker within the grounds of a castle occupied by ‘the Laird’, Sir Alec Elphinstone. When the Laird leaves on a trip to London, Smiler discovers that thieves are planning to invade his employer's castle. Dare he go to the police for help?

A 'Smiler' companion

A 'Smiler' companion
Author: John Higgins
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2007-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1291480064

Victor Canning wrote three books for children about Samuel Miles, known as 'Smiler', who is on the run from the police. In the first he encounters a cheetah which has escaped from Longleat. In the second he goes to Scotland. In the third he rescues a falcon. This book contains a life of Victor Canning, a background essay Canning wrote saying how he came to write the first book, photographs of some of the locations, with notes and an index covering all three titles.

The Flight of the Snow Geese

The Flight of the Snow Geese
Author: Deborah King
Publisher: Orchard Books (NY)
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780531300886

Follows a flock of snow geese as they fly from their Arctic nesting ground to the New Mexico desert where they spend the winter.

Flight of the Grey Goose

Flight of the Grey Goose
Author: Victor Canning
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 201
Release: 2013-04-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1447244389

‘Smiler’ has to stay in hiding until his father comes home to clear him of a crime he hasn’t committed, so he gets work in an animal sanctuary in Scotland, only to discover thieves planning to invade his employer’s castle. And how dare he go to the police for help? The second absorbing adventure in Victor Canning’s trilogy, of which the first was The Runaways, and followed by The Painted Tent.

The Marmon News

The Marmon News
Author: Nordyke & Marmon Company
Publisher:
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1917
Genre: Automobile industry and trade
ISBN:

Sequels

Sequels
Author: Janet G. Husband
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2009-07-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0838909671

A guide to series fiction lists popular series, identifies novels by character, and offers guidance on the order in which to read unnumbered series.

Martini Wonderland

Martini Wonderland
Author: Seth Schechter
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-05-04
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1329119649

"Sydney Frank lived the American wet dream lubricated by breakfast martinis and JagerBombs. He had a team of professional golfers play every morning for his amusement, and he spent the rest of the day smoking cigars in bed while running a liquor empire. When Sidney sold Grey Goose Vodka to Bacardi for $2.5 billion, he created his own private wonderland, and I was one of the unworthy souls he rewarded with a golden ticket and backstage passs to the martini circus. Despite his limitless wealth, Sidney battled profound personal demons, family dysfunction and failing health, but his indomitable spirit prevailed and cemented his place as a classic anti-hero and unlikely icon

Photographic Guide to the Birds of India

Photographic Guide to the Birds of India
Author: Bikram Grewal
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Total Pages: 515
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1462914853

Periplus is proud to present the first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of the Indian subcontinent. This ebook offers over 800 species and distinct sub-species and contains over 1,000 full-color photographs. Each species has a distribution map. Many of the photographs in this magnificent volume appear for the first time and have been carefully selected to show the most important features of the species illustrated. In several cases, different plumages or flight shots are included. The concise text provided vital information on the plumages, voice and habits of each species covered and includes new information. Over a hundred related species are also mentioned in the texts. The maps are accompanied by a note on the status and distribution. This ebook will enable accurate field identification in one of the world's most diverse avifaunal regions. Indispensable reading for all bird lovers.