High-flying Birds

High-flying Birds
Author: Jerome M. Mileur
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2009
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0826271782

"Mileur provides a game-by-game account of the 1942 St. Louis Cardinals, world champions and the winningest team in franchise history. He recounts the team's close pennant race against the Brooklyn Dodgers and World Series victory over the New York Yankees, while conveying the physical and mental demands on the players within the context of wartime America"--Provided by publisher.

Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going)

Any Road Will Get Us There (If We Don't Know Where We're Going)
Author: Noel Gallagher
Publisher: Blink
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018-11
Genre: Concert tours
ISBN: 9781788701518

This is the behind-the-scenes story of Noel's biggest ever world tour with his band The High Flying Birds and the making of his critically-acclaimed album Who Built the Moon? Noel has had a momentous year, with his third number one solo album, a Mercury Prize nomination and a 72-date tour across the globe, and this book documents every step of the journey. Through the lens of former official Man City photographer Sharon Latham, who was granted unprecedented access, this is Noel Gallagher as you've never seen him before. Curated by the man himself, the book contains hundreds of unseen, stunning shots from both on- and off-stage that take the reader right across the US, Canada, UK & Ireland, Europe, and Southeast Asia, alongside candid interviews and anecdotes from Noel as well as contributions from his band and crew. A must-have book for fans who want to join one of music's greatest heroes through one of the most memorable moments of his life.

The Revolt of the Black Athlete

The Revolt of the Black Athlete
Author: Harry Edwards
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0252051548

The Revolt of the Black Athlete hit sport and society like an Ali combination. This Fiftieth Anniversary edition of Harry Edwards's classic of activist scholarship arrives even as a new generation engages with the issues he explored. Edwards's new introduction and afterword revisit the revolts by athletes like Muhammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos. At the same time, he engages with the struggles of a present still rife with racism, double-standards, and economic injustice. Again relating the rebellion of black athletes to a larger spirit of revolt among black citizens, Edwards moves his story forward to our era of protests, boycotts, and the dramatic politicization of athletes by Black Lives Matter. Incisive yet ultimately hopeful, The Revolt of the Black Athlete is the still-essential study of the conflicts at the interface of sport, race, and society.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Guitar TAB)

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (Guitar TAB)
Author: Wise Publications
Publisher: Wise Publications
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2011-11-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1783234032

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds is the eponymous release from the solo project born from the ashes of Oasis. Each song from the hit album is presented here, carefully transcribed for Guitar TAB, with chord boxes and lyrics. Song List: - (I Wanna Live In A Dream In My) Record Machine - (Stranded On) The Wrong Beach - AKA... Broken Arrow - AKA... What A Life! - Dream On - Everybody's On The Run - If I Had A Gun - Soldier Boys And Jesus Freaks - Stop The Clocks - The Death Of You And Me

Vesper Flights

Vesper Flights
Author: Helen Macdonald
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2020-08-25
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0802146694

The New York Times–bestselling author of H is for Hawk explores the human relationship to the natural world in this “dazzling” essay collection (Wall Street Journal). In Vesper Flights, Helen Macdonald brings together a collection of her best loved essays, along with new pieces on topics ranging from nostalgia for a vanishing countryside to the tribulations of farming ostriches to her own private vespers while trying to fall asleep. Meditating on notions of captivity and freedom, immigration and flight, Helen invites us into her most intimate experiences: observing the massive migration of songbirds from the top of the Empire State Building, watching tens of thousands of cranes in Hungary, seeking the last golden orioles in Suffolk’s poplar forests. She writes with heart-tugging clarity about wild boar, swifts, mushroom hunting, migraines, the strangeness of birds’ nests, and the unexpected guidance and comfort we find when watching wildlife.

Common Birds and Their Songs

Common Birds and Their Songs
Author: Lang Elliott
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 144
Release: 1998
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395912386

Presents the songs and calls of fifty North American birds that are common to residential settings, city parks, and urban areas.