Kingfisher Blue

Kingfisher Blue
Author: Beverley Jackson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781580082617

Many cultures around the world have used bird feathers as decorative accessories to denote status, wealth, and even royalty. Nowhere did this unusual art form reach greater popularity than in China, beginning a thousand years ago and continuing to this day. Using the kingfisher-with its uniquely iridescent range of ultramarine to bright turquoise-blue feathers-as their bird of choice, Chinese artisans created extraordinary objects, rendering the many-hued feathers with exquisite technique. The sheer breadth of these objects is staggering, from massive eight-foot-tall screens to tiny two-inch-long hair pins, from ornately ornamental lanterns to elegantly simple bird cages. Beverley Jackson has once again gathered an exceptional group of objects for study from great museums and private collections alike. Her lively, informative text and unique selection of historical photographs make KINGFISHER BLUE a coffee table book that reads like a novel. The first book-length treatment on this subject. With 150 full-color photographs throughout.

The Blue Kingfisher

The Blue Kingfisher
Author: Erica Wright
Publisher: Polis Books
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1947993461

What happens when a master of disguise tries to be herself for once? If you’re private investigator Kat Stone, trouble seems to find you with or without your favorite wig. Kat knows she’s living on borrowed time, waiting for her violent past to catch up with her. Still, she doesn’t expect men to start falling from the sky. On a desolate morning in Fort Washington Park, Kat discovers the body of her building’s French expat maintenance man atop the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse. The NYPD is quick to dismiss his death as suicide, another lost soul leaping from the bridge overhead. Kat is less than convinced, especially when she learns about his dangerous side hustle, finding jobs for immigrant members of their community. Her investigation turns up unexpected connections to Manhattan’s tony art world, not to mention a host of dark superstitions. When she goes undercover with a deep-sea fishing company, she gets a little too cozy with a colorful cast of characters and a couple of jellyfish. Will she find his killer before her past drags her under? From one of the most acclaimed new mystery writers working today comes a riveting novel of suspense that will have you guessing until the last page is turned.

A Checklist of the World's Bird Species

A Checklist of the World's Bird Species
Author: David Boyd
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1411691970

A checklist of the world's 9900+ bird species with latin and English names. Subspecies are not covered. Boxes are also provided for the reader to record their own observations.

Color

Color
Author: Kenneth L. Kelly
Publisher:
Total Pages: 198
Release: 1976
Genre: Color
ISBN:

The Kingfisher

The Kingfisher
Author: David Boag
Publisher: Blandford
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1982
Genre: Kingfishers
ISBN:

Kingfisher Blue

Kingfisher Blue
Author: Leela Dutt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1996
Genre: Quakers
ISBN: 9780952978213

Zoologist

Zoologist
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1910
Genre: English periodicals
ISBN: