A Kestrel for a Knave

A Kestrel for a Knave
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2000-05-25
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 014190383X

Life is tough and cheerless for Billy Casper, a disillusioned teenager growing up in a small Yorkshire mining town. Violence is commonplace and he is frequently cold and hungry. Yet he is determined to be a survivor and when he finds Kes, a kestrel hawk he discovers a passion in life. Billy identifies with her proud silence and she inspired in him the trust and love that nothing else can. Intense and raw and bitingly honest, A KETREL FOR A KNAVE was first published in 1968 and was also madeinto a highly acclaimed film, 'Kes', directed by Ken Loach.

An Exaltation of Larks

An Exaltation of Larks
Author: James Lipton
Publisher: Viking Adult
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1991
Genre: Humor
ISBN:

A collection of "terms of venery," collective nouns. The origin of some of the terms is explained, and more than 250 of the terms are illustrated with engravings by Dürer and Grandville and others.

Kes

Kes
Author: Barry Hines
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2000
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9781854594860

"This new stage adaptation of Barry Hines' well-known film and novel once again proves its gritty charm and popular staying power..." --Back cover.

The Book of Saint Albans: Part 1 - Hawking

The Book of Saint Albans: Part 1 - Hawking
Author: S.E. Brunson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2019-10-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0359990932

The Book of Saint Albans was printed in England in 1486, and is one of the first works that began the flood of printed literature in Europe after the advent of the printing press. England's voracious readership created a demand for many types of books, and such a demand allows us now to get a glimpse of what life was like during that time. This book in particular covers the noble pursuit of hawking and contains reproductions of the original work, transcription of the Middle English text, and a translation into Modern English.