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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In 2016, author Amy Tan grew overwhelmed by the state of the world: Hatred and misinformation became a daily presence on social media, and the country felt more divisive than ever. In search of peace, Tan turned toward the natural world just beyond her window and, specifically, the birds flocking to the feeders in her yard. But what began as an attempt to find solace turned into something far greater--an opportunity to savor quiet moments during...
3) Nest
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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On Cape Cod in 1972, eleven-year-old Naomi, known as Chirp for her love of birds, gets help from neighbor Joey as she struggles to cope with her mother's multiple sclerosis and its effect on her father and sister.
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In this affecting memoir, O'Kane (Guatemala in Focus), a natural sciences lecturer at the University of Vermont, elegantly weaves personal and natural history as she details how her fascination with birds compelled her to quit her journalism career, return to school at age 45 to get a PhD in environmental studies, and become an ardent conservationist. Interspersed with O'Kane's account of deciding to go back to school after observing the resilience...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out, both at school and in her large family. But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible--Nina is an amateur bird-watcher, and all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years. When...
6) Snapper
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Working as a birdwatching guide to scrape together enough money to survive, Nathan Lochmueller performs nature research in backwater Indiana, where he falls in love with a heartbreaking free spirit named Lola and confronts the accidental turns of his life.
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Publisher
Dorothy, a Publishing Project
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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"Nell Zink's debut novel follows a downwardly mobile secretary from Philadelphia who marries an ambitious soon-to-be-expat pharmaceutical researcher in hopes that she will never work again. They end up in Germany, where it turns out that her new husband is tougher, sneakier, more sincere, more contradictory, and smarter than she is; she'd naturally thought it was impossible. Life becomes complicated with affairs, birding, and eco-terrorism. Bad things...
12) Birdwatching
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Publisher
Discovery Communications
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Step into the enchanting realm of birds, where the closer you look, the more surprises you find.
13) Across the pond
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Moving to a Scottish castle allows seventh-grader Callie to escape friendship problems in San Diego, but finding new friends, even in the birding club an old journal inspires her to join, proves challenging.
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Viacom International
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
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Omigosh, it's Oswald! Oswald is a big blue octopus who's learning to stand on his own eight feet! Accompanied by his pet hotdog Weenie, and his friend Henry, a finicky penguin, along with an energetic flower named Daisy, Oswald greets the world with wide-eyed wonder and enthusiasm on his whimsical adventures in Big City.
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