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Author
Publisher
4th Estate
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Of all the birds of the British Isles, the raptor reigns supreme, sparking the imagination like no other. In this magnificent hymn to these beautiful animals, James Macdonald Lockhart explores all fifteen breeding birds of prey on these shores - from the hen harrier swimming over the land in the dregs of a May gale on Orkney, to the ghostly sparrowhawk displaying in the fields around his home in Warwickshire.
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Language
English
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'In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier, and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they're the birdwatchers' dark grail.' As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, 'The Goshawk', which describes...
Author
Publisher
HarperPress
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The son of high-flying journalists Anne Scott-James and Macdonald Hastings, Max Hastings has a great literary heritage. In this candid, funny and touching autobiography, Max Hastings reveals the realities of growing up in the Scott-James-Hastings household.
10) NYPD Red 4
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Series
NYPD Red Mystery volume 4
Language
English
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Description
When a glitzy movie premiere is the scene of a shocking murder and high-stakes robbery, NYPD Red gets the call. Traversing the city's highs and lows, from celebrity penthouses to the depths of Manhattan's criminal underworld, Zach and Kylie have to find a cold-blooded killer - before he strikes again.
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