More than a Meal: The Turkey in History, Myth, Ritual, and by Karen Davis PDF

This scholarly and authoritative publication examines the cultural and literal background, in addition to the traditional historical past and organic wishes and issues of turkeys. Davis explores how turkeys got here to be visible as birds who weren't simply the epitome of failure or stupidity but additionally definitely the right centerpiece of the party of freedom in the United States itself—Thanksgiving.

Download e-book for kindle: Adventures Among Birds (Collins Nature Library) by W.H. Hudson,Robert Macfarlane

The Collins Nature Library is a brand new sequence of vintage British nature writing – reissues of long-lost seminal works. The titles were selected by means of certainly one of Britain’s most sensible identified and highly-acclaimed nature writers, Robert Macfarlane, who has additionally written new introductions that placed those classics right into a glossy context.

Download PDF by James Fisher,R. M. Lockley: Sea-Birds (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 28)

Sea-Birds introduces us to the sea-birds of the North Atlantic, an ocean during which approximately part the realm sea-bird species were noticeable at one time or one other. This version is unique to newnaturalists. comFew of the better animals have effectively invaded the polar areas and the ocean; yet those who have - the whales, seals and sea-birds - have made an excellent luck of it.

Download e-book for iPad: The Fascination of Birds: From the Albatross to the by William Young

This attractive selection of ninety nine essays conveys a wealth of knowledge that would curiosity readers in any respect degrees of birding ability. The essays mix the author's wide box adventure with reflections drawn from biology, ecology, literature, track, history, politics, economics, faith, geography, physics, chemistry, linguistics, the visual arts, the acting arts, activities, and comedy.