books about: starlings

books about: starlings

books:

Starlings

Margarete Corbo

Fawcett, 1985

Darling!
This is based on a true story. Margarete, who considered herself a typical grandmother, ran across a downed baby bird in her flower patch. She tried to put the bird back in the nest as a helpful soul, but that didn't work. She tried several times, describing her ...

Universal Experience: Art, Life, And The Tourist'S Eye
Carol Becker, Alain de Boton, ...

D.A.P./MCA, Chicago, 2005

Drawing from such disciplines as anthropology, sociology, economics, art criticism, and travel writing, Universal Experience is both a sizeable illustrated catalogue of the exhibition at the MCA, Chicago and a companion to the experience of contemporary travel and tourism. This volume draws on the proliferation of research surrounding the social, ...

Vodka

Boris Starling

Onyx, 2006

Poor Beautiful Alice has Her Work Cut Out for Her
Russia is just starting to get back on her feet. It's 1991, the USSR has fallen and beautiful banker Alice Liddell has come to Moscow to head up Red October, Moscow's largest distillery, and everybody knows how important Vodka is to Russians. She knew the job wasn't ...

Gossip of the Starlings

Nina de Gramont

Algonquin Books, 2008

An amazing story that will take you back
This book reminded me so vividly of what it felt like to be a teenager. The friends you can't live without; the amazing drama that takes place every day. The wealth and the location are immaterial. This story is about the incredible power of friendships and the ...

A Murmuration of Starlings (Crab Orchard Series in Poetry)
Jake Adam York

Southern Illinois University Press, 2008

A Murmuration of Starlings elegizes the martyrs of the civil rights movement, whose names are inscribed on the stone table of the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama. Individually, Jake Adam York?s poems are elegies for individuals; collectively, they consider the violence of a racist culture and the determination to resist that racism. ...

The September Starlings
Ruth Hamilton

Transworld Publishers, 1994

Laura Starling, now wealthy and successful, had survived a bitter past and endured poverty, fear, and pain. Then along came the older and wiser Ben, who had smoothed her path and given her love and security. But now Ben had become a stranger beyond her reach., and Laura's stability threatened to disappear once more.

Managing the Public Sector

Grover Starling

Wadsworth Publishing, 2007

excellent
The seller's description of the condition of the book was accurate. It was delivered reallly fast, great service.

Heart Failure: A Cleveland Clinic Guide (Cleveland Clinic Guides)
Randall Starling, M D Starling

Cleveland Clinic Press, 2008

Fifteen to 20 years ago, physicians more or less treated everybody the same way with two or three pills, and that's all they had to offer. The clock was ticking while doctors waited until patients were so sick they needed heart transplants. The medical landscape is completely different today. Now doctors methodically dissect cases of heart ...

The Journal of Dora Damage

Belinda Starling

Bloomsbury, 2008

Nice Book
The only bad thing about this book is the title. It sounds like its something like dora, the explorer. If you're at all interested in book binding here is the book for you and there won't be another one because the author is dead. Just when you think the author is ...

Japanese Philosophy

H. Gene Blocker, Christopher L. Starling

State University of New York Press, 2001

Important New Work
This review is written from the perspective of someone who knows next-to-nothing about Japanese Philosophy, and indeed had not really considered the two words in combination before. In short, it is a masterly introduction to this intriguing and little-known topic. ...

Eddie's Ordeal (Neate)

Kelly Starling Lyons

Just Us Books, 2004

A moving and dramatic story
The fourth book in the NEATE series, Eddie's Ordeal is a novel recommended for young adult readers and is about thirteen-year old Eddie Delaney, an African-American boy who loves his father but feels driven too hard sometimes. Eddie enjoys being the starter on the ...

The Lightning Keeper: A Novel

Starling Lawrence

HarperCollins, 2006

A nice mix of love story and history
Set against the backdrop of the First World War, this is a wonderful story about the struggle for technological progress and of ill-fated love. Our lovers are frustrated by their perceptions of their roles in society, and struggle to resolve their feelings for each ...

Storm

Boris Starling

HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 2000

Excellent second book!
I think Boris is going to be a household name before long here in America. His first book Messiah was amazing and he doesn't dissapoint in his second outing. This book is just as page turning as his last and has even more twists. I read this book in one sitting and ...

A Life of Ernest Starling (People and Ideas Series) (People and Ideas Series)
John Henderson

Academic Press, 2005

Ernest Starling (1866-1927) was pre-eminent in the golden age of British Physiology. His name is usually associated with his "Law of the Heart," but his discovery of secretin (the first hormone whose mode of action was explained) and his work on capillaries were more important contributions. He coined the word 'hormone' one hundred years ago. His ...

Starling of the White House

Edmund W. Starling

Peoples Book Club, 1916

See the Presidents behind the scenes
"This is a delightful book about a Secret Service man who served from Wilson through FDR. He puts a human face on all the Presidents. You see through Starlings' eyes the Presidents as they were in private. You get to see their families and their activities. This book ...