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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The big twitch The big twitch Sean Dooley One man's quest to realise a boyhood dream and break a national record.Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secr… OL13745175W
Love on the line Love on the line Deeanne Gist Rural switchboard operator Georgie Gail is proud of her independence in a man's world... which makes it twice as vexing when the telephone company sends a man to look over her shoulder. Dashing Luke… OL15991722W
Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World Birding Without Borders: An Obsession, a Quest, and the Biggest Year in the World Noah Strycker ix, 326 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm OL19354400W
One more warbler One more warbler Victor Emanuel Victor Emanuel is widely considered one of America's leading birders. He has observed more than six thousand species during travels that have taken him to every continent. He founded the largest comp… OL19714584W
Out of a Clear Sky Out of a Clear Sky Sally Hinchcliffe "After her long-term relationship ends, Manda finds solace in bird-watching - a hobby her ex introduced her to and which she has embraced for its quiet beauty. The birds provide Manda with an escape … OL20823599W
Birds in a cage Birds in a cage Derek Niemann This is the inspiring story of how a passion for birds enabled four young men to escape the horror of internment in a German PoW camp - and brought about an extraordinary moment of cooperation and mu… OL20923606W
The running sky The running sky Tim Dee Storm petrels fly from a midnight sea in June to their nesting holes in a two-thousand-year-old stone tower; a million starlings gather to roost from all points across a freezing winter sky; migrant … OL21809205W
The secret life of Harold, the bird watcher The secret life of Harold, the bird watcher Hila Colman A nine-year-old loner discovers through an act of heroism that being true to oneself is in itself heroic. OL4801174W