Birdman

Author: Mo Hayder
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN: 0802194494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
A serial killer stalks the streets of London in this “top-notch debut thriller”—the first Jack Caffery novel from the acclaimed author of Gone (Kirkus Reviews). In his first case as lead investigator with London’s murder squad, Det. Inspector Jack Caffery is called on to investigate the murder of a young woman whose body has been discovered near the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, southeast London. Mutilated beyond recognition, the victim is soon joined by four others discovered in the same area—all female and all ritualistically murdered. And when the postmortem examination reveals a gruesome signature connecting the victims, Caffery realizes exactly what he’s dealing with—a dangerous serial killer. A finalist for the Edgar Award, Birdman explores the darkest reaches of the human mind and introduces a fascinating detective to the world of British crime fiction. “Treading the grisly path blazed by Thomas Harris in 1981 with Red Dragon, promising newcomer Hayder crafts a blood-curdlingly creepy debut thriller.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A deftly plotted assault on the nerves . . . Birdman preys on the reader’s expectations expertly, and Hayder handles her story’s complicated time scheme with enviable assurance. Graphic, disturbing, splendidly readable.” —Kirkus Reviews

My Dad's a Birdman

Author: David Almond
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763653454
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125

Book Description
In a northern English town, Lizzie, despite her own grief over the death of her mother, tries to distract her grief-stricken father by helping him enter and prepare for the Great Human Bird Competition.

The Charles Bronson Book of Poems

Author: Stephen Richards
Publisher: Mirage Publishing
ISBN: 9781902578033
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 86

Book Description
A collection of poems and illustrations from one of Britain's dangerous category 'A' prisoners, Charles Bronson, formerly Michael Peterson. The poetry indicts the anachronistic penal system for what Bronson says they did to him.

The Birdman's Daughter

Author: Cindi Myers
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459244249
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
As a wife and mother, Karen McBride wonders if she’ll ever discover what her own spirit requires to feel whole. When her father, the formidable champion bird-watcher, Martin Engel, suffers a stroke, Karen rushes home to Texas to take care of the man who always seemed to have more love for winged creatures than his own family. And now here she is—her children nearly grown, and her rock-of-a-husband, Tom, angry with her for not giving more of herself. She has the feeling that if she could only connect with Martin, somehow her relationships would all make sense. Is this her last chance to soar free?

Birdman

Author: Jolene Babyak
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366

Book Description
A genius? A scientist? A sociopath? Known to millions as the "Birdman" of Alcatraz, was he the earnest, warm-hearted "bird doctor" and writer of two books, as portrayed by Burt Lancaster in the 1962 film? Or was he a far more flamboyant and diabolical double-murderer, whose event-filled, tragicomic life converted a 12-year conviction into a 54-year death sentence? Meticulously researched, with never-before-published prison reports and Stroud's own writings, with quotes from prisoners, officers, psychologists and avian pathologists, Birdman explodes the myths surrounding Robert Stroud.--From publisher description.

The Birdman

Author: Melvin Burgess
Publisher: Andersen Press (UK)
ISBN: 9780862649760
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
When Jarvis buys a robin from the mysterious Birdman with plans to free it, he finds it harder to let the lovely bird go then he thought.

Birdman's Wife

Author: Melissa Ashley
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 192547528X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 467

Book Description
A woman overshadowed by history steps back into the light . . . Artist Elizabeth Gould spent her life capturing the sublime beauty of birds the world had never seen before. But her legacy was eclipsed by the fame of her husband, John Gould. The Birdman’s Wife at last gives voice to a passionate and adventurous spirit who was so much more than the woman behind the man. Elizabeth was a woman ahead of her time, juggling the demands of her artistic life with her roles as wife, lover, helpmate, and mother to an ever-growing brood of children. In a golden age of discovery, her artistry breathed wondrous life into hundreds of exotic new species, including Charles Darwin’s famous Galapagos finches. In The Birdman’s Wife, the naïve young girl who falls in love with a demanding and ambitious genius comes into her own as a woman, an artist and a bold adventurer who defies convention by embarking on a trailblazing expedition to collect and illustrate Australia’s ‘curious’ birdlife. In this indelible portrait, an extraordinary woman overshadowed by history steps back into the light where she belongs.

Birdman of Alcatraz

Author: Thomas E. Gaddis
Publisher: Comstock Book Distributors
ISBN: 9780891740551
Category : Ornithology
Languages : en
Pages : 272

Book Description

Call Collect, Ask for Birdman

Author: James M. Vardaman
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description

The Birdman

Author: Troon Harrison
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780889955066
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
Alexander Ross was a Canadian ornithologist, medical doctor and naturalist...and so much more. As a young man in Belleville, in the years before the American Civil War, Alexander was introduced in his parents' home to slaves who had made their way to freedom through the underground railroad. From that moment on, he dedicated his life to helping slaves escape north to freedom. He travelled to the American south using his interest in local bird populations and his reputation as a naturalist to gain access to the plantation slaves. Once he was in touch with them, he passed along information about the escape routes and the safe houses. Several times his activities brought him to the attention of American authorities.