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.

Birdman

Author: Jack Teeter
Publisher: Jack Teeter
ISBN: 1481071866
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233

Book Description
Sara was thinking she might make it to the barn without being seen. The birds kept screaming, but she saw no one... Nearly at the clearing, a hand reached out and grabbed her. It was Barry Sparks. "What the hell're you doing here?" he shouted. He let go of her arm just long enough to clap his hands together and yell "Hey!" toward the greenhouse. The screeching stopped.The clapping action distracted Barry momentarily; Sara made a break for the barn. Her camera flopped on the strap around her neck. Barry was five steps away from grabbing her again. This time she wasn't giving up her camera, she was going to get her picture. Like yesterday, she had to use both hands to pull open the closest side of the big barn door... There was a horrible explosion!

Senior Birdman

Author: Eldon N. Price
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595364225
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
Senior Birdman: The Guy Who Just Had to Fly is the autobiography of one man's improbable rise from a humble farming community to the glamour and glitz of southern California, the epicenter of aviation development. Starting with an awe-inspiring moment in a desolate field in western Nebraska, the book will wing you-in Forrest Gump-like fashion-through a series of vignettes that bump into the lives of prominent historical figures like General Omar Bradley, Howard Hughes, even Hugh Heffner. Unedited and as raw as a diary, Senior Birdman jumps like a crop duster from naval pre-flight training to McDonnell Douglas to the launch of the DC-8 Jetliner to numerous fly-by commentaries about people, places, big government and life. If you loved the movie The Aviator, you'll want to climb into the cockpit with Eldon Price-pilot, aeronautical engineer, aerospace executive, and family man-and take this short, literary flight through some of aviation history's defining moments.

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.

Super Loud Sam: Super Loud Sam vs Birdman

Author: Jo Simmons
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407166468
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103

Book Description
There's a new villain in town! Brian Moor, aka Birdman, has trained a flock of super smart, super scary pigeons and he plans to take over the country - starting with the town of Topside! It sounds like a job for Super Loud Sam! But there's a problem... Sam's supersonic voice doesn't work. OK, it still works - but not on Birdman's pigeon army. What can Sam do? And can he do it before it's too late?!

Last Flight of the Birdman

Author: Dave Glaze
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550503739
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
When items from Albert's house are stolen, Mackenzie Davis must track them down and find the thieves before he is blamed for the robbery.

Racing for the Birdman

Author: Katrina O'Neill
Publisher: Blake Education
ISBN: 9781865094137
Category : Adventure and adventures
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description

THE BIRDMAN OF TREADWELL

Author: Edwin Warren; Barry Kibler
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452083355
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 133

Book Description
THE BIRDMAN OF TREADWELL Through his diaries Edwin Warren takes you back in time over a hundred years ago as if in a time capsule. It is as if you are there by his side and can imagine you are in his place as he witnesses death and injury on all too many occasions in the world famous Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island, Alaska. You will experience the daily routine working at the mine including a near riot, rescuing a little Indian boy from a near tragic fall, the Treadwell Ghost, the fear of working with an incompetent hoist operator who dropped the cage on several occasions including once with volatile explosives. Working as a powder man you will come close to death in a near collision with the ore train and the powder truck. You will experience what the accommodations were like at the beginning of the last century on the many different steam boats Edwin sailed on during his two adventures to Alaska.

THE LAST BIRDMAN

Author: Mr. Mafia
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491847557
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215

Book Description
Two brothers on the same mission take different paths down the dark streets of Cashville,Ten a key. Je'von Winters leads his brother Tre'von on a wild and bloody road of death and destruction in hopes of over throwing the ruthless street gang known to the world as Brickboy Mafia. With the killed or be killed attitude and a hot trigger finger he quickly shoots his way to the top of the ladder,only to find out the game is cut throat.