Bird Talk

Bird Talk
Author: Lita Judge
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1596436468

An illustrated tribute to birds of all kinds and the funny, fascinating things that they do.

Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu

Bird Talk and Other Stories by Xu Xu
Author: Xu Xu
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1611729394

Xu Xu 徐訏 (1908-1980) was one of the most widely read Chinese authors of the 1930s to 1960s. His popular urban gothic tales, his exotic spy fiction, and his quasi-existentialist love stories full of nostalgia and melancholy offer today’s readers an unusual glimpse into China’s turbulent twentieth century. These translations--spanning a period of some thirty years, from 1937 until 1965--bring to life some of Xu Xu’s most representative short fictions from prewar Shanghai and postwar Hong Kong and Taiwan. The Afterword illustrates that Xu Xu’s idealistic tendencies in defiance of the politicization of art exemplify his affinity with European romanticism and link his work to a global literary modernity.

Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic

Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic
Author: Mark Lord
Publisher: Alt Hist Press
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2014-08-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

What do you do when you have accused the woman you love of necromancy? Roger Draper suspects that a necromancer is at work in a small medieval English town. But rather than uncovering foul magical deeds he manages to implicate the women he desires in accusations of witchcraft. With only the town drunk to help him, Roger must untangle the mess he has created. Be prepared for a heady concoction of gritty medieval life, humour and magic. Bird Talk: A Tale of Medieval Magic is an Historical Fantasy short story.

Bird Talk

Bird Talk
Author: Roma Gans
Publisher:
Total Pages: 46
Release: 1971
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780690145922

Easy-to-read text explains the meaning of bird sounds.

Teaching Your Bird to Talk

Teaching Your Bird to Talk
Author: Diane Grindol
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2008-04-21
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 0470326220

From two noted experts-the first in-depth book on teaching your bird to talk Teaching a bird to talk isn't as difficult as it may seem. In this easy-to-follow guide, avian experts Diane Grindol and Tom Roudybush reveal how you can communicate with your parrot far beyond "hello" and, in turn, understand what your bird is trying to communicate to you. Teaching Your Bird to Talk compiles an impressive amount of background, training, and research regarding bird vocalizations, walking you step by step through the behavioral mechanics of training parrots to talk (as well as starlings, mynahs, and other birds). Whether you want your bird to mimic words, talk on cue, or have some understanding of what you are saying, this guide shows you the type of training you need to do with your bird. The book also takes a close look at the work of Dr. Irene Pepperberg-the world's foremost authority in the field of parrot intelligence and trainer of Alex the African Grey Parrot. * Identifies which species of bird are likely to talk and which aren't * Explores field research on regional languages and dialects of parrots in the wild * Features true stories from owners of talking birds * Explains how to handle problems with vocal parrots, such as screaming and using inappropriate language * Offers tips on feeding and housing birds, and finding an avian veterinarian

Speak, Bird, Speak Again

Speak, Bird, Speak Again
Author: Ibrahim Muhawi
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1989
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780520058637

A collection of Palestinian Arab folktales which reflect the culture and highlights the role of women in the society.

A Broken Flute

A Broken Flute
Author: Doris Seale
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780759107793

The Winona dilemma / Lois Beardslee -- No word for goodbye / Mary TallMountain -- About the contributors.

The Kids and GrampaT

The Kids and GrampaT
Author: Jean Thibault Castagno
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2005-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1467032808

The Kids and GrampaT Here are 14 of the many stories written about The Kids and GrampaT by Jean Thibault Castagno, a relative to some and a friend to others. The settings are real and imaginary as are many of the events that unfold as one reads deeper into the tales of adventure. The author has always had a vivid imagination and a curious mind. These attributes, together with her desire to please others and to encourage their reading skills, combine nicely in tales of children and grownups playing and interacting together. Castagno also writes stories for adults that are meant to be inspiring and hope fulfilling. Castagno was raised on a farm in Coventry CT during World War II. Her series of stories about those years can be found on the Coventry CT website. She was the oldest of five children. Their mother worked very hard as can be expected when the father spends 12 hours a day at a war-related factory job 40 miles distant. The children were expected to help daily in tending to the animals, the gardens, and, every Fall, in harvesting the several acres of potatoes for sale to neighbors, friends and the local food stores. Castagno attended one room schools until 1943 when she and her 11 classmates transferred to either Manchester or Windham High Schools. Castagno has worked at many jobs: retail, insurance, and medical. On her fiftieth birthday in 1980, she decided to attend the nearby community college. She elected to study English because she thought she knew it, and Spanish because she didn’t. This led to a six year program of part-time studies and several honors degrees. She completed her courses in 1986 and taught at Oxford Academy, a private preparatory school for boys in Westbrook CT, until her retirement.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation
Author: Cosima Bruno
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2023-10-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1350215325

Offering the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies perspective, this handbook provides students, researchers and teachers with a context in which to read and appreciate the effects of linguistic and cultural transfer in Chinese literary works. Translation matters. It always has, of course, but more so when we want to reap the benefits of intercultural communication. In many universities Chinese literature in English translation is taught as if it had been written in English. As a result, students submit what they read to their own cultural expectations; they do not read in translation and do not attend to the protocols of knowing, engagements and contestations that bind literature and society to each other. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation squarely addresses this pedagogical lack. Organised in a tripartite structure around considerations of textual, social, and large-scale spatial and historical circumstances, its thirty plus essays each deal with a theme of translation studies, as emerged from the translation of one or more Chinese literary works. In doing so, it offers new tools for reading and appreciating modern and contemporary Chinese literature in the global context of its translation, offering in-depth studies about eminent Chinese authors and their literary masterpieces in translation. The first of its kind, this book is essential reading for anyone studying or researching Chinese literature in translation.