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For centuries the women of Aronsdale have lived freely among the green and misted valleys.
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Night Bird: A Story of the Seminole Indians
In 1840 Night Bird, whose clan of Seminole Indians is fighting to preserve its traditional way of life in Florida, must decide whether to seek land and an unknown future in distant Oklahoma.
Kathleen V. Kudlinski, 1995
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When the
Night Bird Sings
In this charming collection of brief essays, Hifler pays tribute to the simple blessings of daily life and shares the lessons she learned from those who nurtured her during her childhood in Cherokee County.
Joyce Sequichie Hifler, 2000
Suddenly abandoned by his wealthy, self-centered mother and overbearing grandmother, ten-year-old Lindsay Paul Fowler is sent to spend the summer of 1968 with his grandmother's maid, an affectionate black woman, in South Phoenix.
Set in 1968, Night Bird is the story of a young man and his stolen innocence.
'Wounded Night-bird' (p. 37) is also a poem that has its origin in a moment I
remember well, when a wounded night-jar that Judith had rescued by our front
gate bit her to the bone in its terror. 'Wounded Night-bird' well illustrates the fact
that ...
The night bird uttered a strange, high shriek; not a caw, but a sound more like the
wail of an abandoned and terrified child. The shrill sound floated through the
night air, and the people inside the farmhouses, the ones who allowed
themselves ...
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
nightbird. Esp. Tristan. da. Cunha. /Night-bird is recorded from i 608 iNOEDi as a
general term for a bird of nocturnal habits. Prions are nocturnal mainly to avoid
predators: see 1 956 quotation. I ...
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When a
Night Bird Sings
Four tinyfaces peeked out and sucked hungrily on sugar tits.Gasping, the man turned his ashen face from the scene.¿Truly,¿ he thought, ¿she is a witch.¿ He couldn¿t imagine anyoneother than a witch that could give birth to four babies ...
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Natural History of Birds: With Engravings on a New Plan, ...
The Night Hawk, though most commonly seen at the dusk of evening, is not so far
a night bird as to be unable to fly in the day-time, but is often seen at noon-day,
flying slowly along high in the air. There is also a difference which will distinguish
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