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Observations on Modern Falconry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 97

Observations on Modern Falconry

Originally published in 1972 this important falconry book is probably one of the best of its kind. The author was a respected falconer of many years experience and his sheer pleasure in the sport shines through his writing. Contents Include: The Mews - Weathering Enclosure, Bath, Blocks - Bells, Jesses, Clip Swivels, Lures, Hoods, Whistle - Hack Hut and Hack Ground - Eyasses, Treatment before Hack - Hack, its Advantages and Disadvantages - Eyasses compared with Passgers and Haggards - Food - Hooding and Manning - Taming - Flying to Lure and Use of the Lure - Hawking - Homing - The Moult - Health - Miscellany - The Gyrfalcon

The Kings and Their Hawks
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 267

The Kings and Their Hawks

Hunting with birds of prey was a popular sport in medieval England, in both the royal household & amongst the nobility who had the money to afford to retain falconers & buy the birds. This book offers a detailed history of royal falconry from the 11th to the 14th century.

Falconry I
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 167

Falconry I

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004-01-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Observations on Modern Falconry
  • Language: en

Observations on Modern Falconry

The third book by the eminent falconer, Ronald Stevens, and written in the articulate and fluid style for which he came to be known. Originally published in 1963, this important falconry book is among the best of its kind. Although, by the author's own admission, "the book is strictly 'utility, '" lacking in illustration or extraneous verbiage, it is, nevertheless, a complete guide to falconry. It is written with such enthusiasm for the sport that beginners and experienced falconers alike will benefit from its contents.

Retreat from Injustice
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 804

Retreat from Injustice

This new edition of Retreat from Injustice has the strengths and style of its predecessor: the account of human rights in Australia is firmly grounded in historical and international contexts; the availability and limitations of rights and freedoms are clearly detailed and illustrated with cases; and a particular spotlight is placed on key current human rights issues including terrorism, indigenous issues and asylum seekers.

The Compleat Falconer
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 344

The Compleat Falconer

A veritable how-to of Frank Beebe's lifetime experience. Included are plates of 32 original paintings and more that 100 illustrations and drawings. What is Falconry? Really it is just bird watching, although a rather dramatic, specialized, glamorized, and historical kind of bird watching. It involves the taking of a predatory bird into the same kind of familiar, loosely controlled relationship with man as is so well known and so commonplace with a dog or a horse; then, with the relationship established, going out hunting in the company of that predatory bird in a partnership in which the bird is the primary hunter and the human plays the lesser part. The human becomes a bird watcher or, if i...

The Radiation Chemistry of Macromolecules
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 424

The Radiation Chemistry of Macromolecules

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-10-22
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  • Publisher: Elsevier

The Radiation Chemistry of Macromolecules, Volume II is a collection of papers that discusses radiation chemistry of specific systems. Part 1 deals with radiation chemistry of substituted vinyl polymers, particularly polypropylene (PP) as its structure is intermediate between polyethylene and polyisobutylene. This part also discusses polypropylene oxide (PPOx) for it can be prepared in the atactic, isotactic, and optically active forms. One paper focuses on the fundamental chemical processes and the changes in physical properties that give rise to many different applications of polystyrene. Another paper analyzes poly(methyl methacrylate) and poly(isobutylene)—two important polymers of non...

Provocative Echoes
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 80

Provocative Echoes

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Internal Family Systems Therapy
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

Internal Family Systems Therapy

This book has been replaced by Internal Family Systems Therapy, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4146-1.

Falconry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Falconry

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2019-12
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  • Publisher: Unknown

A book/dvd combination title designed to provide all the information needed by a beginning falconer when starting to train a new hawk. It is written by a falconer who has trained 100s of falconers in both the USA and UK and has trained virtually every type of hawk. The author also flies hawks and falcons for bird abatement at airports and other public areas.