House Sparrow
The House Sparrow is a large (14 - 17 cm) finch. It is usually seen in small to medium-sized groups, but may occur in huge numbers. The male has a conspicuous grey crown, black face and throat, and dark black and brown upperparts. The House ... [... more]
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Julia Cunningham
Julia Cunningham made history in 1965 with the publication of her groundbreaking book Dorp Dead! Among her many honors are the Christopher Medal for Come to the Edge and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor for The Flight of the Sparrow. Her The ... [... more]
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Suzanne Harper
Suzanne Harper is the author of The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney. She has also written four nonfiction books, numerous newspaper and magazine articles, and several plays. She earned degrees in English and journalism from the University of Texas ... [... more]
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Keith Sparrow
Keith Sparrow has been drawing and collecting comics since his childhood. He is a prolific storyboard artist whose work includes Space Jam, Anime Art: Easel Does It and Drawing Action Manga: Easel Does It. A lifelong manga and anime enthusiast, ... [... more]
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Giles Sparrow
Giles Sparrow studied astronomy at University College, London, and is now an editor and established author specializing in science, technology, and their history and interaction with society. He has been writing professionally for ten years, and ... [... more]
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Angus Konstam
When we think of pirates we conjure up images of Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, or even fictional pirates such as Long John Silver, Captain Hook and Captain Jack Sparrow. These historical characters all hailed from one period. Known as "The Golden ... [... more]
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Mary Doria Russell
Mary Doria Russell is the author of The Sparrow, Children of God, A Thread of Grace and Dreamers of the Day. Her novels have won nine national and international literary awards, including the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the James Tiptree Award, and ... [... more]
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Deborah Digges
Deborah Digges was born and raised in Missouri. She is the author of three books of poems. Her first book, Vesper Sparrows, won the Delmore Schwartz Memorial Prize from New York University. Late in the Millennium was published in 1989, and Rough ... [... more]
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Takashi Matsuoka
In the year 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman sits by the window, watching as enemies gather below and fires spread through the night. As she calmly awaits her fate, she begins to write, carefully setting ... [... more]
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Rebecca Sparrow
Seventeen-year-old Rachel Hill is the girl most likely to succeed. And the girl most likely to have everything under control . . . that is, until her dad invites Nick McGowan, the cutest boy at school, to live with them. Rachel worries that this ... [... more]
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