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Overview: This 1904 catalogue, compiled by Francis Kermode, Curator of the Provincial Museum of Victoria, B.C., is a fascinating snapshot of the avian fauna of British Columbia at the time….

Overview:  This book provides a detailed and insightful look into the fascinating world of Indian bird nesting. Authors Allan Octavian Hume and Eugene William Oates collaborated to compile an extensive…

Overview: Cecil Smith’s “Birds of Guernsey” (1879) delves into the avian world of Guernsey and its neighboring islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, and Herm. Smith, a keen ornithologist, provides detailed observations…

Overview: This book is a compilation of essays by James R. McClymont focusing on early ornithology and the role of birds in historical voyages of discovery. McClymont, a scholar of…

Overview:  This is a thrilling adventure story set in the turbulent region of Armenia during a time of unrest and brewing massacre against the Armenians. I find myself caught up…

Overview: The story takes place in the early 20th century in Turkey, where Fred Oakes, a man with a colorful personality, has just recovered from a bout of fever and…

Overview:  I am part of a group of four men, including an Earl and a former American Merchant, who are searching for a hidden hoard of ivory buried by the…

Overview: “The Ivory Trail” is a thrilling adventure novel by Talbot Mundy, published in 1910, that transports readers to the heart of Africa during the early days of colonial expansion….

Overview: I’m Roderick McKay, a former captain in the U.S. Army, along with my companions Meredith Knowlton, a former lieutenant, and Timothy Ryan, an ex-sergeant. We’re on a mission to…