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Books & documents
- Grimms' Fairy Tales — Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Mosses from an old manse — Nathaniel Hawthorne Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Fables of Aesop — Aesop Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Stray Birds — Rabindranath Tagore Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Burgess Bird Book for Children — Thornton W. Burgess Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Tremendous Trifles — G. K. Chesterton Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Crimson Fairy Book — Andrew Lang Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Short History of the World — H. G. Wells Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 — Alfred Russel Wallace Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Plant lore, legends, and lyrics : embracing the myths, traditions, superstitions, and folk-lore of the plant kingdom — Richard Folkard Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 02 — Ambrose Bierce Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Unbeaten Tracks in Japan — Isabella L. Bird Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Popular Tales from the Norse — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Phoenix and the Carpet — E. Nesbit Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens — J. M. Barrie Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Watcher in The Woods — Dallas Lore Sharp Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Birds — Aristophanes Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Blue Bird: A Fairy Play in Six Acts — Maurice Maeterlinck Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Our National Parks — John Muir Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Standard selections : a collection and adaptation of superior productions from best authors for use in class room and on the platform — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains — Isabella L. Bird Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Nests and Eggs of Birds in Central Siam (1926) — Herbert, E G Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CHECK LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS (1957) — VARIOUS Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- exotic birds of the south pacific (1956) — e. thomas gilliard Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Birds Garden (1995) — Stephen W. Kress Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Decreased expression of the satiety signal receptor CCKAR is responsible for increased growth and body weight during the domestication of chickens. (2013) — Dunn, Ian C., Meddle, Simone L., Wilson, Peter W., Wardle, Chloe A., Law, Andy S., Bishop, Valerie R., Hindar, Camilla, Robertson, Graeme W., Burt, Dave W., Ellison, Stephanie J. H., Morrice, David M., Hocking, Paul M. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Birds Of The Grey Wind (1944) — Edward A. Armstrong Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Birds of the Ocean (1963) — W.B. Alexander Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- BIRDS OF THE NEW YORK AREA (1964) — John Bull Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- History of British Birds: Volume 1, Containing the History and Description of Land Birds (2013) — Thomas Bewick Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Triad 74 : a fine selection of one act plays (1989) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A walk in the city (2006) — Waters, Jo Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- the land birds (1947) — h.e. jaques Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A CELEBRATION OF CHEER Sermons for the Birds (2001) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Embracing the seasons : memories of a country garden (2015) — Norris, Gunilla, 1939- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Walking the Milford Track : the experience of a lifetime (1996) — Harker, Rosalind Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Western Story Magazine v088 n02 [1929-07-13] (1929) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/]
- Las aves en el invierno (2017) — Fretland VanVoorst, Jenny, 1972- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The murmur of wings (1944) — Dubkin, Leonard, 1904-1972, Suba, Susanne, 1913- illus Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Notes on birds recorded in Nepal, 14 March to 30 April 1984. (1984) — Powell, N., Pierce, R. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- RSPB Conservation Review (1996) — C. James Cadbury Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Rainforest colors (1999) — Canizares, Susan, 1960- Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- India and Nepal, December 1989 to June 1990. (1990) — Buckton, S., Morris, P. Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- A Treasury of Birds: The Daily Journal (1997) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The urban birder (2015) — Lindo, David, 1963- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Birds (1824) — Aristophanes Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Conference of the Birds (2020) — Ransom Riggs, Kirby Heyborne Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- All the Birds in the Sky (2016) — Charlie Jane Anders, Laurent Queyssi Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Birds of America (1827) — John James Audubon Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Cat Who Sang for Birds (1998) — Lilian Jackson Braun Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The bird's nest (1954) — Shirley Jackson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) — Maya Angelou Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Birds (1964) — Daphne du Maurier Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Bird in the Tree (1940) — Elizabeth Goudge Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Tell it to the birds (1963) — James Hadley Chase Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Birds and Other Stories (1963) — Daphne du Maurier Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Birds' Christmas Carol (1889) — Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Thorn Birds (1977) — Colleen McCullough, Colleen McCullough Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Bird Eater (2014) — Ania Ahlborn Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The bird of night (1972) — Susan Hill Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The bird and the sword (2016) — Amy Harmon Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Zen and the birds of appetite (1968) — Thomas Merton Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The song of the bird (1982) — Anthony De Mello Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Bird by Bird (1994) — Anne Lamott, Susan Bennett Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Crinkleroot's guide to knowing the birds (1992) — Jim Arnosky Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- All the birds, singing (2013) — Evie Wyld Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- ねじまき鳥クロニクル (1997) — 村上春樹 Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The birds on the trees (1970) — Nina Bawden Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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