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Gabriel the umbrella cockatoo was hatched on December 13, 2008 to proud parents Samantha and Caspar Cockatoo. Author Alecia Houston is the pleased owner of the cockatoo family and says Gabby was a big surprise, since she had owned the pair of cockatoos for 14 years and there had been no other births.Four years before Gabby came along, Alecia had an aneurism and needed brain surgery. Afterward, she developed severe epilepsy and was no longer able to work as a veterinary technician. "It was devastating to me to not be able to do what I loved or any other job. As a result, I became very depressed. While Gabby, of course, was not a cure, he certainly made things better!"This wonderful children's book details Gabby's daily antics. "He does not allow me to get down on myself. He truly changed my life in remarkable ways. People do not realize how the comfort and support of an animal of any kind that you love can enrich your life!"Here is the true story of Gabby Cockatoo, what he has meant to the author, as well as her efforts to raise funds for animal rescue. Reading about Gabby's little tricks and talkative nature can bring anyone out of a bad mood.Author Alecia Houston wishes everyone could have the pleasure of spending one day with Gabby. The author lives with her husband and son in Columbus, Ohio, and is writing a sequel.Artist Lauren Luna is also from Columbus, Ohio. Her work has gained national recognition with showings in major galleries. Publisher's Web site: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TheStoriesTrueOfGabbyCockatoo.html ... Read more

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More Gabby Please
My grand children all want a copy of their very own of Gabby! The slide show is super! Adults as well as children will be amazed to see Gabby hatch and grow! We will be checking often to see if there is more Gabby on youtube! Can't wait for next book! In the words of my grand children More Gabby Please! I highly, highly reccomend this book for adults (slide show) and children! WE LOVE GABBY!

inspirational childrens storybook
I read this book for the first time today.I have two grandchildren and this book is simple to read and a great story. I love that the author has taken a personal life tragedy and utilized an animal to change the life of herself and others.I cant wait for the next book to be written, and I highly recommend this book to any parent or grandparent. ... Read more

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A terrific collection that brings together nine of Britten's previously unpublished songs, written over a period of 25 years from 1935 onwards. Many were originally intended to be part of song-cyles but were cut during the final revisions. This edition includes a helpful introduction and information regarding each song.

Titles:A Poison Tree
* Birthday Song For Erwin
* Cradle Song
* If Thou Wilt Ease Thine Heart
* Not Even Summer Yet
* The Red Cockatoo
* When You're Feeling Like Expressing Your Affection
* Wild With Passion ... Read more

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Chapters: Chicken, Lovebird, Monk Parakeet, Amazon Parrot, African Grey Parrot, Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Budgerigar, Cockatiel, List of Amazon Parrots, Northern Cardinal, Fischer's Lovebird, Chaffinch, Yellow-Headed Amazon, Scarlet Macaw, Alexandrine Parakeet, Domestic Pigeon, Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo, Yellow-Crowned Amazon, Eclectus Parrot, Common Hill Myna, Sun Parakeet, Zebra Finch, Toco Toucan, Rose-Ringed Parakeet, Galah, Rosy-Faced Lovebird, Gouldian Finch, Domestic Canary, Mitred Parakeet, Military Macaw, Tanimbar Corella, Blue-And-Yellow Macaw, Green-Cheeked Parakeet, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, European Goldfinch, Keel-Billed Toucan, Blue-Fronted Amazon, White Cockatoo, Hyacinth Macaw, Palm Cockatoo, Cuban Amazon, Mealy Amazon, Diamond Dove, Red-Lored Amazon, Bird Talk, Long-Billed Corella, Talking Bird, Golden-Collared Macaw, Salmon-Crested Cockatoo, Red-And-Green Macaw, Asian Blue Quail, Barbary Dove, Red-Shouldered Macaw, Blue-Winged Macaw, Blue-Throated Macaw, Domestic Duck, Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan, Chickens as Pets, Brambling, Sparkie, Red-Masked Parakeet, Yellow-Shouldered Amazon, Barred Parakeet, Lilacine Amazon, Brown-Throated Parakeet, Nanday Parakeet, Turquoise Parrot, Chestnut-Fronted Macaw, Lilian's Lovebird, Yellow-Collared Lovebird, Orange-Winged Amazon, Orange-Fronted Parakeet, Red-Fronted Macaw, Red-Crowned Amazon, Jandaya Parakeet, Little Corella, Panama Amazon, Citron-Crested Cockatoo, Bourke's Parrot, Lilac-Crowned Amazon, Solomons Cockatoo, Eleonora Cockatoo, Java Sparrow, Yellow-Naped Amazon, Western Corella, Pacific Parrotlet, Burrowing Parrot, Harz Roller, Star Finch, Blue-Streaked Lory, Estrilda, Mini-Macaw, Urban Chickens. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 481. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Chicken : Rooster (m), Hen (f) The chicken (Gallus gal...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=37402 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!The White Cockatoo, Cacatua alba (also known as the Umbrella Cockatoo or U2), is a medium-sized, approximately 46-cm-long cockatoo endemic to the islands of Halmahera, Bacan, Ternate, Tidore, Kasiruta and Mandiole in North Maluku, Indonesia. It is a white parrot with brown or black eyes and a dark grey beak. When surprised, it extends a large and striking crest, which has a semicircular shape (similar to an umbrella, hence the alternative name). Pet White Cockatoos may raise their crests upon training, or when something catches their interest such as a new toy or person. The undersides of the wings and tail have a pale yellow or lemon color which flashes when they fly. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, Cockatoo Island is a former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol. It was also the site of one of Australia's biggest shipyards during the twentieth century. The first of its two dry docks was built by convicts and was completed in 1857. The island's maritime industrial activity ceased in 1992. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!The Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Cacatua ophthalmica, is a large, approximately 50 cm (20 in) long, mainly white cockatoo with a mobile crest, a black beak, and a light blue rim of featherless skin around each eye, that gives this species its name.Like all cockatoos and many parrots, the Blue-eyed Cockatoo can use one of its zygodactyl feet to hold objects and to bring food to its beak whilst standing on the other foot; nevertheless, amongst bird species as a whole this is relatively unusual. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the Goliath Cockatoo, is a large smoky-grey or black parrot of the cockatoo family. It is the only member in subfamily Microglossinae and the only member of the monotypic genus, Probosciger. Its unique position within the cockatoo family has been confirmed by molecular studies.The Palm Cockatoo was originally described by German naturalist Gmelin in 1788. Its specific name aterrimus is the Latin superlative adjective for ater "black", hence "very black" or "blackest". It is the earliest offshoot from the ancestors of what have become the cockatoo family. ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, is a relatively large white cockatoo found in wooded habitats in Australia and New Guinea. They can be locally very numerous, leading to them sometimes being considered pests. They are very popular in aviculture.Inn Australia, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos can be found widely in the north and east, ranging as far south as Tasmania, but avoiding arid inland areas with few trees. They are numerous in suburban habitats in cities such as Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane. Except for highland areas, they occur throughout most of New Guinea and on nearby smaller islands such as Waigeo, Misool, Aru, and various Cenderawasih Bay and Milne Bay islands. ... Read more

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Chapters: Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Yellow-Tailed Black Cockatoo, Glossy Black Cockatoo, Short-Billed Black Cockatoo, Long-Billed Black Cockatoo. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 46. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), also known as Banksian- or Bank's Black Cockatoo, is a large cockatoo native to Australia. This species was known as Calyptorhynchus magnificus for many decades until the current scientific name was officially conserved in 1994. It is more common in the drier parts of the continent. Five subspecies are recognised, differing most significantly in beak size. Although the more northerly subspecies are widespread, the two southern subspecies, the Forest Red-tailed Black Cockatoo and the South-eastern Red-tailed Black Cockatoo are under threat. Adult Red-tailed Black Cockatoos are around 60 centimetres (24 in) in length and sexually dimorphic. Males are completely black in colour, excepting their prominent red tail bands; the slightly smaller females are brownish-black with yellow barring and spotting and have yellow-orange tail stripes. The species is usually found in eucalyptus woodlands, or along water courses. In the more northerly parts of the country, these cockatoos are commonly seen in large flocks. They are seed eaters and cavity nesters. As such, they depend on trees with fairly large diameters, generally Eucalyptus. Populations in southeastern Australia are threatened by the reduction in forest cover and by other habitat alterations. Of the black cockatoos, the red-tailed black is the most adaptable to aviculture, although black cockatoos are much rarer and much more expensive outside Australia. The species complex was first described by the ornithologist John Latham in 1790 as Psittacus banksii, commemora...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1938172 ... Read more

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Chapters: Cockatoo Island, Sydney Cove, Darlinghurst Gaol. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cockatoo Island is the largest island in Sydney Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located at the junction of the Parramatta and Lane Cove rivers, Cockatoo Island is a former imperial prison, industrial school, reformatory and gaol. It was also the site of one of Australia's biggest shipyards during the twentieth century. The first of its two dry docks was built by convicts and was completed in 1857. The island's maritime industrial activity ceased in 1992. In late March 2005 the island was re-opened to the public for the 'Cockatoo Island 2005 Festival' Cockatoo Island Festival. The island is currently managed by the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust which is currently revitalising the island as a landmark harbour attraction, with commercial maritime activity, cultural events and a campsite operating alongside interpretation of the island's heritage. Today Cockatoo Island retains many remnants of its past. Its prison buildings have been nominated for World Heritage listing, along with other convict sites around Australia. Large workshops, slipways, wharves, residences and other buildings retain the texture of the island's industrial past. Always a Sydney landmark, Cockatoo Island commands magnificent views of Sydney Harbour. A campsite opened on the island in 2008, and campers can bring their own tents or take a camping package, which includes a pre-erected tent. The island's views of the Harbour Bridge and harbour make it a popular spot for watching the New Year's Eve fireworks, attracting over two thousand campers for its second New Year's Eve event in 2009. Two heritage dockyard residences are now also available as holiday houses. The island ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=593740 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Salmon-crested Cockatoo, Cacatua moluccensis also known as Moluccan Cockatoo or M2 is a cockatoo endemic to south Moluccas in eastern Indonesia. At 50 cm, it is among the largest of the white cockatoos. The female is larger than the males on average. It has white-pink feathers with a definite peachy glow, a slight yellow on the underwing and underside of the tail feathers and a large retractable recumbent crest which it raises when threatened, revealing hitherto concealed bright red-orange plumes to frighten potential attackers (may also be raised in excitement, or other 'emotional' displays). Some describe the crest as "flamingo-colored." It also has one of the louder calls in the parrot world and in captivity is a capable mimic. ... Read more

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Krakatoa. 1883 Eruption of Krakatoa, Cockatoo, Javanese Language, Tsunami, Noctilucent Cloud, Lava, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger ... Read more

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ENTIRELY COPIED FROM THE NET
This publishing house, if it can be called that, is copying material freely available on the net and although it's not actually breaching copyright or breaking laws it does seem more than a little bogus. ... Read more

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Chapters: Norfolk Island, Fremantle Prison, Cockatoo Island, Port Arthur, Tasmania, Adelaide Gaol, Boggo Road Gaol, Old Melbourne Gaol, Hay Gaol, Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Perth Gaol, Old Gaol Museum, Round House, Hm Prison Geelong, Cascades Female Factory, J Ward, Old Dubbo Gaol, Saltwater River, Tasmania. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 110. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Norfolk Island -Norfolk Island was first settled by East Polynesian seafarers either from the Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand or from the North Island of New Zealand. They arrived in the fourteenth or fifteenth century, and survived for several generations before disappearing. Their main village site has been excavated at Emily Bay, and they also left behind stone tools, the Polynesian Rat, and banana trees as evidence of their sojourn. The harakeke (Phormium tenax), or New Zealand Flax Plant, was brought to Norfolk Island either from New Zealand directly or from Raoul Island (Sunday Island) by these Polynesian settlers..The final fate of these early settlers remains a mystery. The first European known to have sighted the island was Captain James Cook, in 1774, on his second voyage to the South Pacific on HMS Resolution. He named it after the Duchess of Norfolk, wife of Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk (1685-1777). The Duchess was dead at the time of the island's sighting by Cook, but Cook had set out from England in 1772 and could not have known of her May 1773 death. Cook went ashore on Tuesday 11 October 1774, and is said to have been impressed with the tall straight trees and New Zealand flax plants, which, although not related to the Northern Hemisphere flax plants after which they are named, produce fibres of economic importance. He took samples back to the United Kingdom and reported on...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=21422 ... Read more