Nature photography and artwork highlight this study of the behavior, life cycle, and habits of a wild otter and her cubs, living on the rugged coastline of the Shetland Islands

The Track of the Wild Otter

Busby, John

Miles, Hugh

Science & Math

St Martins Pr

Pp. 128, numerous fine color drawings, black-and-white drawings and pencil sketches. Publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to (11.25 x 8 inches). The volume presents a selection of the original paintings and field sketches made by the great wildlife artist, Eric Ennion.

The Living Birds of Eric Ennion

Arts & Photography

David&Charles

A guide for the birder or naturalist embarking on a holiday in Mallorca with illustrations of the island by the author. It examines all parts of Mallorca with regional accounts from the Salinas de Levant's saltpans in the south, to the northern Sierras and the coast and back lanes of Cala D'Or. Pat Bishop, with her late husband Eddie Watkinson, were honorary representatives of the RSPB on the island and were partly responsible for the setting up of the first nature reserve in the Albufera.

Birds in Mallorca

Helm

Birds are inspirational subjects for any artist: the variety of shapes, colors, sizes, movements, and contexts means that anyone with an interest in drawing or painting from life will find birds challenging and deserving of their time. This book is written for a range of people---for beginners taking their first steps in a knotty subject, for more experienced artists wishing to tackle birds in flight, and for anyone who simply wants to see birds afresh. This book is published in association with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). As Europe's biggest wildlife conservation charity, with over 170 nature reserves, the RSPB brings the spectacular beauty of wild birds to millions of people. The business of conservation is often scientific and political---matters largely for the head. But birds enrich our lives in many ways. Drawing them is perfect for clearing the clutter of our daily lives, reconnecting with nature and reaffirming the purpose of nature conservation.

Drawing Birds

Drawing

Timber Press

This is a fully revised and updated new version of a popular RSPB handbook to the art and joy of drawing birds. John Busby beautifully conveys his own remarkable ability to capture the grace and motion of living birds, illustrating his ideas and suggestions with many examples of his own work. He also uses illustrations from over 45 other talented bird artists to demonstrate a variety of principles and techniques. The text covers a wealth of topics, including choice of media, sketching from life, composition and different ways of interpreting the subject matter. This is a beautiful and inspiring book which will appeal to aspiring artists and anyone who has ever been entranced by the beauty of birds.

Drawing Birds (Draw Books)

Royal Soc. for Protection of B

Nature photography and artwork highlight this study of the behavior, life cycle, and habits of a wild otter and her cubs, living on the rugged coastline of the Shetland Islands

Track of the Wild Otter

Photography & Video

Colin Baxter Photography

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she loved Izod shirts, the Muppets, and her pet box turtle. Then, in the space of a night, everything that was normal about her life changed. Her police officer father, John, was driving to his midnight shift when someone pulled up alongside and leveled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed tore through his face and left him clinging to life. Overnight, the Busbys went from being the "family next door" to one under twenty-four-hour armed guard, with police escorts to and from school and no contact with friends. Worse, the shooter was still on the loose, and it seemed only a matter of time before he'd come after John-or someone else in the family-again. With their lives unraveling around them and few choices remaining for a future that could ever be secure, the Busby family left everything and everyone they had ever known...and simply disappeared.
As told by both father and daughter, this is a harrowing, at times heartbreaking, account of a shooting and its aftermath-even as it shows a young girl trying to make sense of the unthinkable and the triumph of a family's bravery in the face of crisis.

The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir

Teen & Young Adult

Busby, Cylin

Biographies

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

The extraordinary true crime story of a family, a brutal shooting, and the year that would change their lives forever. 
When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with Izod clothing, the Muppets, and a box turtle she kept in a shoebox. Then everything changed overnight. Her police officer father, John, was driving to his shift when someone leveled a shotgun at his window. The blasts that followed left John's jaw on the passenger seat of his car-literally. While clinging to life, he managed to write down the name of the only person he thought could have pulled the trigger. The suspect? A local ex-con with rumored mob connections. The motive? Officer Busby was scheduled to testify against the suspect's family in an upcoming trial. Overnight, the Busbys went from being the "family next door" to one under 24-hour armed guard, with police escorts to school, and no contact with friends. Worse, the shooter was still on the loose, and it seemed only a matter of time before he'd come after John-or someone else in the family-again. With few choices left to them, the Busby family went into hiding, severing all ties to the only life they had known.

The Year We Disappeared: A Father - Daughter Memoir

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