The Eagle Huntress

2020-05-12 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Aisholpan Nurgaiv
Release : 2020-05-12
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 600/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Eagle Huntress by : Aisholpan Nurgaiv

Download or read book The Eagle Huntress written by Aisholpan Nurgaiv. This book was released on 2020-05-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of the award-winning documentary The Eagle Huntress tells the true story of how she became the first girl to compete in—and win—one of Mongolia's most prestigious competitions. In this compelling memoir, teenaged eagle hunter Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her own story for the first time, speaking directly with award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Liz Welch (I Will Always Write Back), who traveled to Mongolia for this book. Nurgaiv's story and fresh, sincere voice are not only inspiring but truly magnificent: with the support of her father, she captured and trained her own golden eagle and won the Ölgii eagle festival. She was the only girl to compete in the festival. Filled with stunning photographs, The Eagle Huntress is a striking tale of determination—of a girl who defied expectations and achieved what others declared impossible. Aisholpan Nurgaiv's story is both unique and universally relatable: a memoir of survival, empowerment, and the positive impact of one person's triumph.

The Eagle Huntress

2020-05-12 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Aisholpan Nurgaiv
Release : 2020-05-12
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 600/5 ( reviews)

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Stand on the Sky

2019 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Erin Bow
Release : 2019
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 464/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Stand on the Sky written by Erin Bow. This book was released on 2019. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve--year-old Aisulu defies the expectations of her Kazakh family and tradition to train an eagle in order to save her brother, Serik, and prevent her family from giving up their nomadic life forever.

Eagle Dreams

2015-02-10 Travel

Author : Stephen Bodio
Release : 2015-02-10
Genre : Travel
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 292/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Eagle Dreams written by Stephen Bodio. This book was released on 2015-02-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mongolia is a vast country located between Siberia and China, and little-known to outsiders. As Mongolia had long been under Soviet rule, it was inaccessible to Westerners. That was until 1990, when Stephen J. Bodio began planning his trip. As a boy, Bodio was always fascinated with nature. When he saw an image in National Geographic of a Kazakh nomad, dressed in a long coat and wearing a fur hat, holding a huge eagle on his fist, his life was changed from then on. When Mongolia became independent in 1990, Bodio knew that his dream to see the eagle hunters from the picture in National Geographic“/i> so many years ago was soon to become a reality. In Eagle Dreams, readers follow Bodio on his long-awaited trip to Mongolia, where he spent months with the people and birds of his dreams. He is finally able to visit the birth place of falconry and observe the traditions that have survived intact through the ages. Not only does he get to witness things most people will never be able to, but he’s also able to give life to his dreams and the people, landscapes, and animals of Mongolia that have become part of his soul.

Eagle Down

2021-01-19 History

Author : Jessica Donati
Release : 2021-01-19
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 576/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Eagle Down written by Jessica Donati. This book was released on 2021-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Wall Street Journal national security reporter takes readers into the lives of frontline U.S. special operations troops fighting to keep the Taliban and Islamic State from overthrowing the U.S.-backed government in the final years of the war in Afghanistan. A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “Powerful, important, and searing." —General David Petraeus, U.S. Army (ret.), former commander, U.S. Central Command, former CIA director In 2015, the White House claimed triumphantly that “the longest war in American history” was over. But for some, it was just the beginning of a new war, fought by Special Operations Forces, with limited resources, little governmental oversight, and contradictory orders. With big picture insight and on-the-ground grit, Jessica Donati shares the stories of the impossible choices these soldiers must make. After the fall of a major city to the Taliban that year, Hutch, a battle-worn Green Beret on his fifth combat tour was ordered on a secret mission to recapture it and inadvertently called in an airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital, killing dozens. Caleb stepped on a bomb during a mission in notorious Sangin. Andy was trapped with his team during a raid with a crashed Black Hawk and no air support. Through successive policy directives under the Obama and Trump administrations, America came to rely almost entirely on US Special Forces, and without a long-term plan, failed to stabilize Afghanistan, undermining US interests both at home and abroad. Eagle Down is a riveting account of the heroism, sacrifice, and tragedy experienced by those that fought America’s longest war.

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