Author: Sybil Marshall
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: magpies, nest
Number of Pages: 484
Published: 1994-10-15
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0312310706
ISBN-13: 9780312310707

Fran returns to Old Swithinford only to discover that her childhood memories of placid village life have been transformed by discontent and a struggle between progress and tradition.

Author: Neil Alexander Marr
Publisher: Bewrite Books
Keywords: sunsets, magpies
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2003-10
List price: $15.33
ISBN-10: 1904492290
ISBN-13: 9781904492290

Author: Sam Pickering
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Keywords: australia, year, magpies, waltzing
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2004-03-02
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0472113771
ISBN-13: 9780472113774

Sam Pickering, best known as the inspiration for Robin Williams’ character in Dead Poet’s Society, seized the opportunity for a year-long sabbatical from teaching, and took his family on a trip to Australia. The result is Waltzing the Magpies, a tour de force of sensual observation.Pickering has the curiosity of a scientist and the soul of a poet. And whether he’s cataloging the cost of transferring nearly his entire family to the other side of the planet, describing the call of a lorikeet, or reveling in the beauty of a coral reef, no detail escapes his eye.Waltzing the Magp