Author: Douglas Pagels Publisher: Blue Mountain Arts ISBN: 9781680881509 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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It takes a lot to be an "amazing lady" but--fortunately for us all--they exist in many walks of life. These remarkable women endear themselves to us in dozens of ways, and they bless us with all the beautiful things they generously bring to our daily lives. Those who are lucky enough to have an amazing lady in their life will know exactly who this book is for. Her name and face will come to mind as soon as they read the title and hold the book in their hands. This is a golden opportunity for them to share the message, express the thanks, and inspire a wealth of smiles... all with one exquisite book--lovingly given--to a very amazing lady.
Author: Pat Rogers Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1546215921 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 187
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Tris Carter Horne had dreamed of a beautiful girl with hair like flame and eyes of emerald green all his life. When he had grown, the dreams became nightmares so horrifying that he was afraid to sleep. Then the dreams became real, and he found himself battling a creature so savage it was beyond belief. Suddenly, he found himself falling down a brilliant corridor and heard the creature scream in pain. Then there was nothing but darkness. When he woke, he found himself in a strange land. What had happened, and was he safe? Would he see more of the creatures that attacked him? Suddenly, he was afraid. Very afraid.
Author: H. Joseph Hopkins Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1442487275 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Unearth the true story of green-thumbed pioneer and activist Kate Sessions, who helped San Diego grow from a dry desert town into a lush, leafy city known for its gorgeous parks and gardens. Katherine Olivia Sessions never thought she’d live in a place without trees. After all, Kate grew up among the towering pines and redwoods of Northern California. But after becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of California with a degree in science, she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego. Where there were almost no trees. Kate decided that San Diego needed trees more than anything else. So this trailblazing young woman singlehandedly started a massive movement that transformed the town into the green, garden-filled oasis it is today. Now, more than 100 years after Kate first arrived in San Diego, her gorgeous gardens and parks can be found all over the city. Part fascinating biography, part inspirational story, this moving picture book about following your dreams, using your talents, and staying strong in the face of adversity is sure to resonate with readers young and old.
Author: Kaoru Takamura Publisher: Soho Press ISBN: 1616957018 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 601
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One of Japan’s great modern masters, Kaoru Takamura, makes her English-language debut with this two-volume publication of her magnum opus. Tokyo, 1995. Five men meet at the racetrack every Sunday to bet on horses. They have little in common except a deep disaffection with their lives, but together they represent the social struggles and griefs of post-War Japan: a poorly socialized genius stuck working as a welder; a demoted detective with a chip on his shoulder; a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his race; a struggling single dad of a teenage girl with Down syndrome. The fifth man bringing them all together is an elderly drugstore owner grieving his grandson, who has died suspiciously after the revelation of a family connection with the segregated buraku community, historically subjected to severe discrimination. Intent on revenge against a society that values corporate behemoths more than human life, the five conspirators decide to carry out a heist: kidnap the CEO of Japan’s largest beer conglomerate and extract blood money from the company’s corrupt financiers. Inspired by the unsolved true-crime kidnapping case perpetrated by “the Monster with 21 Faces,” Lady Joker has become a cultural touchstone since its 1997 publication, acknowledged as the magnum opus by one of Japan’s literary masters, twice adapted for film and TV and often taught in high school and college classrooms.
Author: Breyten Breytenbach Publisher: Houghton Mifflin ISBN: 9780151007622 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 110
Book Description
"Please deliver me, Lady, of prattle and cant " "As I bury one hundred years of war and want" Evoking an extraordinary range of settings and images--from "Africa where blood blackens / and tiny desert creatures have to lick / the dew from their flanks to survive" to the havens of exile, and the "snow once again over Paris / this morning sheeting light / under grey blankets"--this searching verse explores love and loss, light and darkness, war and want, and wounds that do not heal. The texture of nostalgic, sometimes bitter memories of childhood in Breytenbach's African homeland is as palpable here as the vigorous exultation of love found amid the ruins of an earlier life. And pervading all the experience rendered is a sense of wonder and awe that "the light lies silvery smooth / in the furrows dug by the farmer / to lead astray the drought / and bring succour to the runner beans, / the maize, tomatoes, melons, peppers, / onions, garlic, potatoes / and love."
Author: James Phillips Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1445263807 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 288
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A young guy from a poor projects local authority housing estate is clever, and attends a top school-college and is offerred at 18 years old a job as an air force jet pilot-officer. However due to defence budget cuts he is transferred to an endemic corrupt non performing Police Service and then he has to come to terms with this corruption, which is the opposite to being an air force pilot officer and gentleman.He is in love with his council estate "princess" and their love endures to eternity as part of this book and the trilogy's love story.He gets promoted to sergeant by his clever policing and is offerred a university course in Criminology as an experiment by The Government to cut out endemic corruption in the police to make them more professional. He is awarded a bravery medal for risking his life and thereby scaring his darling fiancee.He meets a millionaire at a BBQ and they become friends.The book ends with him on holiday in Barbados at his villa, given to him by the millionaire.
Author: Roseanna M. White Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 1493431471 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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1906 Lady Elizabeth "Libby" Sinclair, with her love of microscopes and nature, isn't favored in society. She flees to the beautiful Isles of Scilly for the summer and stumbles into the dangerous secrets left behind by her holiday cottage's former occupant, also named Elizabeth, who mysteriously vanished. Oliver Tremayne--gentleman and clergyman--is determined to discover what happened to his sister, and he's happy to accept the help of the girl now living in what should have been Beth's summer cottage . . . especially when he realizes it's the curious young lady he met briefly two years ago, who shares his love of botany and biology. But the hunt for his sister involves far more than nature walks, and he can't quite believe all the secrets Beth had been keeping from him. As Libby and Oliver work together, they find ancient legends, pirate wrecks, betrayal, and the most mysterious phenomenon of all: love.
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