Author: Andrew Corwin
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805142321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
An improbable adventure sprung from the true account of ‘wabah babi’, or ‘swine plague’, in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea. Home to the Dani people who live much as they have for the past 2000 years. The two leading characters, an American naval officer and ‘disease chaser’, and an Indonesian government doctor, undertake an arduous expedition to investigate the outbreak against a backdrop of a hostage-taking-crisies that has caught the world’s attention. Making for a story that could not have been dreamt up. Their journey takes on a fantastical turn, the stuff of fiction, when they find themselves fighting for survival in the remote jungle highlands. Their interactions with the Dani highlight the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Theirs is an amazing trek treated with guile and humor. The author takes liberties in borrowing from factual accounts of reported events associated with a ‘very real’ and ongoing insurgency, adding authenticity and context to the narrative. He reveals himself by invoking images from the storied cinema and delving into tangents: passions revealed in primitive art and the 'natural world' - the sublime to grotesque, and beyond bizarre.
‘Lost and Found’ on Planet Dani
Author: Andrew Corwin
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805142321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
An improbable adventure sprung from the true account of ‘wabah babi’, or ‘swine plague’, in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea. Home to the Dani people who live much as they have for the past 2000 years. The two leading characters, an American naval officer and ‘disease chaser’, and an Indonesian government doctor, undertake an arduous expedition to investigate the outbreak against a backdrop of a hostage-taking-crisies that has caught the world’s attention. Making for a story that could not have been dreamt up. Their journey takes on a fantastical turn, the stuff of fiction, when they find themselves fighting for survival in the remote jungle highlands. Their interactions with the Dani highlight the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Theirs is an amazing trek treated with guile and humor. The author takes liberties in borrowing from factual accounts of reported events associated with a ‘very real’ and ongoing insurgency, adding authenticity and context to the narrative. He reveals himself by invoking images from the storied cinema and delving into tangents: passions revealed in primitive art and the 'natural world' - the sublime to grotesque, and beyond bizarre.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805142321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
An improbable adventure sprung from the true account of ‘wabah babi’, or ‘swine plague’, in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea. Home to the Dani people who live much as they have for the past 2000 years. The two leading characters, an American naval officer and ‘disease chaser’, and an Indonesian government doctor, undertake an arduous expedition to investigate the outbreak against a backdrop of a hostage-taking-crisies that has caught the world’s attention. Making for a story that could not have been dreamt up. Their journey takes on a fantastical turn, the stuff of fiction, when they find themselves fighting for survival in the remote jungle highlands. Their interactions with the Dani highlight the fragility and resilience of the human spirit. Theirs is an amazing trek treated with guile and humor. The author takes liberties in borrowing from factual accounts of reported events associated with a ‘very real’ and ongoing insurgency, adding authenticity and context to the narrative. He reveals himself by invoking images from the storied cinema and delving into tangents: passions revealed in primitive art and the 'natural world' - the sublime to grotesque, and beyond bizarre.
Planet Geography
Author: Stephen Codrington
Publisher: Solid Star Press
ISBN: 0957981937
Category : Environmental geography
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
"Geography for students of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, New South Wales Higher School Certificate, and other senior secondary geography courses with a contemporary global focus" -- back cover.
Publisher: Solid Star Press
ISBN: 0957981937
Category : Environmental geography
Languages : en
Pages : 781
Book Description
"Geography for students of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, New South Wales Higher School Certificate, and other senior secondary geography courses with a contemporary global focus" -- back cover.
The Dead Zone: Ardent Redux Saga: Episode 4 (A Space Opera Adventure)
Author: J. L. Stowers
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Captured by the enemy with no hope of rescue… or is there? Dani’s gotten used to finding hope when there should be none, but can the same be said for her crew? Jag’s condition worsens and Sylvine is determined to keep him alive… at all costs. But who will save Sylvine? Osirion’s crew is in for another action-packed adventure as an unlikely hero comes to their rescue. But nothing’s as easy as it seems because there’s more to this alliance than meets the eye. Did they escape certain death or just trade one problem for another? When all is said and done, Dani and her crew find themselves in the last place they expected and Dani herself is forced to face an unbelievable truth. Find out what challenges await Osiron’s crew as they try to escape The Dead Zone.
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
Captured by the enemy with no hope of rescue… or is there? Dani’s gotten used to finding hope when there should be none, but can the same be said for her crew? Jag’s condition worsens and Sylvine is determined to keep him alive… at all costs. But who will save Sylvine? Osirion’s crew is in for another action-packed adventure as an unlikely hero comes to their rescue. But nothing’s as easy as it seems because there’s more to this alliance than meets the eye. Did they escape certain death or just trade one problem for another? When all is said and done, Dani and her crew find themselves in the last place they expected and Dani herself is forced to face an unbelievable truth. Find out what challenges await Osiron’s crew as they try to escape The Dead Zone.
Devotion
Author: Dani Shapiro
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061628344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In her midforties and settled into the responsibilities and routines of adulthood, Dani Shapiro found herself with more questions than answers. Was this all life was—a hodgepodge of errands, dinner dates, e-mails, meetings, to-do lists? What did it all mean? Having grown up in a deeply religious and traditional family, Shapiro had no personal sense of faith, despite repeated attempts to create a connection to something greater. Feeling as if she was plunging headlong into what Carl Jung termed "the afternoon of life," she wrestled with self-doubt and a searing disquietude that would awaken her in the middle of the night. Set adrift by loss—her father's early death; the life-threatening illness of her infant son; her troubled relationship with her mother—she had become edgy and uncertain. At the heart of this anxiety, she realized, was a challenge: What did she believe? Spurred on by the big questions her young son began to raise, Shapiro embarked upon a surprisingly joyful quest to find meaning in a constantly changing world. The result is Devotion: a literary excavation to the core of a life. In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued—from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home. Her journey is at once poignant and funny, intensely personal—and completely universal.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061628344
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
In her midforties and settled into the responsibilities and routines of adulthood, Dani Shapiro found herself with more questions than answers. Was this all life was—a hodgepodge of errands, dinner dates, e-mails, meetings, to-do lists? What did it all mean? Having grown up in a deeply religious and traditional family, Shapiro had no personal sense of faith, despite repeated attempts to create a connection to something greater. Feeling as if she was plunging headlong into what Carl Jung termed "the afternoon of life," she wrestled with self-doubt and a searing disquietude that would awaken her in the middle of the night. Set adrift by loss—her father's early death; the life-threatening illness of her infant son; her troubled relationship with her mother—she had become edgy and uncertain. At the heart of this anxiety, she realized, was a challenge: What did she believe? Spurred on by the big questions her young son began to raise, Shapiro embarked upon a surprisingly joyful quest to find meaning in a constantly changing world. The result is Devotion: a literary excavation to the core of a life. In this spiritual detective story, Shapiro explores the varieties of experience she has pursued—from the rituals of her black hat Orthodox Jewish relatives to yoga shalas and meditation retreats. A reckoning of the choices she has made and the knowledge she has gained, Devotion is the story of a woman whose search for meaning ultimately leads her home. Her journey is at once poignant and funny, intensely personal—and completely universal.
Gaming with Attitudes
Author: John Clark
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3746066255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Novel from Berlin With her ex-husband bankrupt and her drug designer Father making forays into the world of online gaming, Caro(-lina) contacts Berlin investigator Dani(-ela) to work out what the hell is going on, though when Maria from Miami comes to town, it really isn't clear who is going to prevail....... A Thriller that's an entertaining satire about contemporary Berlin, linking chacter and plot with the new technologies of a networked society.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3746066255
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Novel from Berlin With her ex-husband bankrupt and her drug designer Father making forays into the world of online gaming, Caro(-lina) contacts Berlin investigator Dani(-ela) to work out what the hell is going on, though when Maria from Miami comes to town, it really isn't clear who is going to prevail....... A Thriller that's an entertaining satire about contemporary Berlin, linking chacter and plot with the new technologies of a networked society.
The Lost Legends of New Jersey
Author: Frederick Reiken
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544149963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In Reiken’s “affectionate but tough-minded second novel, he captures the poetry of the New Jersey condition, circa 1980, with a rare precision” (The New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Romeo and Juliet in northern New Jersey? Yiddish constellations in Asbury Park? A garbage dump in the Meadowlands that’s filled with old musical instruments from a high school marching band? Love and sex, hockey and snorkeling, a family that is falling apart despite the best intentions—this is what Frederick Reiken has delivered in his brilliant second novel. But the real subject is true love, the one and only—known in Yiddish as b’shert. Anthony Rubin, the young protagonist, isn’t sure whether he’s found it with his neighbor, Juliette, daughter of a reputed Mafioso. His mother, who quits the family after her husband’s affair with a neighbor, doesn’t believe in true love at all. But his father does, and so does Anthony’s grandpa, who meets the love of his life at 78. Reiken is known for creating characters you feel you’ve known all your life, for mapping landscapes with profound intimacy and wonder. In The Lost Legends of New Jersey, he “reminds us that when good literature comes along, it feels, like true love itself, as if something legendary is occurring” (The Washington Post). “A beautifully told story of bad choices, good intentions, and the price of intimacy.” —Chicago Tribune “Reiken has created a rich, seductive mythology out of the ordinary places and people of the Garden State.” —Los Angeles Times
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0544149963
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
In Reiken’s “affectionate but tough-minded second novel, he captures the poetry of the New Jersey condition, circa 1980, with a rare precision” (The New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year Romeo and Juliet in northern New Jersey? Yiddish constellations in Asbury Park? A garbage dump in the Meadowlands that’s filled with old musical instruments from a high school marching band? Love and sex, hockey and snorkeling, a family that is falling apart despite the best intentions—this is what Frederick Reiken has delivered in his brilliant second novel. But the real subject is true love, the one and only—known in Yiddish as b’shert. Anthony Rubin, the young protagonist, isn’t sure whether he’s found it with his neighbor, Juliette, daughter of a reputed Mafioso. His mother, who quits the family after her husband’s affair with a neighbor, doesn’t believe in true love at all. But his father does, and so does Anthony’s grandpa, who meets the love of his life at 78. Reiken is known for creating characters you feel you’ve known all your life, for mapping landscapes with profound intimacy and wonder. In The Lost Legends of New Jersey, he “reminds us that when good literature comes along, it feels, like true love itself, as if something legendary is occurring” (The Washington Post). “A beautifully told story of bad choices, good intentions, and the price of intimacy.” —Chicago Tribune “Reiken has created a rich, seductive mythology out of the ordinary places and people of the Garden State.” —Los Angeles Times
The Ten Lost Tribes
Author: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199324530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In The Ten Lost Tribes, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite shows for the first time the extent to which the search for the lost tribes of Israel became, over two millennia, an engine for global exploration and a key mechanism for understanding the world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199324530
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
In The Ten Lost Tribes, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite shows for the first time the extent to which the search for the lost tribes of Israel became, over two millennia, an engine for global exploration and a key mechanism for understanding the world.
Vengeance Lost: Ardent Redux Saga: Episode 1 (A Space Opera Adventure)
Author: J. L. Stowers
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
When a star blows up, someone's going to pay. Humanity has been fighting the alien threat for decades, and the war just ratcheted up a notch. Sent to aid a dreadnaught under siege, Dani Devereaux and the crew of Alaska's Vengeance find themselves caught in a trap. A trap that brings a new ultimate weapon to the battlefield, destroying an entire star system. Narrowly escaping, she returns home to find victory parades turned into lines of questioning reporters all wanting to learn the details of her failure. But endings can create new beginnings, and when Dani hits rock bottom, she finds a way to regain her pride—and though not her honor, at least she'll have her vengeance.
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 79
Book Description
When a star blows up, someone's going to pay. Humanity has been fighting the alien threat for decades, and the war just ratcheted up a notch. Sent to aid a dreadnaught under siege, Dani Devereaux and the crew of Alaska's Vengeance find themselves caught in a trap. A trap that brings a new ultimate weapon to the battlefield, destroying an entire star system. Narrowly escaping, she returns home to find victory parades turned into lines of questioning reporters all wanting to learn the details of her failure. But endings can create new beginnings, and when Dani hits rock bottom, she finds a way to regain her pride—and though not her honor, at least she'll have her vengeance.
Uncharted Territory: Ardent Redux Saga: Episode 3 (A Space Opera Adventure)
Author: J. L. Stowers
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
If it’s not one thing, it’s another… or another… or another. The hits just keep coming as Captain Dani Devereaux and the rest of Osirion’s crew take being lost in space to a whole new level. Once again, Dani is faced with a tough decision and little time to weigh her limited options. Doing what she believes is best for her crew is her motto but her choice takes them into an unexplored star system with challenges of its own. How will Dani and her crew survive the unknown, and more importantly, how will they get home? Find out what dangers await for the crew of Osirion in Uncharted Territory!
Publisher: Sixth Moon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
If it’s not one thing, it’s another… or another… or another. The hits just keep coming as Captain Dani Devereaux and the rest of Osirion’s crew take being lost in space to a whole new level. Once again, Dani is faced with a tough decision and little time to weigh her limited options. Doing what she believes is best for her crew is her motto but her choice takes them into an unexplored star system with challenges of its own. How will Dani and her crew survive the unknown, and more importantly, how will they get home? Find out what dangers await for the crew of Osirion in Uncharted Territory!
Food Stars
Author: Ellen Mahoney
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 164160588X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Food is a great unifying force on Earth. Not only do humans need food to survive, it also gives structure to our days, offers dining and recreational opportunities, provides employment, and speaks to important societal issues such as food security, hunger, and nutrition. Women and food make a dynamic duo. These 15 hardworking, innovative, and accomplished women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts to eat in space, operating a 20-acre farm, hosting a food podcast, or fighting for food rights. Women have always been instrumental in providing nourishment for their families and communities, and they are often at the forefront of this ever-changing global industry. These 15 women are stellar in their food industry roles as farmers, chefs, food activists, food storytellers, and food scientists.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 164160588X
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Food is a great unifying force on Earth. Not only do humans need food to survive, it also gives structure to our days, offers dining and recreational opportunities, provides employment, and speaks to important societal issues such as food security, hunger, and nutrition. Women and food make a dynamic duo. These 15 hardworking, innovative, and accomplished women have made great strides in the field of food, whether it's coming up with meals for astronauts to eat in space, operating a 20-acre farm, hosting a food podcast, or fighting for food rights. Women have always been instrumental in providing nourishment for their families and communities, and they are often at the forefront of this ever-changing global industry. These 15 women are stellar in their food industry roles as farmers, chefs, food activists, food storytellers, and food scientists.