Author: Dominique Wilson
Publisher: Transit Lounge
ISBN: 1925760952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Orphan Rock is a complex and richly detailed story of secrets and heartbreak that will take you from the back streets of Sydney’s slums to the wide avenues of the City of Lights. The late 1800s was a time when women were meant to know their place. But when Bessie starts to work for Louisa Lawson at The Dawn, she comes to realise there’s more to a woman’s place than servitude to a husband. Years later her daughter Kathleen flees to Paris to escape a secret she cannot accept. But World War One intervenes, exposing her to both the best and the worst of humanity. Masterful and epic, this book is both a splendid evocation of early Sydney, and a truly powerful story about how women and minorities fought against being silenced. ‘Her writing is finely crafted, her prose poetic and subtle, and a joy to read.’ — Monique Mulligan
Orphan Rock
Author: Dominique Wilson
Publisher: Transit Lounge
ISBN: 1925760952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Orphan Rock is a complex and richly detailed story of secrets and heartbreak that will take you from the back streets of Sydney’s slums to the wide avenues of the City of Lights. The late 1800s was a time when women were meant to know their place. But when Bessie starts to work for Louisa Lawson at The Dawn, she comes to realise there’s more to a woman’s place than servitude to a husband. Years later her daughter Kathleen flees to Paris to escape a secret she cannot accept. But World War One intervenes, exposing her to both the best and the worst of humanity. Masterful and epic, this book is both a splendid evocation of early Sydney, and a truly powerful story about how women and minorities fought against being silenced. ‘Her writing is finely crafted, her prose poetic and subtle, and a joy to read.’ — Monique Mulligan
Publisher: Transit Lounge
ISBN: 1925760952
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Orphan Rock is a complex and richly detailed story of secrets and heartbreak that will take you from the back streets of Sydney’s slums to the wide avenues of the City of Lights. The late 1800s was a time when women were meant to know their place. But when Bessie starts to work for Louisa Lawson at The Dawn, she comes to realise there’s more to a woman’s place than servitude to a husband. Years later her daughter Kathleen flees to Paris to escape a secret she cannot accept. But World War One intervenes, exposing her to both the best and the worst of humanity. Masterful and epic, this book is both a splendid evocation of early Sydney, and a truly powerful story about how women and minorities fought against being silenced. ‘Her writing is finely crafted, her prose poetic and subtle, and a joy to read.’ — Monique Mulligan
Carry the Rock
Author: Jay Jennings
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 168226226X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In 2007, as the fiftieth anniversary of the fight to integrate Little Rock Central High School approached, veteran sportswriter and native son of Little Rock Jay Jennings returned to his hometown to take the pulse of the city and the school. He found a compelling story in Central High's football team, where Black and white students toiled under longtime coach Bernie Cox, whose philosophy of discipline and responsibility and punishing brand of physical football had led the team to win seven state championships. Carry the Rock tells the story of the dramatic ups and downs of a high school football season and reveals a city struggling with its legacy of racial discrimination and the complex issues of contemporary segregation. In the season Jennings masterfully chronicles, Cox finds his ideas sorely tested in his attempts to unify the team, and the result is an account brimming with humor, compassion, frustration, and honesty. What Friday Night Lights did for small-town Texas, Carry the Rock does for the urban South and for any place like Little Rock where sports, race, and community intersect.
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 168226226X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In 2007, as the fiftieth anniversary of the fight to integrate Little Rock Central High School approached, veteran sportswriter and native son of Little Rock Jay Jennings returned to his hometown to take the pulse of the city and the school. He found a compelling story in Central High's football team, where Black and white students toiled under longtime coach Bernie Cox, whose philosophy of discipline and responsibility and punishing brand of physical football had led the team to win seven state championships. Carry the Rock tells the story of the dramatic ups and downs of a high school football season and reveals a city struggling with its legacy of racial discrimination and the complex issues of contemporary segregation. In the season Jennings masterfully chronicles, Cox finds his ideas sorely tested in his attempts to unify the team, and the result is an account brimming with humor, compassion, frustration, and honesty. What Friday Night Lights did for small-town Texas, Carry the Rock does for the urban South and for any place like Little Rock where sports, race, and community intersect.
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan in the Years 1857, '58, '59
Author: Laurence Oliphant
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Asiatic Pilot: Coast of China, Yalu River to Hongkong with Formosa
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 702
Book Description
H.O. Pub
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The China Sea Directory
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368824813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368824813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan
Stonebird
Author: Val Goldenbrook
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595305172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Stonebird is a historical fiction told through the eyes of a Genizaro Indian boy, who experienced the fallout of Texas' drive into New Mexico Territory from 1833 to 1841.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595305172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Stonebird is a historical fiction told through the eyes of a Genizaro Indian boy, who experienced the fallout of Texas' drive into New Mexico Territory from 1833 to 1841.
Asiatic Pilot
Author: United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pilot guides
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
Ghost River
Author: Chad Ryan
Publisher: Lost Boys Press
ISBN: 1735676934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Some places have a history so dark it stains the soil. Orphan Rock is one of them. For years, the Northamm family has served the Crooked Woman. Bound by sinister magic, they commit unspeakable acts to save themselves and the ones they love from something wicked that’s stirring beneath the dirt. Harpies in the hills. Demons in the dark. Lonely girls who command giant earthworms that tunnel between worlds… Anything goes in this twisted tale of monsters, mayhem, and revenge. A contemporary dark fantasy with elements of horror, Chad Ryan’s Ghost River is a gritty and desolate journey into the peaks and gulches of the human spirit. ADVISORY: This story is for mature readers. Ghost River explores sensitive subject matter, including graphic violence/death, disturbing imagery, misogyny, domestic abuse, child abuse, racism, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Read with caution.
Publisher: Lost Boys Press
ISBN: 1735676934
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Some places have a history so dark it stains the soil. Orphan Rock is one of them. For years, the Northamm family has served the Crooked Woman. Bound by sinister magic, they commit unspeakable acts to save themselves and the ones they love from something wicked that’s stirring beneath the dirt. Harpies in the hills. Demons in the dark. Lonely girls who command giant earthworms that tunnel between worlds… Anything goes in this twisted tale of monsters, mayhem, and revenge. A contemporary dark fantasy with elements of horror, Chad Ryan’s Ghost River is a gritty and desolate journey into the peaks and gulches of the human spirit. ADVISORY: This story is for mature readers. Ghost River explores sensitive subject matter, including graphic violence/death, disturbing imagery, misogyny, domestic abuse, child abuse, racism, kidnapping, and sexual assault. Read with caution.