Author: Ralph ConnorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Black Rock
Author: Ralph ConnorBlack Rock
Author: Peter GoinPublisher:
ISBN: 9780984101405
Category : Black Rock Desert (Nev.)
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
In a brilliant duet, a photographer and geographer explore this desert realm the size of Delaware, a desolate landscape that nonetheless teems with life-forms that have endured for millennia.
Right to Rock
Author: Maureen MahonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333173
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The original architects of rock 'n roll were black musicians, but by the 1980s, rock music produced by African Americans was no longer "authentically black." Mahon offers an in-depth account of how, since 1985, members of the Black Rock Coalition have broadened understandings of black identity and culture through rock music.
The Secret of Black Rock
Author: Joe Todd-StantonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781911171744
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest fish in the sea--the weirder, the better! And she knows the best ones must be further out, where her mum won't let her go . . . Out there in the deepest sea lies the Black Rock: a huge, dark and spiky mass that is said to destroy any boats that come near it! Can Erin uncover the truth behind this mysterious legend? Joe Todd-Stanton's first picture book,Arthur and the Golden Rope, was published by Flying Eye Books in 2016.
The Sign of the Black Rock
Author: Scott ChantlerPublisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781554534173
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Young readers (and adults, too) will feel transported by the clever, intricate plotline and superb, sweeping illustrations of this second title in the Three Thieves series. The action resumes as our three goodhearted fugitives stop at a roadside inn during a ferocious thunderstorm. Narrow escapes ensue as Grig, the scheming and selfish innkeeper, endeavors to capture the trio and secure a reward from the Queen. Tensions mount further as the Queen's Dragons arrive at the tavern, hot on the trail of the fugitives and immediately suspicious of the smarmy Grig. Will Grig get his due? Will the fugitives escape? And why hasn't Grig's gentle wife spoken a word in ten years? You can bet she's got a secret.
Black Rock
Author: Amanda SmythPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1847651496
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Celia's mother died bringing her into the world - when one soul flies in, another flies out, her aunt Tassi says. So she lives in Black Rock, Tobago, with her cousins and Tassi's second husband Roman, a man so sly he could crawl under a snake's belly on stilts. Celia thinks he's the devil, so when he does something that proves her right, she runs away to Trinidad and a new life in service.
Black Rock White City
Author: A. S. PatricPublisher: Melville House
ISBN: 1612196845
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Winner of the 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award A powerful debut novel about two refugees starting over after losing everything Jovan and Suzana have fled war-torn Sarajevo. They have lost their children, their standing as public intellectuals, and their connection to each other. Now working as cleaners in a suburb of Melbourne, they struggle to rebuild their lives under the painful hardships of immigrant life. During a hot Melbourne summer Jovan's janitorial work at a hospital is disrupted by mysterious acts of vandalism. But as the attacks become more violent and racially charged, he feels increasingly targeted, and taunted to interpret their meaning. Under tremendous pressure the couple struggle to keep their marriage together, but fear that they may never find peace from the ravages of war . . . Black Rock White City is an essential story of displacement and immediate threat—the new reality of suburban life—and the deeply personal responses of two refugees seeking redemption.
The Harvard Black Rock Forest
Author: George W. S. TrowPublisher: Sightline Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
"Originally published in the June 11, 1984, New Yorker, this lengthy essay is a sharp-edged inquiry into the generational institutions of our national life. George Trow tells the story of upstate New York's Black Rock Forest - a 3,800-acre site overlooking the Hudson River - through the lives of the men who were connected to it and through the larger histories of Harvard University, U.S. conservation policies, and physics and biology. His story is ultimately a symbolic tale that bears upon some of the most significant institutions, professions, and legacies in contemporary American life"--Book jacket.
Blackrock
Author: Nicholas EnrightPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The film Blackrock tells the story of the suburb of an Australian industrial coastal city where surfing is a way of life, especially for 17-year-old Jared. This book contains the full screenplay, stills from the film, and introductions from the film's writer and director.
Black Rock City, NV
Author: Real Paper BooksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780983742807
Category : Buildings, Temporary
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
How to survive in style (or not) in the American desert.What kind of habitat will you choose to participate for a week in the unique experiment of Black Rock City, home of the Burning Man?