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Author: Nancy Garfield Woodbridge Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984560786 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 28
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In The Rainbird, the land is in drought. There is danger that the herds of goats may die because there is no grass to eat and no water to drink. Gideon has heard of the rainbird that lives high up at the top of a mountain in Kenya in East Africa and, if seen, could bring his tribe rain. Gideon climbs to the top of the mountain against his parents’ wishes to try to save his tribe and the animals. After he climbs the mountain trying to find the rainbird, he comes down the mountain, not sure if he has seen it. His feet are torn and bleeding from the climb, and waiting for him at the bottom of the mountain is his little brother, Peter, who helps him get home to their hut safely.
Author: Nancy Garfield Woodbridge Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1984560786 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 28
Book Description
In The Rainbird, the land is in drought. There is danger that the herds of goats may die because there is no grass to eat and no water to drink. Gideon has heard of the rainbird that lives high up at the top of a mountain in Kenya in East Africa and, if seen, could bring his tribe rain. Gideon climbs to the top of the mountain against his parents’ wishes to try to save his tribe and the animals. After he climbs the mountain trying to find the rainbird, he comes down the mountain, not sure if he has seen it. His feet are torn and bleeding from the climb, and waiting for him at the bottom of the mountain is his little brother, Peter, who helps him get home to their hut safely.
Author: Jan Brokken Publisher: Lonely Planet ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 302
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A kaleidoscope of adventures and anecdotes, THE RAINBIRD is a compelling account of Dutch travel writer Jan Brokken's journey to Gabon in Central Africa as he follows in the footsteps of famous Europeans such as Schweitzer and Stanley. Brokken's account brilliantly chronicles the encounter between Europe and Africa as it was acted out on a side-street of history.
Author: C Elliott Publisher: Constable ISBN: 1472130472 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 256
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When a gruesomely vulture-mutilated corpse is found in the Park near Thunduluka Lodge, DI Jabulani Sibanda - a hard-boiled, bush-loving, instinctive crime fighter - is on the case. With Sibanda are his sidekicks: Sergeant Ncube, an overweight, digestively challenged, severally married angler and mechanical genius, and Miss Daisy, an ancient, truculent and eccentric Land Rover that is the bane of Sibanda's life and the love of Ncube's. Sibanda and Ncube pursue the investigation in the African bush following the mysterious clues they found at the crime scene: tyre tracks, a knife inscribed with the letter 'B', and a sliver of blue metallic car paint... 'Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will love Scotty Elliott's Sibanda series . . . They have the same dry humour and warmth as the No1 Ladies' Detective Agency stories, the same palpable affection for the people and the landscape, and detectives who solve crimes more by hunch and legwork than with forensics and technology' Sunday Times (SA) 'Her plot keeps readers guessing right to the end, when the monster meets a truly satisfying fate . . . Elliott's skill as a writer lies in her ability to create and flesh out characters that are so lifelike, they thrum in your head for days after finishing her books' Business Live 'Will have you hooked' The Gremlin
Author: Marita Rainbird Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand ISBN: 9528001289 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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"The Rainbird Tales" is a fascinating journey through northern nature and seasons for people from all walks of life. In old legends the rainbird is a provider of rain for animals and plants, a generous and helpful nature spirit. Today, the bird also collects exciting stories during her travels around the world. The author wrote the fables out of love for nature and interest in human behavior. The stories tell about country animals, their dreams and fears, about their struggle for freedom, fame, love and belonging. Many of the characters of the book have their counterparts in real life. The fables spiced up with warm humor and illustrations are full of unexpected twists and turns during the animals' eventful adventures in the mysterious northern nature. Take a deep breath and dive into the colorful world of "The Rainbird Tales" where cows can fly and dogs sing tango.
Author: Patricia Shaw Publisher: Headline ISBN: 0755389611 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 367
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The golden shores of Trinity Bay might not be the paradise they dream of... Patricia Shaw's Cry of the Rain Bird is an absorbing romantic saga set in the seemingly blissful Trinity Bay, with dark twists along the way. The perfect read for fans of Fleur McDonald and Elizabeth Haran. Englishman Corby Morgan and his young wife Jessie set sail for the golden shores of Trinity Bay, dreaming of an easy life in paradise. But Providence, the sugar plantation that is to be their home, promises danger as well as prosperity. As obstinate Corby drives his Australian manager Mike Devlin to distraction learning to farm the sugar cane, Devlin becomes attracted to gentle Jessie. Jessie meanwhile becomes involved with running the plantation and befriends the Aborigines and labourers, while her coquettish sister Sylvia pursues her own selfish goals. Facing a shocking introduction to plantation life and battling racial conflict and political upheavals, the planters of Providence are unprepared when nature strikes a fearful blow... What readers are saying about Cry of the Rain Bird: 'Gripped from the very first page' 'Rich in historical detail and provides understanding and insight into the culture of the land's original inhabitants' 'A fascinating, first class read'
Author: Harriet McKnight Publisher: Black Incorporated ISBN: 9781760640668 Category : Victoria Languages : en Pages : 288
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When Arianna's personal demons start to overwhelm her and risk undoing everything, an unexpected connection changes the course of her life.
Author: R. Barton Palmer Publisher: State University of New York Press ISBN: 1438437501 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 339
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The adaptation of literary works to the screen has been the subject of increasing, and increasingly sophisticated, critical and scholarly attention in recent years, but most studies of the subject have continued to privilege literature over film by taking the literary sources as their starting point. Rather than examining the processes by which a particular author has been adapted into a diversity of films by different filmmakers, the contributors in Hitchcock at the Source consider the processes by which a varied range of literary sources have been transformed by one filmmaker into an impressive body of work. Throughout his career, Alfred Hitchcock transformed a variety of literary sources—novels, plays, short stories—into what is arguably the most coherent and distinctive (narratively, stylistically, and thematically) of all directorial oeuvres. After an introduction surveying the nature and diversity of Hitchcock's sources and locating the current volume in the context of theoretical work on adaptation, nineteen original essays range across the entirety of Hitchcock's career, from the silent period through to the 1970s. In addition to addressing the process of adaptation in particular films in terms of plot and character, the contributors also consider less obvious matters of tone, technique, and ideology; Hitchcock's manipulation of the conventions of literary and dramatic genres such as spy fiction and romantic comedy; and more general problems, such as Hitchcock's shift from plays to novels as his major sources in the course of the 1930s.
Author: Art Shimamura Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0578047675 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 147
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Ted Shearing, mild mannered professor of art history, is depressed and dismayed by his academic life. He begins to express his own feelings with explosives and blowtorch. Suddenly, Ted finds himself at the center of the art world and christened the "Anarchist of Art"! Follow Ted in this satiric romp as he questions the state of the arts.
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