Author: Natalie Normann
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008362726
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335

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Cosy up in front of a fire and discover Christmas the Norwegian way...full of romance, cosy traditions and hygge!

Author: John Woinarski
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 1486308651
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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On the evening of 26 August 2009, the last known pipistrelle emerges from its day-time shelter on Christmas Island. Scientists, desperate about its conservation, set up a maze of netting to try to catch it. It is a forlorn and futile exercise – even if captured, there is little future in just one bat. But the bat evades the trap easily, and continues foraging. It is not recorded again that night, and not at all the next night. The bat is never again recorded. The scientists search all nearby areas over the following nights. It has gone. There are no more bats. Its corpse is not, will never be, found. It is the silent, unobtrusive death of the last individual. It is extinction. This book is about that bat, about those scientists, about that island. But mostly it is an attempt to understand that extinction; an unusual extinction, because it was predicted, witnessed and its timing is precise. A Bat's End is a compelling forensic examination of the circumstances and players surrounding the extinction of the Christmas Island pipistrelle. A must-read for environmental scientists, policy-makers, and organisations and individuals with an interest in conservation.

Author: Christine Cummins
Publisher: Arden
ISBN: 9781925984408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages :

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Dignity in a Teacup chronicles the five years Christine Cummins spent working as a torture and trauma counselor with asylum seekers detained on Christmas Island, Australia's remote Indian Ocean outpost. It provides a firsthand account of Australian immigration detention during a period of dramatic change and controversy. With exclusive access to the stories shared by hundreds of asylum seekers, Christine describes the reasons people were forced to flee their homelands. These true stories are compelling and reveal the lives of ordinary people seeking a safe new life. It's an inspiring, intimate memoir about resilience and the tenacity of love. This book fills the gap in our understanding of people pursuing protection in a conflict-ridden world.

Author: C. A. Gibson-Hill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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Author: Jenny Colgan
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 9780751572063
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Author: Sturgis B. Rand
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: Sharon Katz Cooper
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479582182
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

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When Crabs Cross the Sand follows the migration journey of one specific Christmas Island crab, subtly teaching the role of migration in the crab's life cycle while engaging readers with a story-like narrative. Includes a "fast facts" page, a glossary, and realistic, text-match illustrations that pull readers right to the water's edge.

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Category : Kiritimati (Kiribati)
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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Author: Maxinne Rhea Leighton
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593114728
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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A moving story about one family's daring journey from Poland to America and their hope for a better future in their new home. Krysia does not want to leave her home and her friend, Michi, but there are soldiers with guns on the streets and her mother says that they must go. Krysia, her two brothers, and her mother pack their favorite belongings and begin the long, harrowing journey to America. Krysia is scared but she finds courage when she thinks of her father waiting for her in America with the promise of a better tomorrow. Inspired by Maxinne Rhea Leighton's father's journey from Poland to America, this is a powerful reminder of the beacon of hope and opportunity that Ellis Island symbolized and the importance of family at Christmastime.

Author: Trevor Carmody
Publisher:
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Category : Christmas Island (Indian Ocean)
Languages : en
Pages : 17

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