Author: Andrea Eames
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409041174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Elise loves the farm that is her home. There is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda and her days are spent listening to stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl growing up in Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. However, this dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older, her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult life, both through the arrival of her step-father, and through her growing understanding of the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As the privileged existence of the white farmers begins to crumble into anarchy and farm invasions begin, Elise is forced to confront difficult choices and the ancient unforgiving ghosts of the past.
The Cry of the Go-Away Bird
Author: Andrea Eames
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409041174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Elise loves the farm that is her home. There is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda and her days are spent listening to stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl growing up in Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. However, this dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older, her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult life, both through the arrival of her step-father, and through her growing understanding of the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As the privileged existence of the white farmers begins to crumble into anarchy and farm invasions begin, Elise is forced to confront difficult choices and the ancient unforgiving ghosts of the past.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409041174
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Elise loves the farm that is her home. There is always tea in the silver teapot, gin and tonics are served on the veranda and her days are spent listening to stories of spirits and charms told by her nanny, Beauty. As a young white girl growing up in Zimbabwe, her life is idyllic. However, this dream-world of her childhood cannot last. As Elise gets older, her eyes are opened to the complexities of adult life, both through the arrival of her step-father, and through her growing understanding of the tensions in Zimbabwean society. As the privileged existence of the white farmers begins to crumble into anarchy and farm invasions begin, Elise is forced to confront difficult choices and the ancient unforgiving ghosts of the past.
The Go-away-bird
Author: Geraldine Paine
Publisher: Lapwing Publications
ISBN: 1905425929
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Publisher: Lapwing Publications
ISBN: 1905425929
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The Hunter and the Go-away Bird
Author: Stephen J. Smith
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This title is not an autobiography in the strict sense of the word, for Stephen Smith has related only that part of his career which concerns his hunting experiences over a period of nearly forty years.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
This title is not an autobiography in the strict sense of the word, for Stephen Smith has related only that part of his career which concerns his hunting experiences over a period of nearly forty years.
Cosmopolitan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
How to Know the Birds
Author: Ted Floyd
Publisher:
ISBN: 1426220030
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1426220030
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
"In this elegant narrative, celebrated naturalist Ted Floyd guides you through a year of becoming a better birder. Choosing 200 top avian species to teach key lessons, Floyd introduces a new, holistic approach to bird watching and shows how to use the tools of the 21st century to appreciate the natural world we inhabit together whether city, country or suburbs." -- From book jacket.
Cry of the Benu Bird
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395735732
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tells how Nun, "a sleeping ocean of deep water surrounded on all sides by Chaos, " brings forth first Benu, a magnificent glowing bird, and then Atum, Shu, Tefnut, and the rest of creation.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 9780395735732
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tells how Nun, "a sleeping ocean of deep water surrounded on all sides by Chaos, " brings forth first Benu, a magnificent glowing bird, and then Atum, Shu, Tefnut, and the rest of creation.
We Three Kings
Author: John Pontius
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
ISBN: 1462109616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
When the signs of the Savior’s birth appear, Nephi witnesses another miracle—the Liahona starts working again after 600 years of being idle! Determined to find and worship the King of kings, Nephi takes his brother Timothy and skeptic Cephus on a journey across the ocean that ultimately changes their lives—and the course of history—as they become the legendary Three Wise Men.
Publisher: Cedar Fort Publishing & Media
ISBN: 1462109616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
When the signs of the Savior’s birth appear, Nephi witnesses another miracle—the Liahona starts working again after 600 years of being idle! Determined to find and worship the King of kings, Nephi takes his brother Timothy and skeptic Cephus on a journey across the ocean that ultimately changes their lives—and the course of history—as they become the legendary Three Wise Men.
The Cosmopolitan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography
Author: Muriel Spark
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811219135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Muriel Spark’s bracingly salty memoir is a no-holds-barred trip through an extraordinary writer’s life. It is no surprise that one of Muriel Spark’s most lively and entertaining works would be her own memoir, Curriculum Vitae. Born to a Scottish Jewish father and an English Presbyterian mother, Spark describes her childhood in 1930s Edinburgh in brief, dazzling anecdotes. In one she recalls a cherished schoolteacher, Christina Kay, who would later be used as the prototype for Miss Jean Brodie. Spark boldly details her disastrous first marriage to Sydney Oswald Spark (S.O.S.) — himself thirty-two, she just nineteen — whom she followed to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and left behind to return to England. In the midst of WWII, Spark took a bizarre position working in the disinformation campaign of the British Secret Service, eliciting information from German POWs to combat Nazi propaganda. She later moved to the Poetry Society of London, where she mingled with literati and other intellectuals, befriended by some (such as Graham Greene, an early supporter of her work) and sparring with others. We experience Spark’s joy with the publication of her first novel, The Comforters, her trials with other writers’ envy, and her emergence as the most brilliant femme fatale of 20th-century English literature.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811219135
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Muriel Spark’s bracingly salty memoir is a no-holds-barred trip through an extraordinary writer’s life. It is no surprise that one of Muriel Spark’s most lively and entertaining works would be her own memoir, Curriculum Vitae. Born to a Scottish Jewish father and an English Presbyterian mother, Spark describes her childhood in 1930s Edinburgh in brief, dazzling anecdotes. In one she recalls a cherished schoolteacher, Christina Kay, who would later be used as the prototype for Miss Jean Brodie. Spark boldly details her disastrous first marriage to Sydney Oswald Spark (S.O.S.) — himself thirty-two, she just nineteen — whom she followed to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and left behind to return to England. In the midst of WWII, Spark took a bizarre position working in the disinformation campaign of the British Secret Service, eliciting information from German POWs to combat Nazi propaganda. She later moved to the Poetry Society of London, where she mingled with literati and other intellectuals, befriended by some (such as Graham Greene, an early supporter of her work) and sparring with others. We experience Spark’s joy with the publication of her first novel, The Comforters, her trials with other writers’ envy, and her emergence as the most brilliant femme fatale of 20th-century English literature.
Bird Songs
Author: Les Beletsky
Publisher: becker&mayer! Books
ISBN: 0760363269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In Bird Songs, ornithologist Les Beletsky profiles 250 birds alongside colorful illustrations, and includes a digital audio player that provides the corresponding song for each of the 250 birds. Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds—including the rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker—in a stunning format. Renowned ornithologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song.
Publisher: becker&mayer! Books
ISBN: 0760363269
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In Bird Songs, ornithologist Les Beletsky profiles 250 birds alongside colorful illustrations, and includes a digital audio player that provides the corresponding song for each of the 250 birds. Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds—including the rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker—in a stunning format. Renowned ornithologist Les Beletsky provides a succinct description of each of the 250 birds profiled, with an emphasis on their distinctive songs. Lavish full-color illustrations accompany each account, while a sleek, built-in digital audio player holds 250 corresponding songs and calls. In his foreword, North American bird expert and distinguished natural historian Jon L. Dunn shares insights gained from a lifetime of passionate study. Complete with the most up-to-date and scientifically accurate information, Bird Songs is the first book to capture the enchantment of these beautiful birds in words, pictures, and song.