Author: P. M. Hubbard
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471900789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Steve and Helen Anderson move from their London flat into an isolated old house near the Lod River. Both are strangely drawn to the river, though stories circulate about its dangerously weak banks and powerful undertow. Helen is also drawn to neighbor Matthew Summers, the forbidding village squire and Casanova. They have moved from urbanity and movement to a silent and brooding landscape dominated by the almost invisible river that runs through it. It is this change that provides the catalyst to an inherently unstable relationship, and a final catastrophe ... 'He has the ability to achieve a mounting kind of tension that rivets the reader' New York Times Book Review
The Quiet River
Author: P. M. Hubbard
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471900789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Steve and Helen Anderson move from their London flat into an isolated old house near the Lod River. Both are strangely drawn to the river, though stories circulate about its dangerously weak banks and powerful undertow. Helen is also drawn to neighbor Matthew Summers, the forbidding village squire and Casanova. They have moved from urbanity and movement to a silent and brooding landscape dominated by the almost invisible river that runs through it. It is this change that provides the catalyst to an inherently unstable relationship, and a final catastrophe ... 'He has the ability to achieve a mounting kind of tension that rivets the reader' New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Murder Room
ISBN: 1471900789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Steve and Helen Anderson move from their London flat into an isolated old house near the Lod River. Both are strangely drawn to the river, though stories circulate about its dangerously weak banks and powerful undertow. Helen is also drawn to neighbor Matthew Summers, the forbidding village squire and Casanova. They have moved from urbanity and movement to a silent and brooding landscape dominated by the almost invisible river that runs through it. It is this change that provides the catalyst to an inherently unstable relationship, and a final catastrophe ... 'He has the ability to achieve a mounting kind of tension that rivets the reader' New York Times Book Review
The Quiet River
Author: P. M. Hubbard
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1471900789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Steve and Helen Anderson move from their London flat into an isolated old house near the Lod River. Both are strangely drawn to the river, though stories circulate about its dangerously weak banks and powerful undertow. Helen is also drawn to neighbor Matthew Summers, the forbidding village squire and Casanova. They have moved from urbanity and movement to a silent and brooding landscape dominated by the almost invisible river that runs through it. It is this change that provides the catalyst to an inherently unstable relationship, and a final catastrophe ... 'He has the ability to achieve a mounting kind of tension that rivets the reader' New York Times Book Review
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1471900789
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
Steve and Helen Anderson move from their London flat into an isolated old house near the Lod River. Both are strangely drawn to the river, though stories circulate about its dangerously weak banks and powerful undertow. Helen is also drawn to neighbor Matthew Summers, the forbidding village squire and Casanova. They have moved from urbanity and movement to a silent and brooding landscape dominated by the almost invisible river that runs through it. It is this change that provides the catalyst to an inherently unstable relationship, and a final catastrophe ... 'He has the ability to achieve a mounting kind of tension that rivets the reader' New York Times Book Review
Where the River Takes You
Author: Sophie Sinclair
Publisher: Sophie Sinclair
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Perfectionist event planner Blakely Mayfield screws up when a food poisoning debacle puts her career on the line. Battling bad press and her business partner’s “suggestion” to take a sabbatical, Blakely doesn’t think twice when her best friend offers up her mountain retreat in idyllic Greyson Gap, NC. Armed with the task of stepping out of her comfort zone by her therapist, Blakely quickly realizes that fresh mountain air, roommate chore charts, and Tucker Greyson, the annoyingly handsome housemate she didn’t bargain for, might not fix her broken ego. Finding herself stuck in between a surreal episode of The Bachelor run by the Greyson Gap Golden Girls brigade, and her hunky housemate wanting to be friends with benefits, Blakely discovers she kind of likes the simpler life—going camping, catching fish, wearing hiking boots, and, perhaps, falling in love. Ex- baseball star, Tucker Greyson, prefers to be alone in the small mountain town where he grew up. The last thing he needs is a high-strung, clean-obsessed roommate for the summer. He hatches a plan to drive her perfectionist sensibilities into overdrive and out of his house. What he doesn’t expect is to fall for her. He tells himself to keep it simple and not let his heart get involved, but when Blakely gets called back to her old life, Tucker realizes he has more to lose than just a summer roommate.
Publisher: Sophie Sinclair
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Perfectionist event planner Blakely Mayfield screws up when a food poisoning debacle puts her career on the line. Battling bad press and her business partner’s “suggestion” to take a sabbatical, Blakely doesn’t think twice when her best friend offers up her mountain retreat in idyllic Greyson Gap, NC. Armed with the task of stepping out of her comfort zone by her therapist, Blakely quickly realizes that fresh mountain air, roommate chore charts, and Tucker Greyson, the annoyingly handsome housemate she didn’t bargain for, might not fix her broken ego. Finding herself stuck in between a surreal episode of The Bachelor run by the Greyson Gap Golden Girls brigade, and her hunky housemate wanting to be friends with benefits, Blakely discovers she kind of likes the simpler life—going camping, catching fish, wearing hiking boots, and, perhaps, falling in love. Ex- baseball star, Tucker Greyson, prefers to be alone in the small mountain town where he grew up. The last thing he needs is a high-strung, clean-obsessed roommate for the summer. He hatches a plan to drive her perfectionist sensibilities into overdrive and out of his house. What he doesn’t expect is to fall for her. He tells himself to keep it simple and not let his heart get involved, but when Blakely gets called back to her old life, Tucker realizes he has more to lose than just a summer roommate.
In Praise of Quiet Waters
Author: Lorraine M. Duvall
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939216502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
An inspiring collection of canoe journeys, packed with bits of regional history and environmental concern. As she flows through the Adirondacks, Duvall guides readers towards a fuller appreciation of water and a need for deepened advocacy; "water" evolves into a sacred entity.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781939216502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
An inspiring collection of canoe journeys, packed with bits of regional history and environmental concern. As she flows through the Adirondacks, Duvall guides readers towards a fuller appreciation of water and a need for deepened advocacy; "water" evolves into a sacred entity.
The Cabin and the River
Author: Jennifer J. Berkemeier
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456737465
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
What started as a nearly impossible dream in Cliff Hale's heart nearly seventy years ago has become a reality for generations to enjoy. A breathtaking river; a small cozy cabin; the endless Huron Forest; the unpredictable Michigan weather. Decades of memories have been compiled here to create a book of love, beauty, humor and family bonds. With the world seeming to move faster and becoming more complicated, this heartwarming memoir will take you back to a simpler time and remind us all that the best things in life are indeed free.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1456737465
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
What started as a nearly impossible dream in Cliff Hale's heart nearly seventy years ago has become a reality for generations to enjoy. A breathtaking river; a small cozy cabin; the endless Huron Forest; the unpredictable Michigan weather. Decades of memories have been compiled here to create a book of love, beauty, humor and family bonds. With the world seeming to move faster and becoming more complicated, this heartwarming memoir will take you back to a simpler time and remind us all that the best things in life are indeed free.
Crossing the River
Author: Brian Cookson
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780578393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Some of the most beautiful views of London are those from the many bridges which span the River Thames. Millions of people cross over the Thames every day but most are too concerned with reaching their destination to notice the structures they use, let alone consider their history or the risks taken in building them. Triumphs of architecture and engineering, London's bridges have inspired artists as diverse as Dickens and Monet. From the elegant Richmond Bridge to the Gothic, quintessentially British Tower Bridge, they have formed the backdrop to battles, rebellions, pageantry and mysteries for two millennia. Crossing the River tells these stories, including the assassination of a dissident with a poisoned umbrella on Waterloo Bridge; the apparent suicide of 'God's banker', an Italian financier with links to the Vatican, the Masons and the Mafia; and the Marchioness tragedy and its controversial aftermath. Featuring illustrations and photographs old and new, this book will undoubtedly increase the reader's knowledge and appreciation of the bridges and the people who built them, and thereby enhance the pleasure of seeing them, whether at leisure or stuck in a traffic jam.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1780578393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
Some of the most beautiful views of London are those from the many bridges which span the River Thames. Millions of people cross over the Thames every day but most are too concerned with reaching their destination to notice the structures they use, let alone consider their history or the risks taken in building them. Triumphs of architecture and engineering, London's bridges have inspired artists as diverse as Dickens and Monet. From the elegant Richmond Bridge to the Gothic, quintessentially British Tower Bridge, they have formed the backdrop to battles, rebellions, pageantry and mysteries for two millennia. Crossing the River tells these stories, including the assassination of a dissident with a poisoned umbrella on Waterloo Bridge; the apparent suicide of 'God's banker', an Italian financier with links to the Vatican, the Masons and the Mafia; and the Marchioness tragedy and its controversial aftermath. Featuring illustrations and photographs old and new, this book will undoubtedly increase the reader's knowledge and appreciation of the bridges and the people who built them, and thereby enhance the pleasure of seeing them, whether at leisure or stuck in a traffic jam.
Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, Resource Management Plan
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
River-Horse
Author: William Least Heat-Moon
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547523688
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
New York Times bestseller: “A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing” (Kirkus Reviews). In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth “voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat” (San Francisco Chronicle). Setting off from New York Harbor aboard the boat he named Nikawa (“river horse” in Osage), in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon, William Least Heat-Moon and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some five thousand watery miles—more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed—often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, submerged rocks, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: strangers generous with help and eccentric tales, landscapes unchanged since Sacagawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. “Fizzes with intelligence and high spirits.” —Outside “Propels the reader with historical vignettes, ecological and geological detail, and often hilarious encounters with local eccentrics.” —Time
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547523688
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 523
Book Description
New York Times bestseller: “A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing” (Kirkus Reviews). In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth “voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat” (San Francisco Chronicle). Setting off from New York Harbor aboard the boat he named Nikawa (“river horse” in Osage), in hopes of entering the Pacific near Astoria, Oregon, William Least Heat-Moon and his companion, Pilotis, struggle to cover some five thousand watery miles—more than any other cross-country river traveler has ever managed—often following in the wakes of our most famous explorers, from Henry Hudson to Lewis and Clark. En route, the voyagers confront massive floods, submerged rocks, dangerous weather, and their own doubts about whether they can complete the trip. But the hard days yield incomparable pleasures: strangers generous with help and eccentric tales, landscapes unchanged since Sacagawea saw them, riverscapes flowing with a lively past, and the growing belief that efforts to protect our lands and waters are beginning to pay off. “Fizzes with intelligence and high spirits.” —Outside “Propels the reader with historical vignettes, ecological and geological detail, and often hilarious encounters with local eccentrics.” —Time
The River Where Blood Is Born
Author: Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0307559467
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This astonishing novel takes us on a journey along the river of one family's history, carving a course across two centuries and three continents, from ancient Africa into today's America. Here, through the lives of Mother Africa's many daughters, we come to understand the real meaning of roots: the captive Proud Mary, who has been savagely punished for refusing to relinquish her child to slavery; Earlene, who witnesses her father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan; Big Momma, a modern-day matriarch who can make a woman of a girl; proud and sassy Cinnamon Brown, whose wild abandon hides a bitter loss; and smart, ambitious Alma, who is torn between the love of a man and the song of her soul. In The River Where Blood Is Born, the seen and unseen worlds are seamlessly joined--the spirit realms where the great river goddess and ancestor mothers watch over the lives of their descendants, both the living and those not yet born. Stringing beads of destiny, they work to lead one daughter back to her source. But what must Alma sacrifice to honor the River Mother's call?
Publisher: One World
ISBN: 0307559467
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
This astonishing novel takes us on a journey along the river of one family's history, carving a course across two centuries and three continents, from ancient Africa into today's America. Here, through the lives of Mother Africa's many daughters, we come to understand the real meaning of roots: the captive Proud Mary, who has been savagely punished for refusing to relinquish her child to slavery; Earlene, who witnesses her father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan; Big Momma, a modern-day matriarch who can make a woman of a girl; proud and sassy Cinnamon Brown, whose wild abandon hides a bitter loss; and smart, ambitious Alma, who is torn between the love of a man and the song of her soul. In The River Where Blood Is Born, the seen and unseen worlds are seamlessly joined--the spirit realms where the great river goddess and ancestor mothers watch over the lives of their descendants, both the living and those not yet born. Stringing beads of destiny, they work to lead one daughter back to her source. But what must Alma sacrifice to honor the River Mother's call?
The Boy, the River, and the Fish Named Zed
Author: Nadine Judith Lynch, PhD
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532002017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
This book will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in teaching children about the death of a family member, a friend, or a pet. This book will help children bounce back after losing a person or a pet whom they have bonded with and equip them with the capability to understand, process, and overcome tragedy and despair in their developing minds and emotions. This book is a valuable teaching aid that every child and adult should buy and read. There are pages included for making notes or producing drawings as you explore your feelings about your loss. Group discussions are encouraged to talk about the main character, Zed, the fish, and the life he lived which led to his outcome. He turned and started walking up the hill, hoping and wishing in the back of his head that the lonely little fi sh was not really dead. Then he stopped, and turned, and looked at the other side of the riverbank near the bend...
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532002017
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
This book will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in teaching children about the death of a family member, a friend, or a pet. This book will help children bounce back after losing a person or a pet whom they have bonded with and equip them with the capability to understand, process, and overcome tragedy and despair in their developing minds and emotions. This book is a valuable teaching aid that every child and adult should buy and read. There are pages included for making notes or producing drawings as you explore your feelings about your loss. Group discussions are encouraged to talk about the main character, Zed, the fish, and the life he lived which led to his outcome. He turned and started walking up the hill, hoping and wishing in the back of his head that the lonely little fi sh was not really dead. Then he stopped, and turned, and looked at the other side of the riverbank near the bend...