Author: E. Wentz R. E. Wentz
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440175454
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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"I'm beginning to think that love for me is a bit like Quantum Mechanics, something I know to exist, but have no idea how it works." For John Hansen, love is not only a mystery but clearly out to make him miserable. A Tropical Depression is the story of, in Hansen's own words a "paunchy, quickly graying, miserable for the most part" forty-year-old 40-year-old man's search for love and understanding from two very different women. One is his terminally ill mother who favored his self-destructive older brother; the other a free spirited co-worker who is trapped by her feelings for an abusive ex-husband.
Author: Keith Douglass
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101220961
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
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More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA.
Author: Wendy Meadows
Publisher: Majestic Owl Publishing LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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Paradise hides the deadliest secrets... Patricia McKay’s latest travel assignment is a dream come true: a tropical getaway where she can soak up the sun and interview a local businesswoman who’s determined to transform the island into a world-class family vacation destination. But trouble is brewing in paradise – and when a poison dart lands Patricia’s interviewee in a body bag, her trip takes a sour turn... and everybody’s favorite amateur sleuth is plunged into a murky murder investigation that pushes her to the brink. After the island’s only boat is stolen, Patricia finds herself stranded with a quirky cast of suspects – including a strange cowboy, a crazy cook, two lovestruck natives, a dim-witted blond on the run from a bounty hunter, and a dangerous man who isn’t what he seems. With the odds stacked against her, Patricia must fight to keep her head above water as she tries to unravel a mysterious case that forces her to discard theory after theory. Can Patricia follow the killer’s tracks and emerge from the jungle victorious? Or will this disastrous vacation be the last one she ever takes? Packed with thrilling twists and turns that will challenge even the most seasoned mystery reader, Tropical Tragedy is a fun and feel-good cozy mystery novel that will delight fans of puzzling who-dun-its and amateur sleuths.
Author: Richard Eric Holttum
Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
ISBN: 9789814276504
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Gardening in the Tropicsoffers invaluable advice on how to establish a luxuriant tropical garden. This authoritative guide lists more than 500 varieties of tropical plants. In addition, it provides up-to-date information on pests, diseases and other technical subjects. This definitive book will certainly meet the needs of all gardeners in the Malayan region and in other parts of the wet tropics. Informed content from distinguished Professors on Malayan botany. A complete guide to gardening in the tropics from planning and designing a garden to soil treatment and pest control. Well organized, user-friendly one stop source for plant information and reference Invaluable photographs for selecting appropriate plants for your tropical garden. Richard Eric Holttum(1885 - 1990) became interested in plants from an early age. After his studies at the University of Cambridge, where he was awarded the University Prize in Botany, he came to the Straits Settlements and was appointed Assistant Director of the Gardens Department. He subsequently became Director of the Botanic Gardens and remained so until 1949. In that year, he was appointed Professor of Botany at the new University of Singapore, retiring in 1954. While he was in Singapore and later, when he went back to England after retirements, Professor Holttum devoted detailed study to orchids, bamboos and ferns, and wrote several authoritative treatises on them. In 1951 he was awarded the degree of Sc. D. by the University of Cambridge in recognition of his published works on Malayan botany. Ivan Enochread Botany and Agricultural Botany at the University College of Wales, Aberyswyth. In 1950 he was appointed to the Department of Botany at the University of Malaya in Singapore under Professor Holttum. In 1960 Professor Enoch took up an appointment at the Faculty of Agriculture in Kuala Lumpur teaching Agricultural Botany. For several years he was invited to act as one of the judges at the annual M.A.H.A. show and also joined the Selangor Gardening Society, of which he was a committee member for some time. He now lives in West Yokrshire and continues his work on seeds.
Author: California. State Board of Education
Publisher:
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Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Author: Marco Lambertini
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226468283
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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Beautifully illustrated throughout with color plates, photographs, and drawings, this volume is a comprehensive introduction to the natural history of the tropics worldwide. 59 color photos. 21 maps.
Author: Nikita C. Hughes 1st
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493146610
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 233
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How It All Began. She lay motionless across the bed; her legs still spread apart and hanging off, onto the floor. Her body was bruised, bleeding and racked with pain. She slowly managed to push herself backwards, off the bed and onto the floor. Down on her knees, she struggled to gather a few items scattered about, placing them in a small plastic bag. She struggles to get to her feet; her body trembling from the brutal attack. “How could you do this to me?!” she groaned in the direction of a woman standing near the corner of the room. As the injured young woman struggled to stand, she made her way towards the nervous woman. Anticipating what was about to happen, the woman shouted, “Don't you understand?!” “Don't you get it?!” “I did this for us!” “This is all for you!” As she nervously backed away, she raised the piece of paper she was clutching in her hand. The pain turned to rage as the battered woman took one mighty swing! Both women collapsed to the floor; one from the pain of a brutal rape, the other, from a right hook to the jaw. “Give me that!” she exclaimed, snatching the paper from the now semi-conscious woman's hand. After reading the contents, she ripped it up, and then tossed it in her face. “That is what this was all about?” sobbed the woman as she slid along the wall in an attempt to get back on her feet. “Don't you ever come near me again!” She cried as she wrapped a sweater around her waist, while making her way out of the front door. She welcomed the late afternoon shower from Mother Nature, as she staggered along the empty rural road. With no food, drink or money, she had no choice but to walk as best she could, while stopping to rest, from time to time. She wanted nothing more than to get as far away from that place as possible. Dizzy from the heat, loss of blood and pain of the attack, she hardly even noticed the truck as it slowed, approaching her from behind. “Excuse me miss, but could you use a ride?” inquired an elderly man in an even older, beat up and rusted pick-up truck, as he pulled up alongside of her. Frightened and a bit hesitant, she finally whispered, “thank you,” as she struggled to get in. The young woman had slowly walked for hours until her body had become numb. “This is no place for a lovely young lady, such as you, to be walking alone in the dark.” he concluded. “The dark?” she mumbled, as she paused to look about the sky. Disorientated, she had not realized the sun was setting. Huh, the sun was setting, but all she could remember was the comforting late afternoon rain; the shower that briefly, seemed to wash away the memory and the stink of her attackers, earlier on, in the day. After about a mile or so, the old man attempted to break the silence. “What's a pretty young thing like yourself doing out here all alone anyway?” However, there was no response. She just sat there with a blank look on her tired face. “Are you hungry?” “I have a couple sandwiches and some coffee in my lunch box there.” offered the old man. Again, he was met by the cold, blank stare of the injured woman. “Stop here,” she said abruptly, glaring out of the window. “Thank you for the ride, I'll just get out here.” “Ah, the old Brande Plantation; what a beautiful place it is now.” sighed the old man. “Yes, it is.” she thought, as she attempted to climb out of the truck. That is exactly why she wanted to stop. She needed a place like this to clear her mind. It seemed so peaceful. She was drawn to its serene energy; it gave her a warm feeling of safety. In her heart, she knew this was where she needed to be at that particular moment. She groaned in agonizing pain, clutching her abdominal area, as she hung onto the rusted out, door of the truck. “Miss, are you alright?” asked the old man concernedly. Again, not a word, but she did manage a half smile, as she closed the door. She fought back the pain, unaware that her sweater had
Author:
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Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 670
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Includes supplements.
Author: Francisco Arregu¡n-S nchez
Publisher: WorldFish
ISBN: 9718709622
Category : Groupers
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Author: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Science Steering Group
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 108
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"The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a satellite program now being studied jointly by the United States and Japan, would carry out the systematic study of tropical rainfall required for major strides in weather and climate research ... This report presents the scientific justification for TRMM and outlines the implementation process for the scientific community."--Preface.
