Author: Robert Dutson
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Zach Westerman knows a lot about running a tuna boat. He was a success on Wall Street too, until the bottle destroyed his faith and a seventeen-year career. What he needs to know now is how to survive the storm from hell with a crew of hungover misfits. Whether Zach's boat makes port or not, soul mate Sondra Garcia is already making plans of her own. When her brother sends a cryptic note about a Central American revolution she flees the country without a word. Zach's world is shattered, but the coup d'etat has a stronger hold on Sondra than his love ever did. When a former friend arranges for him to sleep with the fishes, the last vestiges of his faith dissolve in the Atlantic. Can Zach retrieve his soul in New England's icy waters? Or will a reckless quest for gold steer him straight to Davy Jones's locker? Whichever course he takes, his sociopathic friend stalks him every step of the way. If he's lucky the search will restore Zach's once unshakable faith, the most precious gift of all. If not, his final voyage will destroy that and everything else that matters.
Wrapped Like Gold
Author: Robert Dutson
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Zach Westerman knows a lot about running a tuna boat. He was a success on Wall Street too, until the bottle destroyed his faith and a seventeen-year career. What he needs to know now is how to survive the storm from hell with a crew of hungover misfits. Whether Zach's boat makes port or not, soul mate Sondra Garcia is already making plans of her own. When her brother sends a cryptic note about a Central American revolution she flees the country without a word. Zach's world is shattered, but the coup d'etat has a stronger hold on Sondra than his love ever did. When a former friend arranges for him to sleep with the fishes, the last vestiges of his faith dissolve in the Atlantic. Can Zach retrieve his soul in New England's icy waters? Or will a reckless quest for gold steer him straight to Davy Jones's locker? Whichever course he takes, his sociopathic friend stalks him every step of the way. If he's lucky the search will restore Zach's once unshakable faith, the most precious gift of all. If not, his final voyage will destroy that and everything else that matters.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Zach Westerman knows a lot about running a tuna boat. He was a success on Wall Street too, until the bottle destroyed his faith and a seventeen-year career. What he needs to know now is how to survive the storm from hell with a crew of hungover misfits. Whether Zach's boat makes port or not, soul mate Sondra Garcia is already making plans of her own. When her brother sends a cryptic note about a Central American revolution she flees the country without a word. Zach's world is shattered, but the coup d'etat has a stronger hold on Sondra than his love ever did. When a former friend arranges for him to sleep with the fishes, the last vestiges of his faith dissolve in the Atlantic. Can Zach retrieve his soul in New England's icy waters? Or will a reckless quest for gold steer him straight to Davy Jones's locker? Whichever course he takes, his sociopathic friend stalks him every step of the way. If he's lucky the search will restore Zach's once unshakable faith, the most precious gift of all. If not, his final voyage will destroy that and everything else that matters.
Seek Her Like Gold
Author: Caitlyn Callery
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509258388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
On the trail of gold for the government, Freddy Finch surreptitiously searches the area around Rotherton. He is distracted by the widowed Eliza Rawlins, who seems to be searching for something herself. Could she be after the gold, too? Spinster Eliza's niece has been stolen. She must find her before she is taken abroad and lost forever. Posing as a widow to make searching easier, she cannot allow her growing feelings for Freddy to get in her way.
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
ISBN: 1509258388
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
On the trail of gold for the government, Freddy Finch surreptitiously searches the area around Rotherton. He is distracted by the widowed Eliza Rawlins, who seems to be searching for something herself. Could she be after the gold, too? Spinster Eliza's niece has been stolen. She must find her before she is taken abroad and lost forever. Posing as a widow to make searching easier, she cannot allow her growing feelings for Freddy to get in her way.
Richard Brown's Replica Watch Report
Author: Richard Brown
Publisher: ChronoSafe Media
ISBN: 1411614542
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A resource for identifying fake, replica, or countefeit watches. Detailed descriptions and over 500 color photographs are provided to aid in spotting replica watches. This book provides the tools to inform people how to spot fraud on sites such as eBay, and allow them to purchase watches safely online.
Publisher: ChronoSafe Media
ISBN: 1411614542
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
A resource for identifying fake, replica, or countefeit watches. Detailed descriptions and over 500 color photographs are provided to aid in spotting replica watches. This book provides the tools to inform people how to spot fraud on sites such as eBay, and allow them to purchase watches safely online.
Peanut Goes for the Gold
Author: Jonathan Van Ness
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062979256
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix’s hit show Queer Eye, brings his signature humor and positivity to his empowering first picture book, inspiring readers of all ages to love being exactly who they are. Peanut Goes for the Gold is a charming, funny, and heartfelt picture book that follows the adventures of Peanut, a gender nonbinary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal flare. Peanut just has their own unique way of doing things. Whether it’s cartwheeling during basketball practice or cutting their own hair, this little guinea pig puts their own special twist on life. So when Peanut decides to be a rhythmic gymnast, they come up with a routine that they know is absolutely perfect, because it is absolutely, one hundred percent Peanut. This upbeat and hilarious picture book, inspired by Jonathan’s own childhood guinea pig, encourages children to not just be themselves—but to boldly and unapologetically love being themselves. Jonathan Van Ness brings his signature message of warmth, positivity, and self-love to this boldly original picture book that celebrates the joys of being true to yourself and the magic that comes from following your dreams.
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062979256
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Jonathan Van Ness, the star of Netflix’s hit show Queer Eye, brings his signature humor and positivity to his empowering first picture book, inspiring readers of all ages to love being exactly who they are. Peanut Goes for the Gold is a charming, funny, and heartfelt picture book that follows the adventures of Peanut, a gender nonbinary guinea pig who does everything with their own personal flare. Peanut just has their own unique way of doing things. Whether it’s cartwheeling during basketball practice or cutting their own hair, this little guinea pig puts their own special twist on life. So when Peanut decides to be a rhythmic gymnast, they come up with a routine that they know is absolutely perfect, because it is absolutely, one hundred percent Peanut. This upbeat and hilarious picture book, inspired by Jonathan’s own childhood guinea pig, encourages children to not just be themselves—but to boldly and unapologetically love being themselves. Jonathan Van Ness brings his signature message of warmth, positivity, and self-love to this boldly original picture book that celebrates the joys of being true to yourself and the magic that comes from following your dreams.
Coming Out Swiss
Author: Anne Herrmann
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299298434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Anne Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers in Coming Out Swiss a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. “Swissness”—even on its native soil a loose confederacy, divided by multiple languages, nationalities, religion, and alpen geography—becomes in the diaspora both nowhere (except in the minds of immigrants and their children) and everywhere, reflected in pervasive clichés. In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clichés (chocolate, secret bank accounts, Heidi, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, Swiss Family Robinson) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise (the “invention” of the Alps, the English Colony in Davos, Switzerland’s role during World War II, women students at the University of Zurich in the 1870s). She ponders, as well, marks of Swissness that have lost their identity in the diaspora (Sutter Home, Helvetica, Dadaism) and the enduring Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. Coming Out Swiss will appeal not just to the Swiss diaspora but also to those drawn to multi-genre writing that blurs boundaries between the personal and the historical.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299298434
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Anne Herrmann, a dual citizen born in New York to Swiss parents, offers in Coming Out Swiss a witty, profound, and ultimately universal exploration of identity and community. “Swissness”—even on its native soil a loose confederacy, divided by multiple languages, nationalities, religion, and alpen geography—becomes in the diaspora both nowhere (except in the minds of immigrants and their children) and everywhere, reflected in pervasive clichés. In a work that is part memoir, part history and travelogue, Herrmann explores all our Swiss clichés (chocolate, secret bank accounts, Heidi, Nazi gold, neutrality, mountains, Swiss Family Robinson) and also scrutinizes topics that may surprise (the “invention” of the Alps, the English Colony in Davos, Switzerland’s role during World War II, women students at the University of Zurich in the 1870s). She ponders, as well, marks of Swissness that have lost their identity in the diaspora (Sutter Home, Helvetica, Dadaism) and the enduring Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. Coming Out Swiss will appeal not just to the Swiss diaspora but also to those drawn to multi-genre writing that blurs boundaries between the personal and the historical.
Gold
Author: Matthew Hart
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650116
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Diamond: A blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold that “combines the engaging style of a travel narrative with sharp-eyed journalistic exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold skyrocketed—in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike drove an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the gold rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed author Matthew Hart takes you on an unforgettable journey around the world and through history to tell the extraordinary story of how gold became the world’s most precious commodity. Beginning with a page-turning report from the crime-ridden inferno of the world’s deepest mine, Hart traveled around the world to the sites of the hottest action in gold today, from the biggest new mine in China, to the highly secretive London gold exchange, and the lair of the world’s most powerful gold trader in Geneva, Switzerland. He profiles the leaders of the gold market today, the nature of the current boom, and the likely prospects for the future. From the earliest civilizations, when gold was an icon of sacred and kingly power, Hart tracks its evolution, through conquest, murder, and international mayhem, into the speculative casino-chip that the metal has become. He ends by telling the story of the massive flows of gold that have occurred in the wake of the financial crisis and what the world’s leading experts are saying about the profound changes underway in the gold market and the prospects for the future. “Compelling, stylish, and impressively researched” (The Boston Globe), Gold is a wonderful historical odyssey with important implications for today’s global economy.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451650116
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the award-winning author of Diamond: A blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold that “combines the engaging style of a travel narrative with sharp-eyed journalistic exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold skyrocketed—in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike drove an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the gold rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed author Matthew Hart takes you on an unforgettable journey around the world and through history to tell the extraordinary story of how gold became the world’s most precious commodity. Beginning with a page-turning report from the crime-ridden inferno of the world’s deepest mine, Hart traveled around the world to the sites of the hottest action in gold today, from the biggest new mine in China, to the highly secretive London gold exchange, and the lair of the world’s most powerful gold trader in Geneva, Switzerland. He profiles the leaders of the gold market today, the nature of the current boom, and the likely prospects for the future. From the earliest civilizations, when gold was an icon of sacred and kingly power, Hart tracks its evolution, through conquest, murder, and international mayhem, into the speculative casino-chip that the metal has become. He ends by telling the story of the massive flows of gold that have occurred in the wake of the financial crisis and what the world’s leading experts are saying about the profound changes underway in the gold market and the prospects for the future. “Compelling, stylish, and impressively researched” (The Boston Globe), Gold is a wonderful historical odyssey with important implications for today’s global economy.
Floating Gold
Author: Christopher Kemp
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226821056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A fascinating natural history of an incredibly curious substance. “Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product—ambergris. Despite being one of the world’s most expensive substances (its value is nearly that of gold and has at times in history been triple it), ambergris is also one of the world’s least known. But with this unusual and highly alluring book, Christopher Kemp promises to change that by uncovering the unique history of ambergris. A rare secretion produced only by sperm whales, which have a fondness for squid but an inability to digest their beaks, ambergris is expelled at sea and floats on ocean currents for years, slowly transforming, before it sometimes washes ashore looking like a nondescript waxy pebble. It can appear almost anywhere but is found so rarely, it might as well appear nowhere. Kemp’s journey begins with an encounter on a New Zealand beach with a giant lump of faux ambergris—determined after much excitement to nothing more exotic than lard—that inspires a comprehensive quest to seek out ambergris and its story. He takes us from the wild, rocky New Zealand coastline to Stewart Island, a remote, windswept island in the southern seas, to Boston and Cape Cod, and back again. Along the way, he tracks down the secretive collectors and traders who populate the clandestine modern-day ambergris trade. Floating Gold is an entertaining and lively history that covers not only these precious gray lumps and those who covet them, but presents a highly informative account of the natural history of whales, squid, ocean ecology, and even a history of the perfume industry. Kemp’s obsessive curiosity is infectious, and eager readers will feel as though they have stumbled upon a precious bounty of this intriguing substance.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226821056
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
A fascinating natural history of an incredibly curious substance. “Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product—ambergris. Despite being one of the world’s most expensive substances (its value is nearly that of gold and has at times in history been triple it), ambergris is also one of the world’s least known. But with this unusual and highly alluring book, Christopher Kemp promises to change that by uncovering the unique history of ambergris. A rare secretion produced only by sperm whales, which have a fondness for squid but an inability to digest their beaks, ambergris is expelled at sea and floats on ocean currents for years, slowly transforming, before it sometimes washes ashore looking like a nondescript waxy pebble. It can appear almost anywhere but is found so rarely, it might as well appear nowhere. Kemp’s journey begins with an encounter on a New Zealand beach with a giant lump of faux ambergris—determined after much excitement to nothing more exotic than lard—that inspires a comprehensive quest to seek out ambergris and its story. He takes us from the wild, rocky New Zealand coastline to Stewart Island, a remote, windswept island in the southern seas, to Boston and Cape Cod, and back again. Along the way, he tracks down the secretive collectors and traders who populate the clandestine modern-day ambergris trade. Floating Gold is an entertaining and lively history that covers not only these precious gray lumps and those who covet them, but presents a highly informative account of the natural history of whales, squid, ocean ecology, and even a history of the perfume industry. Kemp’s obsessive curiosity is infectious, and eager readers will feel as though they have stumbled upon a precious bounty of this intriguing substance.
LOVE LIKE GOLD
Author: Valerie Parv
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459277597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Her past was about to catch up with her! The film industry had devastated Anne Fleming's life as a child. But she had come a long way since then, leaving her past well behind. Everything was threatened with exposure, though, when film director Tom Callander arrived on the scene. He was demanding her help, and she would have to give it—grudgingly—to keep her secret safe. She certainly didn't need to like the man, but the chemistry was hard to ignore….
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1459277597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Her past was about to catch up with her! The film industry had devastated Anne Fleming's life as a child. But she had come a long way since then, leaving her past well behind. Everything was threatened with exposure, though, when film director Tom Callander arrived on the scene. He was demanding her help, and she would have to give it—grudgingly—to keep her secret safe. She certainly didn't need to like the man, but the chemistry was hard to ignore….
Summer of Deliverance
Author: Christopher Dickey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439129592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Summer of Deliverance is a powerful and moving memoir of anger, love, and reconciliation between a son and his father. Hailed as a literary genius of his generation, James Dickey created his art and lived his life with a ferocious passion. He was a heavy drinker, a destructive husband and father, a poet of grace and sensitivity, and, after the publication and subsequent film of his novel, Deliverance, a wildly popular literary star. Drawing on letters, notebooks, diaries, and his explicit conversations with his father, Christopher Dickey has crafted a superb memoir of the corrosive effects of fame, a moving remembrance of a crisis that united a family, and an inspiring celebration of love between father and son.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439129592
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Summer of Deliverance is a powerful and moving memoir of anger, love, and reconciliation between a son and his father. Hailed as a literary genius of his generation, James Dickey created his art and lived his life with a ferocious passion. He was a heavy drinker, a destructive husband and father, a poet of grace and sensitivity, and, after the publication and subsequent film of his novel, Deliverance, a wildly popular literary star. Drawing on letters, notebooks, diaries, and his explicit conversations with his father, Christopher Dickey has crafted a superb memoir of the corrosive effects of fame, a moving remembrance of a crisis that united a family, and an inspiring celebration of love between father and son.
Like Gold Refined (Prairie Legacy Book #4)
Author: Janette Oke
Publisher: Bethany House
ISBN: 1585587192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Happily settled into family life, Virginia thinks her life is on track, but soon new challenges face her in this bestselling novel.
Publisher: Bethany House
ISBN: 1585587192
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Happily settled into family life, Virginia thinks her life is on track, but soon new challenges face her in this bestselling novel.