Author: Wayne Marshall
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1925972852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it. In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a range of what-if scenarios to their fabulist and comedic extremes. Superbly inventive and powerful, these fourteen stories skewer contemporary Australian society - particularly the crises of masculinity and national identity - in insightful and yet hilarious ways, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. This astounding collection will make you rethink what it means to be Australian.
Shirl
Author: Wayne Marshall
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1925972852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it. In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a range of what-if scenarios to their fabulist and comedic extremes. Superbly inventive and powerful, these fourteen stories skewer contemporary Australian society - particularly the crises of masculinity and national identity - in insightful and yet hilarious ways, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. This astounding collection will make you rethink what it means to be Australian.
Publisher: Affirm Press
ISBN: 1925972852
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A lonely yowie emerges from the bush to attend the Desperate and Dateless Ball. Mysterious creatures descend from the sky to place a ban on footy. A shark named Bruce turns up in the local swimming pool. A fisherman enjoying a boys' weekend on the Murray River finds perspective where he least expects it. In Shirl, Wayne Marshall takes a range of what-if scenarios to their fabulist and comedic extremes. Superbly inventive and powerful, these fourteen stories skewer contemporary Australian society - particularly the crises of masculinity and national identity - in insightful and yet hilarious ways, blurring the line between fantasy and reality. This astounding collection will make you rethink what it means to be Australian.
Lonely Worlds
Author: Joseph Russell
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541259928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Felix Aiden Lewis is alone. Somehow displaced from his home reality, he is condemned to wander from world to world, always moving on, finding neither purpose nor a place to rest. Lost in the multiverse, his journey leads him to all manner of strange, wondrous and terrifying places, all the while never encountering another living soul... Until today.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781541259928
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Felix Aiden Lewis is alone. Somehow displaced from his home reality, he is condemned to wander from world to world, always moving on, finding neither purpose nor a place to rest. Lost in the multiverse, his journey leads him to all manner of strange, wondrous and terrifying places, all the while never encountering another living soul... Until today.
In Plain Sight
Author: Tom Smart
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 161374210X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This riveting inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager reveals never-before-told details of the largest investigation in Utah state history. The firsthand account of Tom Smart, Elizabeth's uncle and one-time suspect, reveals the details of the flawed police investigation, the media's manipulation of the family, and the eyewitness account of nine-year-old Mary Katherine Smart that went largely ignored by investigators. New research is presented on the family background of disturbed street preacher Brian David Mitchell, who kidnapped Elizabeth as part of a bizarre polygamous plot. Also examined is the critical role of the media, revealing the essential part played by John Walsh and others in facilitating Elizabeth's safe return, and the manipulative influence of Fox News and Bill O'Reilly. Going beyond a mere eyewitness account, the book includes information culled from interviews with more than 150 people involved in the search and investigation, notes from family meetings, and memos from law enforcement officials.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 161374210X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 405
Book Description
This riveting inside story of the intense search for the Salt Lake City teenager reveals never-before-told details of the largest investigation in Utah state history. The firsthand account of Tom Smart, Elizabeth's uncle and one-time suspect, reveals the details of the flawed police investigation, the media's manipulation of the family, and the eyewitness account of nine-year-old Mary Katherine Smart that went largely ignored by investigators. New research is presented on the family background of disturbed street preacher Brian David Mitchell, who kidnapped Elizabeth as part of a bizarre polygamous plot. Also examined is the critical role of the media, revealing the essential part played by John Walsh and others in facilitating Elizabeth's safe return, and the manipulative influence of Fox News and Bill O'Reilly. Going beyond a mere eyewitness account, the book includes information culled from interviews with more than 150 people involved in the search and investigation, notes from family meetings, and memos from law enforcement officials.
Hiamnda Dictionary
Author: Daniel M. N. McDikkoh
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478741392
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Hiam'nda: Lexicon, Dictionary and thesaurus is a document that contains over seven thousand words in first, the Jaba language or Hiam'nda - (Hiam Ham), with their definitions in both the Hausa and English languages. However, besides just comm definition of word in the Jaba language, this document attempts to also provide the grammatical aspect of and for the the Jaba language. This is the first attempt to provide a grammatical approach to writing the, ever. This edition also contains, some Bible verses, popular old but also traditional Christian (evangelical) songs translated from the old Hausa hymnal into Hiam'nda;. Furthermore, it also contains, names of some of some of the topographical (geographical) structures, like rivers, mountains or hills; common names, of people, trees, plants and animal and some short stories and or tales written in hiam Ham. While this book is not, by any stretch of the imagination, exhaustive, nevertheless, it is by far the most comprehensive document that might contain the largest number of words , idioms and idiomatic expression in the language of the Jaba people in Central Nigeria anywhere in the world!
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 1478741392
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Hiam'nda: Lexicon, Dictionary and thesaurus is a document that contains over seven thousand words in first, the Jaba language or Hiam'nda - (Hiam Ham), with their definitions in both the Hausa and English languages. However, besides just comm definition of word in the Jaba language, this document attempts to also provide the grammatical aspect of and for the the Jaba language. This is the first attempt to provide a grammatical approach to writing the, ever. This edition also contains, some Bible verses, popular old but also traditional Christian (evangelical) songs translated from the old Hausa hymnal into Hiam'nda;. Furthermore, it also contains, names of some of some of the topographical (geographical) structures, like rivers, mountains or hills; common names, of people, trees, plants and animal and some short stories and or tales written in hiam Ham. While this book is not, by any stretch of the imagination, exhaustive, nevertheless, it is by far the most comprehensive document that might contain the largest number of words , idioms and idiomatic expression in the language of the Jaba people in Central Nigeria anywhere in the world!
Fredi & Shirl & the Kids
Author: Richard M. Elman
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Paintings and Drawings by Shirl Goedike
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Western Christian Advocate
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Methodist Church
Languages : en
Pages : 1288
Book Description
Held Captive
Author: Maggie Haberman
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060580208
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Recounts the kidnapping of Salt Lake City teenager Elizabeth Smart, including details about her captivity, how she gained her freedom, and information about the police investigation.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060580208
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Recounts the kidnapping of Salt Lake City teenager Elizabeth Smart, including details about her captivity, how she gained her freedom, and information about the police investigation.
American Song: Songwriters
Author: Ken Bloom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1134
Book Description
American Song
Author: Ken Bloom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1064
Book Description