Author: Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.)
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807120095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Louis D. Rubin's first novel paints in golden light the spring and summer of a boy's thirteenth year in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1936. Rubin catches not only the passage from childhood to adolescence - and its attendant woes and triumphs - but also the streets, sounds, sights, and people of his native city in an era now past but made luminous in the language of time revisited. During the long, hot summer of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, Omar Kohn experiences his first love, builds a boat, learns how not to write poetry, and begins to see the flaws in his boyhood heroes. Along his journey to summer's end we meet vivid characters: the Marvelous Ringgold, streetcar motorist extraordinaire; Omar's mischievous best friend, Billy Cartwright; the rabbi and Omar's fellow pupils at Sabbath School; the black maid and yardman, Viola and Dominique; Dr. Horatio Chisholm, poet and extoller of local glories and pieties; and aged ex-ferryboat captain Major William Izard Frampton, C.S.A., whose wartime exploits don't quite match up with documented history. There is also Helen, from Philadelphia, in whose company Omar learns to question various assumptions about his world.
Author: Bruce Mason
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 9780864732729
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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The story of a young boy's extraordinary summer on a beach, 'The end of the golden weather' has become a part of New Zealand history, a touchstone of New Zealand experience.--
Author: Bruce Mason
Publisher: Victoria University Press
ISBN: 0864737874
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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A volume of four plays for solo performance: THE END OF THE GOLDEN WEATHER/ TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE/ NOT CHRISTMAS, BUT GUY FAWKES/ COURTING BLACKBIRD. Of his five solo pieces, only Le silence de la mer is not included here.
Author: Paul E. Lehr
Publisher: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466864893
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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This eBook is best viewed on a color device. Simply, accurately, and graphically, this Golden Guide explains: Massive movements of the atmosphere Weather instruments and how they are used The origins, development, and effects of storms How to interpret weather maps Full-color illustrations and up-to-date facts help you understand the fascinating phenomena of weather, and how changes are predicted.
Author: Dennis R. Shealy
Publisher: Golden Books
ISBN: 0593123247
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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This nonfiction Little Golden Book is about a common preschool subject--the weather! It's always perfect weather for reading! This nonfiction Little Golden Book introduces preschoolers to more than just rain, wind, and snow. Through engaging artwork and text, they'll learn about how the sun's energy causes daily weather conditions. They'll also learn about the four yearly seasons, how clouds are formed, what a meteorologist is, and so much more. It's a great "first book" to inspire young minds!
Author: Jack Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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There are more writers and poets to the hectare on the North Shore - and always have been - than in any other part of New Zealand.' Michael King This collection celebrates the past and the present. Famous names, and others not so well-known, make 'The Shore', that fabled Auckland region, a living, integral character in stories and poems. For dipping into and for savouring Golden Weather presents a roll call of writers from the Shore including many of New Zealand's best-known writers. Including James K Baxter, Allen Curnow, Maurice Duggan, ARD Fairburn, Janet Frame, Mauurice Gee, Sam Hunt, Robin Hyde, Kevin Ireland, Michael King, Bruce Mason, RAK Mason, Frank Sargeson, Keith Sinclair, CK Stead, Hone Tuwhare ... and many more.
Author: Ian Conrich
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814330173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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The most thorough study on the filmmakers who have defined New Zealand cinema from its origins to its current successes.
Author: Jeff Watson
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408134551
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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This comprehensive monograph is a second edition of one of the most popular Poyser monographs. It covers all aspects of this spectacular eagle's biology and ecology, including a full review of the literature and incorporating the considerable body of research on the species since the publication of the first edition in 1997. The late Jeff Watson was one of Scotland's foremost eagle experts, with more than 20 years of research on the birds; following Jeff's untimely death, the book is being completed by his colleagues Des Thompson and Helen Riley. Scottish studies provide the foundation for a treatment that also includes up-to-date information from work in North America, continental Europe and elsewhere. This global view allows fascinating insights into the species' relationships with a variety of different habitats and leads to many new and important conclusions regarding its ecology. This highly readable and authoritative account is the standard reference on the species, both in Scotland and elsewhere in the world. The text is enriched with many superb pictures of this majestic bird and additional wash landscapes capture the very special atmosphere of Scotland's Golden Eagle country.
Author: William A. Selby
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119493145
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Now in its fourth edition, Rediscovering the Golden State: California Geography examines this unique state’s incredibly diverse landscapes, and how geography and geographic change influences everything from the state’s natural systems and cycles, to its agriculture and more advanced industries, to human migration, cultures, and urban planning. Exploring California through a geographic lens reveals how the field has evolved to cross traditional boundaries, connect local and global issues, and provide the insights that lead to practical solutions to problems new and old. Challenging the reader to look beyond stereotypes and assumptions, this book encourages active participation in planning the state’s dynamic future. And this project makes teaching and learning about the geography of California more convenient, exciting, and rewarding for instructors and students. Going beyond a scientific analysis of natural features and environmental processes, this book illustrates how social, political, and economic divides can be bridged through the study of geography and the connections it brings to light. From geology, weather and climate, biogeography, and hydrology, we cover the state’s physical geography. And from demography and migration, to cultures and economies, to rural and urban geography, we monitor the state’s human geography pulse and then make the vital connections. California continues to lead the nation in population, economics (5th largest in the world), agriculture, natural and cultural diversity, and a host of other categories. This powerful state has earned this powerful publication. This timely and versatile book will prove useful to Californians in business, education, government, and to concerned citizens and curious readers seeking to learn more about the Golden State.
Author: Louis Decimus Rubin (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Southern States
Languages : en
Pages : 303
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