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Author : RMB Rocky Mountain Books
Publisher : Rocky Mountain Books Incorporated
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1771603992
Author : Clare West,Stella Gibbons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Readers
ISBN : 0194228371
A school reader for secondary pupils, in the OXFORD BOOKWORMS. BLACK SERIES STAGE 6. This new series offers students at all levels the opportunity to extend their reading and appreciation of English.
Author : Barton Sutter
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 081663260X
"As a nation of immigrants, many of us suffer from a vague but painful homesickness we do not understand", he writes. With a voice that is at once sorrowful, soul-searching, and hilarious, Sutter cures that ill by sharing his passion for and faith in his rugged locale. Like a lovers' quarrel with a peculiar place, Cold Comfort conveys deep insights about what makes the place where you live your true home."--pub. desc.
Author : Stella Gibbons
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369403049
Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb. Following the death of her parents, the book and 's heroine, Flora Poste, finds she is possessed "of every art and grace save that of earning her own living". She decides to take advantage of the fact that "no limits are set, either by society or one and 's own conscience, to the amount one may impose on one and 's relatives", and settles on visiting her distant relatives at the isolated Cold Comfort Farm in the fictional village of Howling in Sussex. The inhabitants of the farm – Aunt Ada Doom, the Starkadders, and their extended family and workers – feel obliged to take her in to atone for an unspecified wrong once done to her father.
Author : Stella Gibbons
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448113903
Indulge in a feel-good collection of stories from the author of Cold Comfort Farm. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Adam Lambsbreath dresses up as Father Christmas in two of Judith's red shawls. There are unsuitable presents, unpleasant insertions into the pudding and Aunt Ada Doom orders Amos to carve the turkey, adding: 'Ay, would it were a vulture, 'twere more fitting!' 'Stella Gibbons is the Jane Austen of the 20th century' Lynne Truss, author of the Constable Twitten series.
Author : Stella Gibbons
Publisher : Random House
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446499146
Robert Poste's child is back at Cold Comfort Farm. But all is not well. Flora finds the farm transformed into a twee haven filled with Toby jugs and peasant pottery, and rooms labelled 'Quiete Retreate' and 'Greate laundrie'. It is, Flora winces, 'exactly like being locked in the Victoria and Albert Museum after closing time'. Worse, the farm is hosting a conference of the pretentious International Thinkers Group - a group made up of the 'sadistic owl' Mr Peccavi, loathsome Mr Mybug and the overpowering Mrs Ernestine Thump. And worst of all, there are no Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm. All the he-cousins have gone abroad to make their fortunes and the female cousins are having a pretty thin time of it. Once again the sensible Flora decides to take the situation in hand.
Author : Quentin Bates
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780332147
'Superior crime fiction set in Iceland' The Times 'As chilling as an Icelandic winter' S. J. Bolton Following her promotion and working now from Reykjavik, Gunnhildur is given responsibility for two cases - the first in tracking down an escaped convict who's keen to settle old scores, and the other, the murder of a TV fitness presenter in her city centre apartment. With the police short staffed and underfunded following the financial crash, Gunnhildur and her team set about delving into the backgrounds of both, where they uncover some unwelcome secrets and some influential friends of both who have no wish to be in the public eye. Set in an Iceland that is coming to terms with the deepening recession, Gunnhildur has to take stock of the whirlwind changes that have taken place as she investigates criminals at opposite ends of the social scale as some uncomfortable links appear between the two cases. The second dark and atmospheric thriller in Quentin Bates's Icelandic crime series. A chilling page-turner perfect for fans of Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Søren Sveistrup's The Chestnut Man. Praise for Quentin Bates: 'A great read - leaves you craving the next installment' Yrsa Sigurðardóttir 'A perfect book to curl up with in front of the fire' The Bookbag 'Well written and absorbing' Woman's Way 'Captures the chilly spirit of Nordic crime fiction . . . Fans of Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavík mysteries will want to add Bates to their reading lists' Booklist '[A] crackling fiction debut ... palpable authenticity' Publishers Weekly 'A superb new series' Eurocrime
Author : Marsha Ackermann
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781588344014
The year 2002 marked the 100th anniversary of the first installation of air-conditioning. During the past century, it has become a staple of American life; 83% of US homes are now air-conditioned. In this engaging social history, Marsha Ackermann explores how the idea of “cooling” became firmly embedded in the social perceptions and expectations of Americans, transforming our definition of comfort and the way we live, work, and play.
Author : Maggie Anderson
Publisher : Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : American Poetry
ISBN : 0822953846
Cold Comfort is a book of poems written out of deep affection and concern for the world in a dangerous time. An urbane stylist, Anderson characteristically focuses on rural and small-town America, where the events of personal history intersect those of the larger world.
Author : Graham Rowley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773530058
In 1936 Graham Rowley went to the still-unexplored west coast of Baffin Island as the archaeologist for a small British expedition - the last in the Canadian North that depended on traditional techniques.Cold Comfort, his acclaimed memoir of this period, captures the way of life in the North before World War II, including the experience of travelling by dogsled over unexplored land. This new edition includes the beginning of Rowley's planned sequel covering his post-war experiences in the Arctic. The additional three chapters describe Operation Musk-Ox, the first military exercise to show that it was feasible to manoeuvre in the Arctic even in winter, and Rowley's work for the Canadian Defense Research Board. An afterword by Susan Rowley and John Bennett expands on Rowley's ongoing involvement in the rapid change that took place from the Cold War to the establishment of Nunavut.
Author : John Becker, S.J.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781463484637
SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"What they have to say about Cold Comfort:Another masterpiece from Father Becker that explores the Catholic positions on abortion and homosexuality while presenting us with a thrilling search for the elusive murderer of Senator Gene Wainwright’s wife.It is solidly pro-life and a joy to read.Daniel Eisenbacher Husband and father The Mohr “twins” keep you coming back for more and more.Donna Jeanne McGahey Educator In this volume, Father Becker teaches me, as he has for more than two decades: I must never stop learning, and I move toward wisdom and grace in part by thinking, and caring, and conversing, about what matters...and by inviting everyone to do likewise.Dan Sophy Attorney and former student A second delicious bite (after Father, Forgive Them of life and politics in a Jesuit college preparatory served up by Fr. Luke Wolfe, an aging Jesuit priest dabbling serendipitously in murder detective work with the assistance of as lively a bunch of youngsters as the gaggle of thieves and pickpockets apprenticing themselves to Dickens’ villains in Oliver Twist.Becky Boudway Author of Treasure in the Dust Cold Comfort;keeps the readers on the edge of their seats;from the beginning when Fr. Luke makes a frightening discovery while on a forage for a midnight snack until the exciting, surprise ending. A real page turner, Cold Comfort''s intriguing mystery is made even more enjoyable;by unique characters, clever humor and Fr. Luke''s wisdom. Definitely a must read! Sue Widemark Author/independent medical researcher
Author : Graham W. Rowley
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780773565913
Rowley documents an era of arctic exploration of which little has been written and which is fast passing from living memory. He captures the traditional way of life in the North before the dramatic changes of the last half century. A member of the last expedition in the Canadian North to depend on traditional techniques, Rowley recounts how they lived as the Inuit did and travelled by dogsled over unexplored land. He describes the isolation, the extraordinary vicissitudes of travel in a sometimes savage environment, and the generosity and kindness of the Inuit. Apart from completing the map of Baffin Island's coastline and finding new islands, Rowley excavated the first pure Dorset site near Igloolik, establishing the Dorset culture beyond doubt. The carvings and artifacts found there, illustrations of which are included in this book, remain among the best and most beautiful that have been recovered. Based on his own diary and the diaries of other members of the expedition, Rowley's captivating story presents the perceptions of a young man faced with a completely alien, yet fascinating, environment and culture. A true and often exciting tale of discovery, Cold Comfort will appeal to a wide audience as well as to those concerned with the Arctic in general. It is an invaluable source for those who specialize in the archaeology, anthropology, geography, and history of northern Canada.
Author : Claudia Malacrida
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080208558X
Drawing on both poststructural discourse analysis and feminist standpoint theory, Malacrida makes a critical contribution to qualitative methodologies by developing a feminist discursive ethnography of the construction of AD(H)D in two divergent cultures.
Author : Great Britain. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0102962766
This report sets out the results of investigation into complaints, using two representative case studies, about the administration of the 2005 Single Payment Scheme in England, including the Rural Land Register. The Ombudsman made five general findings of maladministration: the Rural Payments Agency did not meet the legal obligation to determine entitlements by 31 December 2005; Defra & RPA failed to heed the warning information of their own systems and from the Office of Government Commerce; RPA's and Defra's public statements in early 2006 failed to recognise the internal concerns they had; on 30 January 2006 Defra officials and Ministers considered RPA's position - the best case scenario was 70% of payments to be made by the end of March 2006 and they decided to tell Parliament that RPA would make the 'bulk' of payments by the end of March 2006; RPA was the only body ina position to estimate how much more digital mapping work it would have and its planning for the mapping process fell far short of getting it right. In short the Ombudman's principles of getting it right, being open and accountable and being customer focussed were not adhered to
Author : Great Britain: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0102975264
The Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ann Abraham, has upheld complaints from nine farmers about the Government's handling of a subsidy scheme which caused them to miss out on payments they were entitled to. The farmers complained to the Ombudsman about the administration of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS) in 2005 and 2006 by the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), The SPS is the latest generation of the EU schemes intended, among other policy aims, to give farmers direct income support. The farmers complained about RPA's handling of their claims to the SPS on a number of counts, including that they provided poor quality and sometimes ambiguous guidance on how to make a claim; failed to return applicants' telephone calls when this had been promised; misdirected applicants about the status of their cases; delayed letting applicants know that they would not be paid; and did not explain their decisions properly. RPA also failed to consider the effects their errors and omissions had on the farmers when they came to complain. In one case, a farmer misunderstood the new form and only claimed a subsidy for the year 2005. She did not activate her claim and subsequently did not receive a payment. No one questioned her mistake, even though RPA knew this was a common error by farmers. Losing a payment of over £13,000 left the farmer unable to pay all her bills and reliant on her partner's goodwill. She found out her mistake almost a year after submitting her claim, when she asked what had happened to her payment. Another farmer also misunderstood the new form and guidance and did not activate his claim. He was then led to believe by the RPA that he would be paid, which was not the case. He and his wife found the confusion and uncertainty of their circumstances particularly stressful. The farmer had to increase his overdraft, sell land and take on extra part time work in order to meet the financial shortfall. As a result of the Ombudsman's investigation the farmers will each receive a written apology from the Permanent Secretary of Defra and compensation of £500 for the inconvenience, distress and frustration that they experienced. They will also receive individual payments to put right the financial impact of RPA's failures. In addition, the Ombudsman has also asked RPA to provide an action plan setting out the changes they have made to prevent other farmers experiencing the same problems in future.