Land Of Sand And Song

Author : Joyce Chua
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9814954152

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Land of Sand and Song by Joyce Chua Pdf

Legend has it that a magical spring lies dormant in the heart of the Khuzar desert. Said to be a gift from the gods, the spring holds the cure to all mortal woes. As mercenaries from everywhere try in vain to find the mystical spring, 17-yearold Desert Rose is on the run after her chieftain father is overthrown and captured by rebel clans. Now out for revenge, she sets out alone to the Oasis Capital to assassinate the person instigating the rebellion: the corrupt Emperor Zhao, who will stop at nothing to possess the elixir of life from the spring. To infiltrate the Imperial Guard, Desert Rose must pass a series of trials to test her wit, mettle, and her loyalty. But the real test lies in navigating the cut throat court politics with no ally but a rogue prince and a latent magic stirring in her - magic that can bring a kingdom to its knees or destroy her from within.

Author : Matt Garrick
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781460713785

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Writing in the Sand by Matt Garrick Pdf

The epic story of legendary band Yothu Yindi and 'Treaty', the song that gave voice to a movement WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY YALMAY YUNUPINGU & WITIYANA MARIKA Sometimes a musical revolution can erupt from the most unlikely of places. Long before they were ARIA Hall of Fame inductees, Yothu Yindi were a bunch of Yolngu (Aboriginal people of East Arnhem Land) and balanda (non-Indigenous) mates rocking out in the remote Top End. Soon they were creating some of the coolest new music in the country, splicing traditional sounds with electric, and spreading a message of unity. Then, after singer Mandawuy Yunupiu penned the hit song 'Treaty' with Paul Kelly and Peter Garrett, and a remix dropped in 1991, Yothu Yindi shot out of Arnhem Land and into the hearts of music lovers across Australia and the world. Writing in the Sand, by Yothu Yindi's authorised biographer, Matt Garrick, is the epic story of one of Australia's most original bands and how 'Treaty' gave voice to Indigenous Australia's hard-fought struggle for recognition. Featuring photos from the band's archives never previously published, the book is based on extensive interviews with current and former band members, including mainstays Witiyana Marika, Stu Kellaway and Jodie Cockatoo, as well as family members such as Yalmay Yunupiu, Mandawuy's widow, and collaborators and fellow artists like Garrett, Kelly, Neil Finn, Joy McKean, Bart Willoughby and Andrew Farriss. Funny, poetic, heartfelt and steeped in the sights, smells and unique rhythms of East Arnhem Land, Writing in the Sand is a must-read for anyone who cares about Australian music, and Aboriginal culture and recognition, all of which were brilliantly woven together by one of the most exciting bands of our time.

Author : Vince Beiser
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780399576430

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The World in a Grain by Vince Beiser Pdf

A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other--even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every computer screen and silicon chip, is made from sand. From Egypt's pyramids to the Hubble telescope, from the world's tallest skyscraper to the sidewalk below it, from Chartres' stained-glass windows to your iPhone, sand shelters us, empowers us, engages us, and inspires us. It's the ingredient that makes possible our cities, our science, our lives--and our future. And, incredibly, we're running out of it. The World in a Grain is the compelling true story of the hugely important and diminishing natural resource that grows more essential every day, and of the people who mine it, sell it, build with it--and sometimes, even kill for it. It's also a provocative examination of the serious human and environmental costs incurred by our dependence on sand, which has received little public attention. Not all sand is created equal: Some of the easiest sand to get to is the least useful. Award-winning journalist Vince Beiser delves deep into this world, taking readers on a journey across the globe, from the United States to remote corners of India, China, and Dubai to explain why sand is so crucial to modern life. Along the way, readers encounter world-changing innovators, island-building entrepreneurs, desert fighters, and murderous sand pirates. The result is an entertaining and eye-opening work, one that is both unexpected and involving, rippling with fascinating detail and filled with surprising characters.

Author : Alan Brown,Kim Michelle Toft
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0702231533

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Turtle's Song by Alan Brown,Kim Michelle Toft Pdf

I am Turtle. My eyes are black, my shell is green. Wide ocean calls me, as I lie curled in the dark. Tides roar in my blood, surf pounds in my heart. A lyrical journey of the life of a Green Turtle from hatchling beneath the sand of a coral beach, through wanderings at sea, to adulthood and returning to lay eggs of its own. Award winning illustrator Kim Toft's magnificent silk painting perfectly capture the precarious life of the Green Turtle, while author Alan Brown's poignant, mythical story sounds a hymn to this ancient but now endangered creature.

Author : Christoph Friedrich Grieb
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1230 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : English language
ISBN : MINN:31951002013681Q

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German and English by Christoph Friedrich Grieb Pdf

Author : Jimmy Buffett
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780759512924

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A Salty Piece of Land by Jimmy Buffett Pdf

Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines, in a shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but the tropical island of Cayo Loco is the perfect place to run away from all your problems. Waking from a ganja buzz on the beach in Tulum, Tully can't believe his eyes when a 142-foot schooner emerges out of the ocean mist. At its helm is Cleopatra Highbourne, the eccentric 101-year-old sea captain who will take him to a lighthouse on a salty piece of land that will change his life forever. From a lovely sunset sail in Punta Margarita to a wild spring-break foam party in San Pedro, Tully encounters an assortment of treasure hunters, rock stars, sailors, seaplane pilots, pirates, and even a ghost or two.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Children's periodicals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010311384

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St. Nicholas by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Diprose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 618 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590304105

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The red, white & blue monster song book, ed. by J. Diprose by John Diprose Pdf

Author : John Diprose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017823925

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Diprose's Comic and Sentimental Song Book. New edition by John Diprose Pdf

Author : John Arthur Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000210323

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Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East by John Arthur Smith Pdf

Music in Religious Cults of the Ancient Near East presents the first extended discussion of the relationship between music and cultic worship in ancient western Asia. The book covers ancient Israel and Judah, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Elam, and ancient Egypt, focusing on the period from approximately 3000 BCE to around 586 BCE. This wide-ranging book brings together insights from ancient archaeological, iconographic, written, and musical sources, as well as from modern scholarship. Through careful analysis, comparison, and evaluation of those sources, the author builds a picture of a world where religious culture was predominant and where music was intrinsic to common cultic activity.

Author : Larry W. Jones
Publisher : Larry W Jones
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781411606470

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Island Song Lyrics Volume 3 by Larry W. Jones Pdf

"Larry W. Jones has written over 3,500 song lyrics with island based themes. Most are in the sytle of the "hapa haole" return-to-paradise tradition of the golden years of Territorial Hawaii"--Volume 7, title page verso

Author : United States. Office of Education
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1680 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Agricultural colleges
ISBN : UOM:39015039483246

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Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities by United States. Office of Education Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1308 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Legislative hearings
ISBN : UCAL:B3605703

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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (Ind.)
ISBN : UCR:31210019208220

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Hearing held in Valparaiso, Ind by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on National Parks and Recreation Pdf

Author : Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Folk songs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127834575

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The American Play-party Song by Benjamin Albert Botkin Pdf