Three Views Of Crystal Water

Author : Katherine Govier
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443401005

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Three Views Of Crystal Water by Katherine Govier Pdf

Vera Lowinger Drew is the last of a pearling dynasty. When she is left motherless, her only refuge is in Japan with her grandfather’s young mistress, among the legendary ama women divers. With their age-old strength to guide her, Vera comes into her own—until World War II turns her friends into “the enemy.” Three Views of Crystal Water crosses generations and continents with a story of love, war and the quest for the lustrous, elusive pearl. This Perennial edition of Katherine Govier’s powerful novel is enhanced with a P.S. section featuring pearl lore, and historical and biographical detail.

Author : Katherine Govier
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 1152 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443442176

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Katherine Govier Three-Book Bundle by Katherine Govier Pdf

Oei is the daughter of the great Japanese printmaker Hokusai. Long consigned to a minor role as gloomy sidekick, she is barely a footnote in the historical record. In The Ghost Brush, Oei recounts her life with one of the great eccentrics of the 19th century. Dodging the Shogun’s spies, she and Hokusai live amongst actors, novelists, tattoo artists and prostitutes, making the exquisite pictures that define their time. Wielding her brush, Oei defies all expectations of womanhood but one—she is dutiful until death to the exasperating father who created her and, ultimately, steals her future. Vera Lowinger Drew is the last of a pearling dynasty. When she is left motherless, her only refuge is in Japan with her grandfather’s young mistress, among the legendary ama women divers. With their age-old strength to guide her, Vera comes into her own—until World War II turns her friends into “the enemy.” Three Views of Crystal Water crosses generations and continents with a story of love, war and the quest for the lustrous, elusive pearl. "Everyone lives on Brunswick Avenue sooner or later." So begins Fables of Brunswick Avenue, a collection of sixteen short stories that capture turning points in the lives of characters who have migrated to the city, and ended up—as everyone inevitably does—on Brunswick Avenue.

Author : Danielle Schaub
Publisher : University of Alberta
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0888644590

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Reading Writers Reading by Danielle Schaub Pdf

"I am a writer because I was a reader first." Alison Gordon. "Nobody has ever written who never read." Mavis Gallant. "Reading is a connection, at once a way and a goal, a liberating destiny." Robert Kroetsch. Over 160 Canadian writers, in English and French, write about their experiences of reading. With striking photographs of each writer, Reading Writers Reading offers a sublime voyage into the heart of literary creation.

Author : National Gallery of Victoria,Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033189353

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Catalogue of the Oil Paintings, Water-colour Drawings, Engravings, Lithographs, Photographs, &c. in the National Gallery of Victoria by National Gallery of Victoria,Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery (Vic.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
Page : 1012 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101081978163

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Princeton Alumni Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jack Challoner
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262046145

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Water by Jack Challoner Pdf

The story of the most abundant substance on Earth, from its origins in the birth of stars billions of years ago to its importance in the living world. Water is so ubiquitous in our lives that it is easy to take for granted. The average American uses ninety gallons of water a day; nearly every liquid we encounter is mostly water--milk, for example, is 87 percent water. Clouds and ice--water in other forms--affect our climate. Water is the most abundant substance on Earth, and the third-most abundant molecule in the universe. In this lavishly illustrated volume, science writer Jack Challoner tells the story of water, from its origins in the birth of stars to its importance in the living world. Water is perhaps the most studied compound in the universe--although mysteries about it remain--and Challoner describes how thinkers from ancient times have approached the subject. He offers a detailed and fascinating look at the structure and behavior of water molecules, explores the physics of water--explaining, among other things, why ice is slippery--and examines the chemistry of water. He investigates photosynthesis and water's role in evolutionary history, and discusses water and weather, reviewing topics that range from snowflake science to climate change. Finally, he considers the possibility of water beyond our own hydrosphere--on other planets, on the Moon, in interstellar space.

Author : Sheree-Lee Olson
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781123595956

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Sailor Girl by Sheree-Lee Olson Pdf

Sailor Girl is both coming-of-age tale and love poem to the natural world. Set on the cargo boats of Canada’s Great Lakes in the summer of 1981, it follows the literal and figurative journey of Kate McLeod, a rebellious photography student looking to earn money for school. Using tight, salty dialogue and gripping description, the book renders a sharp-edged portrait of life literally lived on the edges of society. It is also a love story, in which a middle-class girl finds a deep connection with the unruly young men and toughminded women of the lakes. Life on the water is both brutally physical and socially restrictive, and Kate kicks against the rules, both written and unwritten. A female riff on such classics as Two Years Before the Mast and Malcolm Lowry’s Ultramarine, Sailor Girl is also a uniquely Canadian story, one that distills a vanishing part of our heritage.

Author : Marco Morra
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0471490415

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Water in Biomaterials Surface Science by Marco Morra Pdf

Theorie, Analytik, Praxis: Dieser Band behandelt alle wesentlichen Aspekte eines relativ jungen Forschungsgebietes, das sich mit Wechselwirkungen an Grenzflächen zwischen biologischen Materialien (u.a. Polysacchariden, Polyethylenoxid, Proteinen, Kohlenhydraten) und Wasser beschäftigt. Diskutiert werden Konsequenzen für Biotechnologie, Medizin und für die Herstellung von Beschichtungen.

Author : Sir Robert Christison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Dispensatories
ISBN : NLS:B900305601

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A Dispensatory, Or Commentary on the Pharmacopoeias of Great Britain by Sir Robert Christison Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCSD:31822034958819

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : DMM:057002665015

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The Crystal Palace and Its Contents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 (London)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:B000085323

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The Crystal Palace, and Its Contents; Being an Illustrated Cyclopaedia of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1851. Embellished with Upwards of Five Hundred Engravings. With a Copious Analytical Index by Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 (London) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119076318

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Johnson's Univeral Cyclopædia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UIUC:30112057100254

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Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 916 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : HARVARD:HN6NU2

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Johnson's New Universal Cyclopaedia: S-Z by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard Pdf