Treading Air

Author : Ariella Van Luyn
Publisher : Affirm Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925344776

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Treading Air by Ariella Van Luyn Pdf

In 1920s Queensland, Lizzie O?Dea wants to get away from her dad and the memories of her mum that haunt her. At the races she meets attractive, war-scarred Joe and sees her chance to escape. But life with Joe isn?t what she dreamt it would be. Finding herself on the fringes of society, Lizzie discovers a new sense of independence and sexuality, love and friendship. It?s a precarious life, though, always on the edge of collapse. Two decades later, Lizzie is sick and worn out. Lying in a Brisbane lock hospital, she thinks about Joe, who?s been lost to her for many years. But she?s a survivor. There?s hope yet. Set between Brisbane and Townsville, and based on real events that the author uncovered from historical archives, Treading Air is the remarkably vivid tale of a young Australian working-class rebel who clashed with the expectations of her world.

Author : Jaan Kross
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015060329185

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Treading Air follows the life of Ullo Paerand through 30 years of violent political upheaval. Abandoned by his father as a child, he grows up to become an electoral assistant to the parliamentary office in Tallinn and it is in this position that Ullo witnesses first the Soviet and then the German occupation of Estonia. Forced out of his honest profession Ullo becomes involved with the Resistance but, when many Estonians flee the country, he chooses to remain. An interlude of a decade shows much has changed since the end of the War; Soviet influence is marked in the style of government and the manner of the people. The narrative unfolds in stories imparted to an unknown 'author' by a 70-year-old Ullo. Just before the end, however, Kross introduces a teasing ambiguity: Ullo dies before he is able to answer the last question about his life.

Author : Jaan Kross,Eric Dickens
Publisher : Harvill Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1846559111

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Treading Air by Jaan Kross,Eric Dickens Pdf

Translated by Eric Dickens Treading Air follows the life of Ullo Paerand through 30 years of violent political upheaval. Abandoned by his father as a child, he grows up to become an electoral assistant to the parliamentary office in Tallinn and it is in this position that Ullo witnesses first the Soviet and then the German occupation of Estonia. Forced out of his honest profession Ullo becomes involved with the Resistance but, when many Estonians flee the country, he chooses to remain. An interlude of a decade shows much has changed since the end of the War; Soviet influence is marked in the style of government and the manner of the people. The narrative unfolds in stories imparted to an unknown "author" by a 70-year-old Ullo. Just before the end, however, Kross introduces a teasing ambiguity: Ullo dies before he is able to answer the last question about his life.

Author : Elizabeth Austin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781605988238

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Treading on Thin Air by Elizabeth Austin Pdf

Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States' economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather—that is more than $500 billion dollars each year. Weather applications on mobile devices are the second most popular apps—more popular than social networking, maps, music, and news.In Treading on Thin Air, Dr. Elizabeth Austin, a world-renowned atmospheric physicist, reveals how the climate is intimately tied to our daily lives. The effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times. Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Nino, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe. She has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather.

Author : Jaan Kross
Publisher : Harvill Secker
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Estonia
ISBN : UCSC:32106016790237

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Treading Air by Jaan Kross Pdf

Treading Air follows the life of Ullo Paerand through 30 years of violent political upheaval. Abandoned by his father as a child, he grows up to become an electoral assistant to the parliamentary office in Tallinn and it is in this position that Ullo witnesses first the Soviet and then the German occupation of Estonia. Forced out of his honest profession Ullo becomes involved with the Resistance but, when many Estonians flee the country, he chooses to remain. An interlude of a decade shows much has changed since the end of the War; Soviet influence is marked in the style of government and the manner of the people. The narrative unfolds in stories imparted to an unknown 'author' by a 70-year-old Ullo. Just before the end, however, Kross introduces a teasing ambiguity: Ullo dies before he is able to answer the last question about his life.

Author : E. F. Benson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 7847 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027200924

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF E. F. BENSON (Illustrated Edition) by E. F. Benson Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created collection of 'THE COMPLETE WORKS OF E. F. BENSON (Illustrated Edition)'. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. He started his novel writing career in 1893 with the fashionably controversial Dodo, which was an instant success, and followed it with a variety of satire and romantic and supernatural melodrama. He repeated the success of Dodo, with sequels to this novel, but the greatest success came relatively late in his career with The Mapp and Lucia series consisting of six novels and two short stories. The novels feature humorous incidents in the lives of (mainly) upper-middle-class British people in the 1920s and 1930s, vying for social prestige and one-upmanship in an atmosphere of extreme cultural snobbery. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories. Table of Contents: Make Way For Lucia: Queen Lucia Miss Mapp Lucia in London Mapp and Lucia Lucia's Progress or The Worshipful Lucia Trouble for Lucia The Male Impersonator Desirable Residences Novels: Dodo; A Detail of the Day Dodo's Daughter or Dodo the Second Dodo Wonders David Blaize David Blaize and the Blue Door David Blaize of King's The Rubicon The Judgement Books The Vintage Mammon and Co. Scarlet and Hyssop The Relentless City The Valkyries The Angel of Pain The House of Defence The Blotting Book Daisy's Aunt Mrs. Ames Thorley Weir Arundel Michael Up and Down Across the Stream Paying Guests Short Story Collections: The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories Visible and Invisible Spook Stories More Spook Stories Historical Works: Deutschland Über Allah Crescent and Iron Cross Charlotte Bronte

Author : E. F. Benson
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 5626 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788027202607

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THE COLLECTED WORKS OF E. F. BENSON (Illustrated Edition) by E. F. Benson Pdf

This carefully edited collection of "THE COLLECTED WORKS OF E. F. BENSON (Illustrated Edition)" has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of contents Make Way For Lucia Queen Lucia Miss Mapp Dodo Trilogy Dodo: A Detail of the Day Dodo's Daughter or Dodo the Second Dodo Wonders David Blaize Series: David Blaize David Blaize and the Blue Door Other Novels The Rubicon The Judgement Books The Vintage Mammon and Co. Scarlet and Hyssop The Relentless City The Valkyries The Angel of Pain The House of Defence The Blotting Book Daisy's Aunt Mrs. Ames Thorley Weir Arundel Michael Up and Down Across the Stream Short Story Collections The Room in the Tower, and Other Stories The Countess of Lowndes Square, and Other Stories Historical Work Crescent and Iron Cross Edward Frederic Benson (1867-1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer, known professionally as E.F. Benson. Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, oblique, and at times humorous or satirical ghost stories.

Author : John Janovy
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250131232

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Yellowlegs by John Janovy Pdf

In Yellowlegs John Janovy again displays his rare talent for making the scientific accessible and the personal universal. The result is a an extraordinary parable of man and technology. It is also an intensely personal account of one man's journey toward an understanding of himself, of his fellow man, and perhaps most important, of the secrets of a single sandpiper–a Tringa flavipes, or lesser yellowlegs. We fly with Janovy's Yellowlegs from its nesting grounds in the Canadian north to South America and back. And along the way we join a slightly crazed biologist who leaves his university position, withdraws his life savings from the bank, and decides to follow the bird on its odyssey. Starting on the sand flats of Nebraska, and progressing across Kansas and down to the Gulf of Mexico (with a brief stop in Oklahoma jail), our migratory route brings us into contact not only with the wild creatures of the American West, but with the people–a few of whom are pretty wild themselves–with whom Janovy talks, drinks, and debates. Seldom has the life of a wild creature been so intimately and vividly described. Seldom have hard science and mysticism been more successfully and lyrically combined. There can be little question that Yellowlegs will take its place a classic of nature writing at its best.

Author : Barry Callaghan
Publisher : Exile Editions, Ltd.
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1550960237

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Fifteen Years in Exile by Barry Callaghan Pdf

Author : Tristan Bancks
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780702247071

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Galactic Adventures by Tristan Bancks Pdf

A gripping and inspiring space adventure for kids of all ages from popular author Tristan Bancks. Dash Campbell has only ever had one dream. To go to space. Now he and four others have been given the chance to become the first kids ever to leave our planet. From building rockets behind his family's laundromat in Australia to attending a hardcore Space School in the US, Dash is a long way from home. And he still has an intense month of training ahead before he can even think about that glorious moment of blasting out of Earth's atmosphere and living his dream. But does Dash have what it takes to survive Space School? Grueling physicals, fierce competition, media attention, medicals, the Vomit Comet, a skydive from 4000 meters and an instructor who despises him. Can he push through his deepest fears and make history? Does he have the right stuff to go to space?

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101042852200

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The Chautauquan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Henry Emerson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCAL:B3320020

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Birds, Beasts and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland by Peter Henry Emerson Pdf

Author : Ava Benton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Dragons For Hire Box Set by Ava Benton Pdf

Follow three sexy dragons as they find their mates in swoon-worthy romances! Rage What’s a mercenary dragon to do when he meets a woman who makes his body surge with an energy he’s never felt before? Drake’s part of an elite group of dragon mercenaries. He’s a dragon for hire. Tara’s a senator’s daughter who’s been kidnapped and is being kept underground. Until a dragon shows up to rescue her. A dragon! Soon, one dragon turns into a baker’s dozen of dragons. And they’re living in a secret compound that’s more like a luxury hotel on the inside. Then, one fight breaks out in the cafeteria and Tara learns she’s so much more than a kidnap victim. And it’s somehow tied into Drake, a guy that’s beyond hot. Fury What’s a mercenary dragon to do when he meets a woman who has bruises and cuts on her face instead of joy and happiness? Braxim’s part of an elite group of dragon mercenaries. He’s a dragon for hire. Renee’s a waitress at a local diner in Charlotte. She wants to leave her abusive boyfriend Freddie, but it’s not as easy as it seems. Sure, Braxim can save her from Freddie, then what? He’s a dragon. They’re supposed to stay private and secret. Where can he take her when he’s expected to report back at the compound. Can’t take her there and risk pissing off Xedron, can he? Or can he? Rush Xedron broke a rule and now it’s cost him. He’s the prisoner of a madman scientist who wants his dragon blood for nefarious reasons. Sadly, none of Xedron’s brothers know where he is. Cody’s just recently met the man who fathered her. Fletcher’s finally a part of her life. It’s especially bittersweet now that her mother’s dying of cancer. Cody’s not normally a nosy sort, so she can’t explain why she’s gone poking around in Fletcher’s basement. What she didn’t expect to find is a hot guy in a cage. Fletcher tells her he’s a serial killer but something doesn’t seem quite right about her recently-found father’s explanation. Who is this gorgeous hunk? Why is he her father’s captive? Rage What’s a mercenary dragon to do when he meets a woman who makes his body surge with an energy he’s never felt before? Drake’s part of an elite group of dragon mercenaries. He’s a dragon for hire. Tara’s a senator’s daughter who’s been kidnapped and is being kept underground. Until a dragon shows up to rescue her. A dragon! Soon, one dragon turns into a baker’s dozen of dragons. And they’re living in a secret compound that’s more like a luxury hotel on the inside. Then, one fight breaks out in the cafeteria and Tara learns she’s so much more than a kidnap victim. And it’s somehow tied into Drake, a guy that’s beyond hot. Fury What’s a mercenary dragon to do when he meets a woman who has bruises and cuts on her face instead of joy and happiness? Braxim’s part of an elite group of dragon mercenaries. He’s a dragon for hire. Renee’s a waitress at a local diner in Charlotte. She wants to leave her abusive boyfriend Freddie, but it’s not as easy as it seems. Sure Braxim can save her from Freddie, then what? He’s a dragon. They’re supposed to stay private and secret. Where can he take her when he’s expected to report back at the compound. Can’t take her there and risk pissing off Xedron, can he? Or can he? Rush Xedron broke a rule and now it’s cost him. He’s the prisoner of a madman scientist who wants his dragon blood for nefarious reasons. Sadly, none of Xedron’s brothers know where he is. Cody’s just recently met the man who fathered her. Fletcher’s finally a part of her life. It’s especially bittersweet now that her mother’s dying of cancer. Cody’s not normally a nosy sort, so she can’t explain why she’s gone poking around in Fletcher’s basement. What she didn’t expect to find is a hot guy in a cage. Fletcher tells her he’s a serial killer but something doesn’t seem quite right about her recently-found father’s explanation. Who is this gorgeous hunk? Why is he her father’s captive?

Author : J. D. Black
Publisher : The Porcupine's Quill
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0889842779

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Black Velvet Elvis by J. D. Black Pdf

The King himself puts in a cameo appearance at a rural Quebec Gas-Bar de la Nuit where the glowing ends of several dozen cigarettes counterpoint an urgent bass line to the syncopated doo-wap of several tens of thousands of fireflies.

Author : April Rhodes James
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781664193000

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Love and Other Curious Adventures by April Rhodes James Pdf

A relatable exploration into one woman’s impressions about meaningful aspects of existence, including relationships, pets, nature and survival. The poems are both lyrical and reassuring while drawing on realities and situations familiar to the writer. Her intention is to entertain as well as to encourage balance in dealing with both the conventional and the inconsistent experiences of life. “Love and Other Curious Adventures” includes free verse, rhymed and story poems, as well as Haiku and other brief acknowledged poetic forms the writer categorizes as Braindrops. The book invites the reader to enjoy one poem at a time or venture into a ‘chapter’ focusing on such matters as Family - Hereditary or Handpicked, Women & Men, Endings are New Beginnings and more. “.... Having creative means to express her inner self is a true gift. How fortunate for all of us that April is able to manifest and share through her poetry . . . she offers those of us who are privileged to be exposed to her poems the opportunity to expand our consciousness.” Dianne F. - Humanitarian (re: Belief in Flow) “...April’s artistry with words conveys a profound sensitivity to the essences which connect life and spirit. I am a convinced believer in the inevitability of our journeys and destinations; our interconnectedness with the rhythms of nature, which her eloquence evokes in addition to predicting our arrival at where we land.” Fred B - Renaissance Art Expert (re: How to Build a Family) “.... This poem is true, thoughtful, common sense and amusing, It reflects the thoughts and practices of millions.” Mary G. - Religious Scholar (re: A Covid Year in Pajamas)