Author : Diana Chase
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 38,19 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Christmas
ISBN : 9781863682220
Picture story book telling of the Christmas Angel who is sent to find out about Christmas in Australia and whether it is different from Christmas in other countries. Illustrates many Christmas customs such as card-sending, gift-giving and decorating Christmas trees.
Author : Sue Elvis
Publisher : Susan Elvis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 2016-10-12
Category :
ISBN : 9780992558840
The Angel family of Gum Tree Road is looking forward to another year of adventures. As usual, there will be birthdays and feast days to celebrate. But what else will happen in the months ahead? Nobody knows. But there's one thing they're sure about: Life won't be ordinary because, as Dad says with a grin, "We're not an ordinary family." When you're adventurous and willing to try new things, anything can happen. Why isn't Kate looking forward to Easter? Will Mum run in the mothers' race? Will Dad become a star? Is the Angels' baby a boy or a girl? What crashes into Granny's house in the middle of the night? Why do eleven girls need eleven pretty dresses? And will the Angels be upset when Dad tells them some unexpected news on Christmas Day? This sequel to The Angels of Abbey Creek is the story of a Catholic family living on the edge of the wild Australian bush.
Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : Pomegranate
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,76 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780764927584
Mike Sullivan loves his adopted city of San Francisco, and he loves trees. In The Trees of San Francisco he has combined his passions, offering a striking and handy compendium of botanical information, historical tidbits, cultivation hints, and more. Sullivan's introduction details the history of trees in the city, a fairly recent phenomenon. The text then piques the reader's interest with discussions of 71 city trees. Each tree is illustrated with a photograph--with its common and scientific names prominently displayed--and its specific location within San Francisco, along with other sites; frequently a close-up shot of the tree is included. Sprinkled throughout are 13 sidelights relating to trees; among the topics are the city's wild parrots and the trees they love; an overview of the objectives of the Friends of the Urban Forest; and discussions about the link between Australia's trees and those in the city, such as the eucalyptus. The second part of the book gets the reader up and about, walking the city to see its trees. Full-page color maps accompany the seven detailed tours, outlining the routes; interesting factoids are interspersed throughout the directions. A two-page color map of San Francisco then highlights 25 selected neighborhoods ideal for viewing trees, leading into a checklist of the neighborhoods and their trees.
Author : Peter Coates
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0520933257
Sometimes by accident and sometimes on purpose, humans have transported plants and animals to new habitats around the world. Arriving in ever-increasing numbers to American soil, recent invaders have competed with, preyed on, hybridized with, and carried diseases to native species, transforming our ecosystems and creating anxiety among environmentalists and the general public. But is American anxiety over this crisis of ecological identity a recent phenomenon? Charting shifting attitudes to alien species since the 1850s, Peter Coates brings to light the rich cultural and historical aspects of this story by situating the history of immigrant flora and fauna within the wider context of human immigration. Through an illuminating series of particular invasions, including the English sparrow and the eucalyptus tree, what he finds is that we have always perceived plants and animals in relation to ourselves and the polities to which we belong. Setting the saga of human relations with the environment in the broad context of scientific, social, and cultural history, this thought-provoking book demonstrates how profoundly notions of nationality and debates over race and immigration have shaped American understandings of the natural world.
Author : Christian Paul D'Alessi
Publisher : RAZDAL
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 2024-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1763604993
"I didn't win the lottery…I stole it" Frank, a disgraced soldier, former brothel bouncer, and self-proclaimed deadsh*t, awakens from a year-long coma, his mind a jigsaw of the gruesome car crash that almost killed him. Fragments of that night haunt him: a violent wreck, the young couple, Kurt and Ellie, who found him and his girlfriend Angel, took their life-changing lottery prize, and vanished, leaving them for dead. Driven by a fiery need for revenge, Frank sets out on a relentless mission to track them down. Brace yourself for the shocking final confrontation that reveals the enigmatic truth in this emotionally charged neo-noir tale. "I check the shotgun, one in the chamber and four in the tube. Looking up to the sky, I take a deep breath and notice a few of the brighter stars, wondering at what point they look away, if they even can—now would be a good time."
Author : Michael Sullivan
Publisher : Wilderness Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 12,38 MB
Release : 2013-10-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0899977448
Trees of San Francisco introduces readers to the rich variety of trees that thrive in San Francisco's unique conditions. San Francisco's cool Mediterranean climate has made it home to interesting and unusual trees from all over the world - trees as colorful and exotic as the city itself. This new guide combines engaging descriptions of sixty-five different trees with color photos that reflect the visual appeal of San Francisco. Each page covers a different tree, with several paragraphs of interesting text accompanied by one or two photos. Each entry for a tree also lists locations where "landmark" specimens of the tree can be found. Interspersed throughout the book are sidebar stories of general interest related to San Francisco's trees. Trees of San Francisco also includes a dozen tree tours that will link landmark trees and local attractions in interesting San Francisco neighborhoods such as the Castro, Pacific Heights and the Mission - walks that will appeal to tourists as well as Bay Area natives.
Author : Mignon F. Ballard
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 29,89 MB
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780312308131
Guardian angel and sleuth Augusta Goodnight, joined by a bumbling new apprentice, investigates the mysterious death of a housekeeper at a North Carolina estate in the fourth cozy in this series.
Author : Philip Newey
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 18,29 MB
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1329811194
"The bonds in molecules vibrate too, making endless symphonies. Each molecule is a little angel's harp." Thus writes the young Alan to Beth. Beth whom he has never met, but who lived in the house next door fifteen years earlier. Alan and Melanie growing up in an Australian suburb in the 1960s/70s; Beth growing up in the same suburb in the 1940s/50s. What strange orchestration weaves their lives together? And how will the final chord be resolved? Exploring themes from spirituality, to sexual awakening, to psychosis, the story gently leads the reader from the circumscribed world of the child, through the anguished teenage years, to the world of the adult, when everything should begin to make sense. Shouldn't it? Follow Alan Carter as he struggles to discern the meaning and patterns of his life, while the forces that compose the music of the universe roll on relentlessly.
Author : Laurel Colless
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1504389107
Legend holds that in centuries past, a great king was laid to rest, leaving a promise to wake again when the world would need him most. Could eleven-year-old Peter Blue be that sleeping king? “He sleeps more than we do!” complain the old people at the Gum Tree Rest Home in the Australian bush, where Peter has lived since his parents were killed by wildfire. When a pesky wizard-type pulls Peter out of a nap, telling him to wake up and save the world, Peter isn’t interested. It’s only when a strange clue in his birthday treasure hunt leads him to Dad’s Global Advanced Intelligence Agency (GAIA) jacket that Peter starts to change his mind. In the pocket, he finds a card for Spiral Hall—Secret School for the Ecodemically Gifted. The Anthrog forces are rising on earth. They feed on the stench of human greed, and right now it’s a free lunch. The Anthrogs also want to get to GAIA using Peter’s high-tech jacket as the key. Can Peter get to GAIA before the Anthrogs get to him? Peter Blue’s legend-inspired story combines the magic of a child confronting a promise from another lifetime with the realism of climate change, which Peter and the initiates at Spiral Hall are destined to take on.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 858 pages
File Size : 43,26 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Fishing
ISBN :
