Author : Arlene Voski Avakian
Publisher : Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781558610521
Arlene Avakian's memoir evokes the quarrels, ambition, prejudice, and courage that shaped her coming of age in a family that immigrated to the United States to escape genocide in Turkey. Inspired by her passionate feminism and strengthened within a loving lesbian relationship, Avakian records and re-examines her personal history, discovering the story of her grandmother, which brings with it a legacy of radical politics and a powerful affirmation of ethnic identity.
Author : Gareth Patterson
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,98 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Lion
ISBN :
Author : John Rendall
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 20,90 MB
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1784776211
The story that captured the imagination of the world... In 1969 Harrods department store in London sold a three month old lion cub to two young Australians, John Rendall and Anthony (Ace) Bourke. They called him Christian. For a year Christian lived happily and safely with John and Ace and his human 'pride', initially in the World's End on the King's Road in Chelsea, where Derek Cattani first began photographing him. When Christian outgrew his London environment he was entrusted to the care of George Adamson in Kenya, who with his wife Joy, had successfully rehabilitated their lioness Elsa, the subject of Joy's Book Born Free. A year after Christian had been living in the wild John and Ace returned to Kenya to try and find him. The film clip of their emotional reunion has now been viewed by over 100 million people on YouTube. In 1973 Christian disappeared into the wild forever. George Adamson had uniquely rehabilitated a 5th generation zoo-bred lion. John and Ace's first book about Christian was a million seller in the 1970s, and enjoyed a huge resurgence of interest after their YouTube clip went viral in 2006. This brand new book from Bradt, collects Derek Cattani's never-before-seen pictures of Christian and updates the story to the present day, including the story of their YouTube sensation and a chapter on the murder of George Adamson. When John and Ace took Christian to Kenya in 1970 there were an estimated 300,00 lions in Africa. Today there are fewer than 25,000.
Author : Bruce D. Patterson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
Release : 2004-02-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780071363334
Through field research and forensic evidence, a scientist reveals his theory on why two Kenyan lions killed humans and then ate their prey.
Author : John Howard Steel
Publisher : Last Leaf Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 37,67 MB
Release : 2020-05-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781733430722
The surprising story of Pilates-the man and the method.
Author : Lev AC Rosen
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 32,89 MB
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250834236
A "Best Of" Book From: Amazon * Buzzfeed * Rainbow Reading * Library Journal * CrimeReads * BookPage * Book Riot * Autostraddle A delicious story from a new voice in suspense, Lev AC Rosen's Lavender House is Knives Out with a queer historical twist. Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret—but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out. And now they're worried they're keeping a murderer in. Irene’s widow hires Evander Mills to uncover the truth behind her mysterious death. Andy, recently fired from the San Francisco police after being caught in a raid on a gay bar, is happy to accept—his calendar is wide open. And his secret is the kind of secret the Lamontaines understand. Andy had never imagined a world like Lavender House. He's seduced by the safety and freedom found behind its gates, where a queer family lives honestly and openly. But that honesty doesn't extend to everything, and he quickly finds himself a pawn in a family game of old money, subterfuge, and jealousy—and Irene’s death is only the beginning. When your existence is a crime, everything you do is criminal, and the gates of Lavender House can’t lock out the real world forever. Running a soap empire can be a dirty business. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Anthony Bourke
Publisher : Crown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 31,24 MB
Release : 2009-03-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0767932331
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A stirring tale of a rare bond formed between humans and an animal.”—Time Two men. One baby lion. What could go wrong? A Lion Called Christian tells the remarkable story of how Anthony “Ace” Bourke and John Rendall, visitors to London from Australia in 1969, bought a boisterous lion cub in the pet department of Harrods. For several months, the three of them shared a flat above a furniture shop on London’s King’s Road, where the charismatic and intelligent Christian quickly became a local celebrity, cruising the streets in the back of a Bentley, popping in for lunch at a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. But the lion cub was growing up—fast—and soon even the walled church garden where he went for exercise wasn’t large enough for him. How could Ace and John avoid having to send Christian to a zoo for the rest of his life? A coincidental meeting with English actors Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, stars of the hit film Born Free, led to Christian being flown to Kenya and placed under the expert care of the “father of lions” George Adamson. Incredibly, when Ace and John returned to Kenya to see Christian a year later, they received a loving welcome from their lion, who was by then fully integrated into Africa and a life with other lions. A video of this reunion has become a YouTube classic. Originally published in 1971, and now fully revised and updated with more than 50 photographs of Christian from cuddly cub in London to magnificent lion in Africa, A Lion Called Christian is a touching and uplifting true story of an indelible human-animal bond. It is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature.
Author : Cherise Sinclair
Publisher : VanScoy Publishing Group
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 32,39 MB
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0983706301
Hour of the Lion: The Wild Hunt Legacy: Book 1
Author : Zoe Chant
Publisher :
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 16,9 MB
Release : 2019-09-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781693018275
He's looking for forgiveness. She's looking for a fighting chance. Graham Long left his career-and his real name-behind to make a fresh start for himself at Shifting Sands. He's done with dueling, and wants nothing more than to quietly raise his strawberries and tend the lawns at the tropical shifters-only resort. A fight is the last thing he wants when his lion insists that his friend's bear shifter bridesmaid is his destined mate. But fiercely independent Alice Anders has a life of her own already. She's not going to turn her back on the people who need her and the job she loves just to run away to a tropical island paradise with a gorgeous gardener that makes her knees weak with one blue-eyed glance. She's not at the resort to find her own true love... and she's not there only as a bridesmaid, either. She's been given a fighting chance to save her family: all she has to do is uncover the shift form of the mysterious resort owner, Scarlet, for an equally mysterious man for whom money is no object. Between the secrets they're keeping and the answers they're searching for, it's a hard road to honesty, and harder road still to a happy ever after. Can Graham keep ahead of the enemies from his past? Will Alice figure out who he really is... and if she does, will she ever be able to forgive him for the things he's done and the secrets he's keeping from her? TROPICAL LION'S LEGACY is a steamy standalone paranormal shifter novel in the beloved Shifting Sands Resort series. For a hot (occasionally hilarious) and heartwarming happy ever after, one-click today! A bonus short story, REUNION, is exclusive to this book. Fans are raving about this unique series: ★★★★★ 'This whole series is full of humor, suspense and a wide variety of people/animals to keep you coming back for the next book.' ★★★★★ 'If only there was a resort like this I would book my one way ticket today!' ★★★★★ 'I really love this series. The characters are interesting and the stories are wonderful.' ★★★★★ 'One more great book in my favorite series. Can't wait for the next one.' ★★★★★ 'Can't wait to see what Zoe brings to the Shifting Sands Resort next!' ★★★★★ 'This is a Shifting Sands book, I knew it would be good.' ★★★★★ 'Man! This series has been SO fun!' ★★★★★ 'This series is a gem and I'm delighted to recommend it to others.'
Author : Jon Meacham
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 35,59 MB
Release : 2009-04-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0812973461
The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern presidency. Beloved and hated, venerated and reviled, Andrew Jackson was an orphan who fought his way to the pinnacle of power, bending the nation to his will in the cause of democracy. Jackson’s election in 1828 ushered in a new and lasting era in which the people, not distant elites, were the guiding force in American politics. Democracy made its stand in the Jackson years, and he gave voice to the hopes and the fears of a restless, changing nation facing challenging times at home and threats abroad. To tell the saga of Jackson’s presidency, acclaimed author Jon Meacham goes inside the Jackson White House. Drawing on newly discovered family letters and papers, he details the human drama–the family, the women, and the inner circle of advisers– that shaped Jackson’s private world through years of storm and victory. One of our most significant yet dimly recalled presidents, Jackson was a battle-hardened warrior, the founder of the Democratic Party, and the architect of the presidency as we know it. His story is one of violence, sex, courage, and tragedy. With his powerful persona, his evident bravery, and his mystical connection to the people, Jackson moved the White House from the periphery of government to the center of national action, articulating a vision of change that challenged entrenched interests to heed the popular will– or face his formidable wrath. The greatest of the presidents who have followed Jackson in the White House–from Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt to FDR to Truman–have found inspiration in his example, and virtue in his vision. Jackson was the most contradictory of men. The architect of the removal of Indians from their native lands, he was warmly sentimental and risked everything to give more power to ordinary citizens. He was, in short, a lot like his country: alternately kind and vicious, brilliant and blind; and a man who fought a lifelong war to keep the republic safe–no matter what it took.
