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Ardent lovers of landscape scenery will delight in this lavishly illustrated book which showcases 25 of Australia's most elegant and exquisite historic gardens. Australia's leading garden design photographer and writer Trisha Dixon brings to life the beauty of gardens such as those of Brindabella Station, Elsey Station, Wallcliffe House, Heide and The Cedars, locating them in time and place as she draws on the work of writers such as Banjo Paterson, Patrick White, Miles Franklin, Mary Gilmore and Louisa Meredith, as well as on a wide variety of memoirs, diaries and letters.
In Room 505 at the Royal Hotel, a man awakens to find his memory gone. So is every possession that might help identify him ? he has nothing, literally, but the clothes he is wearing. When the hotel's desk clerk informs him that the room in which he woke wasn't rented last night, he makes his way outside and to the nearest police station. What follows is, for this reader, a fascinating look into the masculine mind. Author Prather's initially mysterious hero is, I suspect, the man whom most men would like to be. Adventurer, genius, consummate lover, world traveler and man of action, he takes on bureaucracies and gun-toting enemies with equal confidence; and must, thanks to the story's twists and turns, resolve a romantic triangle with two equally lovely and desirable young women. Letting the reader get to know the protagonist before he knows who he is himself is an interesting device. Amnesia has been so over-used by writers and dramatists that employing it again, in a new book, really does require justification; but it works in this one. For men's adventure fans, ?HE NEVER SAID HE WOULDN?T? should do well.
"A wicked prescription guaranteed to give you sleepless nights." ~Nora Roberts St. Louis Trauma nurse Casey McDonough thinks her life is interesting enough. Her best friend still drops acid, her ex-husband is a cross-dressing psychiatrist, and her mother has turned the third floor of the family home into the Chapel of Eternal Vigilance. Then, things begin to really go wrong when OB/Gyn Dr. Dale Hunsacker arrives. Handsome, wealthy, and charismatic, the good doctor is enchanting the patients of the St. Louis hospital. But, Cassy believes he is a serial killer. And the only person who takes her seriously is Hunsacker himself. Caught in a spiral of suspicion and intimidation, Casey approaches e...
When Nick Devlin agrees to stay on and manage the opening of the new riverboat casino he’s built near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, he doesn’t envision more than a temporary stop. In the business world, and in love, this high-stakes entrepreneur has always arrived, conquered, and moved on. Casey Fontaine is nothing like the ladies Nick has loved and left. Beautiful, passionate and sweeter than the sugar cane she farms, Casey pours her energy and dedication into Bellefontaine, the Fontaine family plantation. But someone doesn’t want Casey—or Bellefontaine—to succeed. The attraction between them is hotter than a sultry bayou night. But will Nick stay around long enough to help Casey discover who is behind the attacks on Bellefontaine? And can this rooted-to-the-land beauty dare gamble her heart on a man who has never called just one place home?
Three Full-Length Medical Thrillers Certain to Keep You Wide Awake and Wary of Anyone With a Stethoscope Book 1: A Man to Die For Handsome, wealthy, and charismatic, OB/Gyn Dr. Dale Hunsack is enchanting the patients of the St. Louis hospital. Trauma Nurse Casey McDonough believes he is a serial killer. But the only person who takes her seriously is Hunsacker himself. Book 2: Nothing Personal Badly injured in an auto accident, Trauma Nurse Kate Manion is laying in her own ICU, strapped down, paralyzed, and unconscious. And yet, somehow, she managed to kill her nurse. Even worse, the accidental deaths keep happening. Book 3: Brain Dead Forensic Nurse Timmie Leary-Parker moves from LA to Puckett, Missouri to care for her ailing father. When patients in the hospital's Alzheimer's Unit start dying in unprecedented numbers, everyone refuses to investigate the town's most lucrative business or challenge the hospital's Golden Boy director…no one, except Timmie. "A wicked prescription guaranteed to give you sleepless nights." ~Nora Roberts
Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of this ethnic dance, with special attention to the differences between vival dance (which requires being fully engaged in the present moment) and reflective dance (dance connected explicitly to the past). Most Ukrainian vival dances have been performed by peasants in traditional village settings, for recreational and ritual purposes. Reflective Ukrainian dances are performed more self-consciously as part of a living heritage. Further sub-groups are examined, including national dances, recreational/educational dances, and spectacular dances on stage.
The essays in this collection reflect the range and depth of musical life in the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. Contributions consider the rise and triumph of popular forms such as jazz, swing, and blues, as well as the contributions to art music of composers such as Ives, Cage, and Copland, among others. American contributions to music technology and dissemination, and the role of these forms in extending the audience for music, is also a focus.
In this memoir, the Burchams describe their mission work in war-torn Vietnam. Their congregation became a refugee center and helped scores of Vietnamese resettle in the U.S. (Social Issues)
The author traces the history of various types of recreation in Texas and shows how Texans' leisure pastimes reveal their characters, in a richly illustrated study that ranges from the frontier period to the present day.
The Dock of Broken Dreams is the story of the tragic intermingling of the lives of Peggy Shippen, Peggy Chew, John Andr, and Benedict Arnold set amidst the background of the Revolutionary War. Though cast in the form of a novel, it results from more than a decade of careful research.