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'Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes' is an award-winning book that takes the reader on a journey through the landscapes of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, describing the 12 broad formations - or types - of vegetation, and 99 vegetation classes. Each vegetation class is comprehensively described, including where each occurs and why, interesting aspects of its ecology, evolution, history and development, as well as current conservation and management challenges. This spectacularly illustrated book includes more than 100 maps and 400 colour photographs, species lists for each of the vegetation classes, and extensive botanical and general indexes. 'Ocean Shores to Desert Dunes' is the perfect companion to the many plant identification guides currently available, and is based on a significant new state-wide map and vegetation classification by the author.
The oil industry and computer technology are the backdrop for Once Upon A Crime, a story of greed, power, and a simple murder case. Mark Holt, a mid-western junior high school teacher, learns of his brothers death on the west coast. In an attempt to solve a case no one seems interested in, Mark leaves his career and a failed marriage behind to search for the answers to an ever increasing amount of questions. He teams up with a most unlikely computer whiz named Stephanie Caulder in a race to find the one clue that is so elusive.
He is dubbed "a chunk full of dough", "crazy Dave", "the unfathomable" and every other name in the book! Others, at sixes and sevens, just shake their heads in bewilderment. They have the impression that he always seems to do the unthinkable, leaving everyone in his midst dumbfounded. There is however a consensus among his friends and co-workers upon which all agree: "Dave is one of a kind" a comment that is re-echoed throughout his acquaintances. It is a comment that describes him to a "T". Whereas some have the impression that a project is "impossible" and "perilous", they are concepts that do not exist in Dave's psyche. He has evidently substituted these concepts with the words "no problem". Indeed there isn't a quest or a project that according to this wizard is beyond the realms of possibility. Even the accessibility to the moon is feasible in this aspiring intrepid's mind. It is just a matter of latching firmly to each alternating star, stars that form a tarmac and lead you directly to your goal. You don't even need a shuttle! It's as simple as that! "No problem."
This fully updated third edition provides a modern synthesis and review of the latest advances in understanding native vegetation across Australia.
A cross between Trainspotting and The Beach, Last Seen in Bangkok is a must read for anyone who's even thought of going anywhere besides Majorca on holiday. Vinny Croston's, had enough of the work, weather and women in England. When he meets Jeed in Pattaya he thinks he's found true love in tropical paradise. Along with his best mate Keith Rossi a debt ridden Cocaine dealer he conspires to realise his dream and embarks on a treacherous journey through fraud, drugs, violence, triads, prostitution, trafficking and money laundering. From the gloom of Manchester to the heat of Bangkok the tale twists and turns through Pattaya's sleaze and the idyll of Samui and Pha Ngan. Discover what really happens in Thailand buy and read Last Seen in Bangkok.
"Why do some people succeed at change while others fail? It's the way they think! Liminal thinking is a way to create change by understanding, shaping, and reframing beliefs. What beliefs are stopping you right now? You have a choice. You can create the world you want to live in, or live in a world created by others. If you are ready to start making changes, read this book."
This work examines a film distribution system paralleling the rise of early features and persisting until 1972, when Man of La Mancha was the final roadshow to require reserved seating. Synonymous with Hollywood's star-studded premieres, roadshows were longer and cost more than regular features, making the experience similar to attending the legitimate theater. Roadshows, often epic in subject matter, played selected (usually only one) theaters in major urban centers until demand decreased. De rigueur by the 1960s were musical overtures, intermissions, entre'acte and exit music and souvenir programs for sale in the lobby. Throughout the text are recollections by people who attended roadshows, including actor John Kerr and actresses Barbara Eden and Ingrid Pitt. The focus is on roadshows released in the United States but an appendix identifies international roadshows and films forecast but not released as roadshows. Included are plots, contemporary critical reaction, premiere dates, production background, and methods of promotion--i.e., the ballyhoo.
A collection of souvenir photographs from brothels along the Texas-Mexico border from the early 1970s. Screenwriter & photographer Bill Wittliff collected & archived these discards for a remarkable effect; that of being a direct witness to the mesmerizing & complex world of Boystown.