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His idioms and characters evoke sympathy and contemplation. With humour, irony and sometimes sheer irreverence; few situations - domestic, rural, international - escape the poet's astringent pen. From the fields of war to the tombstone of the last resting place ... Doug Berry nails it! Bush poetry to be savoured and enjoyed...
Sheila and Doug Berry provide provocative answers to many questions surrounding a 1994 murder in this riveting journey through a wilderness of errors.
Dortmunder's past comes back to haunt him when he returns home after an unsuccessful burglary and finds his old cellmate sitting in his living room. He needs Dortmunder's help in retrieving $700,000 that he'd buried in a small town 30 years before. The problem is that, while he sat in jail, the State of New York flooded the area to build a reservoir; the loot is now under a few feet of dirt and many feet of water. Being a man of great determination but few ethical principles, the thief plans to blow up the dam, emptying the reservoir but also flooding the inhabited countryside to get at his stash. Dortmunder pleads with him to be allowed to retrieve the money another way. His first attempt fails. And his second. And third. Meanwhile the thief is losing patience...
In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.
Dr. Orchiston is a foremost authority on the subject of New Zealand astronomy, and here are the collected papers of his fruitful studies in this area, including both those published many years ago and new material. The papers herein review traditional Maori astronomy, examine the appearance of nautical astronomy practiced by Cook and his astronomers on their various stopovers in New Zealand during their three voyagers to the South Seas, and also explore notable nineteenth century New Zealand observatories historically, from significant telescopes now located in New Zealand to local and international observations made during the 1874 and 1882 transits of Venus and the nineteenth and twentieth...
Tommy is thrust into a change in life that he did not want, with people he barely knows. He learns who he is through trials that take him through dangerous times with bullies and adventures through the wooded areas close to his house. Along with some close friends and newfound family members, Tommy helps his friends learn their capabilities by trusting in each other and learning to trust that God has everything under control. The meaning of family is tested in some of his adventures.Sometimes, when we go through what life sends our way, we also learn what we are made of. School is very difficult for some people, and it is hard to find their own meaning of life. Tommy is in the sixth grade at...
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In the 87 issues of Snow Country published between 1988 and 1999, the reader can find the defining coverage of mountain resorts, ski technique and equipment, racing, cross-country touring, and the growing sport of snowboarding during a period of radical change. The award-winning magazine of mountain sports and living tracks the environmental impact of ski area development, and people moving to the mountains to work and live.