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In the style of Barry Lopez, Annie Dillard, and Eula Biss, Surrender explores the changing landscape of the American West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root in response to the increasingly urgent climate crisis. Blending personal memoir with insightful reportage and vivid nature writing, award-winning author and essayist Joanna Pocock investigates the changing landscape of the West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root in the Mountain States. She witnesses the annual tribal bison hunt near Yellowstone National Park, where she meets a scavenger community honing ancestral skills. She joins Finisia Medrano, a transgender rewilder who for many yea...
David Pocock's story is one of dedication to self, family, team and others. Detailing his incredible talent and drive, Openside showcases both his spectacular rise and personal insights in the world of Rugby. From his early days growing up in Zimbabwe, immigrating to Australia and playing for the Australian Schoolboys, his debut with Western Australia's The Force to his call up to the Wallabies, David has won many honours in the game and is held in great esteem by fans and peers alike. In Openside: My Journey to The Rugby World Cup ... and Beyond, David shares the life and times of a professional rugby player. It includes key tournaments in Rugby throughout 2011: Super Rugby, Tri-Nations, Bl...
A dreamer of dreams, an adventurer, and a man of many ideas, Roger Pocock was an inveterate, world-ranging traveler who lived the life that all adventurous boys desire. He listened with wonder to the stories of all those he met, be they outlaws like Butch Cassidy, ranchers, or mounted police. Readers of all ages and classes eagerly devoured Pocock’s western tales. Outrider of Empire is a testament to a prolific author and extraordinary man whose friends and acquaintances bridged the worlds of theatre, literature, the military, and science.
A round-the-solar-system reference book written by renowned space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
The new edition has been significantly revised to include an expanded problem section at the end of each chapter with more quantitative examples and some clinical problems where appropriate. The clinical physiology chapter is now broken into several short chapters
"It's a long time since I read a book that was so consistently enjoyable. The whole novel, while tough and disenchanted, increases your appetite for life." -Eastern Daily Press "A strange and comic odyssey, too complicated to summarize, but a joy to read." -Daily Telegraph "Pocock and Pitt is philosophical, witty and erudite, wise and exciting and one of the best novels I have read this year." -Irish Times "Elliott Baker is one of the wittiest of American authors. Quite rightly, this is a "one of a kind" fiction." -The Scotsman