A Blade Of Grass

Author : Lewis DeSoto
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062270559
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Blade of Grass written by Lewis DeSoto and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Märit Laurens is a young woman of British descent who comes to live with her husband, Ben, on their newly purchased farm along the border of South Africa. Shortly after her arrival, violence strikes at the heart of Märit's world. Devastated and confused but determined to run the farm on her own, Märit finds herself in a simmering tug of war between the local Afrikaner community and the black workers who live on the farm, both vying for control over the land in the wake of tragedy. Märit's only supporter is her black housekeeper, Tembi, who, like Märit, is alone in the world. Together, the women struggle to hold on to the farm, but the quietly encroaching civil war brings out conflicting loyalties that turn the fight for the farm into a fight for their lives. Thrilling to read, A Blade of Grass is a wrenching story of friendship and betrayal and of the trauma of the land that has shaped post-colonial Africa.

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141192011
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Death of Grass written by John Christopher and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought experiment in future-shock survivalism' Robert MacFarlane 'Gripping ... of all science fiction's apocalypses, this is one of the most haunting' Financial Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT MACFARLANE A post-apocalyptic vision of the world pushed to the brink by famine, John Christopher's science fiction masterpiece The Death of Grass includes an introduction by Robert MacFarlane in Penguin Modern Classics. At first the virus wiping out grass and crops is of little concern to John Custance. It has decimated Asia, causing mass starvation and riots, but Europe is safe and a counter-virus is expected any day. Except, it turns out, the governments have been lying to their people. When the deadly disease hits Britain, society starts to descend into barbarism. As John and his family try to make it across country to the safety of his brother's farm in a hidden valley, their humanity is tested to its very limits. A chilling psychological thriller and one of the greatest post-apocalyptic novels ever written, The Death of Grass shows people struggling to hold on to their identities as the familiar world disintegrates - and the terrible price they must pay for surviving. John Christopher (1922-2012) was the pen name of Samuel Youd, a prolific writer of science fiction. His novels were popular during the 1950s and 1960s, most notably The Death Of Grass (1956), The World in Winter (1962), and Wrinkle in the Skin (1965), all works depicting ordinary people struggling in the midst of apocalyptic catastrophes. In 1966 he started writing science-fiction for adolescents; The Tripods trilogy, the Prince in Waiting trilogy (also known as the Sword of the Spirits trilogy) and The Lotus Caves are still widely read today. Ifyou enjoyed The Death of Grass, you might like John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.

Author : Mark Aylwin Thomas
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1728388813
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blades of Grass written by Mark Aylwin Thomas and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Aylwin Hogg was a man of remarkable dedication and honour. Though he died in 1945 at the age of thirty, Aylwin’s name and legacy is remembered in China to this day—where as a wise and noble friend to the people of China, he immersed himself in the culture and life of the Chinese people whom he served in his mission. In Blades of Grass: The Story of George Aylwin Hogg, author and nephew of the late Mr Hogg, Mark Aylwin Thomas, explores his uncle’s own letters and writings and shares this astonishing life story of perseverance, service, and dedication. Thomas offers a personal and compelling window into the character of this remarkable man, and Hogg’s own words lend an authentic and distinctive insight into his service—training young Chinese men in their vocations in the remote confines of Northern China in Shandan. George Aylwin Hogg was part of a vision to create a unique form of industrial training on which to base the reconstruction of industry for a new post-war China. While a vignette of Aylwin’s life was portrayed in Roger Spottiswoode’s 2008 film, The Children of Huang Shi, the full picture of this remarkable life—often painted with Aylwin’s own words—shows how this young Englishman’s life was deeply interwoven in the lives of the men and people he served.

Author : Henry Shukman
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1640092633
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Blade of Grass written by Henry Shukman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you've ever wondered how a messed up kid like you or me might master the wisdom of Zen, One Blade of Grass is the adventure for you. It's great company—and after reading it, you might recognize that you're further along than you imagined." —David Hinton, editor and translator of The Four Chinese Classics and author of The Wilds of Poetry One Blade of Grass tells the story of how meditation practice helped Henry Shukman to recover from the depression, anxiety, and chronic eczema he had had since childhood and to integrate a sudden spiritual awakening into his life. By turns humorous and moving, this beautifully written memoir demystifies Zen training, casting its profound insights in simple, lucid language, and takes the reader on a journey of their own, into the hidden treasures of life that contemplative practice can reveal to any of us. "This heartfelt and beautifully written memoir provides one of the most insightful, informative, and honest accounts of Zen practice yet to appear in English." —Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism

Author : H. R. Maly
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452575975
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Blade of Grass written by H. R. Maly and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Blade of Grass: A Journey Transcending Grief and Loss is the story of a father's journey with his fifteen-year-old son, Daniel, who dies of cancer. It captures the agony, courage, and love a family experiences during a three-year battle trying to save him. It is rich with vivid flashbacks detailing how a father, devastated by the loss of a son, struggles through untenable life situations and finally re-invents himself as a means of personal survival. Confronting alcoholism, deep anger, and resentment toward his church and his God, he emerges with a profound clarity of purpose in life, supported by a deepened spirituality based on love and forgiveness. The author shares insights gained through meditation and the use of powerful affirmations, which provide the backdrop of how he moved beyond the morass of confusion and doubt to a life of serenity and peace.

Author : June Zetter
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1609117832
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Blade of Grass written by June Zetter and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 2030, London is a cold, dreary place with no sunlight. Storms rage and gangs roam the streets at night. Buildings sit broken, decaying pieces of a once affluent city. The indigent carve out a life in this desolation, defending themselves, trying to feed their children and the others who live outside guarded compounds, while the wealthy leave safely on spaceships to other planets that offer livable conditions-other places that they can destroy over centuries, as they did this one. Robots help make human beings into slaves. Global warming has destroyed the infrastructure of every city on Earth and the less fortunate are left to clean up the mess. June Zetter's eerie and foretelling novel introduces a host of characters that work together to take care of each other and to provide for their families. What will happen to the last inhabitants of London? Will they recover and will the human race ever understand that in order to protect our future, we must take care of our planet's precious resources? Zetter's fiction reads like a real-life thriller that gives credibility to the idea of global warming and climate change. With sharp dialogue, believable characters, and a plotline that expertly combines fiction with future, you'll want to settle in for the weekend-A Blade of Grass is a riveting read. June Zetter is a fulltime writer. Ms. Zetter is currently writing her next novel and lives in London, England. Publisher's website: http: //www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ABladeOfGrass.htm

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Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blade of Lawnmower written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gordon De Pree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780310236412
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blade of Grass written by Gordon De Pree and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wayne Kyle Spitzer
Publisher : Hobb's End Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Every Blade of Grass: An Existential Parable written by Wayne Kyle Spitzer and published by Hobb's End Books. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three futuristic landscapers battle nature, fatigue, and each other on a terraformed Mars ... The medical rocket is wasted—its consoles smashed, its stores emptied—to the extent that we have collapsed outside its open hatch in total exhaustion and despair. Worse, the air is filled with the roar of machinery—a roar with a band-saw edge—one we know all too well for it is the sound of Cap’s Big Track coming closer every second. And then he has arrived, riding his tractor like a chariot, goading it forward into the clearing, motoring directly toward us until Taylor jumps up in a panic and sprints for the next bridge—his dark skin shining, his heels kicking up sod—as the Captain veers toward him suddenly and seems to gun the engine. And then I am running, shouting at him to stop, as Taylor vanishes beneath the blades and the Big Track jounces, once, twice, the Captain laughing and throwing back his head, the iron tracks seeming to catch—until blood begins spewing like grass clippings from the mulch-vents and all I can hear is my friend screaming—gargling—dying beneath the Cap’s iron beast.

Author : Lewis DeSoto
Publisher : Fourth Estate
ISBN 13 : 9780732278342
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Blade of Grass written by Lewis DeSoto and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2004 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story of two women's lives in the turmoil of Africa. Set on the border between South Africa and an unnamed country, A Blade of Grass tells the story of Marit Laurens, a young woman of British descent, recently orphaned and newly wed, who comes to live with her husband, Ben, on their new farm. As the days pass peacefully in this idyllic setting, the old traditions are maintained: Ben and Marit manage the farm, and their black workers cultivate the fields and tend the animals. But when guerrilla violence and tragedy visit their lives, Marit finds herself in a tug of war between the local Afrikaner community that surrounds the farm and the black workers who live on it. Frightened and confused, she turns to the only person who can offer her friendship, a person who is also alone in the world - her maid, Tembi. When Marit stubbornly determines to run the farm with Tembi's help, the encroaching civil war brings out their conflicting loyalties. The fight for the farm becomes a fight for their lives.As the novel proceeds to its devastating conclusion, it reveal a tale that is both terrifying and hopeful, offering a profound perspective on what it means to be black and white in a country where both live and feel entitlement. A Blade of Grass resonates with lyricism and deep insight, moving beyond its own time and place to become a universal story of the price of freedom.