A Distant Prospect

Author : Annette Young
Publisher : Distant Prospect Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0987435108
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prospect written by Annette Young and published by Distant Prospect Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-08 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1928 Sydney, Australia, an Irish school girl finds new hope, after polio and personal tragedy, while playing cello in a string quartet. “The author’s … love for and extensive knowledge of music, fine arts and literature shines through” ... “The landscapes are vast and vivid, the seasons sensory and real, and the emotional journey heart-wrenching.” ... “some of the most profound considerations on the meaning of suffering and understanding others, making allowances for their faults” - GoodReadingGuide.com Publisher description: Australia promised a fresh start for Lucy Straughan and her father when they fled war-torn Ireland. Instead, Lucy was stricken by polio. Having mastered the cello during her prolonged confinement, Lucy is now fifteen, lonely and full of questions. Suddenly she is thrust into a string quartet and meets quixotic Della Sotheby, hot-headed Pim Connolly and precocious Phoebe Raye. The experience transforms each of their lives as they forge friendships and share not a few family secrets. Set against the vivid background of 1920s Sydney, A Distant Prospect is an intimate, hilarious and ultimately deeply moving coming-of-age adventure told with a touch of poetry by a quintessentially Irish narrator.

Author : Annette Young
Publisher : Distant Prospect Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0987435159
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book By Violence Unavenged written by Annette Young and published by Distant Prospect Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian violinist Phoebe Raye sees her dreams of romance and revenge dashed when Nazi Germany annexes Austria in 1938. Engaging first person account of Sydney and Vienna between the wars. Extras include book club discussion topics, recommended films, and further reading. BACK COVER Passionate young violinist Phoebe Raye pursues a deadly vendetta despite her father's warnings and her yearning for love and fulfilment. Leaving Sydney, Australia, Phoebe travels via Istanbul to Vienna, Austria and enters a cultured and complex society fraught with political tension and besieged by a malignant foreign aggressor. Witness to the unbridled hatred unleashed by the Anschluss as her own situation turns perilous, how will Phoebe resolve her mother’s death by violence unavenged? A poignant account of individual predicament amidst social turmoil, By Violence Unavenged is the first volume of In the Hearts of Kings, an epic trilogy exploring the perennial themes of justice and mercy, revenge and forgiveness. Pre-release praise for By Violence Unavenged ‘Extremely well researched, historically, musically and linguistically. Every chapter is full to the brim with action. A spectacular read.’ Christine McCarthy ‘Tremendous depth…akin to Tolstoy … the author has the story, the people, the world, entirely in hand.’ Warwick Adeney ‘A truly fine story and an enthralling read. Very much recommended!’ Regina Doman ‘Descriptive panache, engaging pace and memorable characters … clearly written by a musician, a kind of polyphonic saga, with the interweaving themes of war, history, suffering and the search for truth.’ Wanda Skowronska

Author : Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prospect written by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners
Publisher : Turtle Point Press
ISBN 13 : 9781885983329
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prospect written by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners and published by Turtle Point Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A witty, poignant account of Eton, early adolescence, awakining to the spell of Wagner.

Author : Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780753810163
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prospect written by Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron Berners and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Berners continues his memoirs with a witty account of his time at Eton, and his growing awareness of Wagner, ballet and musical composition.

Author : Thomas Gray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems by Mr. Gray written by Thomas Gray and published by . This book was released on 1778 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin J. P. Davies
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1784910791
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prospect of Wessex: Archaeology and the Past in the Life and Works of Thomas Hardy. written by Martin J. P. Davies and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Davies examines Thomas Hardy's involvement with the past and the role it plays in his life and literary work. Hardy's life encompasses the transformation of archaeology out of mere antiquarianism into a fully scientific discipline. He observed this process at first hand, and its impact on his aesthetic and philosophical scheme was profound.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Farewell Ode on a Distant Prospect of Cambridge. By the author of the Brunoniad [i.e. W. M. Heald, or rather, by Thomas Foster?]. written by and published by . This book was released on 1794 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Matthew Thorburn
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807171867
Total Pages : 73 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Grace of Distance written by Matthew Thorburn and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Grace of Distance, his poignant, far-traveling new collection of poems, Matthew Thorburn explores the ways in which we try to close the distances we experience in modern life—between doubt and faith, between cultures, between ourselves and those we love. He seeks to name, and find, that elusive, essential sense of connection humanity hungers for. In one poem, a boy places a bell in the hollow of a tree so someone might find it. In others, an overworked baker wishes for an annunciation of her own, while a man calls down into a well until another voice calls back. Set in China and America, in the present and the distant past, Thorburn’s poems examine both Eastern and Western ideas of spirituality, looking closely at the ways we can lose faith, then sometimes find it again. The poems also confront the unbridgeable distances we must live with and the perhaps surprising grace they can provide—a greater sense of perspective, understanding, and peace—even as our lives move in the only direction they can, away from the past.

Author : John H. Mauldin
Publisher : Univelt
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Prospects for Interstellar Travel written by John H. Mauldin and published by Univelt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed introduction is presented to the problems of interstellar space travel. The general topics discussed include: basics of travel in space, advanced propulsion methods; relativity and interstellar travel; relativistic drives and problems; starships as systems; missions; astrogation, observation, and communication; technological requirements and hazards; biological requirements; personal, social, and political considerations; interstellar life and civilizations; long-term prospects.