The Forrests

Author : Emily Perkins
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 140883149X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forrests written by Emily Perkins and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2013Dorothy Forrest is immersed in the sensory world around her; she lives in the flickering moment. From the age of seven, when her odd, disenfranchised family moves from New York City to the wide skies of Auckland, to the very end of her life, this is her great gift and possible misfortune.Through the wilderness of a commune, to falling in love, to early marriage and motherhood, from the glorious anguish of parenting to the loss of everything worked for and the unexpected return of love, Dorothy is swept along by time. Her family looms and recedes; revelations come to light; death changes everything, but somehow life remains as potent as it ever was, and the joy in just being won't let her go.In a narrative that shifts and moves, growing as wild as the characters, The Forrests is an extraordinary literary achievement. A novel that sings with colour and memory, it speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how life can change if 'you're lucky enough to be around for it'.

Author : Michael R. Bradley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614234949
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forrest's Fighting Preacher written by Michael R. Bradley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every leader needs a trusted confidant. For Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the Civil Wars greatest military minds, that man was David Campbell Kelley. Kelley began adulthood in the clergy, serving for two years as a missionary in China and returning home just a year before the Civil War. He then raised a company of cavalry from his familys large congregation that became part of Forrests original regiment. Kelley quickly became Forrests second in command, assisting in some of his most daring engagements, offering support in key decisions and serving as his unofficial chaplain. Following the war, Kelley returned to preaching, helped establish Vanderbilt University and launched a campaign for governor of Tennessee. Now, for the first time, author Michael R. Bradley brings Kelleys dynamic life to the fore.

Author : Shane Kastler
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589808348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nathan Bedford Forrest's Redemption written by Shane Kastler and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While much has been written about Forrest's notorious life as a slave trader, Civil War general, and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, his later Christian conversion and renunciation of his racist views are largely overlooked. This book is specifically devoted to the spiritual aspect of Forrest's life. By God's grace, he changed his ways.

Author : John J. Berger
Publisher : Center for American Places
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forests Forever written by John J. Berger and published by Center for American Places. This book was released on 2008 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A greatly revised and expanded version of the author's acclaimed Understanding Forests, this book offers a clear and comprehensive survey of forest history and management practices in North America and the world. Berger draws upon diverse sources in science, politics, economics, law, and anthropology to argue that ecology should be the driving force behind domestic and international forest management." "An in-depth and wholly readable account, Forests Forever issues a call to arms for all those concerned with saving, restoring, preserving, and better managing the world's forests today in an expanding "green" marketplace."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Emily Perkins
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608196712
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Novel About My Wife written by Emily Perkins and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Tom moves with his wife Ann from their tiny Camden flat into a large house in Hackney, he feels as if it's the start of the rest of their life together. Deeply in love, and with a baby on the way, everything, Tom thinks, is finally coming together. He and Ann anticpate the arrival of the baby, as Ann, particularly galvanized, spends hours cleaning and reorganizing the house, and sitting up all night talking with a renewed passion about life, love, and art. But there is a darker side to this new fervour, somehow linked with her conviction that someone is lingering threateningly around their new home. Someone who - Tom soon realizes - may not exist at all.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309040787
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biologic Markers of Air-Pollution Stress and Damage in Forests written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is not much question that plants are sensitive to air pollution, nor is there doubt that air pollution is affecting forests and agriculture worldwide. In this book, specific criteria and evaluated approaches to diagnose the effects of air pollution on trees and forests are examined.

Author : Bradley, Michael R.
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781455609239
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nathan Bedford Forrest's Escort and Staff written by Bradley, Michael R. and published by Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most staff officers and escort members of famous Civil War generals have faded into obscurity. However, the escort company and staff officers of Nathan Bedford Forrest were held in awe by men on both sides of the conflict during the war and long after, and they continue to be held in esteem as figures as legendary as Forrest himself. Not merely guards or couriers, these men were an elite force who rode harder and fought more fiercely than any others. As Bradley writes in his introduction, In him they recognized not only the daring, able, and successful leader, but also the commanding officer who would not hesitate to punish with severity when he deemed punishment necessary. They possessed as an inheritance all the best and most valuable fighting qualities of the irregulars, accustomed as they were from boyhood to horses and the use of arms, and brought up with all the devil-may-care lawless notions of the frontiersman. But the most volcanic spirit among them felt he must bow before the superior iron will of the determined man who led them. There was something about the dark gray eye of Forrest that warned his subordinates he was not to be trifled with and would stand no nonsense from either friend or foe. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Escort and Staff reveals the symbiotic relationship between Forrest and his men, and how their unusual abilities as fighters, thinkers, and leaders made for a team of men who formed a unique brotherhood that lasted long after the war. A testament to their loyalty is the fact that the escort is the only Confederate unit whose numbers were greater when they surrendered than when the unit was organized.

Author : Andrew Forrest
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134674422
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spanish Civil War written by Andrew Forrest and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spanish Civil War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the modern era. This book covers: * its background with the fall of the monarchy and the Second Republic * Franco and Fascism * the conflict itself * the role of foreign powers * the legacy of the war. Including narrative, questions and analysis of a wide variety of sources from popular novels and poetry to contemporary political commentaries, The Spanish Civil War is a concise introduction to this topic and an essential study aid.

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 142998354X
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Word for World is Forest written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning masterpiece by one of today's most honored writers, Ursula K. Le Guin! The Word for World is Forest When the inhabitants of a peaceful world are conquered by the bloodthirsty yumens, their existence is irrevocably altered. Forced into servitude, the Athsheans find themselves at the mercy of their brutal masters. Desperation causes the Athsheans, led by Selver, to retaliate against their captors, abandoning their strictures against violence. But in defending their lives, they have endangered the very foundations of their society. For every blow against the invaders is a blow to the humanity of the Athsheans. And once the killing starts, there is no turning back. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Nikki Villagomez
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440338558
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture+Typography written by Nikki Villagomez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspire your type designs with the side-by-side travel photo comparisons in Culture+Typograhpy by Nikki Villagomez. Each image features examples of typography in culture and is accompanied by cultural and historical commentary. Explore how design choices can be informed by the language of the cultural surroundings, and learn more about type selection, color usage and more with this book.