Download or read book Coots written by Pat Welch and published by Ronnie Sellers Productions. This book was released on 2004 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody knows one and half of the population is destined to become one. Coots is a comprehensive and objective study of the habits and behavior of men who have reached the stage of life all men dread. Twenty years after the success of their book Humans (Simon & Schuster, 1984), Pat Welch and Mike Dowdall have rediscoverd Coots with an endearing study of the aging process.
Download or read book Coots in the North and Other Stories written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working on his book The Life of Arthur Ransome, Hugh Brogan chanced upon the unfinished script of a thirteenth 'Swallows and Amazons' story in Ransome's desk in the Abbot Hall Museum in Cumbria, where it had laid unknown except to a few. It had no title ('Coots in the North' is Brogan's invention) but there were a few preliminary drawings which Ransome might have included had this gem been brought to life in book form. Why he abandoned it is not known, for he left a clear outline of how he intended to go on once the young Coots u Joe, Bill and Pete u had completed their hair-raising journey as stowaways from Norfolk to the Lakes in the north. There, on a salvage mission, they encounter for the first time the intrepid Nancy Blackett. 'Coots in the North' is introduced by Brogan's lively account of how Arthur Ransome found fame and fortune through the Swallows and Amazons, and is accompanied in this collection by other delights which turned up among Ransome's papers in the Brotherton Library at Leeds University. An unfinished Victorian 'Bevis'-style novel yielded two superb stories, complete in themselves u 'The Cloudburst' and a fishing tale called 'The River Comes First'. The Baltic sailing mysteries originally published in Pall Mall magazine in 1929. 'Two Shorts and a Long' and 'The Unofficial Side'; the Breton ghost story 'Ankou', which first appeared in English Review in 1914; and an eerie tale of old Russia called 'The Shepherd's Pipe' complete this testament to Ransome's storytelling genius, which should not be missed by enthusiasts young or old.
Download or read book Swallows Amazons and Coots written by Julian Lovelock and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning inpublication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947. They changed the course of children's literature and have never been out of print since. In them, Ransome creates a world of escape so close to reality that it is utterly believable, a world in which things always turn out right in the end. Yet Swallows, Amazons and Coots shows that, to be properly appreciated today, the novels must be read as products of their era, inextricably bound up with Ransome's life and times as he bore witness to the end of Empire and the dark days of the Second World War. In the first critical book devoted wholly to the series, Julian Lovelock explores each novel in turn, offering an erudite assessment of Ransome's creative process and narrative technique, and highlighting his contradictory politics, his defence of rural England, and his reflections on colonialism and the place of women in society. Thus Lovelock demonstrates convincingly that, despite first appearances, the novels challenge as much as reinforce the pervading attitudes of their time.Written with a lightness of touch and enlivened by Ransome's own illustrations, Swallows, Amazons and Coots is both fresh and nostalgic. It will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed the world of Swallows and Amazons, and there is plenty here to challenge both the student and the Ransome enthusiast."
Download or read book Biddys written by Mike Dowdall and published by Ronnie Sellers Productions. This book was released on 2005 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the wildly successful figurines from Westland Giftware and the calendars and greeting cards from Ronnie Sellers Productions, Biddys and its phenomenal partner, Coots, are cleaning up in bookstores and gift shops across the country.
Download or read book The Ice cream Cone Coot written by Arnold Lobel and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes in verse such unusual birds as the shuttercluck, the milkbottle midge, the waterglass goose, and the highbutton bobolink.
Download or read book Coot Club written by Arthur Ransome and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Let fly jib sheet! Slack away main! Fenders out!’ Dick and Dorothea – also known as The Ds – arrive in Norfolk all ready to learn how to sail. They couldn’t hope for a better teacher than Tom Dudgeon. But Tom is in a spot of trouble. After seeing the beastly Margoletta moored clean across the nests of his beloved coots, Tom set the motorcruiser adrift. Now the enemy have offered a bounty on his head. Can they save the birds’ nest from almost certain destruction? Will they avoid being caught by the awful Hullabaloos? Only some brave friends and quick thinking stands between them and disaster... Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can test your knowledge of the book, learn about the adventurous author and get some handy facts about birds and boats. Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
Download or read book Coot Club written by Arthur Ransome and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Coot Club" by Arthur Ransome. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book Food Habits of the American Coot written by John Courts Jones and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Two Coots in a Canoe written by David E. Morine and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2011-05-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey of whim, humor, and self-discovery along the Connecticut River When retired CEO Ramsay Peard, 61, called his old friend David Morine, 59, and asked the longtime conservationist if he wanted to canoe the Connecticut River, Morine said he’d do it under one condition: no camping. “We’ll rely on the kindness of strangers.” And that’s what they did. Mooching their way down the river and staying with strangers every night, Morine and Peard got an inside look at such issues as the demise of farming, the loss of manufacturing, gay rights, and Wal-Mart versus Main Street, and they were able to delve deep into the lives of complete strangers. But Morine soon realized the one life he never dug into was Peard’s. After spending a month with him in a canoe, he had no idea that his friend’s innermost thoughts had taken a fateful course. Written in the tradition of Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods,this book will be treasured by conservationists, canoeists, and old friends still seeking a thrill. Everyone else will be delightfully entertained.
Download or read book Federal Register written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-10 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Old Coot written by Peggy Christian and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes. In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his sons should Anansi reward? Calling upon Nyame, the God of All Things, Anansi solves his predicament in a touching and highly resourceful fashion. In adapting this popular folktale, Gerald McDermott merges the old with the new, combining bold, rich color with traditional African design motifs and authentic Ashanti language rhythms. Anansi the Spider is a 1973 Caldecott Honor Book.
Download or read book Journal of the Proceedings of the Common Council written by Detroit (Mich.). City Council and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 1140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seasons of the Self written by Max Coots and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In openhearted simple language reminiscent of Robert Frost, Coots ponders life's seasons.
Download or read book Duck and Coot Ecology and Management in Wisconsin written by Laurence R. Jahn and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.
Download or read book Bulletin of the United States National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
