Download or read book A Croft in the Hills written by Katharine Stewart and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Englishwoman and her family in the 1950s trade life in the city for a small farm near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands in this beloved memoir. A real classic among Highland books, A Croft in the Hills captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread, and surviving the worst that Scottish winters can throw at them. Praise for A Croft in the Hills “Katharine Stewart’s memories are, as she says herself a tale of other times, almost a glimpse of legend . . . Evocative and charming.” —Scottish Book Collector
Download or read book Homesick written by Jennifer Croft and published by Charco Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The coming of age story of an award-winning translator, Homesick is about learning to love language in its many forms, healing through words and the promises and perils of empathy and sisterhood. Sisters Amy and Zoe grow up in Oklahoma where they are homeschooled for an unexpected reason: Zoe suffers from debilitating and mysterious seizures, spending her childhood in hospitals as she undergoes surgeries. Meanwhile, Amy flourishes intellectually, showing an innate ability to glean a world beyond the troubles in her home life, exploring that world through languages first. Amy's first love appears in the form of her Russian tutor Sasha, but when she enters university at the age of 15 her life changes drastically and with tragic results. "Croft moves quickly between powerful scenes that made me think about my own sisters. I love how the language displays a child's consciousness. A haunting accomplishment." Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Download or read book Lara Croft written by Dave Stern and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lara Croft has been called a cross between Indiana Jones and James Bond. Her rivals are less charitable, they call her the Tomb Raider. But no one can dispute her remarkable success rate. Heedless of the dangers, Lara has criss-crossed the globe to uncover some of the most magnificent artefacts. A no-nonsense, take-no-prisoners attitude has kept her alive in some of the most dangerous trouble spots on the earth. But hidden in her own mansion is a treasure and a puzzle that could pose as her greatest and most deadly challenge. This Paramount feature has taken over the imagination of the countless fans of the video game. Shot in the remarkable Pinewood Studios, the home to the Bond films, the producers have created a stunning feature that will amaze fans of the game, and appeal to the summer audience.
Download or read book Lord Croft s Return to the Fold written by Richard Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London is under siege from a new group of terrorists calling itself the Real IRA. Destruction, mayhem, and the loss of life is threatening the very fabric of life in England by a group wanting the unification of Ireland at any cost. At her wits end, the head of MI5 resorts to recruiting the only man she knows with the capabilities and connections with the IRA to help track down the rouge group. In his usual manner, Lord Croft breaks almost every rule in the book to help with surprising revelations of who is masterminding the plot as he uses every trick he knows.
Download or read book The Croft s in the America s written by Richard Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Croft is back! Moving abroad in an attempt to evade an investigation by MI5, this the second novel in the series, takes Lord Croft to the Caribbean, where far from finding peace, he is forced to take reprisals against the very group he had planned to avoid and to add to his woes he finds himself on the radar of the Mafia, USA and Venezuelan Customs Patrols as he fights for survival. His wife and his crew are viciously raped and brutalised and he seeks revenge. Follow his wake of destruction as he takes on pirates and multiple sectors of law enforcement as he continues his life of crime and sexual pleasure. --- Richard Rogers
Download or read book Lord Croft S a Brush with the Triads written by Richard Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book four sees Lord Croft not only having to contend with an attempt by the Chinese Triads and the Nigerian drug Lords to take over the drugs trade in England but also an attempt by an unscrupulous Italian count to break up his marriage to Janet, his longsuffering wife. Lord Crofts ways of a sexual predator continue unabated, meeting up with previous mistresses as well as new ones. Obtaining a commercial pilots license and extending his charter activities to include air and sea add new challenges in this fight for survival in the underworld of drug trafficking and intrigue.
Download or read book Lara Croft and the Blade of Gwynnever written by Dan Abnett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stand-alone novel is an epic Lara Croft adventure, featuring enough dual-pistol wielding action and sharp wit to please nostalgic fans of the franchise. Facing threats from multiple fronts, Lara hunts legendary artifacts around the world in an effort to solve a mystery and avert disaster. Straddling the line between factual history and fantastical extrapolation, the intense and action-packed tale weaves together the modern and ancient worlds. Storyline written in conjunction with the game developers at Crystal Dynamics, and penned by Dan Abnett, a bestselling British novelist and comic book writer.
Download or read book The Pathway written by Alex Croft and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2017-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr Jessica Atkins wants nothing more than to see the Emergency Department she works at in her rear view mirror. Overworked and on the verge on burnout, her much anticipated vacation in the idyllic coastal town of Ravens Nest is railroaded when her paths cross with an injured and insanely handsome mystery man. Fleeing for his life, the sacred and obscure pathway from a parallel world leads Martin's bruised and battered body literally falling at Jessica's feet. Haunted by the betrayal he had just witnessed and fearful for his sister's life, who would now be forced into ruling over a war torn world in his absence, he struggles to come to terms with his new reality and the beguiling allure of the stranger tending to him. Torn between her duty of care, disbelief in the existence of another world, and an impossible attraction for a man she hardly knows, Jessica utilizes the only resources available to her in Ravens Nest. The medical facilities offered at the local veterinary clinic owned by eccentric veterinarian, Jack Foster. Navigating meddlesome small town politics with a Sheriff she despises, Jessica attends to Martin, setting in motion an interwoven tempestuous journey where hearts, cultures and indeed worlds collide. Can they find some middle ground to rescue and protect the ones they love, bring perpetrators to justice and alter the course of history? Lives will be forever changed and no one is left unscathed in this gripping adventure.
Download or read book The English Guernsey Cattle Society s Herd Book written by English Guernsey Cattle Society and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Demon Moon written by Brad Magnarella and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everson Croft here, professor of mythology and behind-the-scenes wizard. Show me an amateur conjurer, and I'll stop him before he gets himself killed. That's the idea, anyway. But New York City isn't what it used to be, and I don't mean the recent crash. Amateur casters are calling up creatures they shouldn't be able to. And there's been a murder at the city's most hallowed cathedral, a message in blood on the victim's back the NYPD wants me to interpret, like yesterday. Something tells me I'm in over my head. And that's not just Chinatown's newest mob boss, a scary-powerful vampire, or my possessed cat talking. No matter how much magic I hurl, worse keeps chasing bad, and I'm amassing enemies like they're aluminum cans. Did I mention the end of the world might be nigh? Damn. Maybe I'm the amateur here.
Download or read book Queer Dance written by Clare Croft and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queer Dance challenges social norms and enacts queer coalition across the LGBTQ community. The book joins forces with feminist, anti-racist, and anti-colonial work to consider how bodies are forces of social change.
Download or read book History of South Carolina written by Yates Snowden and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Hereford Record and Hereford Herd Book written by American Hereford Cattle Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 1168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brief history of Hereford cattle: v. 1, p. 359-375.
Download or read book Fasti Academiae Mariscallanae Aberdonensis written by Marischal College and University and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Innocence of Kaiser Wilhelm II written by Christina Croft and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost a century after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, Kaiser Wilhelm II is still viewed as either a warmonger or a madman, as the hundred-year-old propaganda posters remain fixed in the general consciousness. Was he, though, truly responsible for the catastrophe of the First World War, or was he in fact a convenient scapegoat, blamed for a conflict which he desperately tried to avoid?
Download or read book The Family of Ravenscroft written by William Ravenscroft and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Aberdeen Angus Herd book written by American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders' Association and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
