Download or read book Dancing on Coral written by Glenda Adams and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, 1987. Lark Watter had always planned to run away from her stifling suburban life in 1960s Sydney. At university she encounters an American, Tom, and with him the promise of escape. Following Tom to the other side of the world by freighter is a journey to freedom. But the adventure Lark has embarked on isn't quite what she had anticipated. Not on the way there, and certainly not in New York... A picaresque journey across the high seas and through the extremes of the '60s, Dancing on Coral was Glenda Adams' second novel and established her international reputation. This new edition comes with an introduction by Susan Wyndham. Glenda Adams was born in Sydney in 1939 and studied at the University of Sydney. She later taught Indonesian there after travelling through Indonesia. She moved to New York in 1964 to study Journalism at Columbia University and teach writing, living mainly in the United States until 1990, when she returned to Sydney. She lectured at the University of Technology, Sydney, before her death in 2007. 'A comic epic and sharp satire...a voyage of liberation.' Elizabeth Jolley 'An ebullient comedy...wonderfully satisfying and enriching.' Kate Grenville 'A wicked and witty novel.' Sydney Morning Herald

Download or read book Dancing on Coral written by Glenda Adams and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coral written by Compton Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Dancing with the Devil in the City of God written by Juliana Barbassa and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa comes a deeply reported and beautifully written account of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro as it struggles with poverty and corruption on the brink of the 2016 Olympic Games. Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her native city—once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods—undergoing a major change. Rio has always aspired to the pantheon of global capitals, and under the spotlight of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games it seems that its moment has come. But in order to prepare itself for the world stage, Rio must vanquish the entrenched problems that Barbassa recalls from her childhood. Turning this beautiful but deeply flawed place into a pristine showcase of the best that Brazil has to offer in just a few years is a tall order—and with the whole world watching, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Library Journal called Dancing with the Devil in the City of God “akin to Charlie LeDuff’s Detroit”—a book that “combines history and personal interviews in an informative and engaging work.” This kaleidoscopic portrait of Rio introduces the reader to the people who make up this city of extremes, revealing their aspirations and their grit, their violence, their hungers, and their splendor, and shedding light on the future of this city they are building together. Dancing with the Devil in the City of God is an insider perspective from a native daughter and “a fascinating look at the people who live in and aspire to change one of the world’s most impressive cities” (Booklist, starred review).

Download or read book The Coral Island written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-05-03 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Download or read book The Caribbean Coral Reef written by William K. Sacco and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a visual tour of Caribbean coral reefs between 1968 and 1978. They are the world’s second largest coral reef community and the most threatened. The Caribbean Coral Reef: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat offers a priceless historical record made by a photographer who set out to document the major reef species when those reefs were at their prime. Today, coral reefs are under threat as never before and, sadly, most of what is shown in the book's photographs is now gone forever. It is only by comparing the images in this book with what we see now that we are able to fully recognize what we have lost. With its stunning photography and precise, accurate scientific information, this book offers students of coral reefs a wealth of information about this rich, fragile ecosystem. It is also written accessibly for non-academic visitors to the Caribbean reef or anyone interested in the earth’s creatures. Many of the invertebrates will be unfamiliar to most people, and the author reveals fascinating insights into these otherworldly creatures and their lifestyles. Enjoy this field guide to the reefs that were, and savor the beauty of this vanishing environment and its organisms.

Download or read book The Ecology of Coral Reefs written by Marjorie L. Reaka-Kudla and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coral written by Compton Mackenzie and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Visiting Other Countries with Coral Brain and Friends written by Kenneth Bruce Van Gross M.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2022-05-22 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether running into other countries or running for their lives across the spectrum of time, these three characters are subversive and totally unpredictable. Join them on their opening adventure! "Great fun, Kenneth Bruce Van Gross!!" - Al Einstein

Download or read book Taking on Giants written by David Roybal and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist David Roybal explores New Mexico's fractious recent political history through the life of reform-minded former State Senator Fabian Chavez Jr.

Download or read book On the Coral Reefs written by Sneed B. Collard and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2006 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the work of Dr. Alexander Grutter and other biologists in the field of coral reef relationships"--Provided by publisher.

Download or read book Six Months among the Palm Groves Coral Reefs Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands written by Isabella L. Bird and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Download or read book Coral Reefs Maldives written by Andrey Ryanskiy and published by Andrey Ryanskiy. This book was released on with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral Reefs Maldives: The most comprehensive photo guide to Maldivian coral reef life, covering fishes, sharks, rays, turtles, dolphins, invertebratesand marine plants - Designed for divers and snorkelers - More than 1200 species - New records of fishes and invertebrates for the Maldives Islands - Easy access to information - Brief information (Common names - Scientific names - Length - Distribution) - Amazing facts in “DID YOU KNOW” sections - All photographs taken in natural environment - No anaesthetic or sedatives substances were used on animals - Every effort was made to reduce disturbance to sea creatures

Download or read book Dancing with Dragons written by Jenni Ogden and published by Sea Dragon Press. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jenni Ogden, author of multiple-award-winning A Drop in the Ocean, comes another evocative story of friendship, coral reefs, and marine conservation for book-club readers. It is the late 1970s and teenagers Gaia and her brother Bron live with their parents on their isolated property on Western Australia’s Coral Coast. Intensively trained for a career as a professional ballet dancer by her mother, once a Principal Dancer in the American Ballet Theatre, Gaia also loves snorkeling over the coral reef that borders their small market garden. Then comes a day that changes her life forever: she discovers a rare pair of dramatically colored seadragons, their courtship dance over the coral spellbinding, and that night she loses her entire family and her dancing dream. Two years later she returns to the abandoned property, determined to live off the land. For years her only friends are the wild animals of the bush and reef, and Mary and Eddie, an Aboriginal couple who work for the racist farmer on the neighboring property — until one morning Jarrah, Mary’s 11-year-old orphaned nephew, is entranced when he sees Gaia dancing on the beach. As an unlikely friendship between these two lonely and scarred people deepens, they discover that when you lose everything the only way to survive is to open your heart. Award: GOLD MEDAL, Fiction: Australia/New Zealand-Aotearoa/Pacific Rim, 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards

Download or read book Brides of Beckham Books 21 30 written by Kirsten Osbourne and published by Unlimited Dreams Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mail Order Menace: Ernestine Miller moves west to escape her past as a member of the demon horde, only to find her groom has died. She starts a boarding house and meets Clifford Solomon, who falls for her. Mail Order Memories: Mary Brown responds to an ad for a mail-order bride, and when she arrives she realizes she is marrying her childhood sweetheart who thought she had died. He must learn to trust his new bride or regret it forever. Mail Order Miller: Doris Miller asks her sister Elizabeth to match her as a mail-order bride to escape her past with the demon horde. She marries widower Harvey Butler, struggling with his troublesome children. Mail Order Marm: Schoolteacher, Frederica felt unfulfilled in Salmon, Oregon. When her friend suggested a mail order husband for pregnant Gretchen, Frederica envied her. Darryl, from Massachusetts, agreed to marry Gretchen but unexpectedly wed Frederica instead. Now they must adjust to their sudden marriage. Mail Order Melancholy: Gretchen Jensen loves a man who's dead, and she's pregnant with his child. Shunned by the town, she refuses to marry her mail-order groom. Reginald Lindon returns after six months to find everyone thinks he's dead. His mother and Gretchen tell conflicting stories about his farewell letter. Mail Order Machinations: Esther's life changes when she discovers her father's embezzlement. Her fiancé ends the engagement, and her sister convinces her to marry a rancher in Montana, where no one knows her. Brody is taken with Esther when she arrives, but shocked to find out she brought her sister along. Mail Order Marvel: Coral, who is much different than other young ladies, accompanies her sister Esther to Montana as a mail order bride. She hopes to quickly find a husband and not burden the newlyweds. Jackson, a teacher in rural Montana, agrees to meet Coral, realizing a wife would simplify his life. Though initially put off by her boldness, he agrees to marry her. Mail Order Mother: Caroline Casey, a romantic from a privileged background, becomes a mail-order bride to find love and make a difference out west. She aims to help two motherless girls and their father, Andrew Dawson, who is struggling with his daughters' behavior. Andrew expects a housekeeper, not realizing Caroline's true intentions. Mail Order Miscreant: Charlie moved to Montana to find love in a region with more men than women. After three years, still single, she considers asking her sister Elizabeth for help. A chance encounter during a snowstorm with Abel Burton changes her plans. He brings her home as his bride but worries about his sister-in-law treating Charlie poorly. Mail Order Mommy: Berniece Johnson seeks a better life than marriage to an abusive old man, but her parents disagree. She turns to matchmaker Elizabeth Miller for help, and soon finds herself on a train to meet a potential husband in Missoula, Montana. Kane Burton, a recent widower with an infant daughter, reluctantly seeks a new wife through mail-order. He initially sees Berniece as a mere servant, but she proves to be more than that.

Download or read book The Ship of Coral written by H. De Vere Stacpoole and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-03 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ship of Coral is a fascinating tropical romance full of adventure. Its charming characterization and thrilling storyline made this work a hit instantly. H. De Vere Stacpoole traveled extensively, taking up a profession as a ship's doctor. His time at sea most certainly inspired many stories and characters in his writing. This absorbing book frequently displayed detailed depictions of the natural life and civilizations he had become familiar with during his travels on those islands. Excerpt from The Ship of Coral: "The sea lay blue to the far horizon. Blue—Ah, blue is but a name till you have seen the sea that breaks around the Bahamas and gives anchorage to the tall ships at Port Royal; that great sheet of blue water stretching from Cape Catoche to the Windward Islands, and from Yucatan to beyond the Bahamas, studded with banks and keys and reefs, the old sea of the Buccaneers shot over with the doings of Kidd and Singleton and Horne."

Download or read book Coral s Pathway written by Patricia Anderson Luttrell and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coral lifts her eyes to look out the window. Outside, displayed in its full glory, is Coral's garden. If asked to describe her garden in three words Coral would easily say love, peace, and life.From a young age, Coral shared countless hours with her parents in their home and garden. Her mom and dad had taught her many lessons about giving. Love is giving, Coral could still hear her mother's voice, the garden is always giving. Her garden is love. Though they were gone, their memories and teachings grew only stronger with each passing day. Again, as always, those memories would give her peace. Peace surrounded her because of their love, Coral reassured herself. Her garden would remain a place of peace because of the love her parents planted there so long ago.Mostly, there is life in Coral's garden thanks to its abundant gifts of fruits and vegetables and more. This year the garden surpassed all previous years with richer and more vibrant crops. Everything tastes better, too. Coral believes this is due largely to the remarkable irrigation system built by Professor Charles Austin, who lives on the adjacent property. Professor Austin built a well and a pathway through and around Coral's garden. It is a labor of love from the one man who makes Coral feel as safe as her father once had.Love, peace, and life are in Coral's pathway, but there are obstacles. Life is everchanging, even love.