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Book Driftwood

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  • Author : Marie Brennan
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-08-14
  • ISBN : 9781616963460
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Driftwood written by Marie Brennan and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who is Last? Fame is rare in Driftwood--it's hard to get famous if you don't stick around long enough for people to know you. But many know the guide, Last, a one-blooded survivor who has seen his world end many lifetimes ago. For Driftwood is a strange place of slow apocalypses, where continents eventually crumble into mere neighborhoods, pulled inexorably towards the center in the Crush. Cultures clash, countries fall, and everything eventually disintegrates. Within the Shreds, a rumor goes around that Last has died. Drifters come together to commemorate him. But who really was Last? Lying liar, or heroic savior? A mercenary, a charlatan, a legend? A man, an immortal--perhaps even a god? Discover Marie Brennan (The Memoirs of Lady Trent)'s incomparable Driftwood, a realm of fragments cohered into a myth that encompasses realities.

Book Driftwood

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  • Author : Cathy Cassidy
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2008-10-01
  • ISBN : 0141924705
  • Pages : 208 pages

Download or read book Driftwood written by Cathy Cassidy and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I feel like I'm losing my best mate . . .' Hannah and Joey have been best friends forever - just the two of them. But when Joey's new foster brother, Paul, turns up, everything changes. Hannah's world is turning upside down. Can you rescue a friendship when it's drowning? Can you save a friend in trouble - if they don't want to be saved?

Book Driftwood

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  • Author : Anthony Lee Head
  • Publisher : Luna Blue Books
  • Release : 2020-10-10
  • ISBN : 1735278114
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Driftwood written by Anthony Lee Head and published by Luna Blue Books. This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "BEST BOOKS OF 2020" WINNER ~ KIRKUS REVIEWS WINNER "BEST FIRST BOOK 2021" ~ INDIE REVIEW DISCOVERY AWARDS If You’ve Ever Dreamed of Running Away to Paradise, Driftwood Will Spark Your Secret Wanderlust This captivating book follows modern-day nomads escaping the rat race in search of a fresh start. Fleeing boredom, bad marriages, and dead-end jobs, these adventurers wander south to Playa Paraiso—a lush, unspoiled village on Mexico’s idyllic Caribbean coast. There they find the unpredictable, hedonistic, and sometimes frightening world of the tropics. At the center of this extraordinary group is Poppa, the irreverent and savvy owner of the local beach bar. As he tries to make sense of his own vagabond existence, he offers his fellow expats booze, advice, and the occasional helping hand. It is Poppa who tells the tales of these intriguing runaways, as together they encounter true loves, vicious drug dealers, charming rogues, clueless do-gooders, and a devastating hurricane. Against a backdrop of stunning blue water and endless white sand, they experience the heart’s tug of war between the need for a place to call home and the desire for the freedom to roam. Author Anthony Lee Head is very familiar with the dream of living in paradise portrayed in Driftwood: Stories from the Margarita Road. After leaving a long career as a San Francisco trial lawyer, he moved to Playa del Carmen, Mexico where for ten years he and his wife ran a small hotel and margarita bar near the beach. Travelers, wanderers, explorers, and dreamers alike will see themselves in these unforgettable characters, all the while craving an icy boat drink on a sprawling beach. But be careful: if you stick your feet in the sand and come along on this journey, you may not want to go home again. "... Joseph Conrad collides with Jimmy Buffett in a journey through the dark heart of Mexico's Riviera Maya." ~ Bob Calhoun, bestselling author and journalist "Truly wonderful and moving tales; the author is a writer to watch." ~ Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Beneath the 'palm and balmy breezes' tone, a deep, empathetic humanity affords each character and event vivid authenticity." ~ Peter Coyote, bestselling author and actor

Book Driftwood Days

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  • Author : William Miniver
  • Publisher : Eerdmans Young Readers
  • Release : 2019-10-22
  • ISBN : 1467457639
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Days written by William Miniver and published by Eerdmans Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under autumn leaves, a boy watches a beaver build a dam. One of the branches slips away, carried downstream by the river. Through the changing seasons, the branch makes a long, epic journey to the sea, before finally getting tossed back onto shore. Changed by the elements, the branch—now driftwood—lies patiently on the beach, until the boy discovers it once again. Featuring breathtaking artwork by Charles Vess, Driftwood Days offers readers a beautiful, multilayered story about nature, science, childhood, and change.

Book Acadian Driftwood

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  • Author : Tyler LeBlanc
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020
  • ISBN : 9781773101187
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Acadian Driftwood written by Tyler LeBlanc and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Evelyn Richardson Award for Non-Fiction and Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical Writing Finalist, Dartmouth Book Award for Non-Fiction, and the Margaret and John Savage Award for Best First Book (Non-fiction) A Hill Times' 100 Best Books in 2020 Selection On Canada's History Bestseller List Growing up on the south shore of Nova Scotia, Tyler LeBlanc wasn't fully aware of his family's Acadian roots -- until a chance encounter with an Acadian historian prompted him to delve into his family history. LeBlanc's discovery that he could trace his family all the way to the time of the Acadian Expulsion and beyond forms the basis of this compelling account of Le Grand Dérangement. Piecing together his family history through archival documents, Tyler LeBlanc tells the story of Joseph LeBlanc (his great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather), Joseph's ten siblings, and their families. With descendants scattered across modern-day Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, the LeBlancs provide a window into the diverse fates that awaited the Acadians when they were expelled from their homeland. Some escaped the deportation and were able to retreat into the wilderness. Others found their way back to Acadie. But many were exiled to Britain, France, or the future United States, where they faced suspicion and prejudice and struggled to settle into new lives. A unique biographical approach to the history of the Expulsion, Acadian Driftwood is a vivid insight into one family's experience of this traumatic event.

Book The Driftwood Legacy

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  • Author : Phil Livingston
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9780972611305
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book The Driftwood Legacy written by Phil Livingston and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The large, richly illustrated story of an outstanding Quarter Horse stallion and the horsemen who have carried on the legacy of breeding outstanding performance horses.

Book Driftwood Unmasked

Download or read book Driftwood Unmasked written by Gibbes McDowell and published by Ybr Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional story based on a real person. "Driftwood" Cory is a local legend in Beaufort County, SC, known for art he made from driftwood along the shore and horseshoe shells. Who was he, where did he come from? The answers, and more, are here!

Book Driftwood Lane

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  • Author : Denise Hunter
  • Publisher : Thomas Nelson
  • Release : 2010-07-04
  • ISBN : 1595549927
  • Pages : 337 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Lane written by Denise Hunter and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2010-07-04 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meridith believes she is capable of weathering any storm. But she's never experienced a love powerful enough to uproot her...until now. Meridith Ward has crafted a carefully ordered life to make up for the chaos that plagued her childhood years. But one phone call upsets all that. Within the span of several minutes, Meredith learns that the father who abandoned her is dead and she's been named the sole guardian of his other three children. She nervously heads to Nantucket to care for the siblings she's never met with plans to stay until their uncle returns from his trip before relinquishing guardianship to him. She arrives to find the children living in Summer House, a Bed & Breakfast that's falling apart around them. Meridith wants to move on as soon as possible, but the inn will never sell in its dilapidated condition. Then an itinerant handyman, Jake, shows up with an offer she can't refuse. Much like the powerful ocean just a short walk from her deck, Jake appeals to Meridith. But she senses he is also capable of pulling her under in a heartbeat. What if the thing she fears the most is exactly what she needs? Can she trust God with the details and relish the adventure?

Book Driftwood Cottage

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  • Author : Sherryl Woods
  • Publisher : MIRA
  • Release : 2021-11-15
  • ISBN : 0369719905
  • Pages : 343 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Cottage written by Sherryl Woods and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch Chesapeake Shores now on the Hallmark Channel! New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods again brings her signature heartwarming style to the community of Chesapeake Shores. Single mom Heather Donovan’s dreams of home and family are tantalizingly within reach when she settles in Chesapeake Shores. The welcoming arms of the boisterous, loving O’Brien clan embrace her and her son. But accepting their support seems to further alienate her son’s father, Connor O’Brien. His parents’ divorce and his career as a high-powered divorce attorney have left him jaded about marriage. Then everything changes. Will the possibility of a future without Heather make Connor look at love and his career differently? Heather’s just about given up on her old dreams—of love, of family and especially of Driftwood Cottage, the home she secretly wishes were hers. It’s going to take a lot of persuasion—and some help from the O’Brien family—to make Heather believe that some dreams are worth fighting for. Previously published. Read the Chesapeake Shores Series by Sherryl Woods: Book One: The Inn at Eagle Point Book Two: Flowers on Main Book Three: Harbor Lights Book Four: A Chesapeake Shores Christmas Book Five: Driftwood Cottage Book Six: Moonlight Cove Book Seven: Beach Lane Book Eight: An O’Brien Family Christmas Book Nine: The Summer Garden Book Ten: A Seaside Christmas Book Eleven: The Christmas Bouquet Book Twelve: Dogwood Hill Book Thirteen: Willow Brook Road Book Fourteen: Lilac Lane

Book Driftwood Furniture

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  • Author : Derek Douglas
  • Publisher : Buffalo, N.Y. ; Toronto : Firefly Books
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9781552977293
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Furniture written by Derek Douglas and published by Buffalo, N.Y. ; Toronto : Firefly Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to constructing 19 driftwood items including furniture and decorative objects.

Book Driftwood

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  • Author : Eva De Jong-Duldig
  • Publisher : Australian Scholarly Publishing
  • Release : 2018-02-02
  • ISBN : 1925588041
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Driftwood written by Eva De Jong-Duldig and published by Australian Scholarly Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘We are spread out in every direction of the wind.’ – Karl Duldig 1941 In 1938 sculptor Karl Duldig, his wife Slawa Horowitz-Duldig – inventor of the modern foldable umbrella – and their baby daughter Eva, left their home in Vienna for an uncertain future. They found a brief refuge in Singapore before arriving in Sydney on 25 September 1940. Australia was at war: they were classified as enemy aliens and interned in an isolated camp in northern Victoria. Karl said, ‘A game of tennis saved my life’. The story follows the family’s narrow escape from Nazi Austria, as well as the recovery of all their Viennese art and other possessions after the war. Spanning three continents and three generations, it poignantly captures both the loss that families encounter when they are dislocated by war and the challenges they face when adapting to a new way of life. ‘This book offers an insight into the cultural life of Australia at a time of enormous change, politically and artistically; a profound lesson in the experience of emigration in the worst of circumstances, but also the transforming contribution to the life of the nation through the talents of immigrants like Karl and Slawa Duldig.’ – Dr Gerard Vaughan AM (Director, National Gallery of Australia) - Awarded a Commendation in the History Publication category of the 2017 Victorian Community History Awards.

Book Driftwood

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  • Author : Valerie Sherrard
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9781554553051
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Driftwood written by Valerie Sherrard and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the 2014 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award shortlist New middle-grade fiction from the award-winning author of The Glory Wind Adam's summer is off to a disappointing start. His so-called "best friend" has bailed on him, choosing to stay behind to care for a sick dog, instead of joining Adam and his family at the seaside campground as planned. Adam is furious with Billy for abandoning him, impatient with his mother for her artistic obsessions, and embarrassed by his dad's lame attempts at being funny. At least an ever-changing cast of new summer friends proves to be an entertaining distraction: Joey, the shoe-thief with the cute sister; the mischievous Linden twins; enigmatic Nevin; and Ethan, the adventurer. But it is Theo, the blind gentleman up on the hill, with his magical stories of driftwood, who helps Adam to see the true nature of friendship -- and forgiveness.

Book Driftwood Shacks

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  • Author : Lloyd Kahn
  • Publisher : Shelter Publications
  • Release : 2019
  • ISBN : 9780936070803
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Shacks written by Lloyd Kahn and published by Shelter Publications. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lloyd Kahn has been hiking and camping on Northern California beaches for the last dozen or so years and, given his background in publishing books on building, it's only natural that he would notice the unique and whimsical beach shacks constructed by anonymous builders. Here are some 60 structures, shaped by materials lying on the beach, and ephemeral in the sense that they are built without nails, and don't last long -- victims of wind, waves, and high tides. (All of the ones depicted are now gone.) There are also photos of beach sculptures, seaweed, seashells, birds, sea lions, whalebones, waves, surfers, fishermen, and sunsets, as well as photos from a 3-day backpacking trip along the remote "Lost Coast." A book for beachcombers and beach lovers everywhere, all of whom share a deep love for the ocean and its surroundings.

Book Driftwood Valley

Download or read book Driftwood Valley written by Theodora Cope Stanwell-Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering woman naturalist recounts a magnificent story of adventure and survival in northern British Columbia. Winner of the John Burroughs Medal for excellence in nature writing, the book reveals the daily pleasures and insights sparked by living close to the wild, as well as the isolation, hardships, and struggles.

Book Gathering Driftwood

Download or read book Gathering Driftwood written by Jenny Opie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At aged sixty, the author began a long-held promise to herself to spend a year in her little tin beach shack, writing and painting. Through story-telling and observations, conversations and reminiscences, we discover how precious the simple life is, how valuable contentment, and that happiness is within reach of us all.

Book Driftwood Dreams

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  • Author : T.I. Lowe
  • Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
  • Release : 2020-06-01
  • ISBN : 1496440471
  • Pages : 25 pages

Download or read book Driftwood Dreams written by T.I. Lowe and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of Lulu’s Café Josie Slater has allowed the circumstances anchoring her in Sunset Cove to become a life sentence. Since her mother’s death years before, she’s spent most of her waking hours helping her dad run the Driftwood Diner. As her best friends, Opal and Sophia, make their dreams come true, Josie watches her own art school aspirations drift on by. But when a French-speaking Southern gentleman from her past moves back from Europe, Josie is launched into a tizzy of what-ifs and I-sure-do-hope-sos. August Bradford left Sunset Cove six years ago to sow some life oats and conquer his ambitious career goals. Finally ready to lay down some roots, the successful artist is back in town and determined to win Josie’s heart. When he enlists Josie’s help in the preparations for a children’s art camp, Josie finds herself unleashing her artistic side in a way she hasn’t since before her mother’s death. August hopes to convince Josie to paint a life with him, but the problem is convincing her to let go of her apprehensions and give him—and her dreams—a fair chance.

Book Stealing the Show

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  • Author : John Barelli
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2019-08-22
  • ISBN : 1493038249
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Stealing the Show written by John Barelli and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of forty years responsible not only for one of the richest treasure troves on the planet, but the museum’s staff, the millions of visitors, as well as American presidents, royalty, and heads of state from around the world. For the first time, John Barelli shares his experiences of the crimes that occurred on his watch; the investigations that captured thieves and recovered artwork; the lessons he learned and shared with law enforcement professionals in the United States and abroad; the accidents and near misses; and a few mysteries that were sadly never solved. He takes readers behind the scenes at the Met, introduces curators and administrators, walks the empty corridors after hours, and shares what it’s like to get the call that an ancient masterpiece has gone missing. The Metropolitan Museum covers twelve acres in the heart of Manhattan and is filled with five thousand years of work by history’s great artists known and unknown: Goya, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Warhol, Pollack, Egyptian mummies, Babylonian treasures, Colonial crafts, and Greek vases. John and a small staff of security professionals housed within the Museum were responsible for all of it. Over the years, John helped make the museum the state-of-the-art facility it is today and created a legacy in art security for decades to come. Focusing on six thefts but filled with countless stories that span the late 1970s on into the 21st century, John opens the files on thefts, shows how museum personnel along with local and sometimes Federal Agents opened investigations and more often than not caught the thief. But of ultimate importance was the recovery of the artwork, including Celtic and Egyptian gold, French tapestries, Greek sculpture, and more. At the heart of this book there will always be art—those who love it and those who take it, two groups of people that are far from mutually exclusive.