Download or read book Opal on Dry Ground written by Sandra Jean Scofield and published by Ivy Books. This book was released on 1995-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving novel about the passions of ordinary people by the author of Beyond Deserving. Opal had done the best she knew how in raising her daughters, Clancy and Joy. Now she has to learn to let go and live. A fine picture of the mother-daughter bond . . . heartfelt and believable.--People. A New York Times Notable Book.
Download or read book Opal on Dry Ground written by Sandra Jean Scofield and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A domestic comedy starring Opal Duffy, a fifty-something divorcee as she struggles to meet the conflicting demands of her family, including her mother, a new husband, two divorced daughters and a rebellious grandchild. By the author of Beyond Deserving.
Download or read book Opal on Dry Ground written by Sandra J. Scofield and published by . This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "RICH, COMPLEX, AND COMPELLING (Ms. Scofield explores the twists and turns all the daughters must survive as they struggle toward independence." --Dallas Morning News Opal has done the best she knew how in raising her two daughters, Clancy and Joy. But that doesn't stop her from worrying about them even when they are finally under her roof again. Clancy has just been left by her second husband and is so depressed she can barely stay awake. Joy, brittle in her loneliness and desperate about her teenage daughter, can't decide where her loyalty lies--with her mother, her daughter, or herself. And Opal is still mourning the sudden death of her aged mother, killed in a flood. Opal has always bailed out the women in her family when despair rains down. But as troubled waters recede, she must learn to let go and live.... "A novel whose plot, like a vast open sky, is enlivened with a fireworks display of colorful, twisting, brilliantly rendered emotions." --The New York Times Book Review "Sandra Scofield writes with authority, and her characters are warmhearted, well-intentioned, likable, more sinned against than sinning--ordinary, hard-working folks trying to make it through the day." --New York Newsday "From the Paperback edition.
Download or read book Collocation written by G. Barnbrook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive description of collocation, covering both the theoretical and practical background and the implications and applications of the concept as language model and analytical tool. It provides a definitive survey of currently available techniques and a detailed description of their implementation.
Download or read book The Scene Book written by Sandra Scofield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-03-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treasure-trove of scene-writing wisdom from award-winning author and teacher Sandra Scofield To write a good scene, you have to know the following: • Every scene has an EVENT • Every scene has a FUNCTION in the narrative • Every scene has a STRUCTURE: a beginning, middle, and end • Every scene has a PULSE The Scene Book is a fundamental guide to crafting more effective scenes in fiction. In clear, simple language, Sandra Scofield shows both the beginner and the seasoned writer how to build better scenes, the underpinning of any good narrative.
Download or read book Water in a Dry Land written by Margaret Somerville and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water in a Dry Land is a story of research about water as a source of personal and cultural meaning. The site of this exploration is the iconic river system which forms the networks of natural and human landscapes of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. In the current geological era of human induced climate change, the desperate plight of the system of waterways has become an international phenomenon, a symbol of the unsustainable ways we relate to water globally. The Murray-Darling Basin extends west of the Great Dividing Range that separates the densely populated east coast of Australia from the sparsely populated inland. Aboriginal peoples continue to inhabit the waterways of the great artesian basin and pass on their cultural stories and practices of water, albeit in changing forms. A key question informing the book is: What can we learn about water from the oldest continuing culture inhabiting the world’s driest continent? In the process of responding to this question a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers formed to work together in a contact zone of cultural difference within an emergent arts-based ethnography. Photo essays of the artworks and their landscapes offer a visual accompaniment to the text on the Routledge Innovative Ethnography Series website, http://www.innovativeethnographies.net/. This book is perfect for courses in environmental sociology, environmental anthropology, and qualitative methods.
Download or read book Dry Land Farming written by Thomas Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Draft written by Sandra Scofield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive handbook for the novelist who is ready to revise This wise and friendly guide shows writers how to turn first-draft manuscripts into the novels of their dreams. A critic, longtime teacher, and award-winning novelist, Sandra Scofield illustrates how to reread a work of fiction with a view of its subject and vision, and how to take it apart and put it back together again, stronger and deeper. Scofield builds her explanations around helpful concepts like narrative structure, character agency, and core scenes, using models from classic and contemporary writers. The detailed, step-by-step plan laid out in The Last Draft offers invaluable advice to both novice and experienced writers alike. In Scofield, they will find a seasoned, encouraging mentor to steer them through this emotional and intellectual journey.
Download or read book The Darkdeep Series written by Ally Condie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover a thrilling, darkly suspenseful middle grade series by New York Times bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs in this three-book digital bundle! Everyone in Timbers knows Still Cove is off-limits, with its creepy Beast sightings and equally terrifying legends. But when a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over a cliff and into Still Cove's icy waters, friends Tyler and Emma--and even Opal Walsh, who usually runs with the popular kids--rush to his rescue . . . and discover a mysterious island hiding in the murky, swirling mists below. Though the island appears uninhabited, the kids can't shake a feeling that something about it is definitely not right. Their suspicions grow when they stumble upon an abandoned houseboat filled with all sorts of curiosities, and in its lowest depths churns a dark, deep secret. As the group delves deeper into this mysterious new clubhouse, they discover shocking secrets about their houseboat hangout, the Rift, and the Darkdeep itself, and their lives begin to intertwine in weird and dangerous ways. For something ancient has awakened . . . Now, the friends must fight to protect their secrets, defeat new enemies, and save Timbers and all that they love, putting their friendships to the test as never before. Do they have what it takes to face the shadowy secrets lurking within their own hearts? This e-book bundle includes the entire series: The Darkdeep, The Beast, and The Torchbearers.
Download or read book Adornment written by Carson Gibbs and published by Carson Gibbs. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of going through the motions of jewelry sales? You are the kind of person who wants to become better, but just like athletes need a coach to help them steadily climb to higher levels, so do you. Adornment will make you a better jeweler because it compiles successful selling techniques specific for the diamond industry that are proven to help you succeed. Best part is you don't have to pay high costs on online training platforms. This book shows you how you can go from being an average jeweler to an unforgettable one. Through examples, humor, and dozens of practical tips, in these pages you'll discover: 1. How to tie customer involvement into every sale. 2. How to overcome objections effectively. 3. How to build more value in your presentations. 4. How to correctly show features and benefits 5. And so much more! Long before writing Adornment, I researched how I could improve my sales numbers and I found that most sales books fell into three categories. The first category of books are written as an overall sales book that speaks to a large broad audience. Even when they had taught good sales techniques, they are not immediately beneficial for most jewelers. The second category are books that are written by academics. Heavily laden with theories and analysis but short on practical application. Lastly, there are online courses that are designed for jewelers specific use and application, but cost hundreds of dollars and are often only available for a short amount of time. Adornment bridges the gap of these three categories by giving you real insight into how you can use proven sales techniques in the jewelry world and then relating how it is done, why it is done, and the thinking behind it. The focus is on WHAT you should do, HOW you should do it and WHY it works. If you want to double your sales then this book is for you. Are you ready?
Download or read book Growing Grain Crops in Dry Areas With Information on Varieties of Grain Crop Suitable for Dry Land Farming written by Thomas Shaw and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the reader a comprehensive guide to growing grain in arid areas, exploring in detail the various problems and how they can be overcome. Containing information on the methods of growing a variety of different types of grain crop, this detailed handbook is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in the techniques of the agricultural industry. Contents include: “Farming”, “Growing Grain Crops In Dry Areas”, “Growing Wheat, Winter And Spring”, “Growing Rye, Winter And Spring”, “Growing Flax”. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on farming.
Download or read book The Darkdeep written by Ally Condie and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book left me breathless!" --R. L. Stine, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street "Move over, Stranger Things. . . The Darkdeep will pull you into an irresistibly eerie world beyond your wildest dreams--and nightmares." --Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Descendants series New York Times bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs team up to co-author this thrilling first book in a darkly suspenseful middle grade series. Everyone in Timbers knows Still Cove is off-limits, with its creepy Beast sightings and equally terrifying legends. But when a bullying incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over a cliff and into Still Cove's icy waters, friends Tyler and Emma--and even Opal Walsh, who usually runs with the popular kids--rush to his rescue . . . and discover a mysterious island hiding in the murky, swirling mists below. Though the island appears uninhabited, the kids can't shake a feeling that something about it is definitely not right. Their suspicions grow when they stumble upon an abandoned houseboat filled with all sorts of curiosities: odd-looking weapons, unnerving portraits, maps to unknown places, and a glass jar containing something completely unidentifiable. And in its lowest depths churns a dark, deep secret. As the group delves deeper into this mysterious new clubhouse, their lives begin to intertwine in weird and dangerous ways. For something ancient has awakened . . . and it can detect not only their wishes and dreams, but also their darkest, most terrible imaginings. Do they have what it takes to face the shadowy secrets lurking within their own hearts? Told from alternating points of view, this pulse-racing tale from bestselling duo Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs is the start of a high-stakes, thrilling series about friendship and believing in yourself--and each other.
Download or read book Cameo the Assassin written by Dawn McCullough-White and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Sieunes is rife with taverns, dirty streets, and clay pipe smoking citizens all toiling to feed their families and keep themselves in something little better than rags. With a foiled revolution just ten years prior still burning in the hearts of many, the royals enlist the aid of assassins to keep things in order. The townsfolk entertain themselves by dreaming of better times to come and regaling in stories of the undead said to walk the graveyards at night... and of Cameo the killer with corpse-like eyes... Scarred and jaded Cameo is one of the most effective assassins in the employ of the Association, moving from one mission to the next as long as the alcohol keeps flowing. Her acceptance of the murder-for-hire lifestyle is thrown into doubt when she meets a local highwayman with a penchant for fine clothes and women, and then she begins to think about breaking with the company but no one ever breaks with the Association under good terms.
Download or read book Soil Survey of Sully County South Dakota written by Gary J. Delaney and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SEPM Reprint Series written by Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Opal Eggs of Fire written by James Calderwood and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-18 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The drought in South Australia was really biting hard, especially for the people in the marginal rainfall regions . The Nickols family at Kimba on the Eyre Peninsula were having a hard time after three bad drought years. Bank interest had sky-rocketed and all of the off-farm income as shearing or harvest work had dried up also, as the sheep and grain numbers had vanished. The bank is threatening to sell the farm to recover the debt. Neighbours of the Nickols Two bachelors Bert and Harry Kelly had been opal mining at Coober Pedy and had paid off the bank overdraft. John and Tony Nickols travel to Coober Pedy and drill onto a seam of good opal. The men find a nest of opal dinosaur eggs worth a lot of money .What ensues is some cunning thieves trying to rob them of their money and opal . These men are killed in an accident in a very strange way which makes world news and the opal eggs very famous.
Download or read book The Ratters of Lightning Ridge written by Richard W. Holmes and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This adventure centers around two leading characters: Rusty a 40-year-old opal miner, and Kate, a 60-year-old, tough-as-nails woman who raises sheep and cattle when she is not mining opal. This story captures a sense of intrigue and calamity that continues to happen between opal miners, "ratters" (people who steal opal), and animals of the Outback area of Lightning Ridge, Australia.
