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Book Another Haul

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charlie Groth
  • Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
  • Release : 2019-02-15
  • ISBN : 1496820371
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Another Haul written by Charlie Groth and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Island in Lambertville, New Jersey, is the site of the Lewis Fishery, the last haul seine American shad fishery on the nontidal Delaware River. The Lewis family has fished in the same spot since 1888 and operated the fishery through five generations. The extended Lewis family, its fishery's crew, and the Lambertville community connect with people throughout the region, including environmentalists concerned about the river. It was a Lewis who raised the alarm and helped resurrect a polluted river and its biosphere. While this once exclusively masculine activity is central to the tiny island, today men, women, and children fish, living out a sense of place, belonging, and sustainability. In Another Haul: Narrative Stewardship and Cultural Sustainability at the Lewis Family Fishery, author Charlie Groth highlights the traditional, vernacular, and everyday cultural expressions of the family and crew to understand how community, culture, and the environment intersect. Groth argues there is a system of narrative here that combines verbal activities and everyday activities. On the basis of over two decades of participation and observation, interviews, surveys, and a wide variety of published sources, Groth identifies a phenomenon she calls "narrative stewardship." This narrative system, emphasizing place, community, and commitment, in turn, encourages environmental and cultural stewardship, tradition, and community. Intricate and embedded, the system appears invisible, but careful study unpacks and untangles how people, often unconsciously, foster sustainability. Though an ethnography of an occupation, the volume encourages readers to consider what arises as special about all cultures and what needs to be seen and preserved.

Book The Kingdom

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  • Author : Jess Rothenberg
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
  • Release : 2019-05-28
  • ISBN : 1250293863
  • Pages : 352 pages

Download or read book The Kingdom written by Jess Rothenberg and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A half-android, half-human girl is accused of murder in Jess Rothenberg's tautly-paced YA thriller, The Kingdom, perfect for fans of Westworld and The Lunar Chronicles. "Wildly addictive and beautifully terrifying... Readers will leave this glittering theme park forgetting what is real."—Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles Welcome to the Kingdom... where "Happily Ever After" isn’t just a promise, but a rule. Glimmering like a jewel behind its gateway, The KingdomTM is an immersive fantasy theme park where guests soar on virtual dragons, castles loom like giants, and bioengineered species—formerly extinct—roam free. Ana is one of seven Fantasists, beautiful “princesses” engineered to make dreams come true. When she meets park employee Owen, Ana begins to experience emotions beyond her programming including, for the first time... love. But the fairytale becomes a nightmare when Ana is accused of murdering Owen, igniting the trial of the century. Through courtroom testimony, interviews, and Ana’s memories of Owen, emerges a tale of love, lies, and cruelty—and what it truly means to be human.

Book Wounded Little Gods

Download or read book Wounded Little Gods written by Eliza Victoria and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regina was born and raised in the small town of Heridos, where gods and spirits walked the earth. Until they didn't. Ten years ago, the town's harvest failed utterly, and the people---believing the gods had abandoned them--left their farms and moved on. Now, on a Friday before a long weekend, Regina ends her workday at an office in Makati, and walks home with a new colleague, Diana. Following a strange and disturbing conversation between them, Diana does not show up at work on Monday, nor Tuesday, nor Wednesday. On Thursday, Regina finds a folded piece of paper In her bag. In Diana's handwriting are two names and a strange map that will send Regina back to her hometown. Here, in her quest to find Diana, she encounters rumors of genetic experiments, stumbles upon a strange facility that no one seems to know about, finds herself in places that don't exist, and discovers that people are not who they seem to be. And the biggest question in the bizarre chain of events is not what, or how, but why? Wounded Little Gods is a tale that brings mythology to a sci-fi thriller that's filled with a sense of place--a place where gods are in many ways human and point to the ways in which humans can be inhumane. As Regina struggles to unwind the knots surrounding the mystery of this facility and the people connected to it. She discovers that she is more intertwined in the strange events in her hometown than she ever knew.

Book Mating

    Book Details:
  • Author : Norman Rush
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 1992-09-01
  • ISBN : 067973709X
  • Pages : 498 pages

Download or read book Mating written by Norman Rush and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • Is love between equals possible? This modern classic is a delightful intellectual love story that explores the deepest canyons of romantic love even as it asks large questions about society, geopolitics, and the mystery of what men and women really want. “Luminous…Few books evoke the state of love at its apogee.” —The New York Times Book Review “The best rendering of erotic politics…since D.H. Lawrence…The voice of Rush’s narrator is immediate, instructive and endearing.” —The New York Review of Books The narrator of this splendidly expansive novel of high intellect and grand passion is an American anthropologist at loose ends in the South African republic of Botswana. She has a noble and exacting mind, a compelling waist, and a busted thesis project. She also has a yen for Nelson Denoon, a charismatic intellectual who is rumored to have founded a secretive and unorthodox utopian society in a remote corner of the Kalahari—one in which he is virtually the only man. What ensues is an exhilarating quest and an exuberant comedy of manners: “A dryly comic love story about grown-up people who take the life of the mind seriously.” —Newsweek

Book Long May She Reign

Download or read book Long May She Reign written by Rhiannon Thomas and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Girl of Fire and Thorns meets The Queen of the Tearling in this thrilling fantasy standalone about one girl’s unexpected rise to power. Freya was never meant to be queen. Twenty-third in line to the throne, she never dreamed of a life in the palace, and would much rather research in her laboratory than participate in the intrigues of the court. However, when an extravagant banquet turns deadly and the king and those closest to him are poisoned, Freya suddenly finds herself on the throne. She may have escaped the massacre, but she is far from safe. The nobles don’t respect her, her councillors want to control her, and with the mystery of who killed the king still unsolved, she knows that a single mistake could cost her the kingdom—and her life. Freya is determined to survive, and that means uncovering the murderers herself. Until then, she can’t trust anyone. Not her advisers. Not the king’s dashing and enigmatic illegitimate son. Not even her own father, who always wanted the best for her but also wanted more power for himself. As Freya’s enemies close in and her loyalties are tested, she must decide if she is ready to rule and, if so, how far she is willing to go to keep the crown.

Book American Drifter

    Book Details:
  • Author : Heather Graham
  • Publisher : Forge Books
  • Release : 2017-11-14
  • ISBN : 0765374870
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book American Drifter written by Heather Graham and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exhilarating tale of love and murder set in the heart of Brazil, by acclaimed novelist Heather Graham and television star Chad Michael Murray

Book Autumncrow

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  • Author : Cameron Chaney
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-10-16
  • ISBN : 9781688117341
  • Pages : 168 pages

Download or read book Autumncrow written by Cameron Chaney and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Autumncrow Valley, where every night is Halloween. Enjoy your stay! But first, a few words of warning; Stay out of the forest. Never venture out after dark. And don't stare too long into the shadows...you may not like what you see. Have a pleasant visit. We hope it won't be your last...Author Cameron Chaney presents seven new tales of All Hallows terror, along with his newly revised novella "There Are Monsters Here", in print for the very first time!

Book The Long Haul  A Trucker s Tales of Life on the Road

Download or read book The Long Haul A Trucker s Tales of Life on the Road written by Finn Murphy and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-06-06 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.

Book Farming for the Long Haul

Download or read book Farming for the Long Haul written by Michael Foley and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Farming in the ruins of the twentieth century -- A short, unhappy history of business advice for farmers -- Subsistence first! -- Land for the tiller -- Soil, civilization, and resilient farmers through the centuries -- Resourceful farmers -- Woodlands and wastes -- It takes a village: leisure, community, and resilience -- Getting a living, forging a livelihood -- Farmer, citizen, survivor: politics and resilience

Book Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin

Download or read book Traffic World and Traffic Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long and short haul Charges

Download or read book Long and short haul Charges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 1390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report   Union of South Africa  Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey

Download or read book Report Union of South Africa Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey written by South Africa. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Report no. 11 contains: South Africa. Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division. Investigational report - Fisheries and Marine Biological Survey Division, no. 1-4, 1934.

Book The Lifeboat Clique

Download or read book The Lifeboat Clique written by Kathy Parks and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mean Girls meets Life of Pi in this darkly humorous, compulsively readable teen novel that’s perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Andrew Smith. A hilariously dark and twisted story that sparkles with a remarkably fresh voice, The Lifeboat Clique is Kathy Parks's irreverent yet insightful novel about how to survive in the most unthinkable circumstances. Some people might say that Denver has a death wish. Why else would she dare to sneak into a Malibu beach party where she’d be surrounded by enemies? Oh yeah. Croix. Denver never thought in a million years he’d ask her out, but who is she to question this miracle of fate? Well, that isn’t the only surprise fate has in store. During the party a tsunami hits the coast of California, and Denver and a handful of others escape death and are swept out to sea. Of course, one of her fellow castaways is none other than her ex-BFF, Abigail, who can barely stand the sight of her. Trapped on a small boat with the most popular kids in school and waiting to be rescued, Denver wonders what might kill her first—dehydration, sunstroke, or the girl she used to think of as a sister?

Book Fiskeridirektoratets Skrifter

Download or read book Fiskeridirektoratets Skrifter written by Norway. Fiskeridirektoratet and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The South Western Reporter

Download or read book The South Western Reporter written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.

Book Lawyers  Reports Annotated

Download or read book Lawyers Reports Annotated written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Long and short Haul

Download or read book Long and short Haul written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interstate Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: