Death in the Barren Ground
Title | Death in the Barren Ground PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Christian |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A new edition of the diary of Edgar Christian with introduction and editing by George Whalley. Author's personal account of journey with John Hornby and Harold Adlard to winter in the Thelon Game Sanctuary and to explore a new route from Great Slave Lake to Chesterfield Inlet.
The Barren Grounds
Title | The Barren Grounds PDF eBook |
Author | David A. Robertson |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 217 |
Release | 2020-09-08 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0735266115 |
Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson. Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything -- including them.
The Legend of John Hornby
Title | The Legend of John Hornby PDF eBook |
Author | George Whalley |
Publisher | London : J. Murray |
Pages | 412 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Mackenzie (N.W.T.) |
ISBN |
Biography of traveller and eccentric. Spent much of his life in the "Barren Ground", Northwest Territories of Canada.
Death in the Barren Ground
Title | Death in the Barren Ground PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar Vernon Christian |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Last letters before death |
ISBN | 9780778013501 |
The Humane Gardener
Title | The Humane Gardener PDF eBook |
Author | Nancy Lawson |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2017-04-18 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 1616896175 |
In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.
Desert of Death
Title | Desert of Death PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Docherty |
Publisher | Faber & Faber |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Afghan War, 2001- |
ISBN | 9780571236893 |
This book is set to be a timebomb under the British military presence in Afghanistan, criticising tactics, strategy, implementation, equipment and the wisdom behind the operation.
Conflicting Stories
Title | Conflicting Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Ammons |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 1992-10-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 019535981X |
The early 1890s through the late 1920s saw an explosion in serious long fiction by women in the United States. Considering a wide range of authors--African American, Asian American, white American, and Native American--this book looks at the work of seventeen writers from that period: Frances Ellen Harper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah Orne Jewett, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Kate Chopin, Pauline Hopkins, Gertrude Stein, Mary Austin, Sui Sin Far, Willa Cather, Humishuma, Jessie Fauset, Edith Wharton, Ellen Glasgow, Anzia Yezierska, Edith Summers Kelley, and Nella Larsen. The discussion focuses on the differences in their work and the similarities that unite them, particularly their determination to experiment with narrative form as they explored and voiced issues of power for women. Analyzing the historical context that both enabled and limited American women writers at the turn of the century, Ammons provides detailed readings of many texts and offers extensive commentary on the interaction between race and gender. This book joins the deepening discussion of modern women writers' creation of themselves as artists and raises fundamental questions about the shape of American literary history as it has been constructed in the academy.