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When is a family vacation more than a family vacation? The classic lake cabin, beyond being an iconic vacation genre, becomes a home away from home when the visits are regular, when they are a set piece in the year's calendar, when they bracket generations of a family's trajectory. As much a natural history as a memoir, Lake Effect delves beneath the surface of a rather ordinary lake - a reservoir, really - to examine the region's origins, and its unclear future. Viewed through the lens of classic, family cabin vacations at California's Lake Almanor, the narrative explores the author's fond remembrance of times past at the lake, and his affinity for its natural environment. Beyond being a tale of memory and nostalgia, Lake Effect examines the genesis of the lake and region, focusing on the shock-and-awe geologic force of volcanism, evident at nearby Lassen Peak (the volcano on the horizon, the southern-most of the volcanic Cascade Range), and the natural history, the biota that wraps itself around the geology, at this confluence of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges. Overwhelming this is the inexorable advance of human civilization, economic interest, and resource extraction in the area, including a Chinatown-like subterfuge to grab water rights and build a dam, an effort that just maybe included a little arson. Lake Effect details the fate area's natural resources during the evolution from a lush, Native American-inhabited meadow through timber extraction and dam-building to the proliferation of lake vacation rentals. Overlying this all is the new kid on the block, catastrophic fire exacerbated by climate change, a force that threatens the character of the lake vacation itself, if not the very existence of the lake. How long can the lake be a refuge, a respite from the world? Maybe you can't go home again, or at least back to the lake. On the other hand, life finds a way, and perhaps humans can exhibit an adaptiveness, a resilience, like some of the area's furred and feathered residents.

An intimate and honest portrayal behind the scenes of what it took for the self-titled smallest club in the competition to win the 2023 A-League men's championship. A first of its kind from former Socceroo Andy Bernal.

In this sequel to Judy Liautaud's award-winning memoir, Sunlight on My Shadow, Judy tells the story of her travels with Dave from the Rockies to Peru. While his passion was to get to the next crazy thing, Judy's desire was to find a safe, cozy little house somewhere, build friendships with locals and other travelers, hang out, learn the Latin American ways. Their heart's desires were at opposite ends of the spectrum so therein laid the rub. The story starts in the Fraser valley living in Grandma and Grandpa's cabin just below the majestic Continental Divide. After marrying in the mountain meadow they set off for the southern hemisphere to spend a year and a half back packing through Mexico, Central, and South America.Dave has a passion for adventure and seeks out wild rides, trekking through the jungle to see remote Indians, spear fishing in the Pacific ocean with a close encounter with a shark, taking a river boat to the Galapagos islands and being stranded at sea for several days. Since Dave was not the negotiating kind, Judy had two choices- to follow along or go home. She would be torn battling the fear of following him into dangerous places, wanting to stay by his side and honoring her own comfort zone. In the end, Judy comes to understand that girl-in-love who thought she had to sacrifice so much in order to be a companion to her beloved Dave. She learns that what she knew for sure would come unhinged and she would find her own true path.

If you told me I'd be here today, believing what I do and working for the Lord, I would've told you, you are crazy. This is the story of how I found Jesus or, rather, how He chose me and how because of Him, I overcame obstacles like mental illness and finding truth in Jesus, while showing my journey of before, during, and after finding Him.

Perseguitato dai ricordi delle avventure e disavventure, vissute durante il periodo della seconda guerra Mondiale, mi sono deciso di mettere nero su bianco I Miracoli ??...Esistono!pe, sono certo che "Miracoli" sarà ben accetto, dato che risveglierà in persone che hanno vissuto quel periodo tanti ricordi, belli e meno belli. "Miracoli" è per tutti, anche meglio specialmente iragazzi avrebbero uno spaccato di quel tempo, dove non c'erano cellulari, ma ci si divertiva lo stesso.

"Mi capita di volare con le rondini ancora lontane, con le farfalle che dormono nei bozzoli, con Pippo che eternamente torna a spronarmi, a spingermi insistentemente con la testa. E nei miei voli da fata, nell'azzurro, tinteggio i tramonti, scambio i colori dei fiori, li mischio, confondo gli odori: ed ecco la menta che sa di rosmarino, la rosa di mughetto... Sperimento il prodigio dell'incantesimo e della creazione, torno bambina, divento energia, suono, divento il miracolo della poesia."Un'amica racconta un'amica. E lo fa in prima persona, come se narrasse la sua vita, tracciando i momenti salienti di un'esistenza difficile, ma vissuta con entusiasmo, all'insegna della bellezza e della poesia.L'amicizia ha dato vita ad un lavoro in cui le identità delle due autrici si fondono diventando un unico sguardo. Le brevi prose poetiche dell'una si alternano alle poesie e alle immagini fotografiche dell'altra, evocando all'unisono, in un costante riferimento ai fatti, emozioni e sentimenti, tragedia e rinascita di una persona che è riuscita a fare della debolezza una forza, della sua differenza un valore.

'A charming journey through the science and experience of fully engaging your senses of smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound' - Adam Grant, author of Think AgainThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project turns to the five senses.For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Despite all she'd learned, she began to realize that something was missing: she was spending so much time stuck in her head that she wasn't noticing the world around her.In this journey of self-experimentation, Rubin explores the mysteries and joys of embracing the senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life: from the simple pleasures of appreciating ketchup and adding favourite songs to a playlist, to practicing daily rituals and attending Flavor University, she discovers the power of tuning in.Life in Five Senses is filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and live fuller, richer lives - and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love.'An inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment' - Susan Cain, author of Quiet

David Horton was born in 1945 and grew up in Perth, WA. He graduated from UWA with Zoology Honours in 1965, aged twenty, then had a disastrous year at University of Melbourne, six good years at University of New England, an unhappy year in York, England, and then twenty-four very mixed years at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (first as an archaeologist, then as a not insignificant figure in Australian publishing, then as the creator of the Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia). His research involved scincid lizards and biogeography (1966-1974); archaeozoology (sites from Cape York to SW Tasmania), Pleistocene occupation of Australia, Pleistocene extinctions, the role of fire in Australian ecosystems (1974 to 1984). He then ran Aboriginal Studies Press from 1984 to 1998. His major works include Recovering the Tracks (1991), The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia (both print and electronic,1994), and Aboriginal Australia (map, 1996). He gained a BA, MSc and two doctorates along the way plus major awards (most notably the prestigious NSW Premier's Literary Award 1995 Book of the Year 1994). After being forced to leave the institute, he published a book (The Pure State of Nature, 2000) on prehistory and ecology in Australia (notably considering the role of fire). He had also become a leading stud sheep breeder, and ran for federal parliament in the 2007 election. The following year saw the start of a run of bad health - a heart attack, then lymphoma developed in 2011 resulting in years of treatment, then a stroke in December 2020, then open heart surgery in February 2023. All of which he has survived. Married for fifty-four years ,with two daughters and three grandchildren, he lives in retirement on his farm in the southern tablelands of NSW, where he writes and builds his stamp collection and records frog calls.

Millicent E. Brown's family home at 270 Ashley Avenue in Charleston, South Carolina, was a center of civil rights activity. There Brown gained intimate knowledge of the struggle for racial justice, and those experiences set her on a life course dedicated to the civil rights struggle. Best known as the named plaintiff in the federal court case that, in 1963, forced the initial desegregation of public schools in South Carolina, her experiences as an activist range across years and well beyond her native state. Another Sojourner Looking for Truth is Brown's insightful reflection on her search for freedom in a nation deeply mired in white supremacist beliefs and overt violence against people of color.

Birth is made out to be the happiest time of your life. But what happens if you have a difficult pregnancy, a traumatic birth, your baby is fussy, or just won't go to sleep? Are you meant to bond with your baby straight away? Sometimes, the experience of being a new mum sucks. You've been sleep-deprived for weeks or months, and post-natal depression can creep up and take over. If you've found yourself struggling to cope, you're not the only one. Other women have had similar thoughts and feelings to you, no matter how extreme they seem. The women in this book have experienced postnatal depression and have come out the other side. Their stories will give you hope that there is a way out of the dark hole you are in. You are not alone.

Join ex-Air Force reserve officer turned private detective Richard Martinez as he investigates real-life criminal and moral cases in this captivating (and sometimes comedic) book. With a background as personal security staff for Boris Johnson, Martinez brings a unique perspective to his work as a private detective. From catching cheats and fraudsters to using hi-tech surveillance gadgets and forensics, he uses his expertise and a variety of evidence gathering techniques to solve cases involving phone hackers, honour killers, and more. Along the way, he helps locate missing people and protects individuals from sex-mad stalkers. Follow Martinez on his thrilling journey as a private detective.

Confessions of a Woman in Real Estate goes beyond a personal account; it is a comprehensive bible for any woman seeking to thrive in the real estate industry.

"In this inviting and joyfully raucous collection of sixteen original essays, written with a rare combination of humor and sharpness, Ira Madison III combines memoir and cultural criticism to offer an updated pop-culture manifesto. Alternately irreverent and emotionally resonant, Pure Innocent Fun will leave you laughing and inspired."--

"A National Book Foundation's 5 Under 35 honoree delivers her first nonfiction work: a compulsively readable, genre-bending story of finding her birth mother and learning the power of self-knowledge"--

Paul Miley was born in Albury and was a war baby. He was exposed to other cultures through the Columbo Plan at his school and the newly arrived post-war migrants, especially those working in the Snowy Mountains Scheme. His first international adventure was to the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and then onto North America as a landed immigrant in Canada.On returning to Australia, he moved to Queensland and had the great fortune to secure a position with Qantas Airways which gave him a wide range of opportunities to travel by air internationally and receive a crash-course in marketing which would become his other love.After several executive positions in the tourism industry, including at Gold Coast Tourism, he spent a decade in various positions at Fairfax Media, including at the Australian Financial Review, the Sun and Sun Herald. This commercial background was essential for the development and management of one of the first eco-tourism resorts in Australia: the multi-award winning Eaglereach Wilderness Resort in the Hunter region of NSW.

A book that bends time and fragments narrative. On the surface, Small Altars appears to narrate the story of two brothers, offering a singular portrayal of grief, loss, and the quiet violence inherent in adolescence. Gardiner considers the powerlessness of his narrator as he comes of age against a backdrop of comic books, piano lessons, and family secrets. At the same time, Small Altars explores--through form, style, and technique--precisely how memory works. By eschewing the impulse to rely strictly on chronology as a structural device, Gardiner instead creates a provocative fragmentation of time, meaning, and narrative. He interrogates our use of story to lend unity and cohesion to what are essentially discontinuous experiences, to find meaning in loss, grief, and their indelible aftermath.

Alan Strachan¿s fascinating biography shares the adventures of Bernard Miles and the creation of London's Mermaid Theatre.

Some smuggle cigarettes or alcohol, others weapons, but for the International Booker Prize-winning novelist Georgi Gospodinov, the most dangerous contraband is carried by writers, as they move stories across borders

This is My Life I'm Talking About by Danny Lyon is a picaresque memoir written from inside the heart of the revolutionary twentieth century by one of its most crucial witnesses. A love story of a beautiful friendship with the great American hero John Lewis. Danny Lyon writes with tremendous and generous feeling, humor, and a selection of unpublished and unseen pictures ties in Danny Lyon¿s life to The Bikeriders. His story begins in Russia under the Czar, when in 1905 Lyon¿s uncle Abram is involved in the murder of a policeman during a pogrom and fled to Brooklyn, where, during World War Two, Lyon was born.

Reflecting on seventy years of voracious reading, All Booked Up invites you to reflect on the transformative power of literature on a life through fifteen captivating chapters, each focusing on a different book.

Die Smiling is about one man’s triumph, in choosing a good death. Nigel Casson is a successful businessman, popular in the pub, the golf course, a loving husband and father, who decides to visit the Dignity's clinic in Switzerland.

Oddball students, falling academic standards, lecherous colleagues, fortunes spent on 'corporate' follies, an over-reliance on foreign fees and business donations, striking lecturers, poor student welfare – and an A+ explosion in cheating... welcome to a British university in the 2020s.