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A young immigrant from an impoverished village in southern Switzerland finds love in Victoria, gold in New Zealand and fulfilment in the goldfields of Western Australia.
This story is based on the life of the author's great grandfather.
Emigrating to the Victorian goldfields Joseph settles in Stawell becoming an underground miner and prospector. He is befriended by Ellen, who he marries some years later.
Next stop Otago, New Zealand but the gold...
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"Afar in the Forest" by William Henry Giles Kingston. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to...
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Some of these poems reflect the light caught in my daughter's camera during her work in a village community in the Ethiopian Afar. Others are more, random shafts of light caught in the prism of my mind and split into a rainbow of reflections about life and death and the half-world of hopes and dreams that lies between. As is the case with rainbows, they are composed both, of sunshine and drops of rain. I trust that somewhere amongst them you will...
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Shane is attending an art festival when he is desperately urged to search for a treasure. He soon finds that the Galactic Government is also searching for this mysterious treasure. Running from the government with a scroll and a hunch, Shane flees to space and escapes the Galactic Government's jurisdiction. Meanwhile, some rapid changes are happening inside the Galactic Government. After an assassination, a new threat sets himself up as emperor...
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Fr. Capodanno, a native of Staten Island, New York was a Catholic priest, who received the posthumous Medal of Honor for his valor as a chaplain to the Marine Corps during the Vietnam war. Among his men, he earned the nickname, the "Grunt Padre," because of his ministry to the "grunts" (nickname for members of the infantry). Veterans recall how Fr. Capodanno was a constant companion to the Marines - living, eating and sleeping in the same rough conditions...
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In the small town of Varunia - far from any mages, monsters, or dares - there exists a sacred thing called peace. However, when an assassin from far away comes seeking revenge, the calm peace begins to crumble and the once broken cycle of hatred continues. Like night and day, history often repeats itself.
Will this slayer continue to suffer on the path blazed by blood? Will he let hatred consume him and those around him? Will he find peace worth the...
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A collection of fantasy short stories inspired by fairy tales, murder ballads, and memory houses. Four guaranteed happy endings, one ambiguous, and one grim indeed. Take six jaunts into places afar and beyond in this anthology. "Pure entertainment... Jones takes stereotypes and turns them on their ear."- Fantasy Debut about author Rosemary Jones, whose novels have appeared in Forgotten Realms line and, coming in 2021, Arkham Horror.
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The five sections in Kim Stafford's Singer Come from Afar hold poems that summon war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker's spirit, and forge kinship. The former poet laureate of Oregon, Stafford has shared poems from this book in libraries, prisons, on reservations, with veterans, immigrants, homeless families, legislators, and students in schools. He writes for hidden heroes, resonant places, and for our chance to converge...
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Everyday life in China is increasingly shaped by a novel mix of neoliberal and socialist elements, of individual choices and state objectives. This combination of self-determination and socialism from afar has incited profound changes in the ways individuals think and act in different spheres of society. Covering a vast range of daily life-from homeowner organizations and the users of Internet cafes to self-directed professionals and informed consumers-the...
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Belinda and Jonathan O'Malley always wanted a sibling for their daughter, Holly. When the opportunity arose in 1975 to adopt two Vietnamese orphan girls from Operation Babylift, they were overjoyed to welcome Liana and Bonnie into their home. Exuberant Bonnie is delighted to finally find herself with a family but Liana is a lot more reticent. When a strange Vietnamese man Belinda doesn't know takes such an interest in Liana that he tracks her to...
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A forgotten magical power lying dormant in the shadows. Human civilization on the brink of destruction. A young elf looking to find her place in the world. The future of magic falls into Petra's hands when she first sets out to explore the world, only to discover a prophecy that foretells of her role in a great revolution. She's keen to seize her calling, until she discovers that it requires her to face off against her own mother. When she succumbs...
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Richard Shaw thinks he's been blessed when he and his new bride Beryl survive a car smash. Both make rapid recoveries from their injuries, both have apparently fully recovered. But Beryl is strangely changed. As the doctor tells Richard: "As far as we can tell medically, she is normal again, except for one thing-the way she looks at you. I don't think I have ever seen such a strange light in the eyes of a woman before!" Despite Beryl's odd, even sinister,...
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The first novel to appear in English by the "subway janitor by night, novelist by day," who began his writing career while an undocumented immigrant in the United States, Like Flies from Afar will demonstrate why K. Ferrari is already an award-winning star of international crime fiction. A hardboiled noir thriller, a whodunit, a black comedy, and a filthy catalog of the excesses of wealth, this is a Jim Thompson novel for the globalized world.
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Romance can truly be lifes most thrilling experience. To love and be loved is the hope of dreams. To care for and share life with someone you love is more fulfilling than can be imagined. With love and devotion, all waiting and longing, all the strains of mind and heart are far overshadowed, by a single moment in each others arms. Perhaps you will find solace and support as you read these poems. Perhaps you may find your dreams and desires reflected...
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A bitterly jealous brother, a samurai who makes the ultimate sacrifice, a cold-hearted husband, a monk who mistakes desire for piety, a fraudulent merchant who meets his match in a supernatural river otter - the motives underlying these traditional Japanese folktale characters are explored with haunting results. Prompted by the sometimes illogical and perplexing actions of folktale characters (Why doesn't the wolf kill Little Red Riding Hood right...
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