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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Lorna Cook
"I wanna become a teacher and then teach in another country," an eight-year-old Canadian girl decided.By the age of twenty-five, she had checked this-her main goal in life-off her bucket list. In March 1992, Lorna Stuber stepped off an Air Canada plane in Tokyo, and embarked on a three-year adventure in a country she had never even thought about visiting until six months prior. Teaching ESL in a suburb of Tokyo-sometimes charging her way ahead, at other times stepping meekly forward-she fumbled through linguistic and cultural hiccups such as eating sushi so fresh it was still twitching and getting attacked by a high-tech toilet.While battling intense homesickness, adjusting to Japanese culture, and exploring Japan's beautiful mountains and coasts, Lorna learned to laugh at herself and open her mind to other cultures. Japan set her forth on a path that has continued to lead to opportunities she otherwise would have never known existed. "Everyone should live in another culture for at least a year. Not only do you learn about the world that is bigger than your own culture, but you learn aspects about yourself than you never would otherwise."
"Do you remember the time Lorna tried to make ground beef with her car?" For almost forty years, Lorna Stuber's high school classmates have teased her mercilessly about the time she crashed her car into a steer, leaving the car with tufts of bovine hair stuck in cracks in the hood. The car has since been known as "Lorna's Cowfur Mobile". Filled with relatable yet unique stories of sibling rivalry, community, and coming-of-age lessons, Nut Bags and Num-Nums tells the story of a girl growing up on a Canadian cattle ranch in the 1970s and 1980s. With a mix of humour and poignancy, the author enlightens readers on how to dispatch a gopher, gut a chicken, and clean and cook prairie oysters. The book also pays homage to teachers and to Alberta's farmers and ranchers."I've lived in in the jungles of Peru and the suburbs of Tokyo. I've been to Easter Island, Australia, Egypt, the Caribbean, and Europe. But regardless of where I travel, no matter where I live, my feet are grounded in Canadian soil under the expansive Alberta sky. I value the rural lifestyle and the people I've known since childhood who still shape the person I continue to become."
If a friendship lasts longer than fifteen years, you're no longer friends. You're family.Since childhood, Lorna has been curious about Germany and her ancestral roots there. She was fourteen when her great-grandfather died, a man who was born in what is now part of Ukraine but who was a self-proclaimed, proud German.Having grown up during the Cold War, Lorna had always viewed the former East and West Germany as being starkly different until 1999, when she met Christine, a woman from the former East Germany who became one of Lorna's closest lifetime friends.Over twenty-five years, Lorna made several trips to Germany in search of the world's largest cuckoo clock, a hotel in Berlin where guests can sleep in a coffin or prison cell, another hotel along the Rhein River that is owned by a family who may or may not be Lorna's distant relatives, sausage that meets the Nuremberg Sausage Protection Association's standards, and the best view of Neuschwanstein Castle.In her most recent memoir, travel and humour writer Lorna Stuber tells of her adventures in Germany while she reconnects with and learns more about her familial ties to Europe.
Inspired by a true story.Heartbroken and afraid, a lonely orphan girl is suddenly thrust into a large family as they journey far away from home to pioneer land and struggle to survive the harsh wilderness of the Canadian North.Still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother, Kanata makes the long journey with the large Woodhaven family from Saskatchewan to northern British Columbia. Each family member will have their hearts tested, and out of necessity be forced to make sacrifices as they set out to tame this wild land, forge a new path and make the wilderness a home. In this first story, of a 7 book middle grade fiction series, Kanata must face her fears of abandonment and rejection to somehow find her place among strangers in the Woodhaven family and the small community of Red Maple Creek.Will Kanata survive this harsh land and discover that for which her heart longs for most of all... acceptance, belonging and love?
For over a century, the banana has been the world’s favourite fruit. Quick and easy to eat, tasty and versatile, the banana is a staple of many diets around the globe. Its history, however, is more than simply a succession of happy family scenes and appealing exotic locations. The growth and development of the fruit we know and love today is entangled with colonial practices, capitalist enterprise, sexual politics and even horrific murders.Banana: A Global History takes us from the agricultural beginnings of the banana in New Guinea to its almost ubiquitous presence in culinary repertoires around the globe, from the United States to the Caribbean, from regions of Africa to the heart of Southeast Asia. The book gives us an insight into the life of the banana over millennia, focusing on our recent history and its cultural affair with the fruit. The global life of the banana is traced in cultural practices, advertising, commercial schemes and the unmissable icons of popular culture, from nineteenth-century medical manuals to cookbooks, songs, the famous ‘banana peel gag’ and the well-known Miss Chiquita icon.
Sisters are meant to look after each other. But Josie and I have secrets. Just like our mother did.Please note this is a revised version of the book previously published as Where Are You? by L.E. HillMy husband and I have moved back into my childhood home: a pretty stone cottage by the sea. Our two kids love the huge garden and the views are breathtaking.The renovations will probably cost twice what they said, but I know it'll be amazing in the end.I'm baking a cake when the builder calls me over. 'We've found something.''What do you mean''Bones, ' he says. 'You've got bones buried at the bottom of your garden.'The first person I call is my sister Josie. She'll know what to do. We've been there for each other ever since our mother walked out more than twenty years ago. We were just children. The only contact we had was a card on our birthdays - but they suddenly stopped when we reached the age of twenty-one.We ask our father about the bones. What he tells us will shatter everything I thought I knew about my family.AN EXHILARATING BLEND OF EMOTIONAL FAMILY DRAMA AND BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE WITH A SHOCKING FINAL TWIST.Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Alice Feeney, Keri Beevis, Sadie Ryan, Valerie Keogh, Claire McGowan and Dandy Smith.
My stepfather destroyed our family. Now, twelve years later, he's back in our life and I want justice for myself, and for my little sister.It's that aftershave. I'm trying to work out the familiar smell which is creeping up my nostrils.I see him come towards me confidently, smiling. Dressed in a navy suit, crisp white shirt and red tie. He may be a bit greyer around the edges, but there's no doubt it's him.As I stand just a few inches away from the man who invaded my sleep, dreams and nightmares for years, I can't believe I've survived.I stare straight into his dark eyes. As he reaches his hand out towards me, I vomit all over his feet.Everyone respects my stepfather. But I know who he really is.AN EXHILARATING BLEND OF EMOTIONAL FAMILY DRAMA AND BREATHTAKING SUSPENSE WITH A SHOCKING FINAL TWIST.Please note this is a revised version of the book previously published as The Girl I Left Behind by L.E. HillPerfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Alice Feeney, Keri Beevis, Sadie Ryan, Valerie Keogh, Claire McGowan and Dandy Smith.READERS LOVE LORNA HENDERSON'S GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A page-turner that had me hooked from the start. Couldn't put it down.' Julie W.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow . . . This book left me speechless. Takes you on an incredible journey.' Nicola H.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A complete rollercoaster of a story . . . Kept me guessing throughout.' Claire B.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Wow, loved this book So many twists and turns that had me guessing right until the end.' Julie⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Charged full of emotion and intrigue . . . I kept turning the pages until I had read the whole thing ' Francesca G.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A fantastic read. I was hooked by the first chapter . . . What a twist ' Layla P.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'An addictive page-turner that left me stunned and surprised on many occasions.' Marie L.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Full of twists and turns. Keeps you guessing right until the very end.' Veronica C.
Set in present day Dublin, this is the story of two women's lifelong friendship and a betrayal that threatens to tear their lives apart.Trish is left picking up the pieces following a terrible tragedy. Life has been cruel and now it lands another blow. Luckily, she has her best friend Karen by her side to help her through. Then a chance encounter on the French Riviera leads Trish to think that maybe la vie est belle after all.Karen has it all. Sophisticated and successful, she is head of a Maternity & Fertility Clinic in Dublin's city centre. Now, a new man who ticks all the boxes looks like he might be 'The One'.Olivia is the perfect daughter with a steady boyfriend and a steadier job. But she wants answers. Haunted by the fact that her life has been a matter of chance, she is on a mission to unearth the truth.But, for each of them, the truth has the potential to blow their lives apart.
A week in West Cork is Diane's idea of hell. But when she meets Oliver Butler, a devilishly handsome hotelier, she soon changes her tune.Sarah is worried about leaving her baby daughter to go for a week away with the girls. A call from home confirms that her instincts were correct.Laurie's perfect life is missing one thing. A baby. Can an old man with a strange gift in a tumbledown cottagebe the key to getting what she so badly wants?Suze's new life which she worked so hard to curate starts to unravel. A fling with a Hollywood actor and a cringeworthy attempt to win her ex-husband back rock her to her core. Will she get the happy ending she deserves?When life continues to throw them curveballs, the four friends realise that they need each other more than ever.
'Perfect for fans of Cathy Kelly and Sophie Kinsella' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Indulge in a heartwarming tale of love and cake in picturesque Ireland MAUD Grieving, Maud leaves her home and everyone she loves in Boston for the isolation of a cottage on the edge of the wild Atlantic Ocean in West Cork, Ireland. What she doesn't expect is that the village of Inchahowen will welcome her warmly into their community and that she will rekindle her passion for baking. Even more of a surprise is falling in love with Tom Kennedy, a London-based architect. Can she put her tragic past behind her? KATE Kate reluctantly leaves a lucrative job in a telecoms firm in Dublin to return home and care for her dying father. Then she realises where her true talent lies - not in working for a faceless corporation but rather in baking cakes. With Maud's help, she sets about opening OTT, her very own cake shop. But running her own business is challenging and Kate wonders if she has bitten off more cake than she can chew. Maud and Kate think they know where life will take them but fate has its own ideas, as they strive to move towards their happy ever after. All the ingredients for a tasty read - sink into the many layers of this delicious full-flavoured story
Be inspired to embroider all the elements of an idyllic English country garden. Suitable for beginners as well as accomplished embroiderers, Lorna Bateman’s beautiful book includes 12 practical projects for you to make and adorn with exquisite floral motifs. Lorna walks you through a variety of stitches including raised and textured stitches, teaching you to embroider individual flowers with them and how to incorporate these into an original garden motif. For the nature enthusiast, there is plenty to get excited about: an A–Z of English garden flowers and how to stitch them; a section on stitching common garden insects; and how to embroider iconic garden imagery such as birdbaths and garden ornaments. Roses are the archetypal cottage flower and Lorna describes how to incorporate a climbing rose, rose spray and standard rose in your designs. Embroidered Country Gardens is peppered throughout with seeds of wisdom: invaluable hints and tips from the author to help you develop your own skills and unique style. As well as step-by-step instructions, there are also detailed photographs, outline template drawings and a fully illustrated A–Z of stitches.
Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close, critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments, Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as “charitable interpretation” and “constructive criticism” function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage, Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of “de-politicization.” Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged—as, for example, in the case of the ‘realist’ critique of “ideal theory”—this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear-eyed appreciation of such debates, and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.
Nobody should really have to point out that political philosophy is political. Yet in this highly original and provocative book Lorna Finlayson argues that in fact it is necessary to do so. Offering a critique of mainstream liberal political philosophy through close, critical engagement with a series of specific debates and arguments, Finlayson analyzes the way in which apparently neutral methodological devices such as “charitable interpretation” and “constructive criticism” function so as to protect against challenges to the status quo. At each stage, Finlayson demonstrates that political philosophy is suffering from a complex process of “de-politicization.” Even in cases where it appears that the dominant framework of liberal political philosophy is being strongly challenged—as, for example, in the case of the ‘realist’ critique of “ideal theory”—this book argues that the debate is set up in such a way as to impose strict limits on the kind of dissent that is possible. Only by dragging these hidden presuppositions into the foreground can we arrive at a clear-eyed appreciation of such debates, and perhaps look beyond the artificially constricted landscape in which they seek to confine us.
From the playgrounds of Glasgow to the villages of Bangladesh; from religious rites to ancient superstitions; from the world's richest people to its powerless and enslaved, Lorna Gibb's masterful Childless Voices paints a global portrait of people without children. Brilliantly grouped by thematic commonality (Those who long, Those who were denied, Those who Choose, etc) the book is a testament to the power of listening, and the power of sharing stories. It is an essential, moving and surprising book on a subject which touches everyone.
The Collected Poems (Second Impression) of Jamaica's Poet Laureate (2017-2020) and winner of The Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry 2019. Lorna Goodison is a poet alive to places, from the loved and lived-in world of Jamaica where she began and started a family, to the United States and Canada where she has made her teaching career, but always re-connecting with her Caribbean roots. She travels with an ear alert to histories and voices. How differently English sounds in the tropics and in colder lands, at seaside in sunlight and on prairies, mountains and in cities. The same words say quite different things, depending on who speaks them and who's listening, obeying or resisting. She covers a wide range of subjects and themes, too. Her instinct is to celebrate being alive in a world that is rich but in peril. `And what is the rare quality that has gone out of poetry that these marvellous poems restore?' asks Derek Walcott. `Joy.' The `mango of poetry', eaten straight from the tree, Goodison somehow finds growing in Wordsworth country and in Sligo, in Russia and Norway, in Spain and Portugal which spilled their empires into the Caribbean, in Cape Town and Far Rockaway.
Fly away from the stresses and strains of everyday life and lose yourself in the paradisiacal world of colour. Using a mixture of repeat bird patterns and motifs as well as more intricate birdlife scenes, these beautifully illustrated designs will help your mind to focus and to exercise your inner creativity. Free from competitive pressure, Birds of Paradise is an easy way to switch-off from the world around you, slow down and enjoy the therapeutic benefits of colouring-in. With over 50 hand-drawn illustrations and a metallic sticker sheet at the back of the book to really bring your birds to life, this is the only colouring-in book you’ll need to escape, relax and most of all, have fun.
365 Days of Art is an inspiring journal designed to help readers and budding artists nurture their creativity and explore their feelings through the medium of art.Featuring an activity for every day of the year, from simple tasks like drawing shapes and lines to more considered tutorials such as calligraphy writing and shading, each task is designed to expand your creative skills and spark the artist within.With helpful hints and tips as well as more considered tasks to help build your creative confidence, 365 Days of Art is a beautiful keepsake as well as well as a powerful tool for positive change.Discover all the books in the 365 Days of Art series: 365 Days of Art, 365 Days of Art in Nature, 365 Days of Creativity, 365 Days of Drawing.
Get lost in your creativity with 365 Days of Drawing, a thoughtful and inspiring art journal designed to help you carve out moments of self-expression.Lorna shows you that drawing does not have to be scary – it can be done with any materials, in any colour, in any style and can be done anywhere.Each activity has been given a loose category: imagination, tutorial, relaxation, colour theory, and observational, so that you can practice a broad range of drawing skills. Each 'theme' is designed to expand your creative skills and spark the artist within.With helpful prompts and pages that encourage you to try new materials to draw with, 365 Days of Drawing is guaranteed to stir your imagination and put a little creativity into every single day.Discover all the books in the 365 Days of Art series: 365 Days of Art, 365 Days of Art in Nature, 365 Days of Creativity, 365 Days of Drawing.