Kirjahaku
Etsi kirjoja tekijän nimen, kirjan nimen tai ISBN:n perusteella.
1000 tulosta hakusanalla Gilbert-L
Hurricane Gilbert: A Jamaican Saga is a story told from the beginning of the island's culture to its current existence. An introduction depicts ships, explorers, the need to occupy, a chronology of conquistadors, natives shocked with reality, the battle for a new hemisphere, slaves scattered in a diaspora, and Michael Manley introducing the politics of change.Fast-forward to the presence of Melvin and Vanessa Lex that is told through the eyes of their son, Michael. It also reveals an antagonist with a need to possess every dollar he could claim. Rooted with love and romance, Michael and Jessica met in high school one day when it rained. He did his best to conceal a fear of lightning and thunder while she was enthralled with his handsome, chiseled demeanor and instantly found love at first sight-a delight distinct readers will appreciate. She blurted out, "Hey, new boy," and thus, the conversation started between two unstoppable forces.Moments later Jessica's father is found dead, drifting in his fisherman's dinghy. Slowly, silently, the reader is exposed to a gutless profile of an antagonist gone loose.Michael is sent off to England to pursue a career path designed by his father. He returned in midsemesters and somberly laid to rest his mother and father. The loss of both parents sent psychological shockwaves into Michael's being, transforming him into a journey; as time progresses, what seemed like a freak accident gradually unfolds as the murder plot that it is.The boy returns from his studies with a bride on his arms, shattering the bond of love in devoted Jessica-a love which directed her not to relinquish. She is forced to make statements like, "I am a twenty-five-year-old virgin in love with a boy I met one day when it rained."Hours earlier, she watched as he became married to another.In only a moment, Michael and his new wife is ambushed by the antagonist whose intent to cover his tracks is laced with blood.A background of Jamaican realities serves as stocking stuffers or a plate of ackee and salt fish as we follow our protagonist through life and death and love situations. At one point, it is climaxing the very moment Hurricane Gilbert creeps across the island to a final resolution as the antagonist is revealed.
A girl shares her love for all things PINK--pink clothes, pink pillows, pink pets?--in this imaginative early reader. Fans of Pinkalicious will relate A little girl wishes everything in her world could be pink . . . including her dog, her cat, and her hamster. Wait How will she ever find her pink pets in her all-pink bedroom? This simple story perfectly--and humorously--illustrates the old adage "Be careful what you wish for " Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story. And look for the sequel: I Love My Tutu
Lettre Sur La Nature De La Matiere Et Du Mouvement (1747)
Gilbert Joseph Valle
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
2009
pokkari
Life And Times Of Samuel Crompton Of Hall-In-The-Wood
Gilbert J. French
KESSINGER PUBLISHING, LLC
2009
pokkari
The Literary Relations of England and Germany
Waterhouse Gilbert
Cambridge University Press
2015
pokkari
Originally published in 1914, this book examines the mutual influence that England and Germany had on each other in the seventeenth century, the period in which German influence on England, which had been overwhelming, begins to recede and England's influence on Germany becomes much more profound. Waterhouse examines a range of literature, from theology and poetry to satire, in order to demonstrate how the relationship two countries waxed, waned and waxed again. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in European literary history and the relationship between Germany and England.
Descriptive Labels for Botanic Gardens
Humphrey Gilbert-Carter
Cambridge University Press
2015
pokkari
Humphrey Gilbert-Carter (1884–1969) was the first academic director of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden from 1921 until 1950. In this book, first published in 1924, Gilbert-Carter gives examples of informative labels that could be used in botanic gardens 'so as to give information as well as pleasure to as many people as possible'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the history of science education or the history of botany in Britain.
