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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Winner of the Nebraska Book Award What’s it like to travel at
more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine
airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do
astronauts “take out the trash” on a spacewalk, tightly
encapsulated in a space suit with just a few layers of fabric and
Kevlar between them and the unforgiving vacuum of outer space? The
Ordinary Spaceman puts you in the flight suit of U.S. astronaut
Clayton C. Anderson and takes you on the journey of this small-town
boy from Nebraska who spent 167 days living and working on the
International Space Station, including nearly forty hours of space
walks. Having applied to NASA fifteen times over fifteen years to
become an astronaut before his ultimate selection, Anderson offers
a unique perspective on his life as a veteran space flier, one
characterized by humility and perseverance. From the
application process to launch aboard the space shuttle Atlantis,
from serving as a family escort for the ill-fated Columbia crew in
2003 to his own daily struggles—family separation, competitive
battles to win coveted flight assignments, the stress of a highly
visible job, and the ever-present risk of having to make the
ultimate sacrifice—Anderson shares the full range of his
experiences. With a mix of levity and gravitas, Anderson gives an
authentic view of the highs and the lows, the triumphs and the
tragedies of life as a NASA astronaut. Â
Named by Saveur magazine as the 2016 Blog of the Year and Best New
Voice, North Wild Kitchen and its author Nevada Berg have become
one of the best-known voices of Norwegian cooking around the world.
Written from her 17th-century mountain farm in rural Norway, Nevada
Berg's blog and Instagram feed are brimming with gorgeous-and
achievable-ideas for home cooking and entertaining. Berg is a
self-taught cook, and her simple and charming approach focuses on
seasonal food prepared without a lot of fuss. With dozens of
mouthwatering recipes for Norwegian-inspired dishes, this book
features equally enticing photography of the food and the country's
landscape. Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of Norwegian
food culture-foraging, fishing, and farming; hunting, harvesting,
and camping; baking, grilling, and frying. Along the way, Berg
comments on the unique pleasures of Nordic life as she tends to her
chickens, explores the outdoors, or sets a welcoming table. Berg is
both inviting and entertaining as she weaves her own experiences
into each recipe, delivering a beautiful collection of good food
and great living from the heart of Norway.
Nevada Berg’s first cookbook, North Wild Kitchen, was chosen as
one of the year’s best cookbooks by the New York Times. Now she
returns with all new recipes for mouthwatering baked goods that
will transport readers back to the Norwegian landscape. Organized
according to Norway’s five seasons, the book features ninety
sweet and savory recipes and includes traditional baked goods for
Norwegian holidays and other celebrations and special occasions.
Stunning photography captures the delicate details of Nevada’s
mountain farm home, showing how the seasons shape what’s going
into the oven and onto the plate each time of the year: Rustic
Spelt Crackers, Candied Almond Cake, Wild Blueberry and Oregano
Bread, Troll Cream Oatmeal Cookies, or Lefse with Cinnamon
Buttercream. Each recipe is introduced by a brief mood-setting
text, incorporates the best ingredients each season has to offer,
and is also entirely adaptable to anyone’s pantry. Steeped in
Nordic tradition, but delivered in a thoroughly modern sensibility,
this new collection will enlarge Nevada’s growing fan base while
delighting home cooks who have already discovered the pleasures of
her unique sensibility.
Just days after marrying Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon moves
to Colorado to assume her new post as district ranger at Rocky
Mountain National Park. When two of three children who'd gone
missing from a religious retreat reappear, Anna's investigation
brings her face-to-face with a paranoid sect--and with a villain so
evil, he'll make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end
The five-week New York Times bestseller, now in paperback.
Running from a proposal of marriage from Sheriff Paul Davidson,
Anna Pigeon takes a post as a temporary supervisory ranger on
remote Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, a small grouping
of tiny islands in a natural harbor seventy miles off Key West.
This island paradise has secrets it would keep; not just in the
present, but in shadows from its gritty past, when it served as a
prison for the Lincoln conspirators during and after the Civil
War.
Here, on this last lick of the United States, in a giant
crumbling fortress, Anna has little company except for the
occasional sunburned tourist or unruly shrimper. When her sister,
Molly, sends her a packet of letters from a great-great-aunt who
lived at the fort with her husband, a career soldier, Anna's
fantasy life is filled with visions of this long-ago time.
When a mysterious boat explosion-and the discovery of
unidentifiable body parts-keeps her anchored to the present, Anna
finds crimes of past and present closing in on her. A tangled web
that was woven before she arrived begins to threaten her sanity and
her life. Cut off from the mainland by miles of water, poor phone
service, and sketchy radio contact, and aided by one
law-enforcement ranger, Anna must find answers or weather a storm
to rival the hurricanes for which the islands are famous.
The nineteenth Anna Pigeon mystery is a gripping novel that
transports you to the wild and dangerous landscape of Acadia
National Park and is sure to appeal to fans of Sue Grafton and
Janet Evanovich. Anna Pigeon, in her career as a National Park
Service Ranger, has had to deal with all manner of crimes and
misdemeanours, but cyber-bulling and stalking is a new one. The
target is Elizabeth, the adopted teenage daughter of her friend
Heath Jarrod. Elizabeth is driven to despair by the disgusting
rumours spreading online and bullying texts. Until, one day, Heath
finds her daughter Elizabeth in the midst of an unsuccessful
suicide attempt. And then she calls in the cavalry - her aunt Gwen
and her friend Anna Pigeon. The three adults decide the best thing
to do is to remove Elizabeth from the situation and, since Anna is
about to start her new post as Acting Chief Ranger at Acadia
National Park in Maine, they join her and stay at a house on the
cliff of a small island near the park, Boar Island. But the move
doesn't solve the problem. The stalker has followed them. And Heath
(a paraplegic) and Elizabeth aren't alone on the otherwise deserted
island. At the same time, Anna has barely arrived at Acadia before
a brutal murder is committed by a killer uncomfortably close to
her.
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Firestorm (Paperback)
Nevada Barr
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R223
R200
Discovery Miles 2 000
Save R23 (10%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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As part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in northern
California's Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna, in her capacity
as spike camp medic and security officer, tends the injuries and
the frayed nerves of the firefighters. When the National Weather
Service predicts a cold front followed by snow, promising to all
but extinguish the fire, the camp is demobilized, but a last-minute
rescue of a firefighter with a broken leg detains Anna and the San
Juan crew. Driven on by the erratic thunderstorm of the front, wind
shears in the steep canyon, creating the deadly weather conditions
for a firestorm. As the ravine explodes in flames propelled by the
racing winds, the crew tries desperately to outrun the blaze,
ultimately seeking refuge in their individual silver fire shelters
wryly referred to as shake 'n' bakes. When the fire finally passes,
Anna emerges from her shelter to check on the fate of her
companions. The sound of each exhausted voice, the sight of each
bruised and blackened figure, is cause for celebration - until one
member of the crew is found inside his shelter with a knife in his
back. With darkness comes snow, making immediate rescue impossible,
and Anna must tend to the physical and emotional wounds of the crew
while seeking the identity of the murderer in their midst.
It's fall in the Sierra Mountains, and Anna Pigeon is slinging
hash in Yosemite National Park's historic Ahwahnee Hotel. Four
young people, all seasonal park employees, have disappeared, and
two weeks of work by crack search-and-rescue teams have failed to
turn up a single clue; investigators are unsure as to whether the
four went AWOL for reasons of their own - or died in the park.
Needing an out-of-park ranger to work undercover, Anna is detailed
to dining room duty; but after a week of waiting tables, she knows
the missing employees are only the first indication of a sickness
threatening the park. Her twenty-something roommates give up their
party-girl ways and panic; her new restaurant colleagues regard her
with suspicion and fear. Yet when Anna's life if threatened and her
temporary supervisor turns a deaf ear, she follows the scent of
evil, taking a solo hike up a snowy trial to the high country,
seeking answers. What awaits her is a nightmare of death and greed
- and perhaps her final adventure.
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