Flying Crooked
Flying Crooked

Author: Jan Michael

Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1553651308

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There are many books about the processes people go through when they discover they have cancer. What makes Flying Crooked different is the author's acceptance of the disease and its consequences. She continues to enjoy life, refuses radiotherapy, and rejects the idea of wearing a prosthesis after a mastectomy. The choices she makes are in sharp contrast to those made by her ex-lover, Simon, who shortly after her operation is diagnosed with prostate cancer. Their different ways of coping form a well-balanced diptych: on her part, acceptance and the peace that this brings; on his, fighting and anger at the cost of precious energy and enjoyment. Flying Crooked describes the process of a search for balance. The open, direct, and unsentimental manner in which Michael describes her decisions as well as her experiences in and out of the hospital take this from an account of coping with disease to an inspirational story of love, friendship, and faith.

The Art of Flying Crooked
The Art of Flying Crooked

Author: Robin Liston

Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781848761964

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Travel writer Robin Liston and publisher and amateur pilot Rory McAuliffe conceived the idea of visiting twenty six outback places beginning with the letters A to Z. This book tells of their exciting journey.

A la Tete du Client and Fly Over the Crooks Crooked nest
A la Tete du Client and Fly Over the Crooks Crooked nest

Author: Mercedes Fouda

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2015-08-07

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9956762415

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A la tete du client is a vitriolic indictment of the unsettling myths and stereotypes surrounding the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Cameroon. It problematizes and lampoons the unethical practices of medical personnel that have made this disease an intractable ailment in Cameroon and beyond. The English translation of A la tte du client titled Fly over the Crooks Crooked Nest denounces and scourges the predatory behaviour of the wicked who take advantage of the weakest in a context of HIV/AIDs. When two rascals decide to open their own laboratory for medical analysis, without any skills or equipment, the least harmful results amount to Obama... blood type O, Axelrod...blood type A...

Fodor's Bahamas
Fodor's Bahamas

Author: Fodor's

Publisher: Fodor

Published: 2011-11-15

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 067900937X

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Briefly traces the history of the Bahama islands; describes special events, activities, and attractions on each island; and recommends hotels and restaurants.

Granite Erratics
Granite Erratics

Author: Brian Bartlett

Publisher: Ekstasis Editions

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781896860152

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In poems of chiselled clarity Granite Erratics presents tales of a spellbound explorer who discovers in landscapes of tangled brush or British ruins all that would be invisible to the ordinary eye.

The Crooked Letter
The Crooked Letter

Author: Sean Williams

Publisher: Pyr

Published: 2009-12-02

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 1591028086

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When mirror twins Seth and Hadrian Castillo travel to Europe on holidays, they don’t expect the end of the world to follow them. Seth’s murder, however, puts exactly that into motion. From opposite sides of death, the Castillo twins grapple with a reality neither of them suspected, although it has been encoded in myths and legends for millennia. The Earth we know is just one of many "realms", three of which are inhabited by humans during various stages of their lives. And their afterlives... In the tradition of Philip Pullman and Ursula K. Le Guin and inspired by numerous arcane sources, the Books of the Cataclysm begin in the present world but soon propel the reader to a landscape that is simultaneously familiar and fantastic.

The Crooked Path
The Crooked Path

Author: J. Roberts

Publisher: Tate Publishing

Published: 2007-07

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 1602471274

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Someday we all reach the end of our journey through life and pass on. How do we conduct ourselves at that point? Can we change or alter the issues in ourselves we have encountered? "Crooked Path" illustrates through the dynamic story of Peter Stevens that eventually we all have to examine our own makeup and come to terms with who and what we are. Every person will inevitably examine and judge his own faults and strengths. Are you ready to look?

Practical Stylistics
Practical Stylistics

Author: H. G. Widdowson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1992-09-03

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780194371841

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This book takes a particular perspective on the nature of poetry and follows this through to proposals for teaching. It focuses attention on how the use of language in short poems can set up conditions for individual interpretation and the representation of reality in ways other than those which are established by normal social convention. This view of poetry, it is argued, leads to a recognition of its essential role in education, and provides a set of principles for an approach to teaching it which integrates the study of language and literature.