Pink Mountain on Locust Island
Pink Mountain on Locust Island

Author: Jamie Marina Lau

Publisher: Coffee House Press

Published: 2020-09-08

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 1566896002

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Fifteen-year-old Monk drifts through a monotonous existence in a grimy Chinatown apartment with her “grumpy brown couch” of a dad, until she meets high school senior Santa Coy ([email protected]). For a moment, it looks like he might be her boyfriend. But when Monk's dad becomes obsessed with Santa Coy's artwork, Monk finds herself shunted to the sidelines as her father and the object of her affections begin to hatch a scheme of their own. To keep up, Monk must navigate a combustible cocktail of odd assignments, peculiar places, and murky underworld connections. In Jamie Marina Lau's debut novel, shortlisted for Australia's prestigious Stella Prize when she was nineteen years old, hazily surreal vignettes conjure a multifaceted world of philosophical angst and lackadaisical violence.

Mountain Islands and Desert Seas
Mountain Islands and Desert Seas

Author: Frederick R. Gehlbach

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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In this engaging personal narrative, biologist Fred Gehlbach describes the stability and changes of the past century in the Borderlands' climate, landforms, and natural communities and in its distinctive plants and vertebrates.

Fire Mountains of the Islands
Fire Mountains of the Islands

Author: R. Wally Johnson

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2013-12-18

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 1922144231

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Volcanic eruptions have killed thousands of people and damaged homes, villages, infrastructure, subsistence gardens, and hunting and fishing grounds in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The central business district of a town was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in the case of Rabaul in 1994. Volcanic disasters litter not only the recent written history of both countries—particularly Papua New Guinea—but are recorded in traditional stories as well. Furthermore, evidence for disastrous volcanic eruptions many times greater than any witnessed in historical times is to be found in the geological record. Volcanic risk is greater today than at any time previously because of larger, mainly sedentary populations on or near volcanoes in both countries. An attempt is made in this book to review what is known about past volcanic eruptions and disasters with a view to determining how best volcanic risk can be reduced today in this tectonically complex and volcanically threatening region.

Read Island
Read Island

Author: Nicole Magistro

Publisher: Read Island, LLC

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781736523308

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Join a very brave girl and her furry friends on an adventure to Read Island! Through the power of imagination and the pleasure of reading, this curious trio set sail for a magical island made of books. On their way they discover a joyful collection of animals converging by sea and land, just in time for an unforgettable story hour. A rhyming celebration of nature, books and the importance of stories, Read Island invites you to experience the diversity and wonder of a hidden and wild place. In the company of sea wolves, humpback whales and spirit bears, readers will discover simple meditations that summon a magical destination - one filled with beloved friends, safe spaces and stories to be revisited again and again. For make-believe though it may look, There is an island made of books. This world of stories, safe and true, Is always here to welcome you.

Fog Island Mountains
Fog Island Mountains

Author: Michelle Bailat-Jones

Publisher: Tantor Media, Incorporated

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 9781630150020

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A haunting and beautiful reinterpretation of the Japanese kitsune folktale tradition, Fog Island Mountains is a novel about the dangers of action taken in grief and of a belief in healing through storytelling.

Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain
Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

Author: Katrina Saltonstall Currier

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780966735277

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On his 12th birthday, Kai learns that he must leave his home in China and journey alone to Gold MountainAmericato live with his father. The year is 1934, and the U.S. does not welcome Chinese immigrants. When Kai arrives he is detained on Angel Island in a crowded barracks, with harsh interrogations and the threat of being returned to China. Will Kai ever be free to join his father?

Angel Island
Angel Island

Author: Russell Freedman

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780544810891

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Looks at the history of the port of entry off the coast of California that was "the other Ellis Island" for Asian immigrants to the United States between 1892 and 1940.

Gazetteer
Gazetteer

Author: United States Board on Geographic Names

Publisher:

Published: 1966

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Birds of the Pacific Northwest Mountains
Birds of the Pacific Northwest Mountains

Author: Jan L. Wassink

Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780878423088

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Bird-watchers of all ages and abilities will enjoy this field guide to 197 common and distinctive bird species for the Pacific Northwest mountains. Beginners will appreciate the book's easy-to-use format, while seasoned birders will delight in the fine f