The Fishers of Paradise
The Fishers of Paradise

Author: Rachael Preston

Publisher: James Street North Books is

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781928088165

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In 1930s Hamilton, the boathouse community of Cootes Paradise is under siege: the squatters' shacks that line the shores of Dundas Marsh stand in the way of ambitious plans to make the city beautiful. Egypt Fisher and her mother are struggling to keep their lives together in the absence of her father, a con man neither of them has seen for six years. Into this mix walks a handsome drifter and the family falls under his spell, until Egypt's father unexpectedly returns. Unhinged by jealousy and a harrowing brush with the local mafia, he reveals a family secret that sets Egypt's world off-kilter and poisons her relationship with her mother. When Egypt tries to turn the situation to her own advantage, her lies set in motion a series of events with devastating consequences.

Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow
Paradise in the Sea of Sorrow

Author: Michiko Ishimure

Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13:

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A moving account of Minamata disease victims' struggle for recognition and support in the years after mercury pollution was discovered in a group of fishing villages

Predators' Paradise
Predators' Paradise

Author: Glen Fisher

Publisher: Moshpit Publishing

Published: 2019-05-21

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13: 9781922261984

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An autobiography of a boy born to addicted parents. His journey to institutional care, where deceit and abuse by paedophiles prevails. A poignant story of separation that leads to love but also self destruction through addiction. He fights his way back and turns his life around. A compelling book that leaves readers in awe of the human spirit.

Where the Fishers Go
Where the Fishers Go

Author: Patrick William Browne

Publisher: New York : Cochrane Publishing Company ; Toronto : T.C. Allen

Published: 1909

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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The Wind Seller
The Wind Seller

Author: Rachael Preston

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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In her highly anticipated second novel, Rachael Preston tells a vibrant, compelling story of 20th century piracy. Exploring the complex struggle for freedom against a backdrop of passion and repression, The Wind Seller is the story of two vulnerable, shellshocked people and the "wind seller" who captivates them both. Life in 1924 Kenomee, Nova Scotia, seems simple enough. Until, that is, a mysterious schooner blows into town under the cover of darkness, in desperate need of repair. Waking up to the giant black ship moored near their wharf, the villagers gather to take a gander at the Esmeralda and her crew. To everyone's surprise, there's a woman on board, and she shares the schooner's name. Claiming to be the captain's daughter, she wears men's clothing -- young and beautiful, she is as fit and as strong as the men. She is also an enigma and starts a chain of events that will change everyone's life, except perhaps her own. The Wind Seller is a moving story about choices and consequences, but it is also about imprisonment by, and release from, the personal demons unleashed by terrible experience.

Plundering Paradise
Plundering Paradise

Author: Robin Broad

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0520915488

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This gripping portrait of environmental politics chronicles the devastating destruction of the Philippine countryside and reveals how ordinary men and women are fighting back. Traveling through a land of lush rainforests, the authors have recorded the experiences of the people whose livelihoods are disappearing along with their country's natural resources. The result is an inspiring, informative account of how peasants, fishers, and other laborers have united to halt the plunder and to improve their lives. These people do not debate global warming—they know that their very lives depend on the land and oceans, so they block logging trucks, protest open-pit mining, and replant trees. In a country where nearly two-thirds of the children are impoverished, the reclaiming of natural resources is offering young people hope for a future. Plundering Paradise is essential reading for anyone interested in development, the global environment, and political life in the Third World.

Storied Waters
Storied Waters

Author: David A. Van Wie

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2019-09-17

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 081176821X

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Storied Waters chronicles the author’s six-week odyssey from Maine to Wisconsin and back to explore and fly fish America’s most storied waters and celebrate the writers and artists who made them famous. In a 5,000-mile odyssey covering over 50 locations in eight states, Van Wie follows and fishes in the footsteps of giants from Thoreau to Hemingway, Robert Traver to Corey Ford, Louise Dickinson Rich to Aldo Leopold to Winslow Homer and many more. Storied Waters provides a virtual roadmap through 200 years of fly-fishing literature and a literal roadmap—complete with local fishing tips—to the hallowed waters of our sport. In each chapter, informative sidebars detail fishing spots, best times to fish, major hatches, and other intel. Storied Waters is a grand vicarious adventure, driving the backroads for weeks at a time exploring beautiful places, and meeting fascinating people who share a common interest. With an easy, conversational writing voice enhanced with spectacular photographs, Van Wie relates an eclectic mix of travel narrative, natural history, and fishing tips and advice, as well as a deep (but sometimes humorously irreverent) appreciation for the writers who have created such a rich legacy of stories about fishing over the past 200 years.

Far Tortuga
Far Tortuga

Author: Peter Matthiessen

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1988-01-12

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 0394756673

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An adventure story and a deeply considered meditation upon the sea itself. "Beautiful and original...a resonant and symbolical story of nine doomed men who dream of an earthly paradise as the world winds down around them." —Newsweek