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Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories

Author : Joy Dettman
Publisher : Pan Australia
ISBN 13 : 174334564X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories written by Joy Dettman and published by Pan Australia. This book was released on 2007-11-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The complete short stories of the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "Pure brilliance. This is a book to keep and treasure - you'll want to read it again and again." Sun-Herald At the beginning of her writing journey, Joy Dettman's charming, irascible, melancholy, wisecracking characters appeared in over twenty unique tales, many of which have won awards, many of which have never been published. Now, for the first time, Diamonds in the Mud and Other Stories is the complete collection of Joy Dettman's exquisite short stories. We meet an old coot in a rusty ute who picks up a hitchhiker, a neighbour reaches across the language divide to lend a helping hand, a grave digger might just have saved a young man's life, an exhausted farmer's wife lusts after a china cup, Granny Jordan is losing her marbles and an author is troubled by rats under the floorboards. Since Joy's first novel, Mallawindy, was published in 1998 she has attracted a growing number of readers who are entertained and shocked by her array of unforgettable characters populating the Australian landscape. "Dettman writes compulsively readable stories" The Age Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.

Diamonds in the Mud

Author : Brian Reade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781913406639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds in the Mud written by Brian Reade and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOMETHING unusual happened in Britain during the spring of 2020. As the nation went into lockdown to fight a killer pandemic our view of what constituted a hero changed. Suddenly celebrity businessmen, actors, sports stars, singers, even royals seemed irrelevant. The people we were truly in awe of were the low-paid lifesavers, so much so that we stood outside our homes every Thursday to applaud them. As spring turned to summer and the Black Lives Matter movement gathered momentum, action was taken against those from past generations who had been feted, such as Bristol slave trader Edward Colston whose statue was hauled down. It felt as though the country was re-evaluating the notion of heroism. But how did we arrive at such a skewed version of it? 'Diamonds in the Mud' asks why the British have traditionally been taught to venerate kings and queens, generals and Eton-educated Prime Ministers, while, a few notable exceptions aside, those who changed history from below rarely got a look-in. It does so by telling the stories of a selection of working-class heroes the award-winning writer has met through life and journalism.

The Tying of Threads: A Woody Creek Novel 6

Author : Joy Dettman
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1743518021
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book The Tying of Threads: A Woody Creek Novel 6 written by Joy Dettman and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth book in the addictive Woody Creek series from bestselling Australian author Joy Dettman "an adept storyteller" Sydney Morning Herald "a compulsive read" Sun-Herald In The Tying of Threads, the sixth instalment of the beloved Woody Creek series, we return to the small timber town where it all began... As the new millennium draws ever closer and Woody Creek struggles to survive, one thing becomes clear - in order to face their futures, Jenny and her daughters must first make peace with their pasts. If it's not too late. Georgie: Independent and spirited, Georgie is her mother's daughter through and through. But after a house fire takes the life of her sister, Margot, and burns her home to the ground, Georgie is lost. She flees town with nothing but a cardboard box and the determination to be somebody, anybody, else. Cara: After almost losing her adopted daughter, Cara's view of the world has radically shifted. She's decided that life is to be lived and love is to be cherished, even when that means crossing boundaries she'd never dreamed of. But is any love great enough to overcome and unimaginable burden of guilt and shame? Jenny: With her nest empty, Jenny is more lonely than ever. Rattling around her big old house with too much time to think, she's left to wonder: should her secrets stay buried forever or will revealing the truth set her free? Fans of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker will love Joy Dettman.

Quinton's Rouseabout and Other Stories

Author : Edward S Sorenson
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Quinton's Rouseabout and Other Stories written by Edward S Sorenson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Quinton's Rouseabout and Other Stories" from 1908 is a short story collection from the prominent Australian writer Edward Sorenson. His topics are Australian wildlife, life in the bush, and gold mines, where Sorenson spent a considerable part of his young years. The book contains many of his famous stories as "The Man in the Mountain," "Bandy Hollow," "Under the Gum Tree," and others.

The diamond lens: and other stories, collected and ed. by W. Winter

Author : Michael Fitz-James De C. O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The diamond lens: and other stories, collected and ed. by W. Winter written by Michael Fitz-James De C. O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smuts and Diamonds: with Other Stories

Author : Selina Gaye
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Smuts and Diamonds: with Other Stories written by Selina Gaye and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories

Author : Helen McCloy
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1471912752
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book The Singing Diamonds and Other Stories written by Helen McCloy and published by Orion. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of eight stories by one of America's most gifted writers, Helen McCloy takes the reader into a world of mystery and imagination. In the signature story - 'The Singing Diamonds' - Mathilde Verworn enlists the help of Basil Willing, a psychiatrist-sleuth, to answer the question of whether there is such a thing as collective hallucination. Six people from six different locations testify to seeing diamond-shaped objects in the sky, and four of those six have died in peculiar circumstances in the past twelve days ...

The Rolling S. and Other Stories, Etc

Author : STONE.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Rolling S. and Other Stories, Etc written by STONE. and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diamonds and Pearl

Author : K'wan
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1250102626
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds and Pearl written by K'wan and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From # 1 Essence best-selling Crime Novelist K'Wan comes a tale of forbidden love, high stakes murder and the robbery gone bad that set it all in motion, Diamonds and Pearl. They say that good girls like bad boys, and this was especially true for Pearl Stone. A child born of privilege to a drug baron and reputed killer known in the streets as Big Stone. Although the flashy, fast-paced nature of the streets calls to Pearl, she’s been brought up to look but not touch. But when a young hustler named Diamonds crawls up from the swamps of Louisiana and sets up shop in New York City, everything Pearl was taught flies out the window. Raised in the wild and schooled on the mean streets of New Orleans, Diamonds is no stranger to hard times and is willing to do whatever it takes to stay above the poverty line, including kill. When a robbery turned mass murder goes wrong, Diamonds is forced to flee New Orleans and lands in New York where he meets Pearl, and for the first time finds something he craves more than wealth and power...love. As the stakes get higher, Diamonds has to push away his past if he’s to grab hold of his future—but by doing so, will he show Pearl that all that glitters isn’t gold?

Micaela Morris in Jo's Heaven and Other Stories

Author : John Howard Reid
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1430324767
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book Micaela Morris in Jo's Heaven and Other Stories written by John Howard Reid and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology comprises fifteen short stories, including works that have won First Places and were Commended in various literary competitions. Seven of the stories are narrated by Micaela Morris (a sharp-witted heroine with a yen to sing Gilbert and Sullivan), and an additional five utilize the same background: a fictional small town in Kentucky called Kawbury. Another story is set in a similar small town. Other settings include television, show business, stage, theater, and country clubs. A political satire and a science fiction tale round out the collection.

About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and other stories

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita, and other stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest of the Absolute and Other Stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The country doctor, The quest of the absolute, and other stories

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 826 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The country doctor, The quest of the absolute, and other stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The magic skin, The quest of the absolute, and other stories

Author : Honoré de Balzac
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 844 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The magic skin, The quest of the absolute, and other stories written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Diamond Lens

Author : Fitz James O'Brien
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diamond Lens written by Fitz James O'Brien and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Water Diviner and Other Stories

Author : Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1609385993
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book The Water Diviner and Other Stories written by Ruvanee Pietersz Vilhauer and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking collection, Sri Lankan immigrants grapple with events that challenge perspectives and alter lives. A volunteer faces memories of wartime violence when she meets a cantankerous old lady on a Meals on Wheels route. A lonely widow obsessed with an impending apocalypse meets an oddly inspiring man. A maidservant challenges class divisions when she becomes an American professor’s wife. An angry tenant fights suspicion when her landlord is burgled. Hardened inmates challenge a young jail psychiatrist’s competence. A father wonders whether to expose his young son’s bully at a basketball game. A student facing poverty courts a benefactor. And in the depths of an isolated Wyoming winter, a woman tries to resist a con artist. These and other tales explore the immigrant experience with a piercing authenticity.

Oh the Glory of It All

Author : Sean Wilsey
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101201134
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Oh the Glory of It All written by Sean Wilsey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-04-25 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] irreverent and remarkably candid memoir about growing up in wealthy eighties San Francisco . . . rollicking, ruthless . . . ultimately generous-hearted.” —Vogue “A vivid mix of brio, self-awareness and sophistication . . . writing well is indeed the best revenge.” —The New York Times Book Review “A monumental piece of work.” —Kirkus Reviews “In the beginning we were happy. And we were always excessive. So in the beginning we were happy to excess.” With these opening lines Sean Wilsey takes us on an exhilarating tour of life in the strangest, wealthiest, and most grandiose of families. Sean's blond-bombshell mother (one of the thinly veiled characters in Armistead Maupin's bestselling Tales of the City) is a 1980s society-page staple, regularly entertaining Black Panthers and movie stars in her marble and glass penthouse, "eight hundred feet in the air above San Francisco; an apartment at the top of a building at the top of a hill: full of light, full of voices, full of windows full of water and bridges and hills." His enigmatic father uses a jet helicopter to drop Sean off at the video arcade and lectures his son on proper hygiene in public restrooms, "You should wash your hands first, before you use the urinal. Not after. Your penis isn't dirty. But your hands are." When Sean, "the kind of child who sings songs to sick flowers," turns nine years old, his father divorces his mother and marries her best friend. Sean's life blows apart. His mother first invites him to commit suicide with her, then has a "vision" of salvation that requires packing her Louis Vuitton luggage and traveling the globe, a retinue of multiracial children in tow. Her goal: peace on earth (and a Nobel Prize). Sean meets Indira Gandhi, Helmut Kohl, Menachem Begin, and the pope, hoping each one might come back to San Francisco and persuade his father to rejoin the family. Instead, Sean is pushed out of San Francisco and sent spiraling through five high schools, till he finally lands at an unorthodox reform school cum "therapeutic community," in Italy. With its multiplicity of settings and kaleidoscopic mix of preoccupations-sex, Russia, jet helicopters, seismic upheaval, boarding schools, Middle Earth, skinheads, home improvement, suicide, skateboarding, Sovietology, public transportation, massage, Christian fundamentalism, dogs, Texas, global thermonuclear war, truth, evil, masturbation, hope, Bethlehem, CT, eventual salvation (abridged list)—Oh the Glory of It All is memoir as bildungsroman as explosion.