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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Whistler Stories written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen Vogler
Publisher : Harbour Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781550175042
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)
Download or read book Only in Whistler written by Stephen Vogler and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For several weeks in February, the eyes of the world will be on Whistler, BC, as it hosts the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and the appetite for a story to go with the place will be extreme. Stephen Vogler has that story, and in this book he tells it fully for the first time. Vogler is one of those rare Whistlerites who actually grew up in Whistler and he has for some years been running a one-man crusade as writer, broadcaster and author of books to prove his hometown is not only a bona fide community, but a uniquely interesting one. Whistler begins in the days when the town had a mere 500 year-round residents who referred to weekend visitors as "turkeys" or "gorbies." His parents were old-school European alpinists who had given up a comfortable life in Vancouver so they could teach their children how to yodel and schuss in an appropriate setting. People like them, with names like Ples and Wilhelmsen, had developed the ski hill in the 1960s and together formed one of Whistler's founding cultures. The other founding culture was a swarming, partying mass of snow-hippies who lived rent-free in rough squatters' shacks and liked marijuana as much as they didn"t like wearing clothes. Their "high" spirits melded with the soberer tradition of the transplanted Tyroleans to produce a hybrid "only in Whistler" character that is equally devoted to serious skiing and unserious living. It was no accident that the first Whistlerite to win an Olympic gold medal also tested positive for cannabis, and successfully defended himself by arguing that just breathing the air in his hometown was enough to put him over the limit. If anybody doubts that story, they won't after reading Only in Whistler: Tales of a Mountain Town.
Author : Joshua Piker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674075625
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler written by Joshua Piker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-10 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Acorn Whistler, and why did he have to die? A deeply researched analysis of a bloody eighteenth-century conflict and its tangled aftermath, The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler unearths competing accounts of the events surrounding the death of this Creek Indian. Told from the perspectives of a colonial governor, a Creek Nation military leader, local Native Americans, and British colonists, each story speaks to issues that transcend the condemned man’s fate: the collision of European and Native American cultures, the struggle of Indians to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire as the American Revolution approached. At the hand of his own nephew, Acorn Whistler was executed in the summer of 1752 for the crime of murdering five Cherokee men. War had just broken out between the Creeks and the Cherokees to the north. To the east, colonists in South Carolina and Georgia watched the growing conflict with alarm, while British imperial officials kept an eye on both the Indians’ war and the volatile politics of the colonists themselves. They all interpreted the single calamitous event of Acorn Whistler’s death through their own uncertainty about the future. Joshua Piker uses their diverging accounts to uncover the larger truth of an early America rife with violence and insecurity but also transformative possibility.
Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1101967676
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book The Whistler written by John Grisham and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State, from the author hailed as “the best thriller writer alive” by Ken Follett We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity is the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the flow of justice. But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. It is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout United States history. And now he wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. When the case is assigned to Lacy, she immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous. Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else. “[A] main character [who’s] a seriously appealing woman . . . a whistle-blower who secretly calls attention to corruption . . . a strong and frightening sense of place . . . [John Grisham’s] on his game.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “[John Grisham is] our guide to the byways and backwaters of our legal system, superb in particular at ferreting out its vulnerabilities and dramatizing their abuse in gripping style.”—USA Today “Riveting . . . an elaborate conspiracy.”—The New York Times Book Review Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM, coming soon!
Author : Margaret Mahy
Publisher : Much-in-Little
ISBN 13 : 9781877467929
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Mister Whistler written by Margaret Mahy and published by Much-in-Little. This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. But when he has to catch a train, he is so distracted that he loses his ticket-and has to dance his way out of his clothes to find it!
Author : Thomas Colchie
Publisher : Plume Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Whistler in the Nightworld written by Thomas Colchie and published by Plume Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of twenty-one short stories representing some of the finest work by today's Latin American writers.
Author : M. E. Hilliard
Publisher : Crooked Lane Books
ISBN 13 : 1643856952
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)
Download or read book The Unkindness of Ravens written by M. E. Hilliard and published by Crooked Lane Books. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Librarian Greer Hogan matches wits with a deviously clever killer in M.E. Hilliard's chilling series debut, ideal for fans of Louise Penny and Dorothy L. Sayers. Greer Hogan is a librarian and an avid reader of murder mysteries. She also has a habit of stumbling upon murdered bodies. The first was her husband's, and the tragic loss led Greer to leave New York behind for a new start in the Village of Raven Hill. But her new home becomes less idyllic when she discovers her best friend sprawled dead on the floor of the library. Was her friend's demise related to two other deaths that the police deemed accidental? Do the residents of this insular village hold dark secrets about another murder, decades ago? Does a serial killer haunt Raven Hill? As the body count rises, Greer's anxious musings take a darker turn when she uncovers unexpected and distressing information about her own husband's death...and the man who went to prison for his murder . She is racked with guilt at the possibility that her testimony may have helped to convict an innocent man. Though Greer admires the masters of deduction she reads about in books, she never expected to have to solve a mystery herself. Fortunately, she possesses a quick wit and a librarian's natural resourcefulness. But will that be enough to protect her from a brilliant, diabolical murderer? And even if Greer manages to catch the Raven Hill killer, will living with her conscience prove a fate worse than death?
Author : Greg Woodland
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1922458236
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)
Download or read book The Night Whistler written by Greg Woodland and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cracking rural crime debut that will have you on the edge of your seat, now available in a smaller format.
Author : Sylvia Dolson
Publisher : Get Bear Smart Society
ISBN 13 : 0981381308
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (813 download)
Download or read book A Whistler Bear Story written by Sylvia Dolson and published by Get Bear Smart Society. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World-renown Whistler is home to some of the most awe-inspiring animals on earth: black bears. In A WHISTLER BEAR STORY, you'll meet the real black bears of Whistler -- Jeanie, Katie, Marissa, Fitz and Slip among others. They den near favorite ski runs, graze in open meadows under chair lifts, munch on golf course grass, and devour berries alongside mountain bike trails. And sometimes, to their misfortune, they come into town, raid garbage bins, eat berries in people's yards, and even break into homes and restaurants looking for food. Find out what it's like to live in a town where bears roam the forests nearby, and learn what the town is doing to minimize human-bear conflict and preserve our fragile coexistence.
Author : Marilyn Greenwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781976914881
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (148 download)
Download or read book The Whistler written by Marilyn Greenwood and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Polish-Soviet war ends. A young officer builds a life for himself - a business, a home, a family - only for his country to plunge into darkness once more . . .This is the true story of Andrzej Gwizdak, a patriot who fought for his country twice before the age of 25. In 1921, he married the sister of a friend and settled in the Eastern borderlands of Poland to start a farm, believing he was about to begin his "Nowa Wola", a new life. For eighteen years, life was good. Then the Soviets invaded Poland from the East. Soldiers appeared at Andrzej's house and arrested him as an enemy of Russia. And his family, at gun point, embark upon a journey that ultimately takes them thousands of miles from home, through the freezing cold of Siberia to the dry heat of Iran, suffering starvation and disease, until they finally learn the truth about their father's fate.
Author : Joshua Piker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674075609
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Four Deaths of Acorn Whistler written by Joshua Piker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told by a colonial governor, a Creek military leader, Native Americans, and British colonists, each account of Acorn Whistler’s execution for killing five Cherokees speaks to the collision of European and Indian cultures, the struggle to preserve traditional ways of life, and tensions within the British Empire on the eve of the American Revolution.
Author : Daniel E. Sutherland
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300203462
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Whistler written by Daniel E. Sutherland and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) that dispels the popular notion of Whistler as merely a combative, eccentric and unrelenting publicity seeker, a man as renowned for his public feuds with Oscar Wilde and John Ruskin as for the iconic portrait of his mother.
Author : Jimmy Eaton
Publisher : Jimmy Eaton
ISBN 13 : 9781732731707
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (317 download)
Download or read book The Whistler of Hutoriane written by Jimmy Eaton and published by Jimmy Eaton. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Bean loses his father hunting in the mountains of Utah, he meets an old medicine man who makes a blood-oath to help find him. Bean must retrieve an ancient artifact. With a magic whistle, map, and his backpack, Bean travels through portals finding himself in precarious circumstances and encountering curious strangers along the way.
Author : John Grisham
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0385542577
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Witness to a Trial written by John Grisham and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A startling and original courtroom drama from New York Times #1 Best Seller John Grisham that is the prequel to his newest legal thriller, The Whistler. An Original E-Short. A judge’s first murder trial. A defense attorney in over his head. A prosecutor out for blood and glory. The accused, who is possibly innocent. And the killer, who may have just committed the perfect crime. Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!
Author : Sarah Walden
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803248113
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Whistler and His Mother written by Sarah Walden and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James McNeill Whistler painted his mother on impulse, when she came to London to escape the American Civil War, forcing him to evict his mistress from his house. It is hard to imagine a greater contrast than that between Whistler's outrageously flamboyant life in London--where he famously befriended Oscar Wilde and Dante Gabriel Rossetti--and the subdued, touchingly melancholic depiction of his Puritan mother he entitled "Arrangement in Grey and Black." This portrait has become one of the world's best-known paintings and an American icon, yet we know remarkably little about it. While restoring the painting for the Louvre, Sarah Walden became intrigued by the extraordinary and complex history of the painting, which had never been fully explored. From French, British, and American sources, Walden uncovers the intersections between Whistler's flawed genius, his struggle for recognition, his troubled relationship with his mother and mistresses, and the unprecedented historical response to his greatest work. Walden's findings read like a detective story, and her controversial and progressive views on art restoration combine with biography and criticism to create a gripping narrative that skillfully weaves history and aesthetics into a seamless tapestry.
Author : Dan Van Neste
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781593934026
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)
Download or read book The Whistler written by Dan Van Neste and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legendary film director Robert Wise called the Whistler features, "examples of budget filmmaking at its very best." Noted B movie historian Don Miller cited them as, "the best B pics of the period from Columbia." Famed film critic/historian Leonard Maltin referred to the series as "one of the most unusual- and one of the best mystery series of the 30's and 40's. . ." Based on J. Donald Wilson's hit radio suspense program featuring ironic tales of terror spun by a mysterious host, The Whistler film series consisted of eight motion pictures produced by Columbia Pictures between 1944 and 1948 starring legendary, Academy Award-nominated actor, Richard Dix. Although manufactured quickly and cheaply to fill the bottom half of a mandatory double bill, The Whistler films were suspenseful and well made, engendering wide popularity and surprising critical acclaim. Today historians and movie aficionados frequently cite them for their innovation and style-and as early examples of film noir. This is the story of the making of this landmark Columbia series, and the many extraordinary individuals who pooled their singular talents to make eight low budget movies into film classics. Included are rare profiles of 50 Whistler filmmakers: actors, directors, writers, and technicians.
Author : Sylvia Dolson
Publisher : Get Bear Smart Society
ISBN 13 : 0981381324
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (813 download)
Download or read book Joy of Bears written by Sylvia Dolson and published by Get Bear Smart Society. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of breathtaking images and thought-provoking words sure to bring joy to your heart and enrich your spirit. Take an inspiring journey into the world of the great bear and discover the true and often unseen nature of black bears, grizzlies and polar bears. Celebrate all that is wild! (Proceeds from the sale of this book support Get Bear Smart Society's work helping people to understand and live with our neigh-bears.)
