A Nip in the Air

A Nip in the Air
Author: John Betjeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1974
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780393044232

Much of the originality of John Betjeman as a poet, apart from the unique assonance of his haunting verse forms, comes from the sharp and affectionate gusto with which he introduces his readers to the people and places in a poetic world he has made so much his own. He has few rivals in the personal harmonics he draws from his themes and from the natural world as the setting for human hopes and achievements in all their odd, humorous, and poignant trajectories.

A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole

A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole
Author: Richard Mackenzie
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780553108248

A masterful celebration--in words and vintage photos--of the famous St. Andrews golf course in Scotland, A Wee Nip at the 19th Hole takes an evocative look at the role that caddies have played in shaping this centuries-old game.

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers

It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
Author: Colin Nissan
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1797214756

A passionate and profane love letter to fall, the best fucking season of the year. Do you get excited at the first brisk breeze of the year? Are you overcome with delight when you see piles of red leaves? Do you lose your fucking mind at a pumpkin patch? At last, the epically funny internet sensation It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers is now a visual tour-de-force, teeming with a cornucopia of perfectly paired photos and seasonal enchantments to make it really fucking sing. Whiffy candles, wicker baskets, motherfucking gourd after gourd, and people going insane they love fall so much? Check! Also included: the equally lifechanging meditation It's Rotting Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers, because all good things must end. Give it to everyone you love, or put it on your fucking coffee table next to a pile of shellacked vegetables to really tie the room together. Perfect for: For anyone who fucking loves fall, and fans of McSweeney's, Go the Fuck to Sleep, Deep Thoughts, the Onion, and the New Yorker.

The Call of the Country

The Call of the Country
Author: Brian O'Shea
Publisher: Skylark Books
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780953811557

'The Call of the Country' tells the story of the rural environment as seen through the eyes of a lifelong birdwatcher. It is a nostalgic return to old haunts remembered from the early post war days, and a journey of discovery to find how the countryside and its birds have changed.

The Secret

The Secret
Author: Kathryn Hughes
Publisher: Review
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2016-07-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472229983

From the #1 bestselling author of The Memory Box comes The Secret - a powerful, twisting novel that you won't be able to put down. 'Gripping' Good Housekeeping 'I lost a day of my life to this book, I simply could not put it down!' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW 'This is one of the BEST BOOKS I have ever read' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ READER REVIEW _______ Mary has been nursing a secret. Forty years ago, she made a choice that would change her world for ever, and alter the path of someone she holds dear. Beth is searching for answers. She has never known the truth about her parentage, but finding out could be the lifeline her sick child so desperately needs. When Beth finds a faded newspaper cutting amongst her mother's things, she realises the key to her son's future lies in her own past. She must go back to where it all began to unlock...The Secret. _______ What readers are saying about the unputdownable stories of Kathryn Hughes: 'The twist made me gasp! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐' 'I absolutely loved this book. Devoured it in a few days. I eagerly await more of Kathryn Hughes' books. I will be first in line. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐' 'Get set to be hooked' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A page-turner from the beginning' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'I cried buckets of tears reading it' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A beautifully told, tragic tale' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Ticket to Minto

Ticket to Minto
Author: Sohrab Homi Fracis
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2018-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1609386205

Ticket to Minto, Sohrab Homi Fracis's premier fiction collection, offers readers a passage to an unfamiliar destination-a world suspended between East and West, India and America, home and away. With piercing insight, Fracis expertly reveals the underlying differences between immersion in India's culture-Hindu, Muslim, or Parsi-and life as an Indian in America. Alternating between East and West, the stories in Ticket to Minto serve as companion pieces, interrelated across continents in both theme and content. A middle-aged man's search for love in Bombay is contrasted with an Indian American family's hopes for the marriage of their westernized daughter. A university student rushes to save the life of a servant in his homeland only to find his own life threatened while attending graduate school in America. Poignant and daring, Ticket to Minto underlines the harsh realization that the immigrant never truly arrives but is in constant limbo between two worlds. As one character relates, "There's a part of me that's American and a part that's Indian. I'm clear about that and comfortable with it, except that sometimes people want me to be just the one or the other."

Alien Encounters

Alien Encounters
Author: Judy L. Clarke
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2011-06-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1452502013

Aliens first visited Judy Clarke in 1952, when she was just nine months old. Since then, the visits have occurred approximately once every two years, and though she does not recall every detail, she does carry physical reminders and specific, vivid memories. Fear is often associated with beings not of the human world, but in this, Clarkes experiences are very different. In Alien Encounters: A Lifetime Deal, writer, counselor, healer and nurse Judy L. Clarke reveals her enlightening, lifelong relationship with aliens in exacting, evidence-laden detail. She helps us to recognize the truth in our hearts and soulsand see that there is nothing to fear. The powers that be in our world, steeped as they are in ignorance, aggression and greed, are quick to react to the stories of abductees with laughter, ridicule, disbelief and horror. By that measure it is clear humans are not ready for the greater destiny shared by the many beings dwelling beyond earth, in space and in the spiritual plane. But the aliens in our skies are patiently waiting for us, watching us and, yes, implanting a select few of us with special gifts to help us be better people, gifts like kindness, healing, empathy, creativity, clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy and closeness to the God within. Clarkes experiences, shown encounter by encounter and lesson by lesson, lead us to understand that if we open our eyes, hearts and minds, light will shine inif we ask, we may indeed receive.

Staying Relevant

Staying Relevant
Author: Gemma Bolger
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2024-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1035833808

As world events take over in a way that nobody thought possible, paranoia becomes part of everyday life. The insidious feeling of being watched creeps over the community of Waterport, with locals ever mindful of ‘what would the neighbours think?’ As people handle the changes in different ways, some grow stronger and more resilient, but others feel the loss of control over their own lives overwhelming. Cracks begin to show, and a cold eye is cast on how well the characters were really connected to each other. Feelings become visceral and raw in the face of loneliness, and questions are asked about their own sense of worth and their place in the community. Some struggle more than others, and a years-old secret begins to haunt in a very real way one of the main characters and threaten what’s left of their already tattered reputation. Having already lost their good standing in the community – there is not much left to lose, and that is when we humans are at our most dangerous.