On the Whistle

On the Whistle
Author: Michael Panckridge
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2010-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0730443655

Third in the exciting adventure series set in an all-action Rugby League world. Sam and Vinny start the new term at St Helens, a private school with a proud sporting tradition but all is not smooth sailing. For a start, there's considerable rivalry between the two football codes - and soccer is gaining the upper hand at the expense of league. While the headmaster is welcoming, not all the staff are so encouraging, and one at least has something to hide - he's running a highly profitable betting scam, which Sam accidentally discovers when he takes an illicit look at the teacher's computer. Meanwhile, Sam and Vinny take on the challenge of a huge scavenger hunt at St Helen's. At stake is the future of league at the school, and to complicate things further, there's a growing attraction between Sam and tamara, a talented soccer player with a father who will stop at nothing to see soccer the dominant code at the school. And if all this isn't enough to keep a boy occupied, Sam has been selected for the tri-Nations Under 15 team - will he and his team be able to triumph over New Zealand and England? Ages: 10 to 13

Howzat!

Howzat!
Author: Michael Panckridge
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 45
Release: 2010-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0730443523

The fourth and fifth Toby Jones adventures in convenient omnibus edition. Stumped for something exciting to read? With must-have cricket info PLUS two edge-of-your seat adventures starring talented, time-travelling cricketer toby Jones, Howzat! is perfect for young cricket fans. toby Jones is no ordinary schoolboy. As well as being an awesome cricketer, he's a time traveller who gets to watch the most exciting games in the history of cricket. Ever. But sometimes this leads to trouble. All toby really wants is to play for Australia in the junior Ashes match. But he has to find a cure for his friend Ali, who is still feeling the ill-effects of breaking the time travel code. His time-travelling foe is out to get him, and there's unfinished business with an ancient and deadly Cricket Lord ... Featuring fascinating twenty/20 cricket facts and a ton of tips from famous fast bowler Brett Lee, Howzat! wraps up the toby Jones series in thrilling style. Howzat! includes: toby Jones and the timeless Cricket Match toby Jones and the Clash with Father time

Slave Culture [3 volumes]

Slave Culture [3 volumes]
Author: Spencer R. Crew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 1264
Release: 2014-05-28
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1440800871

For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine—and understand—specific aspects of slave life and culture. There is no better way to appreciate history than to experience it through the eyes of those who lived it. Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project brings together the memories of the last generation of enslaved African Americans gathered through interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938. This three-volume work stands apart from previous Slave Narrative collections in that it organizes the narratives thematically, bringing the rich tapestry of slave culture to life in a fresh way. Within each thematic area, multiple excerpts span time, gender, and geography. An introductory essay for each theme and a contextual explanation for each narrative help readers draw lessons from this vast collection, while an introduction to the work explains the Works Progress Administration's Slave Narrative project—illuminating still another era in American history.

A Land Remembered

A Land Remembered
Author: Patrick D Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1561645826

A Land Remembered has become Florida's favorite novel. Now this Student Edition in two volumes makes this rich, rugged story of the American pioneer spirit more accessible to young readers. Patrick Smith tells of three generations of the MacIveys, a Florida family battling the hardships of the frontier. The story opens in 1858, when Tobias and Emma MacIvey arrive in the Florida wilderness with their son, Zech, to start a new life, and ends in 1968 with Solomon MacIvey, who realizes that his wealth has not been worth the cost to the land. Between is a sweeping story rich in Florida history with a cast of memorable characters who battle wild animals, rustlers, Confederate deserters, mosquitoes, starvation, hurricanes, and freezes to carve a kingdom out of the Florida swamp. In this volume, meet young Zech MacIvey, who learns to ride like the wind through the Florida scrub on Ishmael, his marshtackie horse, his dogs, Nip and Tuck, at this side. His parents, Tobias and Emma, scratch a living from the land, gathering wild cows from the swamp and herding them across the state to market. Zech learns the ways of the land from the Seminoles, with whom his life becomes entwined as he grows into manhood. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series

Within Our Gates

Within Our Gates
Author: Alan Gevinson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 1588
Release: 1997
Genre: Minorities in motion pictures
ISBN: 9780520209640

"[These volumes] are endlessly absorbing as an excursion into cultural history and national memory."--Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.

Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack

Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack
Author: Michael Panckridge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2003
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780207199820

Toby Jones and his classmates go to the MCG archives on an excursion and there they meet the old and wise caretaker of the library, Jim Oldfield. Jim realises that Toby has the potential to travel back in time to cricket matches. With Jim's assistance, Toby and his friends are transported back in time to past matches. Ages 8-13.

Watching Father Brown

Watching Father Brown
Author: Sandra K. Sagala
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476692661

This book examines adaptations of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories in film, radio and television. Part One covers adaptations prior to 2013, including portrayals by Alec Guinness, Kenneth More, and others, as well as German and Italian versions. Part Two focuses on the BBC series Father Brown, launched in 2013 with Mark Williams starring in the title role. It provides information about the series' creation and production along with a helpful episode guide, and it analyzes critical and audience responses to the show.

The Marvel Studios Phenomenon

The Marvel Studios Phenomenon
Author: Martin Flanagan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-12-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1501338536

Marvel Studios has provided some of the biggest worldwide cinematic hits of the last eight years, from Iron Man (2008) to the record-breaking The Avengers (2012), and beyond. Having announced plans to extend its production of connected texts in cinema, network and online television until at least 2028, the new aesthetic patterns brought about by Marvel's 'shared' media universe demand analysis and understanding. The Marvel Studios Phenomenon evaluates the studio's identity, as well as its status within the structures of parent Disney. In a new set of readings of key texts such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the thematics of superhero fiction and the role of fandom are considered. The authors identify milestones from Marvel's complex and controversial business history, allowing us to appraise its industrial status: from a comic publisher keen to exploit its intellectual property, to an independent producer, to successful subsidiary of a vast entertainment empire.

Toby Jones & The Secret Of The Missing Scorecard

Toby Jones & The Secret Of The Missing Scorecard
Author: Michael Panckridge
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0730491331

If you could travel back in time and see people and places from the past, would you go? toby Jones lives and breathes cricket. He plays in a local cricket competition, follows the professional players and knows all the stats. But toby has a secret 埨e can travel back through time to watch famous cricket matches and players. And he can take his friends with him. But itᱠnot all good news ... there are dangers. toby has seen the strange, hooded figure lurking in the background. What, or who, is this creepy character after? And how desperate is he to get what he wants? If you love fantasy or sport, you᫬ love reading the toby Jones books. With cricketing tips by Australian fast bowling legend, Brett Lee. Ages 8-13

The British Film Catalogue

The British Film Catalogue
Author: Denis Gifford
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2018-10-24
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1317837029

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.