Mr Hope invents wonderful new devices, Mrs. Hope likes burnt toast. Marissa watches the waves. And Dion listens to the whispers of the wind. But when Mr. Owen Mortlock and his brother Selwyn decide to build some apartments, everything is suddenly different. The wind goes away, the ocean vanishes from their windows, and that's not even the worst bit . . . But of course, there's always hope . . . and there's always a breeze somewhere.
SUMMARY: Mike paints signs for the Council. Jo-Jo is Mike's dog and goes to work with Mike every day. One day a man from the Council tells Mike to paint more signs, then more signs, until there is no time left for Mike and Jo-Jo to go to the beach.
Reissue of a humorous ghost story for adolescents, first published in 1990. Set in a leaky, decaying mansion without gas, electricity or even a bathroom, it deals with the complexity of family relationships. The award-winning author has written many books including 'The Bunyip of Berkeley's Creek', 'John Brown, Rose and the Midnight Cat' and the 'Nimbin' books.
Philippa's life is changed forever one summer when she meets a furry, shadowy little creature called a nimbin, who adopts her and takes over her beach bag as its home. Not many people know about the nimbin, but Philippa shares the secret with her new friend, Greg, and together the three of them experience the most surprising - and maddening - summer ever.
Greg peered into the beach bag. 'Maybe no one will notice a hairy, bad-tempered towel with feet.' But he is wrong. The towel is really the nimbin in disguise, and some people do notice. Philippa's second summer holidays with Greg and the nimbin are nearly ruined by sinister forces beyond their control in a gripping tale of friendship, money, chocolate biscuits, and the nimbin lost - and found.
Advanced Image Acquisition, Processing Techniques and Applications" is the first book of a series that provides image processing principles and practical software implementation on a broad range of applications. The book integrates material from leading researchers on Applied Digital Image Acquisition and Processing. An important feature of the book is its emphasis on software tools and scientific computing in order to enhance results and arrive at problem solution.
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