Taking its name from the moorland from which it rises, the River Dart provides the final 11 miles of one of Britain's best known rivers. This book explores the history and landscape of the river's estuary, as well as featuring guided walks through the nearby towns, villages and the undulating Dart countryside.
In September 1803 the British established a small, isolated outpost at Risdon Cove on the eastern side of the estuary of the Derwent River to offset suspected French expansionism in the southeast corner of Van Diemen's Land. For almost eight months, the local Aborigines appeared to ignore them, but that all changed on 3 May 1804, when hundreds advanced twoards the settlement and a group confronted a settler and his wife. A tense impasse ensued between the Aborigines and the small garrison of fifteen soldiers protecting the eighty settlers, including women, children and unarmed convicts. What happened next has been the subject of heated historical debate for the ensuing 200 years. This book is the most exhaustively researched account of these event yet published."--Jacket cover verso.
This beautifully illustrated guide shows how, over the years, the landscape has influenced the wildlife and the incredible human history of the area that takes in the seaside towns of Brixham, Paignton, Torquay and Babbacombe.
Christians of all denominations are looking today to the ancient discipline of a rule of life to strengthen their sense of living in Christ and participating in a wider community. For the first time the brothers of the Society of Saint John the Evangelist are making their rule—completely rewritten and revised—available to the church at large. The book is composed of 49 short chapters that develop classical monastic themes of hospitality, poverty, celibacy, and obedience, exploring what these might mean to men and women living at the end of the millennium. And because this is a modern rule, it provides guidance and reflection in less traditional areas, too—leadership, conflict, the use and abuse of authority, work, the need for rest and silence, vocation, and fellowship with the poor. Therefore it has much to teach Christians in other kinds of communities, including the family, the parish, and the workplace. Concluding chapters give suggestions for meditating on the Rule and for its use as an aid to discernment and spiritual growth for prayer groups and parish life committees.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Anderson Woodbury, a new graduate Ph D, has just realized his impossible dream and become engaged to marry April Brooker, a wealthy former professional tennis player. But almost at once he is challenged to give up his long-time ambition of becoming a Sports Psychologist to work in his grandfather's factory. And April is faced with Anderson's refusal to use any of her savings for their future together. Pressure mounts as family and friends make increasing demands on the two strong-willed professionals. Confronting one critical life decision after another, they fight to balance their dreams and responsibilities. Anderson and April must draw on all their faith, love and moral strength as each knows that the wrong choice at any point will destroy whatever chance of happiness they have.Other titles in this series include: Games of Consequence Playing Advantage April and AndersonOther Books by John Dutch include: April Brooker April Brooker: The Tournament April Brooker and Emily McLean April Brooker: The FamilySunshine When I Need a Hand On Hard Times, and other stories
The short, bloody career of "Bronco Bill" Walters and his gang captures the devil-may-care violence of the Wild West. In this detailed narrative of the gang's crime spree in territorial New Mexico and Arizona, two experts in outlaw history offer a gunshot-by-gunshot account of how some especially dangerous outlaws plied their trade in 1898. William Walters reached New Mexico Territory from Texas in the late 1880s and quickly gained a reputation for his ability to sit a horse and for his violent ways. The Bronco Bill Gang skillfully dissects his propensity for trouble and shows how he soon found himself in the territorial penitentiary. In the spring of 1898, after a sojourn stealing horses in Arizona, Walters and four apprentice outlaws turned to armed robbery, holding up passenger trains on the Santa Fe Railroad in Grants and Belén, New Mexico. By the time a Wells Fargo posse captured Bronco Bill, two of the outlaws, two deputies, and a Navajo tracker had been killed in gunfights. Anyone with a taste for western history or an interest in New Mexico and Arizona in the bad old days will find this book irresistible. The authors' attention to the ways Bill and his men fell into a life of crime shows us the real West, where cowboys and gunmen could wind up on either side of the law. The Bronco Bill Gang is the first book to explore this fabled band of outlaws who crisscrossed the American Southwest.
A round-up of favorite westerns from "Aces and Eights" to "River of No Return," from "Colorado Sundown" to "Under California Stars," from "Big Calibre" to "The Yodellin' Kid from Pine Ridge." Featured stars include Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bill Boyd, Charles Starrett, Buck Jones, Hoot Gibson, Bob Steele, Rex Bell, Tex Ritter, Ken Maynard, Tim McCoy, Jack Perrin, Johnny Mack Brown, Robert Mitchum, Randolph Scott.
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