Bone Dry

Download or read book Bone Dry written by Kathleen Karr and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2002-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is said that the Sahara Desert swallows the past. For Matthew Morrissey and his mentor, the eminent phrenologist Dr. Asa B. Cornwall, there's also the danger of its swallowing their present. In their search for the skull of Alexander the Great, Matthew and Dr. ABC journey across the Great Sand Sea in a camel caravan unaware of the perils-both human and otherworldly-that await them. Overtaken by slave traders, Matthew and the doctor must call upon all of their knowledge and wit to save themselves and some unfortunate others from disaster.

Download or read book Anancy and Mr. Dry-Bone written by and published by Frances Lincoln Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich Mr Dry-Bone lives in a big house on top of a hill. Poor Anancy lives in a small house at the foot of the hill. They both want to marry Miss Louise, but she will only marry the man who can make her laugh. This book is based on characters from Jamaican and African folk tales.

Download or read book Virga & Bone written by Craig Childs and published by Torrey House Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It's impossible to imagine another writer in America who is better than Craig Childs at elegizing the fearsome and confounding appeal of our most austere landscapes." —KEVIN FEDARKO, author of The Emerald Mile From the author of The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons—a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more–than–human. CRAIG CHILDS is the author of more than a dozen books on nature, adventure, and science, including The Secret Knowledge of Water and Atlas of a Lost World. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and Outside. Recipient of the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, he lives in Colorado.

Download or read book Bone Dry written by Ben Rehder and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-11-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the hilarious follow-up to the Edgar Award finalist "Buck Fever, Texas," game warden John Marlin is trying to sort out crazy rumors of a six-foot-tall, drop-dead gorgeous blond roaming the woods when one of the local hunters turns up murdered. Martin's Press.

Download or read book The Packages written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Never A Dry Moment written by Rick Kirkman and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2003-03-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest collection of "Baby Blues" strips shows the harried parents Darryl and Wanda adding a third little one to the MacPherson household. Illustrations.

Download or read book Barrel and Box and Packages written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 860 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: