Book Description
Award-winning photographer David Muench captures the well-visited park icons that millions of Americans love and cherish as well as the lesser-known and seldom seen wilderness areas of the park?the untouched gems where few traveler's venture. Ruth Rudner's moving essay coupled with Muench's visual celebration of these great lands, brings to life everything from the Great Smokies to the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, to Bryce Canyon and hundreds of other unique images. ... Read more

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Master of landscape photography
Another stunning book of American Landscape!!
He never cease to amaze me after so many years.
Bob Kim

wonderful photos
After seeing these photos, I'm further inspired to visit all the national parks!
The essays were unnecessary and took space away from additional photos.

First class tribute to our parks
What a beautiful book! Covering all of our nation's National Parks, David Muench's photography is incredible. From the Great Sand Dunes to Canyonlands, from Carlsbad to Glacier, he's captured our nation's most beautiful land. Great quality book--I immediately wanted to hike up a mountain. ... Read more

Book Description
Includes a general guide to the park and a 57 page section entitled "Of Time and Ice", by Ruth Kirk, which recounts her travels aboard the ice vessel Growler, the dynamics of tidewater glaciers, and the park's natural history. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (4)

it was very relistic
Harp in the South givs the readers an overview of what happened in the early 1940's in the city of sydney and the suburb of surry hills. the darcey family tell a story of what happened during there days at plymonthstreet and it shows us the experience they had during their lives insydney.Harp in the South experiences alot of pain, hardship and the joysand saddness that people of the lower middle class experience........

ARE YOU KIDDING
This is the biggist load of crud I have eva read in my life, 3 kids in my class commited suicide when reading this book.

This is an absolutely brilliant portrayl of Surry Hills
Really this is a great book i have newver before seen something that can so easily empty my stomach and I am just amazed that such a gory description of death and murder can be written in english beats a trip tothe morgue anyday

This is an absolutely brilliant portrayl of Surry Hills
Really this is a great book i have newver before seen something that can so easily empty my stomach and I am just amazed that such a gory description of death and murder can be written in english beats a trip tothe morgue anyday ... Read more

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*God I Miss This Book*
man, what can i say, this book was apart of me years ago, about 10-15 years ago, i lost mine i guess and i have been wondering for years how to get another one, i want to read it again and recapture that youth, and have it to share with children, if i ever have any, when i had this book, i read it so many times, it is truly a classic, and i cannot wait to find it again so i can remember what i so cherished about that story of the Magic In The Park.....and of the children who were allowed to explore.

Great fantasy book.
LOVE THIS AS A CHILD AND A MUST FOR ANY CHILD TODAY. GREAT FOR A ADULT LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RELAX AND FIND A WAY TO GO ON VACATION AND LEAVE YOURSELF AT HOME.

DAVID

GREAT FOR CHIDREN, LET'S YOUR IMAGINATION GO FREE!
I READ THIS OVER 25 YEARS AGO AND IT'S A EXCELLENT BOOK. IT STANDS IN MY MIND LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. YOUR IMAGINATION WILL FLY FREE AND YOU'LL UNLOCK SECRETS AND MYSTERYS IN YOURSELF YOU FORGOT ABOUT YEARS AGO.GREAT ONA COLD NIGHT WITH A CUP OF TEA,WITH THE WIND HOWLING OUTSIDE AND BRANCHESCRACKING. THIS IS AN IDEAL BOOK FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS ALIKE. TAKEYOURSELF BACK TO A SLOW RELAXING TIME WITH THIS CLASSIC. I HAVE TO OWNANOTHER, MAYBE 2 COPIES! LOVED THIS WHEN I WAS A CHILD AND NOW I WILL LOVEIT AS A AN ADULT. ... Read more

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Poking faces
"There was this boy named Josh. He could do lots of things. There was one thing he could do best of all. He could make faces."

This was a favourite story of mine as a child, and it is still amusing today, mostly due to the illustrations. Josh pokes really ugly faces to his advantage and disadvantage.
This book appeals to children 4 and up.

Great read-aloud from down under
Watch as Josh makes some really scary colorful faces. Large colorful pictures and the story keep the attention of young listers as they listen to Josh's story.

Josh learned how good he was when he made a face that scared the big, angry dog next door. He scared Gran and the mailman.His dad told him, "I don't know if you've heard Josh, but if you are making a face and the wind changes, it will stay that way."Josh scoffed.

When the wind changed one day while he made his best face ever, Josh heaved and squeezed it to smooth out his face.How could he change it? ... Read more

Book Description
This digital document, covering the life and work of (Rosina) Ruth (Lucia) Park, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 3274 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
• Family members
• Education
• Professional associations and honors
• Employment
• Writings, including books and periodicals
• A description of the author's work
• References to further readings about the author

Book Description
This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on January 1, 1992. The length of the article is 3442 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: What's cheating? Determining the liability for tax fraud under Section 6653 (B) after Parks. (case of Ruth B. Parks)
Author: Patricia S. Wall
Publication: The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 1992
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: v37Issue: n1Page: p38(4)

Distributed by Thomson Gale ... Read more

Customer Reviews (5)

Great for a young person
I read this book when I was really young and loved it, it was intelligent and captured my imagination. I ended up reading it more than once

A relevant and beautiful short novel
I remember reading this for the first time years ago, and it simply captivated me.The story is one that I enjoyed, but also was a vehicle for a message about what we are doing to the planet.It isn't bitter, callous or harsh in its encounter with the destruction we are causing; rather than telling us what is happening, it SHOWS the damage that can happen without intent and how a beautiful world and people's lives can be hurt.I read this for the first time almost 10 years ago, and the story and the message are still with me.

My Sister Sif
I wasn't very impressed by this book. It was colorful and fairly well written, yet somehow, it seemed as lifeless as an artificial flower. It wasn't easy to get into and I lost interest before I'd even got halfway through. The story itself was bizarre, and for the most part, torpid; the casual indifference and bluntness to which we're treated to the sudden appearance of mermen, telepathic dolphins and even dwarves(!) only seemed to make it worse. After fifty or so pages, I skipped straight to the end, only to find more of the same. Heck, I only paid 99 cents for my copy and I still feel ripped off.

Intriguing and hard to put down!
I truly love this book. It was one of those books that held my interest the whole way through and was definitely worth the time. This story includes fantasy, adventure, a bit of romance, and a whole new way to look at mermaids. I really recommend it to anyone who loves reading!

Good fantasy for the younger readers.
There was a great cast of characters.I enjoyed the futuristic fantasy. I'm in seventh grade and found this book very intresting. ... Read more

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family treasure
Our children's grandfather brought this treasure home as a gift when he visited Australia almost 20 years ago. Our four kids are grown, but when we are all home for an occasion, we still can sit and read out-loud from this delightful book.We have been known to laugh until we truly cry at the antics of these very human and endearing characters.I rate it with Winnie-the-Pooh as the best ever, for children AND adults.

Buying a second copy
We originally bought this piece of classic Austrailian children's literature back in 1992.That book has worn out from use and we are purchasing a second at the request of the children.It is similar to Winnie-the-Pooh, although Wombat can get a little stubborn sometimes.We find it very humorous. ... Read more

Book Description
Abigail Kirk finds herself transported back to the late nineteenth century and becomes embroiled in the family life of the Bows. The Bows will not let her return home believing that she is "the stranger" who will preserve the family gift. ... Read more

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One of my favorite timeslip novels - and I'm picky!
A young girl follows a strangely-dressed urchin and winds up in Victorian-era Sydney. I love the sardonic 14-year-old protagonist in this. When an annoying sickly boy says if he lives to his next birthday he'll be 10, she thinks to herself, `Why bother?" When he tells her she's ugly, she evenly replies that he's not a dazzler himself. The author gives the character such honesty and perceptiveness and a realistically contradictory balance of wry toughness and confused vulnerability, it seemed like one of the most real literary voices I've ever heard.

Great details about the era without feeling forced in or a like a history lesson -- just observed with interest and wonder, and then growing acclimation.

The ending is very satisfying -- the loose ends are tied up with a "Bow," you might say.

Australian SF Reader
A girl from the current time, as far as the book is concerned, finds an artifact, presumably supernatural, and ends up transported back in time to the later 19th century.

She has to adjust to this life, and the family she ends up living with, and the book follows her rapid maturity and relationships.

Loved it!!
I bought this book when I was 11 years old. I started to read it a few times but always ended putting it back down after the first chapter or two. As a kid I thought it was kinda boring and I couldn't understand the old English dialect. However..........I am now 25 years old and a week ago I picked up the book again (something told me to keep it all these years)and read the entire book. I am so glad I kept it!! It was so good. I recommend this book to everyone who likes to read. And, if it is boring the first time, keep it and then try again. That worked for me!!

A thoroughly absorbing and often terrifying time-slip fantasy
Young Abigail is a fairly typical teenager--blind to the needs of her mother that seem to run contrary to her own needs, and yet concerned enough over the frazzled, tired look on the face of the woman next door to take the neighbour's children, Natalie and Vincent, off her hands for a while. They go to the park where other children are playing a game they call Beatie Bow. Both Natalie and Abigail are very taken by a strange girl that Natalie calls "the little furry girl", who is closely watching the game. But the little girl flees, squawking, when they talk to her. Later, wearing a dress she has made from some Victorian crochet lace, Abigail sees the little furry girl again. When the child flees from her she follows--to soon find herself in streets she no longer recognises.

Young readers might find this time-slip novel a little slow to start, even for a book published in the 1980s, but if they persist they will soon find themselves in a thoroughly absorbing, and often terrifying, tale. While it might have surprised Abigail that the undersized, illiterate girl who was always screeching "I'll punch ye yeller and green!" became someone of considerable importance, I doubt young readers will be surprised. Beatie Bow is a thoroughly unforgettable character and Ruth Park's prose is always a joy to read.

It made me sad to see the reviews here posted by students who were forced to "study" the book at school. This is a serious disservice to everyone concerned because all it's likely to do is turn young people against reading. Fiction should be for fun not for study.

Playing Beatie Bow
This is my favourite children's book. I read it when I was about 11, I think, and love it to this day (I'm 18). If you like time travelling novels, I highly suggest this one. ... Read more