That Summer at Boomerang

That Summer at Boomerang
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Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1743581009
ISBN-13 : 9781743581001
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis That Summer at Boomerang by : Phil Jarratt

That Summer at Boomerang, by leading surf writer Phil Jarrat, is an evocative retelling of the little known story about the birth of surfing in Australia and the early beginnings of our beach culture and sporting heritage. In the first summer of World War One, while Australian soldiers made their way to the battlefields, the world’s original aquatic superstar sailed for Sydney. Over a two-month, three-state tour, Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku revolutionised perceptions of surfing and swimming, and changed forever the direction of fifteen-year-old Isabel Letham’s life. When the charistmatic Duke picks an average Aussie girl out of the audience to ride his long board with him into shore before a packed beach, it’s a symbol of the seismic change that is already rippling through the nation as the rules and regulations of the 19th century give way to the anything-goes beach culture we recognise today. The story centres on Sydney, Australia, but moves between Honolulu, Stockholm and the Olympics in 1912, and even California (where the Duke eventually goes in search of a Hollywood film career, followed by Isabel). But many more characters from history people these pages – such as novelist Jack London, our first sport promoter Hugh ‘Huge Deal’ Mcintosh as well as other sporting greats – as one season, one summer, epitomises the end of an era and the birth of a new one. ‘That Summer at Boomerang immerses the reader in a time “when fun was young”. The entwined stories of Duke Kahanamoku and Isabel Letham, whose paths crossed at Freshwater beach at the dawn of the age of celebrity and the beginning of the Great War, are the foreground to a fascinating portrayal of Australia and Hawaii, of sport and business, at that seminal moment.’ MALCOLM KNOX ‘Duke and Isabel are entrenched as iconic figures in the world of surfing. This is a wonderfully romanticised account of what “really” happened in the summer of 1914.’ LAYNE BEACHLEY ‘Phil Jarratt has worked a miracle and resurrected Duke Kahanamoku, bringing him to life with great research, wit and storytelling, and above all love for all of surfing’s characters.’ BOB MCTAVISH Phil Jarratt lives in Noosa, Australia and is the leading writer on surfing and surfing history in Australia. He has published many books on surfing and sport biographies including Salts and Suits, Hottest 100 Surfing Legends, Kelly Slater, Surfing Australia: The Complete History of Surf Board Riding in Australia. He is a former editor of Tracks

Boomerang

Boomerang
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Publisher : Harper Collins
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9780062331076
ISBN-13 : 0062331078
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Boomerang by : Noelle August

The first book in a sensational New Adult trilogy from Noelle August. Welcome to Boomerang.com, the dating site for the millennial gen with its no-fuss, no-commitments matchups, and where work is steamier than any random hook-up. Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They’re sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret. Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well . . . one thing led to another, which led to them waking up the next morning—together. Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post hookup taxi . . . to the same place: Boomerang headquarters. What began as a powerful connection between them is treated to a cold shower courtesy of two major complications. First, Boomerang has a strict policy against co-worker dating. And second, they’re now competitors for only one job at the end of summer. As their internships come to an end, will they manage to keep their eyes on the future and their hands off each other, or will the pull of attraction put them right back where they started?

Raising Wrecker

Raising Wrecker
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9781408821961
ISBN-13 : 1408821966
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Raising Wrecker by : Summer Wood

Wrecker was born in 1965 in San Francisco. But by his third birthday, his mother has landed in prison and he's taken by the state. Up among the California redwoods, a clan of eccentrics will come together to raise one remarkable child.

The Paper Boomerang Book

The Paper Boomerang Book
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Total Pages : 160
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ISBN-10 : 9781569762820
ISBN-13 : 1569762821
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Paper Boomerang Book by : Mark Latno

Explains how to build, perfect and troubleshoot paper boomerangs.

The Brave Learner

The Brave Learner
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9780525505006
ISBN-13 : 0525505008
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Brave Learner by : Julie Bogart

Publishers Weekly bestseller · A joyful and accessible homeschool guide to making learning a part of everyday life Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids. When exhausted parents are living the day-to-day grind, it can seem impossible to muster enough energy to make learning fun or interesting. How do parents nurture a love of learning amid childhood chaos, parental self-doubt, the flu, and state academic standards? In this book, Julie Bogart distills decades of experience--homeschooling her five now grown children, developing curricula, and training homeschooling families around the world--to show parents how to make education an exciting, even enchanting, experience for their kids, whether they're in elementary or high school. Enchantment is about ease, not striving. Bogart shows parents how to make room for surprise, mystery, risk, and adventure in their family's routine, so they can create an environment that naturally moves learning forward. If a child wants to pick up a new hobby or explore a subject area that the parent knows little about, it's easy to simply say "no" to end the discussion and the parental discomfort, while dousing their child's curious spark. Bogart gently invites parents to model brave learning for their kids so they, too, can approach life with curiosity, joy, and the courage to take learning risks.

Destiny Boomerang

Destiny Boomerang
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 78
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ISBN-10 : 9780595521753
ISBN-13 : 0595521754
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis Destiny Boomerang by : Linda Athey

"While Einstien was studying the Theory of Relativity in 1930, he believed, "The universe behaves in a certian predictiable way." This is not religion, it's science. The Quantum Theory is science. Einstein believed that some forces in the universe happen on a "maybe." If there is enough energy and the proper forces are present, then most reactions happen."--Back cover.

Kindness Boomerang

Kindness Boomerang
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 383
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ISBN-10 : 9781250066930
ISBN-13 : 125006693X
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Kindness Boomerang by : Orly Wahba

The first book by the creator of the Kindness Boomerang video (more than 20,000,000 views on YouTube) shows readers how to make kindness something they can practice every day.

Boomerang / Bumerán

Boomerang / Bumerán
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Publisher : Beacon Press
Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 9780807033425
ISBN-13 : 0807033421
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Boomerang / Bumerán by : Achy Obejas

A bilingual poetry collection from a Cuban-American writer-activist that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and belonging A unique and inspiriting bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in a bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that address immigration, displacement, love and activism. The book is divided into 3 sections: First, poems addressing immigration and displacement; secondly, those addressing love, lost and found, and finally, verses focusing on action, on ways of addressing injustice and repairing the world. The volume will be both inspiration and support for readers living with marginalized identities and those who love and stand with them.

Boomerang Bob

Boomerang Bob
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 105
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ISBN-10 : 0439453488
ISBN-13 : 9780439453486
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis Boomerang Bob by : Jenny Dale

Even on vacation, the Parkers can't get away from puppy problems. At the Sydney airport, Neil discovers a Jack Russell terrier being kept in a suitcase and decides he has to get the dog back to its home before the Parkers have to go back to theirs.

Life of Brine

Life of Brine
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Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 9781743585184
ISBN-13 : 1743585187
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Life of Brine by : Phil Jarratt

“In the not-so-small world of surfing, Phil Jarratt has seen it all. Luckily for us, he’s a fearless, funny storyteller, with a reporter’s unsentimental eye and an endearing modesty. But his memoir is, above all, a haunting self-portrait: the boy practising drop-knee cutbacks in his mother’s full-length mirror in mid-century Wollongong becomes a man.” William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian Days Life of Brine is the memoir of Phil Jarratt, one of the world’s best-known chroniclers of surfing culture whose lifelong pursuit of the perfect wave has placed him in the midst of some of the most exciting moments in surfing’s modern history. Jarratt, who has courted controversy in his long career as a journalist, editor and documentarian, pulls no punches as he rides an exhilarating wave of nostalgia from the sixties up until now, through the heady days of drugs, alcohol and excess in Bali and Biarritz and other exotic locations in between. Filled with debauchery, reflection and insight, this is a book that will be devoured by surfers young and old.

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