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Skye Kathleen Moody

Autore di Hillbilly Women

13+ opere 383 membri 5 recensioni

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Comprende i nomi: Skye Moody, Kathy Kahn, Skye K. Moody

Serie

Opere di Skye Kathleen Moody

Hillbilly Women (1973) 83 copie
Blue Poppy (1997) 39 copie
Rain Dance (1996) 36 copie
Purim Parade (1986) 36 copie
Medusa (2003) 33 copie
Wildcrafters (1998) 23 copie
Habitat (1999) 21 copie
K Falls (2001) 20 copie
The Good Diamond (2004) 9 copie
Fruits Of Our Labor (1982) 6 copie
Frostline (2014) 1 copia

Opere correlate

Seattle Noir (2009) — Collaboratore — 84 copie
Calling Home: Working-Class Women's Writings (1990) — Collaboratore — 57 copie
Wild Crimes: Stories of Mystery in the Wild (2004) — Collaboratore — 44 copie

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Moody, Skye Kathleen
Altri nomi
Kahn, Kathy
Moody, Skye K
Data di nascita
1945-04-02
Sesso
female
Nazionalità
USA
Luogo di residenza
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Attività lavorative
journalist
Relazioni
Ford, G.M. (husband)
Organizzazioni
PEN American Center

Utenti

Recensioni

Venus Diamond, US Fish & Wildlife Agent, investigates Russian mob after her brother is accused of killing his friend
 
Segnalato
JohnLavik | Mar 29, 2020 |
A little disappointing. I buy a lot of books sight unseen, based on online descriptions; sometimes I get what I was expecting, sometimes I get something else which may still be interesting. Or not. In this case I was expecting something fairly technical – a discussion of ocean currents and beach dynamics. Instead, I got a book of anecdotes from a compulsive beachcomber. To boot, many of the anecdotes are personal – author Skye Moody picks up a random pretty rock at the beach, turns it over, and finds a human face drawn on the other side. Far out, cool and groovy.

A few are fairly interesting – for example, slabs of beeswax have been washing up along the Oregon coast since the 1890s. From where? The suggestion is a long-lost Spanish galleon carrying beeswax from the Far East, and Moody provides a list of missing galleons. Unfortunately, Moody takes fellow beachcombers claims at face value – supposedly one had a beeswax slab carbon dated to 1691. Anyone familiar with carbon dating should have been able to clue her in on the various ways that could be wrong. Of course there’s the obligatory mention of the exploding whale, the prefabricated house picked up by a lucky Alaskan, the Nike shoes – all left feet, etc. (I’ve seen something similar from the Ordovician – a slab of rock covered with bivalve fossils – but only the left valves. Or maybe it was only the right valves; don’t remember).

Not worth buying unless it’s in the $1 remainder bin, but might make an amusing couple of hours reading if picked up at the library.
… (altro)
½
 
Segnalato
setnahkt | 2 altre recensioni | Jan 1, 2018 |
If you've never read a book about garbage, this would be as good a place as any to start. The author traces the trash on our beaches - the flotsam and jetsam that wash up - and does it in with a lively style and a good sense of humor.
 
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Devil_llama | 2 altre recensioni | May 10, 2011 |
Circus clown midgets have a rivalry that spills into really good resentment when one of them makes it to Hollywood. Magnolia as a setting, although described accurately, didn’t lend itself to bad shit happening.
½
 
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KingRat | Aug 18, 2010 |

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Statistiche

Opere
13
Opere correlate
3
Utenti
383
Popolarità
#63,101
Voto
½ 3.5
Recensioni
5
ISBN
24
Lingue
1

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