John Connell: 31 books
The Farmer's Son
Calving Season on a Family Farm
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
For fans of James Herriot, a poignant memoir—and #1 Irish bestseller—about a wayward son’s return home to his family’s farm, and how he found a new beginning in an age-old world
Farming has been in John Connell's family for generations, but he never intended to follow in his father's...
Urbanisation in the Island Pacific
Towards Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2002
Managing rapid urban growth presents a significant challenge in the small independent countries of the Pacific Islands. Although they originated in colonial times, the towns and cities are now distinctively post-colonial, with economies, environments and social structures that reflect unique island...
Rural Change in Australia
Population, Economy, Environment
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
New twenty-first century economic, social and environmental changes have challenged and reshaped rural Australia. They range from ageing populations, youth out-migration, immigration policies (that seek to place skilled migrants in rural Australia), tree changers, agricultural restructuring and new...
by Chris Gibson, John Connell
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2016
Throughout the world, the number of festivals has grown exponentially in the last two decades, as people celebrate local and regional cultures, but perhaps more importantly as local councils and other groups seek to use festivals both to promote tourism and to stimulate rural development. However,...
Sound Tracks
Popular Music Identity and Place
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Sound Tracks is the first comprehensive book on the new geography of popular music, examining the complex links between places, music and cultural identities. It provides an interdisciplinary perspective on local, national and global scenes, from the 'Mersey' and 'Icelandic' sounds to 'world music',...
Music and Tourism
On the Road Again
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2005
Music and Tourism is the first book to comprehensively examine the links between travel and music. It combines contemporary and historical analysis of the economic and social impact of music tourism, with discussions of the cultural politics of authenticity and identity. Music tourism evokes nostalgia...
Outback Elvis
The story of a festival, its fans & a town called Parkes
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Where do thousands of people in wigs, jumpsuits and fake Priscilla eyelashes go each January to swelter in 42-degree heat as they celebrate The King? Parkes, of course – 365 kilometres west of Sydney – for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival. But how, and why, did this sleepy town get all shook up...
Rural Revival?
Place Marketing, Tree Change and Regional Migration in Australia
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
How, if possible, to re-populate declining rural and regional areas? Examining this crucial and complex issue in relation to Australia, this book explores how a particular organization, 'Country Week', has emerged and developed as one means of stimulating the repopulation of declining or stagnating...
Papua New Guinea
The Struggle for Development
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2005
Papua New Guinea is the first book to explore the economic development of this socially complex, rapidly changing nation. Subjects discussed include:
* rapid economic growth and political conflict
* civil war on the island of Bougainville
* population growth and urbanisation
* mining: gold, copper and environmental conflicts
* uneven development and social divisions.
Fantastic Stories Presents The Vampire Super Pack
Over 225,000 words of startling Vampire fiction by writers such as Bram Stoker, F. Marion Crawford, Steve Rasnic Tem, Robert E. Howard, Jay O'Connell, John William Polidori, and many, many more!
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2019
Vampires have fascinated mankind for centuries. These creatures of the night enthrall us, terrify us, and seduce us. The Vampire Super Pack brings together 42 vampires stories spanning almost 200 years. With over 225,000 words of fascinating fiction this is the Vampire anthology you’ve been waiting...
by John O'Connell
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
**At once familiar and exotic, spices are rare things, comforting us in favorite dishes while evoking far-flung countries, Arabian souks, colonial conquests and vast fortunes. John O'Connell introduces us to spices and their unique properties, both medical and magical, alongside the fascinating...
For the Love of Letters
The Joy of Slow Communication
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Remember letters? They were good, weren’t they? The thrill of receiving that battered envelope, all the better for the wait . . . In this richly entertaining book, paper geek John O’Connell puts forward a passionate case for the value of letter-writing in a distracted, technology-obsessed world....
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Daniel Defoe, Alexandre Dumas
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2017
This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks [Horatio Alger, Jr] Tom Swift and His Wireless Message [Victor Appleton] Gulliver of Mars Edwin [Lester Arnold] The Lust of Hate Guy [Newell Boothby] Cabin...
by Bruce E. Poling, John M. Prausnitz, John P. O'Connell
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2000
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