Bøger af Avis Kalfsbeek

Two hip-hop-loving best friends work a salmon season in Alaska and, with the help of a humorous, sexy social-media vlogger and a 106-year-old pot-smoking resort matron, uncover a back-room side deal and unscrupulous dealings of a sinister lobbyist to thwart the poisonous acid runoff of an evil mine to save the largest wild salmon run in the world. Copper Cobra is Book 4 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length environmental, cli fi adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, fishing, love, and magnificent scenic beauty. "In these wonderful stories, Kalfsbeek addresses important environmental issues through the loving, gentle hands of a cast of characters that are easy to connect with. One wants to be part of this healthy gang; it is easy to fall in love with one or two of them. She has found an avenue to address these critical issues that must be talked about but without a heavy hammer. A delightful read that will fill you with hope and a forgotten bounce in your step or pedal."                                               -Chris White, author of Wind, Waves and a Suicidal Boat Avis Kalfsbeek is author of One More Year, Plastic Plankton, and Bike Rock, Books 1, 2, and 3 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, environmental climate adventure fiction. She has an immense love of nature and can be found with her own water dog, Teo, swimming, hiking, and biking wherever their human and canine feet lead them.

Volcanoes and tropical waterfalls on the Big Island of Hawaii are the dramatic, stunning backdrop as Tilly trains for the Kona Ironman for an environmental cause.

"One more year -- keep your stuff longer, people" is Tilly's mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism and give the planet a fighting chance against climate change. She can swim like a dolphin and run like the wind. Still, she doesn't know how to cycle, so she relies on a curmudgeon former athlete, her irreverent, tattooed friend, Camas, a group of maverick mountain bike guys, an old pirate, and her water dog, Pedro, to overcome her obstacles and save the town of Sandglass. One More Year is Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a read-in-an-afternoon novella-length adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, mountain bike jumps, love, and magnificent scenic beauty.In these wonderful stories, Kalfsbeek addresses important environmental issues through the loving, gentle hands of a cast of characters that are easy to connect with. One wants to be part of this healthy gang; it is easy to fall in love with one or two of them. She has found an avenue to address these critical issues that must be talked about but without a heavy hammer. A delightful read that will fill you with hope and a forgotten bounce in your step, or pedal.-Chris White, author of Wind, Waves and a Suicidal BoatAvis Kalfsbeek loves nature and can be found with her own water dog, Teo, swimming, hiking, and biking wherever their human and canine feet lead them. Kalfsbeek is a conservation real estate broker working to promote regenerative land practices. She encourages you to keep your stuff longer to slow down overconsumption and give the planet a fighting chance.