Bøger af Nathan Parker

A selection of poetry and free verse for teenagers and beyond, penned by Nathan Parker.Take a peak inside this vault of verse to find issue-based poetry ranging from mental health, identity, peer pressure, self-discovery, everyday angst and much more.An ideal place to explore poetry for children and teens, as well as a prompt for discussion and debate within PSHE lessons. Lead Practitioner in English: "Nathan uses the medium of poetry to shine a light on the highs and lows of the 21st century teenage years and provides a refreshing voice to the often voiceless teenage audience. Sometimes funny, sometimes gritty, sometimes reflective: all with raw emotion at their core. An invaluable, accessible anthology for both teachers and students that will undoubtedly provoke discussion, debate and deep reflection; this is exactly what poetry should be." Year 10 students: "Incredibly relatable, understands teenagers on a deeper emotional level, poems to support every situation, accurately expresses a teenager's feelings""An immensely powerful collection, relatable to all teenagers. What Nathan Parker has done is what no other poet has managed to achieve." "Truly inspiring, relatable, a fabulous variety that provides for every emotion.""An inspiring, heartfelt anthology""Truly expresses the teenage life, a fantastic read""A beautiful, genuine piece of work"

If you were searching for answers about the mysterious disappearance of your father, but were warned that pulling at that thread would put you in grave danger... would you pull at it anyway?A turbulent seaside town holds a dark secret. Terror reigns in the form of drug king pin, Smiler, whose core business is to exploit the vulnerable. Hope is all but non existent.Tommy Dawson has believed for most of his life that his dad, Timothy, ran out on him when he was just two years old, leaving him to grow up in survival mode with his mum and brother, who had become more focussed on their drug habits than his welfare.That's until information comes to light which suggests that his dad's disappearance isn't all it seems.Tommy and his trusted sidekick, Kirsten, embark upon a quest to uncover the truth, taking them to the darkest corners of Granville and uncovering shocking secrets that will reveal the town's disturbing underbelly.The Disappearance of Timothy Dawson is a Young Adult fiction, with dark themes that expose sinister secrets. It takes place in a poor, forgotten seaside town in the north of England, called Granville-upon-sea, a place that was once glorious is now rife with drugs and poverty. The story is a coming of age mystery, following the journey of Tommy, a likeable chap that's been dealt an unfair hand in life. His mum and brother are addicts and he is left for the most part to fend for himself. The mystery of his father's whereabouts hadn't bothered him at all until, bit by bit, information surfaces suggesting maybe his dad didn't just leave them after all. As the story unfurls, the plot takes a dark turn and Tommy, along with his friends, must face evil head on in order to expose the truth."A gritty mystery that'll knock your socks off! Kept me guessing until the very end.""More twists and turns than a rollercoaster ride, the inherent danger keeps you wanting more!""Gripping, intense, sinister and mystifying!"*Please note: story for 16+, contains occasional explicit language and some adult themes with references to drugs and sexual abuse, but is without graphic detail.

Granville is in a mess once more. The streets are infested with Charge, a deadly synthetic drug concocted by an enigma known as The Chemist. Tommy finds himself in the midst of scandal yet again, as terrifying danger closes in on him; drugs, deaths and deception. After hitting a rocky patch with Kirsten and things at home as tricky as ever, Tommy feels as though he is invisible. But when Detective Brightwell calls upon his help in cracking the case, Tommy is immediately immersed into the Granville underworld, with the key surely lying with infamous crime family, the O'Clearys. With the threat of Smiler looming, trustworthy people are hard to find. So who can he count on this time to help him muddle through this impossible situation?The Rise of the Chemist is the second book in the Granville Series, sequel to The Disappearance of Timothy Dawson. It is a young adult fiction book, following Tommy's difficult battle for justice, in a town where crime rules. A series of teenage deaths triggered by a deadly synthetic drug, thrusts Tommy into the midst of an undercover operation. The targets? The Chemist, creator of the lethal, designer substance known as Charge, and the O'Clearys, a local crime family with their fingers in all kinds of illicit pies. With one eye looking over his shoulder for the threat of Smiler (book one), Tommy must decide between what is right and what is easy. With complications arising with Kirsten, and the relentless drive of Detective Brightwell, he finds himself questioning everybody and everything.Once injected into the O'Cleary family, Tommy comes face to face with a harsh, brutal reality, which he scrambles to escape from. But is it too late? Will Tommy find a way out? Will Granville ever be safe from Charge?Find out in The Rise of the Chemist.

Title: A sermon, preached February 15, 1826, at the dedication of a new church, erected for the use of the South Parish in Portsmouth.Author: Nathan ParkerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02524000CollectionID: CTRG98-B1459PublicationDate: 18260101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Published by request."--T.p. verso. A brief history of the South Parish, incorporated in 1807, appears on p. 19, with a list of its ministers since 1715.Collation: 19 p.; 22 cm

Title: A discourse occasioned by the death of the Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D.D.: pastor of the North Church in Portsmouth, who died at Readsborough, Ver. June 10, 1812, delivered to his bereaved people June 19, 1812.Author: Nathan ParkerPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02520300CollectionID: CTRG98-B1409PublicationDate: 18120101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "Published by request."Collation: 22 p

Parker's illustrated hand book of the great West is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1869.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.