The Year Of The Goat

Many people dream of leaving the workaday world for a life of simplicity and freedom, and Margaret Hathaway and her then-boyfriend Karl did just that. In The Year of the Goat, the reader can jump in the “goat mobile” with them as they ditch their big-city lifestyle to trek across forty-three states in search of greener pastures and the perfect goat cheese. Along the way, the reader is introduced to a vivid cast of characters—including farmers, breeders, cheese makers, and world-class chefs—and discovers everything there is to know about goats and getting back to the land. But readers beware: When it comes to goat cheese, it can be love at first bite.

It's 2003: the Year of the Goat! Celebrate the occasion with this gorgeously illustrated guide that honors the goat's influence throughout China's mystical past. The enlightening collection covers everything from the animal's earliest appearance in classical literature and folktales right up to its place in contemporary Chinese astrology. Along with an illuminating interpretation of what the goat symbolizes in Chinese society, there's a comprehensive profile of people born under the sign--who are very often highly creative and artistically talented. They'll see how they should approach compatible and incompatible signs, trace conflicts within their chart, and find new strategies for dealing with strengths and weakness. Discover how the elements--wood, fire, earth, metal, and water--have influenced the basic sign, too. Beautiful to look at and engrossing to read, this is a book that even non-Goats will enjoy owning!

Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Once she is back in her homeland, the elusive feeling of terror that has overshadowed her whole life suddenly takes shape. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. In 1961, Trujillo's decadent inner circle (which includes Urania's soon-to-be disgraced father) enjoys the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in fear and deprivation. As Trujillo clings to power, a plot to push the Dominican Republic into the future is being formed. But after the murder of its hated dictator, the Goat, is carried out, the Dominican Republic is plunged into the nightmare of a bloody and uncertain aftermath. Now, thirty years later, Urania reveals how her own family was fatally wounded by the forces of history. In The Feast of the Goat Mario Vargas Llosa eloquently explores the effects of power and violence on the lives of both the oppressors and those they victimized. ' The Feast of the Goat will stand out as the great emblematic novel of Latin America's twentieth century and removes One Hundred Years of Solitude of that title.' Times Literary Supplement

A kid named Kid, a dog named Cat, and a goat on a roof A blind skateboarding writer, an old man who can't speak (and his wife), a smartly dressed non-hamster-owner, plus Kid and her parents, are all apparently sharing their Manhattan apartment building with a mountain goat. But in all the wonders and marvels of New York City, who has time to see this impossible goat? How did the goat even get there? And is the goat really capable of something a little like magic? In this tender and hilarious tale of a misplaced animal, a road trip, and a Broadway show, neighbours who were previously strangers may find the goat is just what they needed... ANNE FLEMING is the author of Pool-Hopping and Other Stories (shortlisted for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award and the Governor General's Award), Anomaly and Gay Dwarves of America. She is a long-time and highly regarded teacher of creative writing who has taught at the University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Douglas College, Kwantlen University College and the Banff Centre for the Arts. The Goat is her first full-length work for young readers. Anne lives in Vancouver.

Goat Chinese Horoscope 2024 The character of people born in the year of the GOAT People born in this year enjoy romance, fantasies, fantasies, and art, are constantly in need of love and protection, are afraid of failure, and prefer to look at the world first. People born in this year are extremely lazy. So you prefer to associate with wealthy people, dislike people of lower social standing, and prefer convenience. Because people born in this year do not dare to make a decisive decision and do not dare to do anything unless they are confident, they must carefully consider what they will do before doing it. This year's births are unregulated. Not suitable for business, craftsman, artist, or writer, or a career that requires creativity and artistic abilities. This year's babies are romantic. Everyone is drawn to the charm because it is sensitive, gentle, and affectionate. This year's Goat Zodiac Personal life guideline is: Overview Career and Business Financial Family Love Health Feng Shui Predict 12 Zodiac Animal Series 2024; Rat, OX, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig

“Fantastical . . . Through the thoughts of a rare black goat and the couple who adopt it, readers witness famines, death, and moments of beauty.” —National Geographic Longlisted for the National Book Award for Translated Literature As he did in the award-winning One Part Woman, Perumal Murugan explores a side of India that is rarely considered in the West: the rural lives of the country’s farming community. He paints a bucolic yet sometimes menacing portrait, showing movingly how danger and deception can threaten the lives of the weakest through the story of a helpless young animal lost in a world it naively misunderstands. As the novel opens, a mysterious stranger offers a farmer in Tamil Nadu a black goat kid who is the runt of the litter, surely too frail to survive. The farmer and his wife take care of the young she-goat, whom they name Poonachi, and soon the little goat is bounding with joy and growing at a rate they think miraculous for such a small animal. Intoxicating passages from the goat’s perspective offer a bawdy and earthy view of what it means to be an animal and a refreshing portrayal of the natural world. But Poonachi’s life is not destined to be a rural idyll—dangers can lurk around every corner, and may sometimes come from surprising places, including a government that is supposed to protect the weak and needy. Is this little goat too humble a creature to survive such a hostile world? “The title character of Murugan’s elegant new novel is indeed a joy . . . through Poonachi’s tale we are reminded how much bonds us with the animal world.” —USA Today

In the book Goats of Anarchy, Leanne shares adorable photos of her goats with descriptions of their personalities, touching rescue stories, and funny anecdotes about their antics.