22 Results for : shoveling
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Golfing Adventures with Frankie, the Witty Caddie , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 49min
Frankie, just a boy of 14, was always seeking ways to make money. When a garbage collecting company in his small hometown had a job opportunity for an enterprising young student, Frankie was one of several boys who jumped at the chance to be a garbage collector - a career he actually considered for himself years earlier.He was, unfortunately, a scrawny kid at 5’ 10” but only 120 pounds, which did not impress the owner, at all. Despite Frankie holding up two heavy garbage cans at his house on garbage day to positively influence the owner/driver of the garbage truck, his admirable effort failed, for the owner had already offered the job to another student.Frankie had no hard feelings about losing the garbage collecting job, but since there were few money-making opportunities for a young boy, he struggled to find something lucrative and enjoyable, too. Frankie performed odd jobs, including raking leaves, shoveling snow, and getting bloody hands weeding those horrible, thorny bushes at Mr. Perez’s house, with all providing some compensation, but none of these efforts were much fun. Fortunately, his friend Ozzie, who was a caddie at the River Vale Country Club, came to the rescue, inviting Frankie to become a caddie, too. Those golfers who did not wish to carry their own golf clubs or pull a golf cart holding their clubs, and who desired to get good exercise walking the course, hired a caddie to carry their golf clubs, find their golf balls, keep score, and, on occasion, give advice on club selection.However, Ozzie did have a concern about Frankie as a caddie. Frankie, though humorous, had a big mouth, with a penchant for saying anything that came to mind. Would golfers who had Frankie as their caddie enjoy his bold musings?Only time would tell, as Frankie, the witty caddie, who knew almost nothing about golf, learned the game quickly. He became a caddie on his first day at the golf course for a delightful, kind man named Bob, who wa ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Brian Hess. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/224758/bk_acx0_224758_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Chasing Fire , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 910min
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Nora Roberts delves into the world of elite firefighters who thrive on danger and adrenaline—men and women who wouldn’t know how to live life if it wasn’t on the edge.Little else in life is as dangerous as fire jumping. Flying past towering pillars of smoke, parachuting down to the edge of an all-consuming blaze, shoveling and sawing for hours upon hours, days at a time, all to hold the line and push back against the raw power of Mother Nature. But there’s also little else as thrilling - at least to Rowan Tripp. The Missoula smoke jumpers are one of the most exclusive firefighting squads in the nation, and the job is in Rowan’s blood: her father is a legend in the field. She’s been fighting fires since her eighteenth birthday. At this point, returning to the wilds of Montana for the season feels like coming home - even with reminders of the partner she lost last season still lingering in the air. Fortunately, this year’s rookie crop is among the strongest ever - and Gulliver Curry’s one of the best. He’s also a walking contradiction, a hotshot firefighter with a big vocabulary and a winter job at a kids’ arcade. He came to Missoula to follow in the footsteps of Lucas “Iron Man” Tripp, yet he’s instantly more fascinated by his hero’s daughter. Rowan, as a rule, doesn’t hook up with other smoke jumpers, but Gull is convinced he can change her mind. And damn if he doesn’t make a good case to be an exception to the rule. Everything is thrown off balance, though, when a dark presence lashes out against Rowan, looking to blame someone for last year’s tragedy. Rowan knows she can’t complicate things with Gull - any distractions in the air or on the ground could be lethal. But if she doesn’t find someone she can lean on when the heat gets intense, her life may go down in flames. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca Lowman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/brll/002865/bk_brll_002865_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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