Download or read book Brownbird s Luck written by Kriss Erickson and published by AKW Books. This book was released on 2009-01-28 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deila Weaver lives on a flax farm with her Da, Skalle, a bitter alcoholic whose only love is his land, and her Gran, a blind woman the local people have dubbed 'Dark Weaver' for her ability to weave intricate tapestries from the linen she and Deila make from the flax. When a mysterious creature kills the Weaver's plow horse's new foal, Skalle feels as if he can't go on. He had looked to Molly's foal as a way to keep working his fields. Deila sees a drab brown bird in the fields--a brownbird that is said to have magic powers since rains often fall on the parched ground when the bird is seen. Soon after, she and Gran watch a strange storm over the fields. A white foal appears in the barn to replace Molly's foal. As the foal grows, Deila realizes that he is magic, too.
Download or read book Primary Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ewe St mme written by Jakob Spieth and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2011 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ewe of Ghana, Togo and Benin have been one of the most documented ethnic groups in West Africa, given their encounters with the German, French and British colonial administrations. In 1906, Jakob Spieth, a German Bremen Missionary, published Die Ewe-Stamme. Die Ewe-Stamme is one of the most comprehensive treatises on the history, religion, economic life, traditional social structure, and, indeed, the entire spectrum of everyday life of the Ewe. Published over 100 years ago the book had limited circulation and became increasingly rare to the extent that it almost became a deified piece of work and source of classified knowledge. Additionally, Die Ewe-Stamme was published in German and old non-standard and colloquial Ewe languages. It is hoped this translation of Die Ewe-Stamme into English and contemporary Ewe might create a revival of interest amongst researchers, enhance the understanding for the traditional Ewe culture and become reading material in schools and universities.
Download or read book Another City written by David L. Ulin and published by City Lights Books. This book was released on 2001-09 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty-seven Los Angeles authors contribute stories, poems and essays about contemporary LA.
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Download or read book The Adventures of Lucky Duck written by Suzan Kayaalp and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2015-03-11 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heartwarming adventure of Lucky Macy, a mallard, is based on a true story of a duckling found in the early spring of 2006. Lucky’s adventures began after her egg was found in front of Macy’s department store near Livingston, New Jersey, by two kind farm girls, Annie and Marie Williams, who welcomed the duckling into their lives and hearts as the newest member of their family. Follow as Annie; Marie; a miniature horse named Lita; Sydney, a self-centered sparrow; and Chippy, an easy-going chipmunk, join in the fun of helping Lucky discover not only what she is but also about the value of family. In time, Lucky will realize that family is made up of the ones who love you regardless of who you are.
Download or read book The Kindergarten primary Magazine written by Bertha Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Birds Myth Lore and Legend written by Rachel Warren Chadd and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories, myths and legends associated with more than 80 kinds of birds from around the world. Why are owls regarded either as wise or as harbingers of doom? What gave rise to the fanciful belief that storks bring babies? Why is the eagle associated with victory or the hummingbird with paradise? The answers are here in this engaging book. By re-telling the many legends, beliefs, proverbs and predictions associated with more than 80 birds from many nations, it brings into focus the close – and often ancient – links between humans and these remarkable feathered descendants of dinosaurs. Discover, for instance: - Why the cockerel features on many church spires - The one sacred bird that symbolises life and peace in most cultures - How to dispel bad luck if you see a certain black-and-white bird - The South American 'devil bird' once thought to be a dragon Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend draws on historical accounts and scientific literature to reveal how colourful tales or superstitions were shaped by human imagination based on each bird's behaviour or appearance. It offers a fresh and enchanting perspective on birds across the world.
Download or read book Bird Life at Home and Abroad With Other Nature Observations written by T. A. Coward and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bird Life at Home and Abroad” is a wonderful little volume full of anecdotes and observations related to bird watching across the globe. These musings and recollections are highly readable and interesting, and are not to be missed by fans of ornithology or nature writing. Contents include: “The Flamingo in France”, “Provence in Autumn”, “The Mere”, “The Shore”, “Hautes—Pyrénées”, “Basses—Pyrénées”, “In the Bay of Biscay”, “The Shetlands”, “Boxie Hill”, “The Cliffs”, “Moor and Loch”, “Holland”, “The Polder”, “Dune and Marsh”, “An Unattractive Bird-Haunt”, “An Unattractive Bird-Haunt”, etc. Thomas Coward (1867 – 1933) was an English ornithologist and amateur astronomer. He wrote on natural history, local history and Cheshire for a number of publications and books. Other notable works by this author include: “The Vertebrate Fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay” (1910), “The Migration of Birds” (1912), and “Bird Haunts and Nature Memories” (1922). Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.
Download or read book Friction written by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us Rubbing two sticks together produces heat and light while one stick alone is just a stick. It is the friction that produces movement, action, and effect. Anthropologist Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing challenges the widespread view that globalization invariably signifies a clash of cultures, developing friction as a metaphor for the diverse and conflicting social interactions that make up our contemporary world. Tsing focuses on the rainforests of Indonesia, where in the 1980s and 1990s capitalist interests increasingly reshaped the landscape not so much through corporate design as through awkward chains of legal and illegal entrepreneurs that wrested the land from previous claimants, creating resources for distant markets. In response, environmental movements arose to defend the rainforests and the communities of people who live in them. Not confined to a village, province, or nation, the social drama of the Indonesian rainforests includes local and national environmentalists, international science, North American investors, advocates for Brazilian rubber tappers, United Nations funding agencies, mountaineers, village elders, and urban students—all drawn into unpredictable, messy misunderstandings, but misunderstandings that sometimes work out. Providing an invaluable portfolio of methods for the study of global interconnections, Friction shows how cultural differences are in the grip of worldly encounter and reveals how much is overlooked in contemporary theories of the global.
Download or read book Worth While Stories for Every Day written by Various and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Worth While Stories for Every Day is an enjoyable compilation of over one hundred eighty interesting stories for children by various authors. This collection was arranged and edited by Lawton B. Evans. It includes a foreword by the editor to storytellers containing helpful tips to make a storytelling more effective and engaging. It contains stories like Adventures of Thor; The Boy Who Wanted To Play Always; Cinderella; Jack and Jill; The Wise Little Pig.
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Download or read book Complete Book of Fortune Telling written by and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 1998 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive Survey of Every Method of Looking into the Future With the impending uncertainties of the millennium, there could not be a more auspicious time to look into the future. This complete guide to the mystic arts includes everything from crystal gazing and reading tea leaves to tarot, astrology, divining with precious stones, oracles, and more. Line drawings and dozens of charts provide hours of entertainment and enlightenment.
Download or read book The Conjurer s Bird written by Martin Davies and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2006-08-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Searching for the remains of an extinct bird that had once been in the collection of eighteenth-century naturalist Joseph Banks, Fitz, a modern-day conservationist, uncovers some of the mysteries of Banks's life, including an enigmatic woman with a strange connection to the bird. Reader's Guide included. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
