Download or read book Long Beach Island Chronicles written by Margaret Thomas Buchholz and published by Down the Shore Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Long Beach Island Chronicles, a curated selection of great writing from The SandPaper, The Beachcomber, and other publications, the shared experience that is Long Beach Island NJ is presented for locals and visitors alike. More than 70 accounts capture quintessential experiences on the water and on the beach, the joy of a shore summer and our dramatically different seasons. There is humor, history and natural history, the terror of great storms, environmental warnings from the past, and timeless island pleasures that continue from one generation to the next. From stories about landmarks to ice cream; from fishing, sailing, and surfing to rescues, beachcombing, and entertainment, this collection is a delightful salty sampler of Long Beach Island life.Five sections -- Up and Down the Island ¿ On the Water ¿ Night Beat ¿ Island Storms ¿ The Environment ¿ Way Back When - explore the full spectrum of LBI life, including summer jobs, surfing history, rumrunners, beachcombings, a threatened lighthouse, flooded island, music and clubs, terrifying storms, the joy of summer crowds, and more.
Download or read book Seashore Chronicles written by Brooks M. Barnes and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ASSATEAGUE, Chincoteague, Parramore, Smith's, Hog, Wallop's: The names of Virginia's isolated barrier islands evoke their beauty and wildness, their dynamic ecology. Drawing chapters from the writings of novelists, naturalists, journalists, and outdoorsmen, Seashore Chronicles presents the history of these slender, constantly shifting landforms from the 1650s to the present. Robert E. Lee surveys the agricultural potential of Smith's Island, and a young Howard Pyle describes the Chincoteague pony penning. William Warner provides an impressionistic foreword and noted writer Tom Horton adds a contemporary chapter on the islands' survival. Eastern Shore residents Brooks Miles Barnes and Barry R. Truitt have compiled a cyclical story of economic settlement, of destruction and conservation, for those who have visited the islands many times as well as for those who have not yet experienced their alluring vitality.
Download or read book Dragon s Keep written by Janet Lee Carey and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin, fourteen-year-old Rosalind, who will be the twenty-first Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.
Download or read book Green Island written by Shawna Yang Ryan and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Shawna Yang Ryan’s propulsive storytelling carries us through a bloody time in Taiwanese history, its implications still reverberating today. The story is haunted by questions about whether Taiwan is a part of China or its own country, what the costs are of standing up for one’s beliefs and by the choices made by one father and his daughter. Green Island is a tough, unsentimental and moving novel that is a memorial not only to the heroes, but also to the survivors.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer A stunning story of love, betrayal, and family, set against the backdrop of a changing Taiwan over the course of the twentieth century. February 28, 1947: Trapped inside the family home amid an uprising that has rocked Taipei, Dr. Tsai delivers his youngest daughter, the unnamed narrator of Green Island, just after midnight as the city is plunged into martial law. In the following weeks, as the Chinese Nationalists act to crush the opposition, Dr. Tsai becomes one of the many thousands of people dragged away from their families and thrown into prison. His return, after more than a decade, is marked by alienation from his loved ones and paranoia among his community—conflicts that loom over the growing bond he forms with his youngest daughter. Years later, this troubled past follows her to the United States, where, as a mother and a wife, she too is forced to decide between what is right and what might save her family—the same choice she witnessed her father make many years before. As the novel sweeps across six decades and two continents, the life of the narrator shadows the course of Taiwan’s history from the end of Japanese colonial rule to the decades under martial law and, finally, to Taiwan’s transformation into a democracy. But, above all, Green Island is a lush and lyrical story of a family and a nation grappling with the nuances of complicity and survival, raising the question: how far would you be willing to go for the ones you love?
Download or read book Cinnabar and the Island of Shadows written by J. H. Sweet and published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inside you is the power to do anything When seven babies are born without shadows, the fairies fear that humankind might be losing its closest companions! Cinnabar and her friends have to travel by elf magic to reach the mysterious and secret Island of Shadows to try and locate the lost shadows. But, as if that is not hard enough, Madam Toad fears the shadows are not just misplaced, but stolen! Fortunately, the King and Queen of the Shadowmakers-and even their Griffin-are ready to help fight whatever is responsible. But the fairies will have to work fast. Without the magical protection of shadows, all of mankind will soon be defenseless. What if you discovered you had magical fairy powers? Meet the girls of The Fairy Chronicles, otherwise normal girls like you with special gifts. Their extraordinary adventures will change the world!
Download or read book Finding Angel written by Kat Heckenbach and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angel doesn't remember her magical heritage...but it remembers her. Start with a struggle revolving around the source of magic. Is it genetic--or is it part of your soul? What if someone was using his powers to run experiments based on a complete misconception of the source of magic? Throw in a twisted family tree that's rooted in a centuries' old feud, a painting that (literally) holds the key to the truth, a mysterious and talkative beetle, and an Elven rocker who can play the songs of the stars on an electric guitar. This is the world Angel Mason was born into, thrust out of, and returned to seven years later. To top it off, she must rediscover her identity and save her home from a madman at the same time. Kat Heckenbach's debut young adult fantasy has earned three awards: Compton Crook (finalist), Grace Awards (YA category finalist), and INDIE Next Generation Book Awards (YA category finalist). Readers have compared her writing to that of Cornelia Funke and Madeline L'Engle. Ideal for young teens, older teens, and anyone who loves adventure, mystery, fantasy and magic.
Download or read book The Jekyll Island Chronicles Book Three A Last Call written by Steve Nedvidek and published by Top Shelf Productions. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities burn, electricity crackles, and the world hangs in the balance as the award-winning alternate-history graphic novel trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion! The action picks up where The Jekyll Island Chronicles (Book Two): A Devil’s Reach left off: the cabal of anarchists, known internationally as Zeno, have stolen the plans to a Nikola Tesla’s Death Ray and intend to build it and use it first on the heroes of Jekyll. Meanwhile, Tesla and his contemporaries Charles Proteus Steinmetz and Henry Ford work against the clock to come up with an improbable chance to render the weapon useless. For their biggest challenge yet, our heroic regulars—mechanically-limbed Peter Karovik, electrically-powered Helen Huxley, high-flying Billy Colfield, and the brilliant cryptologist Solomon Taylor—must build an army of new heroes that join the battle royale on the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. With more thrilling science-heroism than ever before, A Last Call completes the Jekyll Island trilogy as the forces of good stand up one last time against those seeking to burn the world.
Download or read book The Island Chronicles 1 written by Don Warrington and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book begins at the end of the one of the Island's bloodier wars, the war for Drahlan independence. Crown Prince George of Serelia (the losers) comes for the independence ceremony. But he has another mission; suspecting that his old allies the Verecundans have an Island takeover plan, he enlists the assistance of Terry Marlowe, a Verecundan exile and Drahla's Royal Counsellor. He puts together a state visit team of himself, his wife Princess Darlene and Terry. What Terry does not know is that Darlene is the sister of the man who killed Terry's husband in war and murdered her infant son in a massacre. Now they not only have to deal with that revelation, but with their discoveries concerning the left-wing Verecundans, facing the dilemma of how their relatively small and poor countries could effectively deal with a developed Verecunda. The solution of that dilemma and its aftermath is the book's stunning conclusion.
Download or read book Chronicles of Er Da written by Jeffrey Redmond and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book of the series! Another exciting set of adventures in a far away time and place a millennium from now. On a distant planet with three moons there's action, romance, suspense, and the lives of alien inhabitants to read about and learn from. This is no ordinary sci-fi, but an entire study of history, sociology, and military conflicts with the added ingredients of morality included throughout. What happened to them? Another thirty fascinating tales are presented, of imaginative and thought provoking reading. Each story gives the lives and interactions of many interesting characters, more than a few of whom the reader is sure to find something in common with. These capture the essence of what the true meanings of life could and should be here on our own Planet Earth. Science fiction told in the highly styled manner of vigorous vignettes, and each a means to an end. Entertaining and readable, with just enough sophistication to keep it all memorable, for a millennium to come.
Download or read book Mukade Island written by Nikki Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepare yourself for the adventure of a lifetime. Get ready to face the horrors and wonders that will ensnare you as you fight to survive your journey through THE ISLAND CHRONICLES. Begin by braving the horrific monsters and unimaginable peril on MUKADE ISLAND. Join Jack, Steffi, Rob, Steve and Keiko as they struggle to survive in this strange, alien place. Delve into deep caverns and discover incredible treasures. Join forces with the mysterious green-eyed, purple bats as you battle terrifying monsters. Fight and conquer the ferocious tribe that controls the island. And find a way to escape across the poisonous sea. MUKADE ISLAND is the start of an adventure like nothing on Earth.
Download or read book Emsky Chronicles written by James Hendershot and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Empire of the Good and the holders of the Sword of Justice and Freedom (EGaSOJAF) continue to expand their great Empire by annexing competing galaxies, including Chuprin galaxy. Spiritual chaos existed in Chuprin, as most spirits sought some form of sanctuary, considering Chuprin had no reigning deity. A mysterious love affair develops between the human Sénye and the Jaroslaw Orosházi, which came from the Laurentius galaxy in a distant quadrant of the universe. The Empire requests that some Saints prepare of Chronicle of the history of Emsky, so that the million other galaxies under their throne may learn about Emsky. The Nógrád ask Orosházi, a non-human if she will help Sénye prepare this report. The throne gives them visions that they can witness the long history of Emsky, considered primitive. These visions show them the seven stones of the ages, with the first six stones destroyed from a wide range of disasters. To prevent the same ending for the seventh stone, the Power Spirits draw humanoids from distinct parts of the universe, allowing each of the continents to have a distinctive human basis, and hopefully be able to withstand the challenges of time. Orosházi discovers she was the mother of the Nógrád during a previous life. Upon completion of the Chronicle, the Empire awards them with a wedding ceremony by their greatest throne, the Master's throne.
Download or read book Swan s Island Chronicles written by Kate Webber and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small Downeast Maine community of Swan's Island has seen summer people come and go, but it has held on to its stories. Author Kate Webber illustrates island life with humor, affection and the voices of islanders--from the first settlement and 1950s hijinks to courtship and commerce. Explore the first and last one-room schools, island romance in sock-hop days and coastal celebrations. No one kicks up their heels on the third of July like Swan's Islanders. From spooky haunts to local legends, the island's history is all its own. Join Webber on this historic romp set against the backdrop of modern island living, and get acquainted with the island that comes alive after the last ferry has pulled away.
Download or read book Catalogue of English Prose Fiction and Books for the Young in the Lower Hall of the Boston Public Library written by Boston Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Never Threaten to Eat Your Co Workers written by Bonnie Burton and published by Apress. This book was released on 2004-04-12 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Wide appeal to popular culture and tech and non technical enthusiasts. The book will appeal to bloggers, males (60% of bloggers are male and females (50% of people who read blogs are female), and even those outside of the digital cognoscenti who are curious to know what blogs are all about. * The editorial board currently includes: Doc Searls, Editor at Large for Linux Journal and preeminent blogger; Cory Doctorow, science fiction writer and blogger; Rick Karr, pop culture and technology reporter for NPR; Jack Boulware, San Francisco author and chronicler of the porn industry; and Bonnie Burton, a blogger and producer at ILM. * Business Week and NYT have been discussing the growing importance of Blogs (Blog – web-based diary or "Web Log.")Some of the bloggers enjoy a semi-celebrity status. * Stats: 1.4 million Active blogs, updated avg every 14 days; 107k updated weekly. * Predictions: The number of hosted blogs created to exceed 5million by the end of 2003 and to exceed 10million by end of 2004. * 4% of the online community read them, so there is a huge percentage of potential readers to draw from.
Download or read book Hawai i written by Robert Oaks and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although its soils are the youngest in the Hawaiian chain, the Big Island's chronicles are at times epic, tragic, and heroic, but always fascinating. Modern Hawai'i is filled with tradition and mythology, accommodating influences as diverse as its inviting landscape. Kamehameha stood tall to mold this nascent region into a unified kingdom and others fought to sustain it, while outside forces molded and shaped this island in astonishing ways.
Download or read book The Bookman written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jekyll Island Chronicles Book Two A Devil s Reach written by Steve Nedvidek and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the twentieth century, one sixth of the world’s wealth vacationed in and around the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. Captains of industry like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Carnegie all called the Jekyll area home. Blending elements of historical fact, clockwork technology, and Diesel-punk style, The Jekyll Island Chronicles spans an age of furious mechanical advancement while exploring the span of man’s soul—whether good or evil. In Book Two of this alt-history adventure, Peter, Helen, and the rest of Carnegie’s “Specials” would like nothing more than to return to normalcy along with the rest of the country—especially after defeating their enemies in Book One. But the anarchists have other plans. Luigi Galleani and the Zeno cabal reach out across Europe and across the Atlantic to wreak havoc, divide the enemy, build an army, and capture plans for the world’s deadliest weapon. If they are to be stopped, the tiny group of heroes from Jekyll will need to find new resolve, new resources, and new allies—and do it all before Nikola Tesla’s most terrible creation is unleashed.
