Download or read book Where the Mountain Laurel Grows written by Dale Kiser and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is mainly about experiences I've had in my life. Living in various states gave me varied experiences which I've writen about. Some of the writing could perhaps be defined as my search for meaning of my life. And there are some writings which are about other things.

Download or read book The Biggest Twitch written by Alan Davies and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people dream of packing in their humdrum city life, selling up and heading off into the unknown for a life of adventure. For Ruth Miller and Alan Davies this dream became a reality, albeit with a twist; they decided to pack in their jobs, sell their house and take on the ultimate birder's challenge - to smash the world record for the number of species seen in one calendar year. This book is the story of their great expedition, searching for birds from Ecuador to Ethiopia via Argentina, Australia and Arizona. We follow this birding odyssey as they rachet up the species and the stamps in their passports, sharing in amazing birding experiences such as monkey-hunting Harpy Eagles in the Brazilian rain forest, seedsnipes in the Peruvian highlands and lekking bustards in South Africa, all leading to the ultimate question - will they break the magic 4,000? Written in an accessible style, this book will be of great interest to birders, readers of travel literature, and to people who simply enjoy a good adventure!

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Download or read book Elysium s Passage written by N.G. Meyers and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Authentically Preternatural Accounts written by Jeffery F. Dow and published by Jeffery F. Dow. This book was released on 2022-09-28 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will a highly skilled chef take on a fight for justice? What happens when the demon that you summon is not what you thought it would be? Did snails visit us eons ago, and, if so, how do we find that out? Can a couple who is kidnapped and forced to make creamy sugar candy against their will escape and find happiness? Will a group of students succeed as they take on an evil force they did not even know existed? Can a little girl confronted with video game characters inside her mother’s digital tablet find her way home? Can a man, who is hardly prepared, take on the task of collecting souls? When shapeshifters are commonplace, what occurrences may befall them? Will President Joe Biden be able to stop a maniacal hedge fund manager from implementing his dastardly plan? Can a violinist, recovering from injuries sustained during a horrific automobile crash, find a way back to making music? When satyrs go up against centaurs, who wins? And how much collateral damage occurs? These are just a few of the 27 different stories found in Authentically Preternatural Accounts. The tales range in genre from horror to science fiction to fantasy to humor, and even include a graphic short story and a one-act play. Authentically Preternatural Accounts is a great read for anyone looking for the offbeat, the unusual, and the unexpected—and even several interstellar cats.

Download or read book Ancient written by K. T. Kimbrough and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every legend, good or evil, is birthed from truth. In the ancient, mystic times before the great flood, entities from the spirit realm called Watchers were sent into the world of mortals to help and teach mankind. But falling prey to the lures of Earths lusts and greed, they forsook their edict. The Watchers half-angel offspring mature to be giants - warriors, tyrannically oppressing the free people of the epoch. Young, free-spirited Noah ventures to save a group of women abducted during a raid on a peaceful Freeland village. What is meant to be a simple rescue cascades into a bloody incident, which in turn launches Noah into an epic adventure of peril, love, and spiritual intrigue. Meanwhile, the turbulent paths of a rogue Watcher, young outcast, unpredictable loner, begrudged hunter, and beautiful escapee tumultuously entwine. Unified destinies clash into a perilous journey and struggle against time. Can they stop the powerful Watchers, conspiring with the aged and eccentric Lord Cain, from grasping the coveted key to eternal power? Join one of the greatest legends in history in this epic tale - a fight for freedom against the tyranny of a seemingly unstoppable darkness in book one of the Ancient Trilogy. Ancient.

Download or read book A Year in Paradise written by Floyd Schmoe and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In midwinter 1920, Floyd Schmoe and his bride struggled up Mount Rainier on snowshoes on a long-delayed honeymoon. As the new caretakers at Paradise Inn, they would be alone in a towering world of snow and ice and incomparable beauty, until the plows arrived to free them on the fourth of July. So began a long love affair with Mount Rainier. And here is Floyd Schmoe's account of it; a delightful and informative portrait of a mountain through the seasons of the year.

Download or read book The Stockton Saga written by Steven Douglas Glover and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-12-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flint Stockton served gallantly at San Jacinto and afterward moved northward intent on gathering stray cattle and horses to start a ranch. He meets Johanna McKenna on a westward wagon train; they marry and strike out on their own to build a family along the Comanche Trace, the ancient Comanche war trails. Their first son, Cole, seems born to the gun. It is a wild, untamed, lawless land in an era where every mothers son carries a gun and knows how to use it. Some are better than others and with the reputation come stories about those who bear the title gunfighter. Coles travels put him in contact with ruthless, savage men who are used to having their own way and taking what they want from hapless victims. He is forced to defend himself, and does so with fire in his soul. Out of necessity, he becomes a lonely man, drifting from town to town, untrusting except to himself. From child on the Texas frontier to adulthood as a man behind the gun, Cole Stockton searches for his destiny, struggles with his direction in life, and emerges as a gunfighter whose moral code makes him a man of justice.

Download or read book The Elementalists written by C. Sharp and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale of dragons and disaster that “masterfully blends fantasy, teen drama, and a strong message of environmentalism into a white-hot narrative” (Kirkus Reviews). In small town Virginia, Chloe McClellan’s sophomore year of high school is rapidly turning into an epic fail. First, she becomes the target of the queen of the It-Girls in gym. Then, she’s struck by lightning . . . and that’s when things really start to get weird. There are disconcerting gaps in her memory, and freaky weather seems to follow her everywhere. Either she’s going insane, or her accident has awoken a terrifying creature from mythology, triggering the final countdown to the extinction of humankind. Rising sea levels, droughts, earthquakes, tornadoes—far below the earth’s crust, imprisoned in ancient slumber, the elemental powers of the land grow restless . . . Chloe finds unlikely help from a trio of male classmates: the captain of the football team, a flighty stoner with a secret, and an enigmatic transfer student who longs for the sea. All the while, she struggles with the growing realization that dragons exist, and she and her friends may be the only ones who can stop them. In the first book in the epic new Tipping Point Prophecy series, global dragon mythology is reimagined against a backdrop of ecological disaster, high school angst, and the power of the human spirit when working in accord with the elements. “A cautionary modern tale about climate change and pollution. The realistic, adolescent dramas buffeting [the] clever protagonist . . . are just as well-crafted as the passages on Chinese mythology and five-clawed, flying beasts.” —Slate

Download or read book Nantahala National Forest written by Marci Spencer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and naturalist Marci Spencer reveals the history and splendor of the Nantahala National Forest. The 500,000-acre Nantahala National Forest dominates the rugged southwestern corner of North Carolina. Rivers such as the Cheoah, Cullasaja, and Tuckasegee carve deep gorges, making the region one of the wettest in the nation. The Whitewater River tumbles over the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. Power companies dammed local rivers, creating some of North Carolina's most scenic recreational mountain lakes. The high peaks, secluded coves and forested woodlands of the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Panthertown Valley and Buck Creek Serpentine Pine Barrens and other areas hold cultural and natural history secrets.

Download or read book Field Stream written by and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FIELD & STREAM, America’s largest outdoor sports magazine, celebrates the outdoor experience with great stories, compelling photography, and sound advice while honoring the traditions hunters and fishermen have passed down for generations.

Download or read book Smoke Rings Rising written by Jennifer L. Hunt and published by Smoke Rings Media, LLC. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JENNY, 16, WISHED SHE HADN’T FOUND IT. Bobbi’s monthly list of bills, scrawled on an Aid to Families with Dependent Children stipend envelope, was tucked beneath an ashtray holding a half-smoked joint and smashed cigarette butts. “Mary Jane…rent…PG&E…groceries.” As always, Jenny’s mom’s weed connection topped the list while food sat at the bottom. Residing in rural Concow, California, in the 1980s, Jenny is accustomed to pot being the priority within her household and the necessities that most people take for granted not; however, the newfound methamphetamine is unsettling. A spoon on her dresser, a syringe in the bathroom medicine cabinet, tweakers in the attic! Jenny isn’t sure she can endure two long years ‘til she’ll graduate from Oroville High and be out on her own. When Bobbi, jonesing, delivers her very own death blow, Jenny can’t wait. Halfway through her sophomore year, she leaves home for good, oblivious that what lies ahead—teenage motherhood with no one to count on—will be so harrowing. How can she build a life for herself and son, and will it ever be normal? When Bobbi dies of an overdose in 2007, her urgent last request begins chasing Jenny, now in her mid-thirties. Facing heart-rending struggles, in Smoke Rings Rising the once drug-endangered daughter lays out with grit and grace how she turns haunting truths into inspiring triumph. In doing so, Jenny finds the true meaning of love, living, forgiving, and letting go.

Download or read book Early Days in the Forest Service written by United States. Forest Service. Northern Region and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Christy Series The Angry Intruder written by Catherine Marshall and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 1995-09-26 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Near the piano she saw him. He was tall and his face hidden in shadow. She could just make out the glimmer of a knife, poised high over the open piano. "No!" she cried, and as the knife came down, she grabbed for the intruder's arm with all her might. Headstrong and independent, the new schoolteacher, Christy Huddleston, was determined to change the lives of the poor mountain children in Cutter Gap. Yet, it seemed that anything new and strange posed a threat to the mountain people, who were fiercely proud of their old way of life. Evidently, Christy has angered someone enough to cause a string of mysterious pranks. The handsome, young minister David Grantland feared the pranks would turn dangerous. Unfortunately, he didn't know how right his fears would be.

Download or read book The White City written by Simon Morden and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author Simon Morden's stunning quest continues, unravelling magic and uncovering secrets on the way . . . LET'S FACE IT, NONE OF US DESERVE TO BE SAVED. Since escaping London's inferno, Mary and Dalip have fought monsters and won - though in the magical world of Down, the most frightening monsters come from within. Now they hold the greatest of treasures: maps that reveal the way to the White City, where they can find the answers they're looking for, and learn the secrets of Down. But to get there they must rely on Crows, who has already betrayed them at every turn. As they battle their way towards the one place in all of Down without magic, they must ask themselves how far they will go to find their way home. After all, if there's one thing the White City offers those brave enough to enter, it's more than they bargained for. SIMON MORDEN'S DOWN STATION WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY QUEST FOR MEANING AND IDENTITY. NOW HE'S LEADING US TO THE KIND OF TRUTHS THAT LEAVE US CHANGED.

Download or read book A Grouse Hunter s Almanac written by Mark Parman and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2010-09-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like that earlier grouse hunter Aldo Leopold, Mark Parman takes to the woods when the aspens are smoky gold. Here, in an evocative almanac that chronicles the early season of the grouse hunt through its end in the snows of January, Parman follows his dog through the changing trees and foliage, thrills to the sudden flush of beating wings, and holds a bird in hand, thankful for the meal it will provide. Distilling twenty seasons of grouse hunting into these essays, he writes of old dogs and gun lust, cover and clear cutting, climate change, companions male and female, wildlife art, and stumps. A Grouse Hunter's Almanac delves into the mind of a hunter, exploring the Northwoods with an eye for more than just game. "Notable and quotable. Parman stakes out original territory and provides a vivid snapshot of the Northwoods."—John Motoviloff, author of Wisconsin Wildfoods: 100 Recipes for Badger State Bounties "Extremely rich and detailed. Parman puts forth original and genuine experiences."—Richard Yatzeck, author of Hunting the Edges