Download or read book Climbing to Freedom written by Dick Dorworth and published by . This book was released on 2015-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of intensely personal stories of climbing, rock climbing and alpinism, around the world, by one of Americas best mountain writers. Dorworth also includes portraits and profiles of some of the most important American climbers of recent times, a series of meditations and reflections on the climbing life. And finally, the book concludes with two imaginative works of mountaineering fiction.

Download or read book The Native American Story Book Volume Five Stories of the American Indians for Children written by G.W. Mullins and published by Light Of The Moon Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Americans did not write down or record their history, so we have to find out about their past in other ways. They used games, myths, dance, and impersonation to teach the children of their history and ways of life. Their storytelling was filled with family, heritage and stories of the earth. It is through storytelling, that the rich history of the Native American tribes is alive and well today. It has been shared and preserved and still pays tribute to fallen heroes of the past. It is through these glimpses into the past, and these stories much like the ones that are contained in this book, that you can see what a proud heritage they possess and how in tune with the Earth Native Americans really are. Included in this collection are: The Story of the Land of Northern Lights, The Legend of the Bear Family, The Origin of Summer and Winter, The Story of the Buffalo-painted Lodges, The Story of the Camp of the Ghosts, Creation of the First Indians, The Story of the Little Burnt Face, Origin of the Sweat Lodge, Rabbit and the Moon Man, Ghost of the White Deer, Unktomi and the Arrowheads, The Story of the First Pine Trees, Raven and His Grandmother, The Story of the Snow Man, The Origin of Medicine, and many more.

Download or read book Walking With Spirits Volume 3 Native American Myths Legends And Folklore written by G.W. Mullins and published by Light Of The Moon Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Awakening Consciousness written by Robin Marvel and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fun, hands-on exercises in this motivating, easy-to-use workbook are designed for boys of all ages and will encourage great exploration into universal awareness.

Download or read book Mustang Fever written by Stephen B. Gladish and published by Aisling Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mustang Fever: Run Free with Wild Mustangs. Sequel to Moonlights, Missiles and Moana. While stationed at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, Sixth Weather Squadron Airman Chance Chisholm becomes a protector of an endangered band of wild mustangs. He meets Cheyenne Autumn, a local Paiute woman and part of a family of long-time mustangers. This sets up a page-turning adventure full of surprising twists and turns, fraught with peril and high-stakes rescues, blessed with budding romance and filled with personal revelation?and a shocking visit from Moana, Chance?s love interest from Moonlight, Missiles and Moana, the first book in the ongoing series. From high desert to the Rocking K Ranch, from the Autumn family?s deep Native American traditions to Chance?s growing feelings for Cheyenne, Mustang Fever paints a stunning portrait of the American West and the last remaining examples of its wildness?the mustangs.

Download or read book Why the North Star Stands Still and other Indian Legends written by Dr. William R. Palmer and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one knows how old the charming legends in this unusual book really are. By word of mouth they have been handed down from generation to generation among the Pahute Indians, one of the most ancient and primitive tribes on this continent, who settled centuries ago in what is now the state of Utah. In the main, the legends tell of the origin of all living things—which to the Indian includes the trees, the flowers and grass, the wind, the water, the moving clouds that suddenly darken into storm over the mountains, as well as man and the animals of this earth. They also tell why living things behave as they do. Here, for example, is the Pahute version of why the sun rises cautiously, why the coyote looks up when he howls, how the beaver lost the hair on his tail, how the flowers got their colors, and of many more interesting phenomena. In language of great beauty and simplicity the stories explain how the Pahute gods, Tobats and his younger brother Shinob, created the earth and ruled all its inhabitants. The author, William R. Palmer, who was taken into the tribe as a token of gratitude for his work in securing better living conditions for the dwindling number of Pahutes in Utah today, listened to the legends as they are still related around Pahute campfires. At last (and only after his Indian brothers were certain he would not misinterpret them) he obtained their permission to translate the stories into English and so to make a book of them. Here then is a rare collection in which young and old alike are sure to find hours of enjoyment. This book makes a significant contribution to that all-too-scant segment of our literature—the folk tales of the first Americans. For this and other historical contributions Dr. Palmer was given the highest recognition of an honorary doctorate degree by Utah State University.

Download or read book Skull Mountain written by Roseanne Guy and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-19 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was to be the start of their lives together, turned Josh and Jennas lives into something so unexpected? As the handful of passengers boarded a vintage 1957 school bus they had no idea what they were getti ng themselves into. They stopped at diner in a small town called Gila Bend to get a bite to eat, it wasnt unti l they were about to leave when they realized that someone had tampered with the bus or was it that the bus was just old? The strangers now had to stay together as they didnt know who they could trust. A waitress in the diner off ered to put them up at her rooming house unti l Monday when the bus should be fi xed, not knowing, it would be the worst mistake they could have made. It would change their lives forever.

Download or read book Books in Print written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 2432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Devil s Hole written by Richard Fletcher and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Devil’s Hole. Four men who went through college together go on hunting and fishing trip to the wilds of Wyoming. They are taken to a mountain lake ten thousand feet in the mountains called the Devil’s Hole by the local residents. A helicopter takes them up and will return to bring them down. The men experience wild animals—grizzlies, cougars, and wolves; one is killed by a wild animal. One man finds out another in the party was having an affair with his wife, which create animosity between the two. The helicopter returns, but the pilot is mauled and killed by a grizzly bear, so the men must trek down the mountain and hike ninety miles to civilization. They encounter wild animals, thick forests, raging waters, starvation, and dehydration. Not all of them make it.

Download or read book Boys Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1961-10 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.

Download or read book A Dark Hole written by Charlotte Pritchard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2014 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-year-old Marcy Finley has a secret that she can never reveal, causing her to have nightmares and unusual behavior. Unable to cope with Marcy, her negligent mother and abusive step father send her to live with her aunt and uncle in Colorado. They, too, find that they are unable to cope with her and Marcy is institutionalized. Upon learning of Marcy's admission, her mother and step father demand her release and go into hiding. Unknowingly, Marcy leaves behind a clue that falls into the hands of Dr. Pearce, her psychologist. This leads to an investigation and reveals Marcy's secret. In this suspenseful thriller, a psychologist must desperately attempt to solve a complex mystery as the life of his young, fragile patient hangs in the balance and evil lurks in the shadows.

Download or read book Quanah written by Steve Gladish and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-09-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Which two characters back in the early 'Sixties would be the least likely to rescue kidnap victims, run off cowboys, outsmart armed guards, and confront racism?" Dakota Duval grows up limited on the South Side of Chicago--a black youth with no place to go. Thanks to his uncle, he travels to Idaho, meets his Shoshone family on the reservation and learns his tribal heritage. But he wants freedom and enlists in an Air Force Mobile Weather Squadron. Quanah Winnemucca had no place to go as a girl on the Moapa Indian Reservation in Nevada. She is inspired by her father Bronco with bedtime stories of Paiute tribal ancestors. At last his family of five leaves the reservation and moves to a wild mustang ranch in Warm Springs. Quanah earns and trains her first mustang at age twelve and wins rodeo championships all around the state. One night in Tonopah, Quanah meets Dakota, an Upper-Winds Operator for nuclear detonations at the nearby Nevada Test Site. She is taken with his admiration of wild mustangs. He is fascinated by the unique combination of her outer Native American beauty and her inner Indian Scout. Quanah loves her life and wants to share it. Training Dakota as a mustang man is a daunting daily task. At midnight Bronco discovers his favorite stallion Nightwind has been stolen, and sets out to track him, only to be shot. Both disappear. Quanah must transform from an innocent native cowgirl on the family's mustang ranch, to a commando in her father's decorated World War II Squadron. Against all odds, Quanah pulls Dakota into the exhausting search for her father, only to find three of her underage friends are held hostages by armed guards in nearby brothels. What possible chance of success can she have? And with racists and armed guards set to drive him, the mustangs, and the Paiutes out of Nevada or into prison, what possible chance does Dakota have?

Download or read book The Last Lieutenant written by John C. Shively and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shively has documented in a very readable fashion the transformation of a young Hoosier into a disciplined member of the United States Marine Corps. His book is a detailed and touching tale of one man's experience of the battle of Iwo Jima, and the many excellent photographs and maps enhance the story." -- Major General Fred Haynes, USMC (Ret.) The 36-day assault on the small volcanic island known as Iwo Jima resulted in more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead. Of the 20,000 Japanese defenders, only 1,083 survived. The Marines' efforts secured what would become a vital emergency landing strip for crippled B-29s returning from bombing runs. Twenty-seven Medals of Honor were awarded to Marines and sailors, many posthumously, more than were awarded for any other single operation during the war. Jim Craig was a platoon commander with the Marines on Iwo Jima. This book presents his story, as told to his nephew, John C. Shively. A particularly vivid and exciting account of some of the most intense fighting of the Pacific War, the immediacy of the story is heightened by the detail that Shively's research has added to Craig's recollections. The result is one of the most realistic depictions of combat ever written.

Download or read book Pleasant Hours in Sunny Lands written by Isaac Newton Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Delphi Collected Works of Robert E Howard Illustrated written by Robert E. Howard and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 4481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery genre, Robert E. Howard produced a diverse body of works, demonstrating his inventive genius with exciting tales of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, Solomon Kane, Sailor Steve Costigan and a host of other captivating creations. This comprehensive eBook presents the collected works, with numerous illustrations, many rare short stories appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, 72 stories cannot appear in the collection. When new stories enter the US public domain, they will be added to the collection as a free update. The Novels Skull-Face The People of the Black Circle The Hour of the Dragon A Gent from Bear Creek Fantasy Stories Conan the Barbarian Kull Solomon Kane James Allison Other Fantasy Stories Boxing Stories Sailor Steve Costigan Sailor Dennis Dorgan Other Boxing Stories Western Stories Breckinridge Elkins Pike Bearfield Buckner Jeopardy Grimes Other Western Stories Historical Stories El Borak Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Kirby O’Donnell Black Vulmea Helen Tavrel Other Historical Stories Horror Stories John Kirowan The Faring Town Saga De Montour Weird West Other Weird Menace Other Cthulhu Mythos Stories Other Horror Stories Detective Stories Steve Harrison Other Stories Spicy Stories Comedy Stories Short Stories Index List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order Selected Poetry The Poems of Robert E. Howard The Non-Fiction Essays and Articles The Tribute R. E. H. by R. H. Barlow

Download or read book El Borak and Other Desert Adventures written by Robert E. Howard and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert E. Howard is famous for creating such immortal heroes as Conan the Cimmerian, Solomon Kane, and Bran Mak Morn. Less well-known but equally extraordinary are his non-fantasy adventure stories set in the Middle East and featuring such two-fisted heroes as Francis Xavier Gordon—known as “El Borak”—Kirby O’Donnell, and Steve Clarney. This trio of hard-fighting Americans, civilized men with more than a touch of the primordial in their veins, marked a new direction for Howard’s writing, and new territory for his genius to conquer. The wily Texan El Borak, a hardened fighter who stalks the sandscapes of Afghanistan like a vengeful wolf, is rivaled among Howard’s creations only by Conan himself. In such classic tales as “The Daughter of Erlik Khan,” “Three-Bladed Doom,” and “Sons of the Hawk,” Howard proves himself once again a master of action, and with plenty of eerie atmosphere his plotting becomes tighter and twistier than ever, resulting in stories worthy of comparison to Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. Every fan of Robert E. Howard and aficionados of great adventure writing will want to own this collection of the best of Howard’s desert tales, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artists Tim Bradstreet and Jim & Ruth Keegan.

Download or read book Signal Noise written by John Griesemer and published by Picador. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signal & Noise is the epic page-turning story of the laying of the trans-Atlantic cable, and the men and women who are caught in its monumental tide. It is also a novel about the collision of worlds seen and unseen: the present and the future; the living and the dead; the real and the imagined. On a wet London morning in 1857, American engineer Chester Ludlow arrives on the muddy banks of the Isle of Dogs to witness the launch of the largest steamship ever built, the Great Eastern. Also amidst the tumultuous throng is Jack Trace, a lonely bachelor and sketch artist hoping to make his name as an illustrator and journalist in the hurly burly of Fleet Street. Other witnesses include a drunken German by the name of Marx; the child who will christen the massive vessel by the wrong name; and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship's apoplectic and dwarfish architect who will soon die in ignominy. As chief engineer for the Atlantic Cable Company, the charismatic Chester enters the orbit of business and showmanship embodied by J. Beaumol Spude, the bombastic Western beef magnate who will mastermind the funding of the project; Joachim Lindt, creator of the Phantasmagorium, an animated tableaux vivant; and his beautiful wife, the musician Katerina Lindt. Drawn by the demands and adventure of creating the first transoceanic telegraph, Chester leaves behind his fragile wife, Franny, at the family estate of Willing Mind in Maine. Abandoned and still mourning the accidental death of their four-year-old daughter, Franny finds solace in the company of Chester's troubled brother, Otis, who introduces her to the mysteries of the world of spiritualism just as séancing is becoming all the rage in the jittery times leading up to the Civil War. As Chester achieves renown as the glamorous engineer of the trans-Atlantic project, Franny, desperate to contact her dead child, becomes the preeminent spirit conjuror of a war-torn America.