Download or read book Moon Gate Dreams written by George A. Barker and published by . This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MOON GATE DREAMS is the story of my seventy-one years, fifty-eight of them severely disabled. It's about my quest for romance & adventure beyond the Moon Gate. Since my early youth, I had been fascinated by all things Chinese. As a thirteen-year-old college professor's son in Colorado, I was infected by a mosquito bite carrying viral encephalitis from the brain of a pheasant, leaving me with cerebral palsy with its physical tension, uncontrollable movements & difficult speech. It is a story of the joy of overcoming adversity. A sense of humor mitigates the frustrations of my life. This book is about the reaction of my parents to my disability; the young men who were my buddies in spite of it; a college degree; years in Marin County, California, & Hong Kong; world travels; easing tension with alcohol; the D.T.'s; tranquilizers; sexual tangles; Chinese wives; work as an editorial writer, book reviewer & business magazine editor; the ecstasy of exercise, the comedy of mastering an electric wheelchair, new young friends & looking forward to life on a small citrus farm in the rain forest near Hummingbird, Belize. Photos help tell my story. Order from Apple Tree Books, 210 Lower Via Casitas, #103, Greenbrae, CA, 94904, FAX: 415-464-0947, e-mail: [email protected].
Download or read book Seveneves written by Neal Stephenson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . . Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth. A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
Download or read book Moongate written by William Proctor and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2002-04-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic international space mission explodes with crimes and crises after scientists, engaged in a moon-mining expedition, receive information from outer space about how to reverse the aging process. Corporate espionage, murders, political assassinations, and finally, the threat of a new Cold War follow a revolutionary message on the human genome from mysterious and possibly demonic beings from another dimension. U.S. Representative Scott Andrews begins to doubt the motives of these "benign" messengers and suspects that they harbor designs of biblical proportions against the entire earth. This political/sci-fi/spiritual thriller pulls the reader onto a roller-coaster plot, with twists and turns through cutting-edge space and energy technology, genetic manipulation, back-room political machinations, and international intrigue on the highest levels.
Download or read book Through the Moongate The Story of Richard Garriott Origin Systems Inc and Ultima written by Andrea Contato and published by Andrea Contato. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Garriott is one of the most well-known personalities in the video game industry, and one of the last of its pioneers still in the business. Ultima, the revolutionary series of role-playing games he designed, and Origin Systems Inc., the company he co-founded in 1983, are inextricably linked to the history of videogames. This is their story. Part 2 – From Wing Commander and Ultima VII to Portalarium
Download or read book Moon Gate written by Bruce Merritt and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, as I believe my title acknowledges, was composed under aegis of the moon, most aptly generous source of creativity in the arts, to whom its author was (and is and shall always be) ready to respond, strives to be a reciprocal repository of her largesse. I portend that she shall be somewhat pleased with the outcome (I really hope so). The moon, by tradition, is the fertile, abundant, and available impetus of the spontaneous vigor required to ignite the internal energy to create, spark the furnace in which to forge the mettle that fuels present and future of a life devoted to the craft of conspiratorial crimes of physiological passion, due to the power imbued in the arts; counterintuitively, perhaps, this practice imparts as well as drains ... One’s body would seem to give out, fatigued, yet soul, beyond mind, continues to persist, to overcome. As the reader is aware, delirium is a state akin to an adrenalin rush once received—an offshoot of lunacy, in certain esoteric (schools), storied and buried, original-language disciplines, noted within these pages: The connection reflects, as if the segments of a well-wrought sentence. Focus of utterance of meaning, an incantation in effect of the subject’s urge to describe, subsequently to be described (nearly physically painful to portray, to utter, material given over to pass, to be expressed, to be gifted enough to be expressed; to be given birth to or vomited, that are physical functions with spiritual counterparts if nothing exists to deliver, then the heave of building results amounts to dead air, are stillborn. The moon is primary among the chthonic deities of mankind—the moon, in fact, is a goddess (rightly so) whose prowess was nonpareil. She commands the night, illuminates shady recesses, reverses, channels and directs the dark and its darkness, its hidden forces. She sports a lordly sable mantle that shields and clothes mankind, whom she finds trembling, cowering in the damp, dangerous shadows; she regiments the terrestrial, glowing earth. No other winged celestial divinity controls the monstrous underbelly of nature as she does, demonstrably—as queen of so-called occult wisdom and where it dwells, she merits some quota of worship, some regard, respect. The “Gate” referred to in my title is simply the entrance by which we obtain an audience with the goddess, as one of her acolytes—an entrance both opulent and humble, always open, always welcoming. Therefore, the presence of the moon infuses each poem included in this book (at least I tried to allow her in), bizarre as they become. And so each poem should not be taken lightly: The moon affects consciousness in a serious manner, which should be remembered and granted laud. Those sciences involved recognize her presence on earth, in the immediate strata of space. Matron of the mysterious, our moon attains to facets of existence that we may not fully comprehend. We do not. Mankind, at present levels of awareness, physical and spiritual, fails to expand our telescopic viewpoint, though taken back to school time and again. The poems in this book attempt to gather and document the sage experience to be gleaned from the moonlight.
Download or read book Through the MOONgate written by Muse Norcross Kotenev and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 1999-08 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the MOONgate is the true story of a young woman’s life in China. A life of privilege and poverty, of romance and adventure, of humor and sorrow, but most of all a life filled with unforgettable characters tempered by the forces of revolution. Muse was born in Siberia as her parents fled from the Russian revolution, and grew up in Shanghai, where her family found refuge, and later in the fascinating European colony of Tsingtao. Vivid in description are her recollections of times in China during Japan’s occupation including an encounter with Mao Tse-tung in the mountains of Laoshan. Tragically widowed at an early age, the she overcame incredible obstacles to create a new life for herself and her two young children. As communist forces seized power in China, they escaped on the last ship to leave the port of Tsingtao for the United States of America. Through the MOONgate is an adventure and a glimpse into a human life courageously lived.
Download or read book The Gates of the Dream written by Géza Róheim and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Moon Gate written by Amanda Geard and published by Review. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A faded photograph. An abandoned house. A wartime mystery. . . A mesmerising, moving story of family secrets sweeping across three generations, from wartime London to Ireland to Australia. From the author of the Richard and Judy Book Club pick The Midnight House. 'Magnificent! Cleverly woven plots, storylines and heartbreak . . . I loved it' LORNA COOK 'Divine. I relished every single word of this heartrending story, full of love and sacrifice' JENNY ASHCROFT 'A rich, sweeping mystery . . . beautifully written, atmospheric and intriguing' TRACY REES ----- 1939: On the eve of war, young English heiress Grace Grey travels from London to the wilderness of Tasmania. Coaxed out of her shell by the attentions of her Irish neighbour, Daniel - Grace finally learns to live. But when Australian forces are called to the frontline, and Daniel with them, he leaves behind a devastating secret which will forever bind them together. 1975: Artist Willow Hawkins, and her new husband, Ben, can't believe their luck when an anonymous benefactor leaves them a house on the remote Tasmanian coast. Confused and delighted, they set out to unmask Towerhurst's previous owner - unwittingly altering the course of their lives. 2004: Libby Andrews has always been sheltered from the truth behind her father Ben's death. When she travels to London and discovers a faded photograph, a long-buried memory is unlocked, and she begins to follow an investigation that Ben could never complete. But will she realise that some secrets are best left buried . . .? 'A richly layered atmospheric story that transports the reader. I was drawn in from the first page' Jacquie Bloese 'I adored this multi-layered, deeply textured story, set across three timelines and three countries. It kept me up at night to finish to the end of each chapter' Faith Hogan 'THIS multi-generational, cross-continental saga is reminiscent of Lucinda Riley; it has the same sweep and glamour. Twisty, emotional and absorbing' Daily Mail YOUR FAVOURITE AUTHORS LOVE AMANDA GEARD . . . 'I loved The Midnight House. Wonderful storytelling' RACHEL HORE 'A wonderful tale of family secrets, brimming with lush historical detail' HAZEL GAYNOR 'I loved it. An intriguing story with wonderful characters' RACHAEL ENGLISH 'I was pulled in from page one. It's beautiful and I love it' LIZ FENWICK 'Intriguing, moving and I loved the wat the stories moved back and forth in time' SINEAD MORIARTY
Download or read book Moongate Island Mate written by C.D. Gorri and published by C.D. Gorri. This book was released on 2023-10-01 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to Moongate Island, a magical place where Fated Mates are discovered, and lonely hearts find true love... He’s a wounded warrior. Can she heal his heart? Adrian Donnelly is a Fur Seal Shifter and an ex-mercenary, but retiring isn’t as easy as it looks. With more money than he could ever spend, he buys himself a mansion on one of the few uninhabited coves of Moongate Island. The Shifter friendly vacation destination is home to the softest sands and clearest waters he has ever seen. It’s just what his Fur Seal needs to recover from his last expedition. Losing his left foot in an explosion while saving a war-torn nation from a ruthless dictator is a small price to pay for the freedom of millions. But will his pain ever subside? Adrian doesn’t want any help, but his former captains insist on it. When the curvy female arrives, his Fur Seal can barely contain himself. The beast insists she is his mate. He demands he stake his claim, but how can he when he is maimed? Meadow Romano is a physical therapist. When her fiancé, and boss, leaves her for her best friend, she suddenly finds herself without a home or a job. A strange advertisement catches her eye, and no sooner has she packed her bags, then she’s on a plane headed for paradise. Change is exactly what she is looking for, and her new job as a personal live-in therapist to an old and infirm recluse on a tropical island sounds perfect. But is Meadow ready to lose her heart to a man who is more than meets the eye? Keywords: alpha hero, loner, tortured hero, curvy heroine, plus size heroine, fated mates instalove, fated mates paranormal romance, fated mates quick reads, fated mates rejection. fated mates virgin, shifter romance
Download or read book The Deep Blue Sea for Beginners written by Luanne Rice and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2009-08-04 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years ago, Lyra Davis fled the people she loved most, unable to reconcile the expectations of her wealthy family with the longings of her own wild heart. Now she lives quietly among a community of expatriates on the isle of Capri, slowly, carefully learning to live fully for the first time. Pell Davis, wise beyond her sixteen years, and her younger sister Lucy still long for the mother who ran away from them when they were children. Pell thinks she knows why Lyra left. Now she will travel across an ocean to find the mother she remembers and learn the deeper truths Lyra has never been able to reveal.
Download or read book Dream of the Walled City written by Lisa Huang Fleischman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marking the debut of a stunning new literary talent, Lisa Huang Fleischman's extraordinary saga -- inspired by her grandmother's life as an early feminist, political activist, and friend of Mao Zedong -- is a masterpiece about one clever and resourceful woman, growing up amidst the turmoil of twentieth-century China. Born in 1890, the privileged and sheltered daughter of a high-ranking imperial official, Jade Virtue spends her childhood enclosed by the towering walls of her family's sprawling mansion, never glimpsing the desperate struggle of China's ancient society, as the old ways are challenged and the twentieth century -- fast, fearsome, and tumultuous -- rushes in. But when her father mysteriously dies, young Jade Virtue is suddenly thrust into poverty, and experiences firsthand a traditional culture falling apart under the onslaught of growing rebellion against the Emperor, rapid social changes, and the mounting aggression of Japan and the West. Fleischman has rendered a richly textured, panoramic vision of Chinese life in the perilous years between the end of the empire and the Communist triumph of 1949, charting Jade Virtue's arranged first marriage to the corrupt opium addict Wang Mang, who harbors a terrible secret in his family's past; her awakening independence and ambivalent politics; her struggles with motherhood; and her fascinating acquaintance with a gifted, idealistic, fiercely ambitious young man named Mao Zedong. But the most important choices of her life are shaped by her conflicting loyalties, her intense lifelong friendship with Jinyu, a fiery woman revolutionary, and to Guai, a government official and sworn enemy of the Communists, with whom she finally discovers true and redemptive love. Exquisitely nuanced and lyrical yet marked with a driving power, Dream of the Walled City is an enthralling novel of hard-won personal independence set against the vivid backdrop of a rapidly changing world. From the final days of the last dynasty through the savage Japanese invasion during World War II to the formidable red dawn of the Communist triumph; from the backward rural province of Hunan to exile on the tropical shores of Taiwan; and from the binding chains of predetermined fate to the exhilarating liberation of a human spirit, this is a remarkable odyssey you will never forget.
Download or read book Dream of Ding Village written by Yan Lianke and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A brilliant and harrowing novel” about a deadly epidemic fueled by corruption, based on real-life events in China (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Officially censored upon its Chinese publication, Dream of Ding Village is based on a real-life blood-selling scandal in eastern China. The novel is the result of three years of undercover work by Yan Lianke, who worked as an assistant to a well-known Beijing anthropologist in an effort to study a small village decimated by HIV/AIDS as a result of unregulated blood selling. Whole villages were wiped out with no responsibility taken or reparations paid. Dream of Ding Village focuses on one family, destroyed when one son rises to the top of the party pile as he exploits the situation, while another son is infected and dies. The result is a passionate and steely critique of the rate at which China is developing and what happens to those who get in the way. “Lianke confronts the black market blood trade and the subsequent AIDS epidemic it sparked, in a brilliant and harrowing novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
Download or read book Simple Steps to Impossible Dreams written by Steven K. Scott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1999-04-28 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helps readers define their most important goals, pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses, and use their newly acquired insights to make the" impossible" real.
Download or read book Through the Moon Door written by Dorothy Graham and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Moon Gate written by Carroll Cox Estes and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Active Dreaming written by Robert Moss and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the success of the recent film Inception shows, dreams are a source of perennial fascination. Robert Moss has advanced our understanding of the phenomenon with his visionary and down-to-earth synthesis of contemporary dreamwork and venerable shamanic methods. His “active dreaming” involves re-entering dreams, exploring their possibilities, and directing the subconscious to illuminate and solve problems. He blazes a new trail, guiding readers to use the powers that govern their night dreams to pursue their ideal waking “dream lives.” Based on Moss's decades of teaching, the techniques he shares in these pages are proven, powerful, and even playful. Readers learn to understand and utilize synchronicity, shared dreaming, children's dreams, and healing dreams. The examples Moss shares encourage readers to face fears and tap into dormant power. The result is the freedom to choose — and then revel in — the life of their dreams.
Download or read book Through the Moon Gate and Other Tales of Vampirism written by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of six eerie short stories (including one piece published for the first time) features tales of vampires and vampirism, plus a new Foreword by the author. Several of the pieces are set in Andre Norton's "Witch World" universe, and two feature the main character from the author's vampire romance novel, THOSE OF MY BLOOD. Contents: "Vampire's Fast," "True Death," "Vampire's Friend," "Through the Moon Gate," "False Prophecy," and "True Hospitality." Jacqueline Lichtenberg Collected, Book Two.
