Download or read book Raindrops and Sycamores written by Mary Jane Butler and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raindrops and Sycamores is a moving insight into the life of Piers Cantwell, a sensitive individual with a unique view of the world. His daughter, Rosie, a prescient little child, quite unnerves him at times but through her, he is given a glimpse of another realm of existence. Piers has a strong affinity with Cork City and through his eyes the reader is drawn into its very breath and pulse. Raindrops and Sycamores is essentially a story about love, loss, and the resourcefulness of the human spirit in adversity.
Download or read book Albert s Rain written by Annette Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Albert's dream led him toward independence. Escaping slavery, and to pursue a life where no man controlled him, was his goal. Frivolities of friendships could vanish with the whip of a switch, but freedom could be held a lifetime. Rayna's choice was to set an example and board a ship so her people could survive. Only after arrival in America, at Bristol Plantation, did she realize what consequences her sacrifice held. Her surrender meant life as a slave and separation from her island family. Can Albert's heart transcend language and barriers of repression and allow Rayna close? Will Rayna put aside hurt caused by the plantation owner and permit Albert's love to heal her heart? Can the pair abandon mistrust and let the kindness of strangers be their salvation?
Download or read book The Hill Road written by Patrick O'Keeffe and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2005 Story Prize Reminiscent of Alice Munro and William Trevor, Patrick O'Keeffe's lyrical eloquence expressively unveils the cloistered world of a rural southwestern Irish town and its inhabitants. Brimming with thoughtful, gorgeous prose and linked by setting and circumstances that span generations, the four novellas in The Hill Road revolve around the parish of Kilroan and its inhabitants, and how, over time, the people and the community itself are transfigured by life-changing events. Marked by love, devotion, secrets, unfulfilled dreams, family intimacies, and missed opportunities, these characters embody the rugged unfolding of the landscape-a volatile place of natural beauty where stories alter lives. BACKCOVER: "A remarkable achievement . . . There is a wonderful Irish music running through O'Keeffe's prose, yet his tales of ordinary rural life in twentieth-century Ireland are unsparing and never sentimental." -The Baltimore Sun "Handsome, subtle narratives by an exquisitely talented Irishborn writer." -Elle "Lush and evocative . . . a dreamlike collection." -The New York Times Book Review
Download or read book Village of Sycamore written by Maria Rihte and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When thirty-two-year-old woodworker and designer Jacqueline Callaghan arrives in the small village of Sycamore on a windswept island, she has just sold her apartment in the city, lost her job, left her boyfriend, and buried her grandmother. Shes ready to begin a new life in her grandmothers old cottage in this picturesque village of lush gardens and wild waterfront. Jackie opens her own studio and gallery and finds that life is perfect except for the bills. In a desperate attempt to save the life she now loves, Jackie organizes a studio tour, rallying together the islands many artists and crafts people, in hopes of bringing more visitors to the island. The idea is popular, but Jackie is almost defeated. How to persuade these fiercely independent artists to work together without disrupting the delicate balance of their daily lives? The whole village falls into chaos as artistic personalities clash and long-hidden skeletons come out of the closet. Secret trysts, nude portraits, love and inconsolable broken hearts, mistaken death, and resurrection slowly unravel Jackies carefully crafted tour plans.
Download or read book Sycamore Whispers written by Shane Ledyard and published by Shane Ledyard. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second story in the Horse Gone Silent trilogy! Sweet Emma Sterling is living a storybook life filled by horses, friends, and her loving parents, Julia and Chase. Then, without warning, young Emma’s heart is shattered when her father returns home from military duty a completely changed person. Emma’s youthful innocence and her family’s future are threatened as her mother desperately attempts to save them from a viscous emotional struggle that may destroy them all. A nasty, throwaway mare named Ophelia, and a mother’s deep faith are the Sterling family’s only chance to overcome a battle for their lives that they never saw coming. In this follow-up to the acclaimed "Horse Gone Silent", Ledyard has written a powerful, coming of age horse story where faith and nature play their mysterious roles perfectly in a young girl’s struggle to overcome adversity. Horse and animal lovers be ready to have your heart captured-you will love "Sycamore Whispers"! "Such a beautiful, honest story." ~ Norman J Riddell "Thank you for a very wonderful and heartfelt story." ~ Amazon review "A heartwarming, inspiring, beautiful story about a young girl, her horse and a difficult family situation. It offers a message of patience, hope and love for us all." ~ Amazon review "Ledyard writes of the delicate dance between despair, and joy--love and disappointment, and he does it like a master." ~Robin Landry, Top 1000 Amazon Reviewer
Download or read book Ebb and Flow written by Easkey Britton and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2023-04-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of water's power to heal us, inspire us and offer us spiritual meaning. This is a feminist reimagining of the meaning of power through the lens of water. Easkey offers a range of wellness practices to encourage the reader to connect with water as healer, restoring a relationship of care. Our strength lies in being soft like water. This book is about the power we gain by connecting to water. It’s about how we can restore our relationship with the world's different bodies of water, and by doing so, restore both the water and ourselves. By sharing Easkey's own experiences as surfer and marine scientist, as well as those of many of her mentors who are at the forefront of water protection and activism around the world, it guides readers into reimagining the spirituality of water and restoring our innate connection with this lifeblood of the planet. The book also provides the reader with water-inspired strategies to restore calm, reduce stress and soothe anxiety. These range from simple breathing and visualization exercises to undertaking a journey from a water source to the ocean in order to forge a deep connection with the water. The emphasis is as much on the benefit to water as it is to the individual, and on creating a culture of reciprocity and care. By regaining this lost connection with water, we learn to develop an empathic connection with the force of all life and in the process restore our own hearts and minds.
Download or read book Under the Sycamore Tree written by James Keith and published by James Keith. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about the hunger for food, life, and opportunity. After stealing a loaf of bread, Edward was running to escape when he slammed into Dorothy. In that moment, fate intervened, and a love began that would span the years. Desperate to make a better life for himself and be a man worthy of Dorothy, Edward takes a job in the mines. When catastrophe strikes, he finds his world in a state of upheaval once more. But his isn’t the only future at stake. War is looming and the desire to stand for his country is staring Edward in the face. In the midst of battle, surrounded by pain and suffering, it’s his love of Dorothy that keeps him fighting. Will he find his way back to her, under their favorite sycamore tree? Or will his hunger to be a better man end in tragedy? From author James Keith comes, Under the Sycamore Tree, a gripping tale of life, love, and hope.
Download or read book The Story Prize written by Larry Dark and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You don’t often get collections, or even anthologies where every story knocks you out, but I’ve been bewildered in the best way over each one [in The Story Prize] so far." —Lillian Li, author of Number One Chinese Restaurant This anthology of short stories marks the fifteenth anniversary of The Story Prize and includes one story from each of the annual winning collections, beginning with Edwidge Danticat’s The Dew Breaker and concluding with Elizabeth Strout’s Anything Is Possible. The founder of The Story Prize, Julie Lindsey, and its director, Larry Dark, created this award to address the lack of one specifically for collections of stories. Together they choose three finalists from the previous year’s publications, which are sent to three judges—an author, a bookseller or librarian, and a critic or editor—who, independently of one another, relay their choices. The prize is then presented at an annual celebration in New York, where the finalists read from their books and then discuss their work with Dark. Excerpts from these interviews—or, in a few cases, the judges’ citations—introduce each story in the book. The authors chose the stories included to read at the annual Story Prize event.
Download or read book Spirit of the Sycamore written by C. Descry and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2000-07-25 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEY CAME LOOKING FOR RICHES OR FOR CELESTIAL GUIDANCE-- THEY FOUND DESERT JUSTICE! Ter Martel is a troubleshooter for ruthless developers. He is a two-dimensional shark who knows all the dirty tricks it takes to win, and believes it is right to use them... Misty is fleeing seven years of hell married to a totally amoral man. Now she is adrift, running from the courts, looking for spiritual guidance, unaware that powerful forces are shaping the essence of her life. Arnie Cain, County Marshal, spent a horrible night sitting vigil with the body of the dead girl as she floated in the water hole, the latest in a bizarre series of murders. He knows that all of the dead have been cruelly murdered. What is eating at him is the reality that he cant prove it and arrest the killers. He is convinced that the guilty will get away with murder. He doesnt know about Desert Justice! Doc Connely has amassed a fortune that he plans to pull into the grave with him...If he ever dies. He has discovered a force that will change the world and he lives on to protect its source... Orante had escaped from a bamboo cage in Hanoi with dreams of power and position. Now he controls the fate and fortunes of thousands. Having attained his dream, he finds himself imprisoned again. Now he is trapped by his followers, forever bound, forever chaste. Celesta believes that the Pleiadeans from the constellation Taurus have defeated their enemies from the Dog Star Canis and are coming back to Earth to rescue the souls they hid here 50,000 years ago... Raven, once an archaeologist at the top of her profession, has discovered the desiccated bodies of the dead, deep within a cave in Prophet Canyon. Driven mad, she taps into a source of ancient wisdom and power. Well written. Well researched. A great read! Be prepared! It will change your way of believing. 576 Pages.
Download or read book INVOLUTION written by John Malcolm Pouch and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my fourth published book of poems. Thank you for supporting me in my favorite past-time of writing. Since I began writing, I have been published in various poetry journals, papers and internet poetry sites. I have been a contributing writer to several internet based poetry sites and have poems published in several books of compilation. This latest work, Involution, is a collection of poems offering a different perspective on many subjects, such as Fumigation, Funeral for a Cat, Rumors, Middle Age, Climbing Stairs and many other subjects of everyday life.
Download or read book Smile When the Raindrops Fall written by Brian Anthony and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1997-12-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the life of Charley Chase—a major force in the shaping of motion picture comedy.
Download or read book Geology and Resources of Coastal San Diego County California written by San Diego Association of Geologists and published by San Diego Geological Soc. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Sound of Glass written by Karen White and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes reader's guide and a preview of Flight patterns.
Download or read book The Handy Weather Answer Book written by Kevin Hile and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricanes and Tornadoes. Climate Change. Global Warming. Droughts and so much more. Answers over 1,000 questions about the basic elements of weather, the latest advances in meteorology, the science of forecasting, and all types of weather phenomena. Weather. We all talk about it – some more expertly than others. With The Handy Weather Answer Book, anyone can master this compelling conversation starter, whether it’s weather basics, climate change, the science of meteorology, or the history of weather forecasting. You will come to understand hurricanes, tornadoes, global warming, and such fascinating weather-related phenomena as the northern lights and El Niño. This comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of weather in an accessible question-and-answer format. Relationships between weather and oceanography, geology, and space science are expertly covered, including answers to such questions as ... What’s the difference between “partly sunny” and “partly cloudy”? Can a rainbow appear during the night? Could our oceans have originated in space? How does Central America affect the climate in England? What the heck is bioclimatology? Are humans really responsible for climate change? Has a hurricane ever struck southern California? Climate change and weather affect us all, and The Handy Weather Answer Book, with its hard science facts, fascinating trivia, and accessible Q&A dialog, ensures that readers will understand the complexities of our planet’s dynamic atmosphere a lot better. This resource is an ideal reference for everyone from students to teachers to amateur meteorologists. With more than 100 color photos and illustrations, this tome is richly illustrated, and its helpful bibliography and extensive index add to its usefulness.
Download or read book The Surveyor Municipal County Engineer written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
