Download or read book Sandspun written by Annette J. Bruce and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2001 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folktales teach, inform, and heal. Most of all, they entertain. Here's a collection of tales rich with homespun humor, charm, and wisdom--all told with flair by some of Florida's best and most sought-after storytellers. Their stories will make you feel part of the great "family" that is Florida. If it's spooky ghost stories you crave, let "The Silent Customer," "Kissimmee Bound," and "The Ghost Dog of the Biltmore" chill your spine. Heed the Cracker wisdom handed down in "Seek the Higher Ground," cow-hunter poetry with a message. Chuckle over the misadventures of Flossie, Bubba, and Flo in "Three Little Cracker Pigs," a tongue-in-cheek version of the classic children's tale. Test your wits against the little troll in "Angelina and Cigam." Will he have you running in circles, growing smaller with each snap of his fingers? Take "Cousin Cassie's Cookin" with a grain of salt. It's not true, of course. Then again, if Cassie asks you to dinner, say you have other plans. Many Indian legends attempt to explain why the world exists as it is. In this tradition, several tales target specific flukes of nature--the rabbit's short tail, the flamingo's long neck, the woodpecker's lack of song--and offer entertaining reasons for their existence. Discover these legends too: "The Devil's Millhopper," "The Legend of Lake Okeechobee," "Monkey, the Trickster," "Why Florida Key Deer Are So Small." A few history lessons never hurt anyone, and these are entertaining as well. Jonathan Dickinson, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Jake Summerlin have a thing or two to teach you about overcoming adversity and being resourceful. Settle back into your easy chair and let these tales entertain you.
Download or read book The Weight of Sand written by Edith Blais and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2021-09-21 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radiant, unforgettable memoir of one woman’s 450 days spent in captivity, and her defiant refusal to have her humanity stripped away. When Edith meets Luca in a small Northern town, the two connect instantly. Under the Northern Lights, they develop a deep friendship over their shared passions: travel, living off the land, a bohemian life. In search of wanderlust, they embark on an epic road trip from Italy to Togo, where they will join their friend’s sustainable farming project. Upon arriving on the African continent, they change their itinerary and drive through Africa’s Sahel region, a haven for militant groups, where they are surrounded and captured. Little was known about Edith’s and Luca’s fate until they reappeared in Mali more than one year later, having mysteriously escaped their captors. Now, Edith shares her harrowing story with the world for the first time—complete with the poems that became a lifeline for her in captivity, which she wrote in secret with a pen borrowed from another hostage. Against the stunning but cruel backdrop of the desert, Edith recounts her months as a hostage: the oppressive heat, violent sandstorms, constant relocations, hunger strikes, and her eventual heart-pounding escape. Separated from Luca early on, she finds solidarity and comfort with a group of other female hostages, who lend her a pen to write poetry, a creative outlet that helps save her life. Edith is steadfast in her will to remain sane: she reveals her dedication to her art, and her striking ability to unsettle her captors and identify their vulnerabilities. A compelling descent into a strange, brutal universe, The Weight of Sand is ultimately a life-affirming book and a poetic celebration of one woman’s resilience.
Download or read book Journal of the New England Water Works Association written by New England Water Works Association and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Youngest Camel written by Kay Boyle and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Youngest Camel" by Kay Boyle. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Download or read book The Return written by Angus McMillan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great power has awoken; one that will change the face of The Crescent forever. A prophecy foretold a thousand years ago will soon come to pass. Max Akurai watched his entire life get destroyed when he was ten years old. Since then, all he wants to do is live long enough to become a member of a deadly group of assassins called the Ajnin. But he has to survive their training first, and try to unravel the mysteries of a strange creature that haunts his dreams. Will he ever learn the truth for himself? Or will fate be denied for another generation?
Download or read book The Curse of the Campfire Weenies written by David Lubar and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-08-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning storyteller David Lubar's third collection of warped and creepy tales, in which the young protagonists encounter monsters of every kind, from a thirsty vampire and wandering ghost to a dreaded math teacher and overly enthusiastic Girl Scout leader. A boy discovers the answer to one of the great urban mysteries: why are pigeons always pooping in parks? A second-grade class learns why they should always be nice to their math teacher....An ancient predator uses the internet to search out its prey... A young girl and her little brother escape a campfire weenie only to encounter something even more terrifying: a troop of Girl Scouts singing campfire songs. For this, his third collection of warped and creepy "weenie" tales, critically-acclaimed author and master of the macabre David Lubar traveled deep into the shadowy corners of his mind, looking for new ways to amuse and terrify his readers. And in the tradition of In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and Invasion of the Road Weenies, he reveals the inspiration behind each of the thirty-five stories at the end of the book. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Download or read book Taken by an Alien Warrior written by Charmaine Ross and published by Charmaine Ross. This book was released on with total page 1866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impossible odds, action-packed adventure and heroes with blue skin! Binge read this exciting 10 book sci-fi romance series today. Xzion I’ve been captured by walking crocodiles and saved by a golden-skinned god. Xzion will claim my body but if he claims my heart, I’ll never be able to return to Earth. Jo-Aquin My rescuer is cold and aloof and should be off-limits but there’s something about the way he touches me that sets my skin on fire and sparks flowing through my veins but and if I don’t resist his touches I’ll lose more than just my heart. The whole universe will be at risk. Striker I don’t believe in aliens. Having spent a lifetime in the army tends to beat out such fanciful notions. Being abducted by terrifying Reptile aliens and crashing on a frigid alien planet has opened my eyes. Alastor I’ve been abducted by evil Reptile aliens and now I’m on a mission to save the universe. If I thought I was out of my depth on Earth, I’m seriously out of my element now. Protected by the Alien Space Pirate She can’t remember her name. Or her life before the cages. She’s good at zoning out, but it gets harder and harder to disregard the massive blue-skinned alien who tells her he is her fated mate, whatever that is. All she knows is if she doesn’t get away from him, she might never be free again. Claimed by the Alien Space Pirate Crysta knows the only way she’ll ever be able to escape the harsh reality of being abducted into slavery is to fight. She’s a born fighter, and she’ll fight her way out of her cage if it’s the last thing she does. Rescued by the Alien Space Pirate Life hasn’t been fantastic for Lexi, but being trapped in a cell with no privacy is the pits. Add to that a strange pull of attraction that’s harder and harder to deny with an alien who tells her he is her fated mate and she’s downright screwed. Seized by the Alien Space Warrior Full blown terror hasn’t had a chance to take hold of me – not yet at any rate. Abducted by aliens. Sold like livestock. I’m rescued by a muscular, demanding alien with charcoal skin. Maybe I’m losing my mind. Maybe I’ve already lost it. Maybe we’ll die on this horrible planet, but if we really are bonded-mates..? Maybe we’ll get more than we bargained for. Secured by the Alien Space Warrior My alien rescuer says he will take care of me. Protect me, but how can he do that when we crash land onto a hostile planet and he’s made to fight in a gladiator pit as a slave. Every day his life is at risk, and if he fails to come back the aliens who made him fight will come for me. Consumed by the Alien Space Warrior I’m sold as a slave and put in a cage with a deadly alien with biceps the size of my thigh and skin that flashes with a pure, golden light. He tells me I’m his fated. That I am his and he is mine, and I know he’s right because I feel it deep inside my chest. The only thing is, he shouldn’t want me. Not at all.
Download or read book The Talisman written by Stephen King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: Viking: Putnam, 1984.
Download or read book Hydrosystems Engineering and Management written by Larry W. Mays and published by Water Resources Publication. This book was released on 2002 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to be a textbook for students of water resources engineering and management. It is an introduction to methods used in hydrosystems for upper level undergraduate and graduate students. The material can be presented to students with no background in operations research and with only an undergraduate background in hydrology and hydraulics. A major focus is to bring together the use of economics, operations research, probability and statistics with the use of hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources for the analysis, design, operation, and management of various types of water projects. This book is an excellent reference for engineers, water resource planners, water resource systems analysts, and water managers. This book is concerned with the mathematical modeling of problems in water project design, analysis, operation, and management. The quantitative methods include: (a) the simulation of various hydrologic and hydraulic processes; (b) the use of operations research, probability and statistics, and economics. Rarely have these methods been integrated in a systematic framework in a single book like Hydrosystems Engineering and Management. An extensive number of example problems are presented for ease in understanding the material. In addition, a large number of end-of-chapter problems are provided for use in homework assignments.
Download or read book Mechanical Engineers Handbook written by Kent and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Industrial Engineering Terminology written by Institute of Industrial Engineers (1981- ) and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1983 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Quartet written by Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Killer Warrior written by Marc Olden and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV Sand must stop an arms dealer from expanding his business from murder to genocide Even the finest samurai occasionally needs to hone his skill. Robert Sand is in Japan, pushing his body to the limit under an aged sensei’s guidance, when he gets the message that practice is over. A French arms dealer named Valbonne has gotten ambitious, and is about to start selling something rather more deadly than a bootlegged Kalashnikov. He is building an atomic bomb. Valbonne’s prospective buyer is a Japanese man who has never forgiven the United States for killing his family at Nagasaki. To take revenge, he plans to detonate the black market warhead somewhere in New York City. His contract with Valbonne earns him the support of the Frenchman’s mercenary army, and the cunning of a bloodthirsty Native American who’s handy with a hatchet. Unfortunately for them, this is just the kind of fight that Sand’s been training for. /div
Download or read book Native American Legends An Anthology Of The Hopi Indians written by G.W. Mullins and published by Light Of The Moon Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native American Indian culture is known for its rich oral traditions. In many cases there were no written languages to document their histories. The tribes relied on verbal communication to share their customs, history, rituals and legends. The tribal elders used vibrant tales to pass information to the younger generations. These stories were not only related to tribal history but were meant to entertain as well as educate, while preserving their tribal culture. Each time an elder told a story, new life was breathed into it. The telling of the stories gave a revived meaning to the tribe's past and their relations to the earth and the animals they had depended on for existence. In many cases when the stories were told, they were accompanied by music. Drums and rhythm were paired with dance to create a visual record. The Hopi Indians culture was and is rich with these stories. With a past stretching back thousands of years, they are one of the oldest living cultures in documented history. The tribe's teachings relate stories of a great flood and other events dating to ancient times. The Hopi trace their ancestry back to the Ancient Puebloan and Basketmaker cultures. They were responsible for many stone structures and artifacts of the Grand Canyon and across the Southwest. A deeply religious people, they live by the ethic of peace and goodwill. There was a time in Hopi history that when crops were harvested, religious ceremonies had been performed, and the winter wood had been collected. It was at this time that the people broke out into dance and story-telling. It was a time of sharing a rich history. With this book, that time is now. Included in this book, is a huge collection of the stories of the Hopi Indians. Without books and without writing the Hopi have an extensive literature. These stories have been collected with the main purpose of preserving the ancient stories of Native American life. Over the years, many collectors have recorded several versions of some of these tales. So keep in mind there is some variation to what has been collected. You are invited to enjoy the culture and as in true Native tradition, share these stories with the next generation.
Download or read book Cyborg Force Collection Two written by Cara Bristol and published by Cara Bristol. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a faraway sand-blasted planet, cyborgs and humans face dangers and desires they never imagined. Cyborg Force Collection Two is a two-volume science fiction romance boxed set containing Vortex and Maelstrom, books 3 & 4 of the series. Vortex (Cyborg Force 3) Attorney Tempest Waters joins the popular president’s administration, but once inside the White House she discovers the chief executive is criminally corrupt. When menacing henchman Benjamin Bane begins dogging Tempest’s every step, she escapes to dune-covered, sand-blasted Sajave—only to have Bane follow her. When Benjamin Bane became a cyborg, he suffered a rare complication—the loss of his emotions. On the plus side, being dead inside makes his job doing the president’s dirty work a lot easier. But something about presidential aide Tempest Water awakens his dormant passions. But he can’t afford to feel anything. He’s been ordered to kill her. Maelstrom (Cyborg Force 4) Sandy Jodane has been a pawn, used and discarded by her empire-building politician mother. After turning to stardust to deaden the pain, she finds the strength to beat her addiction—only to be taken into custody by a powerful cyborg who’s determined to break her. Cyborg Quint Stroud is facing the toughest assignment of his career: protecting the life of a unique intelligent alien species on planet Sajave from a corrupt Earth president who would destroy it. Saving the alien requires help from an insider—the president’s complicit daughter. He vows to do whatever it takes to get her cooperation. But nothing is as it seems. Quint discovers the gutsy, vulnerable woman needs his protection as much as the alien does, and Sandy suspects Quint’s fierce robotic manner hides a wounded heart. When they team up in a last-ditch effort to save the alien, they’ll unleash a maelstrom of vengeance that could destroy their future or even their lives.
Download or read book The Deadly Pearl written by Marc Olden and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV Sand attacks the empire of New York’s deadliest pimp Her name is Rochelle, and she is only fifteen when she disappears. Her father is a secret service agent assigned to ex-president William Baron Clarke, and when he asks for help, Clarke calls the most capable tracker he knows: Robert Sand, the only black man to ever attain the rank of samurai. Sand combs the tenements of New York’s East Village in search of the girl, finally learning what no father ever wants to hear: Rochelle is in the clutches of Pearl, the meanest pimp in town. Called Pearl because of his exquisite taste in jewelry, he is no ordinary hustler. Kidnapping is his specialty, and the women he snatches for sale overseas are never older than eighteen. He is proud to call his business “white slavery,” but his latest victim may be his last. Robert Sand is coming for him, and all the guns in New York won’t be enough to protect this Pearl from getting scuffed. /div
