Download or read book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil written by John Berendt and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-01-13 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A modern classic of true crime, set in a most beguiling Southern city—now in a 30th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author “Elegant and wicked . . . might be the first true-crime book that makes the reader want to book a bed and breakfast for an extended weekend at the scene of the crime.”—The New York Times Book Review Shots rang out in Savannah’s grandest mansion in the misty, early morning hours of May 2, 1981. Was it murder or self-defense? For nearly a decade, the shooting and its aftermath reverberated throughout this hauntingly beautiful city of moss-hung oaks and shaded squares. In this sharply observed, suspenseful, and witty narrative, John Berendt skillfully interweaves a hugely entertaining first-person account of life in this isolated remnant of the Old South with the unpredictable twists and turns of a landmark murder case. It is a spellbinding story peopled by a gallery of remarkable characters: the well-bred society ladies of the Married Woman’s Card Club; the turbulent young gigolo; the hapless recluse who owns a bottle of poison so powerful it could kill every man, woman, and child in Savannah; the aging and profane Southern belle who is the “soul of pampered self-absorption”; the uproariously funny drag queen; the acerbic and arrogant antiques dealer; the sweet-talking, piano-playing con artist; young people dancing the minuet at the black debutante ball; and Minerva, the voodoo priestess who works her magic in the graveyard at midnight. These and other Savannahians act as a Greek chorus, with Berendt revealing the alliances, hostilities, and intrigues that thrive in a town where everyone knows everyone else. Brilliantly conceived and masterfully written, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a sublime and seductive reading experience.
Download or read book We Have a Dream written by Mya-Rose Craig and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty young environmental activists share their dreams with voice of a generation Mya-Rose Craig Indigenous people and people of color are disproportionately affected by climate change. And yet they are underrepresented within the environmental movement. But not anymore. Written by the extraordinary environmental and campaigner for equal rights Mya-Rose Craig—aka Birdgirl—this book profiles 30 young environmental activists who are Indigenous people or people of color, from communities on the frontline of global climate change. Each speaks to the diverse set of issues they are fighting for, from water conservation, to deforestation, to indigenous rights, and shares their dream . . . A dream for climate justice. A dream for a healthy planet. A dream for a fairer world, for all. This is the first book from Craig, who shared a stage with Greta Thunberg in 2019’s climate strikes. US-based activists profiled include Marshallese ocean activist Litokne Kabua; @ThisIsZeroHour founder Zanagee Artis; indigenous rights activists Thomas Tonatiuh Lopez Jr., and Caitlyn Baikie; climate justice activist Rebeca Sabnam, and clean water activist Autumn Peltier.
Download or read book Buffalo Bird Girl written by S. D. Nelson and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing. She helped plant crops in the spring, tended the fields through the summer, and in autumn joined in the harvest. She learned to prepare animal skins, dry meat, and perform other duties. There was also time for playing games with friends and training her dog. When her family visited the nearby trading post, there were all sorts of fascinating things to see from the white man’s settlements in the East. Award-winning author and artist S. D. Nelson (Standing Rock Sioux) captures the spirit of Buffalo Bird Girl by interweaving the actual words and stories of Buffalo Bird Woman with his artwork and archival photographs. Backmatter includes a history of the Hidatsa and a timeline.
Download or read book Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun written by Velma Wallis and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1997-09-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the publication of Two Old Women, Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,000 copies have been sold worldwide. Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun follows in this bestselling tradition. Rooted in the ancient legends of Alaska's Athabaskan Indians, it tells the stories of two adventurers who decide to leave the safety of their respective tribes. Bird Girl is a headstrong young woman who learned early on the skills of a hunter. When told that she must end her forays and take up the traditional role of wife and mother, she defies her family's expectations and confidently takes off to brave life on her own. Daagoo is a dreamer, curious about the world beyond. Longing to know what happens to the sun in winter, he sets out on a quest to find the legendary "Land of the Sun." Their stories interweave and intersect as they each face the many dangers and challenges of life alone in the wilderness. In the end, both learn that the search for individualism often comes at a high price, but that it is a price well worth paying, for through this quest comes the beginning of true wisdom.
Download or read book The Bird Girl written by Sandra Lee Underwood and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Sylvia Shaw Judson Haskins, artist who created the little girl standing in Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, which was featured on the cover of John Berendt's, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
Download or read book A Bird a Girl and a Rescue written by J. A. Myhre and published by New Growth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African rebels. Stolen girls. Illegal logging. A dangerous cobra. Join eleven-year-old Kiisa and her messenger bird, Njili, on a thrilling rescue mission in the heart of Africa and learn with them the true meaning of bravery and the value of forgiveness in the second page-turning book in J. A. Myhre's The Rwendigo Tales.
Download or read book The Girl with the Bird s nest Hair written by Sarah Dyer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one really likes brushing their hair, but the girl in this delightfully anarchic tale finds out the hard way just what it means to ignore your mother's pleading to 'brush your hair'! First there is one little bird making the hair hard to brush, then another and another, and soon the girl and her mother find their day becomes an avian nightmare.
Download or read book The Day I Became a Bird written by Ingrid Chabbert and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will a boy do for love? The day he starts school, a young boy falls in love for the very first time. He’s so in love, in fact, that Sylvia is all he can see. But Sylvia doesn’t see him. Sylvia has eyes only for birds. So in a bold gesture to get her attention, the boy goes to school dressed up as a bird. It isn’t easy, but he doesn’t care. When your heart takes flight, playing it safe is for the birds!
Download or read book Sacagawea written by Flora Warren Seymour and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-12-30 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how Sacagawea found adventure guiding Lewis and Clark to the Oregon coast.
Download or read book Bird Woman written by James Willard Schultz and published by . This book was released on 1999-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Sacagawea, 1786-1884. 2. Lweis and Clark Expedition--(1804-1806) 3. Shoshoni women-Biography. 4. Shoshoni women--Biography. 4. Shoshoni Indians--Biography.
Download or read book The Bird Girl and the Painter Boy written by Tamarra Kaida and published by Nilacakra. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a magical world on Mount Batur, and a Bird Girl once lived there. Despite having beautiful wings, she could not fly. Only a human being could help her. Who was he? How could he help the winged girl?
Download or read book Bird Girl written by Jill Esbaum and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively STEAM picture book is about the life of Gene Stratton-Porter, a pioneering wildlife photographer and popular author from the late 19th and early 20th century, who showed the world the beauty of nature, especially birds, and why it was worth preserving. Gene Stratton-Porter was a farm girl who fell in love with birds, from the chickens whose eggs she collected to the hawks that preyed on them. When she grew up, Gene wanted nothing more than to share her love of birds with the world. She wrote stories about birds, but when a magazine wanted to publish them next to awkward photos of stuffed birds, she knew she had to take matters into her own hands. Teaching herself photography, Gene began to take photos of birds in the wild. Her knowledge of birds and how to approach them allowed her to get so close you could count the feathers of the birds in her photos. Her work was unlike anything Americans had ever seen before—she captured the true lives of animals in their natural habitat. A pioneering wildlife photographer and one of the most popular authors of the early 20th century, this bird girl showed the world the beauty of nature and why it was worth preserving.
Download or read book The Bird Lady written by Dolores Richardson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She chooses an unlikely setting, a nursing home in a small town, where the heroine is trapped and speechless over 23 years, then with a few surprises and some twists and turns, all the curves straighten out and light is focused partly because of the birds, and partly because of Robin's persistence to known who this unknown heroine really is.
Download or read book MIldred the Bird Lady written by Rose M. Jones and published by Light Messages Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chance encounter in a Chicago park between inquisitive 4-year-old Mary and the eccentric Mildred begins a lifelong, unconventional friendship. Despite her mother's admonishment not to engage with Mildred, Mary finds herself drawn to the kind “Bird Lady.”Impressed by Mary's independence and creativity, Mildred shares the lessons of her gilded life and becomes a mentor for Mary. In their moments together, Mildred teaches Mary about courtship, manners, ethics, art, culture, and life's little luxuries. Through the twists and turns of Mary's life, Mildred's influence is felt time and again, like a gentle beacon guiding Mary toward her true passion.
Download or read book The Long Reach written by Richard Eberhart and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1984 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poems deal with truth, religion, nature, thought, the role of poetry, death, visions, age, and the past.
Download or read book The Next Sorcerer written by Joy Brighton and published by The Wild Rose Press Inc. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never do a ghost a favor. Josh Redfox understands this better than most fifteen year old boys. When he was twelve, he returned several sacred artifacts to the grave of an ancient Native American Sorcerer and has been haunted by this spirit ever since. Hiking in the high desert near his home in central Arizona, Josh meets Forrest, the new girl in his sophomore class. She's pretty. She's cool. She's from California. More than anything, Josh wants her to think he's a normal dude, but that's tough when you're mentored by a ghost. And even tougher when that girl can read your mind.
Download or read book Hopi Coyote Tales written by Ekkehart Malotki and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together twenty-one traditional tales recently retold by Hopi narrators. Complete with English translations and original Hopi transcriptions on facing pages and a bilingual glossary. Hopi Coyote Tales is important to an understanding of the Hopi language and folklore. To nomadic hunters such as the Navajo, who competed with him on the open range, Coyote was by turns a formidable trickster, a demonic witchperson, and a god. As sedentary planters, the Hopis tended to reduce Coyote to the level of a laughable fool. In these tales Coyote is a friendly bumbler whose mistakes teach listeners what tricks to avoid. Time after time he is hurt or killed for failing to understand a situation correctly. The collection is as amusing as animal fables should be, as simply told, and as instructive. Published as a companion volume to Father Berard Haile's Navajo Coyote Tales, Hopi Coyote Tales is a valuable contribution to cross-cultural studies.
