Download or read book The Road to Nowhere Leads Everywhere written by Stephen B. Allen and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road to Nowhere Leads Everywhere: Tales from the Lands of Arlington Green By: Stephan B. Allen Foregoing her usual opening in an attempt to control the middle of the board with her pawn, it was the Queen’s Knight with which she made her first move; I glanced up from the board to see a smug smile upon her face, as if she were expecting some confusion on my part due to her change of tactics. Nodding my head slightly, I did not comment upon the unusual move on her part. Moving my gaze back to the board, I casually asked, “My lady, do you know why the only piece which can open a game besides a pawn is the Knight?” Caught by surprise at my question, though she maintained her air of superiority, she eventually replied, “I believe it is due to being capable of jumping the pawn, Mr. Ainsley.” Placing my hand upon the piece she assumed I would use for my opening move, I turned my attention away from the board to once again gaze upon her face. While changing to another piece entirely to make a play, I answered matter-of-factly, “Actually, that move is allowed by the rules, My Lady. I should have thought you would have been aware of what those were-my mistake.” Ever wonder what a smug expression looks like when it virtually melts off someone’s face? Play chess with me sometime and find out.

Download or read book Love and Laughter written by Caroline Edwards Prentiss and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Montage of a Mauve Reality written by Thomas James Taylor and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-03-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Busker Just another wandering minstrel? Locomotive Breath Not only a great song by Jethro Tull but also a frantic day-in-the-life story when it all just seems to go wrong. Dark Gallery We all have regrets, don’t we? What happens to all those bad memories when we keep them suppressed? Seeds of Dissent The function of government is to facilitate the democratic view of what an ideal society ought to be, but how do our younger citizens feel about the decisions being made? After all, today’s decisions do become their inheritance. Bastards Honesty and integrity—still admirable traits in modern society, or has it become acceptable to trade them off in the pursuit of wealth, success, and self-gratification? The Gravity of Elm’s Situation For every life a separate reality. Nineteen thought-provoking stories on almost as many subjects!

Download or read book Tanya written by Brenda Shaughnessy and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning poet weaves a tapestry of literary heritage and intimate reflection as she pays tribute to women artists and mentors, and circles the ongoing mysteries of friendship, love, art, and loss. In this powerful gathering of poems about her own "influencers," as well as poems on Dadaist artist Méret Oppenheim and the young choreographer Lauren Lovette, Brenda Shaughnessy dwells in memories of the women who set her on her artistic path. In the title poem, she explores the eternal quality of an intense touchstone relationship with Tanya, about whom she writes, "Everyone's not you to me . . . Worth loving once, why not now?" We all have our own Tanya, and in this book we meet friends, mentors, sisters, lovers, who inhabit a verse classroom where Shaughnessy's passion for literature—forged in her own formative studies, as in the poem "Coursework"—is our teacher. In flowing stair-step tercets, Shaughnessy leads us down into her generative core, exposing moments of spiritual and intellectual awakening, her love of art and the written word, and her sense of the life force itself, which is ignited by the conversation—across time and space—with other women.

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Download or read book The Road to Nowhere Leads Everywhere written by Stephen B. Allen and published by Tales from the Lands of Arling. This book was released on 2019-03-13 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Road To Nowhere Leads Everywhere is the first volume in the series Tales From The Lands Of Arlington Green, a collection of often humorous and always exciting historical fantasy adventures. Taking place in the later Middle Ages in a land similar to England of the period. The Road To Nowhere Leads Everywhere introduces the reader to the central character, a young man named Dylan, whose need to experience the life of a wandering Teller-of-Tales lives within his dreams and burns within his spirit. Deciding to follow his dream, Dylan leaves The Capital where he has always lived and takes to life upon the road. There is only one slight problem; he has no idea of where to go or what to do next!Life in the Middle-Age countryside can be a very dangerous place! Feudalism is the law of the land, individual Barons and Earls running their ancestral territories as they see fit. The common people have nowhere to turn as Knights and Men-at-Arms fan out into the countryside to impose their Lord's latest edict. The life of a peasant is very hard, and can become short at any time.At least the peace between the country and their traditional enemy across The Channel who wear the Coats of Blue is holding, yet its tentative grip is slipping as men of power see opportunity to be gained by the chaos of a battlefield.Into this maelstrom of danger and confusion walks our young, inexperienced friend Dylan. Lacking knowledge as well as confidence in himself, he blunders through one mishap after another. If one considers being the catalyst leading to the destruction of an entire village or nearly freezing to death in a Holiday blizzard a mistake, then Dylan makes big ones. Armed only with his intelligence, his good heart, as well as his stubborn nature which refuses to back away from any challenge which comes his way, Dylan learns that it is acceptable to make mistakes, for that is how we acquire wisdom. Growing in confidence from every experience, he slowly becomes a man to be reckoned with; yet he will always retain his love for life and his desire to find humor in every situation he encounters.Not everyone finds his attitude enjoyable, most especially The Duchess of Arlington Green.An oasis in the madness of a Feudal world, Arlington Green is a place where hard work is never attained with the aid of a lash; rather, it is the respect given the people by The Duke and Duchess which allows the village, and most especially the people, to thrive!During an impromptu visit to the town, Dylan is invited to ply his craft at dinner for The Duke and Duchess, as well as their two young sons, and the rest of The Manor's Staff. So impressed by his intelligence and ability, The Duke and Duchess offer Dylan the opportunity to join the Staff as a mentor to the boys.Here is where the conflict begins.Having been on the road for over a year, Dylan has grown used to being his own boss and having the freedom to do as he pleases. He wants to laugh, as it hides his true inner lack of confidence. The Duchess sees it as an immaturity needing to be removed. While there is some butting of heads, they both respect the other and life generally is pleasant. It is on the chessboard, however, where a friendly game becomes a battle of wits pitting two people who refuse to lose at anything against each other. The boys are no longer allowed to be present, as they would learn too many bad words from their mother when she loses.It is at a Festival of Music where Dylan encounters a beautiful Songstress named Robyn to whom he is instantly attracted in spite of the fact that they both have fallen into a sea of mud and are covered from head to toe! Will he be able to overcome the defensive walls he has built around himself and open up to the young lady?What do you think?We understand Dylan so well, as these adventures are chronicled by him. We see a confused young man grow into someone who can be formidable, capable of deeds both amazing yet terrible to behold!

Download or read book Johnny Pye written by Randy Courts and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1994 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: Johnny is alone in the world when the Foolkiller, a Grim Reaper-type character, collects his father, Mr. Pye. Although the townspeople try to find someone to look after him, Johnny ends up running away, fleeing Martinsville and the Foo

Download or read book Eden written by D. A. Howe and published by Greeblie Press Limited. This book was released on 2018-06-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheriff Eden Ward lives in the town of Sodaville. People look after each other in this small community. Everyone has a job and their own home. There is no pollution, the threat of global warming has vanished, and the environment is thriving. Paradise has been achieved at a cost. The government periodically culls the population using a manufactured disease. Desperate to save her daughter from a terrible death, Eden goes on the run. Hunted by the government, Eden tries to avoid capture while driving across the empty landscape of the former USA and meeting the dangerous inhabitants of an underground network trying to find a cure.

Download or read book CleanEra A Collection of Research Projects for Sustainable Aviation written by CleanEra Team and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The CleanEra project was initiated with the goal of developing revolutionary ideas for civil aviation. These ideas were to offer solutions which would limit and reduce some of the negative aspects of aviation, namely: emissions and the use of resources. This book presents you with the highlights of this journey in search of new technologies for a revolutionary aircraft; an aircraft that not only offers a future of comfortable air travel for the passenger, but a future of sustainable aviation for the planet as well.

Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction Eighteenth Annual Collection written by Gardner Dozois and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-08-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the essential book for sci-fi fans, this year's collectioncontains over two dozen stories.

Download or read book Tales of Old Earth written by Michael Swanwick and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-05-31 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nineteen short stories from the Nebula and Hugo Award–winning author of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter and Stations of the Tide Written over the course of a decade, Tales from Old Earth contains nineteen masterful pieces of short fiction—including the Hugo Award–winning stories “The Very Pulse of the Machine” and “Scherzo with Tyrannosaur;” the World Fantasy Award–winning novella “Radio Waves;” Hugo Award finalists “The Dead,” “Radiant Doors,” and “Wild Minds;” and World Fantasy Award finalist “The Changeling’s Tale”—as well as an introduction by Bruce Sterling. From pure fantasy to hard science fiction, this finely crafted collection from one of the greatest science fiction writers of his generation promises to stretch readers’ minds far beyond ordinary limits. These tales are guaranteed to delight and are an excellent introduction to this highly praised author.

Download or read book Our Paper written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wayfarer written by Kathleen Millay and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Laterite Road written by Tony Marinho and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Laterite Road is a poetic appreciation of Africa's historical journey, its triumphs and troubles set against its borderless geographical highpoints. It glorifies the tenacity of Africa's peoples, ignoring political parasites. The Laterite Road, the ubiquitous red dusty or muddy road leading from and to almost every African home, is a metaphor for community and unity, suffering and survival. The Laterite Road is the highway linking, the thread binding, Africa and Africans in play and poverty, hunger and hope. On The Laterite Road, criss-cross Africa, from the Pyramids to Kilimanjaro to Tabletop Mountain to Gorée Isle to Djibouti. Drink from the Limpopo, shower in the Victoria Falls and navigate the Nile. The Laterite Road is timeless, ancient and modern, stretching from ancestral Turkana Boy to Apartheid to today's Arab Spring. The Laterite Road clocks up 20,000Km marked by 100Km kilometre stones doubling as headstones with a name or event honouring living and dead great and unknown Africans and Africanophils. In The Laterite Road learn of 'foolball's' power and Chelsea and Arsenal football fans dying on the same losing side to the applause of coup bullets. The kilometre stones also help readers recognise, return to and recommend a favourite kilometre stone stanza.

Download or read book A Holiday on the Road written by James John Hissey and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Palmento written by Robert V. Camuto and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a deep passion for wine, an Italian heritage, and a desire for a land somewhat wilder than his home in southern France, Robert V. Camuto set out to explore Sicily’s emerging wine scene. What he discovered during more than a year of traveling the region, however, was far more than a fascinating wine frontier. Chronicling his journey through Palermo to Marsala, and across the rugged interior of Sicily to the heights of Mount Etna, Camuto captures the personalities and flavors and the traditions and natural riches that have made Italy’s largest and oldest wine region the world traveler’s newest discovery. In the island’s vastly different wines he finds an expression of humanity and nature—and the space where the two merge into something more. Here, amid the wild landscapes, lavish markets, dramatic religious rituals, deliciously contrasting flavors, and astonishing natural warmth of its people, Camuto portrays Sicily at a shining moment in history. He takes readers into the anti-Mafia movement growing in the former mob vineyards around infamous Corleone; tells the stories of some of the island’s most prominent landowning families; and introduces us to film and music celebrities and other foreigners drawn to Sicily’s vineyards. His book takes wine as a powerful metaphor for the independent identity of this mythic land, which has thrown off its legacies of violence, corruption, and poverty to emerge, finally free, with its great soul intact. Watch the Palmento book trailer on YouTube.

Download or read book I m Everywhere and Nowhere and I Own Nothing and Everything written by Yann Girard and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past seven years I've lived in more places than I can remember. I lived and worked in Shanghai, New York, Berlin, Bangkok, Munich and a few more places, not including the dozens of places I've stayed at for just a few days or weeks.While writing these lines I'm in a small town in Malaysia.I've basically lived out of a backpack for the past seven years. And the longer I'm doing this, the less stuff I need. Right now I carry less than 10 items around with me in a carry on backpack that weighs less than 10kg. I go wherever I want to go. I currently spend less than $800 a month. Including everything. My most precious possession is a $300 Acer laptop.I've started a clothing company in China, for the Chinese market, which failed miserably. I've launched more than 10 websites, some of them made some money, some of them didn't. I shut down all of them. I've written seven books (this is my eighth). None of them was a bestseller. I write a blog where I published more than 500 articles so far. I've more than 100,000 monthly readers spread across multiple platforms.I'm by no means successful. Or rich. But I have more than enough, by all means. I have access to everything I need. And I can buy and afford everything I need.I'm not a minimalist. Or a digital nomad. Or an entrepreneur. Or a blogger. Or an author.I'm mostly trying to just be myself. I'm trying to be myself in a world where it gets harder and harder every single day to just be yourself.It's not always been easy. As a matter of fact it's probably been hard more often than it's been easy. But every day of struggle and doubt has been worth it. Being yourself and creating your own life instead of just living a life is always worth the struggle.This right here is my story. This is what I've learned about life, myself and the world around me.I'm everywhere and nowhere. And I own nothing and everything...