Download or read book The Valley of Light written by Terry Kay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical and poignant novel from one of America's greatest storytellers, the author of To Dance with the White Dog. On a sunny summer day in 1948, Noah Locke arrives in Bowerstown, a small North Carolina community bordered by lakes and set deep in the Valley of Light. A quiet, simple man and a war veteran, Noah has a mystical gift for fishing, yet he remains haunted by the war and by the terrible scenes he witnessed when his infantry unit liberated Dachau. His wandering—doing odd jobs and catching fish for sale or trade—is both an escape from his past and a search for a place to call home. In the valley, Noah is initially treated with amusement by the locals he meets at Taylor Bowers's general store—until he begins fishing. Once they see his almost magical skills, however, he becomes the talk of the valley and is urged to stay long enough to participate in the annual school fishing contest. He agrees, accepting a job offer by Taylor to paint his store when he isn't filling orders for fish. He finds lodging in an abandoned shack by a small lake the locals call the Lake of Grief and, also, the Lake of No Fish, because they think all the fish have disappeared. Noah knows they are wrong. Beneath the water is a warrior bass waiting to test Noah's gift. In the way that innocence creates powerful events, Noah meets Eleanor Cunningham, a young widow whose husband supposedly killed himself after returning home from the war. Over the course of a week, Noah will be led into the secret lives of the residents of the Valley of Light, will join them as they mourn a tragedy, and will experience a miracle that will guide him home at last. Luminous, memorable, and deeply moving, The Valley of Light is the finest work to date from a brilliant storyteller.
Download or read book The Valley of Light written by Terry Kay and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2004-10-05 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Terry Kay, one of America's most gifted storytellers, comes a poignant novel of love, acceptance, and the wonders of the world in which we live. In the summer of 1948, Noah Locke arrives in the small North Carolina hamlet of Bowerstown, set deep in the Valley of Light. A quiet, simple man and army veteran, Noah is haunted by the horrors he witnessed when his infantry unit liberated Dachau. Wandering the South, he seeks both to escape the past and to find a place to call home. Noah is initially treated with amusement by the people of Bowerstown -- until he begins fishing. For Noah possesses an almost magical ability with a rod and reel. He soon becomes the talk of the valley and is urged to stay long enough to participate in the annual school fishing contest. He agrees, finding lodging in an abandoned shack by what is known as the Lake of Grief, which the locals believe holds no fish. Noah knows they are wrong; beneath the water is a warrior bass waiting to test Noah's gift. But above the water, Noah's innocence catches the heart of Eleanor Cunningham, whose husband supposedly killed himself after returning from the war. Over the course of a week, Noah will be led into the private lives of the residents of the Valley of Light, will join them as they mourn a tragedy, and will experience a miracle that will guide him home at last. Uplifting, memorable, and deeply emotional, The Valley of Light is the finest work to date from a brilliant teller of heartfelt tales.
Download or read book The Valley of Death Or the Famous Charge of the British Light Cavalry at the Battle of Balaklava Extracted from the Original Poem in Polish by Pan J Z Ludwinowa i e Jerzy Reczynski and Translated Into English Verse and Prose by Captain Reczynski written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Value in the Valley written by Iyanla Vanzant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-05-23 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The most powerful spiritual healer, fixer, teacher on the planet.” —Oprah Winfrey Is it the job you hate but need in order to pay the rent? Is it that relationship that you gave your all to only to end up with a broken heart...again? Perhaps it's your children, a family member, or a life-long friend doing you in, dragging you down, pushing you to the brink. If you are an honorary member of the Black Woman's Suffering Society, you have probably been told that it's all your fault. Or that struggling and suffering is your lot in life. Iyanla Vanzant says, No! Life is an Act of Faith and suffering is optional! Those everyday challenges, obstacles, and dilemmas are what Iyanla calls "valleys." As bad as they may seem, there is a purpose or, as Iyanla says, "There is so much value in the valley." If you've ever been disappointed, betrayed, rejected, abandoned, or just plain old scared to let go, then you've been or may still be in a valley. Iyanla knows—she's been there and on a bad day she's still there, but now she shares the way out with you.
Download or read book Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon written by William Lewis Herndon and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book In the Valley of the Shadow written by James L. Kugel and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TEN YEARS AGO, Harvard professor James Kugel was diagnosed with an aggressive, likely fatal, form of cancer. “I was, of course, disturbed and worried. But the main change in my state of mind was that the background music had suddenly stopped—the music of daily life that’s constantly going, the music of infinite time and possibilities. Now suddenly it was gone, replaced by nothing, just silence. There you are, one little person, sitting in the late summer sun, with only a few things left to do.” Despite his illness, Kugel was intrigued by this new state of mind and especially the uncanny feeling of human smallness that came with it. There seemed to be something overwhelmingly true about it—and its starkness reminded him of certain themes and motifs he had encountered in his years of studying ancient religions. “This, I remember thinking, was something I should really look into further—if ever I got the chance.” In the Valley of the Shadow is the result of that search. In this wide-ranging exploration of different aspects of religion—interspersed with his personal reflections on the course of his own illness—Kugel seeks to uncover what he calls “the starting point of religious consciousness,” an ancient “sense of self” and a way of fitting into the world that is quite at odds with the usual one. He tracks these down in accounts written long ago of human meetings with gods and angels, anthropologists’ descriptions of the lives of hunter-gatherers, the role of witchcraft in African societies, first-person narratives of religious conversions, as well as the experimental data assembled by contemporary neuroscientists and evolutionary biologists. Though this different sense of how we fit into the world has largely disappeared from our own societies, it can still come back to us as a fleeting state of mind, “when you are just sitting on some park bench somewhere; or at a wedding, while everyone else is dancing and jumping around; or else one day standing in your backyard, as the sun streams down through the trees . . . ” Experienced in its fullness, this different way of seeing opens onto a stark, new landscape ordinarily hidden from human eyes. Kugel’s look at the whole phenomenon of religious beliefs is a rigorously honest, sometimes skeptical, but ultimately deeply moving affirmation of faith in God. One of our generation’s leading biblical scholars has created a powerful meditation on humanity’s place in the world and all that matters most in our lives. Believers and doubters alike will be struck by its combination of objective scholarship and poetic insight, which makes for a single, beautifully crafted consideration of life’s greatest mystery.
Download or read book Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire written by John August and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Screenwriter John August's debut novel about a 12-year-old boy who joins a special scout team to learn how to survive in both the wilds of the forest and the magical world that lies within it.
Download or read book The Valley of Vision written by Arthur Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon written by Lardner Gibbon and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1854 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made Under Direction of the Navy Department, by W. L. Herndon and L. Gibbon. With Maps.
Download or read book The Valley of Bones written by Trece Roe and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Valley of Bones By Trece Roe A pulse-pounding thriller set on the shadowy hills of Los Angeles. A veteran detective must protect her new “pigeon”—a mysterious woman of stunning beauty involved in a scheme of illicit sex, extortion and murder who is on the run from her husband and his henchmen whose aim is to silence her. The stakes are high, but the rewards are even higher, as Trece Roe learns to love, trust and to give herself in a way she never knew before. Readers of The Valley of Bones will find themselves drawn precipitously to the novel’s harrowing conclusion, and they will be left at the finish asking for more.
Download or read book Guide to Trefriw and the vale of Conway spa written by John Williams Hayward and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Street Boys written by Reader's Digest and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Valley of Fear written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Valley of Fear' is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the characters Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland.
Download or read book The Vale of Rheidol Railway written by Peter Johnson and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great book about a small railway with a lot of history that has managed to adapt . . . and become a tourist attraction without losing its charm.” —Unos Cuantos Trenes (A Few Trains) Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist attraction at Devil’s Bridge, 12 miles inland from the Cardigan coast resort of Aberystwyth. Taken over by the Cambrian Railways and then the Great Western Railway, it became the last steam railway operated by British Rail. In 1989 it became the first part of the national network to be privatized. Now under the control of a charitable trust it is undergoing a revival that will see it become one of the leading tourist attractions in Mid-Wales. “The book is comprehensively illustrated with photographs spanning the entire history of the line, plus maps, diagrams and tabulated information. An excellent publication, well worth its cover price, and thoroughly recommended.” —Ffestiniog Railway Society Magazine “A complete story of the line to date, an enjoyable read and a good pictorial record of this attractive railway. So a good way to spend some time in lock-down!” —Michael’s Model Railways
Download or read book The Valley of Horses with Bonus Content written by Jean M. Auel and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This odyssey into the distant past carries us back to the awesome mysteries of the exotic, primeval world of The Clan of the Cave Bear, and to Ayla, now grown into a beautiful and courageous young woman. Cruelly cast out by the new leader of the ancient Clan that adopted her as a child, Ayla leaves those she loves behind and travels alone through a stark, open land filled with dangerous animals but few people, searching for the Others, tall and fair like herself. Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship. One winter extends to more; she discovers a way to make fire more quickly and a wounded cave lion cub joins her unusual family, but her beloved animals don’t fulfill her restless need for human companionship. Then she hears the sound of a man screaming in pain. She saves tall, handsome Jondalar, who brings her a language to speak and an awakening of love and desire, but Ayla is torn between her fear of leaving her valley and her hope of living with her own kind. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An Earth’s Children® series sampler including free chapters from the other books in Jean M. Auel’s bestselling series • A Q&A with the author about the Earth’s Children® series
Download or read book The Valley of Dragons written by Pearce DeChamplain and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-20 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Valley of Dragons By: Pearce DeChamplain About the Book WHAT’S MORE IMPORTANT: HOW A MAN SEES HIMSELF, OR HOW OTHERS SEE HIM? This is the question Septimus Regulus Willo has been asking himself since the fateful day when the world wrote him off as a monster. Septimus's dream was to be loved and protect the innocent but, after an unfortunate roll of fate, his honor is called into question. However, when his home is attacked by the technologically terrifying menace known as the Mechanicus he has a chance to prove his integrity. Can Septimus overcome his people's prejudice, his own demons, and the mighty mechanical monsters of the Mechanicus to save the world? Find out in The Valley of Dragons.
Download or read book The Valley of the Maude Or On Dits a Tale written by Mrs. Louisa STEWART and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
