Download or read book Waiting for a Wide Horse Sky written by Elaine Kennedy and published by Transit Lounge. This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman’s unexpected story from South Korea. An exhilarating true tale of friendship, danger, and the possibility of new beginnings. The plight of migrant factory workers in South Korea leads Katoomba-based author Elaine Kennedy to question her own motives for travel and working in Daegu. Heartbreaking and surprisingly intimate, Kennedy’s memoir is full of true drama and incident. This is a ‘stranger than fiction’ story that compels like the best written novels. The reader is drawn deeper and deeper into the beauties, mysteries and injustices that surround and disturb the author, while Kennedy’s undercover fight to assist those who have come to Korea without her own privileges is tense and gripping. This original, warm and suspenseful story is peopled with wonderful characters and rings with the passion and authenticity of truth. Elaine Kennedy grew up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs and was involved with music and performance from an early age. Later that interest led to teaching Music and English at secondary level. Her interest in other cultures and languages grew from teaching migrants and refugees; at first in state schools and later in TAFE and programs for international students in a university college. She has subsequently worked overseas for government-initiated programs in Japan, Korea, China and the UK. While working in Korea in a teacher training institute she was introduced to migrant factory workers who were being exploited by their employers and lived under harsh conditions for little pay. In trying to help them and seek justice for them this book began to form and to take on an importance as a story that needed to be told. Praise for Waiting for a Wide Horse Sky ‘Told with the pace of an adventure story, with emotional honesty and self -reflection, and with no less than three love stories unfolding under difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances, this book is a very satisfying read.’ Kate Matthew, Newsbite

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Download or read book The Tale of Hope written by Andrea Smith and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-01-20 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictional story is set in a time of myth, magic and legend. Find out if my mismatched heroes are strong and brave enough to stand and fight together. Evil is lurking deep down inside a cave on a barren Island. Will our friends Aaron, Tom, Sky and Hope find a weapon to stand against them? Is Sky strong enough to embrace her heritage? Will Shaggy find his identity? A whole kingdom is in danger. Will our heroes find all the answers they are searching for, or will they fail in their quest? It’s all about sacrifice, hope and friendship.

Download or read book SKY S PRIDE AND JOY written by Sandra Steffen and published by Silhouette. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loner Sky Buchanan was sure that his encounter with beguiling Meredith Warner was just a beautiful memory—until the day she returned to town, expecting his child! Sky had never planned on kids—nor wanted a wife. Still, the thought of his baby cradled in Meredith's gentle embrace—and Meredith in his own—spurred him to propose. But how dare she refuse—didn't she know how many others had longed to hear those words? Yet Meredith insisted on more than "I do"—she wanted the other words. Was there a chance she'd ever get them?

Download or read book Big Breasts and Wide Hips written by Yan Mo and published by Arcade Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jintong, his mother, and his eight sisters struggle to survive through the major crises of twentieth century China, which include civil war, invasion by the Japanese, the cultural revolution, and communist rule in the new China.

Download or read book The Lifeboat EasyRead Large Bold Edition written by Zacharey Jane and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2016 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Under the Wide and Starry Sky written by Nancy Horan and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • TODAY SHOW BOOK CLUB PICK • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH From the New York Times bestselling author of Loving Frank comes a much-anticipated second novel, which tells the improbable love story of Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson and his tempestuous American wife, Fanny. At the age of thirty-five, Fanny Van de Grift Osbourne has left her philandering husband in San Francisco to set sail for Belgium—with her three children and nanny in tow—to study art. It is a chance for this adventurous woman to start over, to make a better life for all of them, and to pursue her own desires. Not long after her arrival, however, tragedy strikes, and Fanny and her children repair to a quiet artists’ colony in France where she can recuperate. Emerging from a deep sorrow, she meets a lively Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, ten years her junior, who falls instantly in love with the earthy, independent, and opinionated “belle Americaine.” Fanny does not immediately take to the slender young lawyer who longs to devote his life to writing—and who would eventually pen such classics as Treasure Island and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In time, though, she succumbs to Stevenson’s charms, and the two begin a fierce love affair—marked by intense joy and harrowing darkness—that spans the decades and the globe. The shared life of these two strong-willed individuals unfolds into an adventure as impassioned and unpredictable as any of Stevenson’s own unforgettable tales. Praise for Under the Wide and Starry Sky “A richly imagined [novel] of love, laughter, pain and sacrifice . . . Under the Wide and Starry Sky is a dual portrait, with Louis and Fanny sharing the limelight in the best spirit of teamwork—a romantic partnership.”—USA Today “Powerful . . . flawless . . . a perfect example of what a man and a woman will do for love, and what they can accomplish when it’s meant to be.”—Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Horan’s prose is gorgeous enough to keep a reader transfixed, even if the story itself weren’t so compelling. I kept re-reading passages just to savor the exquisite wordplay. . . . Few writers are as masterful as she is at blending carefully researched history with the novelist’s art.”—The Dallas Morning News “A classic artistic bildungsroman and a retort to the genre, a novel that shows how love and marriage can simultaneously offer inspiration and encumbrance.”—The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book The Sky s Legacy written by Angel Rose and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It hadn’t seen such a peaceful time in nearly five centuries, but peace wasn’t always the best frame of mind for all of the creatures of the world. Doswarn, a man of shadows and lies had been lying in wait in the Shadowlands for decades waiting for a sign. Rayne DeSouza loved her younger sister with all of her heart, or what she could claim to have of a heart. She was the darkest gypsy a man could have the misfortune of meeting. When Doswarn arrived with an offer she had been waiting her entire life to hear, how could she refuse? Analysa DeSouza was as opposite from her sister as a girl could get. She was bright and fun-loving despite what her sister had raised her to believe, when the Shadowman arrived and whisked Rayne away into darkness Analysa was left with a terrible sense of foreboding and doom. Can Analysa unravel the mysteries of their past before Doswarn’s evil plot is completed? Could she pull her sister out of the Darkness, or would she have to embrace her destiny with the help of her most loyal companions?

Download or read book Hugs Kisses and Wisdom written by Anna Blumenstock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join Kateri and her little brother, Shawnee, as they prepare and celebrate their great-grandfather's eightieth birthday party along with Kateri's best friend, Clawdena. It is a day filled with adventure from seeing a young buffalo and great bald eagle to watching clouds, butterflies, holograms, and catching lightening bugs. See Clawdena float in a chair across the sky over a game of Eagle and have fun painting, Guinevere, Shawnee's pet horse. Kateri and Clawdena even get to meet their favorite rock group the 'Mohawk Girls'. Ending the day with spectacular fireworks. One must only remember that great-grandfather only wants the gifts of hugs, kisses, and wisdom on his special day! Proceeds from this book go to the Tekakwitha Indian Missions, the Southwest Indian Foundation, and the St. Joseph's Indian School, a residential facility for Lakota (Sioux) children.

Download or read book Dream West written by David Nevin and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 907 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized story of John Charles Fremont, and Jessie, the daughter of Thomas Hart Benton, that embraces the stormiest and most adventurous half-century this country has ever known.

Download or read book Backboard Fever written by Clair Bee and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When an injury prevents him from joining the college basketball team, Chip keeps busy serving as an emergency replacement coach for the high school and participating in an important basket shooting tournament.

Download or read book Frontier Taiwan written by Michelle Yeh and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-04-05 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taiwan has evolved dramatically from a little-known island to an internationally acclaimed economic miracle and thriving democracy. The history of modern Taiwanese poetry parallels and tells the story of this transformation from periphery to frontier. Containing translations of nearly 400 poems from 50 poets spanning the entire twentieth century, this anthology reveals Taiwan in a broad spectrum of themes, forms, and styles: from lyrical meditation to political satire, haiku to concrete poetry, surrealism to postmodernism. The in-depth introduction outlines the development of modern poetry in the unique historical and cultural context of Taiwan. Comprehensive in both depth and scope, Frontier Taiwan beautifully captures the achievements of the nation's modern poetic traditions.

Download or read book Trail Dust written by Tommy Glenn McKinney and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-03-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Trail Dust" An action-packed story about one man in Texas during the mid 1800's. The obstacles and peole he encountered each altered his life, but not always for the best.

Download or read book Last Song of Standing Bear written by Donovan Harrison and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2011-12 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Cheyenne Chief, Black Kettle, as told through the eyes of Standing Bear. Standing Bear is fourteen summers old when Colonel Chivington massacred Black Kettle's people at Sand Creek, Colorado. He is eighteen summers old when Colonel Custer annihilates Black Kettle's people on the banks of the Washita River in Oklahoma. Even though a majority of the chiefs voted for war against the white man after the attack on Black Kettle at Sand Creek, Black Kettle sought peace with the white man. This is a saga of Black Kettle's search for peace as he wandered the plains.

Download or read book Graft the devil s diamond written by John Lamphere and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poisoned will and a fog set upon the reaches were a time to war and what may come of the fairer races. Dwarven strongholds and through the southern lands of the pixie where all their magic is set an underground kingdom could this be to a single grain of sand. The great tree will grow again to a time when men were little and far between and the women left to carry the burden of this war. I do not remember when the tree was whole or when it stood so tall but here to see it cleaved at the trunk and its people like the fruit left to rot in the colder sands. I don't remember many things as I used to or the way was the color in that little girl's hair yet there she stood waiting for me to know how this all would play out. My people, this fruit, or anything left for this rotten world is man, the short ones who live in the east and make money on the backs of the proud native. Death has all that is time left to be and this covering is slow to find what we really must become.