Download or read book Just Over the Next Hill written by Jay Baxter and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This little story is about a man that worked all his life in learning how to train horses. He moves to Shawnee, Oklahoma, works ten years as a manager of a ranch, then buys it and makes it into one of the largest ranches in Oklahoma. His wife dies and his two sons continue to operate. He has not taken a vacation in many years. His two sons pressure him to take a long vacation. He says he will because he always wants to see what is over the next hill.

Download or read book A Short Walk to the Edge of Life written by Scott Hubbartt and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicling the failures and miracles of a remarkable physical and spiritual passage, A Short Walk to the Edge of Life is the gripping, true story of a man who had to come to the end of himself before he could find his way home. How could he possibly make it out alive? It was supposed to be a simple day hike. Scott Hubbartt was a military veteran with years of survival training. Everyone who knew him considered him an expert adventurer. But Scott’s trek into the treacherous backcountry canyons of the Peruvian Andes turned into a desperate fight to survive after he became hopelessly lost. As his eight-hour hike lengthened into days, Scott faced dehydration, hunger, and exhaustion. And that’s when his true journey began.

Download or read book Really written by Marc Freden and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REALLY!?! is the story of privilege and purgatory . . . and the road traveled to both. Told as a series of uniquely lampooning and insightful anecdotal observations, Marc Freden quite literally travels the world, as the host of a British television series, to find out just where and who he is in the world. REALLY!?! takes on such lauded institutions as Hollywood, Catholicism, the British Monarchy and fame while exploring Freden’s personal vulnerability in dealing with homosexuality, depression, molestation and relationships. It’s written with his unique blend of raw, self-deprecating humor and honesty—the same winning combination that made him a true international television personality.

Download or read book The Well at the World s End written by A. J. Mackinnon and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A great travel writer and more importantly a great traveler.” —Sydney Morning Herald When A. J. Mackinnon quits his job in Australia, he knows only that he longs to travel to the well at the world’s end, a mysterious pool on a remote Scottish island whose waters, legend has it, hold the secret to eternal youth. Determined not to fly—he claims it would feel as though he were cheating—he sets out with a backpack, some fireworks, and a map of the world and trusts that chance will take care of the rest. Traveling by land and sea, train, truck, horse, and yacht, Mackinnon travels across the world, getting caught up in a series of hilarious, sometimes surreal, adventures. He survives a near-fatal bus crash in Australia, accidentally marries a Laotian princess, is attacked by a Komodo dragon, and does time in a sketchy Chinese jail, among many other mishaps and misadventures along the way. Each new continent and each new mode of transport brings the possibility of a near-miss or happy accident, all on the quest for eternal youth. This is the astonishing true story of a remarkable voyage.

Download or read book Creepy Archives written by Durañona and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents reprinted issues of the horror comic magazine "Creepy."

Download or read book Creepy Archives Volume 16 written by Various and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcasing art from a pantheon of comic industry greats—including Alex Toth, Wally Wood, Neal Adams, Bernie Wrightson, and Richard Corben—our latest volume collects issues #73 to #77 and features an interview between comics historian S. C. Ringgenberg and John Severin, all of the magazines' original letters columns, and lush painted covers by Ken Kelly and Sanjulian!

Download or read book Indians of the Enchanted Desert written by Leo Crane and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1925 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shares his observations and opinions of the Navajo and Hopi Indians he came into contact with while stationed for over 8 years as an Indian agent and Superintendant of the Hopi and Navajo Indian Reservations in Arizona's Painted Desert region.

Download or read book Endurance written by DW Dunn and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1850, the Irish Potato Famine took the life of Alroy’s parents leaving him with no means of supporting himself. Alroy, a 15-year-old lad took passage to America by working in the ship’s galley, a harsh environment aboard a vessel infested with influenza and measles. During the voyage, he met a family wanting the same, a new life in America. This fictional historical narrative tells of the many hardships, the excitement of discovering a new world, methods of travel, and romance between him and a young girl, that began while traveling westward. Because of her age, Alroy considered her as a sister, expressed no romantic feeling for her at that time. Alroy was not yet a man, but insisted on becoming one by going out looking for a life he thought would be there for the taking. After leaving the family, he experienced what life was like living with Native Americans during the American Indian Wars between the U.S. Army and the many natives fighting to hold onto the their ancestry customs and traditions. He experienced life; through the hardships, the sorrows of losing the ones he loved, and his part in the wars during a time in American History that brought so much pain to both the American Indian and the white settlers in the west.

Download or read book Charm Quest written by Lisa Wright DeGroodt and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-01-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quests continue Sasha Vanden, a young woman with a tormented past, finds herself thrust into the interdimensional battle between Good and Evil. Traveling to the Land without a safety net, her allegiance is questioned from all corners of the World and Land as she is pursued by friends and foes alike. As the Tree transports her freely throughout the Land, Sasha is hunted by Good and Evil and she questions which side of the alliance she belongs with. During her travels, Sasha is befriended by mysterious men; one her enigmatic boss, the other a tragic loner with a darkly bleak past. Sasha's tragic history and personal heartbreak make trusting others a difficult task, and Sasha learns the ultimate sacrifice is often unavoidable. No matter what the personal cost.

Download or read book Murder With Puffins written by Donna Andrews and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Agatha Award and the St. Martin's Malice Domestic Award for her first work Murder With Peacocks, Donna Andrews brings back her zany characters and disasterous events. In an attempt to get away from her family, Meg and her boyfriend go to a tiny island off the coast of Maine. What could have been a romantic getaway slowly turns into disaster. Once there, they are marooned by a hurricane ahd that is only the beginning of their problems. Meg and her boyfriend arrive at the house only to discover that Meg's parents and siblings, along with their spouses are all there. When a murder takes place, Meg realizes that she and her boyfriend can no longer sit by a cozy fireplace, but must instead tramp around the muddy island to keep try and clear her father who is the chief suspect.

Download or read book Escape from the Ozarks written by Denisa Claris Cooke and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Luella, a girl of fifteen or sixteen, who grew up in the back hills of the Arkansas Ozarks in very primitive conditions but after many difficulties was able to overcome her childhood and make a new and more modern, fulfilling life for herself. In the process of accomplishing this, she runs away from home, is caught, sent home, kidnapped, almost killed, and then forced to marry at sixteen. After several months of an unhappy marriage, her husband is murdered. Of course she is a suspect but does have an alibi. Luella survives through her faith in God, her desire and ambition to escape from the life of her parents, and through the help of family.

Download or read book An Englishman s Adventures on the Santa Fe Trail 1865 1889 written by Larry Phillips and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 783 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An English teenager sails to America in 1865 and finds work driving stagecoaches on the Santa Fe Trail. He encounters Indian attacks and numerous adventures and deadly dangers on the frontier. He becomes friends with many of the famous frontiersmen during these adventures along the trail. He ends up being married to a Kiowa princess who later gets raped and killed by outlaws, and he seeks revenge—killing four, with the last one killed years later by the townsfolk on the Oklahoma border. He ends up to be a famous horse breeder and dies in Southeast Colorado at the age of seventy on the Santa Fe Trail.

Download or read book Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand written by Gail Carson Levine and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this best-selling sequel to Fairy Dust and the Quest for the Egg, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine and illustrator David Christiana spin a riveting fairy tale about the dangers of dreams come true.

Download or read book Warrior Brothers written by Erik Gordon Bainbridge and published by Marin Web Works. This book was released on 2006-01-12 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marooned on a primitive planet with his father, Cody and his buddy let itinerant monks anoint them as the reincarnations of mythical ancient warriors, but the joke turns sour when Tobin is abducted from the planet. Rescuing him means treading a treacherous path between myth and reality.

Download or read book I Married Adventure written by Luci Swindoll and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2003-01-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fun and creative full-color jewel filled with photos and artistic sketches, Luci Swindoll gives the reader a fascinating journey through a life well lived, one in which she purposefully chose to "marry" adventure. The classic, artful design and intriguing stories highlight Luci's unique insight and perspective that transform otherwise regular days and occurrences to experiences worth living. With the challenge to stop saying "if only" and "why me" and start asking "what if" and "why not," Luci encourages everyone to lead truly adventurous lives that yield countless blessings, lessons and inspiration. Never before has anyone modeled the joy and adventures of the journey with such clarity and insight. Readers will be drawn to I Married Adventure as it is Luci's first full-length book in over 10 years and is a personal tour of her unique approach to squeezing the most out of a life led by Christ.

Download or read book The War Came Home with Him written by Catherine Madison and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During his years as a POW in North Korea, “Doc” Boysen endured hardships he never intended to pass along, especially to his family. Men who refused to eat starved; his children would clean their plates. Men who were weak died; his children would develop character. They would also learn to fear their father, the hero. In a memoir at once harrowing and painfully poignant, Catherine Madison tells the stories of two survivors of one man’s war: a father who withstood a prison camp’s unspeakable inhumanity and a daughter who withstood the residual cruelty that came home with him. Doc Boysen died fifty years after his ordeal, his POW experience concealed to the end in a hidden cache of documents. In The War Came Home with Him, Madison pieces together the horrible tale these papers told—of a young captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps captured in July 1950, beaten and forced to march without shoes or coat on icy trails through mountains to camps where North Korean and Chinese captors held him for more than three years. As the truth about her father’s past unfolds, Madison returns to a childhood troubled by his secret torment to consider, in a new light, the telling moments in their complex relationship. Beginning at her father’s deathbed, with all her questions still unspoken, and ending with their final conversation, Madison’s dual memoir offers a powerful, intimate perspective on the suppressed grief and thwarted love that forever alter a family when a wounded soldier brings his war home.

Download or read book Dracula Terrorizes Seattle written by Richard Shallow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down through the ages, people have been fascinated by horror stories! There had always been mystical stories of the spilling of blood, like blood sacrifices to the gods for a good harvest or the consumption of blood from a warrior to gain the dead warriors strength. Look no further than our own Bible. Look at Cain and Abel, the Aztec, Toltec, Inca, and many of the Central and South American tribes. A person walking past a narrow alley in the daytime will give it a quick glance and think nothing of it. But add the darkness of a late night or a sudden wind or a sudden noise or a shadow upon the wall and have that same person walk past that same alley, and he will conjure up within his mind all kinds of things hiding in that alley. Many people are fascinated by eternal life and staying young forever. As an example, look at the money we spend on makeup to camouflage our age. A vampire can accomplish staying young forever by drinking the blood of the living. It is the ancient ritual of consuming the blood of the living to extend ones life or to absorb virility, strength, and youth of the one that was killed. There are stories that have been handed down through the ages about the existence of vampires in the Far East, like China and Japan, all over Europe, but mostly in Eastern Europe, particularly in Romania and Bulgaria.