Download or read book The Boy Who Slept Under the Stars written by Roseann Lloyd and published by Holy Cow! Press. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This a book about that place inside us all where bafflement meets mystery: a strange place, sometimes frightening and sometimes filled with stars and pines, clear flowing water and the deep joy of companionship."—Jim Moore Roseann Lloyd's new poetry collection takes us on a sister's unflinching exploration into grief for a brother lost on a solo hike in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota. His clothes are found but not his body. How does one mourn without a body? This absence calls up memories of his life and mixed emotions; it evokes other disappearances—children missing in Iraq, climbers lost on Everest, a college student drowned. Even though I've said, for two years now, I don't need his body to do my mourning, I'm suddenly desperate to touch your arms, muscled and tan . . . Full of verbal energy and rich patterns of sound, Lloyd's lines are allowed to breathe and move about in always interesting forms: prose poems, found poems, section poems, swirling mosaics of time and place. Beautifully crafted, the poems are emotionally complex yet accessible. Roseann Lloyd has published eight books, including three poetry collections: Because of the Light (Holy Cow! Press), War Baby Express (Holy Cow! Press—awarded the Minnesota Book Award for Poetry), and Tap Dancing for Big Mom (New Rivers Press). The anthology she co-edited with Deborah Keenan, Looking for Home: Women Writing About Exile (Milkweed Editions) was awarded an American Book Award. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Download or read book Under the Stars written by Dan White and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The definitive book on camping in America. . . . A passionate, witty, and deeply engaging examination of why humans venture into the wild."--Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild From the Sierras to the Adirondacks and the Everglades, Dan White travels the nation to experience firsthand--and sometimes face first--how the American wilderness transformed from the devil's playground into a source of adventure, relaxation, and renewal. Whether he's camping nude in cougar country, being attacked by wildlife while "glamping," or crashing a girls-only adventure for urban teens, Dan White seeks to animate the evolution of outdoor recreation. In the process, he demonstrates how the likes of Emerson, Thoreau, Roosevelt, and Muir--along with visionaries such as Adirondack Murray, Horace Kephart, and Juliette Gordon Low--helped blaze a trail from Transcendentalism to Leave No Trace. Wide-ranging in research, enthusiasm, and geography, Under the Stars reveals a vast population of nature seekers, a country still in love with its wild places.

Download or read book Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow written by Washington Irving and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 1963 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.

Download or read book To Sleep in a Sea of Stars written by Christopher Paolini and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a New York Times and USA Today bestseller! Winner of Best Science Fiction in the 2020 Goodreads Choice Awards! To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a brand new epic novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini. Kira Navárez dreamed of life on new worlds. Now she's awakened a nightmare. During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, Kira finds an alien relic. At first she's delighted, but elation turns to terror when the ancient dust around her begins to move. As war erupts among the stars, Kira is launched into a galaxy-spanning odyssey of discovery and transformation. First contact isn't at all what she imagined, and events push her to the very limits of what it means to be human. While Kira faces her own horrors, Earth and its colonies stand upon the brink of annihilation. Now, Kira might be humanity's greatest and final hope . . . The Fractalverse Series To Sleep in a Sea of Stars Fractal Noise At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Download or read book Memoirs of Myths and Truths written by Carl B. Allen and published by Carl Allen. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memoirs of Myths and Truths in an Ordinary Pebble's Extraordinary Life. We find the author considers himself an ordinary pebble amoung others of his time,who has gone on a desperate search for love and approval. But even an ordinary pebbles like him can have an extraordinary life, because he is not ordinary from the start finding at an early age confusion and embarrassment regarding whether an accident or his mind makes him that way. It´s not until into his young adult stream does he discover another reason for his rebel behavior in school and life. Which as a reader, you´ll recognized some problems in the text of the book cover and in the book´s writen words or spelling or sentance structure being a struggle. You´ll see it´s not his schooling, it´s his battle with being dyslexic. Yet there is some great writing and inspiration, plus the help of a few photos, to bring you into his or your memories and times when some myths emerged from stories and some being real truths. Pebbles we all are, truths are maybe what we think they should be, and myths are longer lasting then we may know. The author finds himself slowly aware of being in his September years, having a sense of belonging to the past and present, but a much shorter future. With that comes a sense of family, and the closeness of friends, which has brought him to this place of wonderment that has continued from those wonderful years of youth. They have brought him to these joyous thoughts while writing these memoirs, and making reflecting on his extraordinary life. Starting at first writing this for all his kin and others within that stream surround him, but then realize other pebbles of this time can bring back some reflection on these times with a little smile, some sadness, and reflection too. He may have wandered through those youthful years winding through life's paths and finding some running on empty or full or too fast or too slow at the time like the automobiles of the day. His nurturing as a child, not always satisfying, resulted in the builting many protective walls around his self. Yet like James Dean in East of Eden or Rebel Without a Cause or Giant, there was this desperate search for love and approval, not always available for many reasons and questionable behavior leading to myths or truths. Seeking his own needs, while being an ordinary pebble has resulted in finding an extraordinary life. There is a expression of views from his heart and mind trying to embrace so much of that extraordinary life that lies hidden deeper within his self, and yet always trying to hold and consider that these are parts of his life, whether shinning with beauty or happiness or sadness, finding only to be viewed as an expression of soul. He has tried painting, but now the writen word, in expressing some of those myths, spoken truths found within the soul, and trusted memories. They carry simple but complex myths in the life of an ordinary pebble, always amazed by the course of the streams found. These memoirs are a reflection of our times, history, love for the automobile,then adding the racing with many encounters with lovers and places that have been traveled that brings this extraordinary life into view. The book is about people encountered in his life´s stream, the persons who have enriched this life and helped him to find out who he is. Also that going through this journey, gathering memories, myths or truths, these moments sustained his notion of an ordinary pebble's extraordinary life. These events have allowed reflection on moral issues and things that are questionable judgment. He hope that you enjoy this time traveling in this stream. Pebbles we are, yet we are still the most important part in those stream surrounding us, finding most everyone else's lives continue similarly within those same small stream we live in rubbing shoulders and sharing our life´s stream with others matter more than we know because as others enrich our lives, we can d

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Download or read book The Tale of Pauper Pete written by Hariram Suthakaran and published by Hariram Suthakaran. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tale of Pauper Pete: A bedtime story for the young and the young at heart! A tale of a young boy. He had no money and no friends. His clothes were all torn up and worn out. He was moved to the countryside, due to WW2, where he meets some bullies. The leader of the group mickey was always pushing him, making fun of him and laughing at his clothes. What will Pete do, and will he resolve this problem?

Download or read book Joey the Boy from the Sky written by Fairbanks and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joey, the Boy from the Sky By Fairbanks Synopsis It is like a fairy tale, a modern-day fairy tale. The first part of this story is a mystery which builds to an absurd fantasy premise that the reader is encouraged to accept. To give it away would spoil it. The rest of the story is a quest for justice and for resolution. It is a story about a wholesome relationship between a man and a boy. The story reiterates universal truths about hope and about looking forward in life, as in this quote from a victim character at the end of the story: We must not wallow like pigs in the mud, feeling sorry for ourselves and blaming. But at the same time, we must never forget! The eccentric story is set in outback Australiaand Aboriginal Australiaand then in the nations capital, Canberra, and then preposterously in the Kalahari in Botswana. The central (title) character is a young boy-hero emotively but also realistically presented. Joey takes a large host of other characters and the worldand the readeron a yellow-brick-road adventure which captivates and inspires. Joey and his mentor / father figure, Adam, are rescued after The Escape by an Aboriginal family in the outback and then journey through an epic saga, trying to resolve an impossible quest to save Joeys people. In the end, the story is more than a quest but also a reflection on hope and inspiration in life. Always there is Joey. And everyone loves Joey.

Download or read book A Home Under the Stars written by Andy Chou Musser and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical and heartfelt, A Home Under the Stars explores the difficulties and anxieties that accompany moving, as well as the journey to find a sense of belonging in a new place and to call it home. Moving from a rural house to an urban apartment, Toby feels tiny and lost in the vast, crowded city filled with unfamiliar sights and sounds. His moms try to comfort him, but their bedtime tradition of looking at the night sky together just makes Toby angry -- because the city lights hide his beloved stars. Without the stars, Toby isn't able to sleep and in his restless state he discovers a lion wandering in a mysterious jungle that has overgrown the city at night. Only the North Star can guide the lion home. Together, boy and lion embark on an otherworldly, nocturnal journey through the city in search of the star. Along the way they befriend other lost animals, each helping Toby to name and process his feelings about moving to the city. When, at last, Toby finds the North Star, he realizes that even if he can't see the stars, they will always be there for him. Comforted by this thought, Toby returns from his adventure ready to make a new home in the city.

Download or read book THE BEGGAR A NOVEL written by PF FARRADAY and published by FARRADAYBOOKS. This book was released on 2018-10-14 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 272 page novel was written by the award winning British author PF Farraday. An enthralling and enchanting story it follows a dark and mysterious path of the wealthy Earl of Leicester as he loses his fortune along the way to find true happiness. THE PLOT: In 2014, a young twenty-three-year old by the name of Andy was fresh out of university and on his first job. The new intern for the ‘National Trust’ was sent to purchase an old and relatively unimportant building at Savills auction house in New York. his instructions were simple. With a small budget of a hundred thousand pounds he had to bid on and secure the purchase of a rundown estate which in 1663 belonged to a wealthy noble family in Leicestershire, England. After being surprisingly outbid by a secret buyer for a cool $5.5m he was furious and worried he would lose his job, so he quickly fired off an email to the head of department , Mr Hopkinson, and somehow managed to buy himself seven more days in the states. The next morning and when the puzzled graduate rushed down the Central Library in downtown NY and began to dig deeper into the story behind the estate and soon unearthed a dark dark secret documented in the archives of the rich and wealthy Barrington family and the possible reason why the old rundown property was so highly sought after. ​ In 1922, the wealthy seventh Earl of Leicester and his wife died tragically in a car accident. Their only son the eight Earl inherited the estate, many priceless artifacts and paintings, and a fortune in wealth - seven hundred million pounds. The thirteen-year-old boy was now one of the richest people in England and over the years he found that wealth came with a price of its own. Everybody from charities, to family and friends, even people he didn’t know had their hand out asking for something. The heir became reclusive, tired of the world outside always wanting from him. The more time he spent alone, the more he became lonely. He soon became obsessive and by shutting people out of his life to sit counting his wealth was to be the beginning of his downfall. Back in 2014 and the more the young historian investigated it, the more he learned of a twisted, eerie story that was stranger than fiction and made a once rich nobleman the poorest man on earth.

Download or read book To Life written by Ruth E. Truman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the joy of being alive through the days of falling in love, raising a family, finding faithquestioning and living itchanging, maturing, and finally facing lifes closure, this book of poetry presents it all. Then, in case that isnt enough, a bevy of songs are added to express life yet another way. There is joy: The laughter started way down low, Maybe in my great big toe Contemplation: A wing-ed bird chirps out the first dawn call And soon pink sky is flooded with the sound. . . Love: Spray bounced off the strictest cliffs, Coating briefly lovers lips Lifes changes: The emptiness the quiet space The laughter gone Some other place Faith: I am no longer my own, but Thine. Put me to what Thou wilt. Rank me with whom Thou wilt. And facing lifes closure: Fine old house, We have outlived them all And you shall remain When I am gone. Then you will fill again. You will never be alone. Then, after the poetry, comes music of faith and life that ends on this spirited note: Kick up your heels, baby! Life is to be lived! Itll take all you can give, So kick, kick, kick! Kick up your heels, baby!

Download or read book To Suffer the Crown written by Josephine Godby and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Jane s Journal written by Kirsten Osbourne and published by Unlimited Dreams Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Davies—a new pregnant widow on the Oregon Trail—spends too much of her time thinking about what could have been. To help herself as well as others, she offers to help a family with three young children whose mother has passed by cooking their meals for them. Her only intention is to help the other family. Soon she finds herself falling in love with the three children in the family she helps. Matthew Henderson cannot believe his bad luck. His wife was the first of their company to die on the trek to Oregon, and now he’s gotten a bad ankle sprain going down Big Hill. He can barely keep his family alive without being injured, and now he must do it when he can’t walk. When Jane Davies offers to cook for his small family, Matthew jumps at the chance, and quickly asks her to be his wife—in name only. Will the two strangers be able to come together and form a real relationship? Or will they spend the rest of their lives together with no love between them?

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Download or read book Cathedral written by Ben Hopkins and published by Europa Editions. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art, earthly desire, and the construction of a Cathedral in medieval Germany. At the center of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in the Rhineland town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. From the bishop to his treasurer to local merchants and lowly stonecutters, everyone, even the town’s Jewish denizens, is implicated and affected by the slow rise of Hagenburg’s Cathedral, which in no way enforces morality or charity. Around this narrative center, Ben Hopkins has constructed his own monumental edifice, a novel that is rich with the vicissitudes of mercantilism, politics, religion, and human enterprise. Fans of Umberto Eco, Hilary Mantel, and Ken Follett will delight at the atmosphere, the beautiful prose, and the vivid characters of Ben Hopkins’s Cathedral. “Cathedral is a brilliantly organized mess of great, great characters. It is fascinating, fun, and gripping to the very end.” —Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize–winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha “A varied cast of hugely engaging characters jostle for status, rising and falling according to the whims of pirates and Popes. An immersive, old-fashioned read that rattles along at a cracking pace.” —Richard Beard, author of Lazarus is Dead and The Day That Went Missing “Six hundred pages sounds long, but this deeply human take on a medieval city and its commerce and aspirations, its violent battles and small intimacies, never feels that way. This sweeping work is as impressive as the cathedral at its center.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review, PW Pick

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