Download or read book A Horseman In The Sky written by Ambrose Bierce and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a warm afternoon in the fall of 1861 Carter Druse is on picket duty on top of a cliff overlooking a valley where five regiments of the Union army are resting. The enemy is near, and the Union force means to surprise them in the night unless “accident or vigilance” forewarns them. Druse had been sleeping but wakes to see a man on a horse surveying the activity in the valley below. He sights his rifle, but hesitates when the rider turns and seems to look straight at him. In a crisis of conscience, Druse questions where his duty lies. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
Download or read book Stand on the Sky written by Erin Bow and published by HMH Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exquisitely written, uplifting middle grade debut by acclaimed author, Erin Bow, about a young girl who defies her family's expectations in order to save her brother and become an eagle hunter, perfect for fans of PAX. It goes against all tradition for Aisulu to train an eagle, for among the Kazakh nomads, only men can fly them. But everything changes when Aisulu discovers that her brother, Serik, has been concealing a bad limp that risks not just his future as the family's leader, but his life too. When her parents leave to seek a cure for Serik in a distant hospital, Aisulu finds herself living with her intimidating uncle and strange auntie--and secretly caring for an orphaned baby eagle. To save her brother and keep her family from having to leave their nomadic life behind forever, Aisulu must earn her eagle's trust and fight for her right to soar. Along the way, she discovers that family are people who choose each other, home is a place you build, and hope is a thing with feathers. Erin Bow's lyrical middle grade debut is perfect for fans of original animal-friendship stories like Pax and Because of Winn Dixie.
Download or read book Sky Bird written by Nancy Larsen-Sanders and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-07-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a frigid January night in 1937, a fierce windstorm arrives in an already ravaged western Kansas, bringing with it the most tragic of Deborah Nelsons experiences with the Depression and Dust Bowl on her western Kansas farm. Deborah has already seen more than her share of hardship in the years since her husband, Christian, disappeared and left her a single mother in charge of their farm. For six years, Deborah and her neighbors, Victor Whitesong and the Goodmans, have valiantly battled relentless windstorms with limited success. Now, as a new year of drought and dust begins, Deborah rides out to check her fences and finds a neighbors child dead in a drift of dirt. Sadly, it is only the beginning of more challenges. Measles hits the communitys children, including Deborahs son. Desperate for help, Deborah must send her remaining children away. Emotional and health problems worsen in the community. In the meantime, she must deal with Sheriff Stoddel, who hates her because he believes she is Indian. He is convinced she and Victor have killed Christian. The only saving grace is her loving relationship with Victor, as she hopes for rain and prays that a world war is not imminent. Sky Bird continues the saga of one womans struggle to endure adversity and find joy in the uncertainty pervading America in the late 1930s.
Download or read book An Oondooroo Sky written by Ron Nielsen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam Blain and Ben Fisher migrated to Australia from Great Britain in mid-1871 to work on the steam tug the Young Australian, on the Roper River during the construction of the overland telegraph line. Years later, the families moved to Winton, where Sam and Ben worked as shearers at Oondooroo shed and were involved in the shearers strikes of the 1890s. After many years of hardship, World War I arrived. Ben Fisher's son Jack headed back to the Roper River while Sam Blain's son, Jimmy, who had always been interested in the wings of flight, went over to England to join the RAF. When Jimmy arrived home from the war, he found he had a crippled son. This is the life story of the crippled boy, Johnny Blain, who struggled through everyday life but strode to follow in his father's footsteps in the wings of flight.
Download or read book A Ladder to the Sky written by John Boyne and published by Hogarth. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A satire of writerly ambition wrapped in a psychological thriller . . . An homage to Patricia Highsmith, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe, but its execution is entirely Boyne’s own.”—Ron Charles, The Washington Post NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Maurice Swift is handsome, charming, and hungry for fame. The one thing he doesn’t have is talent—but he’s not about to let a detail like that stand in his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They don’t need to be his own. Working as a waiter in a West Berlin hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly ingratiates himself with the powerful – but desperately lonely – older man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice’s first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall. . . . Sweeping across the late twentieth century, A Ladder to the Sky is a fascinating portrait of a relentlessly immoral man, a tour de force of storytelling, and the next great novel from an acclaimed literary virtuoso. Praise for A Ladder to the Sky “Boyne's mastery of perspective, last seen in The Heart's Invisible Furies, works beautifully here. . . . Boyne understands that it's far more interesting and satisfying for a reader to see that narcissist in action than to be told a catchall phrase. Each step Maurice Swift takes skyward reveals a new layer of calumny he's willing to engage in, and the desperation behind it . . . so dark it seems almost impossible to enjoy reading A Ladder to the Sky as much as you definitely will enjoy reading it.”—NPR “Delicious . . . spins out over several decades with thrilling unpredictability, following Maurice as he masters the art of co-opting the stories of others in increasingly dubious ways. And while the book reads as a thriller with a body count that would make Highsmith proud, it is also an exploration of morality and art: Where is the line between inspiration and thievery? To whom does a story belong?”—Vanity Fair
Download or read book Under the Sky written by Sally Schweizer and published by Rudolf Steiner Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Sky is an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to cultivate children's play and imagination. It features ideas for planning expeditions and adventures, for toys and equipment, and activities for all four seasons and all four elements! It includes plans, tips and advice on child-friendly outdoor design, materials, surfaces, seating, gardening, pets, wildlife even campfires, picnics and train journeys... Under the Sky also contains a chapter showing how educators can work towards formal 'Early Years' government goals.
Download or read book Everybody s written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shadow of the Great Owl written by B. Ray Mize and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the scenes in Washington, DC, an international group of criminals called the Network--led by a cold-blooded man known as Code Alpha--is bent on acquiring the land and money they need to bring about their vision for a new world order. But when they set their sights on Farley and Thelma Brodines' ranch in Salt Flats, Texas, they have no idea what they're up against. The Brodines have powerful friends. Reid Matthews is protected by an ancestral Comanche spirit, the Keeper of the Great Raptors. And Matthews is joined by Cajun crack shot Roland Guidry and his spitfire of a wife, Adele; and lifetime cowboy Bill Calendar and his wife, Willie, her Winchester rifle always at her side. When the Network's bid to take over the ranch goes wrong, the Brodines' granddaughter and ranch manager are forced to flee into the wilderness to escape the killers sent to do Code Alpha's dirty work. Will Reid and his friends be able to uncover the Network's nefarious plot before time runs out?
Download or read book Kukai written by Kūkai and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kukai, more commonly known by the honorific Kobo Daishi, was one of the great characters in the development of Janpanese culture. He was active in literature, engineering, calligraphy, and architecture and is represented in this work in terms of his major effort--the introduction of esoteric Buddhism from China, which resulted in the formation of the Shingou sect still active in Japan. Eight of his works are presented here.
Download or read book Everybody s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 1108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Primary Plans written by Elizabeth P. Bemis and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Roper written by Jim Hawley and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Roper is the story of a cowboy, Josh Halley, who takes care of his ranch in Wyoming and competes professionally as a roper in the rodeos. He does this more as a hobby. It is also the story of Rich Olson, a plumber, who also ropes professionally. Both are good men, but Rich is more of a competitor. He takes roping very seriously. It is also a story of their loves and trials.
Download or read book Dogri Folk Tales written by and published by Sahitya Akademi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Tales In This Volume Provide A Peep Into The ýBackyardý Of Dogra Culture. Here Gods And Goddesses Assume Human Forms And Join Human Beings To Drive Home Some Important Truth Or Moral Lesson. Anything Is Possible In This World Of Make Believe But The Values Enshrined In The Tales Are Clear. Quite A Few Tales Included Here Have A King, Prince Or Princess As The Main Character; The Reason Being That Duggar Was For Long A Land Or Rajas, And Petty Zamindars And Feudal Chiefs. There Are Also Some Interesting Women-Centred Tales Portraying Their Superior Intelligence Out-Witting Men.
Download or read book Memoirs of the American Folk lore Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Folk lore from the Cape Verde Islands written by Elsie Worthington Clews Parsons and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anthology Volume Two written by Mihailo Kotsubinsky and published by TSK Group LLC. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another set of vivid, exquisitely detailed stories from all walks of life from the giant of Ukrainian literature Mihailo Kotsubinsky.
Download or read book Indian Antiquary written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At a time when each Society had its own medium of propogation of its researches ... in the form of Transactions, Proceedings, Journals, etc., a need was strongly felt for bringing out a journal devoted exclusively to the study and advancement of Indian culture in all its aspects. [This] encouraged Jas Burgess to launch the 'Indian antiquary' in 1872. The scope ... was in his own words 'as wide as possible' incorporating manners and customs, arts, mythology, feasts, festivals and rites, antiquities and the history of India ... Another laudable aim was to present the readers abstracts of the most recent researches of scholars in India and the West ... 'Indian antiquary' also dealt with local legends, folklore, proverbs, etc. In short 'Indian antiquary' was ...entirely devoted to the study of MAN - the Indian - in all spheres ... " -- introduction to facsimile volumes, published 1985.
