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Author: Jamie Longstreth
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2000-04-17
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 0595095399
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of works from the past three years, Drumming Through Woodsmoke draws on the author''s observations and reflections on life, nature, and people. The poetry ranges from dream-like vision to hard-edged reality, from despair to optimism. The essays are delightful and occasionally heartbreaking looks through the eyes of the author.
Author: David D. Parent
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 162516582X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis fictional novel is about a young drummer boy from Vermont and his struggle to stay alive while participating in battle during the American Civil War. Tommy Taft learns many a life lesson from those surrounding him as he witnesses the horror of this great and terrible war. Tommy is accompanied by his best friend, Jordan Preavy, also a drummer boy from Vermont. Jordan tries to keep the ever-adventure-seeking Tommy from trouble. The two boys witness a meeting of Free Masons one dark night. They see Confederate and Union soldiers together, and question how these men can call their enemies brothers. What secrets will the boys see? Tommy and Jordan take readers to a place where life and death are a daily struggle. Answering the call of President Abraham Lincoln, the boys view what has become known as the Battle of the Seven Days. They are sent for duty at an army field hospital where they learn to cope with the horrific realm of the operating room, helping surgeons with amputations and other procedures. The boys learn what true courage really is and that there is much more to being a good soldier then just carrying a gun. They learn the value of teamwork and grow in self-confidence
Author: Rhonda McCrimmon
Publisher: Hierophant Publishing
Published: 2024-01-09
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1950253465
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRhonda McCrimmon brings the ancient, healing wisdom of Celtic shamanism to life so we can break free from the chains of past traumas, hurts, and heartaches and live a whole, connected, and more meaningful life. Celtic shamanism is a spiritual tradition whose origins predate the arrival of Christianity in northern Europe. According to this ancient tradition, the root of a person's physical, spiritual, and emotional health comes from the balancing the body's three energy centers called the “three cauldrons,” the Cauldron of Warming, the Cauldron of Motion, and the Cauldron of Wisdom. The Celts believed a person must activate, nurture, and maintain all three cauldrons to live a whole, connected, meaningful life. Now, Rhonda McCrimmon—a beloved shamanic teacher— takes readers on a spiritual journey from the lowest of the three energetic cauldrons to the highest, sharing practices to cultivate each cauldron’s unique potential. The Cauldron of Warming, the wellspring of our innate knowledge, can be drained by past traumas, leaving us anxious and fearful. McCrimmon teaches you how to replenish this cauldron and restore your birthright of inner peace and security. The Cauldron of Motion is on its side at birth but fills as we experience deep grief or joy. It is the source of our capacity to love and nurture. Learn how to balance this cauldron, establish healthy boundaries, and protect yourself from emotional drain. The Cauldron of Wisdom is upside down at birth. When it is righted, we receive one of the most sublime gifts of Celtic spirituality—a profoundly felt connection with nature. In each chapter, McCrimmon provides self-reflections and other exercises designed to help readers: Activate and balance your inner cauldrons. Dispel fear by tapping into your innate wisdom. Work through past traumas, foster love, and nurture emotional resilience. Manifest creative potential through rituals and meditations. The book also explores the tradition of Celtic fire festivals and the sacred practice of saining. Regardless of your ancestral roots, Rhonda McCrimmon invites you to explore this ancient wisdom and begin your journey down the shaman’s path. The book includes a foreword by HeatherAsh Amara, author of Warrior Goddess Training.
Author: Janette Oke
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2007-11-01
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1585587346
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Indian girl is forced to go to a reservation with her people where she is confused by the white people's culture and their God.
Author: Scott Nicholson
Publisher: Haunted Computer Books
Published: 2010-03-28
Total Pages: 415
ISBN-13: 190719097X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Scott Nicholson knows the territory. Follow him at your own risk." -Stewart O'Nan, A Face in the Crowd "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Postman One misfit kid is all that stands between a sleepy Appalachian Mountain town and a chilling supernatural force. DRUMMER BOY A supernatural thriller On a Blue Ridge Mountain peak, three boys hear the rattling of a snare drum deep inside a cave known as "The Jangling Hole," and the wind carries a whispered name. An old man at the foot of the mountain believes something inside the Hole has been disturbed by a developer's bulldozers. A local reporter is determined to solve the supernatural mysteries that have been shared for generations. Sheriff Frank Littlefield, haunted by past failures, must stand against a public enemy that has no fear of bullets, bars, or justice. On the eve of a Civil War re-enactment, the town of Titusville prepares for a staged battle, but the weekend warriors aren't aware they will soon be fighting an elusive army. A troop of Civil War deserters, trapped in the Hole by a long-ago avalanche, is rising from a dark slumber, and the war is far from over. And one misfit kid is all that stands between a town and the past it wanted to forget... ------------------------ "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--J.A. Konrath, Origin "Scott Nicholson is the kind of writer who always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero "Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, and Clive Barker." - Kevin J. Anderson Keywords: like Stephen King, Joe Hill, horror books, paranormal fiction, suspense, paranormal mystery ebooks, supernatural thriller, ghost story, haunted house story, scary google books, spooky ebooks, Dean Koontz, James Herbert, Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath, Jonathan Maberry, Scott Nicholson, Robert McCammon,
Author: T. W. Dittmer
Publisher: T. W. Dittmer
Published: 2024-04-29
Total Pages: 319
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Yeah, though I walk through the valley..." Special Investigator Teri Altro is a hard-driving member of the Drug Interdiction Task Force. She is cold and aloof, with no room in her life for personal entanglements. No one is allowed to call her by her first name. No one is allowed to get close to her. Any form of physical contact is unacceptable to her, except when her body demands it. People who work with Altro respect her, but have learned to stay out her way. She carries a gun in her shoulder bag. When Altro first notices the man staring at her, he doesn't seem like anything special... just some guy in the drugstore. But when three men walk in the door to assassinate her, he kills them all with fluid ease, and so quickly that she doesn't even have time to pull her own gun. The confrontation is so eerily violent that it leaves Altro wondering just who... or what... the man is. Over the next four days she learns the man is John Walker Michaels, a man known to the Hmong of Laos as the Valley Walker, a man the army has classified as a deserter. He is an openly emotional man who draws her out of her shell and into the world of Hmong mysticism. At the end of this time... even after talking to him, learning his history and meeting his family... Altro can only shake her head when asked what he is like. She had touched him and felt his warmth. She knew he was real. Or was he?
Author: R. David Edmunds
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2023-10-24
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0806193360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of indigenous peoples in North America is long and complex. Many scholarly accounts now rely on statistical data to reconstruct this past, but amid all the facts and figures, it is easy to lose sight of the human side of the story. How did Native people express their thoughts and feelings, and what sources of strength did they rely on to persevere through centuries of change? In this engaging narrative, acclaimed historian R. David Edmunds combines careful research with creative storytelling to give voice to indigenous individuals and families and to illustrate the impact of pivotal events on their lives. A nonfiction account accompanies each narrative to provide necessary historical and cultural context. Voices in the Drum features nine stories, each of which focuses on a fictional character who is a composite, or representation, of historical people. This series of portrayals takes the reader on an epic journey through time, beginning in the early 1400s with the Mound Builder cultures and ending with the modern-day urbanization of Native people. Along the way, we observe fictional characters interacting with real historical figures, such as Anthony Wayne, Tecumseh, and John Sutter, and taking part in actual events, such as the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the Trail of Tears, the California gold rush, and the forced removal of Native children to off-reservation boarding schools. The people portrayed in these pages belong to various tribes, including Potawatomis, Lakotas, Oneidas, and Cherokees. Their individual stories, ranging from humorous to tragic, give readers a palpable sense of how tribal peoples reacted to the disruptive changes forced on them by European colonizers and U.S. government policies. Both entertaining and insightful, the stories in this volume traverse a range of time periods, events, themes, and genres. As such, they reverberate like voices in the drum, inviting readers of all backgrounds to engage anew with the rich history and cultures of indigenous peoples.
Author: John O. Stewart
Publisher: SUNY Press
Published: 1989-01-20
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780887068300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDrinkers is a multi-form text. Essays, poetry, and fiction present rural life in Trinidad. These texts are interspersed with analytic and exploratory sections on the ethnographic and fieldwork experience. Within a context which includes the West Indian sugar estate at its core, and the distant but very influential U.S.A. at the periphery, Stewart reveals villagers struggling with problems of individual identity, as well as with problems occasioned by the historical struggle between African, European, and Indian cultural forms.
Author: Storm Constantine
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 1429972335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Shan was fifteen years old, dark soldiers came out of the west, like a cloud of evil boiling over the soft hills of his homeland. They commanded terrible beasts, which killed with hook claws like scythes and cold eyes that dripped icy fire. The soldiers wore helmets that looked like fiends, tusked and snarling and sneering. The terrible consequences of war have left the boy Shan wounded in body and mind by the invading army of Magravandias. He's taken from his devastated village by the magus Taropat, chosen by the master's mysterious impulse to become the wizard's pupil, and a weapon against the invading empire. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Steven Raichlen
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9780761149446
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book has been completely updated. A 500-recipe celebration of sizzle and smoke. It's got everything how to grill internationally, the appropriate drinks to accompany grilled food, appetizers, and revered American traditions such as Elizabeth Karmel's North Carolina-Style Pulled Pork and the great American hamburger. Raichlen also includes a host of non-grilled salads and vegetables to serve as worthy foils to the intense flavors of food hot from the fire.
