Celebrating the universal language-food! Based on the 2010 and 2011 presentations of Meanwhile, Back at Caf‚ Du Monde . . ., these 67 foodie monologues invoke your own special comfort-foods, recalling tasty memories of life, love, family, and friends to warm your heart, feed your soul, and make you pause to savor the sweetness of life!
Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood … the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle. But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk the lives of those she loves most.
In 1940, American Heartland Pictures, once a great studio producing hybrid talking/silent Shakespeare films, is now gushes forth the cheesiest, crappiest, lousiest low-budgetest serial adventures in the industry. And that’s fine with Farley Rottenwood, the immigrant-turned-sort-of-mogul who bought the place and kept the owner’s widow on as Girl Friday. But, while he produces his greatest—albeit most inept-- serial adventure (which you get to read!)—his wife is cheating on him, his staff are dropping like flies, and Nazi agents are producing pro-German propaganda right behind his back…and believe it or not, this is funny!
This book is meant to challenge, is often controversial, even something of a whistleblower and, being radical, does not settle for the status quo as I speak out against these terrible times we live in. It is about dealing with life and death with all that that means in joy and heartache and the realities of such with both the physical and spiritual supernatural sides of life, something of how they interact in good versus evil, right and wrong also the intense and desperate warfare we are locked into here on Planet Earth and the Divine judgement we are under. Where each of us stands regarding these matters is of paramount importance as it affects life now and life's other side. From 1961 after experiencing some 'hell on earth' in my earlier years I was determined to search, seek, sift, ask questions and find the meaning of life and by 1968 I found LIFE in my Maker, Father God, through His Messiah Son and got the big picture and I became radical in my living for Him within the framework of His wonderful, powerful love that He gives to us. It is all about the Truth and the Truth alone will set us free. The book consists of three parts: my autobiography; tying it in with the condition of the world, the church and so on; and further information of varied interest including my late father's survival from the troopship, Lancastria, in the world's worst single maritime disaster in June 1940.
The story begins in and around Tenby, West Wales, about a teenager who finds a ring buried in the sand after a day of treasure hunting with his brother. It is set round the family Bed and Breakfast where James slowly emerges as the main protagonist, as it follows his adventures which are surrounded by the Celtic Myths of West Wales. It begins when hes on a treasure hunting spree with his brother and finds what appears to be a very old ring. Later, as he takes his small dog for a walk, it becomes trapped in a rabbit hole, ultimately being freed by a cloaked stranger. Once released, it races off and finds a hidden opening in the ground and starts barking at it. James, reluctant to go into it with the little dog, decides to return later on his own, intrigued to see where it may lead. The venture starts off alright, until he crashes through the floor of the passage hes in, as he gains consciousness he finds himself in a large cavern where he discovers an ancient plinth. On opening it he is met by a dust cloud, once it settles he discovers the Torque of Graal inside. Initially keeping his find a secret, hes awakened that night by the same figure whod helped save his dog, and swearing James to secrecy about his find, he disappears once again. Following Jamess progress as he meets up with a young girl called Bethan, with whom he forms an immediate bond, letting her into the secret he was keeping. The story unfolds to find that James has a rare form of cancer and is visited by the old man again. He tells him that the Torque will help him discover the Cauldron of Rebirth, while the Torques secret eventually takes him on an incredible journey back to the Otherworld, meeting up with Merlin and some of the Knights of the Round Table, as his adventure starts trying to find this magical potion.
This book deals with American history since 1880—a period when the United States was transformed from a relatively small, remote, and isolated outpost to the planet’s richest, most powerful, and most influential nation. It is also, not coincidentally, a period that produced some of the world’s most unforgettable characters—and some of its best stories. History is not fixed, not two-dimensional, not black-and-white; it is always open to interpretation, always subject to speculation, always riddled with mystery. Only one thing is certain about history: All of it was essential to creating the world we live in today. In that regard, every story you will read in this book, and any other history book, is your story, too. What happens to you today has a great deal to do with what happened to other people a century ago; what you do tomorrow is influenced, whether you know it or not, by what other people did yesterday. In learning about history, we invariably learn a lot about ourselves, too.
It’s a full moon. The Awakening ceremony is just moments away for TATA and the rest of the 18-year old members of the MANANANGGAL clan – a human-like creature that grows strong and thick wings similar in shape with that of a bat. After tonight, she will become a full-fledged member and her physical prowess will heighten. She has been longing to visit the human world, which the elders say is a dangerous place for magical creatures like her. Why? She does not know. But with her physical prowess, she can protect herself from the humans if need be. She will get what she is longing for when she encounters ANDRE who met an unfortunate event with AGUA DIWATA when she thinks he killed her most valuable possession. Even though it is forbidden to mingle with humans, Tata saves him from Agua Diwata and even brings him to PATRATES – their haven that is magically hidden in the middle of the woods. Her interference with Agua Diwata causes turmoil within her clan and fury from Agua Diwata. She has no choice. She has to leave the only place she knows, and her parents to escape to the human world, in André’s house. André, however, will leave her behind because the lady who keeps coming back in his dream will finally bring him to the world of ENGKANTO. She is LYRICA, the leader of her clan...and has a plan for André. Three magical creatures...all wanting André...for different reasons: Love, Anger, Hope. Reasons that will allow for the interaction between the human world and the world of magical creatures.
This book analyzes the pivotal battle of Shiloh in 1862, the bloodiest fought by Americans up to that time, in which Albert Sidney Johnston's desperate effort to reverse Confederate fortunes in the heartland fell just short of decisive victory. The Battle of Shiloh was one of the most important battles of the Civil War, and it offers a particularly rich opportunity to study the ways in which different leaders reacted to unexpected challenges. Shiloh: Confederate High Tide in the Heartland provides a fascinating and fast-paced narrative history of the key campaign and battle in the Civil War's decisive western theater—the heartland of the Confederacy west of the Appalachians. The book emphasizes the significance of contingency in evaluating the decisions of the Union and Confederate commanders, as well as the tenacity displayed by both sides, which contributed to the tremendous bloodshed of the conflict and revealed the depth of Union determination that would ultimately doom the Confederacy. Intended for Civil War enthusiasts as well as scholars of American military history, this work reveals the complex challenges and decisions of leadership and documents how the Confederacy was never as close to scoring a truly decisive victory as its forces were on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh.
