Steo has long loved Gerwerith, but she is the wife of his life-long friend, Andod the 'White Raven', and Steo is his trusted Druid. At a time of great unrest, unjust rumour causes Steo to ride to Andod in confrontation. Steo meets his inner conflict head-on. Steo's strong sense of loyalty, honour and obligation will be put severely to the test.
Little Wolf, grown up with children of her own, moves to the country where her mother, White Raven, shares a sad story from her childhood. All grown up with a family of her own, Little Wolf moves from the big city to the island of her ancestors. She wants to share the beauty and mysteries of nature with her children, and she wants them to learn as much about their culture as possible. One day, Little Wolf’s mother, White Raven, visits and begins to tell her grandchildren stories from her own childhood. But the stories are not happy ones. As a child, White Raven left her family to attend St. Michael’s Residential School in Alert Bay, BC. While there, she experienced hunger, loneliness, shame, and isolation from her language and her culture. Even years later, as a grown woman and Elder, she has nightmares about her time at the school. But by sharing her story with Little Wolf and her grandchildren, White Raven begins to heal and brings the family closer together. Through simple, heartfelt text and vivid illustrations that combine contemporary and traditional Indigenous motifs, White Raven is an engaging teaching tool as well as a relatable narrative about the impact of intergenerational trauma on families. Based on the author’s own life and her mother’s residential school experience, the central message of this book is one of healing and family unity.
Running from a past that was ingrained in a living nightmare, Cassi had thought that her aunts will was her way out of the hell that life had become while trying to guard her dying mother. Her natural beauty had been just one for the reason that she had lived for so long in disguise: to be as undesirable as possible to be the monster who dominated what was left of her moms life. Now with the promise of a real life and a place of her own to hide and lick her wounds, she was totally unprepared for what her inheritance encompassed. All that she wanted was what she had driven across the country for, a house of her own and about ten years of isolation to heal her broken being. However, she did not know if this life would heal her or destroy her. She could see that Brent was a beautiful person inside and out, except when he was around her. Having his whole world given to Cassi by the person that he had loved the most, she brought out the worst in him. She had a difficult time enduring his cocky, overpowering attitude from that first ill-fated moment they met. What had Mandy done to him without a hint or warning, she had left everything in his entire universe to a total stranger who had appeared to them during a blizzard, disguised as a grungy street urchin. No one but Brent could see a problem with her owning the entire estate of Saunders Valleytheir haven, their home. He would not let his world go without a fight. The summer program that they had started for troubled teen boys had been Mandys life. This was just one of the many things at risk under the new ownership. Who was she to judge him when she seemed to be running from her own past? For all they knew, she could be a seasoned criminal coming here to hide out in this gorgeous Montana wilderness. What was she so afraid of? He did not know whether to fight her or protect her. Could they survive together, or would they destroy each other? Meanwhile, there was a villain in Texas who threatened her existence. He wanted what was hers, and he wanted her dead!
The White Raven and the Popcorn Prince By: Bob Vass The White Raven and the Popcorn Prince is a children’s fantasy adventure. After having dreams, some may not believe those to be true. The story of the White Raven and the Popcorn Prince is not only an ironic one, but it also proves to those friends who have doubted you that dreams do come true.
A tenuous peace exists between the Kelt tribes of southern Gaul and Massalia, a Greek colony. The settlers brought by Ipheghenia, a High Priestess, and her husband Phyldatus have put their trust in Cleuenos. Cleuenos' pledge to consolidate the peace with trade is bound with a promise to return troubled Gerwerith to her remote homeland.
Blood stains her Celtic home and kingdom. The warrior Druid princess will do anything to retake her kingdom. Although Catrin is the rightful heir to the Celtic throne in Britannia, she is lucky to be alive. After witnessing the slaughter of her family at the hands of her half-brother, who was aided by the Romans, she is enslaved by a Roman commander. He disguises her as a boy in the Roman Legion with the belief that she is an oracle of Apollo and can foretell his future. The sole bright spot in her miserable new life is her forbidden lover Marcellus, the great-grandson of the famed Roman General Mark Antony. But Marcellus has been wounded and his memories of Catrin and their secret marriage were erased by a dark Druidess. Though Marcellus reunites with Catrin in Gaul and becomes her ally as she struggles to survive the brutality of her Roman master, he questions the legitimacy of their marriage and hesitates to help her escape and retake her kingdom. If their forbidden love and alliance are discovered, her dreams of returning to her Celtic home with Marcellus will be shattered.
Brennwen, the White Raven, has been cursed with the gift of prophecy since birth. Shunned and condemned, because of her albino colouring and strange dreams of catastrophe, she has lived her whole life in fear. But a dream that her son, reincarnated into a Roman family, is in danger, forces her to face her fears and go in search of the child, before her prophecy has a chance to come true. Gaius Annius Bibulus has lived an unimpressive Roman patrician's life since leaving the army and settling in Britannia. His only cause for pride is his motherless son, Cal. When the boy is kidnapped by Celts, as part of a plan to start a bloody rebellion, and a pale Celtic Seer predicts the event and what is to follow, he has no choice but to heed her warnings and let her lead him to where she dreams 'her son' can be found. As the unlikely pair chase across Roman Britain in pursuit of the four-year-old child, love grows between them. But as time runs out for Cal, it also runs out for the reluctant lovers.
Many Broadway stars appeared in Hollywood cinema from its earliest days. Some were 19th century stage idols who reprised famous roles on film as early as 1894. One was born as early as 1829. Another was cast in the performance during which Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. One took her stage name from her native state. Some modern-day stars also began their careers on Broadway before appearing in films. This book details the careers of 300 performers who went from stage to screen in all genres of film. A few made only a single movie, others hundreds. Each entry includes highlights of the performer's career, a list of stage appearances and a filmography.
