Author: E Dee Merriken

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0595300006

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Fictionalized account of Walter Settle's baseball career and 19th century baseball in Norwalk, California.

Nahoonkara
Nahoonkara

Author: Peter Grandbois

Publisher: Etruscan Press

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 0983934681

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ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award Winner Finalist for Foreword’s 2011 Book of the Year Award in Literary Fiction "[Nahoonkara]…incorporates elements of historical fiction with experimental fiction, but nothing that pulls the reader out of the fictional dream." —Robin Martin,Gently Read Literature "Departing from traditional narrative form, Grandbois moves masterfully between first, second, and third persons to invite readers into a textual visualization of how individual choices affect the well-being of the community." —Review of Contemporary Fiction "Peter Grandbois is a splendid writer I intend to follow very closely.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize Winning author of A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain "Vividly drawn, exquisitely crafted, Nahoonkara bespeaks not just the promise of its author, but also his undeniable power.”—Laird Hunt, author of Ray of the Star “Peter Grandbois has created an original world…and peopled it with a family portrayed vividly and with intense emotion and compassion.”—Sheila Kohler, O.Henry award winning author of Cracks and Becoming Jane Eyre In the tradition of nature writers Rick Bass and Annie Dillard, award winning writer Peter Grandbois’ new novel Nahoonkara opens up an oneiric space of wonder, a place outside preconceived notions of reality and identity, a place where we are free to re-imagine ourselves.

In the Castle of the Flynns
In the Castle of the Flynns

Author: Michael Raleigh

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2012-09-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1402255683

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The year is 1954 and Daniel Dorsey learns at the age of eight the intimate meaning of death when his parents are killed in a car crash. Taken in by his colorful, at times mad, and always tender and caring extended family, Daniel learns that even the deepest sorrows and hurt can be healed. Michael Raleigh's In the Castle of the Flynns is about a young boy growing up Irish in a vibrant 1950s Chicago neighborhood. Now grown and looking back on those years, Daniel recalls his bouts with grief and fear of abandonment as he learns to adjust to his new surroundings amidst his oddball family. It is a time of wakes and weddings, conflicts and romance. Above all, it is a time when Daniel comes to understand both his own loss and the dark places in the lives of his loved ones. In the Castle of the Flynns is a poignant, often hilarious story of hope, passions and unforgettable memories. It is a novel that will make grown men weep, women cry and cause both to break out in great guffaws of laughter.

An Ordinary Story of Extraordinary Hope
An Ordinary Story of Extraordinary Hope

Author: Ken R. Abell

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 162189312X

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Grief is universal, permeating all avenues of life on planet earth; no one can escape it. Pain and sorrow come in all different shapes and sizes. An Ordinary Story of Extraordinary Hope accepts that life is hard. It explores the full scope of grief issues to proclaim that grace and hope are stronger than the hardness of life; grace and hope are saturated with redemptive power. The book illustrates how those times of heartache result in growth that shapes our character and perspective. It teaches that it's our response to grief that determines whether growth will be positive or negative. An Ordinary Story of Extraordinary Hope provides true-life narrative tied to Scripture to describe God's presence in the midst of painful circumstances. It demonstrates that over time God uses both positive and negative experiences to accomplish his purposes in our lives. Its testimony to perseverance is an encouragement to others on their faith journey.

Pacific Voices Talk Story
Pacific Voices Talk Story

Author: Margo King-Lenson

Publisher: Tui Communications

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780615119243

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Pacific Voices Talk Story invites Pacific Americans to record their hearts and minds to be turned into pages not only Pacific Americans want to read, but our neighbors up the street. We've much to learn about ourselves, other Islanders here, and the diversity of America. If we're not talking to each other now, reading Pacific Voices Talk Story will tell you that tribalism and village mentalities followed us to the mainland. Read and join the dialogue of Pacific Americans claiming new identities and finding a place in the mainland that trumps their nostalgic past.

An Affair with Mother Nature
An Affair with Mother Nature

Author: JWTrout

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2017-05-26

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 1524588997

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The following six pieces are just but a few of the events that have been witnessed while on the river fishing. The Netting of a Trout was an experience my cousin Ed and I enjoyed together in our early attempts at trout fishing. It is a short piece that connects to trout behavior. Ausable River Monster is a piece that has not been forgotten. The trout behavior in this was surprising and lasted only seconds. And left the writer stunned that he was able to witness the event - plus, having a fellow fly fisher actually catch the monster a few days later. The Exceptional Take is about adequate food, a feeding trout, cautious casting and line handling, precise fly presentation, the trouts take of the fly, setting the hook and playing the trout. Rain Drop Rises is about mistaking a rise of a trout to a mayfly for drops of water making a watery disturbance on the river surface. It is a lesion on observation, studding the water, recognizing the hatching of mayflies and the patient waiting to be sure of the feeding trouts location and placement of the correct fly pattern to the trouts feeding lane. The piece Break-Off, ------ the Final Jump is another piece about trouts behavior. While many fishermen may have encountered the same experience, not all of the have connected to the reason why the final jump happened. The Pacific Salmon Altercation is about piece experienced on the Salmon River that was totally unbelievable to the writer when it occurred. While the event has been told to many friends, it is not sure how many really believed that it happened.