Understanding and finally friendship develop between a twelve-year-old Hopi Indian boy and the fur trapper who bought him from Spanish soldiers in 1832.
An immensely pleasurable biography of two interwoven, tragic figures: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald In this radiant dual biography, Jonathan Bate explores the fascinating parallel lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald, writers who worked separately—on different continents, a century apart, in distinct genres—but whose lives uncannily echoed. Not only was Fitzgerald profoundly influenced by Keats, titling Tender is the Night and other works from the poet’s lines, but the two shared similar fates: both died young, loved to drink, were plagued by tuberculosis, were haunted by their first love, and wrote into a new decade of release, experimentation, and decadence. Both were outsiders and Romantics, longing for the past as they sped blazingly into the future. Using Plutarch’s ancient model of “parallel lives,” Jonathan Bate recasts the inspired lives of two of the greatest and best-known Romantic writers. Commemorating both the bicentenary of Keats’ death and the centenary of the Roaring Twenties, this is a moving exploration of literary influence.
Unity and prosperity prevailed on Elockia for over a thousand cycles under the unifying teachings of The Word. As leader of the Church of Elock, Vicar Elop Sar held the ultimate responsibility for carrying these teachings to all the tribes of the city-states. As all things come with controversy, her conflicts with the Council of the Enlightened and its sacerdotal leader were just part of her daily routine. However, it would be her dealings with Commissioner Marvis Delp and his staff at the Academy of Interplanetary Sciences that would challenge her very authority as teacher of the Word of Elock. It was a young Lieutenant Gillfrec and her technician Thylan Kiffgex that set in motion a conflict that would threaten the long-tested but fragile relationships between the Academy and the church. Were these transmissions from a pair of interplanetary probes a ploy and hoax by the Academy to garner support for its programs? Or were they, as Lieutenant Gillfrec claimed, a revelation and challenge to seek the truth of their place in the cosmos? Finding the truth would come with a price as science fact collided with the teachings of the church and embolden some to instigate unspeakable acts of deception, sabotage, and intimidation. Could Vicar Sar and Commissioner Delp heal the wounds and reach out together to seek Elock's truth on a bold voyage to the stars?
Creation – Big Bang – Science Fiction or Science Madness The debate between creationism and scientific theories of the origin of the universe has been an ongoing and contentious one. On one side, we have the belief in a divine Creator who is responsible for the creation of the world in six days, as described in the Bible. On the other side, we have scientific theories such as the Big Bang, which posits that the universe began with a massive explosion around 13.8 billion years ago. For those who adhere to the belief in a Creator, the concept of a six-day creation holds immense significance. This belief is rooted in faith and is a fundamental tenet of many religious traditions. The idea that a higher power carefully constructed the universe, day by day, is a source of comfort and meaning for many people. Some may argue that the Big Bang theory is nothing more than science fiction or science madness, dismissing it as a fanciful and unsubstantiated idea.
Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the North Star really the brightest star? Will a mother bird abandon its baby if you put it back in its nest? Will toads really give you warts? The Truth About Nature answers all of these questions and more. This useful compendium for parents and children to read together sets the record straight on nature myths once and for all. It breaks down 144 everyday nature myths, identifying how true the myth really is, with the book’s unique “myth scale” (level 1 being somewhat true to level 3 being a complete myth). Organized by season and covering facts that are so strange they must simply be false (but they’re true!), this interactive guidebook also offers readers the chance to do their own science experiments to bust a few myths on their own.
OmniRealm, the Whole Truth of Creation is virtually the autobiography of the most successful incarnated yogi, Thuy Lexuan, ASO, an Omni Celestial selected to be born on Earth for the realization of a prophecy, the Coming of Christ, as a starting point toward much higher objectives. I came down, an out-of-reach Omni Celestial, Bound, not only to reshape an old universe, But also to fuse my True Self with the World Soul By reaching the farthest cosmic dome of inverse. Through Divine Incarnation and the application of the highest transcendental yoga, the incarnated Omni Yogi succeeded in uniting his Self Individual with the Universal Sacred Body. The spiritual process allowed the Incarnator to move out of his physical body, carrying his form, like twins, starting from September 1977, in the Land of the Eagle. Jehovah called Him "God Omnipotent;" For Moses, "He must be The Messiah;" Confucius, Laotze, "He's God Omniscient;" As for Mohammed, He's his church's "Allah." Jesus and RamaKrishna called Him "Christ."
And That's the Truth! Meaningful fiction to stimulate your mind and nurture your soul is a treasury of short fiction stories. Most of the narrators in Part One are animals talking about themselves. You learn how dozens of animals live, eat, and survive through dialogue and description. Look, too, for inanimate objects to spring to life and talk about themselves: a houseplant, a stop sign, a dollar bill, and others. Part Two gives you "traditional" fictional stories with lively characters and believable or not-so-believable storylines. All of the stories leave you with a nugget of wisdom or a bit of a chuckle. Sprinkled throughout Part Two are a few short articles of general interest non-fiction. Whether you read the stories in order or at random, you will come away enriched with inspirational and encouraging accounts that stimulate your mind and nurture your soul.