The Stargoose
The Stargoose

Author: Robert Siegel

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 1312129026

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George MacWhirtle Fleck's life is fairly ordinary until he falls off a roof. Suddenly, his childhood dreams of his body in flight come rushing back to him in a conscious reawakening of his belief in his own latent power. Despite therapy and the frustration of his wife, George cannot be dissuaded from his growing obsession to fly--and the lines between his dream life and his waking life begin to blur. One night, the "lightness" finally manifests and George's dreams come to fruition. He begins a secret life of developing his flying skills, and when his wife leaves on a long trip, George's adventures take him to places he has never seen, and expose him to danger, challenges, and a growing self-awareness that there is more to life than he has ever known, but only if he only practices what he believes. A talking crow opens the way for George to travel the world, and then, he meets a mythical stargoose that takes him beyond his wildest dreams into a realm of breathtaking wonder. If you've ever had a flying dream...

The Wyrm of Grog
The Wyrm of Grog

Author: Robert Siegel

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2015-02-11

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 1312911824

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Something sinister is happening in the dark, oppressed Kingdom of Grog. The evil Prince Boris, who has a pet wyrm―a dragon named Purr―needs to feed it once every three months or it will break loose and wreak havoc on his kingdom. So, every three months, the prince convicts someone of a capital crime so he can feed his dragon. The fair maiden in this second novelette in the Wundle series is the Prince's sheltered daughter, Gwynne. The hero is Cor, the son of a jewelsmith who meets Gwynne at a magical swimming hole, not knowing who she is, only that he is enchanted by her. When they part, he gifts her with his most precious possession, a decision which may cost him his life. When Cor sets out at the behest of his father to meet up with a jewel merchant, he stumbles into Grog borders and finds himself the capital criminal of the quarter―he is soon slated to become a dragon's dinner.

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

Author: Larry Murdock

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-02-23

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 0615180183

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A collection of essays on outmoded phrases and words we still use in everyday speech, told with the help of childhood memories, bits of Midwestern history, and liberal dashes of humor.

The German Cinema Book
The German Cinema Book

Author: Tim Bergfelder

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-02-20

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 1911239414

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This comprehensively revised, updated and significantly extended edition introduces German film history from its beginnings to the present day, covering key periods and movements including early and silent cinema, Weimar cinema, Nazi cinema, the New German Cinema, the Berlin School, the cinema of migration, and moving images in the digital era. Contributions by leading international scholars are grouped into sections that focus on genre; stars; authorship; film production, distribution and exhibition; theory and politics, including women's and queer cinema; and transnational connections. Spotlight articles within each section offer key case studies, including of individual films that illuminate larger histories (Heimat, Downfall, The Lives of Others, The Edge of Heaven and many more); stars from Ossi Oswalda and Hans Albers, to Hanna Schygulla and Nina Hoss; directors including F.W. Murnau, Walter Ruttmann, Wim Wenders and Helke Sander; and film theorists including Siegfried Kracauer and Béla Balázs. The volume provides a methodological template for the study of a national cinema in a transnational horizon.

Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out
Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out

Author: Josh Noel

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2018-06-01

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 1613737246

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Goose Island opened as a family-owned Chicago brewpub in the late 1980s, and it soon became one of the most inventive breweries in the world. In the golden age of light, bland and cheap beers, John Hall and his son Greg brought European flavors to America. With distribution in two dozen states, two brewpubs and status as one of the 20 biggest breweries in the United States, Goose Island became an American success story and was a champion of craft beer. Then, on March 28, 2011, the Halls sold the brewery to Anheuser-Busch InBev, maker of Budweiser, the least craft-like beer imaginable. The sale forced the industry to reckon with craft beer's mainstream appeal and a popularity few envisioned. Josh Noel broke the news of the sale in the Chicago Tribune, and he covered the resulting backlash from Chicagoans and beer fanatics across the country as the discussion escalated into an intellectual craft beer war. Anheuser-Busch has since bought nine other craft breweries, and from among the outcry rises a question that Noel addresses through personal anecdotes from industry leaders: how should a brewery grow?

The Stars We Know
The Stars We Know

Author: Timothy P. McCleary

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13:

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This fascinating ethnography explores how the Crow Indians have blended scientific observation with religious symbolism to develop traditions that are a cornerstone of their culture. For centuries, the Crow people have kept a careful watch on the heavens above them - particularly the cycles and movements of the stars, the sun, the moon, and certain planets. Their interpretations of these cosmic phenomena have shaped the principles by which the Crow live, providing a sense of right and wrong and an attendant set of values and ethics. The Crow speak of this celestial wisdom as ihké aléwahkuua, "the stars we know." In this illustrated volume, McCleary provides description and background but lets the Crow star knowledge unfold through the words of contemporary tribal elders, whose narratives describe the origins and organization of the universe and the history of constellations that have special religious interpretation and history. A valuable contribution to the study of Native American theology as well as an important record of Crow oral traditions. --

English Charak Samhita Uttarardha / Part Two
English Charak Samhita Uttarardha / Part Two

Author: Prof. Dr. Pandurang Kulkarni

Publisher: Deerghayu International - prof. Dr. Pandurang Hari Kulkarni

Published:

Total Pages: 913

ISBN-13:

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Charak Samhita is first book on medicine in the world. There are many commentaries and translation of this great compendia. Three decades back we published Marathi translation. This book give only English translation for easy and best understanding of Ayurveda, which is in existance for more than four thousand years. Three of my overseas student worked, translated Charak Samhita few years back. This book will give insight of great science of life to the enthusiastic reader.