On Earth's Furrowed Brow
Author: Tim Barnwell
Publisher:
Published: 2007-04-01
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ISBN-13: 9780793062676
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tim Barnwell
Publisher:
Published: 2007-04-01
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780793062676
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tim Barnwell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2007-03-27
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9780393062670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Here farmers, their lives and labors limed to the seasons, follow traditional ways of working passed down through the generations. Many are living as their parents and grandparents did, in close knit communities bound by heritage, kinship, and faith. Set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Appalachian Mountains, black and white photographs provide a window onto a world that is quickly fading. Portraits of people in their homes and at work in the fields illuminate the richness and rhythms of everyday life. The images are complimented by oral histories derived from conversations between the photographer and his subjects.
Author: William Joyce
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-02-21
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1442449918
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Forget the bunny trail.…In this addition to the groundbreaking series from the legendary William Joyce, Guardian E. Astor Bunnymund is on the warpath. Pitch, the Nightmare King, and his Fearlings had been soundly driven back by Nicholas St. North and company in the first Guardians’ adventure. But now Pitch has disappeared completely—and out of sight does NOT make for out of mind. It seems certain that he’s plotting a particularly nefarious revenge, and the Guardians suspect he might have gone underground. But how can they find him there? Enter E. Aster Bunnymund, the only emissary of the fabled brotherhood of the Pookas—the league of philosophical warrior rabbits of imposing intellect and size. Highly skilled in martial arts (many of which he invented himself), Bunnymund is brilliant, logical, and a tunnel-digger extraordinaire. If the Guardians need paths near the Earth’s core, he’s their Pooka. He’s also armed with magnificent weapons of an oval-sort, and might just be able to help in the quest for the second piece of the Moonclipper. This second book in The Guardians series is about much more than fixing a few rotten eggs—it brings the Guardians one step closer to defeating Pitch!
Author: Steve Fleming
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2008-11-18
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1440111057
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →On a small spacecraft orbiting Earth, Caligastia faced the breathtaking view of space. "My third in command will lack experience," this new prince of Earth reported to his superior, Lucifer. "He will be easy to manipulate." At The Academy of the Universe, Mendal nervously waited for the details of his unexpected assignment as a Life Carrier to help establish life on Earth. Mendal couldn't understand why they had asked for him. He hadn't even finished his schooling, which was normally required, especially for assignment on such a hostile sphere where no intelligent life yet existed. Mendal, now third in command on Earth, circa 200,000 BC, can't let what he saw on a probability computer influence his command duties; this process of uplifting primitive beings to a higher level has been used on literally millions of planets in the Nebadon universe alone. But in no other time in history has a planet been so firmly gripped by rebellion: the rebellion of Lucifer!
Author: Joel Preston
Publisher: Joel Preston
Published: 2022-04-16
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 064546760X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →FROM THE LEGEND OF THE VOLSUNGS COMES THE STORY OF MYTHICAL HERO SIGURD AS HE JOINS THE OLD WORLD SAGA! Before The Old World Saga Book Four: Fall Silver Artemis - get ready for a unique entry to the series in this first full novella by Joel Preston! Get to know the famous hero Sigurd before he joins the rest of the characters in The Old World Saga. Earth's Mightiest Warrior leads straight into Fall Silver Artemis, however, fans of Norse mythology won't want to skip this retelling of the famous Germanic myth. This novella can be read as a stand-alone story as we follow Sigurd's journey through life. Sigurd who grew up in Denmark, then rode to war to avenge his father. Read as he meets Odin, slays the dragon Fafnir and falls in love. Then, read as events started in Rise Golden Apollo catch up with Sigurd's peaceful afterlife. The war between Heaven and the old gods arrives in the Norse underworld, and even in death Sigurd is forced to fight again. -THE BLURB- Sigurd of the Volsung line was born to be the most noble and heroic of men. When his father dies in battle, Sigurd's mother is taken in by a King Alf of Denmark. Sigurd is raised by his foster father Regin, who forges him a powerful sword from the shards of his father's broken blade. Using his sword and commanding an army, Sigurd rides to war and victory. His next challenge is the slaying of the evil dragon Fafnir, which only serves to further his legend.Sigurd marries Gudrun, a princess of Burgundy. Though he wins many battles and goes on several adventures through ancient Europe, treachery and betrayal find him back at home. With a sword in his chest, Sigurd passes into the afterlife. Though his story is not yet over. Sigurd's soul enter the realm of Hel, the Norse underworld. At last he can exist away from war and duty. A spiritual cataclysm occurs when the Underworld is attacked by foreign forces. Sigurd's peace is destroyed, and he again must take up arms against a greater foe than he's ever faced.Surviving as a rat in the walls of the new Hell, Sigurd must earn his reputation as a hero and leader against the forces of darkness in the new order of things. In death, Sigurd's new journey has only just begun. This novella has a lot of easter eggs for The OId World Saga, so you won't want to skip it!
Author: Sarah Robertson
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2019-08-23
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1496824342
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Representations of southern poor whites have long shifted between romanticization and demonization. At worst, poor southern whites are aligned with racism, bigotry, and right-wing extremism, and, at best, regarded as the passive victims of wider, socioeconomic policies. In Poverty Politics: Poor Whites in Contemporary Southern Writing, author Sarah Robertson pushes beyond these stereotypes and explores the impact of neoliberalism and welfare reform on depictions of poverty. Robertson examines representations of southern poor whites across various types of literature, including travel writing, photo-narratives, life-writing, and eco-literature, and reveals a common interest in communitarianism that crosses the boundaries of the US South and regionalism, moving past ideas about the culture of poverty to examine the economics of poverty. Included are critical examinations of the writings of southern writers such as Dorothy Allison, Rick Bragg, Barbara Kingsolver, Tim McLaurin, Toni Morrison, and Ann Pancake. Poverty Politics includes critical engagement with identity politics as well as reflections on issues including Hurricane Katrina, the 2008 financial crisis, and mountaintop removal. Robertson interrogates the presumed opposition between the Global North and the Global South and engages with microregions through case studies on Appalachian photo-narratives and eco-literature. Importantly, she focuses not merely on representations of southern poor whites, but also on writing that calls for alternative ways of reconceptualizing not just the poor, but societal measures of time, value, and worth.
Author: Jean M. Auel
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2013-02-18
Total Pages: 6380
ISBN-13: 0345546008
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A literary phenomenon, Jean M. Auel’s prehistoric odyssey is one of the best-loved sagas of our time. Employing meticulous research and the consummate artistry of a master storyteller, Auel paints a vivid panorama of the dawn of modern humans. Through Ayla, an orphaned girl who grows into a beautiful and courageous young woman, we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world, home to the Clan of the Cave Bear. Now, for the first time, all six novels in the Earth’s Children® series are available in one convenient eBook bundle: THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR THE VALLEY OF HORSES THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE THE SHELTERS OF STONE THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES A natural disaster leaves a young girl wandering alone in an unfamiliar and dangerous land until she is found by a woman of the Clan, people very different from her own kind. To them, blond, blue-eyed Ayla looks peculiar and ugly—she is one of the Others, those who have moved into their ancient homeland; but Iza cannot leave the girl to die and takes her with them. Iza and Creb, the old Mog-ur, grow to love her, and as Ayla learns the ways of the Clan and Iza’s way of healing, most come to accept her. But the brutal and proud youth who is destined to become the Clan’s next leader sees Ayla’s differences as a threat to his authority. He develops a deep and abiding hatred for the strange girl of the Others who lives in their midst, and is determined to get his revenge. Praise for the Earth’s Children® series “Auel is a highly imaginative writer. She humanizes prehistory and gives it immediacy and clarity.”—The New York Times Book Review “Storytelling in the grand tradition . . . From the violent panorama of spring on the steppes to musicians jamming on a mammoth-bone marimba, Auel’s books are a stunning example of world building. They join the short list of books, like James Clavell’s Shogun and Frank Herbert’s Dune, that depict exotic societies so vividly that readers almost regard them as ‘survival manuals.’ ”—Vogue “Jean Auel has established herself as one of our premier storytellers. . . . Her narrative skill is supreme.”—Chicago Tribune “Pure entertainment at its sublime, wholly exhilarating best.”—Los Angeles Times “Readers who fell in love with little Ayla will no doubt revel in her prehistoric womanhood.”—People “Lively and interesting, enhanced greatly by the vividly colored backdrop of early humanity . . . Auel is a prodigious researcher.”—The Washington Post Book World “Among modern epic spinners, Auel has few peers. . . . She deftly creates a whole world, giving a sense of the origins of class, ethnic, and cultural differences that alternately divide and fascinate us today.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)