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Author: Peter Matthiessen
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-12-20
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780374199449
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Author: Karen Salyer McElmurray
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2004-09-04
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780820326672
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This haunting debut novel invites us to explore the boundaries between beliefs, desires, obsessions, and madness. Karen Salyer McElmurray's story is set in Mining Hollow, Kentucky, where we meet Ruth Blue Wallen; her husband, Earl; and their son, Andrew. Ruth longs to know God, the only escape she can find in a world that has shown her spiritual, emotional, and sensual defeat. Earl yearns for the music-making of his past, now lost as he makes a living as a coal miner. Andrew desires the affection of a boyhood friend, an expression of love considered sinful in rural Kentucky. And with the divinely inspired yet tormenting help of his mother, in a world of deeply and tragically conflicting desires, Andrew must choose to live or die--he must choose an uncertain love or nothing at all.
Author: James D. Houston
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2008-04-08
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 0307388085
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the acclaimed author of Snow Mountain Passage comes this richly evocative novel that follows a half-Indian, half-Hawai'ian woman and her complex relationship with the last king of Hawai'i.When talk show host Sheridan Brody finds the journals of his great grandmother Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), he uncovers a mythic, unknown tale. Nani, a shy girl from a remote Indian village, met the Hawai'ian king, David Kalakaua, on his grand progress by train across the United States in 1881, eventually returning with him to Honolulu. There, as his young ally and protégée, ever more assured and charming, she played an integral role in his attempt to revive the monarchy and spirit of his people and, eventually, witnessed the mysterious circumstances surrounding his downfall. Deeply engaging through its vivid portrayal of California and Hawai'i at the end of the nineteenth century, Bird of Another Heaven is a masterful portrait of an era long past.
Author: Franz Werfel
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Published: 2017-06-28
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 1787204995
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in its English translation during World War II in 1944, the first part of this book is composed of lectures originally delivered (in German) during the pre-war period, whilst the second part of the book represents author Franz Werfel’s present point of view, arriving at the difficult conclusion that “complete human detachment is the first psychological symptom of spirituality...” “The outstanding contribution of this book is its frank rejection of the materialistic philosophy and an emphasis in favor of the spiritual interpretation of life. There are beautiful passages written with characteristic artistry.”—Kirkus Review
Author: Howard A. Norman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780152019822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The creators of The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese provide an illustrated collection of folktales from around the world, all of which have a bird as a main character.
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Publisher: Canongate U.S.
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780802136169
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The publication of the King James version of the Bible, translated between 1603 and 1611, coincided with an extraordinary flowering of English literature and is universally acknowledged as the greatest influence on English-language literature in history. Now, world-class literary writers introduce the book of the King James Bible in a series of beautifully designed, small-format volumes. The introducers' passionate, provocative, and personal engagements with the spirituality and the language of the text make the Bible come alive as a stunning work of literature and remind us of its overwhelming contemporary relevance.
Author: Peter Matthiessen
Publisher: Greystone Books
Published: 2003-04
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9781550549973
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In The Birds of Heaven, Peter Matthiessenweaves together his search for fifteen species of cranes in Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and Australia. Matthiessenexplores the dilemmas of a planet in ecological crisis and the deep loss humankind will experience if these beautiful birds are allowed to disappear. The compelling text is accompanied by stunning colour plates by renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman, whose exquisite renderings capture the essence of cranes.
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-09-15
Total Pages: 454
ISBN-13: 0061829838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the tradition of the remarkably successful "New York Times" bestseller "The Gravedigger's Daughter," Oates is back with this dark, romantic, and captivating tale set in the Great Lakes regions of upstate New York.
