Author: Hubert Whitlow
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1572336293
Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Pearl Harbor has just been bombed, and thirteen-year old Blue Awesome Easterly yearns to grow up fast, join the Army Air Corps, and become a hero. But one-eyed Aunt Spook warns him: "Beware the light!" She knows, because "the swamp people told me while I was in a trance," that Blue Awesome is fated to see events from the past-revealed in flashes of light only he can see. "This light never dies," cautions Aunt Spook. "And it never forgets what it sees." Blue Awesome's parents operate their funeral parlor/telephone business out of their home, Welcome Hall, in deep south Home Free, a small village not far from Swamp Ha-Ha, an area as "rural as raw peanuts." Blue Awesome's mother, Ethyl, more or less runs the businesses by herself because his father, Poordaddy, teaches in his private, tuition-free Classic Academy for Young Men. The Easterlys are getting by fine until the commander of the new Army base asks them to secretly embalm a murdered African American officer. When word gets out, local vigilantes turn their world upside down. But that's just the half of it. Take a pinch of Gabriel García Márquez, a dollop of Riddley Walker, a touch of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a smidgen of William Kotzwinkle-blend thoroughly, bake at high heat (swamp temperature would be best) and you have this entirely new confection, Blue Awesome Ascending. Prepare for a feast.
Author: Meg Pechenick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732312302
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Author: Meg Pechenick
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ISBN: 9781732312319
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: James Alan Gardner
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 149761225X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 507
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Left to languish on the planet of no return, an alien teams up with a professional smuggler to save her people in this sci-fi adventure. Four years after Festina Ramos left Melaquin, the “planet of no return,” Uclodda Unorr arrives. Unorr is a hired smuggler tasked with gathering evidence of misconduct of the Technocracy’s Outward Fleet. Much to his surprise he discovers that Oar, a resident of the planet and last of her kind, is still alive. Though Oar’s glass-like body is indestructible, her mind grows weak and will soon fall victim to “apathetic hibernation.” Along with her old friend Admiral Festina Ramos, Oar must reveal the true history of Melaquin and expose the ugly deeds of the Outward Fleet before her weary mind surrenders.
Author: Movita Johnson-Harrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737913719
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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"PHOENIX ASCENDING; Rise From Your Ashes" is a motivational memoir written by Movita Johnson-Harrell, the first Muslim woman elected to the Pennsylvania legislature. This memoir is a raw and brutally honest depiction of survival against all odds. Movita tells her story of sexual abuse, drug addiction and trauma which lends inspiration and hope to others that have faced challenges in their own lives.
Author: Michael D. Resnick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780932096296
Category : Prostitution
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Silas House
Publisher: Algonquin Books
ISBN: 1643753444
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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Winner of the Southern Book Prize for Fiction * Winner of a Nautilus Award (Gold) A timely, powerful story of survival set in the not-too-distant future that Margaret Renkl (Late Migrations) calls “a beautiful book...shot through with such tenderness and humanity, such love and courage and beauty and hope, that it feels almost like a prayer.” With fires devastating much of America, Lark and his family first leave their home in Maryland for Maine. But as the country increasingly falls under the grip of religious nationalism, it becomes clear that nowhere is safe, not just from physical disasters but also persecution. The family secures a place on a crowded boat headed to Ireland, the last place on earth rumored to be accepting American refugees. Upon arrival, it turns out that the safe harbor of Ireland no longer exists either—and Lark, the sole survivor of the trans-Atlantic voyage, must disappear into the countryside. As he runs for his life, Lark finds two equally lost and desperate souls: one of the last remaining dogs, who becomes his closest companion, and a fierce, mysterious woman in search of her lost son. Together they form a makeshift family and attempt to reach Glendalough, a place they believe will offer protection. But can any community provide the safety that they seek? Lark Ascending is a moving and unforgettable story of friendship and bravery, and even more, a story of the ongoing fight to protect our personal freedoms and find our shared humanity, from a writer at the peak of his powers.
Author: Todd R. Deviney
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1982208449
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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The awakening begins in an ascending consciousness with an unspecified dissatisfaction regarding the established rules and assumptions. You cannot identify the irritation, but it feels as if there should be something more. Because of this, you begin to look for answers outside of the normal channels and your awakening commences. The messages for awakening are as diverse as their sources because they are designed to reach different levels of consciousness—yet the truth is always the truth, though the form it takes may vary. Expansion for Ascending Consciousness is a cooperative effort to provide a basis for understanding consciousness and the energy construct we exist within. The intent is to remove the mysticism surrounding consciousness and embodied experience. While complex and miraculous in its design, consciousness is scientifically explainable and the foundation upon which the universe has been created. As an ascending collective, you have reached a time in your development where mysticism has outlived its usefulness. Truth comes in many forms, and thus the information you gravitate to at any given moment is dependent upon what resonates with your current level of awakening. At a point in this process you will look back upon the information you have accumulated and see that each one was a step that incrementally raised your awareness. Expansion for Ascending Consciousness contains the next step along this path of ascension.
Author: Luke Chmilenko
Publisher: Aetherworld Productions Incorporated
ISBN: 9781777016944
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 996
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Heroes don't stand for themselves. They stand for others who cannot. Betrayed by those they'd taken in and narrowly avoiding a disaster of untold proportions, Marcus and his friends are once again thrust into a fight for their very survival, this time against Carver and his band of murderous adventurers. But as their newfound war quickly reaches a stalemate, both sides find themselves scrambling for a way to break it, while viciously battling one another for every inch of ground that they can steal in the process. Yet just as Marcus and the others manage to gain an advantage that could very well end the conflict, they find their world turned upside down as an even greater enemy appears on the horizon. Pushed to the brink, it will take every ounce of cunning and courage they have to find a way to survive. Assuming they can at all.
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 854
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