Author: E.T. Thomas
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035815842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Jandamarra is an aboriginal warrior of the spiritual Kimberley area of Australia, home to the tribe known as the Bunuba people. Jandamarra is a legendary hero of the 1890s known to his people as a Jalgangurru, a magic man, due to his extraordinary skills and abilities. He is a cheeky, likeable boy, and a quick learner. At around 12 years of age, Jandamarra, named Pigeon by the whitefellas, begins working on a sheep station, where he learns to shoot, ride horses, and live among the whitefellas. These are skills which will serve him well in his manhood. He is popular among whitefellas and enjoys the excitement and movement of their way of living, but the time comes when he must return to his tribe for initiation into manhood. Jandamarra is torn between black and white cultures. But how can he belong to two different worlds with each pulling at his loyalties? How can he be accepted by one without rejecting the other? This powerfully spiritual story of the legendary Jandamarra is based on extensive research of people and events.
I, Jandamarra
Author: E.T. Thomas
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035815842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Jandamarra is an aboriginal warrior of the spiritual Kimberley area of Australia, home to the tribe known as the Bunuba people. Jandamarra is a legendary hero of the 1890s known to his people as a Jalgangurru, a magic man, due to his extraordinary skills and abilities. He is a cheeky, likeable boy, and a quick learner. At around 12 years of age, Jandamarra, named Pigeon by the whitefellas, begins working on a sheep station, where he learns to shoot, ride horses, and live among the whitefellas. These are skills which will serve him well in his manhood. He is popular among whitefellas and enjoys the excitement and movement of their way of living, but the time comes when he must return to his tribe for initiation into manhood. Jandamarra is torn between black and white cultures. But how can he belong to two different worlds with each pulling at his loyalties? How can he be accepted by one without rejecting the other? This powerfully spiritual story of the legendary Jandamarra is based on extensive research of people and events.
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN: 1035815842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Jandamarra is an aboriginal warrior of the spiritual Kimberley area of Australia, home to the tribe known as the Bunuba people. Jandamarra is a legendary hero of the 1890s known to his people as a Jalgangurru, a magic man, due to his extraordinary skills and abilities. He is a cheeky, likeable boy, and a quick learner. At around 12 years of age, Jandamarra, named Pigeon by the whitefellas, begins working on a sheep station, where he learns to shoot, ride horses, and live among the whitefellas. These are skills which will serve him well in his manhood. He is popular among whitefellas and enjoys the excitement and movement of their way of living, but the time comes when he must return to his tribe for initiation into manhood. Jandamarra is torn between black and white cultures. But how can he belong to two different worlds with each pulling at his loyalties? How can he be accepted by one without rejecting the other? This powerfully spiritual story of the legendary Jandamarra is based on extensive research of people and events.
Annual Report
Author: New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
9th-66th reports include New Jersey. Agricultural College. Experiment station. 1st-58th annual report, 1887/88-1944/45
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
9th-66th reports include New Jersey. Agricultural College. Experiment station. 1st-58th annual report, 1887/88-1944/45
Fat Chance
Author: Lesléa Newman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780704349346
Category : Diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In a series of diary entries, thirteen-year-old Judi recounts her struggles to lose weight, hide her bulimia from her mother, find a boy friend, and decide on a profession. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780704349346
Category : Diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
In a series of diary entries, thirteen-year-old Judi recounts her struggles to lose weight, hide her bulimia from her mother, find a boy friend, and decide on a profession. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
Reclamation
Author: Sarah Zettel
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480422169
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
DIVWinner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel: With mankind spread thinly across the galaxy, two refugees must find humanity’s home/divDIV Eric Born knows his way around the universe. He’s a quick-thinking merchant blessed with natural telekinetic skill. He’s also that rarest of creatures, a human being. Humans have been scattered across the universe, powerless and oppressed, dispersed so widely that no one knows what planet they first came from. Eric survives by selling his talents to the mysterious galactic tyrants known as the Rhudolant Vitae, but has never forgotten he belongs to the human race, and the distant world, the Realm of the Nameless Powers. The Realm may be a backwater, but Eric will do anything to protect his home from the merciless and powerful Vitae./divDIV /divDIVWith the help of fellow refugee Arla Rengate, Eric embarks on a journey across the stars. To save the Realm, he will have to cross the Vitae, and discover a secret that holds the key to the origins of mankind. /div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480422169
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 579
Book Description
DIVWinner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel: With mankind spread thinly across the galaxy, two refugees must find humanity’s home/divDIV Eric Born knows his way around the universe. He’s a quick-thinking merchant blessed with natural telekinetic skill. He’s also that rarest of creatures, a human being. Humans have been scattered across the universe, powerless and oppressed, dispersed so widely that no one knows what planet they first came from. Eric survives by selling his talents to the mysterious galactic tyrants known as the Rhudolant Vitae, but has never forgotten he belongs to the human race, and the distant world, the Realm of the Nameless Powers. The Realm may be a backwater, but Eric will do anything to protect his home from the merciless and powerful Vitae./divDIV /divDIVWith the help of fellow refugee Arla Rengate, Eric embarks on a journey across the stars. To save the Realm, he will have to cross the Vitae, and discover a secret that holds the key to the origins of mankind. /div
Pleasure Dome
Author: Yusef Komunyakaa
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574724
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers over twenty-five years of work, including early uncollected poems and a rich selection of new poems. Best known for Neon Vernacular, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994, and for Dien Cai Dau, a collection of poems chronicling his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam, Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers the poems in these two distinguished books and five others—over two and a half decades of Komunyakaa's work. In addition, Pleasure Dome includes 25 early, uncollected poems and a rich selection of 18 new poems.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574724
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers over twenty-five years of work, including early uncollected poems and a rich selection of new poems. Best known for Neon Vernacular, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1994, and for Dien Cai Dau, a collection of poems chronicling his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam, Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers the poems in these two distinguished books and five others—over two and a half decades of Komunyakaa's work. In addition, Pleasure Dome includes 25 early, uncollected poems and a rich selection of 18 new poems.
Blood Relations
Author: Katherine X. Rylien
Publisher: Katherine Rylien
ISBN: 1005566178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Renee lives in a house where ghosts are the norm. Although they're really technological artifacts, according to her cousin Gil, who's not really there. Renee leads an unusual life, and develops a unique talent for moving through time and space. When the local vampires face a deadly threat, she uses her abilities in their defense, while finding it difficult to resist their seductive allure. Fair warning: Although this is a coming-of-age story with some erotic elements, it is not a romance.
Publisher: Katherine Rylien
ISBN: 1005566178
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Renee lives in a house where ghosts are the norm. Although they're really technological artifacts, according to her cousin Gil, who's not really there. Renee leads an unusual life, and develops a unique talent for moving through time and space. When the local vampires face a deadly threat, she uses her abilities in their defense, while finding it difficult to resist their seductive allure. Fair warning: Although this is a coming-of-age story with some erotic elements, it is not a romance.
Run for Daniel
Author: William B. Keller
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1609110552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Tommy Preem has every-thing a teenager could want. He's a star athlete, good looking and popular. This isn't the case for his best friend, Daniel. Daniel Cravens is bound to a wheelchair and is dying. Surprisingly, it is Daniel who has the optimistic view of life, while Tommy is depressed and lives in turmoil. When a two-day cross-country run is scheduled, Daniel asks his best friend if he can run the race carrying Daniel on his back so Daniel can say he completed the race before he died. Tommy agrees to carry Daniel in a sling across his back, but only if they enter to win. Run for Daniel is the inspiring, unforgettable story of how Tommy helps Daniel prepare to die, while Daniel shows Tommy how to live. Author William B. Keller is an account executive, lives near Columbus, Ohio, and is writing his next book. Publisher's website: http: //www.eloquentbooks.com/RunForDaniel.html
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1609110552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Tommy Preem has every-thing a teenager could want. He's a star athlete, good looking and popular. This isn't the case for his best friend, Daniel. Daniel Cravens is bound to a wheelchair and is dying. Surprisingly, it is Daniel who has the optimistic view of life, while Tommy is depressed and lives in turmoil. When a two-day cross-country run is scheduled, Daniel asks his best friend if he can run the race carrying Daniel on his back so Daniel can say he completed the race before he died. Tommy agrees to carry Daniel in a sling across his back, but only if they enter to win. Run for Daniel is the inspiring, unforgettable story of how Tommy helps Daniel prepare to die, while Daniel shows Tommy how to live. Author William B. Keller is an account executive, lives near Columbus, Ohio, and is writing his next book. Publisher's website: http: //www.eloquentbooks.com/RunForDaniel.html
Prince of the World
Author: Christopher Howard
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609804392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace. Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest. Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000. Darkstar takes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalyptic streets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood. Son of Man tells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members. How to Make Millions in the Oil Market contemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of a Blackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US. The epictitle story Prince of the World follows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north along the Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609804392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
In these six stories, Chris Howard reasserts his talent for evoking the gritty and the apocalyptic with poetic grace. Intelligent People Speaking Reasonably follows two Iraq vets adrift in the civilian life of the Pacific Northwest. Space is Kindness witnesses the unexpected death of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan from the perspective of a local reporter and a photographer rushing to the crash-site in 2000. Darkstar takes place in Dublin and follows a young outcast named Sailor through grimy, pre Apocalyptic streets as he tries to find the soulmate he hasn't seen since childhood. Son of Man tells the story of the Manson family from the perspective of one of its members. How to Make Millions in the Oil Market contemplates the absurdity of war from the point of view of a Blackwater contractor first in the chaos of Iraq and later in the relative peace of the US. The epictitle story Prince of the World follows a mixed-race orphan named Labelle as he wanders north along the Mississippi, ultimately caught in the infamous Starved Rock Massacre in Howard's home-state of Illinois.
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: Massachusetts
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1562
Book Description
Hittite Prayers
Author: Itamar Singer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126954
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Hittite prayers were at first heavily influenced by Babylonian and Hurrian prototypes, but soon developed their own creative style, highly emotional and rich in metaphors. The twenty-four prayers assembled in the volume cover the entire span of Hittite literary history. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004126954
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Hittite prayers were at first heavily influenced by Babylonian and Hurrian prototypes, but soon developed their own creative style, highly emotional and rich in metaphors. The twenty-four prayers assembled in the volume cover the entire span of Hittite literary history. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org).