Author: Diana G. Gallagher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416925309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This, the second volume of the only authorized companion guide to charmed, contains everything you need to know about the sexiest supernatural show of all time.
The Book of Three
Author: Diana G. Gallagher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416925309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This, the second volume of the only authorized companion guide to charmed, contains everything you need to know about the sexiest supernatural show of all time.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416925309
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This, the second volume of the only authorized companion guide to charmed, contains everything you need to know about the sexiest supernatural show of all time.
Snuff Jars and Jelly Glasses
Author: Brenda Haynes Brown
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512726869
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
From her thought-provoking All of Mississippi, Aint Mississippi, Brown appears to be up to snuff in coming out and saying whats on her mind. Her adept knowledge of the South and its history lends her a crown of credibility for the literature of reality that says, She just could not have made this stuff up! Snuff Jars and Jelly Glasses, a rich blend of narrative, flows with contemplative musings, reflective poetry, and amusing memoirs. With twinkles of her Southern charm and unique depictions of her beloved Mississippi, Brown delivers a superb, inspirational read, cleverly interlaced with comedy, tragedy, drama, and history of actual journeys and encounters with family and the local pioneers of Mississippis historic Sunflower Plantation, a place she knows like no other. Brown unfolds her anecdotes with crackerjack humor, yet with outspoken affection, even admiration, for those of a more simple mindset who are forever spouting uncanny fonts of profound wisdom with childlike simplicityby simply stating the obvious. Penned from an intuitive over-the-shoulder glance, she enchantingly lures us with hysterical and poignant perceptions that apply to all humanity seeking love, community, friendship, and freedom. Brown incites us to think about the past as we are reminded, again and again, that the issues of our past are indelibly inscribed on our present. Snuff Jars and Jelly Glasses strives to anchor usas elapsing time draws us backward, toward homein simple collections that can be devoured in one sitting, or nibbled in bits to make it last a while.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512726869
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
From her thought-provoking All of Mississippi, Aint Mississippi, Brown appears to be up to snuff in coming out and saying whats on her mind. Her adept knowledge of the South and its history lends her a crown of credibility for the literature of reality that says, She just could not have made this stuff up! Snuff Jars and Jelly Glasses, a rich blend of narrative, flows with contemplative musings, reflective poetry, and amusing memoirs. With twinkles of her Southern charm and unique depictions of her beloved Mississippi, Brown delivers a superb, inspirational read, cleverly interlaced with comedy, tragedy, drama, and history of actual journeys and encounters with family and the local pioneers of Mississippis historic Sunflower Plantation, a place she knows like no other. Brown unfolds her anecdotes with crackerjack humor, yet with outspoken affection, even admiration, for those of a more simple mindset who are forever spouting uncanny fonts of profound wisdom with childlike simplicityby simply stating the obvious. Penned from an intuitive over-the-shoulder glance, she enchantingly lures us with hysterical and poignant perceptions that apply to all humanity seeking love, community, friendship, and freedom. Brown incites us to think about the past as we are reminded, again and again, that the issues of our past are indelibly inscribed on our present. Snuff Jars and Jelly Glasses strives to anchor usas elapsing time draws us backward, toward homein simple collections that can be devoured in one sitting, or nibbled in bits to make it last a while.
Tanks on the Beaches
Author: Robert M. Neiman
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Robert Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps’ tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. The result is a war story told from the unique perspective of men fighting from armored machines in desperate battles against a determined enemy. After the capture of Guadalcanal, Neiman endured Japanese bombardments there to gather information for his assignment as operations officer of a new tank school being formed in California. He eventually led his own tank company through four island battles culminating in the cauldron of Iwo Jima. Later, he finished the war as executive officer and commanding officer of the 1st Tank Battalion on occupation and security duty in North China in 1945–46. Neiman and Estes take the reader from prewar training at Quantico and in North Carolina through the delights of a New Zealand bereft of men, the horrors of Saipan and Iwo, the peculiar situation in China after the war, and then the trip back to the States for Neiman’s successful postwar career as a lumber retailer. Through it all, Estes translates Neiman’s eye for the interesting and the human into a multifaceted tale of a young Marine going to war. This is an adventure story with many novel turns that will attract the interest of military experts, military history aficionados, Marine Corps members in general, and veterans of armored fighting vehicle units. Neiman is not a USMC icon, just one of the unheralded thousands of officers who did the real fighting. This is their story, as much as it is his.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585442409
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Robert Neiman, perhaps the most experienced combat commander of the U.S. Marine Corps’ tank arm, was one of the rare USMC officers to serve in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa battles. In Tanks on the Beaches, Neiman and his coauthor, Kenneth Estes, relay vivid accounts of fighting in the Pacific War, as well as Marine Corps service during the entire World War II period, devoid of idolatry and mythmaking. The result is a war story told from the unique perspective of men fighting from armored machines in desperate battles against a determined enemy. After the capture of Guadalcanal, Neiman endured Japanese bombardments there to gather information for his assignment as operations officer of a new tank school being formed in California. He eventually led his own tank company through four island battles culminating in the cauldron of Iwo Jima. Later, he finished the war as executive officer and commanding officer of the 1st Tank Battalion on occupation and security duty in North China in 1945–46. Neiman and Estes take the reader from prewar training at Quantico and in North Carolina through the delights of a New Zealand bereft of men, the horrors of Saipan and Iwo, the peculiar situation in China after the war, and then the trip back to the States for Neiman’s successful postwar career as a lumber retailer. Through it all, Estes translates Neiman’s eye for the interesting and the human into a multifaceted tale of a young Marine going to war. This is an adventure story with many novel turns that will attract the interest of military experts, military history aficionados, Marine Corps members in general, and veterans of armored fighting vehicle units. Neiman is not a USMC icon, just one of the unheralded thousands of officers who did the real fighting. This is their story, as much as it is his.
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality
Author: Belden C. Lane
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199886326
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference. Interweaving a memoir of his mothers long struggle with Alzheimers and cancer, meditations on his own wilderness experience, and illuminating commentary on the Christian via negativa--a mystical tradition that seeks God in the silence beyond language--Lane rejects the easy affirmations of pop spirituality for the harsher but more profound truths that wilderness can teach us. There is an unaccountable solace that fierce landscapes offer to the soul. They heal, as well as mirror, the brokeness we find within. It is this apparent paradox that lies at the heart of this remarkable book: that inhuman landscapes should be the source of spiritual comfort. Lane shows that the very indifference of the wilderness can release us from the demands of the endlessly anxious ego, teach us to ignore the inessential in our own lives, and enable us to transcend the false self that is ever-obsessed with managing impressions. Drawing upon the wisdom of St. John of the Cross, Meister Eckhardt, Simone Weil, Edward Abbey, and many other Christian and non-Christian writers, Lane also demonstrates how those of us cut off from the wilderness might make some desert in our lives. Written with vivid intelligence, narrative ease, and a gracefulness that is itself a comfort, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes gives us not only a description but a performance of an ancient and increasingly relevant spiritual tradition.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199886326
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In the tradition of Kathleen Norris, Terry Tempest Williams, and Thomas Merton, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes explores the impulse that has drawn seekers into the wilderness for centuries and offers eloquent testimony to the healing power of mountain silence and desert indifference. Interweaving a memoir of his mothers long struggle with Alzheimers and cancer, meditations on his own wilderness experience, and illuminating commentary on the Christian via negativa--a mystical tradition that seeks God in the silence beyond language--Lane rejects the easy affirmations of pop spirituality for the harsher but more profound truths that wilderness can teach us. There is an unaccountable solace that fierce landscapes offer to the soul. They heal, as well as mirror, the brokeness we find within. It is this apparent paradox that lies at the heart of this remarkable book: that inhuman landscapes should be the source of spiritual comfort. Lane shows that the very indifference of the wilderness can release us from the demands of the endlessly anxious ego, teach us to ignore the inessential in our own lives, and enable us to transcend the false self that is ever-obsessed with managing impressions. Drawing upon the wisdom of St. John of the Cross, Meister Eckhardt, Simone Weil, Edward Abbey, and many other Christian and non-Christian writers, Lane also demonstrates how those of us cut off from the wilderness might make some desert in our lives. Written with vivid intelligence, narrative ease, and a gracefulness that is itself a comfort, The Solace of Fierce Landscapes gives us not only a description but a performance of an ancient and increasingly relevant spiritual tradition.
Believe
Author: Angel Vazquez
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452566712
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Believe A Journey of Love is my first book. Besides being the first of many other books to come, Believe A Journey of Love will start an amazing journey for all of those who read it, as it did for me. I started writing Believe A Journey of Love two years ago, and it has been the most amazing part of my journey, in this my seventh lifetime on Earth. Believe brings you a new point of view, a new way to experience life coming from love, reconnecting to source, our God/Goddess. Believe, and the doors of this amazing universe and the heavens will open for you; you will be welcome home with love, peace and light. Blessed be! Believe! Believe! Believe!
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452566712
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
Believe A Journey of Love is my first book. Besides being the first of many other books to come, Believe A Journey of Love will start an amazing journey for all of those who read it, as it did for me. I started writing Believe A Journey of Love two years ago, and it has been the most amazing part of my journey, in this my seventh lifetime on Earth. Believe brings you a new point of view, a new way to experience life coming from love, reconnecting to source, our God/Goddess. Believe, and the doors of this amazing universe and the heavens will open for you; you will be welcome home with love, peace and light. Blessed be! Believe! Believe! Believe!
The Columbia Anthology of Yuan Drama
Author: C. T. Hsia
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231537344
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231537344
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
This anthology features translations of ten seminal plays written during the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), a period considered the golden age of Chinese theater. By turns lyrical and earthy, sentimental and ironic, Yuan drama spans a broad emotional, linguistic, and stylistic range. Combining sung arias with declaimed verses and doggerels, dialogues and mime, and jokes and acrobatic feats, Yuan drama formed a vital part of China's culture of performance and entertainment in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. To date, few Yuan-dynasty plays have been translated into English. Well-known translators and scholars have supervised the making of this collection and add a short description to each play. A general introduction situates all selections within their cultural and historical contexts.
The Wingman (Sports Romance)
Author: Cathryn Fox
Publisher: Cathryn Fox
ISBN: 1989374077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
“My go to author for sexy romance.” #1 NYT’S Bestselling author Lauren Blakely. When it comes to relationships, I need all the help I can get. When Rider agrees to be my buffer, I happily put myself in his capable hands. It isn’t his fault my date goes south, but the tough as nails hockey player takes it personally. Under his wing, I find the freedom to let go, and the joy of having it accepted. But can two people, one afraid he’s unlovable and the other afraid to love, trust in themselves enough to realize this could be their shot at happily ever after?
Publisher: Cathryn Fox
ISBN: 1989374077
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
“My go to author for sexy romance.” #1 NYT’S Bestselling author Lauren Blakely. When it comes to relationships, I need all the help I can get. When Rider agrees to be my buffer, I happily put myself in his capable hands. It isn’t his fault my date goes south, but the tough as nails hockey player takes it personally. Under his wing, I find the freedom to let go, and the joy of having it accepted. But can two people, one afraid he’s unlovable and the other afraid to love, trust in themselves enough to realize this could be their shot at happily ever after?
Cultural Curiosity
Author: Josephine M.T. Khu
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520223411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born outside of China, these moving pieces describe the experience of growing up a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made home.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520223411
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This anthology of autobiographical essays reveals the human side of the Chinese diaspora. Written by ethnic Chinese who were born outside of China, these moving pieces describe the experience of growing up a visible minority and the subsequent journey each author made home.
Between Cliffs and Airports
Author: Maximiliano Mills
Publisher: ebooks del sur
ISBN: 9563512308
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Through unpredictable waves we are taken to the laboratory of outstanding faith, planned with playful zigzagging or violent changes, all within the goals of his imagination which he was never willing to give up on. This collection of personal milestones is captivating because of how well the narration is weaved, with moments of hilarious occasional suspense. It also opens, more than doors or windows, a parallel dimension that shows us how to never become discouraged when we have set a goal for ourselves. The author does not aspire to create literature, but indirectly invites us to reflect upon where we are today in our lives. He also intends to share a road built on stubborn paths, always knowing he would bring them down to earth. These are twenty-three stories told during a chronological ride that never deteriorates when it comes to surprises, rejoicing or triumphs, to the point of grazing unusual metaphysic sensations. These stories keep us on the edge of our seats and encompass a period between 1987 and 2008, with a vivacious and descriptive pulse in timing, people and landscapes to which we are invited. Having Max Mills as your flying guide, you are literally transported within those life capsules, feeling a delicious uncertainty. Enrique Courtin
Publisher: ebooks del sur
ISBN: 9563512308
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Through unpredictable waves we are taken to the laboratory of outstanding faith, planned with playful zigzagging or violent changes, all within the goals of his imagination which he was never willing to give up on. This collection of personal milestones is captivating because of how well the narration is weaved, with moments of hilarious occasional suspense. It also opens, more than doors or windows, a parallel dimension that shows us how to never become discouraged when we have set a goal for ourselves. The author does not aspire to create literature, but indirectly invites us to reflect upon where we are today in our lives. He also intends to share a road built on stubborn paths, always knowing he would bring them down to earth. These are twenty-three stories told during a chronological ride that never deteriorates when it comes to surprises, rejoicing or triumphs, to the point of grazing unusual metaphysic sensations. These stories keep us on the edge of our seats and encompass a period between 1987 and 2008, with a vivacious and descriptive pulse in timing, people and landscapes to which we are invited. Having Max Mills as your flying guide, you are literally transported within those life capsules, feeling a delicious uncertainty. Enrique Courtin
Players on Ice (Books 4-6)
Author: Cathryn Fox
Publisher: Cathryn Fox
ISBN: 1998943275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The Hard Hitter: Getting involved with a client’s father is a strict no. But when hot hockey player Zander shows me he’s good at talking bad, it sets off a firestorm of need hot enough to melt the ice he plays on. A brief fling with a dirty talking hockey player sounds pretty good at the moment, and really what could possibly go wrong? The Risk Taker: Coming back to Seattle and facing Jamie is the second hardest thing I’ve done in my life. The first was burying his brother and then walking away. But will knowing the real reason behind the crash give Jamie the freedom to forgive himself and move on. Or will it destroy everything he’s believed in, including me? The Wingman: When it comes to relationships, I need all the help I can get. So when Rider agrees to be my buffer, I happily put myself in his capable hands. Under his wing, I find the freedom to let go, and the joy of having it accepted. But can two people, one afraid he’s unlovable and the other afraid to love, trust in themselves enough to realize this could be their shot at happily ever after?
Publisher: Cathryn Fox
ISBN: 1998943275
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
The Hard Hitter: Getting involved with a client’s father is a strict no. But when hot hockey player Zander shows me he’s good at talking bad, it sets off a firestorm of need hot enough to melt the ice he plays on. A brief fling with a dirty talking hockey player sounds pretty good at the moment, and really what could possibly go wrong? The Risk Taker: Coming back to Seattle and facing Jamie is the second hardest thing I’ve done in my life. The first was burying his brother and then walking away. But will knowing the real reason behind the crash give Jamie the freedom to forgive himself and move on. Or will it destroy everything he’s believed in, including me? The Wingman: When it comes to relationships, I need all the help I can get. So when Rider agrees to be my buffer, I happily put myself in his capable hands. Under his wing, I find the freedom to let go, and the joy of having it accepted. But can two people, one afraid he’s unlovable and the other afraid to love, trust in themselves enough to realize this could be their shot at happily ever after?