Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709490X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Song of the Summer King: Book I of the Summer King Chronicles, Second Edition
Author: Joshua Essoe
Publisher: Summer King Chronicles
ISBN: 9780996767668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Second Edition of the beloved Song of the Summer King, with brand new cover art by illustrator Jennifer Miller!ONE WILL RISE HIGHER . . .Shard is a gryfon in danger. He and other young males of the Silver Isles are old enough to fly, hunt, and fight--old enough to be threats to their ruler, the red gryfon king. In the midst of the dangerous initiation hunt, Shard takes the unexpected advice of a strange she-wolf who seeks him out, and hints that Shard's past isn't all that it seems. To learn his past, Shard must abandon the future he wants and make allies of those the gryfons call enemies.When the gryfon king declares open war on the wolves, it throws Shard's past and uncertain future into the turmoil between. Now with battle lines drawn, Shard must decide whether to fight beside his king . . .or against him.
Publisher: Summer King Chronicles
ISBN: 9780996767668
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Second Edition of the beloved Song of the Summer King, with brand new cover art by illustrator Jennifer Miller!ONE WILL RISE HIGHER . . .Shard is a gryfon in danger. He and other young males of the Silver Isles are old enough to fly, hunt, and fight--old enough to be threats to their ruler, the red gryfon king. In the midst of the dangerous initiation hunt, Shard takes the unexpected advice of a strange she-wolf who seeks him out, and hints that Shard's past isn't all that it seems. To learn his past, Shard must abandon the future he wants and make allies of those the gryfons call enemies.When the gryfon king declares open war on the wolves, it throws Shard's past and uncertain future into the turmoil between. Now with battle lines drawn, Shard must decide whether to fight beside his king . . .or against him.
The Jungle Grows Back
Author: Robert Kagan
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525521666
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America’s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman, The New York Times A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward. Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray. In this powerful, urgent essay, Robert Kagan elucidates the reasons why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based as it is on a fundamental and dangerous misreading of the world. Like a jungle that keeps growing back after being cut down, the world has always been full of dangerous actors who, left unchecked, possess the desire and ability to make things worse. Kagan makes clear how the "realist" impulse to recognize our limitations and focus on our failures misunderstands the essential role America has played for decades in keeping the world's worst instability in check. A true realism, he argues, is based on the understanding that the historical norm has always been toward chaos--that the jungle will grow back, if we let it.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525521666
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
"An incisive, elegantly written, new book about America’s unique role in the world." --Tom Friedman, The New York Times A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward. Recent years have brought deeply disturbing developments around the globe. American sentiment seems to be leaning increasingly toward withdrawal in the face of such disarray. In this powerful, urgent essay, Robert Kagan elucidates the reasons why American withdrawal would be the worst possible response, based as it is on a fundamental and dangerous misreading of the world. Like a jungle that keeps growing back after being cut down, the world has always been full of dangerous actors who, left unchecked, possess the desire and ability to make things worse. Kagan makes clear how the "realist" impulse to recognize our limitations and focus on our failures misunderstands the essential role America has played for decades in keeping the world's worst instability in check. A true realism, he argues, is based on the understanding that the historical norm has always been toward chaos--that the jungle will grow back, if we let it.
The Summer Springsteen's Songs Saved Me
Author: Barbara Quinn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994451255
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Arriving home to catch her husband with his face between the long, silky legs of another woman is the last thing Sofia expects-and on today of all days. Cranking up her beloved Bruce she flees, vowing never to return. In order to head courageously toward the future, Sofia must first let go of her past, find freedom, and mend her broken soul.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994451255
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Arriving home to catch her husband with his face between the long, silky legs of another woman is the last thing Sofia expects-and on today of all days. Cranking up her beloved Bruce she flees, vowing never to return. In order to head courageously toward the future, Sofia must first let go of her past, find freedom, and mend her broken soul.
All the Sad Songs
Author: Summer Pierre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940398761
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In her first full-length graphic memoir, Summer Pierre takes us on a journey through the soundtracks that shaped her. Through mix tapes, boyfriends, late nights in Boston folk clubs, and ill-fated cross-country road trips, Pierre weaves a moving meditation on music, memory, and identity.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940398761
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
In her first full-length graphic memoir, Summer Pierre takes us on a journey through the soundtracks that shaped her. Through mix tapes, boyfriends, late nights in Boston folk clubs, and ill-fated cross-country road trips, Pierre weaves a moving meditation on music, memory, and identity.
Rootabaga Stories
Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709490X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 155709490X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
A selection of tales from Rootabaga Country peopled with such characters as the Potato Face Blind Man, the Blue Wind Boy, and many others.
Century Readings for a Course in American Literature
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Languages : en
Pages : 966
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Catalog and Yearbook
Author: University of Northern Colorado
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Music and Musicians
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Etude. E
Author:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Includes music.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Includes music.
Rootabaga Stories
Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Rootabaga Stories is a is a children's book of interconnected short stories by Carl Sandburg. The quirky, at times gloomy stories, which often use nonsensical language, were initially created for his own daughters. Excerpt: "There was a Potato Face Blind Man used to play an accordion on the Main Street corner nearest the postoffice in the Village of Liver-and-Onions. Any Ice Today came along and said, "It looks like it used to be an 18 carat gold accordion with rich pawnshop diamonds in it; it looks like it used to be a grand accordion once and not so grand now." "Oh, yes, oh, yes, it was gold all over on the outside," said the Potato Face Blind Man, "and 42there was a diamond rabbit next to the handles on each side, two diamond rabbits." "How do you mean diamond rabbits?" Any Ice Today asked. "Ears, legs, head, feet, ribs, tail, all fixed out in diamonds to make a nice rabbit with his diamond chin on his diamond toenails. When I play good pieces so people cry hearing my accordion music, then I put my fingers over and feel of the rabbit's diamond chin on his diamond toenails, 'Attaboy, li'l bunny, attaboy, li'l bunny.'" "Yes I hear you talking but it is like dream talking. I wonder why your accordion looks like somebody stole it and took it to a pawnshop and took it out and somebody stole it again and took it to a pawnshop and took it out and somebody stole it again. And they kept on stealing it and taking it out of the pawnshop and stealing it again till the gold wore off so it looks like a used-to-be-yesterday."
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Rootabaga Stories is a is a children's book of interconnected short stories by Carl Sandburg. The quirky, at times gloomy stories, which often use nonsensical language, were initially created for his own daughters. Excerpt: "There was a Potato Face Blind Man used to play an accordion on the Main Street corner nearest the postoffice in the Village of Liver-and-Onions. Any Ice Today came along and said, "It looks like it used to be an 18 carat gold accordion with rich pawnshop diamonds in it; it looks like it used to be a grand accordion once and not so grand now." "Oh, yes, oh, yes, it was gold all over on the outside," said the Potato Face Blind Man, "and 42there was a diamond rabbit next to the handles on each side, two diamond rabbits." "How do you mean diamond rabbits?" Any Ice Today asked. "Ears, legs, head, feet, ribs, tail, all fixed out in diamonds to make a nice rabbit with his diamond chin on his diamond toenails. When I play good pieces so people cry hearing my accordion music, then I put my fingers over and feel of the rabbit's diamond chin on his diamond toenails, 'Attaboy, li'l bunny, attaboy, li'l bunny.'" "Yes I hear you talking but it is like dream talking. I wonder why your accordion looks like somebody stole it and took it to a pawnshop and took it out and somebody stole it again and took it to a pawnshop and took it out and somebody stole it again. And they kept on stealing it and taking it out of the pawnshop and stealing it again till the gold wore off so it looks like a used-to-be-yesterday."