Author: Kristy K. James
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
They have no idea what's coming... Patriotism is at its peak as the war to end all wars rages an ocean away. The Suffrage Movement gains momentum each day, and women across the country harbor hope that they might finally win the right to vote. In a small town in Michigan, life is being lived out like the pages of a Mark Twain novel. But an unseen adversary is about to threaten Mankind's very existence... Whispers of the Spanish flu begin to circulate as the sickness spreads around the globe, yet no one thinks it will reach them. And they couldn't be more wrong. No matter what measures they take to protect themselves, it can't be stopped. Not only does the influenza invade their town, it soon becomes evident that it will change their lives forever. The Residents: ~Elliot Owens would do anything, even lay his life on the line to protect his wife and their children. But when the time comes, will the choice be his to make? ~Daniel Pullman's plans to join the Army are dashed following an injury. Could meeting the love of his life be enough to heal his wounded soul? ~Colby Thornton, beloved by his congregation, struggles with bitterness toward the wife who doesn't love him at all. The wife he wishes he'd never married. ~Marcus McClelland, funeral director by trade, avoids close relationships because if he doesn't care about anyone, it won't hurt when he loses them. What happens when he realizes his heart isn't as hard as he thought it was? ~Jonathon Owens, all of ten years old, desires nothing more than to be a war hero, and he sets out to do that by proving that his German neighbor is a spy. I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-Enza. Based on the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, Enza introduces residents in a small town in Michigan. Residents you will come to know and love - and hope they aren't victims of the influenza that took the lives of tens of millions around the world during World War 1.
Enza
Author: Kristy K. James
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
They have no idea what's coming... Patriotism is at its peak as the war to end all wars rages an ocean away. The Suffrage Movement gains momentum each day, and women across the country harbor hope that they might finally win the right to vote. In a small town in Michigan, life is being lived out like the pages of a Mark Twain novel. But an unseen adversary is about to threaten Mankind's very existence... Whispers of the Spanish flu begin to circulate as the sickness spreads around the globe, yet no one thinks it will reach them. And they couldn't be more wrong. No matter what measures they take to protect themselves, it can't be stopped. Not only does the influenza invade their town, it soon becomes evident that it will change their lives forever. The Residents: ~Elliot Owens would do anything, even lay his life on the line to protect his wife and their children. But when the time comes, will the choice be his to make? ~Daniel Pullman's plans to join the Army are dashed following an injury. Could meeting the love of his life be enough to heal his wounded soul? ~Colby Thornton, beloved by his congregation, struggles with bitterness toward the wife who doesn't love him at all. The wife he wishes he'd never married. ~Marcus McClelland, funeral director by trade, avoids close relationships because if he doesn't care about anyone, it won't hurt when he loses them. What happens when he realizes his heart isn't as hard as he thought it was? ~Jonathon Owens, all of ten years old, desires nothing more than to be a war hero, and he sets out to do that by proving that his German neighbor is a spy. I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-Enza. Based on the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, Enza introduces residents in a small town in Michigan. Residents you will come to know and love - and hope they aren't victims of the influenza that took the lives of tens of millions around the world during World War 1.
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
They have no idea what's coming... Patriotism is at its peak as the war to end all wars rages an ocean away. The Suffrage Movement gains momentum each day, and women across the country harbor hope that they might finally win the right to vote. In a small town in Michigan, life is being lived out like the pages of a Mark Twain novel. But an unseen adversary is about to threaten Mankind's very existence... Whispers of the Spanish flu begin to circulate as the sickness spreads around the globe, yet no one thinks it will reach them. And they couldn't be more wrong. No matter what measures they take to protect themselves, it can't be stopped. Not only does the influenza invade their town, it soon becomes evident that it will change their lives forever. The Residents: ~Elliot Owens would do anything, even lay his life on the line to protect his wife and their children. But when the time comes, will the choice be his to make? ~Daniel Pullman's plans to join the Army are dashed following an injury. Could meeting the love of his life be enough to heal his wounded soul? ~Colby Thornton, beloved by his congregation, struggles with bitterness toward the wife who doesn't love him at all. The wife he wishes he'd never married. ~Marcus McClelland, funeral director by trade, avoids close relationships because if he doesn't care about anyone, it won't hurt when he loses them. What happens when he realizes his heart isn't as hard as he thought it was? ~Jonathon Owens, all of ten years old, desires nothing more than to be a war hero, and he sets out to do that by proving that his German neighbor is a spy. I had a little bird, And its name was Enza. I opened the window, And in-flu-Enza. Based on the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, Enza introduces residents in a small town in Michigan. Residents you will come to know and love - and hope they aren't victims of the influenza that took the lives of tens of millions around the world during World War 1.
A Royal Sweethearts Boxed Set
Author: Kristy K. James
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A Prince on the Run, first in Kristy K. James’ Royal Sweethearts romance series, features a love story with a swoon worthy hero – with a bit of mystery and danger to make this love after loss tale even more exciting. Cameron Rafferty is keeping secrets. Dangerous secrets that could endanger the lives of everyone around him. His plan was simple…keep a low profile until the would-be-killer was found. And things were going smoothly, until a small complication changed everything. Soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with the family next door—and wishing for things he shouldn’t. Things that will put their lives in jeopardy, too. Spending summers at the chalet was a tradition for author Laura Keane and her young son. Filled with memories of the husband she lost to war, she looked forward to days spent reminiscing, playing, and plotting another novel. She didn’t expect this year to be any different— but that was before their handsome neighbor came to her rescue like a knight in shining armor. Will that armor be tarnished when she discovers who he is and why he’s hiding out in northern Michigan? In The Physician to the King, is the second installment in the Royal Sweethearts romance series. Sparks fly in this opposites attract story, where we find Nolan, the unconventional doctor we met in book one, butting heads with a by-the-rules, proper headmistress. Running isn’t always the answer… When a tragedy rocks Abigail Keane’s world, she only wants three things. To run as far from what happened as fast as she can. To reevaluate her life and the choices she’s made. To spend time with the nephew she hasn’t seen in over year. What she didn’t plan on was butting heads with a doctor who rubs her wrong from day one. It’s going to be a long summer… When a pretentious headmistress arrives in Casteloria, Nolan Campbell can’t help but hope she cuts her vacation plans short. In fact, nothing would make him happier than to see her on the next plane leaving the island. But when a dark, heartbreaking secret comes to light, he begins to see the real woman hiding beneath the icy facade. Can he help her heal without risking his heart in the process? The Princess and the Bodyguard is the third book in the Royal Sweethearts series. In this out of her league romance, Princess Briannon finally has to admit that Fin will never cross the invisible line he drew in the sand. She’s royalty, he is not. And that’s all there is to that! Some lines just aren't meant to be crossed… Briannon Gallagher-Hughes is everything a man could ever hope for in a woman. Beautiful, intelligent, kind, and loyal. A man would be blessed to win her heart—and he knows it's his for the taking. But Fin was hired to protect the royal family, not to fall in love with his king's daughter Her patience has finally run out… The moment they met, Briannon knew Fin was the man she wanted to spend her life with, but his stubborn pride has kept them apart for fifteen long years. Now, with her biological clock ticking, she realizes it's time to let go of her dreams—before she's too old to have the children she so desperately desires. Quinn's Saving Grace is book four in the Royal Sweethearts series. Sparks fly in this forced proximity romance when a physical therapist is expected to work a miracle for a broken palace guard who doesn’t believe she can. But Sarah is nothing if not stubborn. With so many people depending on her to fix Quinn, she’s determined to succeed. Especially since her job might be on the line if she fails. When the king of St. Chardemont ordered Sarah Grace to an island in northern Michigan, she wanted to say no. But she went. And she stayed, even though the patient she’d been sent to help wanted nothing to do with her. After a fall from a cliff changed Quinn MacMahon’s life, all he wanted was to be left alone. But it wasn’t in the cards. Or at least not in his cards, because no one will leave him alone. Not his doctor. Not the guards and nurses assigned to care for him. And certainly not the new therapist, whose only degree seems to be in torturing her patients. Then, she made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Give her two months. If he can honestly say he’s not better at the end of that time, she’ll leave. The problem is, the more Quinn gets to know Sarah, the more he wants her to stay. If you like your clean and wholesome romance novels served up with a little suspense and mystery, humor, and an interesting mix of supporting characters, you just might love Kristy K. James’ royal romances.
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
A Prince on the Run, first in Kristy K. James’ Royal Sweethearts romance series, features a love story with a swoon worthy hero – with a bit of mystery and danger to make this love after loss tale even more exciting. Cameron Rafferty is keeping secrets. Dangerous secrets that could endanger the lives of everyone around him. His plan was simple…keep a low profile until the would-be-killer was found. And things were going smoothly, until a small complication changed everything. Soon, he finds himself becoming more involved with the family next door—and wishing for things he shouldn’t. Things that will put their lives in jeopardy, too. Spending summers at the chalet was a tradition for author Laura Keane and her young son. Filled with memories of the husband she lost to war, she looked forward to days spent reminiscing, playing, and plotting another novel. She didn’t expect this year to be any different— but that was before their handsome neighbor came to her rescue like a knight in shining armor. Will that armor be tarnished when she discovers who he is and why he’s hiding out in northern Michigan? In The Physician to the King, is the second installment in the Royal Sweethearts romance series. Sparks fly in this opposites attract story, where we find Nolan, the unconventional doctor we met in book one, butting heads with a by-the-rules, proper headmistress. Running isn’t always the answer… When a tragedy rocks Abigail Keane’s world, she only wants three things. To run as far from what happened as fast as she can. To reevaluate her life and the choices she’s made. To spend time with the nephew she hasn’t seen in over year. What she didn’t plan on was butting heads with a doctor who rubs her wrong from day one. It’s going to be a long summer… When a pretentious headmistress arrives in Casteloria, Nolan Campbell can’t help but hope she cuts her vacation plans short. In fact, nothing would make him happier than to see her on the next plane leaving the island. But when a dark, heartbreaking secret comes to light, he begins to see the real woman hiding beneath the icy facade. Can he help her heal without risking his heart in the process? The Princess and the Bodyguard is the third book in the Royal Sweethearts series. In this out of her league romance, Princess Briannon finally has to admit that Fin will never cross the invisible line he drew in the sand. She’s royalty, he is not. And that’s all there is to that! Some lines just aren't meant to be crossed… Briannon Gallagher-Hughes is everything a man could ever hope for in a woman. Beautiful, intelligent, kind, and loyal. A man would be blessed to win her heart—and he knows it's his for the taking. But Fin was hired to protect the royal family, not to fall in love with his king's daughter Her patience has finally run out… The moment they met, Briannon knew Fin was the man she wanted to spend her life with, but his stubborn pride has kept them apart for fifteen long years. Now, with her biological clock ticking, she realizes it's time to let go of her dreams—before she's too old to have the children she so desperately desires. Quinn's Saving Grace is book four in the Royal Sweethearts series. Sparks fly in this forced proximity romance when a physical therapist is expected to work a miracle for a broken palace guard who doesn’t believe she can. But Sarah is nothing if not stubborn. With so many people depending on her to fix Quinn, she’s determined to succeed. Especially since her job might be on the line if she fails. When the king of St. Chardemont ordered Sarah Grace to an island in northern Michigan, she wanted to say no. But she went. And she stayed, even though the patient she’d been sent to help wanted nothing to do with her. After a fall from a cliff changed Quinn MacMahon’s life, all he wanted was to be left alone. But it wasn’t in the cards. Or at least not in his cards, because no one will leave him alone. Not his doctor. Not the guards and nurses assigned to care for him. And certainly not the new therapist, whose only degree seems to be in torturing her patients. Then, she made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Give her two months. If he can honestly say he’s not better at the end of that time, she’ll leave. The problem is, the more Quinn gets to know Sarah, the more he wants her to stay. If you like your clean and wholesome romance novels served up with a little suspense and mystery, humor, and an interesting mix of supporting characters, you just might love Kristy K. James’ royal romances.
Quinn's Saving Grace
Author: Kristy K. James
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Sparks fly in this forced proximity romance when a physical therapist is expected to work a miracle for a broken palace guard who doesn’t believe she can. When the king of St. Chardemont ordered Sarah Grace to an island in northern Michigan, she wanted to say no. But she went. And she stayed, even though the patient she’d been sent to help wanted nothing to do with her. After a fall from a cliff changed Quinn MacMahon’s life, all he wanted was to be left alone. But it wasn’t in the cards. Or at least not in his cards, because no one will leave him alone. Not his doctor. Not the guards and nurses assigned to care for him. And certainly not the new therapist, whose only degree seems to be in torturing her patients. Then, she made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Give her two months. If he can honestly say he’s not better at the end of that time, she’ll leave. The problem is, the more Quinn gets to know Sarah, the more he wants her to stay. If you enjoy your romance with a little intrigue, secrets, and even some danger, The Casteloria Royals is a series you can't help but fall in love with. Each story is complete with no cliffhanger endings.
Publisher: Kristy K. James
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Sparks fly in this forced proximity romance when a physical therapist is expected to work a miracle for a broken palace guard who doesn’t believe she can. When the king of St. Chardemont ordered Sarah Grace to an island in northern Michigan, she wanted to say no. But she went. And she stayed, even though the patient she’d been sent to help wanted nothing to do with her. After a fall from a cliff changed Quinn MacMahon’s life, all he wanted was to be left alone. But it wasn’t in the cards. Or at least not in his cards, because no one will leave him alone. Not his doctor. Not the guards and nurses assigned to care for him. And certainly not the new therapist, whose only degree seems to be in torturing her patients. Then, she made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Give her two months. If he can honestly say he’s not better at the end of that time, she’ll leave. The problem is, the more Quinn gets to know Sarah, the more he wants her to stay. If you enjoy your romance with a little intrigue, secrets, and even some danger, The Casteloria Royals is a series you can't help but fall in love with. Each story is complete with no cliffhanger endings.
The Artwork Caught by the Tail
Author: George Baker
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262514869
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
A new theory of the readymade via a new reading of Picabia and a new writing of Dada. The artist Francis Picabia—notorious dandy, bon vivant, painter, poet, filmmaker, and polemicist—has emerged as the Dadaist with postmodern appeal, and one of the most enigmatic forces behind the enigma that was Dada. In this first book in English to focus on Picabia's work in Paris during the Dada years, art historian and critic George Baker reimagines Dada through Picabia's eyes. Such reimagining involves a new account of the readymade—Marcel Duchamp's anti-art invention, which opened fine art to mass culture and the commodity. But in Picabia's hands, Baker argues, the Dada readymade aimed to reinvent art rather than destroy it. Picabia's readymade opened art not just to the commodity, but to the larger world from which the commodity stems: the fluid sea of capital and money that transforms all objects and experiences in its wake. The book thus tells the story of a set of newly transformed artistic practices, claiming them for art history—and naming them—for the first time: Dada Drawing, Dada Painting, Dada Photography, Dada Abstraction, Dada Cinema, Dada Montage. Along the way, Baker describes a series of nearly forgotten objects and events, from the almost lunatic range of the Paris Dada “manifestations” to Picabia's polemical writings; from a lost work by Picabia in the form of a hole (called, suggestively, The Young Girl) to his “painting” Cacodylic Eye, covered in autographs by luminaries ranging from Ezra Pound to Fatty Arbuckle. Baker ends with readymades in prose: a vast interweaving of citations and quotations that converge to create a heated conversation among Picabia, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and others. Art history has never looked like this before. But then again, Dada has never looked like art history.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262514869
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
A new theory of the readymade via a new reading of Picabia and a new writing of Dada. The artist Francis Picabia—notorious dandy, bon vivant, painter, poet, filmmaker, and polemicist—has emerged as the Dadaist with postmodern appeal, and one of the most enigmatic forces behind the enigma that was Dada. In this first book in English to focus on Picabia's work in Paris during the Dada years, art historian and critic George Baker reimagines Dada through Picabia's eyes. Such reimagining involves a new account of the readymade—Marcel Duchamp's anti-art invention, which opened fine art to mass culture and the commodity. But in Picabia's hands, Baker argues, the Dada readymade aimed to reinvent art rather than destroy it. Picabia's readymade opened art not just to the commodity, but to the larger world from which the commodity stems: the fluid sea of capital and money that transforms all objects and experiences in its wake. The book thus tells the story of a set of newly transformed artistic practices, claiming them for art history—and naming them—for the first time: Dada Drawing, Dada Painting, Dada Photography, Dada Abstraction, Dada Cinema, Dada Montage. Along the way, Baker describes a series of nearly forgotten objects and events, from the almost lunatic range of the Paris Dada “manifestations” to Picabia's polemical writings; from a lost work by Picabia in the form of a hole (called, suggestively, The Young Girl) to his “painting” Cacodylic Eye, covered in autographs by luminaries ranging from Ezra Pound to Fatty Arbuckle. Baker ends with readymades in prose: a vast interweaving of citations and quotations that converge to create a heated conversation among Picabia, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, and others. Art history has never looked like this before. But then again, Dada has never looked like art history.
Daddy's Book
Author: Joseph Coppini
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483656586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
This is how the story begins, it was a Wednesday night and I went to a dance every Wednesday night at the P.S. Pavilion; a nice big dance hall like the big ones we had in Chicago, with the big bands. I felt like I was about 18 years old and I danced every dance. I had a few drinks and I left the dance about 11 :00 P.M. I got to bed about 11:45 p.m. I woke up about 5 a.m the next morning. I couldn't breathe, I was having a tough time breathing; so I called 911. I knew I was in some kind of trouble so I took my pajamas off, put on shorts and with that I put my medicare card and blue cross/blue shield card, and my driver's license in my pocket I waited out side. It seemed like an hour but it was probably only a few minutes, before the fire dept arrived with their wagon. I was standing in the driveway, waiting for them to arrive. I said, "I'm having a hard time breathing would you please give me some oxygen." They kept asking, what's your name, . . .where do you live? I kept asking them to please give me some oxygen. I was having a tough time breathing.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483656586
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
This is how the story begins, it was a Wednesday night and I went to a dance every Wednesday night at the P.S. Pavilion; a nice big dance hall like the big ones we had in Chicago, with the big bands. I felt like I was about 18 years old and I danced every dance. I had a few drinks and I left the dance about 11 :00 P.M. I got to bed about 11:45 p.m. I woke up about 5 a.m the next morning. I couldn't breathe, I was having a tough time breathing; so I called 911. I knew I was in some kind of trouble so I took my pajamas off, put on shorts and with that I put my medicare card and blue cross/blue shield card, and my driver's license in my pocket I waited out side. It seemed like an hour but it was probably only a few minutes, before the fire dept arrived with their wagon. I was standing in the driveway, waiting for them to arrive. I said, "I'm having a hard time breathing would you please give me some oxygen." They kept asking, what's your name, . . .where do you live? I kept asking them to please give me some oxygen. I was having a tough time breathing.
Which Life Are You From?
Author: Mayank Gaur
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543704484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Lieutenant Colonel S.S. Narula, a.k.a. Sunny has been staggered by a series of bizarre coincidences since he arrived in Mhow cantonment in Central India this morning. As he gazes with moist eyes at his childhood bestie’s tombstone, the giant of a man has no idea of the extraordinary turn his life is about to take. Little Bunny had shaken up the sleepy army cantonment, when she had arrived in town with her English mum, Debbie, and her Anglo-Indian daddy, Major Robert Hudson, in the late ‘70s. She was blonde, beautiful, a bundle of mischief and a reservoir of compassion. She was also mildly dyslexic and occasionally made vague allusions that sounded like memories from other lives. Love, wealth, expensive toys, the freedom to be naughty - Bunny had plenty and more of everything, except time. When she passed away, everyone was devastated, but one young lad becomes obsessed with her return; Vikram, the teenaged elder brother of her dear friend Vaani. But why? Being a hosteller, he had hardly even met her; and teenagers don’t much care for little kids anyway. Could it be that since the mind cannot remember what the soul cannot forget, Vikram was grieving the loss of a soulmate without even knowing about it? Thirty years later, as the new age of spiritual awakening begins, Bunny’s Invisible Observer sets up amazing coincidences that will bring her scattered soul family together. And everyone who wept over her grave will smile again, when Bunny returns.
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN: 1543704484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Lieutenant Colonel S.S. Narula, a.k.a. Sunny has been staggered by a series of bizarre coincidences since he arrived in Mhow cantonment in Central India this morning. As he gazes with moist eyes at his childhood bestie’s tombstone, the giant of a man has no idea of the extraordinary turn his life is about to take. Little Bunny had shaken up the sleepy army cantonment, when she had arrived in town with her English mum, Debbie, and her Anglo-Indian daddy, Major Robert Hudson, in the late ‘70s. She was blonde, beautiful, a bundle of mischief and a reservoir of compassion. She was also mildly dyslexic and occasionally made vague allusions that sounded like memories from other lives. Love, wealth, expensive toys, the freedom to be naughty - Bunny had plenty and more of everything, except time. When she passed away, everyone was devastated, but one young lad becomes obsessed with her return; Vikram, the teenaged elder brother of her dear friend Vaani. But why? Being a hosteller, he had hardly even met her; and teenagers don’t much care for little kids anyway. Could it be that since the mind cannot remember what the soul cannot forget, Vikram was grieving the loss of a soulmate without even knowing about it? Thirty years later, as the new age of spiritual awakening begins, Bunny’s Invisible Observer sets up amazing coincidences that will bring her scattered soul family together. And everyone who wept over her grave will smile again, when Bunny returns.
The Young Master's New Wife
Author: Ocassional Flattering
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through some arrangement, she was married to a man with a crippled leg who wielded boundless influence. “I, Mason Yeich, will not accept a woman who bears the child of another man.”In what was initially thought to be a loveless marriage, she ended up accidentally giving her heart away. After a series of pushing and pulling, she eventually left him. Many years later a child who shares Mason’s face will be the one to land a slap on him.“Useless father, watch who you’re talking about!”
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Through some arrangement, she was married to a man with a crippled leg who wielded boundless influence. “I, Mason Yeich, will not accept a woman who bears the child of another man.”In what was initially thought to be a loveless marriage, she ended up accidentally giving her heart away. After a series of pushing and pulling, she eventually left him. Many years later a child who shares Mason’s face will be the one to land a slap on him.“Useless father, watch who you’re talking about!”
Balumakazi: Native
Author: Maidem Kayem
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543481078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Lumani is a kingdom with an obstructed destiny, some would say. Baluma, people of Lumani, are a people with steadfast spirituality, fervid traditional and cultural values, and beholden to an abounding history. They survive the threat of the slave takers, but by the end of the nineteenth century, their society is thrown into turmoil with the cobra invasion. In the midst of the confusion and chaos, heroes rise and fall as their societal fabric is thrown apart. The twentieth century ushers in with the trumpet of an elephant new challenges for a people completely oblivious to the challenges of the world without. The peoples resilience is repeatedly put to the test, and new heroes come forth who seem ordained for victory against the cobras, but through it all, will they make light of the cobras venom? The 1950s are decisive years in the kingdoms history that pave a path for the twenty-first century, giving the Baluma yet another chance to determine their own destiny. Will they make the same mistakes? Or will they learn from history? Or perhaps, sow the seeds for a prosperous new beginning?
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543481078
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 441
Book Description
Lumani is a kingdom with an obstructed destiny, some would say. Baluma, people of Lumani, are a people with steadfast spirituality, fervid traditional and cultural values, and beholden to an abounding history. They survive the threat of the slave takers, but by the end of the nineteenth century, their society is thrown into turmoil with the cobra invasion. In the midst of the confusion and chaos, heroes rise and fall as their societal fabric is thrown apart. The twentieth century ushers in with the trumpet of an elephant new challenges for a people completely oblivious to the challenges of the world without. The peoples resilience is repeatedly put to the test, and new heroes come forth who seem ordained for victory against the cobras, but through it all, will they make light of the cobras venom? The 1950s are decisive years in the kingdoms history that pave a path for the twenty-first century, giving the Baluma yet another chance to determine their own destiny. Will they make the same mistakes? Or will they learn from history? Or perhaps, sow the seeds for a prosperous new beginning?
Daddy’s Money
Author: Jo McDougall
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1610754832
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Jo McDougall brings a poet's sensibility to memoir. Recounting five generations of Delta rice farmers, through family archives and oral histories, she traces how the clan made their way into the fabric of America, beginning with her Belgian-immigrant grandfather, a pioneer rice farmer on the Arkansas Delta at the turn of the twentieth century. As John Grisham has for a 1950s Arkansas cotton farm, McDougall illuminates an Arkansas rice farm in the 1930s and 1940s. The Garot family's acreage near DeWitt and the town itself provide the stage for McDougall's wry, compelling, and layered account of the day-to-day of rice growing on the farm that her father inherited. In that setting she discovers a rich "universe of words" in the Great Depression, comes of age during World War II, and finds her way alongside "that whole quirky, compelling cast of characters" that comprised her kin. In this conflicted, ironic, southern-but-universal account of betrayal, heartbreak, loss, and joy, "the vagaries and the grace" of the land join forces with the power of money as family bonds are both forged and dissolved. Deeply felt, unsentimental, and often humorous,Daddy's Money presents McDougall's life and the lives of her relatives in the way that all our lives are eventually framed-as stories. "When all else is lost," the author maintains, "the stories remain."
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1610754832
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Jo McDougall brings a poet's sensibility to memoir. Recounting five generations of Delta rice farmers, through family archives and oral histories, she traces how the clan made their way into the fabric of America, beginning with her Belgian-immigrant grandfather, a pioneer rice farmer on the Arkansas Delta at the turn of the twentieth century. As John Grisham has for a 1950s Arkansas cotton farm, McDougall illuminates an Arkansas rice farm in the 1930s and 1940s. The Garot family's acreage near DeWitt and the town itself provide the stage for McDougall's wry, compelling, and layered account of the day-to-day of rice growing on the farm that her father inherited. In that setting she discovers a rich "universe of words" in the Great Depression, comes of age during World War II, and finds her way alongside "that whole quirky, compelling cast of characters" that comprised her kin. In this conflicted, ironic, southern-but-universal account of betrayal, heartbreak, loss, and joy, "the vagaries and the grace" of the land join forces with the power of money as family bonds are both forged and dissolved. Deeply felt, unsentimental, and often humorous,Daddy's Money presents McDougall's life and the lives of her relatives in the way that all our lives are eventually framed-as stories. "When all else is lost," the author maintains, "the stories remain."
The Eyes of the Father
Author: Lucy Daniels
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595791425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
"After more than forty years, Lucy Daniels, author of the prize-winning Caleb, My Son, returns with a new novel, The Eyes of the Father, with the same vigor and passion but with a honed wisdom and wealth of insight. Daniels is a remarkably gifted writer who sings a tremblingly beautiful song." -Dannye Romine Powell, author of Parting the Curtains: Interviews with Southern Writers "As a black woman artist who deals with race and identity in my paintings, I resonated with the inner conflicts of Lucy Daniels' beautifully drawn characters in The Eyes of the Father." -Beverly McIver, Artist "Simple clarity lit onto layers of complex emotions are the brushstrokes by which Lucy Daniels paints her tale of a South never rid of its history. The Eyes of the Father sings to a soulful rhythm of sustenance in the battle between tradition and its invisible enemy, indifference." -Martin Tucker, Writer/Editor As a small child in Los Angeles, blue-eyed, red-haired, black-skinned Lily Price, daughter of a flamboyant white musician and a beautiful black singer, glories in the delight her father shows for her and her strikingly "special" appearance. But when tragedy brings Lily and her mother back east to the rigidly conservative home of her fundamentalist minister grandfather in Millboro, North Carolina, "special" is viewed as "freak." Lily's emotional response to this loss is only one of several with which this story demonstrates the power the past wields over the present.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595791425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
"After more than forty years, Lucy Daniels, author of the prize-winning Caleb, My Son, returns with a new novel, The Eyes of the Father, with the same vigor and passion but with a honed wisdom and wealth of insight. Daniels is a remarkably gifted writer who sings a tremblingly beautiful song." -Dannye Romine Powell, author of Parting the Curtains: Interviews with Southern Writers "As a black woman artist who deals with race and identity in my paintings, I resonated with the inner conflicts of Lucy Daniels' beautifully drawn characters in The Eyes of the Father." -Beverly McIver, Artist "Simple clarity lit onto layers of complex emotions are the brushstrokes by which Lucy Daniels paints her tale of a South never rid of its history. The Eyes of the Father sings to a soulful rhythm of sustenance in the battle between tradition and its invisible enemy, indifference." -Martin Tucker, Writer/Editor As a small child in Los Angeles, blue-eyed, red-haired, black-skinned Lily Price, daughter of a flamboyant white musician and a beautiful black singer, glories in the delight her father shows for her and her strikingly "special" appearance. But when tragedy brings Lily and her mother back east to the rigidly conservative home of her fundamentalist minister grandfather in Millboro, North Carolina, "special" is viewed as "freak." Lily's emotional response to this loss is only one of several with which this story demonstrates the power the past wields over the present.