Author: Christopher Epling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989357456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Central Appalachia has some interesting mysteries just waiting to be solved, and paranormal enthusiast Bill McCurry believes it's his mission to do so!However, Bill's quarterly self - published 'zine' has caughtthe attention of some highlevel government interests.Apparently, he is on theright track...
The Hillbilly-Bigfoot Paranormal Survival Guide
Author: Christopher Epling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989357456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Central Appalachia has some interesting mysteries just waiting to be solved, and paranormal enthusiast Bill McCurry believes it's his mission to do so!However, Bill's quarterly self - published 'zine' has caughtthe attention of some highlevel government interests.Apparently, he is on theright track...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989357456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Central Appalachia has some interesting mysteries just waiting to be solved, and paranormal enthusiast Bill McCurry believes it's his mission to do so!However, Bill's quarterly self - published 'zine' has caughtthe attention of some highlevel government interests.Apparently, he is on theright track...
The View from Saturday
Author: E.L. Konigsburg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439132011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
From the Newbery Medal–winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short stories—one for each of the team members of an Academic Bowl team—that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers. How had Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski’s team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen? It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan’s grandmother and Nadia’s grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued. Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439132011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
From the Newbery Medal–winning author of the beloved classic From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler comes four jewel-like short stories—one for each of the team members of an Academic Bowl team—that ask questions and demonstrate surprising answers. How had Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But were any of them true? How had she really chosen Noah and Nadia and Ethan and Julian? And why did they make such a good team? It was a surprise to a lot of people when Mrs. Olinski’s team won the sixth-grade Academic Bowl contest at Epiphany Middle School. It was an even bigger surprise when they beat the seventh grade and the eighth grade, too. And when they went on to even greater victories, everyone began to ask: How did it happen? It happened at least partly because Noah had been the best man (quite by accident) at the wedding of Ethan’s grandmother and Nadia’s grandfather. It happened because Nadia discovered that she could not let a lot of baby turtles die. It happened when Ethan could not let Julian face disaster alone. And it happened because Julian valued something important in himself and saw in the other three something he also valued. Mrs. Olinski, returning to teaching after having been injured in an automobile accident, found that her Academic Bowl team became her answer to finding confidence and success. What she did not know, at least at first, was that her team knew more than she did the answer to why they had been chosen.
Hide-And-Creep
Author: Jessica Freeburg
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 166391172X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Elijah's making a fort out of an old cabin in the woods behind his new home when he's greeted by a mysterious girl named Iris, who insists on a game of hide-and-seek. Elijah searches, but it's only when it grows dark that Iris suddenly reappears, angry about being left alone in the woods. And when the same thing happens the next day Elijah begins to wonder just who--and what--Iris is.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 166391172X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Elijah's making a fort out of an old cabin in the woods behind his new home when he's greeted by a mysterious girl named Iris, who insists on a game of hide-and-seek. Elijah searches, but it's only when it grows dark that Iris suddenly reappears, angry about being left alone in the woods. And when the same thing happens the next day Elijah begins to wonder just who--and what--Iris is.
The Solace of Leaving Early
Author: Haven Kimmel
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385507305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385507305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.
Hunt Manual
Author: Anthony Tyler
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
You wake up in the middle of a dense forest with nothing but amnesia and you're greeted by a stranger that offers refuge. You don't know the first thing about him, but you hear the cries and bellows of monsters in the woods that allude to greater horrors. Do you stay where you are or go with him? In any case, how can you really tell the difference between a villain and hunter, a devil and deity, or a specter and shadow? And what about the tricksters? Sometimes all these things seem blurred together. Leave the safety of civilization behind and find in the wilderness considerations of Jungian psychoanalysis, neuroscience, western and eastern demonology, shadow-people, mothmen, forest ghouls, sasquatches, poltergeists, ghosts, aliens, UFOs, true-crime stories of unexplainable phenomena, serial killers, cult leaders and more. As Kraven the Hunter once put it, "I have found dignity not in the cities, but in the jungles. I have found honor not in the civilized, but in the primal. I have found morality-I have found meaning- in the hunt. I will die... But not yet."
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
You wake up in the middle of a dense forest with nothing but amnesia and you're greeted by a stranger that offers refuge. You don't know the first thing about him, but you hear the cries and bellows of monsters in the woods that allude to greater horrors. Do you stay where you are or go with him? In any case, how can you really tell the difference between a villain and hunter, a devil and deity, or a specter and shadow? And what about the tricksters? Sometimes all these things seem blurred together. Leave the safety of civilization behind and find in the wilderness considerations of Jungian psychoanalysis, neuroscience, western and eastern demonology, shadow-people, mothmen, forest ghouls, sasquatches, poltergeists, ghosts, aliens, UFOs, true-crime stories of unexplainable phenomena, serial killers, cult leaders and more. As Kraven the Hunter once put it, "I have found dignity not in the cities, but in the jungles. I have found honor not in the civilized, but in the primal. I have found morality-I have found meaning- in the hunt. I will die... But not yet."
In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond
Author: John Zada
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771645199
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This evocative work of nature writing traverses the world’s largest temperate rainforest to uncover the legend of the Sasquatch. Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is home to trees as tall as skyscrapers and moss as thick as carpet. According to the people who live there, another giant may dwell in these woods. For centuries, locals have reported encounters with the Sasquatch—a species of hairy man-ape that could inhabit this pristine wilderness. Driven by his childhood obsession with the Sasquatch, yet trying to remain objective, journalist John Zada seeks out the people and stories surrounding this enigmatic creature. He speaks with local Indigenous peoples and a Sasquatch-studying scientist. He hikes with a former bear hunter. Soon, he finds himself on quest for something infinitely more complex, cutting across questions of human perception, scientific inquiry, Indigenous traditions, the environment, and the power of the human imagination to believe in—or to outright dismiss—one of nature’s last great mysteries.
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN: 1771645199
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This evocative work of nature writing traverses the world’s largest temperate rainforest to uncover the legend of the Sasquatch. Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is home to trees as tall as skyscrapers and moss as thick as carpet. According to the people who live there, another giant may dwell in these woods. For centuries, locals have reported encounters with the Sasquatch—a species of hairy man-ape that could inhabit this pristine wilderness. Driven by his childhood obsession with the Sasquatch, yet trying to remain objective, journalist John Zada seeks out the people and stories surrounding this enigmatic creature. He speaks with local Indigenous peoples and a Sasquatch-studying scientist. He hikes with a former bear hunter. Soon, he finds himself on quest for something infinitely more complex, cutting across questions of human perception, scientific inquiry, Indigenous traditions, the environment, and the power of the human imagination to believe in—or to outright dismiss—one of nature’s last great mysteries.
Frank Clark Short Stories
Author: Frank Clark
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477106324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book is a collection of short stories written by Frank Clark. Stories are humorous, imaginative, and introspective. An interesting and creative style of writing outside the box of the classical literary short story. Many stories are written in the vernacular to describe people and place. These stories are about everyday people in everyday life. You will identify with many of the characters and themes of these stories. The wit and creativity of Frank's writing will make you laugh, allow you to step into an imaginary world and will give you something to think about. Each story is amusing and will capture your interest. Read one story and you can't wait to read the next. These stories are quite funny. You will laugh and you will smile. Enter an imaginary world, a brief escape from the demands of your day. You will return to your day feeling refreshed, relaxed with exuberant energy to complete your day. Maybe an extraordinary day. Lastly, many of the stories are introspective. They give you something to think about from a different point of view. These stories have been written for you. You will fi nd them a delightful read. Enjoy your read.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477106324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book is a collection of short stories written by Frank Clark. Stories are humorous, imaginative, and introspective. An interesting and creative style of writing outside the box of the classical literary short story. Many stories are written in the vernacular to describe people and place. These stories are about everyday people in everyday life. You will identify with many of the characters and themes of these stories. The wit and creativity of Frank's writing will make you laugh, allow you to step into an imaginary world and will give you something to think about. Each story is amusing and will capture your interest. Read one story and you can't wait to read the next. These stories are quite funny. You will laugh and you will smile. Enter an imaginary world, a brief escape from the demands of your day. You will return to your day feeling refreshed, relaxed with exuberant energy to complete your day. Maybe an extraordinary day. Lastly, many of the stories are introspective. They give you something to think about from a different point of view. These stories have been written for you. You will fi nd them a delightful read. Enjoy your read.
Dive Manual
Author: Anthony Tyler
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781086704358
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Do you know what it's like to lose your mind? The mystics of antiquity from east to west spoke of living, breathing realms within the imagination. Melancholy or mania, ecstasy or entrancement, wisdom or insanity, divine or demonic, day or night, conscious or unconscious...Some people claim to have relationships with things like a divine creator, things that don't seem to rightly exist, but they seem to be all the better for it. And yet, others spend their lives in a schizophrenic psychosis, apparently having a much better reason to speak of such things and still being far worse off for it. What's the difference? Surely there is one, but oftentimes these nuances are very, very subtle. Hard to pinpoint. As psychoanalyst CG Jung once wrote, "This is the fund of unconscious images which fatally confuse the mental patient. But it is also the matrix of a mythopoeic imagination which has vanished from our rational age. Though such imagination is present everywhere, it is both tabooed and dreaded, so that it even appears to be a risky experiment or a questionable adventure to entrust oneself to the uncertain path that leads into the depths of the unconscious. It is considered the path of error, of equivocation and misunderstanding. I am reminded of Goethe's words; 'Now let me dare to open wide the gate/ Past which men's steps have ever flinching trod.' ...Unpopular, ambiguous, and dangerous, it is a voyage of discovery to the other pole of the world."Come with me if you want to dive.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781086704358
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Do you know what it's like to lose your mind? The mystics of antiquity from east to west spoke of living, breathing realms within the imagination. Melancholy or mania, ecstasy or entrancement, wisdom or insanity, divine or demonic, day or night, conscious or unconscious...Some people claim to have relationships with things like a divine creator, things that don't seem to rightly exist, but they seem to be all the better for it. And yet, others spend their lives in a schizophrenic psychosis, apparently having a much better reason to speak of such things and still being far worse off for it. What's the difference? Surely there is one, but oftentimes these nuances are very, very subtle. Hard to pinpoint. As psychoanalyst CG Jung once wrote, "This is the fund of unconscious images which fatally confuse the mental patient. But it is also the matrix of a mythopoeic imagination which has vanished from our rational age. Though such imagination is present everywhere, it is both tabooed and dreaded, so that it even appears to be a risky experiment or a questionable adventure to entrust oneself to the uncertain path that leads into the depths of the unconscious. It is considered the path of error, of equivocation and misunderstanding. I am reminded of Goethe's words; 'Now let me dare to open wide the gate/ Past which men's steps have ever flinching trod.' ...Unpopular, ambiguous, and dangerous, it is a voyage of discovery to the other pole of the world."Come with me if you want to dive.
Simon Salamander
Author: Mary Powell Wagner
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480861707
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Simon the salamander has a problem. Hes often mistaken for a lizard; hes most definitely an amphibian and becomes upset when others call him a lizard. With that said, Simon feels its better to live by himself and avoid all the other animals, especially lizards. One day while hunting for worms, Simon discovers a lost and lonely chameleon who needs his help. A picture book for children, Simon Salamander tells a timeless story about acceptance and friendship. Through the compassion for another, Simon faces some of his biggest strugglesmost importantly, overcoming being considered a lizard. Its a big step for the little salamander as he decides to place anothers well-being above his own.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480861707
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Simon the salamander has a problem. Hes often mistaken for a lizard; hes most definitely an amphibian and becomes upset when others call him a lizard. With that said, Simon feels its better to live by himself and avoid all the other animals, especially lizards. One day while hunting for worms, Simon discovers a lost and lonely chameleon who needs his help. A picture book for children, Simon Salamander tells a timeless story about acceptance and friendship. Through the compassion for another, Simon faces some of his biggest strugglesmost importantly, overcoming being considered a lizard. Its a big step for the little salamander as he decides to place anothers well-being above his own.
Haunted
Author: Chuck Palahniuk
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385515839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385515839
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Haunted is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They’re told by people who have answered an ad for a writer’s retreat and unwittingly joined a “Survivor”-like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the reality show that will surely be made from their plight. This is one of the most disturbing and outrageous books you’ll ever read, one that could only come from the mind of Chuck Palahniuk.