The Shepherd Girl and Other Stories

The Shepherd Girl and Other Stories PDF Author: Andrew Lang
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Languages : en
Pages : 50

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The Shepherd Girl and Other Stories

The Shepherd Girl and Other Stories PDF Author: Andrew Lang
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Languages : en
Pages : 50

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Shepherd Girl

Shepherd Girl PDF Author: Cat L. Needham
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781467938389
Category : Pets
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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In the style of James Thurber's "The Dog Department" meets "Marley and Me," "Shepherd Girl: A Dog Story" chronicles the exploits of Athena, a silly long-coated German shepherd. Athena is goofy, clumsy, and vain, and although she successfully foils a stranger's abduction of the author in a dark parking lot, she also finds time to chase lawn gnomes, strip the author topless at the Dog Park, and play-bow to stuffed toys at an age when she should know better. Athena is at times exasperating and certainly no perfect replica of Rin Tin Tin, but the underlying love and devotion between dog and author are undeniable. For all who have loved a dog, Shepherd Girl: A Dog Story will remind them why. "If you've ever considered bringing home the spunky little German shepherd puppy that caught your eye, you might think again after reading Cat Needham's hilarious recount of one frenzied moment after another with Athena." - Bob Tarte, Author of "Enslaved by Ducks" and "Fowl Weather"

The Shepherd Girl of Bethlehem

The Shepherd Girl of Bethlehem PDF Author: Carey Morning
Publisher: Lion Hudson
ISBN: 9780745963686
Category : Bible stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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A young shepherd girl stays up late to tend sheep with her father and follows the star to witness the birth of baby Jesus.

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

The Shepherd's Granddaughter PDF Author: Anne Laurel Carter
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN: 0888999038
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Amani, a young Palestinian girl, looks to the meadows of the Firdoos to get her sheep the food they need, but when Israeli settlers impede her ability to get to the pasture, she must try to find a peaceful solution to the problem.

The Wise Woman and Other Stories

The Wise Woman and Other Stories PDF Author: George MacDonald
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802818607
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 186

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This is one volume in the four-volume collection of the complete fantasy stories of George MacDonald, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, whose works influenced C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

Conquering the Odds

Conquering the Odds PDF Author: Habibo A. Haji
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615768830
Category : Refugees
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Conquering the Odds, Journey of a Shepherd Girl is the amazing story of a young girl, Habibo, who grew up in the primitive village of Balcad, Somalia. Habibo's life is one of difficulty and hardship, survival at best! Yet, because of unyielding determination, she has succeeded in life. Her successes, however, have not been without emotional strain and scars. Given up by her mother at the young age of six months to live with her grandmother and three uncles in a remote, primitive village in south central Somalia, she slept in a hut built by her grandmother which was little more than woven rugs draped over an igloo style structure made from tree branches tied together; the dirt floor she slept on was home to many cock roaches and beetles coming out only at night. As a toddler, while her grandmother grazed the sheep and goats in the grasslands, Habibo was left to stay in the hut by herself. Unfortunately, this is precisely when she was taken advantage of, molested by neighbor boys from the age of three to five. By the time she turned five, her grandmother taught her how to graze the animals by herself, which she did each day, seven days per week in the grasslands of Somalia fending off jackals by day and hyenas by night. By the age of eleven, she was grazing her grandmother's cattle by herself as a nomad for months on end in a male dominated role having to fend for herself, sometimes successfully sometimes not, from the young men herding their own herds of cattle and camels. Habibo lived through, not only the attacks of crocodiles in the Shebelle river next to her village, but the attacks of guerillas during the breakout of civil war and the disintegration of her country into its current state of chaos. Sleeping in the forest at night with the other females of the village and herding the animals during the daytime, she survived the murder and rape which went on around her, much of which she personally witnessed. At fifteen years old, providence brought Habibo to the largest refugee camp in the world - Dadaab located in western Kenya. Built to hold 90,000, it had swollen to 150,000 by the time she arrived there; it is now 460,000 and growing by the day. In Dadaab for three years, she helped her mother care for her younger brother and three sisters while living in their makeshift tent. Fearing for her life at night from marauders, rapists, thieves and murderers, she also witnessed the severe malnutrition and death of those around her, especially the very young and the very old. Selected by lottery to come to America, she came by herself, barely more than a teenager, with no relatives or friends, unable to speak the language and unfamiliar with western culture. Having learned the language, working, getting married and graduating from nursing school, she is now a registered nurse at one of the finest medical facilities in the world, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. An amazing woman, not without scars and plenty of tears, she has not only survived, but thrived throughout her life. Her inner strength is an example and encouragement to all people, men and women, young and old alike. A single mother, her devotion to her three children as well as her relentless pursuit of education will surely bring more success to her life. This is her story. Through it, her wisdom, courage, strength and determination of spirit shine through for all to see.

The Shepherd's Pipe, and Other Stories

The Shepherd's Pipe, and Other Stories PDF Author: Arthur Schnitzler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Tree Shepherd's Daughter

The Tree Shepherd's Daughter PDF Author: Gillian Summers
Publisher: North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN: 0738717231
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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When her mother dies, fifteen-year-old Keelie Heartwood must leave California to live with her nomadic father at a renaissance festival. Playacting the Dark Ages is an L.A. girl’s worst nightmare. But then Keelie starts seeing fairies and uncovers her connection to a community of elves.

The Goose Girl and Other Stories

The Goose Girl and Other Stories PDF Author: Eric Linklater
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1448204844
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 395

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Eric Linklater was one of the most respected and prolific Scottish writers of this century, yet more than twenty-five years have passed since his last collection of short stories was published. This selection covers Linklater's entire writing life. The settings are as various as the places where he lived - Orkney, India, California, Edinburgh and the Highlands - the events that take place, both fantastic and sensual in their depiction. A strong seam of Scottish history and culture runs through much of Linklater's work. The short stories include classics of the form, such as The Goose Girl and Kind Kitty, and wild variations on fairy stories, medieval myths, bawdy folktales, Viking sagas and 1920s crime reports. They derive from the magic of the world - love, beauty, ambition, drink and language. Their exuberant invention and comic verve provide glorious evidence for George Mackay Brown's assertion that 'Linklater is one of Scotland's best story-tellers ever'.

The Transparent Girl and Other Stories

The Transparent Girl and Other Stories PDF Author: S. Corinna Bille
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739112953
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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Stephanie Corinna Bille, a Swiss short-story writer, playwright, poet, and novelist and winner of the 1975 French Prix Concourt, is often considered the major contemporary Franco-Swiss woman writer. In The Transparent Girl and Other Stories Monika Giacoppe and Christiane Makward have assembled and translated a magnificent collection of Bille's work that exposes an English-speaking audience--many for the first time--to Bille's exotic, captivating, mystical, and sexually provocative stories.