Author: David Moxley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105629007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Autobiography of Thomas Moxley (Weasel Tom). Thomas was in his 'own' as an adventurer and hunter when the events of the Civil War engulfed his world and changed his life forever. He did not let the events change his moral character and took action to preserve his family and values. He did this in spite of the threats to his life, family and property. He took this challenge and enriched the lives of those around him and lived a full and rich life.
Weasel Tom
Author: David Moxley
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105629007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Autobiography of Thomas Moxley (Weasel Tom). Thomas was in his 'own' as an adventurer and hunter when the events of the Civil War engulfed his world and changed his life forever. He did not let the events change his moral character and took action to preserve his family and values. He did this in spite of the threats to his life, family and property. He took this challenge and enriched the lives of those around him and lived a full and rich life.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105629007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Autobiography of Thomas Moxley (Weasel Tom). Thomas was in his 'own' as an adventurer and hunter when the events of the Civil War engulfed his world and changed his life forever. He did not let the events change his moral character and took action to preserve his family and values. He did this in spite of the threats to his life, family and property. He took this challenge and enriched the lives of those around him and lived a full and rich life.
Crow and Weasel
Author: Barry Lopez
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374416133
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
"A brilliantly written and totally original New World adventure" (Jean Craighead George), about two young men of the Northern Plains "who undertake a journey through unexplored wilderness to the tundra and back" ("The New Yorker"). Full color.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374416133
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
"A brilliantly written and totally original New World adventure" (Jean Craighead George), about two young men of the Northern Plains "who undertake a journey through unexplored wilderness to the tundra and back" ("The New Yorker"). Full color.
The Thundering Smoke
Author: Guy Quigley
Publisher: Visionary Book Writers
ISBN: 1304603938
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
DURING THE VIOLENT 1920S IRISH LIBERATION WAR, TOM SUTTON BECOMES A SOUGHT-AFTER REVOLUTIONARY. AFTER HIS WIFE WAS VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED, RAPED AND MURDERED BY BLACK & TANS, HE LEAVES HIS HOMELAND, THINKING HIS SON ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. ARRIVING BY COINCIDENCE IN AFRICA, HE RELAPSES INTO ALCOHOLISM AFTER BEING BROKEN-HEARTED AND PENNILESS. BY A QUIRK OF FATE, A LITTLE GIRL WITH A BOWL OF SOUP BRINGS HIM BACK FROM A LIVING HELL. TOGETHER WITH THE GIRL HEIDI AND HIS ONLY FRIEND FROM THE LIBERATION WAR, THEY TRAVEL NORTH ON RHODESIAN RAILWAYS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SMALL WORKING GOLDMINES, FINALLY ARRIVING AT MOSI-AO-TUNYA, THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS (VICTORIA FALLS). HE ADOPTS HEIDI AND BY VIRTUE OF HEIDI'S INHERITANCE FROM HER DECEASED FATHER THEY ARRIVE AT THE VAST TREK OF LAND KNOWN AS DEMBERRA. WITH THE HELP OF AN AFRICAN-FRIEND THEY EMBARK ON A NEW FUTURE. HOWEVER, VIOLENCE, REVENGE, AND DEATH PLAGUE THEM. IF TOM SUTTON'S LIFE WAS BROKEN OR HE FAILED TO CONFRONT IT DURING THE IRISH LIBERATION WAR, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. SUTTON'S STORY COVERS FRIENDSHIPS, ADVERSARIES, HIS CHILD'S WOMANHOOD, AND HER JEALOUSY WHEN MARIA ENTERS HIS LIFE. ONLY MOSI-OA-TUNYA WILL DETERMINE A CLIMATIC ENDING TO THEIR LOVE, LUST, ANGER AND REVENGE. THIS IS SUTTON'S STORY, OFTEN POIGNANT, OFTEN JOYFUL BUT AS BIG AND EXCITING AND EPICAL AS AFRICA ITSELF.
Publisher: Visionary Book Writers
ISBN: 1304603938
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
DURING THE VIOLENT 1920S IRISH LIBERATION WAR, TOM SUTTON BECOMES A SOUGHT-AFTER REVOLUTIONARY. AFTER HIS WIFE WAS VICIOUSLY ASSAULTED, RAPED AND MURDERED BY BLACK & TANS, HE LEAVES HIS HOMELAND, THINKING HIS SON ALSO SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. ARRIVING BY COINCIDENCE IN AFRICA, HE RELAPSES INTO ALCOHOLISM AFTER BEING BROKEN-HEARTED AND PENNILESS. BY A QUIRK OF FATE, A LITTLE GIRL WITH A BOWL OF SOUP BRINGS HIM BACK FROM A LIVING HELL. TOGETHER WITH THE GIRL HEIDI AND HIS ONLY FRIEND FROM THE LIBERATION WAR, THEY TRAVEL NORTH ON RHODESIAN RAILWAYS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE SMALL WORKING GOLDMINES, FINALLY ARRIVING AT MOSI-AO-TUNYA, THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS (VICTORIA FALLS). HE ADOPTS HEIDI AND BY VIRTUE OF HEIDI'S INHERITANCE FROM HER DECEASED FATHER THEY ARRIVE AT THE VAST TREK OF LAND KNOWN AS DEMBERRA. WITH THE HELP OF AN AFRICAN-FRIEND THEY EMBARK ON A NEW FUTURE. HOWEVER, VIOLENCE, REVENGE, AND DEATH PLAGUE THEM. IF TOM SUTTON'S LIFE WAS BROKEN OR HE FAILED TO CONFRONT IT DURING THE IRISH LIBERATION WAR, ONLY TIME WILL TELL. SUTTON'S STORY COVERS FRIENDSHIPS, ADVERSARIES, HIS CHILD'S WOMANHOOD, AND HER JEALOUSY WHEN MARIA ENTERS HIS LIFE. ONLY MOSI-OA-TUNYA WILL DETERMINE A CLIMATIC ENDING TO THEIR LOVE, LUST, ANGER AND REVENGE. THIS IS SUTTON'S STORY, OFTEN POIGNANT, OFTEN JOYFUL BUT AS BIG AND EXCITING AND EPICAL AS AFRICA ITSELF.
The Thundering Smoke Book 2
Author: Guy Quigley
Publisher: Visionary Book Writers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
THE THUNDERING SMOKE - BOOK 2, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN IS A CONTINUING EVOCATIVE TALE OF REDEMPTION, RESILIENCE, AND THE ENDURING BONDS OF FAMILY SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS AND THE TUMULTUOUS HISTORY THAT SHAPES ITS INHABITANTS' LIVES. TOM SUTTON'S JOURNEY FROM GRIEF AND DESPAIR TO PURPOSE AND HOPE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'S CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. AS TOM GRAPPLES WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGIC MINE ACCIDENT, HE FINDS SOLACE AND PURPOSE IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF HEIDI, A YOUNG ORPHAN GIRL WHOSE RESILIENCE MIRRORS HIS OWN. THEIR RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMS INTO A BOND OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER, ANCHORED BY LOVE AND MUTUAL HEALING. YET, THEIR NEWFOUND FAMILY FACES CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES AT EVERY TURN. TOM'S DETERMINATION TO ADOPT HEIDI IS COMPLICATED UNTIL THE REVELATION OF A LETTER FROM THE GRAVE, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS DAUGHTER IS CAST IN STONE AND UNRAVELS SECRETS OF A VAST INHERITANCE IN THE FORM OF DEMBERRA, A SPRAWLING CATTLE RANCH. WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS LOYAL FRIEND TIM AND THE GUIDANCE OF SIMALALA, AN AFRICAN ALLY FROM HIS PAST, TOM EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY TO CARVE A FUTURE OUT OF THE UNTAMED WILDERNESS. HOWEVER, THEIR DREAMS ARE THREATENED BY THE MACHINATIONS OF BRADLEY, A CUNNING ANTAGONIST HELL-BENT ON SEIZING DEMBERRA AND THE HIDDEN FORTUNE OF STOLEN GOLD IT HARBORS. BRADLEY ENGAGES JOHN SUTTON, TOM’S ESTRANGED SON TO ASSIST IN HIS PLANS. TOM'S RESILIENCE IS PUT TO THE TEST AS HE NAVIGATES A TREACHEROUS LANDSCAPE OF BETRAYAL, GREED, AND VENGEANCE. AMIDST THE TURMOIL, A NEW CHALLENGE EMERGES IN THE FORM OF ANOTHER WOMAN VYING FOR TOM'S AFFECTION, TESTING THE BONDS FORGED BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER. AS PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE, TOM MUST CONFRONT HIS OWN DEMONS AND RECONCILE WITH HIS ESTRANGED SON, WHOSE THIRST FOR REVENGE THREATENS TO TEAR THEIR FRAGILE FAMILY APART. "THE THUNDERING SMOKE" IS A CONTINUING GRIPPING SAGA OF PERSEVERANCE, SACRIFICE, AND THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE TO CONQUER EVEN THE DARKEST OF SHADOWS. THROUGH TOM'S UNWAVERING RESOLVE AND HEIDI'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, IT EXPLORES THEMES OF FORGIVENESS, REDEMPTION, AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SECOND CHANCES. SET AGAINST THE MAJESTIC BACKDROP OF AFRICA'S RUGGED TERRAIN AND HAUNTED BY ITS TROUBLED HISTORY, IT IS A TIMELESS TALE OF HOPE AND REDEMPTION THAT WILL RESONATE WITH READERS LONG AFTER THE FINAL PAGE IS TURNED.
Publisher: Visionary Book Writers
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
THE THUNDERING SMOKE - BOOK 2, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN IS A CONTINUING EVOCATIVE TALE OF REDEMPTION, RESILIENCE, AND THE ENDURING BONDS OF FAMILY SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE AFRICAN WILDERNESS AND THE TUMULTUOUS HISTORY THAT SHAPES ITS INHABITANTS' LIVES. TOM SUTTON'S JOURNEY FROM GRIEF AND DESPAIR TO PURPOSE AND HOPE IS A TESTAMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'S CAPACITY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY. AS TOM GRAPPLES WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A TRAGIC MINE ACCIDENT, HE FINDS SOLACE AND PURPOSE IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF HEIDI, A YOUNG ORPHAN GIRL WHOSE RESILIENCE MIRRORS HIS OWN. THEIR RELATIONSHIP BLOSSOMS INTO A BOND OF FATHER AND DAUGHTER, ANCHORED BY LOVE AND MUTUAL HEALING. YET, THEIR NEWFOUND FAMILY FACES CHALLENGES AND OBSTACLES AT EVERY TURN. TOM'S DETERMINATION TO ADOPT HEIDI IS COMPLICATED UNTIL THE REVELATION OF A LETTER FROM THE GRAVE, THE DUTCHMAN’S PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF HIS DAUGHTER IS CAST IN STONE AND UNRAVELS SECRETS OF A VAST INHERITANCE IN THE FORM OF DEMBERRA, A SPRAWLING CATTLE RANCH. WITH THE SUPPORT OF HIS LOYAL FRIEND TIM AND THE GUIDANCE OF SIMALALA, AN AFRICAN ALLY FROM HIS PAST, TOM EMBARKS ON A JOURNEY TO CARVE A FUTURE OUT OF THE UNTAMED WILDERNESS. HOWEVER, THEIR DREAMS ARE THREATENED BY THE MACHINATIONS OF BRADLEY, A CUNNING ANTAGONIST HELL-BENT ON SEIZING DEMBERRA AND THE HIDDEN FORTUNE OF STOLEN GOLD IT HARBORS. BRADLEY ENGAGES JOHN SUTTON, TOM’S ESTRANGED SON TO ASSIST IN HIS PLANS. TOM'S RESILIENCE IS PUT TO THE TEST AS HE NAVIGATES A TREACHEROUS LANDSCAPE OF BETRAYAL, GREED, AND VENGEANCE. AMIDST THE TURMOIL, A NEW CHALLENGE EMERGES IN THE FORM OF ANOTHER WOMAN VYING FOR TOM'S AFFECTION, TESTING THE BONDS FORGED BETWEEN FATHER AND DAUGHTER. AS PAST AND PRESENT COLLIDE, TOM MUST CONFRONT HIS OWN DEMONS AND RECONCILE WITH HIS ESTRANGED SON, WHOSE THIRST FOR REVENGE THREATENS TO TEAR THEIR FRAGILE FAMILY APART. "THE THUNDERING SMOKE" IS A CONTINUING GRIPPING SAGA OF PERSEVERANCE, SACRIFICE, AND THE ENDURING POWER OF LOVE TO CONQUER EVEN THE DARKEST OF SHADOWS. THROUGH TOM'S UNWAVERING RESOLVE AND HEIDI'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT, IT EXPLORES THEMES OF FORGIVENESS, REDEMPTION, AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF SECOND CHANCES. SET AGAINST THE MAJESTIC BACKDROP OF AFRICA'S RUGGED TERRAIN AND HAUNTED BY ITS TROUBLED HISTORY, IT IS A TIMELESS TALE OF HOPE AND REDEMPTION THAT WILL RESONATE WITH READERS LONG AFTER THE FINAL PAGE IS TURNED.
December
Author: Phil Rickman
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857896903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
In the ruins of a haunted medieval abbey, four musicians hope to tap into the site's dark history—an experience that almost destroys them Thirteen years ago on a cold December night, a rock band called The Philosophers Stone gathered in the ancient ruins of an abbey to record their new album.The evening ended in bloodshed and death. Now, the tapes from that fateful recording session have been released as The Black Album, and the scattered members of the band know it's time for a reunion. Time to return to that dark December night—for one final performance.
Publisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 0857896903
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
In the ruins of a haunted medieval abbey, four musicians hope to tap into the site's dark history—an experience that almost destroys them Thirteen years ago on a cold December night, a rock band called The Philosophers Stone gathered in the ancient ruins of an abbey to record their new album.The evening ended in bloodshed and death. Now, the tapes from that fateful recording session have been released as The Black Album, and the scattered members of the band know it's time for a reunion. Time to return to that dark December night—for one final performance.
Uncle Tom's Volume of Songs
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Languages : en
Pages : 140
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List of Papers Bearing Upon the Zoology, Botany, and Prehistoric Archaeology of the British Isles
Author: Thomas Sheppard
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Report of the ... Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Report of the Annual Meeting
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Report of the ... and ... Meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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