Author: Rachel Keener
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 159995186X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
It's the summer after Mercy Heron graduates from high school, and she's living in the household of her domineering grandfather and a grandmother whose behavior has always been erratic -- some folks even call it crazy. They've raised Mercy since her mother died giving birth to her under the June apple tree, after Father Heron locked her out and ignored her pleas for help. Mercy's days are spent working at the local diner, and hanging out with her wild best friend Della. Unlike Della, she's never seriously considered leaving the insulated community on Crooked Top mountain. Not until that summer when she meets Trout, a man who opens Mercy's eyes to a world beyond what she's known -- both physically and emotionally. Their relationship must be kept secret, because Father Heron won't approve of his granddaughter being involved with a migrant worker. But when Mercy tries to escape, she'll learn just how powerful, and ruthless, her grandfather can be. And the truth of her past will threaten to forever bind her to the mountain.
The Killing Tree
Author: Rachel Keener
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 159995186X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
It's the summer after Mercy Heron graduates from high school, and she's living in the household of her domineering grandfather and a grandmother whose behavior has always been erratic -- some folks even call it crazy. They've raised Mercy since her mother died giving birth to her under the June apple tree, after Father Heron locked her out and ignored her pleas for help. Mercy's days are spent working at the local diner, and hanging out with her wild best friend Della. Unlike Della, she's never seriously considered leaving the insulated community on Crooked Top mountain. Not until that summer when she meets Trout, a man who opens Mercy's eyes to a world beyond what she's known -- both physically and emotionally. Their relationship must be kept secret, because Father Heron won't approve of his granddaughter being involved with a migrant worker. But when Mercy tries to escape, she'll learn just how powerful, and ruthless, her grandfather can be. And the truth of her past will threaten to forever bind her to the mountain.
Publisher: Center Street
ISBN: 159995186X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
It's the summer after Mercy Heron graduates from high school, and she's living in the household of her domineering grandfather and a grandmother whose behavior has always been erratic -- some folks even call it crazy. They've raised Mercy since her mother died giving birth to her under the June apple tree, after Father Heron locked her out and ignored her pleas for help. Mercy's days are spent working at the local diner, and hanging out with her wild best friend Della. Unlike Della, she's never seriously considered leaving the insulated community on Crooked Top mountain. Not until that summer when she meets Trout, a man who opens Mercy's eyes to a world beyond what she's known -- both physically and emotionally. Their relationship must be kept secret, because Father Heron won't approve of his granddaughter being involved with a migrant worker. But when Mercy tries to escape, she'll learn just how powerful, and ruthless, her grandfather can be. And the truth of her past will threaten to forever bind her to the mountain.
Beyond the Killing Tree
Author: Stephen Reynolds
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
ISBN: 9780945397427
Category : Game wardens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a story of outdoor adventure and personal transition. These hunting tales are humorous, touching, and sometimes tragic, and through them runs the silent question: to kill or not to kill?
Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA)
ISBN: 9780945397427
Category : Game wardens
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a story of outdoor adventure and personal transition. These hunting tales are humorous, touching, and sometimes tragic, and through them runs the silent question: to kill or not to kill?
Beyond the Killing Fields
Author: Sydney Hillel Schanberg
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597976105
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The first collection of Sydney Schanberg's work to be published.
Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1597976105
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
The first collection of Sydney Schanberg's work to be published.
Beyond
Author: Robert Harvey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453590129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
The story begins Norway in the year 1000AD. After Training and a voyage across the North Atlantic, two young After Training and a voyage across the North Atlantic, two young Norsemen, one a Chieftain of a village in Greenland and his best friend a Viking Medicine Man fi nd themselves stranded on the Northeast coast of North America, in what is now the New England States of the United States.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453590129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 557
Book Description
The story begins Norway in the year 1000AD. After Training and a voyage across the North Atlantic, two young After Training and a voyage across the North Atlantic, two young Norsemen, one a Chieftain of a village in Greenland and his best friend a Viking Medicine Man fi nd themselves stranded on the Northeast coast of North America, in what is now the New England States of the United States.
The Country Beyond
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Romance of the wilderness, of a man turned outlaw, and his faithful dog.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dogs
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Romance of the wilderness, of a man turned outlaw, and his faithful dog.
Beyond the Last Tree
Author: M. Cummins Fair
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329556798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
One young woman. Three animals made human. A forested world on the brink of destruction. A wager between sibling gods. A birthright recalled. A quest. For Morgan of the Wood there are no gods. There is no such thing as faith. There is nothing to believe in but herself...until one day her cat leads her deep into the woods to a sacred cave and a pale-haired boy whose very existence challenges everything she believes. Called by Mai, the Son of the Ascendants, Morgan must make a choice - to undertake a quest that will lead to the restoration of the One Who Was Made Two, or to follow the path that she has unwittingly chosen - one that will end with her in the arms of Maaz, the Black Hand.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329556798
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
One young woman. Three animals made human. A forested world on the brink of destruction. A wager between sibling gods. A birthright recalled. A quest. For Morgan of the Wood there are no gods. There is no such thing as faith. There is nothing to believe in but herself...until one day her cat leads her deep into the woods to a sacred cave and a pale-haired boy whose very existence challenges everything she believes. Called by Mai, the Son of the Ascendants, Morgan must make a choice - to undertake a quest that will lead to the restoration of the One Who Was Made Two, or to follow the path that she has unwittingly chosen - one that will end with her in the arms of Maaz, the Black Hand.
Beyond Loyalty
Author: Minoru Kiyota
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824819392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Beyond Loyalty is the powerful and inspiring story of a young man whose life and education were rudely disrupted by the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few Japanese Americans have written so frankly about the humiliation they felt during World War II. Moreover, Kiyota is perhaps the first "renunciant" to share publicly the mental anguish that led to and resulted from his decision to relinquish his U.S. citizenship. Further, as a "kibei nisei"--one of a small group of Japanese Americans who spent part of their childhood in Japan--Kiyota writes from the vantage point of an individual who is at home in two very different languages and cultures. Recent events such as the Gulf War have made it all too clear that there is still much to be learned about democracy's treatment of its ethnic minorities. By putting a human face on issues of constitutional rights that arise in time of crisis, this absorbing account deserves a wide readership.
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 9780824819392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Beyond Loyalty is the powerful and inspiring story of a young man whose life and education were rudely disrupted by the U.S. government's imprisonment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Few Japanese Americans have written so frankly about the humiliation they felt during World War II. Moreover, Kiyota is perhaps the first "renunciant" to share publicly the mental anguish that led to and resulted from his decision to relinquish his U.S. citizenship. Further, as a "kibei nisei"--one of a small group of Japanese Americans who spent part of their childhood in Japan--Kiyota writes from the vantage point of an individual who is at home in two very different languages and cultures. Recent events such as the Gulf War have made it all too clear that there is still much to be learned about democracy's treatment of its ethnic minorities. By putting a human face on issues of constitutional rights that arise in time of crisis, this absorbing account deserves a wide readership.
Build Beyond Zero
Author: Bruce King
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 164283212X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
“Net Zero” has been an effective rallying cry for the green building movement, signaling a goal of having every building generate at least as much energy as it uses. Enormous strides have been made in improving the performance of every type of new building, and even more importantly, renovating the vast and energy-inefficient collection of existing buildings in every country. If we can get every building to net-zero energy use in the next few decades, it will be a huge success, but it will not be enough. In Build Beyond Zero, carbon pioneers Bruce King and Chris Magwood re-envision buildings as one of our most practical and affordable climate solutions instead of leading drivers of climate change. They provide a snapshot of a beginning and map towards a carbon-smart built environment that acts as a CO2 filter. Professional engineers, designers, and developers are invited to imagine the very real potential for our built environment to be a site of net carbon storage, a massive drawdown pool that could help to heal our climate. The authors, with the help of other industry experts, show the importance of examining what components of an efficient building (from windows to solar photovoltaics) are made with, and how the supply chains deliver all those products and materials to a jobsite. Build Beyond Zero looks at the good and the bad of how we track carbon (Life Cycle Assessment), then takes a deep dive into materials (with a focus on steel and concrete) and biological architecture, and wraps up with education, policy and governance, circular economy, and where we go in the next three decades. In Build Beyond Zero, King and Magwood show how buildings are culprits but stand poised to act as climate healers. They offer an exciting vision of climate-friendly architecture, along with practical advice for professionals working to address the carbon footprint of our built environment.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 164283212X
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
“Net Zero” has been an effective rallying cry for the green building movement, signaling a goal of having every building generate at least as much energy as it uses. Enormous strides have been made in improving the performance of every type of new building, and even more importantly, renovating the vast and energy-inefficient collection of existing buildings in every country. If we can get every building to net-zero energy use in the next few decades, it will be a huge success, but it will not be enough. In Build Beyond Zero, carbon pioneers Bruce King and Chris Magwood re-envision buildings as one of our most practical and affordable climate solutions instead of leading drivers of climate change. They provide a snapshot of a beginning and map towards a carbon-smart built environment that acts as a CO2 filter. Professional engineers, designers, and developers are invited to imagine the very real potential for our built environment to be a site of net carbon storage, a massive drawdown pool that could help to heal our climate. The authors, with the help of other industry experts, show the importance of examining what components of an efficient building (from windows to solar photovoltaics) are made with, and how the supply chains deliver all those products and materials to a jobsite. Build Beyond Zero looks at the good and the bad of how we track carbon (Life Cycle Assessment), then takes a deep dive into materials (with a focus on steel and concrete) and biological architecture, and wraps up with education, policy and governance, circular economy, and where we go in the next three decades. In Build Beyond Zero, King and Magwood show how buildings are culprits but stand poised to act as climate healers. They offer an exciting vision of climate-friendly architecture, along with practical advice for professionals working to address the carbon footprint of our built environment.
The Country Beyond A Romance of the Wilderness
Author: James Oliver Curwood
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613104936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1613104936
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Beyond the Abortion Wars: A Way Forward for a New Generation
Author: Camosy
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802874681
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Now in paperback A terribly timely take on the polarized abortion debate The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book (published in hardcover in March 2015) Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americans actually agree on the major issues at stake in abortion morality and law. Unpacking the complexity of the abortion issue, Camosy shows that placing oneself on either side of the typical polarizations -- pro-life vs. pro-choice, liberal vs. conservative, Democrat vs. Republican -- only serves to further confuse the debate and limits our ability to have fruitful dialogue. Camosy then proposes a new public policy that he believes is consistent with the beliefs of the broad majority of Americans and supported by the best ideas and arguments about abortion from both secular and religious sources.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802874681
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Now in paperback A terribly timely take on the polarized abortion debate The abortion debate in the United States is confused. Ratings-driven media coverage highlights extreme views and creates the illusion that we are stuck in a hopeless stalemate. In this book (published in hardcover in March 2015) Charles Camosy argues that our polarized public discourse hides the fact that most Americans actually agree on the major issues at stake in abortion morality and law. Unpacking the complexity of the abortion issue, Camosy shows that placing oneself on either side of the typical polarizations -- pro-life vs. pro-choice, liberal vs. conservative, Democrat vs. Republican -- only serves to further confuse the debate and limits our ability to have fruitful dialogue. Camosy then proposes a new public policy that he believes is consistent with the beliefs of the broad majority of Americans and supported by the best ideas and arguments about abortion from both secular and religious sources.