Author: Anne M. Smith-Nochasak
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038316596
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The year is 2036, and the land once known as North America is ravaged by environmental decay and ruled with an iron fist by the oppressive Millennial cult known as The Elect. Seventy-eight year-old Flo is documenting what might be, in her opinion, “the last history of the world,” while managing the diverse, odd, and sometimes dangerous individuals hiding out in her rural Nova Scotian swamp. Flo clings to her granddaughter River, the only light left in this otherwise dark existence. Her Inuit-born son and his Salish partner, River’s parents, have escaped to Quebec to lead the resistance. There is no one left for Flo to trust now, but she holds onto the belief that change is possible and she diligently prepares for the revolution. As River approaches her twelfth birthday, the Elect’s sinister plans threaten to tear them apart. Forced into a breeding program euphemistically dubbed “The Resurrection,” River faces a grim fate. Determined to defy the tyranny, Flo and River race against time to ensure River’s escape. At times irreverent and always honest, Flo draws us into a dark world, shocking us while summoning us to hope, and sometimes even to laughter. This is her story: the story of a rebel grandmother, in which saving her granddaughter River will be the key to all. River Faces North marks the first novel of a new trilogy, delivering readers a dystopian tale of survival, sacrifice, resilience, and the enduring power of hope and love.
With the River on Our Face
Author: Emmy Pérez
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816534519
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Emmy Pérez’s poetry collection With the River on Our Face flows through the Southwest and the Texas borderlands to the river’s mouth in the Rio Grande Valley/El Valle. The poems celebrate the land, communities, and ecology of the borderlands through lyric and narrative utterances, auditory and visual texture, chant, and litany that merge and diverge like the iconic river in this long-awaited collection. Pérez reveals the strengths and nuances of a universe where no word is “foreign.” Her fast-moving, evocative words illuminate the prayers, gasps, touches, and gritos born of everyday discoveries and events. Multiple forms of reference enrich the poems in the form of mantra: ecologist’s field notes, geopolitical and ecofeminist observations, wildlife catalogs, trivia, and vigil chants. “What is it to love / within viewing distance of night / vision goggles and guns?” is a question central to many of these poems. The collection creates a poetic confluence of the personal, political, and global forces affecting border lives. Whether alluding to El Valle as a place where toxins now cross borders more easily than people or wildlife, or to increased militarization, immigrant seizures, and twenty-first-century wall-building, Pérez’s voice is intimate and urgent. She laments, “We cannot tattoo roses / On the wall / Can’t tattoo Gloria Anzaldúa’s roses / On the wall”; yet, she also reaffirms Anzaldúa’s notions of hope through resilience and conocimiento. With the River on Our Face drips deep like water, turning into amistad—an inquisition into human relationships with planet and self.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816534519
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
Emmy Pérez’s poetry collection With the River on Our Face flows through the Southwest and the Texas borderlands to the river’s mouth in the Rio Grande Valley/El Valle. The poems celebrate the land, communities, and ecology of the borderlands through lyric and narrative utterances, auditory and visual texture, chant, and litany that merge and diverge like the iconic river in this long-awaited collection. Pérez reveals the strengths and nuances of a universe where no word is “foreign.” Her fast-moving, evocative words illuminate the prayers, gasps, touches, and gritos born of everyday discoveries and events. Multiple forms of reference enrich the poems in the form of mantra: ecologist’s field notes, geopolitical and ecofeminist observations, wildlife catalogs, trivia, and vigil chants. “What is it to love / within viewing distance of night / vision goggles and guns?” is a question central to many of these poems. The collection creates a poetic confluence of the personal, political, and global forces affecting border lives. Whether alluding to El Valle as a place where toxins now cross borders more easily than people or wildlife, or to increased militarization, immigrant seizures, and twenty-first-century wall-building, Pérez’s voice is intimate and urgent. She laments, “We cannot tattoo roses / On the wall / Can’t tattoo Gloria Anzaldúa’s roses / On the wall”; yet, she also reaffirms Anzaldúa’s notions of hope through resilience and conocimiento. With the River on Our Face drips deep like water, turning into amistad—an inquisition into human relationships with planet and self.
The River Flows North
Author: Graciela Limón
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 1558855858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A group of would-be immigrants follows smuggler Leonardo Cerda in an attempt to cross the desert border between Mexico and the United States. The grueling and desperate trip will mark their lives forever.
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 1558855858
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
A group of would-be immigrants follows smuggler Leonardo Cerda in an attempt to cross the desert border between Mexico and the United States. The grueling and desperate trip will mark their lives forever.
People of the River
Author: W. Michael Gear
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765364492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
All the Gears' previous titles in the First North American series have been national bestsellers. Now, People of the River is finally available in mass-market. This gripping saga tells of the Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley. In a time of many troubles, a warchief and his people have lost all hope. But hope is revived with a young girl learning to Dream of Power.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765364492
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
All the Gears' previous titles in the First North American series have been national bestsellers. Now, People of the River is finally available in mass-market. This gripping saga tells of the Mound Builders of the Mississippi Valley. In a time of many troubles, a warchief and his people have lost all hope. But hope is revived with a young girl learning to Dream of Power.
North of the River
Author: Mark Higginson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595149251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
North of the River is a exciting and graphic tale of a young Army officer's first tour of duty in the Korean DMZ of 1969. The fact that a low grade war was being fought in Korea at that time is generally unknown to most of the American people. This story provides a fascinating and revealing tale, full of humor, adventure, romance, and an accurate picture of military life and life as a Red Cross "Doughnut Dolly" in this little know theater. It moves quickly through a thirteen month tour until the reader crashes head on into the surprise, action filled conclusion.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595149251
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
North of the River is a exciting and graphic tale of a young Army officer's first tour of duty in the Korean DMZ of 1969. The fact that a low grade war was being fought in Korea at that time is generally unknown to most of the American people. This story provides a fascinating and revealing tale, full of humor, adventure, romance, and an accurate picture of military life and life as a Red Cross "Doughnut Dolly" in this little know theater. It moves quickly through a thirteen month tour until the reader crashes head on into the surprise, action filled conclusion.
Daily River Stages at River Gage Stations on the Principal Rivers of the United States
Author: United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Flora of Disko Island and the Adjacent Coast of West Greenland from 66-̊71 ̊N. Lat
Author: Daniel Bruun
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Daily River Stages at River-gage Stations on the Principal Rivers of the United States for the Years 1858-.
Author: United States. Weather Bureau
Publisher:
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Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rivers
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Results of Spirit Leveling in Wyoming, 1896 to 1912, Inclusive
Author: R. B. Marshall
Publisher:
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Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Wyoming
Languages : en
Pages : 780
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Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
Author: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1180
Book Description