Author: Tonya L. Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578222400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Broken by the unfathomable. Frightened of the future. And unaware of God's hand at work. Gracie grew up working in her grandfather's ice cream shop in the small Kentucky town of Ridgewood. Ridgewood is a quiet town known for little but a 20-year-old rumor that treasures are hidden somewhere in its hills. But when misfortune strikes, Gracie is faced with challenges no 11-year-old should have to bear. She has to learn to continue to live now that nearly everything about her life has changed. The losses are so devastating that still years later she fights the nightmares. Yet folks in the town in their own unique way watch out for their little girl as she matures into a young woman. This is a story about Gracie Howard and how she finally found healing in a message that her grandfather shared with her as a little girl and from a town with hidden treasure.Note from author: When we don't understand life's unforeseen direction and there seems to be no fathomable explanation or way out, every day is beyond difficult. Though how amazing is the moment that we not only accept His plan for our lives but witness His path to our rescue! It is life-changing when we finally experience that overwhelming moment when God draws all the broken pieces together into something amazing. This is Gracie's story of how she found healing and discovered that it is not done alone.
Treasure Atop the Mountain
Author: Tonya L. Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578222400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Broken by the unfathomable. Frightened of the future. And unaware of God's hand at work. Gracie grew up working in her grandfather's ice cream shop in the small Kentucky town of Ridgewood. Ridgewood is a quiet town known for little but a 20-year-old rumor that treasures are hidden somewhere in its hills. But when misfortune strikes, Gracie is faced with challenges no 11-year-old should have to bear. She has to learn to continue to live now that nearly everything about her life has changed. The losses are so devastating that still years later she fights the nightmares. Yet folks in the town in their own unique way watch out for their little girl as she matures into a young woman. This is a story about Gracie Howard and how she finally found healing in a message that her grandfather shared with her as a little girl and from a town with hidden treasure.Note from author: When we don't understand life's unforeseen direction and there seems to be no fathomable explanation or way out, every day is beyond difficult. Though how amazing is the moment that we not only accept His plan for our lives but witness His path to our rescue! It is life-changing when we finally experience that overwhelming moment when God draws all the broken pieces together into something amazing. This is Gracie's story of how she found healing and discovered that it is not done alone.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578222400
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Broken by the unfathomable. Frightened of the future. And unaware of God's hand at work. Gracie grew up working in her grandfather's ice cream shop in the small Kentucky town of Ridgewood. Ridgewood is a quiet town known for little but a 20-year-old rumor that treasures are hidden somewhere in its hills. But when misfortune strikes, Gracie is faced with challenges no 11-year-old should have to bear. She has to learn to continue to live now that nearly everything about her life has changed. The losses are so devastating that still years later she fights the nightmares. Yet folks in the town in their own unique way watch out for their little girl as she matures into a young woman. This is a story about Gracie Howard and how she finally found healing in a message that her grandfather shared with her as a little girl and from a town with hidden treasure.Note from author: When we don't understand life's unforeseen direction and there seems to be no fathomable explanation or way out, every day is beyond difficult. Though how amazing is the moment that we not only accept His plan for our lives but witness His path to our rescue! It is life-changing when we finally experience that overwhelming moment when God draws all the broken pieces together into something amazing. This is Gracie's story of how she found healing and discovered that it is not done alone.
Roan Mountain
Author: Jennifer A. Bauer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625841434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Roan Mountain's remarkable ecosystem has enchanted people for centuries, beginning with the first native inhabitants. Then came pioneering settlers, celebrated naturalists like John Muir, hardworking miners and loggers eager to make a living from the land and ambitious businessmen such as John T. Wilder, whose Cloudland Hotel helped make Roan a tourist destination in the late 1870s. Today, conservationists, researchers and nature lovers of all kinds flock here to experience flora and fauna unique to this region of the Appalachians. Preserving Roan's ecological heritage has proven both a challenge and a triumph for the mountain's dedicated supporters. In this newly revised and expanded edition, featuring previously unpublished color photography, former Roan Mountain park interpretive specialist Jennifer A. Bauer recounts the fascinating natural and social history of this marvelous highland landscape.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625841434
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Roan Mountain's remarkable ecosystem has enchanted people for centuries, beginning with the first native inhabitants. Then came pioneering settlers, celebrated naturalists like John Muir, hardworking miners and loggers eager to make a living from the land and ambitious businessmen such as John T. Wilder, whose Cloudland Hotel helped make Roan a tourist destination in the late 1870s. Today, conservationists, researchers and nature lovers of all kinds flock here to experience flora and fauna unique to this region of the Appalachians. Preserving Roan's ecological heritage has proven both a challenge and a triumph for the mountain's dedicated supporters. In this newly revised and expanded edition, featuring previously unpublished color photography, former Roan Mountain park interpretive specialist Jennifer A. Bauer recounts the fascinating natural and social history of this marvelous highland landscape.
Hidden Treasure
Author: Joycelyn Dankwa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 172835403X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book, Hidden Treasure, is to reveal to you the power in hidden treasure. It is to help you tap into the hidden treasures around you. To help you bring out your hidden talents. One of the banks in Canada is called Scotia Bank. It has a slogan that says, “you are richer than you think”. Hidden treasure is written to help you discover your hidden treasure, sift the myth from the reality, the wrong from the right and the lie from the truth.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 172835403X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
This book, Hidden Treasure, is to reveal to you the power in hidden treasure. It is to help you tap into the hidden treasures around you. To help you bring out your hidden talents. One of the banks in Canada is called Scotia Bank. It has a slogan that says, “you are richer than you think”. Hidden treasure is written to help you discover your hidden treasure, sift the myth from the reality, the wrong from the right and the lie from the truth.
Buried Treasures of the Ozarks
Author: W. C. Jameson
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831061
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Relates local legends from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma about abandoned mines, hidden stashes of plunder, and lost fortunes
Short Bedtime Stories For Children - Volume 3
Author: Deon Christie
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3755465027
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
As someone familiar with the nuances of writing but new to this genre, you have the opportunity to blend your existing skills with the freshness and innocence required for children’s literature. Remember, the stories we hear as children can profoundly shape our view of the world, making your venture not just an artistic pursuit, but a meaningful contribution to the lives of your young readers. Creating bedtime storybooks for children is a fulfilling and imaginative endeavour that combines the magic of storytelling with the responsibility of nurturing young minds. Writing such stories requires an understanding of what captivates children, ignites their imagination, and soothes them into a restful sleep. Writing bedtime storybooks for children is not just about telling a story; it's about sparking imagination, imparting wisdom, and setting the stage for sweet dreams. As a writer, you have the unique opportunity to be a part of children's nighttime routines, contributing to their emotional and cognitive development. With creativity, empathy, and understanding, you can create stories that will be cherished and remembered, night after night. While researching, I rather enjoyed these stories. But I also have a vastly overdeveloped imagination!
Publisher: BookRix
ISBN: 3755465027
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
As someone familiar with the nuances of writing but new to this genre, you have the opportunity to blend your existing skills with the freshness and innocence required for children’s literature. Remember, the stories we hear as children can profoundly shape our view of the world, making your venture not just an artistic pursuit, but a meaningful contribution to the lives of your young readers. Creating bedtime storybooks for children is a fulfilling and imaginative endeavour that combines the magic of storytelling with the responsibility of nurturing young minds. Writing such stories requires an understanding of what captivates children, ignites their imagination, and soothes them into a restful sleep. Writing bedtime storybooks for children is not just about telling a story; it's about sparking imagination, imparting wisdom, and setting the stage for sweet dreams. As a writer, you have the unique opportunity to be a part of children's nighttime routines, contributing to their emotional and cognitive development. With creativity, empathy, and understanding, you can create stories that will be cherished and remembered, night after night. While researching, I rather enjoyed these stories. But I also have a vastly overdeveloped imagination!
Lost and Buried Treasures of the Civil War
Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493040766
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The most compelling and exciting tales of lost and buried treasures associated with the Civil War have been collected, extensively researched and investigated, and are included in this entertaining book from one of America's foremost treasure hunters. They represent fortunes that have been lost for over one-and-a-half centuries and involve colorful characters from lowly privates up to famous officers, including Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. The thirty-one tales in this book provide backstory and pertinent information, are distributed between the Union and Confederate armies, and range from Texas to the Atlantic Cost, from Louisiana to the Canadian border.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493040766
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
The most compelling and exciting tales of lost and buried treasures associated with the Civil War have been collected, extensively researched and investigated, and are included in this entertaining book from one of America's foremost treasure hunters. They represent fortunes that have been lost for over one-and-a-half centuries and involve colorful characters from lowly privates up to famous officers, including Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy. The thirty-one tales in this book provide backstory and pertinent information, are distributed between the Union and Confederate armies, and range from Texas to the Atlantic Cost, from Louisiana to the Canadian border.
Lost Treasures & Old Mines
Author: Ann Lacy
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865348200
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Lost Treasures & Old Mines" brims with stories of gold fever, copper ore, and silver mining in the American Southwest.
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 0865348200
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Lost Treasures & Old Mines" brims with stories of gold fever, copper ore, and silver mining in the American Southwest.
New Mexico Treasure Tales
Author: W.C. Jameson
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870045523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Veteran treasure hunter and folklorist W.C. Jameson presetns twenty-six colorful, inriguing and mysterious stories about fortunes lost and found in the mountains and deserts of New Mexico.
Publisher: Caxton Press
ISBN: 9780870045523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Veteran treasure hunter and folklorist W.C. Jameson presetns twenty-six colorful, inriguing and mysterious stories about fortunes lost and found in the mountains and deserts of New Mexico.
Colorado's Lost Gold Mines and Buried Treasure
Author: Caroline Bancroft
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9780933472167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Thirty romantic and fabled tales of Colorado's misplaced wealth inspire the reader to go search.
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
ISBN: 9780933472167
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Thirty romantic and fabled tales of Colorado's misplaced wealth inspire the reader to go search.
Contesting the Yellow Dragon
Author: Xiaofei Kang
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004319239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Winner of the 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans, Chinese, Hui Muslims, Qiang and others over some 600 years, focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center of Huanglong, or Yellow Dragon. Combining historical research and fieldwork, Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine the cultural politics of northern Sichuan from early Ming through Communist revolution to the age of global tourism, bringing to light creative local adaptations in culture, ethnicity and religion as successive regimes in Beijing struggle to control and transform this distant frontier.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004319239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 505
Book Description
Winner of the 2016 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award This book is the first long-term study of the Sino-Tibetan borderland. It traces relationships and mutual influence among Tibetans, Chinese, Hui Muslims, Qiang and others over some 600 years, focusing on the old Chinese garrison city of Songpan and the nearby religious center of Huanglong, or Yellow Dragon. Combining historical research and fieldwork, Xiaofei Kang and Donald Sutton examine the cultural politics of northern Sichuan from early Ming through Communist revolution to the age of global tourism, bringing to light creative local adaptations in culture, ethnicity and religion as successive regimes in Beijing struggle to control and transform this distant frontier.