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Author : Grace Frederica Edwards
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (49 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Peacock written by Grace Frederica Edwards and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1988 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katharine Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (13 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Peacock written by Katharine Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Doug Peacock
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849351414
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Sabertooth written by Doug Peacock and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2013-07-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Doug Peacock, as ever, walks point for all of us. Not since Bill McKibben’s The End of Nature has a book of such import been presented to readers. Peacock’s intelligence defies measure. His is a beautiful, feral heart, always robust, relentless with its love and desire for the human race to survive, and be sculpted by the coming hard times: to learn a magnificent humility, even so late in the game. Doug Peacock’s mind is a marvel—there could be no more generous act than the writing of this book. It is a crowning achievement in a long career sent in service of beauty and the dignity of life."—Rick Bass, author of Why I Came West and The Lives of Rocks Our climate is changing fast. The future is uncertain, probably fiery, and likely terrifying. Yet shifting weather patterns have threatened humans before, right here in North America, when people first colonized this continent. About 15,000 years ago, the weather began to warm, melting the huge glaciers of the Late Pleistocene. In this brand new landscape, humans managed to adapt to unfamiliar habitats and dangerous creatures in the midst of a wildly fluctuating climate. What was it like to live with huge pack-hunting lions, saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and gigantic short-faced bears, to hunt now extinct horses, camels, and mammoth? Are there lessons for modern people lingering along this ancient trail? The shifting weather patterns of today—what we call "global warming"—will far exceed anything our ancestors previously faced. Doug Peacock's latest narrative explores the full circle of climate change, from the death of the megafauna to the depletion of the ozone, in a deeply personal story that takes readers from Peacock's participation in an archeological dig for early Clovis remains in Livingston, MT, near his home, to the death of the local whitebark pine trees in the same region, as a result of changes in the migration pattern of pine beetles with the warming seasons. Writer and adventurer Doug Peacock has spent the past fifty years wandering the earth's wildest places, studying grizzly bears and advocating for the preservation of wilderness. He is the author of Grizzly Years; Baja; and Walking It Off and co-author of The Essential Grizzly. Peacock was named a 2007 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2011 Lannan Fellow.
Author : Grace Edwards
Publisher : Harlem Writers Guild Press
ISBN 13 : 9780595129409
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (294 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Peacock written by Grace Edwards and published by Harlem Writers Guild Press. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advance Praise for In the Shadow of the Peacock —Rita Mae Brown, author of Rubyfruit Jungle "I was moved no end by In the Shadow of hte Peacock. The sheer power of Yearwood's story makes you feel as if you've been privy to everyone's secrets and desires. [It] is an absorbing and evocative portrait of a mother and a daughter, caught in the shadows of each other's pain and the slow dance within which they escaped it. It is also a stunning, moving photograph, illustrating how strong love can and should be between friends as well as men and women. With a poet's compression, Yearwood's prose has the resonance and sound of guitar strings tightening, then being plucked: the echo, suspense and powe exuberate from one page to the next, carrying you through a myriad of emotions that she's so good at capturing." —Terry McMillan, author of Momma "Both thoughtfully an stylishly, yearwok unfolds twenty-five years of Black urban history. That so much serious endeavor and accomplishment can e recorded in the shadow of that Peacock bar is both a tribute to the author and to the people she salutes." —Carlyn See, author of Golden Days
Author : Grace Edwards-Yearwood
Publisher : Ivy Books
ISBN 13 : 9780804104197
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Peacock written by Grace Edwards-Yearwood and published by Ivy Books. This book was released on 1988-12-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Black women find the strength to deal with racism, poverty, and tragedy while living in Harlem during the explosive period of time between the 1940s and the 1960s
Author : Doug Peacock
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9781429933476
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Grizzly Years written by Doug Peacock and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly twenty years, alone and unarmed, author Doug Peacock traversed the rugged mountains of Montana and Wyoming tracking the magnificent grizzly. His thrilling narrative takes us into the bear's habitat, where we observe directly this majestic animal's behavior, from hunting strategies, mating patterns, and denning habits to social hierarchy and methods of communication. As Peacock tracks the bears, his story turns into a thrilling narrative about the breaking down of suspicion between man and beast in the wild.
Author : Sean Flynn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982101083
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Why Peacocks? written by Sean Flynn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until Flynn’s neighbor in North Carolina offered him one, he had never considered whether he wanted a peacock. His family became the owners of not one but three charming yet fickle birds: Carl, Ethel, and Mr. Pickle. Here he chronicles their first year as peacock owners, from struggling to build a pen to assisting the local bird doctor in surgery to triumphantly watching a peahen lay her first egg. He also examines the history of peacocks, from their appearance in the Garden of Eden. And Flynn travels across the globe to learn more about the birds firsthand. His book offers surprising lessons about love, grief, fatherhood, and family. -- adapted from jacket.
Author : Hannah Richell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062899414
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)
Download or read book The Peacock Summer written by Hannah Richell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This moving novel of family and missed opportunity will appeal to fans of Barbara Kingsolver.” — Booklist “The prose is lush and full-blooming, the pacing taut, and the setting brilliant with light and color as the suspense builds, pushing each woman to her breaking point. . . . Lillian and Maggie are rich and complex characters, struggling to embrace passion and yet fulfill their duty, and their alternating stories balance well against one another, imparting lessons on life, love, family, obligation, and—most of all—the enduring power and beauty of art. An immensely satisfying read.” — The Historical Novel Society “Even more beguiling than her previous books. Stuffed full of family secrets, it’s a tale of longing and dappled sunlight and the shimmering heat of lust. Exquisite, glamorous and breath-holdingly plotted.” — Veronica Henry “Poignant, romantic and beautifully written, I was completely captivated by this dual narrative story about forbidden love. Hannah Richell is a gifted storyteller; The Peacock Summer a wonderfully immersive book. Absolutely gorgeous.” — Kate Riordan “A rich, evocative and very moving piece of writing. The story drew me in and kept me immersed right to the final pages.” — Katherine Webb “A juicy mix of secrets and betrayals make The Peacock Summerby Hannah Richell a perfect holiday read.” — Good Housekeeping (UK)
Author : Shane Peacock
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1554699363
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)
Download or read book Last Message written by Shane Peacock and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adam has a good life in Buffalo: great parents, a cute girlfriend, adequate grades. He's not the best at anything, but he's not the worst either. He secretly lusts after Vanessa, the hottest girl in school, and when his dead grandfather's will stipulates that he go on a mission to France, Adam figures he might just have a chance to impress Vanessa and change his life from good to great. When he gets to France, he discovers he has not one but three near-impossible tasks before him. He also discovers a dark and shameful episode from his grandfather's past, something Adam is supposed to make amends for. But how can he do that when he barely speaks the language and his tasks become more and more dangerous? Despite the odds, Adam finds a way to fulfill his grandfather's wishes and, in the process, become worthy of bearing his name.
Author : Hannah Richell
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1455554324
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (555 download)
Download or read book The Shadow Year written by Hannah Richell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the internationally bestselling author of The House of Tides, a psychologically gripping novel about a group of college graduates who decide to live off the grid--and the consequences for their lives. Still grieving the death of her prematurely delivered infant, Lila finds a welcome distraction in renovating a country house she's recently inherited. Surrounded by blueprints and plaster dust, though, she finds herself drawn into the story of a group of idealistic university grads from thirty years before, who'd thrown off the shackles of bourgeois city life to claim the cottage and rely only on each other on the land. But utopia-building can be fraught with unexpected peril, and when the fate of the group is left eerily unclear, Lila turns her attention to untangling a web of secrets to uncover the shocking truth of what happened that fateful year, in order to come to terms with her own loss and build a new future for herself. Suspenseful and moving, with a deep secret at its heart, The Shadow Year is Hannah Richell's breakout book.
Author : Elizabeth Chandler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439120854
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book No Time to Die written by Elizabeth Chandler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Message from a dead girl... It's too late to call back. Jenny will never speak to Liza again. But it seems that even from beyond the grave, Liza is begging her sister for help.... They say it's a serial killer. Is it? Jenny can't afford to trust anyone. Now she's here, in Wisteria, anonymously registered at the Chase College theater camp where her sister died. The daughter of a famous theatrical family, Jenny distrusts actors, loathes acting. Yet here in the college's darkened theatre, Liza seems to be speaking to her. Suddenly Jenny is mouthing Liza's last lines, sharing Liza's last days, a drama starring Brian, the stage manager, who seems to follow her everywhere...dangerously attractive Mike...Paul, who was obsessed with Liza...motherly, suffocating assistant director Maggie...and Walker, the director, bristling with hostility and resentment against Liza and Jenny's famous father. Does he suspect Jenny's true identity? How can anyone know the visions that may be driving Jenny straight into the killer's arms?
Author : Lynn K. Kilbride
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666734209
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Tails of the Secret Peacock: The Beginning of Wisdom written by Lynn K. Kilbride and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An allegory in the spirit of C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, Tails of the Secret Peacock takes readers on adventures through time and space with the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit come to life. Wisdom, Knowledge, Strength, and the rest are embodied by seven unique women from all over the world. Imbued with the power of the Holy Spirit, they must work together to aid families stripped of their inheritances by a bloody war.
Author : Donna Andrews
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429901276
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Murder With Peacocks written by Donna Andrews and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2006-02-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Weddings...And a Murder So far Meg Langslow's summer is not going swimmingly. Down in her small Virginia hometown, she's maid of honor at the nuptials of three loved ones--each of whom has dumped the planning in her capable hands. One bride is set on including a Native American herbal purification ceremony, while another wants live peacocks on the lawn. Only help from the town's drop-dead gorgeous hunk, disappointingly rumored to be gay, keeps Meg afloat in a sea of dotty relatives and outrageous neighbors. And, in whirl of summer parties and picnics, Southern hospitality is strained to the limit by an offensive newcomer who hints at skeletons in the guests' closets. But it seems this lady has offended one too many when she's found dead in suspicious circumstances, followed by a string of accidents--some fatal. Soon, level-headed Meg's to-do list extends from flower arrangements and bridal registries to catching a killer--before the next catered event is her own funeral...
Author : Grace F. Edwards
Publisher : Crimeline
ISBN 13 : 0553580582
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Do or Die written by Grace F. Edwards and published by Crimeline. This book was released on 2001-05-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A songbird is silenced ... by murder. With her soulful voice and delicate beauty, Starr Hendrix seemed destined to live up to her name and hit it big as a jazz singer. But her career ended before it began, and Mali's father offered Starr a second chance by giving her top billing as singer for his popular jazz band's latest show. Mali isn't surprised when Starr doesn't show — but everyone is shocked when the troubled woman is found savagely murdered.... The prime suspect is a low-life pimp with a grudge against Starr. But then the pimp stops a bullet — and everyone suspects Starr's devastated father of exacting his own revenge. Mali vows to use her experience as a former cop to find the real killer. Her search will take her in and out of the "three B's" of Harlem: the beauty shops, barbershops, and the bars. But it will also lead Mali directly into the path of a killer — one who, if not stopped, will almost surely strike again....
Author : Shane Peacock
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1459811666
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (598 download)
Download or read book Separated written by Shane Peacock and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Adam's grandfather first suggests taking him on a quick trip to Sweden to celebrate his upcoming thirteenth birthday, visions of being in one of the coolest places on earth—and he's not thinking of the temperature—dance in Adam's mind. But on his way there he reads that Swedes have a darker past, and present, than he ever imagined. Then he finds himself alone and separated from his grandfather in busy Stockholm. He is followed by unsmiling strangers, chased by ghosts down alleyways and constantly watched by the strangest girl he's ever seen. And then another terror, perhaps bigger than the terror of being lost, begins to overwhelm him. In this fast-paced prequel to Last Message and Double You, the outwardly confident but often secretly anxious Adam wanders the streets of Stockholm.
Author : Angela Cervantes
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 133815933X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring (Scholastic Gold) written by Angela Cervantes and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new novel from Angela Cervantes that uses the story of Frida Kahlo to help readers discover the true power of heritage, art, and family. A room locked for fifty years.A valuable peacock ring.A mysterious brother-sister duo.Paloma Marquez is traveling to Mexico City, birthplace of her deceased father, for the very first time. She's hoping that spending time in Mexico will help her unlock memories of the too-brief time they spent together. While in Mexico, Paloma meets Lizzie and Gael, who present her with an irresistible challenge: The siblings want her to help them find a valuable ring that once belonged to beloved Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Finding the ring means a big reward -- and the thanks of all Mexico. What better way to honor her father than returning a priceless piece of jewelry that once belonged to his favorite artist! But the brother and sister have a secret. Do they really want to return the ring, or are they after something else entirely?
Author : Kiersten White
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545561450
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (455 download)
Download or read book In the Shadows written by Kiersten White and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the remarkable imagination of acclaimed artist Jim Di Bartolo and the exquisite pen of bestselling author Kiersten White comes a spellbinding story of love, mystery, and dark conspiracy. From the remarkable imagination of acclaimed artist Jim Di Bartolo and the exquisite pen of bestselling author Kiersten White comes a spellbinding story of love, mystery, and dark conspiracy, told in an alternating narrative of words and pictures.Cora and Minnie are sisters living in a small, stifling town where strange and mysterious things occur. Their mother runs the local boarding house. Their father is gone. The woman up the hill may or may not be a witch.Thomas and Charles are brothers who've been exiled to the boarding house so Thomas can tame his ways and Charles can fight an illness that is killing him with increasing speed. Their family history is one of sorrow and guilt. They think they can escape from it . . . but they can't.Arthur is also new to the boarding house. His fate is tied to that of Cora, Minnie, Thomas, and Charles. He knows what darkness circles them, but can't say why, and doesn't even know if they can be saved.
