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Book Synopsis Grandpa, How High's the Sky? by : Charles Avery
Download or read book Grandpa, How High's the Sky? written by Charles Avery and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-14 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of stories put together to make you laugh and reflect on the good things in life. Many of the stories are true in nature, telling of the comical things said and done by kids and grandkids as they were growing up. There is also a mixture of fiction and some stories about the author's thoughts as he travels to and fro. Hunters and fishermen will enjoy the fiction. Moms will recognize such things as an occasional toad in the jeans pockets. Nature lovers will enjoy the lines about the wind, clouds, and trees. Most of these stories are written to ease the stress of daily life. If you take the time to read two stories a day for a month, see how they may start or end your day with a laugh, and at the end of the month, you may be less stressed out.
Download or read book High Skies written by Tracy Daugherty and published by Red Hen Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 1950s Texas small town reels from severe weather, Cold War paranoia, and school integration in this novella by the author of American Originals. High Skies recounts the collision of devastating weather, Cold War suspicion, tense race relations, and the unintended consequences of good intentions in a small west Texas town in the 1950s, changing the futures of the families there and altering their perceptions of America. At the center of this perfect storm is Raymond “Flyboy” Seaker, a respected military veteran, now the vice principal of a school in which Troy, who tells the story, and his disabled friend Stevie will have their lives upended forever. Through a combination of his own well-meaning ambitions and the political maneuverings of others, Flyboy, and the families he serves come to grasp the meaning of community and of individual fortitude. Written with a vivid economy recalling Denis Johnson’s Train Dreams and painting as indelible a portrait of small-town life as Larry McMurtry’s The Last Picture Show, High Skies is a perfectly distilled American epic. Praise for High Skies “Tracy Daugherty’s characters have a stubborn, wonderful realness to them, the sign of a writer absolutely alert to the complex world around us.” —Andrea Barrett, winner of the National Book Award “Daugherty’s writing is deeply rooted in time and place and the historical events that color the characters’ lives. The effect of this is not nostalgia but a perspective on the relationship between the private and the public, the personal and the political. His characters are wholly realized, the writing as clean as sheets on a summer line.” —Robert Boswell, PEN West Award finalist “Daugherty adeptly creates a toxic environment where people’s fears obscure their rationality and impair their judgment. The account of one man left out to dry makes for a stark, memorable outing.” —Publishers Weekly
Book Synopsis Essays of Multiple Sorts by : Bruce Howard Hamilton
Download or read book Essays of Multiple Sorts written by Bruce Howard Hamilton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ESSAYS OF MULTIPLE SORTS is a not entirely forgivable foray into bits and pieces of serious horsing-around on some very verbal kinds of levels. The main possible defect or deficiency, stylistically, could be in terms of some somewhat quirky uses of, as well as some very "special" nonuses of, commas. Aggregately, the aggregated matter might seem (if not instructive) marvelously fruity and fruitful-or such. [[The opening offered item is perhaps quotidian and bizarre dialogue (({X: Your shoes resemble mine. Y: Mine are like yours. Z: Mine are close kin to any. A: Why are we awaiting a decidedly large doom? B: Since when were we doing that? X: Footwear is nothing. Y: Indeed!})), whereas the final item really might seem to be sincerely praising a very recent Rock Star.]]
Book Synopsis High Skies and Fat Horses by : William J. Wallisch
Download or read book High Skies and Fat Horses written by William J. Wallisch and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Air Force Captain Norm Whitman gets his orders to a remote island off the southern coast of Korea he finds himself working for Major Dubbs, who already hates his guts. But it only takes a day for Whitman to team up with his fellow site mates: An alcoholic chaplain (Father Paul); the irreverent site medic (Sergeant Goldman); a fellow captain (Andy Packer, nickname “Oyster”), made constantly miserable by his Korean “Yobo” girl friend (Adja); and a group of Korean officers dedicated to both their military mission and serious partying. The creed for survival: “It’s your mind or your liver!” Curiously flawed and alcoholic, Whitman carries his Catholic guilt from brothels to brawls. A group of Irish priest missionaries and other assorted characters who fly in and out from bases all over East Asia join in the rice-wine driven mayhem that drives base commander Dubbs up the wall. The good times end when Whitman must deal with the murder of one of his closest site mates, the Korean police, and his own shock at how suddenly life can turn ugly. On the heels of tragedy, Whitman is selected for an assignment just as surreal: Train and accompany his Korean counterparts for a top-secret mission to Vietnam. What happens in the war zone will prove to be his day of reckoning. Includes Readers Guide.
Book Synopsis A Piece of the Sky by : David Patneaude
Download or read book A Piece of the Sky written by David Patneaude and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russell's summer seems doomed. He's stuck in small-town Oregon without anything fun. Then a legend about an old meteorite envelops him and he makes a dangerous trip into the mountains to find the meteorite, rumored to be rare and valuable.
Book Synopsis I Brake for Clouds by : Dian Cunningham Parrotta
Download or read book I Brake for Clouds written by Dian Cunningham Parrotta and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cloud watching is in danger of becoming a lost art form like the old silent movies, remembering Charlie Chaplin, the sweet little man with a bowler hat, mustache, and cane, or those magical characters of pantomime in extravagant costumes performing in silence just like how cloud formations variously resemble whales, or angel statues, or airy, floating pavlovas topped with whipped cream, or white perennial gardens in bloom with bleached roses, or floating eider male ducks, or spirit bears, those rare American black bears, in the sky floating next to five sheep grazing in a sky pasture of swelling cumulus medium clouds detached with small cloud fragments coasting by all who sprang from beams of luster from our heavenly, celestial walls. I Brake for Clouds is a cloud-watching book reminding us to look up at our sky like looking through an ancient kaleidoscope, observing architectural patterns and combinations, calling forth memories of something so unexpected, making pareidolia hard at work. The sky’s endless formations can be captured in paintings, videos, or within the lines of poetry, and as any cloud spotter will agree, you can never drink too much from our skies.
Download or read book High and Mighty written by Elaine Louise and published by epubli. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monsters do exist. Real monsters aren't always obvious. Not all monsters resemble the stereotypical supernatural, mythical beast, look like the devil, or have colossus abnormalities. These monsters are far more predictable than childhood fairy tales and Hollywood movies that are simply derived from someone's imagination, which helps brings a story to life. The most dangerous monsters are the ones we innocently pass by every day in the streets, and perhaps even talk to. These monsters can form part of our daily routine. They could be a complete stranger on public transport, work in an office, a school, or even be a customer in a local bar. They could be a relative, distant or close, someone we eat meals with, or spend considerable time with. These are the monsters who are careful about how they reveal themselves, and how they integrate into our world and our lives. We don't always know they're monsters until it's too late.
Download or read book Sky's End written by Marc J Gregson and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2024-01-02 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plummet into a kill-or-be-killed competition where a scrappy underdog hell-bent on revenge must claw his way to the top in this thrilling YA fantasy debut Exiled to live as a Low, sixteen-year-old Conrad refuses to become heir to his murderous uncle. But Meritocracy is a harsh and unforgiving rule on the floating island of Holmstead, and when his ailing mother is killed by monstrous gorgantauns, Conrad cuts a deal to save the only family he has left. To rescue his sister from his uncle's clutches, Conrad must enter the Selection of the Twelve Trades. Hunter, the deadliest of all the Trades, gains a fresh recruit with Conrad. Now he must endure vigorous training, manipulative peers, and the Gauntlet—a brutal final test that yields riches and status to whichever skyship crew kills the most gorgantauns. Forced to serve in the lowest of stations and unseen by all, Conrad overhears whispers of rebellion in the dark. Conrad had never known anything existed below the toxic black clouds of the Skylands . . . until now. Grab your copy of Book One of the Above the Black trilogy today! This fast-paced series is reminiscent of Attack on Titan and will appeal to fans of Pierce Brown. It's a great pick for those who love action-adventure.
Download or read book Sky's Witness written by C. L. Rawlins and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoreau joked that he was a "self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms," never dreaming that such a need might exist. But such is the author's work and that of his various helpers, from ski bums to shortstops. They travel the alpine wilderness at all seasons by touring skis , snowshoes, pack llamas, float-tubes, and a tiny but dependable rat. The remove mountain beauty, "where thoughts stretch for miles and days," would be enough, but C.L. Rawlins is after something more. He's a backcountry hydrologist, collecting rain, snow, and the water of high lakes to measure air pollution. Alongside Rawlins we discover the natural history of the central Rockies, the flowering of plants, and the ways of mountain animals. We learn how the Shoshoni lived in this harsh country before the arrival of settlers. We see also the effect of twentieth-century living on a wilderness that feels pristine but bears the chemical trace of distant smokestacks and freeways. With a style that roams between natural observation and personal essay, Rawlins's Sky's Witness gives access not only to the wilderness but to the ways in which we know ourselves.
Book Synopsis High School DxD, Vol. 5 (light novel) by : Ichiei Ishibumi
Download or read book High School DxD, Vol. 5 (light novel) written by Ichiei Ishibumi and published by Yen Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A VACATION IN THE UNDERWORLD! School's out for the summer, and Issei's already dreaming up fantasies of hitting on hotties at the beach. His master, Rias Gremory, has other plans for him and the rest of the Occult Research Club, however—a season-long training stint in Hell. As if that wasn't disappointing enough, Issei's instructor is a terrifying dragon that tried to kill him! It may sound like a brutal lesson plan, but he'll need it because a few of Vali's allies decide to crash an underworld party and stir up trouble. What's more, one of them bears a striking resemblance to Koneko...
Book Synopsis Great Sage Equal of Heaven by : Ye XiaoZui
Download or read book Great Sage Equal of Heaven written by Ye XiaoZui and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Descendant of the Venerable One, descended cultivation, overturned rivers and seas, directly struck the Yellow Dragon, battled immortals and devils, struck the underworld with a rod, and battled to the death. Only I, Great Sage Qi Tian, fought to the heavens. Close]
Book Synopsis Our Land Is the Sky by : Frank J. Croskerry
Download or read book Our Land Is the Sky written by Frank J. Croskerry and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring has been a violent affair this year, and many new crows have not survived the high winds and rainstorms. For the few who have, there are still the very dangerous exercises of learning what birds need to know to exist with the rest of the clan. While flying comes naturally to them, there is much more they need to know if they are to stay out of harms reach. Young crow Jimmy Fastwing has his grandfather to teach him the basic things a young crow needs to know. If he can manage the first stages of take-offs and landings, there will be other family members to assist him in his learning. Hell have to know about things like finding food, hiding it, and socializing with the clan. Join Jimmy in his first year of life as he grows, learns, and avoids one calamity after another. If hes lucky, hell learn quickly enough to become an important member of the clan. Winner of Editor's Choice and Rising Star Awards
Book Synopsis From a High Place by : Matthew Spender
Download or read book From a High Place written by Matthew Spender and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the finest biographies of an artist I have ever read."—John Ashbery
Book Synopsis The Origins of the World's Mythologies by : Michael Witzel
Download or read book The Origins of the World's Mythologies written by Michael Witzel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Witzel persuasively demonstrates the prehistoric origins of most of the mythologies of Eurasia and the Americas ('Laurasia').
Download or read book Sky High written by Tom Murphy and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 1977 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky by : Mara Kardas-Nelson
Download or read book We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky written by Mara Kardas-Nelson and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply reported work of journalism that explores the promises and perils of microfinance, told through the eyes of international lenders and women borrowers in West Africa In the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American trained Bangladeshi economist, met a poor female stool maker who needed money to expand her business. In an act widely known as the beginning of microfinance, Yunus lent $27 to forty-two women, hoping small credit would help the women pull themselves out of poverty. Soon, Yunus’s Grameen Bank was born, and the idea of giving very small, high-interest loans to poor people took off. In 2006, Yunus and the Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize for “efforts to create economic and social development from below.” But there’s a problem with this story. There are mounting concerns that these small loans are as likely to bury poor people in debt as they are to pull them from poverty, with borrowers from India to Kenya facing consequences such as jail time and forced land sales. Reportedly hundreds have even committed suicide. What happened? Did microfinance take a wrong turn, or was it flawed from the beginning? Mara Kardas-Nelson’s We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky is about unintended consequences, blind optimism, and the decades-long ramifications of seemingly small policy choices. The book is rooted in the stories of women borrowers in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Their narratives, woven through a deep history of modern international development, are set against the rise of Yunus’s vision that tiny loans would “put poverty in museums.” Kardas-Nelson asks: What is missed with a single, financially focused solution to global inequity that ignores the real drivers of poverty? Who stands to benefit and, more important, who gets left behind?
Book Synopsis The Fruitosaurs and the Journey to the Planet Birth by : Amol Ashok More
Download or read book The Fruitosaurs and the Journey to the Planet Birth written by Amol Ashok More and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This was a whole new place with unbelievable visuals and she was unable to understand where she was. She couldnt understand how mud can be white in color and a rainbow exist in the night, a big moon purple in colorall these were getting into her head, and she was going crazy. She was wondering whether all these are for real or if she is dreaming. She started to move toward the rice ship and suddenly, she heard a growling noise behind herGrrrrrrr. She looks behind, and her big black eyes become bigger. There was a huge dinosaur standing behind her. It had light green skin and dark green stripes on the body. It was staring at her with his deadly, ferocious eyes. Jenny could see its black razor-sharp teeth and the inside of the mouth was dark red in color. Frightened to the extreme, she screamed at the top of her voice, but there was no sound. Jenny lost her voice while screaming in the ship. The dinosaur roared again and moved towards her. Suddenly, another red-colored dinosaur came out and pushed her toward the river and jumped into it with her before the green dinosaur could act. The red dinosaur grabs her and moves with the water to the other side.
