Bird Of Another Heaven

Author : James D. Houston
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307388087

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Bird of Another Heaven by James D. Houston Pdf

From the acclaimed author of Snow Mountain Passage comes this richly evocative novel that follows a half-Indian, half-Hawai'ian woman and her complex relationship with the last king of Hawai'i.When talk show host Sheridan Brody finds the journals of his great grandmother Nani Keala (aka Nancy Callahan), he uncovers a mythic, unknown tale. Nani, a shy girl from a remote Indian village, met the Hawai'ian king, David Kalakaua, on his grand progress by train across the United States in 1881, eventually returning with him to Honolulu. There, as his young ally and protégée, ever more assured and charming, she played an integral role in his attempt to revive the monarchy and spirit of his people and, eventually, witnessed the mysterious circumstances surrounding his downfall. Deeply engaging through its vivid portrayal of California and Hawai'i at the end of the nineteenth century, Bird of Another Heaven is a masterful portrait of an era long past.

Author : Howard A. Norman
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152019820

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Between Heaven and Earth by Howard A. Norman Pdf

The creators of The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese provide an illustrated collection of folktales from around the world, all of which have a bird as a main character.

Author : James D. Richardson
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826364036

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The Abolitionist's Journal by James D. Richardson Pdf

The author raises questions about why the fervent commitment to the emancipation of African Americans was nearly forgotten by his family, exploring the racial attitudes in the author's upbringing and the ingrained racism that still plagues our nation today.

Author : James D. Houston
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307427823

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Snow Mountain Passage by James D. Houston Pdf

Snow Mountain Passage is a powerful retelling of the most dramatic of our pioneer stories—the ordeal of the Donner Party, with its cast of young and old risking all, its imprisoning snows, its rumors of cannibalism. James Houston takes us inside this central American myth in a compelling new way that only a novelist can achieve. The people whose dreams, courage, terror, ingenuity, and fate we share are James Frazier Reed, one of the leaders of the Donner Party, and his wife and four children—in particular his eight-year-old daughter, Patty. From the moment we meet Reed—proud, headstrong, yet a devoted husband and father—traveling with his family in the "Palace Car," a huge, specially built covered wagon transporting the Reeds in grand style, the stage is set for trouble. And as they journey across the country, thrilling to new sights and new friends, coping with outbursts of conflict and constant danger, trouble comes. It comes in the fateful choice of a wrong route, which causes the group to arrive at the foot of the Sierra Nevada too late to cross into the promised land before the snows block the way. It comes in the sudden fight between Reed and a drover—a fight that exiles Reed from the others, sending him solo over the mountains ahead of the storms. We follow Reed during the next five months as he travels around northern California, trying desperately to find means and men to rescue his family. And through the amazingly imagined "Trail Notes" of Patty Reed, who recollects late in life her experiences as a child, we also follow the main group, progressively stranded and starving on the Nevada side of the Sierras. Snow Mountain Passage is an extraordinary tale of pride and redemption. What happens—who dies, who survives, and why—is brilliantly, grippingly told.

Author : Parsa Peykar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1729174922

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The Bird from the Kingdom of Heaven by Parsa Peykar Pdf

What does it mean to be free? It is one thing to be rescued, another to be free.Freedom, in its original form, is the most costly state to be reached and accomplished in our human experience. To be rescued is one thing, to be free is another; one can be done by a hand of others, the other needs to be discovered within oneself by realizing the Truth. In one side, there is a cage with a wide-open door giving access to liberty and sky- on the other, is a slaved bird, not being able to fly due to its damaged mental state. When it comes to freedom, what is the cost to be set free? Is it by the result of a revolt or a change of heart? In the real sense, the greatest revolution, young or old, is in the transformation of one's heart into its original form and the choice lies in where we decide to stand. I have collaborated this book with two inmates from the Twin Tower Correctional Facility Jail in Los Angeles who helped me with the illustrations and the cover.The Bird from the Kingdom of Heaven is meant to take you to our original state, freedom and love.

Author : Lonely Planet,Craig McLachlan,Ryan Ver Berkmoes
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781787011977

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Lonely Planet Honolulu Waikiki & Oahu by Lonely Planet,Craig McLachlan,Ryan Ver Berkmoes Pdf

Lonely Planet Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Catch the sunset at Waikiki Beach, snorkel the turquoise waters of Hanauma Bay, or browse the Bishop Museum's Hawaiian artefacts; all with your trusted travel companion.

Author : John C. Jackson
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781552381113

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Jemmy Jock Bird by John C. Jackson Pdf

The story of Jemmy Jock Bird, the son of a Chief Factor of the Hudson's Bay Company and a Cree woman, is a little-known, yet fascinating, part of the mythology of the northern fur trade. Caught between opposing sides of a dual heritage, Bird situated himself firmly in both worlds. Hired as an undercover 'confidential servant', he crossed into US territory to bring furs taken by Cree and Peigan hunters to his British employers. Later, he served both nations, and his tribal friends, in the negotiation of the 1855 Blackfoot peace treaty and the 1877 Canadian Treaty 7. In this creative non-fiction account, Jackson reconstructs the life of this intriguing individual, using materials from the Hudson's Bay Archives, the Montana Historical Society, and Bird's descendants living on the American Blackfoot Reservation in Browning, Montana.

Author : Patricia Storace
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307908698

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The Book of Heaven by Patricia Storace Pdf

From the author of the classic travel memoir Dinner with Persephone, an accomplished poet, and frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, here is an eagerly anticipated, stunningly original novel of heartrending lyricism about four women, a fierce mythopoeia that invites us to enter into a new and powerful imagination of the sublime: What if “a woman’s point of view” were God’s? As The Book of Heaven commences, Eve speaks about what is alleged to have happened in the Garden of Eden, a story she hardly recognizes. She tells her version of events, revealing that the constellations we are accustomed to seeing above conceal heavens with which we have yet to contend. In the four parts of the novel—The Book of Souraya, The Book of Savour, The Book of Rain, The Book of Sheba—and their accompanying proverbs, Eve accounts for four new zodiacs and teaches us how to view each and comprehend its centrality to women: a knife, a cauldron for cooking, a paradisiacal garden, lovers embracing. Each book keenly evokes the life of a woman newly freed from the old tales in which she was trapped: a metamorphosis of Sarah, Abraham’s wife; a polytheistic cook; Job’s wife; and the Queen of Sheba. In The Book of Heaven, Patricia Storace has brilliantly and radically reimagined the worlds of these women, putting them in the foreground of their stories and of the so-called Old Testament itself.

Author : Phillip Hoose
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780374301965

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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose Pdf

The tragedy of extinction is explained through the dramatic story of a legendary bird, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and of those who tried to possess it, paint it, shoot it, sell it, and, in a last-ditch effort, save it. A powerful saga that sweeps through two hundred years of history, it introduces artists like John James Audubon, bird collectors like William Brewster, and finally a new breed of scientist in Cornell's Arthur A. "Doc" Allen and his young ornithology student, James Tanner, whose quest to save the Ivory-bill culminates in one of the first great conservation showdowns in U.S. history, an early round in what is now a worldwide effort to save species. As hope for the Ivory-bill fades in the United States, the bird is last spotted in Cuba in 1987, and Cuban scientists join in the race to save it. All this, plus Mr. Hoose's wonderful story-telling skills, comes together to give us what David Allen Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds calls "the most thorough and readable account to date of the personalities, fashions, economics, and politics that combined to bring about the demise of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker." The Race to Save the Lord God Bird is the winner of the 2005 Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2005 Bank Street - Flora Stieglitz Award.

Author : Bruce Whittington
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1894898214

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Seasons with Birds by Bruce Whittington Pdf

With growing numbers of people turning to birdwatching as their favourite outdoor activity, this delightful book will be welcome. Unlike the typical guidebook, this beautifully illustrated work brings readers the birding experience-the thrill of spotting a particular bird for the first time, the wonder of witnessing the easy power of a gyrfalcon's flight, the pleasure of watching the dramatic choreography of a flock of wheeling shorebirds. Naturalist and veteran birder Bruce Whittington takes the reader through a year with birds. Each month offers descriptive information about several birds, along with interesting bits of bird lore, including the incredible story of long-range migrations, how birds fly, the plumage changes they undergo, and the life stories of early ornithologists. Read in its entirety or savoured story by story as the months on the kitchen calendar go by, this wonderful book will edify and please all who appreciate the beauty and song of our "feathered friends."

Author : Raquel Cepeda
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451635874

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Bird of Paradise by Raquel Cepeda Pdf

Chronicles the author's quest to find out about her ancestry through DNA testing, sharing findings, stories, and the controveries around Latino identity.

Author : George Young
Publisher : UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781934795354

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Bird of Paradise by George Young Pdf

Author : Jin BaoZi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649355027

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Everlasting King God by Jin BaoZi Pdf

There were tens of thousands of races, and all of them stood together! Generation after generation of almighty beings had fallen, one after another rising to prominence as a new star had risen to prominence. In this vast world, who was the master of this world? A youth began with an unremarkable service disciple. Relying on the piece of broken beast skin passed down from generation to generation, he cut through all the thorns and thistles, becoming a king god who ruled the world! Close]

Author : Long ChengDiPi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649352743

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Inverse Sovereign by Long ChengDiPi Pdf

A broken pagoda actually contained a world within it. Heaven's Mandate, what was Heaven's Mandate? Was it fate, or fate? Could it be that abandonment of one's Dantian was the so-called destiny? If this were fate, then I would definitely defy the will of the Heavens. If the great Dao did not exist, then I would definitely cause it to awaken, step upon the Heavens, defy the Heavens, and open up ten thousand lives .... 

Author : Janice M. Hughes
Publisher : Firefly Books
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-23
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781770880016

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The Migration of Birds by Janice M. Hughes Pdf

Why do birds migrate -- and just how do they do it? The Migration of Birds is a comprehensive illustrated presentation of the mysteries of bird migration. Ornithologist Janice M. Hughes describes the findings of the most recent research and surveys as-yet-unanswered questions. She unravels the exciting contributions of cutting-edge technological innovations and scientific developments. Over 70 stunning full-color photographs show some of the world's most dauntless voyagers. Maps show migration routes, and illustrations depict the mechanics of flying. The text is engaging and straightforward as well as authoritative and comprehensive, covering: Bird migration through human history, with profiles of Chinese cranes and phalaropes The five Ws of avian migration, with profiles of shrikes and Arctic terns The phenomenon of flight, with profiles of wheatears and dippers How birds find their way, with profiles of redwings, fieldfares and Bohemian waxwings Migratory birds in peril. This book will fascinate birders, naturalists and conservationists as well as general readers.