Custodians Of The Hummingbird

Author : Al Kent
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480966505

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Custodians of the Hummingbird by Al Kent Pdf

Custodians of the Hummingbird By Al Kent Al Kent was born Albert Prentis Hamilton on December 8, 1939. As a singer, Kent’s proudest moment was in the summer of 1955. Al and his brother, Bobby Recco Hamilton, went to New York City and, through a series of auditions, Al Kent made the final cut to a Broadway play. According to estimates, a group of about one hundred were involved and participated in the process of eliminations. At the end of the day only seven were standing. Al became the protagonist. Other cherished memories include Al recording most of Jackie Wilson’s hit records before Jackie did. The songs were “Lonely Teardrops,” “That’s Why,” and “Am I the Man.” Al did his craft in a grand style and has sung since he was twelve. He began around Detroit and recorded for the Checker record label, a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago. Al wrote songs for many established artists, including Spanky Wilson, Reflections, Jackie Wilson, Fantastic Four, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Royal Jokers, Edwin Starr, J. J. Barnes, Ronnie McNair, Four Tops, David and Jimmy Ruffin, the Detroit Emeralds, Freddy Gorman, Gloria Taylor, the Flaming Embers, the Supremes, the Debonaires, San Remo’s Golden Strings and for himself. His greatest asset is undoubtedly his ability to listen intently to other’s ideals. His biggest dream is to direct a major movie for the big screen.

Author : Felicia B. George
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780814350782

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When Detroit Played the Numbers by Felicia B. George Pdf

A testament to the tenacious spirit embodied in Detroit culture and history, this account reveals how numbers gambling, initially an illegal enterprise, became a community resource and institution of solidarity for Black communities through times of racial disenfranchisement and labor instability. Author Felicia B. George sheds light on the lives of Detroit’s numbers operators--many self-made entrepreneurs who overcame poverty and navigated the pitfalls of racism and capitalism by both legal and illegal means. Illegal lottery operators and their families and employees were often exposed to precarity and other adverse conditions, and they profited from their neighbors’ hope to make it through another day. Despite scandal and exploitation, these operators and their families also became important members of the community, providing steady employment and financial support for local businesses. This book provides a glimpse into the rich culture and history of Detroit’s Black Bottom and Paradise Valley neighborhoods, linking the growing gambling scene there with key characters and moments in local history, including Joe Louis’s rise to fame and the recall of a mayor backed by the Ku Klux Klan. In succinct and engrossing chapters, George explores issues of community, race, politics, and the scandals that sprang up along the way, discovering how "playing the numbers" grew from a state-proclaimed crime to an encouraged legal activity.

Author : J. Beauhall
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781681814315

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The Mansion on Hummingbird Hill by J. Beauhall Pdf

A stately mansion sits atop the crest of Hummingbird Hill on the outskirts of Big Spring, Texas. This is the tale of that mansion and the trials and tribulations experienced by its inhabitants over the years, as it goes from the family home of James “Buck” Henderson and his wife, June, to one of the South’s most elegant “sporting” houses, to a home for runaways, and finally, a family home again. It is a tale of love, hate, rape, incest, murder, and intrigue. The story begins with Buck Henderson’s early years in Philadelphia, to his heroism during World War I, his battlefield promotions and medals for bravery, including the Congressional Medal of Honor, his recovery in a Denver hospital, and his marriage to June. After securing an engineering degree at Penn State, Buck and June set out for Big Spring, Texas, where they find success in the oil field supply business and raise a family, but their happiness is followed by rape, murder, and the sale of their beloved mansion.

Author : Richard Cowper
Publisher : Gateway
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780575108202

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The Custodians by Richard Cowper Pdf

The Custodians tells of a visitor to a French monastery, and of one specially built tiny room which is constructed precisely on the intersection of mysterious force fields, so that anyone who enters is able to foresee the future. Paradise Beach is the story of a wall-screen whose image of the sea attunes itself to the individual perceptions of the onlooker. Piper at the Gates of Dawn is set towards the end of the next millennium when the stories about the coming of the mysterious white bird of kinship become associated with the travels of an old story-teller and his young nephew, whose pipe seems to have a magical quality. Finally, The Hertford Manuscript tells of the remarkable discovery of a seventeenth-century book with some pages purporting to be the journals of a nineteenth-century time traveller.

Author : Eddah M. Mutua,Alberto González,Anke Wolbert
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781498571135

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The Rhetorical Legacy of Wangari Maathai by Eddah M. Mutua,Alberto González,Anke Wolbert Pdf

This book honors the advocacy of Dr. Wangari Maathai, acclaimed environmentalist and the first African woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dr. Maathai was a gifted orator who crafted messages that imagined new possibilities for human agency and social justice and who inspired action to protect our natural habitats. This collection explores the various strategies Maathai employed in her speeches to create memorable images and arguments for audiences in Kenya and around the world. Specifically, authors examine Maathai's use of storytelling, her creative use of metaphor and local cultural knowledge, and her use of sharp social-political analysis. Authors approach Maathai's rhetoric from both African and Western ways of knowing.

Author : Brian St.Claire-King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780971309500

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Fates Worse Than Death by Brian St.Claire-King Pdf

A role playing game of suspense, horror and hope in 2080 on the streets of Manhattan.

Author : Cheyenne McCray
Publisher : Cheyenne McCray LLC
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939778826

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Belong to You by Cheyenne McCray Pdf

Anna Batista's life is great. Her event planning career is well established, allowing a comfy budget for shopping splurges at her favorite boutique. She has great friends, lives comfortably with her aunt, uncle, and two young cousins. Anna hasn't found love, but why rush when everything else is going so right? However, Anna has a secret. If that secret is discovered, it would mean devastation for her entire family. The last person she should have anything to do with is Sheriff Mike McBride. Having anyone in law enforcement close just isn’t an option. But Mike can't be dissuaded. When he meets Anna, she immediately steals his heart. Anna is everything he’s ever wanted in a woman and he’ll move mountains to convince her that they’re made for each other. When Mike’s opponent for sheriff blackmails Anna, she is plunged into a web of forced deceit that threatens to tear apart her family, her heart, and the good-hearted man she has fallen for. With the election in tatters, and his career at risk, Mike must make some hard decisions. Can a good man choose between love and duty? cowboy, western, country, suspense, rancher, Arizona, cowboy, sexy, small town, rural, sheriff

Author : Alexander Frank Skutch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Hummingbirds
ISBN : OCLC:704515369

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The Life of the Hummingbird by Alexander Frank Skutch Pdf

Author : Erin Zak
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781636791647

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The Hummingbird Sanctuary by Erin Zak Pdf

Enjoy your vacation at the Hummingbird Sanctuary, Colorado’s hottest resort destination. Come for the mountains, stay for the charm, and enjoy the drama as Olive, Eleanor, and Harriet figure out their lives, their loves, and the meaning of true friendship. Owning and operating the Hummingbird Sanctuary was supposed to be the best time of Olive Zyntarski’s life. She was going to tackle the future with eyes wide open and forget about her guilty conscience. All that changes when a chance meeting with a mysterious new guest has Olive’s long-buried secrets bubbling to the surface. As marketing director, Eleanor Fitzwallace knows how to present everything in its best light, everything except her nonexistent love life. When her high school heartbreak unexpectedly saunters into the Sanctuary’s restaurant, Eleanor’s determined to ignore her. She wants real love, and people don’t change, do they? After hitting rock bottom, Harriet Marshall made a promise to herself: no more one-night stands that make her feel bad about herself. She’s determined to turn her life around, and that means focusing on keeping the Sanctuary’s restaurant and bar hip, trendy, and booked solid. So, of course, she meets the most gorgeous woman ever, and everything changes.

Author : Robert Joseph Ahola
Publisher : Bookman Publishing & Marketing
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1594534802

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The Return of the Hummingbird Wizard by Robert Joseph Ahola Pdf

From the Cultured Madness of Hollywood to the Crisis of 9/11 comes an Angelic Encounter for the New Millennium Finally there's a book that dares to ask the question: Is it possible that the animals we encounter in our lives are often angels in disguise? And answers it with a resounding, 'Yes!" Written as visionary fiction, The Return of the Hummingbird Wizard is also the first book ever that has managed to take a profoundly effective course in spiritual awareness and play it off the insanity chic that has become Hollywood. As such, it brings its readers an extraordinary combination of biting social stire and life-affirming spititual lessons-taught by an angel in the character of a hummingbird- and weaves them into an often touching yet irreverently amusing book about the redemption of human spirit. Subtitled "An Angelic Encounter for Modern Times," The Return of the Hummingbird Wizard also raises this question: Can spiritual development be taught as a crash course, espe

Author : Rob Rachowiecki,John Thompson
Publisher : Lonely Planet
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173031975677

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Lonely Planet Costa Rica by Rob Rachowiecki,John Thompson Pdf

This winner of the Lowell Thomas travel journalism award contains valuable information on exploring the country's lush rain forests, volcanoes and sandy beaches, with tips on outfitters, tours, and other services. Includes a colorful 36-page section on exotic birds and wildlife. 54 maps.

Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 1798 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:4057664560865

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Complete Works by Lysander Spooner Pdf

Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited Lysander Spooner collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Political Works No Treason, No. I No Treason. No II - The Constitution No Treason. No VI - The Constitution of No Authority Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty No. 1. Revolution Natural Law; or the Science of Justice A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard A Letter to Grover Cleveland Writings on Economics: Poverty: Its Illegal Causes and Legal Cure A New System of Paper Currency Our Mechanical Industry as Affected by our Present Currency System Considerations for Bankers, and Holders of United States Bonds A New Banking System: The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District Our Financiers: Their Ignorance, Usurpations, and Frauds The Law of Prices Gold and Silver as Standards of Value: The Flagrant Cheat in Regard to Them Universal Wealth Shown to be Easily Attainable Law & Constitution : "To the Members of the Legislature of Massachusetts." Worcester Republican Supreme Court of United States, January Term, 1839. Spooner vs. M'Connell, et al. Constitutional Law Relative to Credit, Currency, and Banking The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails Illegality of the Trial of John W. Webster An Essay on the Trial by Jury The Law of Intellectual Property Articles of Association of the Spooner Copyright Company for Massachusetts A Letter to Scientist and Inventors, on the Science of Justice, and their Right of Perpetual Property in their Discoveries and Inventions Works on Religion: The Deist's Immortality, and an Essay on Man's Accountability for his Belief The Deist's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity Works on Slavery and Abolition: A Defence for Fugitive Slaves A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States The Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Author : University of Minnesota
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1876 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:319510024827431

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Bulletin by University of Minnesota Pdf

Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 1808 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547394228

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The Complete Works by Lysander Spooner Pdf

DigiCat presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Spooner collection: Political Works No Treason, No. I No Treason. No II - The Constitution No Treason. No VI - The Constitution of No Authority Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty No. 1. Revolution Natural Law; or the Science of Justice A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard A Letter to Grover Cleveland Writings on Economics: Poverty: Its Illegal Causes and Legal Cure A New System of Paper Currency Our Mechanical Industry as Affected by our Present Currency System Considerations for Bankers, and Holders of United States Bonds A New Banking System: The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District Our Financiers: Their Ignorance, Usurpations, and Frauds The Law of Prices Gold and Silver as Standards of Value: The Flagrant Cheat in Regard to Them Universal Wealth Shown to be Easily Attainable Law & Constitution : "To the Members of the Legislature of Massachusetts." Worcester Republican Supreme Court of United States, January Term, 1839. Spooner vs. M'Connell, et al. Constitutional Law Relative to Credit, Currency, and Banking The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails Illegality of the Trial of John W. Webster An Essay on the Trial by Jury The Law of Intellectual Property Articles of Association of the Spooner Copyright Company for Massachusetts A Letter to Scientist and Inventors, on the Science of Justice, and their Right of Perpetual Property in their Discoveries and Inventions Works on Religion: The Deist's Immortality, and an Essay on Man's Accountability for his Belief The Deist's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity Works on Slavery and Abolition: A Defence for Fugitive Slaves A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States The Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Author : Lysander Spooner
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 1802 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547773047

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The Complete Works of Lysander Spooner by Lysander Spooner Pdf

Madison & Adams presents this meticulously edited collection of Lysander Spooner's political, economics, legal and constitutional works, as well as writings on religion and works on slavery and abolition. Contents: Political Works No Treason, No. I No Treason. No II - The Constitution No Treason. No VI - The Constitution of No Authority Vices are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty No. 1. Revolution Natural Law; or the Science of Justice A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard A Letter to Grover Cleveland Writings on Economics: Poverty: Its Illegal Causes and Legal Cure A New System of Paper Currency Our Mechanical Industry as Affected by our Present Currency System Considerations for Bankers, and Holders of United States Bonds A New Banking System: The Needful Capital for Rebuilding the Burnt District Our Financiers: Their Ignorance, Usurpations, and Frauds The Law of Prices Gold and Silver as Standards of Value: The Flagrant Cheat in Regard to Them Universal Wealth Shown to be Easily Attainable Law & Constitution : "To the Members of the Legislature of Massachusetts." Worcester Republican Supreme Court of United States, January Term, 1839. Spooner vs. M'Connell, et al. Constitutional Law Relative to Credit, Currency, and Banking The Unconstitutionality of the Laws of Congress, Prohibiting Private Mails Illegality of the Trial of John W. Webster An Essay on the Trial by Jury The Law of Intellectual Property Articles of Association of the Spooner Copyright Company for Massachusetts A Letter to Scientist and Inventors, on the Science of Justice, and their Right of Perpetual Property in their Discoveries and Inventions Works on Religion: The Deist's Immortality, and an Essay on Man's Accountability for his Belief The Deist's Reply to the Alleged Supernatural Evidences of Christianity Works on Slavery and Abolition: A Defence for Fugitive Slaves A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery Address of the Free Constitutionalists to the People of the United States The Unconstitutionality of Slavery