Author : Rene Natan
Publisher : Irene Gargantini
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780968635261
Mountains of Dawn
Rene Natan
Mountains Of Dawn
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Mountains of Dawn : Novel
Rene Natan
Author : Rene Natan
Publisher : [Strathroy, Ont.] : [email protected]
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0968635202
Mountains of Dawn : Novel by Rene Natan Pdf
Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains
Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Author : Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781471156571
Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains by Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent Pdf
**SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2018 EDWARD STANFORD AWARD** A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley 'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels 'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss 'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Microadventures 'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound, and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts' A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated. Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten corner of Asia. Travelling some 2,000 miles she encounters shamans, lamas, hunters, opium farmers, fantastic tribal festivals and little-known stories from the Second World War. In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce, author of Revolutionary Ride
My American Harp
Surazeus Astarius
Author : Surazeus Astarius
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781365807145
My American Harp by Surazeus Astarius Pdf
"My American Harp" presents 1,169 poems written 2010-2014 by Surazeus that explore what it means to be an American in the modern world of an interconnected global civilization.
Rocky Mountain Dawn
Lee Savino
Author : Lee Savino
Publisher : Silverwood Press LLC
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Rocky Mountain Dawn by Lee Savino Pdf
Esther Richardson longs to live a life of meaning, and settling for a hometown suitor simply won't do. Instead, she writes to the American Mission Board requesting a post in the West. A single woman of twenty-three, she's shocked when a tall stranger arrives at her door. Sent by the Board, Johnathan Shepherd needs a wife to take West, and he's here to see if Esther will fit the bill. Will her new, firm husband and the hard journey West break Esther's spirit, or give her the adventure she's always wanted? The Rocky Mountain Bride series has stand alone books full of cowboys taming their mail order brides. Set in the 1860s Wild West, Rocky Mountain Dawn contains domestic discipline scenes, including over the knee spankings, line writing, corner time and other humiliating punishments.
Standing on Top of the Mountain
Dawn Hamilton
Author : Dawn Hamilton
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781504916219
Standing on Top of the Mountain by Dawn Hamilton Pdf
I thank God every day for giving me a voice through my writing and making a difference to someone along the way. My main reason for writing this book is to let young girls and women who are going through and have been through similar experiences—such as physical, verbal, and emotional abuse, rape, homelessness, and joblessness—know that they are not alone and there is always hope. I want to let you know that with faith and strong persistence, you won’t lose your self-esteem but build confidence within yourself. You do not have to stay in any situation for any reason whatsoever, for we are all overcomers. Yes, I’ve been angry, and I’ve felt rage; however, I turned those emotions into positive encounters. I have built my life on the philosophy that my corner of the world will not be the same just because I have passed this way. So in my journey, I have decided to touch as many lives as possible, and I believe the circulation of this book will allow me to touch even more lives. I would like to let others know that they can believe in themselves, their goals, and their dreams because they will become what they believe.
Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity
Dawn Hollis,Jason König
Author : Dawn Hollis,Jason König
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350162846
Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity by Dawn Hollis,Jason König Pdf
Throughout the longue dureé of Western culture, how have people represented mountains as landscapes of the imagination and as places of real experience? In what ways has human understanding of mountains changed – or stayed the same? Mountain Dialogues from Antiquity to Modernity opens up a new conversation between ancient and modern engagements with mountains. It highlights the ongoing relevance of ancient understandings of mountain environments to the postclassical and present-day world, while also suggesting ways in which modern approaches to landscape can generate new questions about premodern responses. It brings together experts from across many different disciplines and periods, offering case studies on topics ranging from classical Greek drama to Renaissance art, and from early modern natural philosophy to nineteenth-century travel writing. Throughout, essays engage with key themes of temporality, knowledge, identity, and experience in the mountain landscape. As a whole, the volume suggests that modern responses to mountains participate in rhetorical and experiential patterns that stretch right back to the ancient Mediterranean. It also makes the case for collaborative, cross-period research as a route both for understanding human relations with the natural world in the past, and informing them in the present.
Apple in the Middle
Dawn Quigley
Author : Dawn Quigley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 194616321X
Apple in the Middle by Dawn Quigley Pdf
Young Adult Native American NovelApple Starkington turned her back on her Native American heritage the moment she was called a racial slur for someone of white and Indian descent, not that she really even knew how to be an Indian. Too bad the white world doesn't accept her either. And so begins her quirky habits to gain acceptance. Apple's name, chosen by her Indian mother on her deathbed, has a double meaning: treasured apple of my eye, but also the negative connotation-a person who is red, or Indian, on the outside, but white on the inside.After her wealthy father gives her the boot one summer, Apple reluctantly agrees to visit her Native American relatives on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in North Dakota for the first time. Apple learns to deal with the culture shock of Indian customs and the Native Michif language, while she tries to deal with a vengeful Indian man who loved her mother in high school but now hates Apple because her mom married a white man.As Apple meets her Indian relatives, she shatters Indian stereotypes and learns what it means to find her place in a world divided by color.
Dawn on the High Mountain
Pamela Kent
Author : Pamela Kent
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726564969
Dawn on the High Mountain by Pamela Kent Pdf
Carey, much like the heroine of a Cinderella story, was cheated by her unscrupulous step-mother of the comfortable income that should have been hers. But Doctor Kurt Anton, who offered her a job in his Vienna clinic to help her out, was utterly unlike the Prince Charming of fiction, so clearly did he despise her. Pamela Kent is a pseudonym of Ida Pollock (1908 – 2013), a highly successful British writer of over 125 romance novels translated into numerous languages and published across the world. Ida Pollock has sold millions of copies over her 90-year career. Pollock began writing when she was 10 years old. Ida has travelled widely, living in several different countries. She continues to be popular amongst both her devoted fan base and new readers alike. Pollock has been referred to as the "world's oldest novelist" who was still active at 105 and continued writing until her death. On the occasion of her 105th birthday, Pollock was appointed honorary vice-president of the Romantic Novelists' Association, having been one of its founding members. Ida Pollock wrote in a wide variety of pseudonyms: Joan M. Allen, Susan Barrie, Pamela Kent, Averil Ives, Anita Charles, Barbara Rowan, Jane Beaufort, Rose Burghley, Mary Whistler and Marguerite Bell.
Awakened Cosmos
David Hinton
Author : David Hinton
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781611807424
Awakened Cosmos by David Hinton Pdf
A deep and radically original exploration of Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist wisdom through the lens of the life and work of Tu Fu, widely considered China's greatest classical poet. What is consciousness but the Cosmos awakened to itself? This question is fundamental to the Taoist and Ch'an (Zen) Buddhist worldview that shapes classical Chinese poetry. A uniquely conceived biography, Awakened Cosmos illuminates that worldview through the life and work of Tu Fu (712-770 C.E.), China's greatest classical poet. Tu Fu's writing traces his life from periods of relative normalcy to years spent as an impoverished refugee amid the devastation of civil war. Exploring key poems to guide the reader through Tu Fu's dramatic life, Awakened Cosmos reveals Taoist/Ch'an insight deeply lived across the full range of human experience. Each chapter presents a poem in three stages: first, the original Chinese; then, an English translation in Hinton's masterful style; and finally, a lyrical essay that discusses the untranslatable philosophical dimensions of the poem. The result is nothing short of remarkable: a biography of the Cosmos awakened to itself in the form of a magisterial poet alive in T'ang Dynasty China. Thirty years ago, David Hinton published America's first full-length translation of Tu Fu's work. Awakened Cosmos is published simultaneously with a newly translated and substantially expanded version of that landmark translation: The Selected Poems of Tu Fu: Expanded and Newly Translated (New Directions).
Tower of Dawn
Sarah J. Maas
Author : Sarah J. Maas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681195803
Tower of Dawn by Sarah J. Maas Pdf
A glorious empire. A desperate quest. An ancient secret. The search for allies extends to a new land in the sixth book of the #1 bestselling Throne of Glass series by Sarah J. Maas. Chaol Westfall and Nesryn Faliq have arrived in the shining city of Antica to forge an alliance with the Khagan of the Southern Continent, whose vast armies are Erilea's last hope. But they have also come to Antica for another purpose: to seek healing at the famed Torre Cesme for the wounds Chaol received in Rifthold. After enduring unspeakable horrors as a child at the hands of Adarlanian soldiers, Yrene Towers has no desire to help the young lord from Adarlan, let alone heal him. Yet she has sworn an oath to assist those in need, and she will honor it. But Lord Westfall carries his own dark past, and Yrene soon realizes that those shadows could engulf them both. Chaol, Nesryn, and Yrene will have to draw on every scrap of their resilience to overcome the danger that surrounds them. But while they become entangled in the political webs of the khaganate, long-awaited answers slumber deep in the mountains, where warriors soar on legendary ruks. Answers that might offer their world a chance at survival . . . or doom them all. The final battle looms in this sixth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series.
Dawn on the mountains
Charles Ewing Brown
Author : Charles Ewing Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Evangelists
ISBN : LCCN:31014547
Dawn on the mountains by Charles Ewing Brown Pdf
Dawn: Volume I of the Templarii Saga
Lars Olsen
Author : Lars Olsen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780997059809
Dawn: Volume I of the Templarii Saga by Lars Olsen Pdf
Dawn tells the story of a disillusioned young war veteran, a professional thief, the eldest daughter of a powerful house, an acolyte of a forbidden religion, and a promising squire--all of whom share a common destiny. Caught in the political and religious rivalries of the Free Kingdoms as they wage war against the great Empire of Andelay, these characters find themselves dragged into an ideological conflict that has been raging underneath the surface of society since ages primordial. As diverse religions seek to explain the purpose of mankind, a select few find themselves the unknowing inheritors to a power that can shape the world to their vision. If only they shared the same vision...
Delphi Complete Works of Lord Dunsany (Illustrated)
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany
Author : Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 5273 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786560841
Delphi Complete Works of Lord Dunsany (Illustrated) by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany Pdf
A celebrated pioneer of fantasy fiction, the Irish writer and dramatist Lord Dunsany produced seminal works such as ‘The King of Elfland’s Daughter’, noted for their imaginative power and intellectual ingenuity. Dunsany achieved great fame and success with his early short stories and plays, conjuring mysterious kingdoms of fairies and gods in richly coloured prose, while promoting a characteristic element of the macabre. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Dunsany’s complete fictional works, with numerous illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dunsany’s life and works * Concise introductions to the novels and other texts * All 13 novels, with individual contents tables * Features many rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing, including THE CHARWOMAN’S SHADOW and THE BLESSING OF PAN * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories * Includes all of the Jorkens short story collections published during Dunsany’s lifetime – please note: some of the posthumous tales cannot appear due to copyright restrictions. * Rare story collections available in no other eBook, including THE MAN WHO ATE THE PHOENIX * Easily locate the short stories you want to read * Dunsany’s scarce poetry collection, FIFTY POEMS, first time in digital print * Includes the two ‘Sirens’ autobiographies * Features a bonus biography – discover Dunsany’s literary life * Ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres * UPDATED with improved texts and more images CONTENTS: The Novels Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley (1922) The King of Elfland’s Daughter (1924) The Charwoman’s Shadow (1926) The Blessing of Pan (1927) The Curse of the Wise Woman (1933) Up in the Hills (1935) Rory and Bran (1936) My Talks with Dean Spanley (1936) The Story of Mona Sheehy (1939) Guerrilla (1944) The Strange Journeys of Colonel Polders (1950) The Last Revolution (1951) His Fellow Men (1952) The Jorkens Series The Travel Tales of Mr. Joseph Jorkens (1931) Jorkens Remembers Africa (1934) Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey (1940) The Fourth Book of Jorkens (1947) Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey (1954) Other Short Story Collections The Gods of Pegana (1905) Time and the Gods (1906) The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908) A Dreamer’s Tales (1910) The Book of Wonder (1912) Fifty-One Tales (1915) Tales of Wonder (1916) Tales of War (1918) Unhappy Far-Off Things (1919) Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919) The Man Who Ate the Phoenix (1949) The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories (1952) The Short Stories List of Short Stories in Chronological Order List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Plays Five Plays (1914) Plays of Gods and Men (1917) If (1921) Plays of Near and Far (1922) Seven Modern Comedies (1928) Plays for Earth and Air (1937) The Poetry Collection Fifty Poems (1929) The Non-Fiction Nowadays (1918) The Autobiographies While the Sirens Slept (1944) The Sirens Wake (1945) The Biography Dunsany the Dramatist (1917) by Edward Hale Bierstadt
Dawn Starts in the West
L. Robert Pyle
Author : L. Robert Pyle
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595183029
Dawn Starts in the West by L. Robert Pyle Pdf
Con Ataxia was a farmboy. He knew nothing of the City except as the place of Market—where his father sold their crops and got the finances for another season on the hardscrabble, mountain farm. He knew nothing of the Commander or the Army. He knew less about the Rebels. The Dragon and Dragon Raiders were mythical beings used by old women to make the children obey—until the Raiders murdered his sisters and kidnapped his father on that first day of his eighteenth Market. Then, Con had to learn quickly. He had to learn who were friends and who were enemies. He had to learn who had power and who did not. He had to learn to fight—in a desperate battle for his father's soul and his own. Follow Con's journey through the Valley—through the traps and hypocrisy of the City, through the training in the Commanders camp, to the final testing in the Dragon's Citadel. The story will keep you reading page after page. The symbols will stay with you for weeks after you've finished. The message will touch your heart.
