The River Of Dreams

Author : Jan Nash
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250248855

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River of Dreams by Jan Nash Pdf

Draped in themes of first love and family, secrets and malevolence, and swirling through an exhilarating dream world full of danger, violence, and love, Jan Nash's exciting debut is a high-stakes adventure full of suspense, romance, and magic, perfect for fans of Stanger Things and Supernatural. Finn Driscoll is counting down the days until she can leave for college. With her beloved brother, Noah, in a coma and her high school social life sinking every day, she’s ready for a fresh start. Until the night she sees Noah in a dream. He begs for her help. At first, she shakes it off as just a nightmare. Then it happens again. And again. Frightened, Finn confides in her grandmother, only to learn the shocking truth about her family. They’re Dreamwalkers--heroes who step into the River of Dreams and fight the monsters in other people’s nightmares, freeing them to face the problems in their real lives. Awake or asleep, Finn has never thought of herself as any kind of hero, and walking through other people’s dreams seems much worse than just hiding at school. But as hard as facing this challenge might be, Finn knows she has no choice: she will do anything she can to save her brother.

Author : Anita Heiss
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781760850456

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Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss Pdf

‘There are books you encounter as an adult that you wish you could press into the hands of your younger self. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray is one of those books – a novel that turns Australia’s long-mythologised settler history into a raw and resilient heartsong.' – Guardian ***WINNER 2022 NSW PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD INDIGENOUS WRITER'S PRIZE*** ***2022 ABIA SHORTLIST*** ***2021 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE SHORTLIST*** ***2022 STELLA PRIZE LONGLIST*** ***2022 INDIE BOOK AWARDS LONGLIST*** ***2022 VICTORIAN PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARDS HIGHLY COMMENDED*** _______________________________________________ Gundagai, 1852 The powerful Murrumbidgee River surges through town leaving death and destruction in its wake. It is a stark reminder that while the river can give life, it can just as easily take it away. Wagadhaany is one of the lucky ones. She survives. But is her life now better than the fate she escaped? Forced to move away from her miyagan, she walks through each day with no trace of dance in her step, her broken heart forever calling her back home to Gundagai. When she meets Wiradyuri stockman Yindyamarra, Wagadhaany’s heart slowly begins to heal. But still, she dreams of a better life, away from the degradation of being owned. She longs to set out along the river of her ancestors, in search of lost family and country. Can she find the courage to defy the White man’s law? And if she does, will it bring hope ... or heartache? Set on timeless Wiradyuri country, where the life-giving waters of the rivers can make or break dreams, and based on devastating true events, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) is an epic story of love, loss and belonging. Praise for Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) 'Heiss fuses fiction with realism, conjuring a resonance still felt in Blak struggle today ... packs heart into every page.' – Saturday Paper 'Tells a powerful and affecting tale of Aboriginal people's identity, community and deep connection to country.’ – Canberra Times 'A profoundly moving showcase of Heiss’ skill ... Intimate, reflective, and impossible to put down.’ – AU Review ‘Engrossing and wonderful storytelling. I really loved these strong, brave Wiradyuri characters.’ – Melissa Lucashenko ‘A powerful story of family, place and belonging.’ – Kate Grenville ‘A remarkable story of courage and a love of country ... Anita Heiss writes with heart and energy on every page.’ – Tony Birch 'It is a love story, a story of loss, a hopeful story. The river is a guide, but you have to be open to its spiritual lessons.' – Terri Janke ‘Anita Heiss is at the height of her storytelling powers in this inspiring, heart-breaking, profound tale.’ – Larissa Behrendt 'The novel flows like the great Murrumbidgee River itself, with powerful undercurrents that sweep the reader along - I feel it's a book that all Australians should read, to try and understand why our colonial past still causes so much pain and grievance.’ – Kate Forsyth

Author : Walter Johnson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674074880

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River of Dark Dreams by Walter Johnson Pdf

River of Dark Dreams places the Cotton Kingdom at the center of worldwide webs of exchange and exploitation that extended across oceans and drove an insatiable hunger for new lands. This bold reaccounting dramatically alters our understanding of American slavery and its role in U.S. expansionism, global capitalism, and the upcoming Civil War.

Author : Susan Q. Stranahan
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0801851475

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Susquehanna, River of Dreams by Susan Q. Stranahan Pdf

In Susquehanna, River of Dreams award-winning journalist Susan Q. Stranahan tells the sweeping story of one of America's great rivers – ranging in time from the Susquehanna's geologic origins to the modern threats to its eco-system, describing human settlements, industry and pollution, and recent efforts to save the river and its "drowned estuary," the Chesapeake Bay. The result is a unique natural history of the vast Susquehanna watershed and a compelling look at environmental issues of national importance.

Author : Fred Schruers
Publisher : Crown
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780804140218

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Billy Joel by Fred Schruers Pdf

The all-access biography and unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of a pint-sized kid from Long Island who became a music legend. “A funny, revealing, and poignant look at [Billy] Joel’s long career.”—Boston Globe Exhibiting unparalleled intimate knowledge, Schruers chronicles Joel’s rise to the top of the charts, from his working-class origins in Levittown and early days spent in boxing rings and sweaty clubs to his monumental success in the seventies and eighties. He also explores Joel’s creative transformation in the nineties, his dream performance with Paul McCartney at Shea Stadium in 2008, and beyond. Along the way, Schruers reveals the stories behind all the key events and relationships—including Joel’s high-profile marriages and legal battles—that defined his path to stardom and inspired his signature songs, such as “Piano Man,” “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” “New York State of Mind,” and “She’s Always a Woman.” Throughout, he captures the spirit of a restless artist determined to break through by sharing, in his deeply personal lyrics, the dreams and heartbreaks of suburban American life. Comprehensive, vibrantly written, and filled with Joel’s memories and reflections—as well as those of the family, friends, and band members who have formed his inner circle, including Christie Brinkley, Alexa Ray Joel, Jon Small, and Steve Cohen—this is the definitive account of a beloved rock star’s epic American journey.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Music
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132829677

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The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1966-2006 by Anonim Pdf

This book provides a complete list of all the entries on New Zealand's music charts: including 8,100+ singles (since 1966), 6,100+ albums and 1,000+ compilation albums (since 1975), and approximately 200 DVDs since 2004.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0271040157

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The Monongahela: River of Dreams, River of Sweat by Anonim Pdf

The Monongahela is one of three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh, where Parker was Executive Vice President of the Waterways Association from 1971 to 1993. He recounts the river's history from a route for early expansion west to its current commercial and leisure use. Among the highlights are the beginning of shipbuilding in the 1790s, the growth of other industries and subsequent need for coal, Carnegie's first steel mill in 1872, the bloody Homestead strike in 1892, the rusting of the steel belt in the 1980s, and attempts to revive.

Author : Hudson Talbott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780399245213

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River of Dreams by Hudson Talbott Pdf

The Hudson River has been a source of inspiration and a means of livelihood to all who have lived along its shores. It played a key role in the settling of the New World and the outcome of the Revolutionary War, and was the birthplace of the environmental movement. Now Hudson Talbott pays homage to the river that shares his name in a gorgeously illustrated, fascinating account of the river?s history. Each appealing spread sheds exciting light on the river?s strategic, economic and cultural signifi cance. Packed with facts, timelines and maps, this is a wonderful introduction to a wide range of topics including the Age of Exploration, the Erie Canal, the Industrial Age, American arts and literature and the environment. River of Dreams is truly a book with something for everyone.

Author : Ian Tyrrell
Publisher : NewSouth
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781742244150

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River Dreams by Ian Tyrrell Pdf

In the beginning, there was the river — before the beach, before the drain, before the dredging, before the dams, before numerous other actions that altered the stream. River Dreams reveals the complex history of the Cooks River in south-eastern Sydney — a river renowned as Australia’s most altered and polluted. While nineteenth century developers called it ‘improvement’, the sugar mill, tanneries, and factories that lined the banks of Sydney's Cooks River had drastic consequences for the health of the river. Local Aboriginal people became fringe dwellers, and over time the river became severely compromised, with many ecosystems damaged or destroyed. Later, a large section was turned into a concrete canal, and in the late 1940s the river was rerouted for the expansion of Sydney Airport. While much of the river has been rehabilitated in recent decades by passionate local groups and through government initiatives, it continues to be a source of controversy with rapid apartment development placing new stresses on the region. River Dreams is a timely reminder of the need to tread cautiously in seeking to dominate, or ignore, our environment. A beautiful book that reminds us that Australians are river people as much as we are bush or coast dwellers.’ — IAN HOSKINS

Author : Thomas Ruys Smith
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780807143087

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River of Dreams by Thomas Ruys Smith Pdf

Even in the decades before Mark Twain enthralled the world with his evocative representations of the Mississippi, the river played an essential role in American culture and consciousness. Throughout the antebellum era, the Mississippi acted as a powerful symbol of America's conception of itself -- and the world's conception of America. As Twain understood, "The Mississippi is well worth reading about." Thomas Ruys Smith's River of Dreams is an examination of the Mississippi's role in the antebellum imagination, exploring its cultural position in literature, art, thought, and national life. Presidents, politicians, authors, poets, painters, and international celebrities of every variety experienced the Mississippi in its Golden Age. They left an extraordinary collection of representations of the river in their wake, images that evolved as America itself changed. From Thomas Jefferson's vision for the Mississippi to Andrew Jackson and the rowdy river culture of the early nineteenth century, Smith charts the Mississippi's shifting importance in the making of the nation. He examines the accounts of European travelers, including Frances Trollope, Charles Dickens, and William Makepeace Thackeray, whose views of the river were heavily influenced by the world of the steamboat and plantation slavery. Smith discusses the growing importance of visual representations of the Mississippi as the antebellum period progressed, exploring the ways in which views of the river, particularly giant moving panoramas that toured the world, echoed notions of manifest destiny and the westward movement. He evokes the river in the late antebellum years as a place of crime and mystery, especially in popular writing, and most notably in Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man. An epilogue discusses the Mississippi during the Civil War, when possession of the river became vital, symbolically as well as militarily. The epilogue also provides an introduction to Mark Twain, a product of the antebellum river world who was to resurrect its imaginative potential for a post-war nation and produce an iconic Mississippi that still flows through a wide and fertile floodplain in American literature. From empire building in the Louisiana Purchase to the trauma of the Civil War, the Mississippi's dominant symbolic meanings tracked the essential forces operating within the nation. As Smith shows in this groundbreaking work, the story of the imagined Mississippi River is the story of antebellum America itself.

Author : Caroline Sullivan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1561672564

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River of Dreams, 1994 by Caroline Sullivan Pdf

Author : Barbara Smith
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434322920

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The River of Dreams by Barbara Smith Pdf

The River of Dreams is the blending of two wonderful experiences for you, the reader. One is the storytelling of the author's life, the other is the opportunity to learn new skills and gain new tools for making sense of your own life. The River of Dreams shares the author's journey that explores the study and practice of several religions and spiritual beliefs, from Christianity to Judaism, Native American traditions and Eastern philosophy; a life that transformed the author from a medical scientist into an expert in alternative healing modalities. Barbara shares her discoveries in dream work, of dreams as precious offerings of information, insight and guidance from one's own intuition and wisdom. Her story offers you inspiration and hope, showing you how she has transformed "ordinary" experiences into the opportunity to live an extraordinary life, and guides you in how to do the same. The River of Dreams offers meditation exercises, questions for contemplation, and real-life applications to assist you in using the material on your own quest for deeper self-discovery and understanding.

Author : George Edmund Otis
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385367890

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The River of Dreams, and Other Poems by George Edmund Otis Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Darryl Barnett
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781504307871

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A River of Dreams by Darryl Barnett Pdf

I was born in a beautiful rural area of South Australia. My younger years were spent playing sport and visiting nearby beaches to surf and swim. Living in this idealistic countryside gave me much inspiration to write my poetry. After moving to Adelaide in the early nineties, my writing slowed. When I began practicing tai chi and attending meditation classes, things for me changed again. Through these mindful practices, my passion to write was once again ignited. Over the last sixty years, I have seen and experienced a lot of life. Sometimes, almost magical, and other times, life gave me lessons of reality to learn from. This collection of poetry reflects the highs and lows of my life, with the eternal spark of optimism shining through its words. I trust you, the reader, will enjoy this work as much as I have bringing it to life. It has given me so much joy to finally get it published. I sincerely trust this book will encourage other writers to bring their stories to life. For our life is one big story, with belief we will manifest and create all our dreams. Follow your hearts and all things become possibleDarryl Barnett

Author : Daniel Duke
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798887935874

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River of Dreams by Daniel Duke Pdf

There's something about rivers that inspires dreams, especially one like Virginia's historic James River. Where dreams dwell, however, dark secrets and dashed hopes often lurk. Just ask Russell Curry, recently retired family doctor for Charles City County, Virginia--a land of plantations, patriotism, and poverty. The story Doc Curry finally permitted himself to reveal involves a colorful collection of local characters who once shared the same stretch of the James, though decidedly not the same dreams.