The Thunder Of Their Passing

Author : Robert D. Turner
Publisher : Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Transportation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026562517

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The Thunder of Their Passing by Robert D. Turner Pdf

This stunning new volume chronicles the story of the most spectacular preserved steam railroad in North America, from its origins as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension to its present-day operations as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 120 years of railroading in the breathtaking high country of Colorado and New Mexico.

Author : Robert D. Turner
Publisher : Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Narrow gauge railroads
ISBN : 1550391291

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The Thunder of Their Passing by Robert D. Turner Pdf

This stunning new volume chronicles the story of the most spectacular preserved steam railroad in North America, from its origins as the Denver & Rio Grande's San Juan Extension to its present-day operations as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The book spans more than 120 years of railroading in the breathtaking high country of Colorado and New Mexico.

Author : Kent Wright,Don Keith
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466874251

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Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing: Inside Pass by Kent Wright,Don Keith Pdf

The pedal meets the metal in Rolling Thunder Stock Car Racing--the thrilling series that traces the history of stock car racing from the dusty dirt tracks of East Tennessee to the multi-million-dollar, high-tech venues of today. Inside Pass by Kent Wright and Don Keith "You ready, kid?" Rob smiled. "I was ready when I crawled out of the rack this morning." The guard has definitely changed. Talented but brash young stars like Rocket Rob wilder are flexing some muscle on the super speedways. The message? If you can't hang on to first place...step aside. But no way are the wily and track-trained veterans ready to concede defeat and drive off to greener pastures. No sire. These young lions have a fight on their hands. In stock car racing, knowing how to win is not just tough talk and a pretty smile. It's not just the checkered flag either. Or the prize money and the endorsements. It's not the fame. Or the thousands of cheering fans chanting your name. It's the thrill. And without the thrill, you might as well be dead. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Tanya Talaga
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781487002275

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Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga Pdf

Winner, 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Writers' Trust Prize for Political Writing Winner, 2017 RBC Taylor Prize Winner, 2017 First Nation Communities Read: Young Adult/Adult Winner, 2024 Blue Metropolis First Peoples Prize, for the whole of her work Finalist, 2017 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction The groundbreaking and multiple award-winning national bestseller work about systemic racism, education, the failure of the policing and justice systems, and Indigenous rights by Tanya Talaga. Over the span of eleven years, seven Indigenous high school students died in Thunder Bay, Ontario. They were hundreds of kilometres away from their families, forced to leave home because there was no adequate high school on their reserves. Five were found dead in the rivers surrounding Lake Superior, below a sacred Indigenous site. Using a sweeping narrative focusing on the lives of the students, award-winning author Tanya Talaga delves into the history of this northern city that has come to manifest Canada’s long struggle with human rights violations against Indigenous communities.

Author : Robert Feagan
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781770704558

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Arctic Thunder by Robert Feagan Pdf

Mike Watson's team has just won the Alberta Bantam Provincial box lacrosse championships. The euphoria of victory and plans for next season are short-lived when Mike's father, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is transferred to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. The transition to life inside the Arctic Circle is a tough one. With temperatures of -30 Celsius, a hulking monster named Joseph Kiktorak threatening him at every turn, and not a lacrosse ball in site, Mike's resentment at moving north escalates. As his friendships with local youth develop, Mike is introduced to the amazing spectacle and athleticism of traditional "Arctic Sports." When his father witnesses the natural talent of Mike's new friends, the idea of an Inuvik lacrosse team is born! With hearts full of desire, the motley group of athletes heads south to participate in the Baggataway Lacrosse Tournament, and to face Mike's former team, The Rams.

Author : Denay Lynn Denay,Lynn Denay
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426928116

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The Thunder of Silence by Denay Lynn Denay,Lynn Denay Pdf

In the bayous of Louisiana, Nicolette Renee Breaux is born into a cursed bloodline a mixture of darkness and light. Her mother, Michelle, exhausted from the life-threatening birth, does not realize then that Nikki will touch many and change much. But when Nikki is three years old and she predicts the death of a family friend, Michelle senses that her daughter is different and becomes afraid. After enduring a tumultuous childhood, Nikki flows through a lifetime of highs and lows, career changes, marriages, and jealousy, and she descends into a forbidden domain where suspicions mount and bodies fall. She pursues a sexually deviant lifestyle that is dangerous and erotic leading to an underground in which no desire is forbidden. A feisty young woman, Nikki has the penchant for developing only fatal-attraction relationships. Caught between truth and a cursed bloodline, she is confronted with a choice that will determine her destiny. Nikki comes face to face with a decision that forces her to see her own demons as well as an evil so strong she may not have the strength to endure.

Author : Sidian Morning Star Jones,Stanley Krippner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781591438083

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The Voice of Rolling Thunder by Sidian Morning Star Jones,Stanley Krippner Pdf

Rolling Thunder’s life and wisdom in his own words and from interviews with those who knew him well • Contains never-before-released talks by Rolling Thunder preserved by the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart as well as accounts of remarkable healings and weather magic from famous personalities who knew him • Explains that in order to heal Nature’s afflictions we must first restore balance and unity in ourselves Intertribal medicine man Rolling Thunder (1916-1997) was a healer, teacher, visionary, and activist who rose to popularity in the 1960s and ’70s through his friendship with artists such as Bob Dylan and as the inspiration for the Billy Jack films. Eyewitness accounts of his remarkable healings are legion, as are those of his ability to call forth the forces of nature, typically in the form of thunder clouds. Yet it was his equally uncommon gift as a prophet and living representative of Native American wisdom that truly set him apart from other spiritual teachers of that era. Thirty years before most people had ever heard of global warming, Rolling Thunder described in graphic detail the signs of encroaching planetary doom and campaigned for environmental harmony. The key to healing nature’s afflictions, he maintained, is to first restore balance and unity in ourselves. Containing never-before-released talks preserved by the Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart, this book shares the teachings of Rolling Thunder in his own words and through inspiring interviews with psychologist Alberto Villoldo and other famous personalities who knew him. Collected and edited by his grandson Sidian Morning Star Jones and longtime friend Stanley Krippner, this book allows you to incorporate Rolling Thunder’s wisdom into your own life.

Author : B. M. Bower
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775561330

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The Thunder Bird by B. M. Bower Pdf

What happens when the hardscrabble cowboys of the Wild West are introduced to the latest in twentieth-century technology? In some cases, they take to the sky as the daring pilots who are preparing the country to go to war. The Thunder Bird is the sequel to B. M. Bower's earlier novel Skyrider, and it packs in just as much aerial excitement as its predecessor.

Author : Murray A. Sperber
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-08-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 0253215684

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Shake Down the Thunder by Murray A. Sperber Pdf

"Sperber. . .tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." —New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the history of the Notre Dame football program—which has acquired almost mythical proportions—from its humble origins in the 19th century to its status as the paragon of college sports. It presents the true story of the program's formative years, the reality behind the myths. Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate athletics, the college sports reform movement, and the corrupt sporting press of the period. Shake Down the Thunder is must reading for all Fighting Irish fans, their detractors, and any reader engaged by American cultural history.

Author : B. M. Bower
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9788027220601

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The Thunder Bird & Skyrider (Western Adventure Classics) by B. M. Bower Pdf

Johnny Jewel works as a cowboy but his ambition is to be an aviator and he spends much of his time studying and dreaming about flying. Johnny learns of a damaged plane abandoned in the desert on the Mexican side of the border, and comes up with a plan to put it to work. His affairs are being monitored by Mary V, the ranch owner's spunky daughter, who is slowly taking interest in Johnny. But in the meantime, a gang of rustlers are taking advantage of his passion for flying in order to distract him from his job of keeping an eye over the ranch's horses. The Thunder Bird is a sequel of Johnny Jewel's story and it looks like our heroes didn't learn their lessons, as Johnny seems more stubborn and Mary V more spoiled. Johnny is determined to pay his debt before going back to the ranch and to Mary V, but this time his affairs take a foray into an international intrigue. Bertha Muzzy Bower (1871-1940) was an American author who wrote novels and short stories about the American Old West. She is best known for her first novel "Chip of the Flying U" about Flying U Ranch and the "Happy Family" of cowboys who lived there. The novel rocketed Bower to fame, and she wrote an entire series of novels set at the Flying U Ranch. Several of Bower's novels were turned into films.

Author : Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan)
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Bhutan
ISBN : 0670999016

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Treasures of the Thunder Dragon by Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan) Pdf

Author's personal memoirs, travelogue, history and folklore of Bhutan.

Author : George James Symons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Lightning conductors
ISBN : HARVARD:32044091994426

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Report of the Delegates from the Following Societies, Viz by George James Symons Pdf

Author : Alfred Billings Street
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)
ISBN : HARVARD:HX2P8F

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The Indian Pass by Alfred Billings Street Pdf

Author : Maurice Siegel
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781664186668

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Anything Goes When Among Poems, Plays and Essays by Maurice Siegel Pdf

Anything Goes is a compilation of my feelings and observations of the world around me by the use of poems, plays, and essays. It expresses my personal views of what is, what should be, and what is wished for to come about.

Author : U.S. Lake Survey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Great Lakes (North America)
ISBN : OSU:32435062858030

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Bulletin by U.S. Lake Survey Pdf