Author: James CrowtherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ants
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Solomon's Little People
Author: James CrowtherThe Making of a Confederate
Author: William L. BarneyPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198042892
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Despite the advances of the civil rights movement, many white southerners cling to the faded glory of a romanticized Confederate past. In The Making of a Confederate, William L. Barney focuses on the life of one man, Walter Lenoir of North Carolina, to examine the origins of southern white identity alongside its myriad ambiguities and complexities. Born into a wealthy slaveholding family, Lenoir abhorred the institution, opposed secession, and planned to leave his family to move to Minnesota, in the free North. But when the war erupted in 1860, Lenoir found another escape route--he joined the Confederate army, an experience that would radically transform his ideals. After the war, Lenoir, like many others, embraced the cult of the Lost Cause, refashioning his memory and beliefs in an attempt to make sense of the war, its causes, and its consequences. While some Southerners sank into depression, aligned with the victors, or fiercely opposed the new order, Lenoir withdrew to his acreage in the North Carolina mountains. There, he pursued his own vision of the South's future, one that called for greater self-sufficiency and a more efficient use of the land. For Lenoir and many fellow Confederates, the war never really ended. As he tells this compelling story, Barney offers new insights into the ways that (selective) memory informs history; through Lenoir's life, readers learn how individual choices can transform abstract historical processes into concrete actions.
The Little Bride
Author: Anna SolomonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101544236
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
From the award-winning author of The Book of V., an unflinching, lushly imagined love story set against the backdrop of the epic frontier When 16-year-old Minna Losk journeys from Odessa to America as a mail-order bride, she dreams of a young, wealthy husband, a handsome townhouse, and freedom from physical labor and pogroms. But her husband Max turns out to be twice her age, rigidly Orthodox, and living in a one-room sod hut in South Dakota with his two teenage sons. The country is desolate, the work treacherous. And most troubling, Minna finds herself increasingly attracted to her older stepson. As a brutal winter closes in, the family's limits are tested, and Minna, drawing on strengths she barely knows she has, is forced to confront her despair, as well as her desire. A Boston Globe Best Seller “Evocative of Alice Munro, Amy Bloom, and Willa Cather, but fueled by Anna Solomon’s singular imagination . . . a masterful debut . . . embroidered with sage, beautiful writing on every page . . . marks the start of a long, fine, and important career.” —Jenna Blum, author of Those Who Save Us “Minna is a terrifically complex heroine: a little snobby, a little selfish and wholly sympathetic.” —The New York Times “Like...Jonathan Safran Foer and Dara Horn. [A] wondrously strange story of Jewish immigration.” —Miami Herald “This mythic rendition of the American immigrant narrative...finds the wondrous in the ordinary and vividly depicts the complex collisions between the Old World and the New.” —More
The Lost History of the Little People
Author: Susan B. MartinezPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1591438047
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Reveals an ancient race of Little People, the catalyst for the emergence of the first known civilizations • Traces the common roots of key words and holy symbols, including the scarlet biretta of Catholic cardinals, back to the Little People • Explains how the mounds of North America and Ireland were not burial sites but the homes of the Little People • Includes the Tuatha De Danaan, the Hindu Sri Vede, the dwarf gods of Mexico and Peru, the Menehune of Hawaii, the Nunnehi of the Cherokee as well as African Pygmies and the Semang of Malaysia All cultures haves stories of the First People, the “Old Ones,” our prehistoric forebears who survived the Great Flood and initiated the first sacred traditions. From the squat “gods” of Mexico and Peru to the fairy kingdom of Europe to the blond pygmies of Madagascar, on every continent of the world they are remembered as masters of stone carving, agriculture, navigation, writing, and shamanic healing--and as a “hobbit” people, no taller than 31/2 feet in height yet perfectly proportioned. Linking the high civilizations of the Pleistocene to the Golden Age of the Great Little People, Susan Martinez reveals how this lost race was forced from their original home on the continent of Pan (known in myth as Mu or Lemuria) during the Great Flood of global legend. Following the mother language of Pan, Martinez uncovers the original unity of humankind in the common roots of key words and holy symbols, including the scarlet biretta of Catholic cardinals, and shows how the Small Sacred Workers influenced the primitive tribes that they encountered in the post-flood diaspora, leading to the rise of civilization. Examining the North American mound-culture sites, including the diminutive adult remains found there, she explains that these stately mounds were not burial sites but the sanctuaries and homes of the Little People. Drawing on the intriguing worldwide evidence of pygmy tunnels, dwarf villages, elf arrows, and tiny coffins, Martinez reveals the Little People as the real missing link of prehistory, later sanctified and remembered as gods rather than the mortals they were.
Solomon's Jar
Author: Alex ArcherPublisher: Gold Eagle
ISBN: 1552546055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Rumors of the discovery of Solomon's Jar—in which the biblical King Solomon bound the world's demons after using them to build his temple in Jerusalem—are followed with interest by Annja Creed. An archaeologist intrigued by the arcane, Annja pursues the truth about the vessel and its ancient origins. Her search leads her to a confrontation with a London cult driven by visions of a new world order; and a religious zealot fueled by the insatiable desire for glory. Across the sands of the Middle East to the jungles of Brazil, Annja embarks on a relentless chase to stop humanity's most unfathomable secrets from reshaping the modern world.
Four Little People and Their Friends. [Short Stories for Little Children. With a Frontispiece.]
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Author: Four little peopleLittle tales for the nursery, by Solomon Lovechild
Author: lady Eleanor FennThe Bad
Author: Ian S. RutterPublisher: Ian Stuart Rutter
ISBN: 9574196720
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
When 8 year old Solomon ventures into Birchover wood for the first time after moving to the village, not only is he overjoyed and feeling wonderful, but he met a girl. She just happened to be 4 inches tall. His heart pounds when he meets the most amazing creatures, faeries! Caitlin, Zeal, Balamore and Elder Perennial Swallowtail become his new amazing friends from the wood. Trusting his new friends, one bitter and aggressive faery betrays and kidnaps him The faery takes Solomon to an evil monster called the Bad, which has been imprisoned for a thousand years. The Bad merges itself with Solomon and uses him and the magic of the faery to break free from its prison. The Bad inside the body of Solomon, appears once again in the wood of Birchover facing an army of mythical creatures such as, dragons boggarts, goblins, oakmen and the faeries. The creatures must now destroy the monster completely, but they also must save an innocent boy who is now part of the Bad.
Miss Blake's Tinies
Author: Fanny SimonSolomon’s Emissary
Author: Remi ArtsPublisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480876658
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Thomas Benning is not a drug dealer, and yet, due to a police mistake, he ends up having to bury his wife and baby. Thomas sustains a gunshot in the raid, but his physical injuries don’t hurt as much as his grief. To escape the pain, he travels and eventually moves to Mobile, Alabama. It feels like a fresh start. Unfortunately, Thomas gets involved in some dangerous political activities and flees back to Canada, where he meets lawyer Stacey Bogs while he seeks to buy land. Their first meeting is contentious at best, but they eventually form a connection. Following the death of his family, Thomas had envisioned a simple life, but he isn’t going to get it as he is suddenly drawn into a web of international intrigue and murder. Thomas battles the bad guys as his relationship with Stacy turns romantic, but he still struggles with grief, anger, and now, a need for violence.