An imaginative link between poems and prose of a Canadian boyhood followed by Holt's later life as a lyricist; rich imagery of land and lore, spiraling toward his discovery of his mixed white and Ojibway ancestry." -Elaine Starkman, author of Learning to Sit in the Silence; A Journal of Caretaking, coeditor of Here I Am. Winner of 1999 Pen Oakland Award "This is a man with much to say, who carries important teachings, and whose heart beats a compassionate rhythm." -Rick McBride, Tsalagi - Cherokee, Medicine Wheel, ceremony & Lifeways teacher, website editor at www.mxblood.com "Voyages to Ancestral Islands is a journal of a journey exploring memories and impressions of a searching life. The search is over and the poet moves now to fertile fields, awaiting untold stories filled with new memory." -Tom Ekkens, Pacifica poet, photographer and artist
The surest way for you to succeed as a bowhunter is to get the help and advice of an experienced archer. There are no better experts than those folks at "Bowhunter Magazine". Learn what to look for when buying a bow, arrows, broadheads, arrow rest, mechanical release, bowsight and quiver. Find out how to make your setup ready for hunting. Also, you'll need to learn the proper stance, release and follow through for shooting compounds, recurves and longbows. And, if you want to hit your target consistently, the section on adjusting your sights and estimating range will be especially helpful. This book has hundreds of easy-to-understand illustrations and photographs that take the guesswork out of achieving true arrow flight. Make it your guide to making well-placed shots on a bullseye or the buck of a lifetime.
The Enlightenment is the basis of modern consciousness in the West: its theoretical tenets have become our assumptions. But what if those tenets are false? What if, rather than an Age of Reason, the 'Enlightenment' ushered in an Age of Darkness - an age of intolerance, mechanised warfare and horrific slaughter - an age we are still living through? Dave Holt shows how the assumptions of that age led directly to the rift between science and religion - via Darwin's Origin of Species, 'survival of the fittest' and the philosophical 'death of God' - and that the scientific method itself is inadequate to answer the ultimate questions that are too vast in time, dimension and complexity. By incorporating information and theories of the past sixty years that include the verification of ancient texts such as the Old Testament and Greek legends, he concludes that there are real tangible reasons for the existence of religion and man's character flaws, fragile mental health, susceptibility to chronic disease and obsession with conquest and war. With this insight into the real history and complex make-up of man, solutions may be possible. Wide-ranging in its research and thorough in its indictment of established theories, Holt is ultimately convincing in his argument for the importance of humankind's spiritual experience and an intelligent force behind the design of the universe.
From the back cover: The surest way for you to succeed as a bowhunter is to get the help and advice of an experienced archer. Unfortunately, it's difficult to figure out who is and is not a true expert. Bowhunting Equipment & Skills solves this problem by bringing you the advice of Bowhunter Magazine's top authorities: M.R. James, Dwight Schuh, G. Fred Asbell and Dave Holt. This book is your guide to making well-placed shots on a bullseye or the buck of a lifetime.
The surest way for you to succeed as a bowhunter is to get the help and advice of an experienced archer. There are no better experts than those folks at "Bowhunter Magazine". Learn what to look for when buying a bow, arrows, broadheads, arrow rest, mechanical release, bowsight and quiver. Find out how to make your setup ready for hunting. Also, you'll need to learn the proper stance, release and follow through for shooting compounds, recurves and longbows. And, if you want to hit your target consistently, the section on adjusting your sights and estimating range will be especially helpful. This book has hundreds of easy-to-understand illustrations and photographs that take the guesswork out of achieving true arrow flight. Make it your guide to making well-placed shots on a bullseye or the buck of a lifetime.
Over the years spent creating his nationally syndicated panel Speed Bump, cartoonist Dave Coverly has seen trends in which themes are the most popular. The perennial favorite is dogs, and in this collection he examines working dogs, techie dogs, and badly behaving dogs, and offers profiles of dogs both famous and not-so-famous.
THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! “I like to think of Not All Diamonds and Rosé as the ultimate reunion. I know readers will be surprised, entertained, and even shocked at what’s in store." —Andy Cohen Dave Quinn's Not All Diamonds and Rosé is the definitive oral history of the hit television franchise, from its unlikely start in the gated communities of Orange County to the pop culture behemoth it has become—spanning nine cities, hundreds of cast members, and millions of fans. What is it really like to be a housewife? We all want to know, but only the women we love to watch and the people who make the show have the whole story. Well, listen in close, because they’re about to tell all. Nearly all the wives, producers, and network executives, as well as Andy Cohen himself, are on the record, unfiltered and unvarnished about what it really takes to have a tagline. This is your VIP pass to the lives behind the glam squads, testimonials, and tabloid feuds. Life’s not all diamonds and rosé, but the truth is so much better, isn’t it? “This exhaustive oral history features dishy interviews with 185 cast and crew members behind the Bravo phenomenon. Fans will delight to read about how it all got started.” —New York Post Includes Color Photographs
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