The Journey of an Eagle is a triumph story and compilation of poetry describing the victory over molestation, battery, physical and emotional abuse. It depicts the authors great faith in the Lord to help her through these trials.
Kali Wallace is spellbound by the breathtaking land that spreads out before her -- and by a proud Blackfeet brave who calls it home. Though she never plans to marry, dedicating her life instead to her career as a photographer, she cannot still the rapid pounding of her heart when Soaring Eagle is near. And when the handsome warrior enters her dream -- one more passionate and intense than any she has ever experienced -- Kali awakens to find that her world has been changed forever. Soaring Eagle trusts no white man -- or woman -- and was hoping the beautiful stranger would leave the reservation once his tribe refused her request to photograph them. Now the spirits have spoken, wedding him in a powerful night vision to this stiff-willed enchantress with moonlight dancing off her golden-red hair, uniting them for all eternity. But their fiery, foretold love goes against all they each believe in -- and it is doomed to end in heartbreak...unless their two worlds can somehow become one.
I was born free: a child of the Universe. So I breathe and stretch; breathe and stretch. Spreading wide my wings, with a final thrust, I lift off Into the unknown of life’s great expectations. Toward the mountain peak of my identity ... Buoyed by an unbiased spirit, Karen Fridie has overcome many painful whys in her life to emerge from her murky past and reach her God-given purpose. In a debut compilation of poems and essays, Karen explores the raw topics of domestic violence and rape in order to bring awareness to what has become a pandemic of abuse around the world. Her poems and personal stories reflect on the emptiness of fading ecstasy, the path to becoming a survivor and Eagle Woman, an emotional closet that hides dark secrets, and a painful purging of the soul that emptied old beliefs and replaced them with euphoria and a new pledge to bless others. Wounded Eagle: Now She Soars is a volume of free verse and essays that candidly explore the raw topics of abuse, faith, forgiveness, healing, and self-love.
This book was inspired by the Berry College Eagle Cam, where thousands of viewers watched B3's hatching, growth and development into a juvenile eagle. We all learned to appreciate the rewards and realities of nature and our part in helping to preserve it.
Children are taught to respect the symbols of America from their first day of school. The Bald Eagle provides teachers an easy-to-read picture book explaining the history, other options, and meaning of the symbol that represent our nation. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Publishing Group. Grades P-4.
This is the second book about a Bald Eagle named B3. The first book, published in 2015, is based on a true story. At two years old, B3 is now a Juvenile Eagle and is looking for adventure as she continues her 4-5 year journey to adulthood. In this fictional story, she decides to venture west and explore Red Rock country.
A young Native American girl had a dream about a gift from an eagle. Others ridiculed her as she struggled to understand the meaning of the dream. Then one special night she came to realize she held a special gift within herself. Includes a Glossary and a collection of adages.
Seeking to arrange her own marriage in order to compel her uncle to release her dowry, socialite Katrina journeys to her uncle's home in Indian Territory, where she falls in love with White Eagle, who had saved her life years earlier. Original.
Seeking Our Eagle is the perfect, non-fiction companion piece for the Karen Charlton's historical novel, Catching the Eagle. Written with honesty and humour, this factual book tells the remarkable story of how the Charltons shook their family tree until a Regency convict fell out. Illustrated with poignant photographs, Seeking Our Eagle takes us on a fascinating journey back through three hundred years and the turbulent lives of seven generations of their family. A semi-autobiographical romp through the centuries, the book explains how the Charltons first became interested in genealogy and uncovered their history. It reveals the devastating impact of World War One on their family in Marske, their Victorian ancestors' extensive involvement with the North Eastern Railway Company during its heyday in County Durham and how their Northumbrian family was torn apart by dissention in the eighteenth century"--Publisher description.
Addie Matheson's homeless family lives in a tent in a forested area on a Puget Sound peninsula. Angry at this turn in her life, Addie, 15, steals a boat to run away and becomes stranded on an uninhabited island. Derek Tilton heeds a call for searchers spearheaded by their high school counselor. He uses the guidance of his Native American family spirit to search on his own and finds Addie near death. Addie recovers and soon follows Derek through a series of adventures that also prove life threatening. She soon wonders if her rescue from the island was only a temporary reprieve from death. Set on the Key Peninsula and assorted ports and islands in Puget Sound and Western Washington.
This is the fourth and final book in a series about a bald eagle named B3. At 5 years old, B3's development has culminated into an Adult, where if successful, she will mate and reproduce for up to 25 years in the wild. In this fictional story, B3 chooses a mate and together they prepare for their future....
This is the third book in a series about a Bald Eagle named B3. The books are following B3's development timeline from hatchling to an adult. The first book, "B3 the Baby Eagle," was based on true events in 2014 at the Berry College nest in Georgia. The second book, "B3 the Juvenile Eagle," imagined her life at 2 years old. Now, at 3-1/2 years old, B3 is a Sub-Adult Eagle yearning for more adventure before she fully emerges as an Adult Bald Eagle. In this fictional story, she decides to take a long journey northwest and explore Alaska....
A woman on the run...a warrior's vow...an assassin on their trail. The Warriors of the Iroquois, Book 1 With the English and the French at each other's throats, struggling for control of the North American continent, the battle lines have been drawn. But Marisa Jameson is witness to treachery closer to home. After she overhears her uncle's plot to destroy a Dutch town for his own gain, she threatens to expose him-and is forced to run for her life. When the mesmerizing beauty says she needs a guide to visit a friend, Mohawk warrior Black Eagle volunteers. He knows the wild forests of New England like the back of his hand, but soon senses danger is dogging their heels and suspects there's more to Marisa's anxiety to move swiftly than her eagerness to "visit a friend." Caught in the crossfire of a war and with a deadly assassin hot on their trail, Marisa and Black Eagle discover that trusting each other is the only way to outrun the enemy-and that love may be the only way to survive. This book has been previously published under the author's pseudonym of Gen Bailey, but has been substantially revised and expanded. Warning: May cause one to fall in love with that special someone all over again.
Eagles are birds of prey, and have flown through the skies for thousands of years. Today, however, their numbers are decreasing due to things such as pollution and habitat destruction. This series describes these endangered birds of prey, explores what is going on and what people can do to help these animals before it is too late. Book jacket.
LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION. How should we restore nature and species, and why does it matter? What is lost when we choose not to engage in restoration of the natural world? And which parts of ourselves might we also lose if we choose not to help restore and renew the natural world before it's too late? In this collection, Karen Lloyd explores abundance and loss in the natural world, relating compelling stories of restoration, renewal and repair, describing how those working on the front lines of conservation are challenging the inevitability of biodiversity loss, as well as navigating her own explorations of the meaning of abundance in the Anthropocene. In an era of urgent ecological challenge, this timely book reveals the places that people are coming together to bring species and habitats back from the edge of extinction. Yet, elsewhere, many other species are being allowed to disappear forever. To understand why, she examines how humans have chosen to entangle themselves in nature and considers the ways we perceive the natural world. A book about ways of seeing, as Lloyd explores attitudes towards meaningful restoration, she weaves her insightful and joyous narrative through a diverse range of inspiring landscapes, from Romania's Carpathian mountains and the Hungarian Steppe to Perthshire's rivers and the dune forests of the Netherlands.
Jalila searched his face. What can one do? There is only one way to be saved, Shem replied. In a world corrupted by evil and destined for destruction, one family has the answer. One family has built a vessel able to withstand the coming flood. But will it be enough? How will they endure the death of an entire world? And what will become of them in the aftermath? Can the family remain united through the ordeal and survive the devastation? Based on the account of Noahs ark in the Bible, Voyage of the Ark takes you into the heart and hardships of the journey on the ark. Step into the world before the flood and see the events unfold through the eyes of Jalila, daughter-in-law of Noah.
Pushed into Position is a powerful story of overcoming many tragedies and obstacles that would otherwise leave one in a life of despair. In spite of sexual, physical, mental abuse, rejection, infidelity, divorce, a young woman perseveres through the pain and struggle of her past and makes a declaration of victory over victimization. Throughout its pages, you will be inspired by a message of hope, resilience, and faith that can bring two teenage hearts together after twenty-three years of enduring much turmoil yet defying the laws of statistics through the reconciliation of Christ. You will also discover that life's struggles somehow have a way of pushing you into the very position that God has designed for your life according to His Kingdom Purpose! Karen Bolden has served in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus for over two decades. She is married to her teenage sweetheart Shawn after reconnecting with him twenty-three years later. She is a devoted mother of three wonderful boys. She is a nurse by profession, and she is a Kingdom Servant of Christ with an Apostolic mantle assisting Pastors and Leaders in ministry. Karen is an entrepreneur who owns Ka'ELegance Boutique. A women's clothing and fashion store. As well as CEO and founder of KDCB (Kingdom Dominion Cycle Breakers). Karen has had the opportunity to travel extensively and has been privileged to serve with many great men and women of God, speak in conferences, revivals, banquets, and workshops across the country. She is a pastor and mentor to many and believes each individual is created to be profoundly used by God. She coined the saying, "The work comes before the title.
Lakeland Book of the Year 2018, Bookends Prize for Art and Literature, WINNER. With its enchanting song, striking orange bill and endearing willingness to share our living space, the blackbird is one of our best-loved birds. But robins, swifts, goldfinches and blue tits captivate us equally and, in The Blackbird Diaries, Karen Lloyd shares her deep-rooted affection for British wildlife and issues a clarion call for the conservation of endangered habitats and species – most notably the curlew, Europe's largest wading bird. Over the four seasons, Karen intimately chronicles the drama and the joy, the perils and the pleasures of the natural world as it all unfolds in her garden and on her daily walks in the limestone hills and valleys of Cumbria's South Lakeland. What emerges is a celebration of landscapes that rarely feature in the existing canon of nature writing, and rare insights into the lives of the species that may be common but are remarkable creatures all. "Sure to delight readers and fans of British wildlife... Like all good nature writing books, Lloyd's prose is to be savoured. Not raced through and devoured like the latest crime thriller, but to be absorbed, enjoyed and reflected upon." Megan Shersby, BBC Countryfile magazine "A writer of rare talent... Lloyd quietly and unassumingly shares her observations of nature, drawing you into a world made rich with the company of birds. Nothing is beyond her eye – from wavering flocks of lapwing, or the mad arcs of swifts to the majesty of sea eagles, the evening sunlight caught crystalline in their eyes." Miriam Darlington, BBC Wildlife "A charming and informative account... [Lloyd] has a keen eye and a quiet, understated way of describing her neighbourhood that I found captivating. It brought to mind the writing of ... Kathleen Jamie ... Keenly observed." Katharine Norbury, Caught by the River
In Maya Narrative Arts, authors Karen Bassie-Sweet and Nicholas A. Hopkins present a comprehensive and innovative analysis of the principles of Classic Maya narrative arts and apply those principles to some of the major monuments of the site of Palenque. They demonstrate a recent methodological shift in the examination of art and inscriptions away from minute technical issues and toward the poetics and narratives of texts and the relationship between texts and images. Bassie-Sweet and Hopkins show that both visual and verbal media present carefully planned narratives, and that the two are intimately related in the composition of Classic Maya monuments. Text and image interaction is discussed through examples of stelae, wall panels, lintels, benches, and miscellaneous artifacts including ceramic vessels and codices. Bassie-Sweet and Hopkins consider the principles of contrast and complementarity that underlie narrative structures and place this study in the context of earlier work, proposing a new paradigm for Maya epigraphy. They also address the narrative organization of texts and images as manifested in selected hieroglyphic inscriptions and the accompanying illustrations, stressing the interplay between the two. Arguing for a more holistic approach to Classic Maya art and literature, Maya Narrative Arts reveals how close observation and reading can be equally if not more productive than theoretical discussions, which too often stray from the very data that they attempt to elucidate. The book will be significant for Mesoamerican art historians, epigraphers, linguists, and archaeologists.
China is one of the largest countries in the world, covering 7% of the earth's land surface, and encompassing a hugely diverse range of habitats. As a result it boasts a rich and diverse avifauna, including some of the most spectacular and fascinating birds to be found anywhere in the world. This is the first truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field guide to the Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated in 128 colour paintings, and fully described in the text. Colour distribution maps are provided for all illustrated species. The authors have both lived and worked in the region for many years, and have extensive experience of writing and illustrating bird guides. This important book will be a landmark in field guide publishing.
This encyclopaedic account of animals in Shakespeare's plays and poems, provides readers with a much-needed resource by which to navigate the recent outpouring of critical and historical work on the topic. This dictionary extends its coverage to include insects, fish and mythic creatures, as well as the places, practices and lore pertaining to all animal-oriented experiences of early modern life. It emphasizes the role of animality in defining character, and is attentive to the instabilities of the human-animal boundary as they were theatrically represented, exploited and interrogated, but it is also concerned with the material presence of animals on stage and in everyday life in Shakespeare's world. The volume is a new tool for instructors, but is also a resource for critics and scholars in the many disciplines engaged with animal studies, posthumanist theory, ecostudies and cultural studies.
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