In the early decades of the twentieth century, the visual arts were considered central to the formation of a distinct national identity, and the Group of Seven's landscapes became part of a larger program to unify the nation and assert its uniqueness. This book traces the development of this program and illuminates its conflicted history. Leslie Dawn problematizes conventional perceptions of the Group as a national school and underscores the contradictions inherent in international exhibitions showing unpeopled landscapes alongside Northwest Coast Native arts and the "Indian" paintings of Langdon Kihn and Emily Carr. Dawn examines how this dichotomy forced a re-evaluation of the place of First Nations in both Canadian art and nationalism.
Incredibly well-researched, thoroughly enjoyable, and singularly original."--SHELLEY SHEPARD GRAY, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author "A beautiful story of love, loss, and the bonds that connect a family to its faith."--SUZANNE WOODS FISHER, bestselling author of A Season on the Wind Ivy Zimmerman is successfully navigating her life as a young Mennonite woman, one generation removed from her parents' Old Order Amish upbringing. But when her parents are killed in a tragic accident, Ivy's way of life is upended. As she deals with her grief, her younger sisters' needs, the relationship with her boyfriend, and her Dawdi and Mammi's strict rules, Ivy finds solace in both an upcoming trip to Germany for an international Mennonite youth gathering and in her great-great-aunt's story about Clare Simons, another young woman who visited Germany in the late 1930s. As Ivy grows suspicious that her parents' deaths weren't, in fact, an accident, she gains courage from what she learns of Clare's time in pre-World War II Germany. With the encouragement and inspiration of the women who have gone before her, Ivy seeks justice for her parents, her sisters, and herself.
Half-white and half-Indian, Yakima Henry tends to mind his own business among folks who see him as little more than a savage. But when a man named Barstow—who’s taking his dead daughter home for burial—is bullied by badmen, Yakima steps in and becomes a target of both bandits and lawmen alike. Barstow’s daughter supposedly shared a secret with her father—the location of the $56,000 her outlaw lover stole. Although Barstow claims no knowledge of the fortune’s whereabouts, he’s become a wanted man. And now, so has Yakima Henry...
The sun's intense draw lures out all the people of the world, while agoraphobic Chava Logan hunkers down inside her San Francisco apartment in terror. Slowly, more and more people succumb to the allure of the sun. The Sun Pandemic is a global phenomenon that no one seems to understand or be able to fight. Alone in her apartment, Chava struggles against this unknown force. Can her neurotic behaviors actually save her life? A short story from our Orbits sci-fi/fantasy line.
Time spent in Japan, and everyday life in Berkeley and Oakland, come together as a kaleidoscope of words and consciousness in New Time. Leslie Scalapino pushes at the edges / spatial shape of language and experience in her new collection by writing that is itself events, which are to "punch a hole in reality." Real events, occurring in real time, are transformed in the act of writing them as perceived rather than interpreted. Phrases repeat, conjoin, break apart, and return in this challenging and innovative work, as Scalapino moves toward a "new time" wherein there is no 'inner' — one's illusion that is "the adamant social being / is inner" and "the body is a new form.
Do you want to pray with power... and see results? Readers of Activating God's Power by Michelle Leslie will learn what to pray and to confidently claim answers to prayer. This personalized book is a guide to praying according to God's Word! You will discover hundreds of Scripture-based prayers for all of life's situations: from finding your identity in Christ, to awakening God's favor in your life, to overcoming the trials of life with spiritual warfare. When we meditate on the word and speak it, we are activating God's power. God's word brings life and creates a spiritual mindset that changes us and the world around us (Romans 12:2). As you put these mighty, scriptural prayers to work in your own life and in the lives of those around you, you will see God moving and activating his Word. You no longer need to feel helpless in the face of difficult or painful circumstances. You no longer need to miss God's blessings for you and your loved ones. You can pray with power! Nothing is more powerful than God. With Activating God's Power we are praying God's Word to overcome and bring us the freedom only found in Christ. Activating God's Power is a must-read for anyone who wants to pray with strength and purpose. The faith produced from this book will lead to results, not just for ourselves but for the lives around us.
Dark Dawn picks up where Dusk in Levleron left off. Levleron has lost the battle, and now it is up to Silvia to make sure they do not lose the war. She continues her search for Levleron's rightful King, Lorstein, and his bride, Cypress, but not alone. This is the least of her worries though, as she will have to face the five Wutherton wizards, Drake, Gregorian, Sheaton, Rheamus, Damiosis, and an uncertain future.
To help her deal with her separation from her family, worry about her mother's serious operation, and suspicions about a new friend's abusive father, twelve-year-old Dawn creates an imaginary world while spending the summer of 1958 with her great-aunt and uncle in rural North Carolina.
In 1917, in Fatima, Portugal, the Virgin Mary appeared to three illiterate, peasant children. She showed them a vision of hell and warned that if Russia was not converted and consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart, that country would spread its errors around the world. The last apparition on October 13, 1917, was accompanied by a strange event: the sun danced in the sky! Before an estimated seventy thousand people gathered in an open field, it zigzagged overhead and appeared to be rushing toward the crowd. There was no screaming, no panic and no stampede. Scientific instruments around the world, failed to record this terrifying event. It became known as the “Miracle of the Sun.” More than a century has passed and the Vatican has yet to proclaim it a miracle. Nevertheless, these apparitions with its anti-Russian message were shamelessly used by the Catholic Church as a rallying war cry against Russia and its purported godlessness. Part religious-political treatise, but mostly, history, The Day The Sun Danced, traces the history that for centuries, saw Christians slaughter fellow Christians across Europe -- the cradle of Christianity, in the firm belief, that God was on their side. From the time of the Crusades to Martin Luther's nailing of his ninety-five theses, to the Holocaust, to World War II, the Cold War and beyond, author Leslie Michael pays special attention to the role Christianity played in the rise of Hitler. Pope Pius XII was not Hitler's Pope. He firmly believed Jews were the architect of their own misfortune. Instead of accepting Christ as their Lord, they murdered him – and Hitler was taking good care of them. Pius XII had his own agenda. Godless Communism was not his sole concern. He agonized over the division between the Roman Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was his fervent hope that “Operation Barbarossa” the Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union, joined by several Eastern European nations, would form a “Christian Crusade” that would would wipe out those godless communists and faithless Jews from the face of Europe. That country would be conquered, converted to Catholicism and consecrated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, thus fulfilling the promises of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Fatima -- and seeing Pope Pius XII emerge as the Supreme head of all Christendom.
Detectives Laura Baxter and Jack Holt are members of the elite: Las Vegas Metro PD, one of the toughest and most respected law enforcement agencies in United States. In the middle of city with 2 million residents and 43 million annual visitors, they¿re hunting for a killer. The crime: audaciousIn the middle of a glamorous Las Vegas hotel, in front of hundreds of witnesses and under the lenses of countless video surveillance cameras, a young girl is brutally murdered. What promises to be a quick and easy investigation soon becomes a nightmare. The most recorded crime in Vegas is missing one key protagonist, the killer.The forensics: stupefyingA crime-scene fingerprint unleashes dozens of unsettling questions instead of providing answers. Was this a murder for hire? In the politically-charged case, the scenario seems plausible; the victim¿s secret life could¿ve been the obstacle in an ambitious politician¿s path. As the investigation unspools the well-concealed secrets surrounding the victim¿s life, Baxter and Holt attract the attention of someone desperate to keep history¿s deadly secrets buried.The truth: shockingA testimony from beyond the grave turns into a death warrant for the two unrelenting detectives. While they expose a connection with the victim¿s distant past that could hold the key to catching her killer, they must learn to rely on each other to survive. Two mavericks don¿t make a team. Baxter and Holt trust each other with their lives, only not with their darkest secrets.
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