About the Book Orphaned as an infant, Rath was raised in Izloerith, an icy mountaintop town above the country of Edison. When Rath discovers he holds a power within him, sealed there by persons unknown, he is forced to flee members of the Church of Light who have come to his home to find and destroy him. The story of Rath Borne follows him as he escapes his pursuers, leaving the adopted family he loves, and entering a new world where he possesses power he must quickly learn to master if he is to survive. Rath searches for those hidden in the realm that sealed away the aura inside him as he explores lands he had not yet ventured. During Rath's journey, he will learn more about his past and his lineage as well as a more fearsome group that will soon learn of his existence. However, with his companions and his aura, he may yet overcome the obstacles that arise as they search for the Seven Sacred Branches. About the Author Writing was a hobby until Tyler Hollis took the leap into getting published. He is happily married to his beautiful wife of five years, and they have a handful of a lab named Havoc.
A delightful book that will keep you in stitches with the antics of cousins from young to teen. What happens when cousins pit boys against girls in Grandma and Grandpa's vacation home . Determined to do the best pranks and win the games, they plot and plan. Resident ghosts show up and join in the mishaps, mistakes and adventure ensued on their quest. In addition to being a delightful read all the children are actually drawn with pen/ink by well know children's illustrator Tyler Hollis. All of the children, including the dog Gizmo, make their way on to the pages at the start of several chapters. This book is a must read. This is the second book- be sure you read "The Club House and the Gang" and watch for book three of these mischievous and clever cousins.
Upset by family unrest, Riley finds a "Jar Fairy" who grants her four wishes. She visits the park, playground & the beach. She remembers all the good times she had with her family and she wishes to be back home with them. The clouds set her mood as she goes on these adventures as she finally realizes there is no place like home.
Welcome to the realm of bewitching faeries, sylphs, fierce dragons, ancient wizards, alluring mermaids, and shimmering sea serpents. Leave the everyday world behind and step through the veil into the
Two weeks to leave his mark on the world or end his life. This is the ultimatum that Al Garland gives himself. Al is a former college basketball standout, now battling depression and alcoholism as he drops out of college in his final semester. He returns home to Crownsville in central Illinois where his father reigns as the bigoted mayor. While Al tries to discover himself on his journey, Youth of America examines his generation of cynicism, hope, and potential. Al finds that most things in life are never as simple as one hopes while he attempts to break off ties and confront his demons. The decision that Al makes will leave an impact like no other.
To dive deep into your inner life. To navigate its complexity and explore your story in depth. To discover who you are exactly—the courage you have when life breaks apart, how conscious you become in that process, and how rich you feel learning the meaning of your life. On a search for wholeness, Bobbe Tyler delves deep to find and tell her story—the trauma of familial mental illness, marriage and divorce, spiritual despair, accountability, addiction and the joy of recovery, surviving loss, and finally that which matters most: love in all its ways. The rewards of her wisdom belong not to her alone but, by way of her unflinching examination of life’s many paths, to all who have a story of their own to tell—who have faced a life-choice gone wrong, or met the peace that had always seemed just out of reach. This searing self-appraisal provides a model for those who seek to know themselves better and are willing to sound their depths to find their story in full.
Everyone knows there is no deadlier enemy in the West than a fierce Apache warrior--except maybe Dan'l Boone. But when the Apache capture his niece as a trophy it becomes more than a battle for Dan'l--it becomes personal.
The French led a raid that ended in the death of Boone's young cousin, and they learned to call Dan'l their enemy. Stalking his kinsman's killers through the untouched wilderness, Boone lived only for revenge. Even though the frontiersman was only one man against an entire army, he wouldn't rest until he defeated his murderous foes.
The uneasy peace in Apache territory was shattered when a murderous bandit named Bear Killer began a ruthless campaign to slaughter settlers and steal as much as he and his warriors could get their blood-stained hands on. When a Mexican family set out on a journey to help a survivor of one of the vicious raids, they turned to the best guide in the territory--Dan'l Boone.
Tattoos tell stories. The ink that covers Landon McDaniel's skin are not unlike his story... ordinary, yet intriguing; painful, yet beautiful. EVERY SONG HAS ITS SECRET is a tale of love, passion, regret, heartache, loneliness, and... of course, a secret.
The book uses archival data to examine how access to micro-finance credit played a role in facilitating adjustment to blight during the Great Famine of Ireland. The author argues that the worst affected districts with a microfinance fund experienced substantially smaller population declines and larger increases in buffer livestock during the famine than those districts without a fund. The potentially limited capacity of credit access to mitigate the effects of a major environmental shock on the poorest, most vulnerable borrowers is also a key topic of discussion.
Community gardening is as much about community as it is gardening, and compared to growing plants, cultivating community is far more difficult. In Community Gardening in an Unlikely City: The Struggle to Grow Together in Las Vegas, Schafer documents his time as a member of a fledgling Las Vegas community garden and the process through which a rotating group of gardeners try to forge community. He demonstrates the ways in which choices gardeners make about what goals to pursue, or who belongs, or what story to tell about their collective efforts, influence how they and others experience and interpret the garden. The garden culture that emerges over time shapes how, or whether, community is practiced at the garden, and has important consequences for the gardeners’ abilities to connect with the low-income, Black and Latinx community in which it is located. Schafer’s analysis provides important insights about urban culture, the environment, and food justice in the American Southwest, and a sober look into the often messy process and practice of community.
The assortment of political views held by Baptists was as diverse as any other denomination in the early United States, but they were bound together by a fundamental belief in the inviolability of the individual conscience in matters of faith. In a nation where civil government and religion were inextricable, and in states where citizens were still born into the local parish church, the doctrine of believer's baptism was an inescapably political idea. As a result, historians have long acknowledged that Baptists in the early republic were driven by their pursuit of religious liberty, even partnering with those who did not share their beliefs. However, what has not been as well documented is the complexity and conflict with which Baptists carried out their Jeffersonian project. Just as they disagreed on seemingly everything else, Baptists did not always define religious liberty in quite the same way. Let Men Be Free offers the first comprehensive look into Baptist politics in the early United States, examining how different groups and different generations attempted to separate church from state and how this determined the future of the denomination and indeed the nation itself.
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