A Light from a Distant Fire

A Light from a Distant Fire
Author: M. E. Barb
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2016-06-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1514490889

This story starts with the death of an old man, Alexander (Alex) Sykes, and his afterlife life. Upon his return from a trip to the astral plane, he discovers that police have been called to his apartment. He quickly finds out why: he was dead. Alex was looking at his own corpse! There was nothing that he can do now, so he left. Alex looked into the night sky and said, I want to go there, and he was off. He couldnt explain it, so he just went with it. He discovered several inhabited planets, some with what are probably animal life, but as to whether they were sentient, Alex didnt know. After a few more planets, Alex found the Qythedefinitely intelligent on a planet that was more urban than not. After his first contact with the Qythe, Alex discovers that they have an advanced mental ability that our earthly computers cant match. Yet despite their great intellects and history, they are doomed, and unless Alex and his growing circle of friends and allies can help, the Qythe will die. So Alex, with his own mental ability, discovered by accident, does what it takes to convince others of the need to work together to save his new friends: Dr. Philips, physicist of JPL; Dr. Bernstein, director of Physics, JPL; Dr. Colin Andres, psychiatrist/parapsychologist, JPL; Dr. Dawn Runningdeer, quantum physics, West Coast Institute of Technology; and Rosa Seville, former NASA astronaut. These and others will be responsible for the salvation of the Qythe, but even with the help of advanced science from the Qythe, can Alex and his human friends pull it off and still deal with the threat of destruction from one of his own?

Light a Distant Fire

Light a Distant Fire
Author: Lucia St. Clair Robson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1991-12-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780345375612

Osceola had no illusions that the struggle would be an easy one. But after years of humbly acquiescing to the white men's demands, he was ready to fight no matter what the cost. The young men would have the chance to earn war honors. Their women would have reason to be proud of them again. When "Old Man" Jackson declared war on the Seminole, he never envisioned battling a people who would become symbols of courage, loyalty, and patriotism. Led by the mighty warrior Osceola and witnessed by his beloved daughter Little Warrior, they were men and women fighting an unjust war of greed and aggression -- and the bonds of love and rebellion that united them would thrust them into the heart of a conflict that would change the world and their lives forever. "Robson is especially good at detailing the daily life of the 19th Century Seminoles and her Osceola is a charismatic and proud hero." -- The Orlando Sentinel

Teaching Creative Writing

Teaching Creative Writing
Author: Graeme Harper
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2006-06-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780826477262

Featuring a collection of twelve teaching-focused essays, this work includes an introduction to the subject of creative writing by Graeme Harper. Each chapter draws on key points about the nature of teaching and learning creative writing, and covers vario

Distant Fire

Distant Fire
Author: Martin Bell
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1986
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780060607685

"Discusses the nature of God, creator, destroyer, judge, sovereign, shepherd, protector, and Savior, and describes God's supernatural presence" --

The Essential Stanley J. Weyman Collection

The Essential Stanley J. Weyman Collection
Author: Stanley J. Weyman
Publisher: eBookIt.com
Total Pages: 2720
Release: 2013-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1456614150

Compiled in one book, the essential collection of books by Stanley John Weyman The Castle Inn Count Hannibal, A Romance of the Court of France From the Memoirs of a Minister of France A Gentleman of France The House of the Wolf A Romance In Kings' Byways The Long Night Under the Red Robe The Wild Geese

The Angels Will Not Care

The Angels Will Not Care
Author: John Straley
Publisher: Soho Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2018-06-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1616959207

Trapped on an Alaskan cruise line, PI Cecil Younger must expose a killer—and fast—or he may just find himself sleeping with the fishes. Cecil Younger never thought it would come to this: running surveillance on a chicken coop that’s being raided by a fowl thief. But things have not exactly been breaking right lately for the Alaskan PI. The logical thing to do? Take a vacation, of course. Well, it’s not exactly a vacation. Cecil has been paid to investigate a doctor aboard a cruise ship up the Alaskan coast following some complaints from his patients . . . that is, the patients who are still alive to complain. Worst of all, someone is leaving evidence pointing an accusing finger at Cecil. By the time the S.S. Westward makes landfall, Cecil will be wishing he was back guarding chickens.