Fantail Journeys

Fantail Journeys
Author: Mary McElroy
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-07
Genre: College students
ISBN: 1609573749

Molly leaves the safety of her home to live on a college ship for a semester. She finds herself in a tight-knit group of students who traverse three continents. The students learn how to cope with different cultures and languages and how to protect each other during hard times. Molly must lean on her faith to endure the adventures she encounters.

The Quiet Journey

The Quiet Journey
Author: Joe Millard
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2007-12-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0595908667

The Quiet Journey is one person's life story told in amusing and authentic memoirs from 1936 until 2000. The author, writing to his grandchildren, shares candid childhood stories about Saturday afternoon movies, reading contests, and threshing runs. The memoirs capture a glimpse of attending a one room rural school, growing up on a farm, and living without electricity. Older readers may recall their own memories of catching and killing a rooster for Sunday dinner, or playing fox and geese in the snow. Others may identify with the author as he tells of his first date and learning how to dance. A few may even remember the surprises that awaited them at college. Those who served in the navy during the 1950s may have experienced challenging shore patrol duty in places like Olongapo, Philippines, or visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. In addition, former sailors may remember some of their more amusing experiences when at sea. All of these experiences are captured in The Quiet Journey, along with humorous and challenging experiences of teaching in Urbana, Postville, Story City, and Dubuque, Iowa. However, everyone reading The Quiet Journey, will sense the importance of the second half of the twentieth century.

Urban Wings: A Photographic Journey of City Birds

Urban Wings: A Photographic Journey of City Birds
Author: Mukund Kumar
Publisher: Mukund Kumar
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2023-10-14
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

Welcome to "Urban Wings: A Photographic Journey of City Birds." As a bird photographer, Mukund has had the unique privilege of capturing the intricate beauty and essence of avian life in and around the wetlands of urban landscapes. This book aims to showcase the diversity and allure of birds that enrich our cities, captivating viewers with their presence and resilience. Amidst the concrete jungles and the cacophony of human activity, these feathered inhabitants often go unnoticed, blending seamlessly into the background. However, a closer look by Mukund reveals a fascinating array of species that have adapted and thrived within our metropolitan settings and adjoining wetlands. As urban sprawl encroaches upon green spaces, Mukund believes it becomes increasingly vital to acknowledge and celebrate our urban avian neighbors. Through the pages of this book, Mukund invites readers to embark on a visual adventure, unveiling the secret lives of these city and wetland-dwelling birds. From majestic raptors soaring above skyscrapers to delicate songbirds serenading in urban wetlands and city parks, each photograph within these pages tells its own unique story of survival and adaptation.

Caylen's Journey

Caylen's Journey
Author: Robert B Marchand
Publisher: a-argus books
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2010-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0984619534

Returning to his beloved North, Caylen brings along his new Hopi bride Aponi, her mother and a Hopi man. The young couple, now wealthy beyond their wildest dreams, are soon at home in their beautiful log mansion on their private island Utopia. Eerie events begin to interrupt their utopian wilderness life-style. Strange, friendly beings residing on the same island suddenly make their presence known to Caylen and his family by presenting them with a wonderful gift. A mysterious craft appears out of the sky and crashes through the big lake's winter ice. A beautiful white wolf appears, becomes enamored with Warrior-Caylen's Pet wolf-and is soon part of the family. Blessed with extraordinary supernatural powers, Caylen is required to embark on several missions as he fulfills his obligations as a Special Constable in the Northwest Mounted Police. These investigations nearly cause his demise and require use of the powers bestowed upon him by Sania, the old Hopi medicine man who had befriended Caylen years earlier. When an intruder from his past places his family in extreme danger, Caylen is forced to call upon forces from his past for assistance. Circumstances during this period require Caylen to make difficult choices; choices that-unknown to him at the time-will affect his entire family and friends, altering their future and their lives forever.

My Journey

My Journey
Author: Jim Woods
Publisher: Gypsy Shadow Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2019-10-07
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1619502143

Jim Woods was a sports hunter writer, outdoorsman and game hunter. Follow his journey from his early beginnings in the Navy through many hunting adventures, both in the Eastern and Western hemispheres as he searches for and bags trophy game.

An Entrepreneur's Journey

An Entrepreneur's Journey
Author: Robert K. Lifton
Publisher: Author House
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2012-11-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781477279298

This is the story of Bob Lifton who was born in Brooklyn in 1928 to a working class Jewish family and grew up to lead a fascinating life in business and politics that connected him to remarkable people from artists and scientists to kings. With his business partner, a World War II war hero, Liftons entrepreneurial spirit led him to a broad range of business endeavors, including an Oscar winning movie score, ownership of the U S mens National Soccer Team, being landlord to Donald Trump in Atlantic City and buying the Navy aircraft carrier he served on. Their company was the first to integrate a hotel in the South. As President of the American Jewish Congress, and Co-Chair of the Middle East Project of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lifton interacted with Prime Ministers of Israel and heads of Arab nations with a focus on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His story will introduce the reader to the famous and infamous, describing his conversations with Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, winning the gratitude of President George H.W. Bush, meetings with Nelson Mandela and Yasser Arafat and fending off overtures from Jimmy Hoffa.

Long Journey to Rneadal

Long Journey to Rneadal
Author: Sharon E. Dreyer
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 609
Release: 2011-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 146205563X

This romantic action adventure begins onboard the RELENTLESSa star cruiser captained by the dashing Jake Granger who narrates this voyage. Dr. Jessica L. Hunter, a wealthy and telepathic genius, joins his crew to create new systems for his ship. Jake is fascinated by Jessis abilities during several critical assignments. After the initial modifications are installed, Jessi learns the truth about herself while on a rescue mission. Jake loves Jessi and has a difficult time convincing her of his feelings. When the RELENTLESS is placed into space dock, Jake asks Jessi to marry him and is elated when she finally accepts his marriage proposal. After their lavish wedding, the newlyweds leave on their honeymoon. Jessi is later required to renegotiate another peace treaty with the Tricanorians. The time arrives when Jessi must make the perilous journey to Rneadal; although pregnant Jessi travels to Rneadal and risks all to rescue the Rtuii.

Choices Guide Life's Journey

Choices Guide Life's Journey
Author: CW 2 Floyd F. Dickerson
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2011-04-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1462619223

"Floyd F. Dickerson is a retired Chief Warrant Officer 2, from the US Army, and, who has spent twenty one years in military service. He has an Associate Degree in Business Management, and, an Associate Degree in Business Administration. Dickerson is married, with twenty one grandchildren, and, twenty great-grandchildren. He has written this book, which chronicles the bizzar, and, sometimes comical, adventures that happened to him during his private life, as well as, his military career life during his twenty one years of serving in both, the US Navy, and, US Army."