Of Land and Sky

Of Land and Sky
Author: Toby Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-05-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781714866304

An inspiring collection of sixteen poems accompanied by the whimsical and wonderful artwork of Michelle McDowell Smith. The poems uplift, reassure and offer courage to children and adults alike. "Of Land and Sky" reminds us of how hopeful childhood can be and keeps us optimistic for the future.

North Carolina

North Carolina
Author: Bland Simpson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781469665832

Bland Simpson, the celebrated bard of North Carolina's sound country, has blended history, observation of nature, and personal narrative in many books to chronicle the people and places of eastern Carolina. Yet he has spent much of his life in the state's Piedmont, with regular travels into its western mountains. Here, for the first time, Simpson brings his distinctive voice and way of seeing to bear on the entirety of his home state, combining storytelling and travelogue to create a portrait of the Old North State with care and humor. Three of the state's finest photographers come along to guide the journey: Simpson's wife and creative partner Ann Cary Simpson, professional photographer Scott Taylor, and writer and naturalist Tom Earnhardt. Their photos, combined with Simpson's rich narrative, will inspire readers to consider not only what North Carolina has been and what it is but also what we hope it will be. This book belongs on the shelf of longtime residents, newcomers, and visitors alike.

Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a

Land-Water-Sky / Ndè-Tı-Yat’a
Author: Katłıà Katłįà
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1773634283

A vexatious shapeshifter walks among humans. Shadowy beasts skulk at the edges of the woods. A ghostly apparition haunts a lonely stretch of highway. Spirits and legends rise and join together to protect the north. Land-Water-Sky/Ndè-Tı-Yat’a is the debut novel from Dene author Katłıà. Set in Canada’s far north, this layered composite novel traverses space and time, from a community being stalked by a dark presence, a group of teenagers out for a dangerous joyride, to an archeological site on a mysterious island that holds a powerful secret. Riveting, subtle, and unforgettable, Katłıà gives us a unique perspective into what the world might look like today if Indigenous legends walked amongst us, disguised as humans, and ensures that the spiritual significance and teachings behind the stories of Indigenous legends are respected and honored. We acknowledge the support of Arts Nova Scotia.

This Land Is Our Land

This Land Is Our Land
Author: Ken Ilgunas
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2018-04-10
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0735217858

Private property is everywhere. Almost anywhere you walk in the United States, you will spot “No Trespassing” and “Private Property” signs on trees and fence posts. In America, there are more than a billion acres of grassland pasture, cropland, and forest, and miles and miles of coastlines that are mostly closed off to the public. Meanwhile, America’s public lands are threatened by extremist groups and right-wing think tanks who call for our public lands to be sold to the highest bidder and closed off to everyone else. If these groups get their way, public property may become private, precious green spaces may be developed, and the common good may be sacrificed for the benefit of the wealthy few. Ken Ilgunas, lifelong traveler, hitchhiker, and roamer, takes readers back to the nineteenth century, when Americans were allowed to journey undisturbed across the country. Today, though, America finds itself as an outlier in the Western world as a number of European countries have created sophisticated legal systems that protect landowners and give citizens generous roaming rights to their countries' green spaces. Inspired by the United States' history of roaming, and taking guidance from present-day Europe, Ilgunas calls into question our entrenched understanding of private property and provocatively proposes something unheard of: opening up American private property for public recreation. He imagines a future in which folks everywhere will have the right to walk safely, explore freely, and roam boldly—from California to the New York island, from the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters.

This Land Is Our Land

This Land Is Our Land
Author: Jedediah Purdy
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2021-05-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691216797

A leading environmental thinker explores how people might begin to heal their fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other. From the coalfields of Appalachia and the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the public lands of the West, Purdy shows how the land has always united and divided Americans.

Bright of the Sky

Bright of the Sky
Author: Kay Kenyon
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 485
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1591028256

Kay Kenyon, noted for her science fiction world-building, has in this new series created her most vivid and compelling society, the Universe Entire. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm walls and an exotic, never-ending river. Over all, the elegant and cruel Tarig rule supreme. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn. Believing them trapped in a parallel universe—one where he himself may have been imprisoned—he returns to the Entire without resources, language, or his memories of that former life. He is assisted by Anzi, a woman of the Chalin people, a Chinese culture copied from our own universe and transformed by the kingdom of the bright. Learning of his daughter’s dreadful slavery, Quinn swears to free her. To do so, he must cross the unimaginable distances of the Entire in disguise, for the Tarig are lying in wait for him. As Quinn’s memories return, he discovers why. Quinn’s goal is to penetrate the exotic culture of the Entire—to the heart of Tarig power, the fabulous city of the Ascendancy, to steal the key to his family’s redemption. But will his daughter and wife welcome rescue? Ten years of brutality have forced compromises on everyone. What Quinn will learn to his dismay is what his own choices were, long ago, in the Universe Entire. He will also discover why a fearful multiverse destiny is converging on him and what he must sacrifice to oppose the coming storm. This is high-concept SF written on the scale of Philip Jose Farmer’s Riverworld, Roger Zelazny’s Amber Chronicles, and Dan Simmons’s Hyperion.

Piecing Earth & Sky Together

Piecing Earth & Sky Together
Author: Nancy Raines Day
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

While she and her grandmother work on their embroidery, Mei Yoon listens to an old Mein tale about the creation of the earth and the sky.

IN BETWEEN

IN BETWEEN
Author: Dr. SUNILKUMAR LAWATE Translated into English By Dr. SHUCHITA NANDAPURKAR-PHADAKE
Publisher: MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-06-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9353174740

He was born in an orphanage, was brought up in a remand home. He had no relations, no father, no mother, no caste, no religion, no culture, and no ancestry, nothing to claim him. He had no traditional markings to prove his being into existence. He was born with 'Name Not Known'. He had no name; he just had a number, just like the prisoners. His childhood was full of questions. His adolescence was spoiled, his youth was snubbed. When he grew into adulthood, his question also grew with him. These questions made him an adult. They shouldered his parenting. They taught him, they helped him to recover. Today, he is at such a stage where life unfolds beautifully in front of him. This is a story for those who have everything yet who do not stop complaining and are extremely incompetent.

IN BETWEEN

IN BETWEEN
Author: SUNILKUMAR LAWATE
Publisher: MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

HE WAS BORN IN AN ORPHANAGE, WAS BROUGHT UP IN A REMAND HOME. HE HAD NO RELATIONS, NO FATHER, NO MOTHER, NO CASTE, NO RELIGION, NO CULTURE, AND NO ANCESTRY, NOTHING TO CLAIM HIM. HE HAD NO TRADITIONAL MARKINGS TO PROVE HIS BEING INTO EXISTENCE. HE WAS BORN WITH `NAME NOT KNOWN`. HE HAD NO NAME; HE JUST HAD A NUMBER, JUST LIKE THE PRISONERS. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS FULL OF QUESTIONS. HIS ADOLESCENCE WAS SPOILED, HIS YOUTH WAS SNUBBED. WHEN HE GREW INTO ADULTHOOD, HIS QUESTION ALSO GREW WITH HIM. THESE QUESTIONS MADE HIM AN ADULT. THEY SHOULDERED HIS PARENTING. THEY TAUGHT HIM, THEY HELPED HIM TO RECOVER. TODAY, HE IS AT SUCH A STAGE WHERE LIFE UNFOLDS BEAUTIFULLY IN FRONT OF HIM. THIS IS A STORY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE EVERYTHING YET WHO DO NOT STOP COMPLAINING AND ARE EXTREMELY INCOMPETENT. त्याचा जन्म एका अनाथाश्रमात झाला होता, त्याला रिमांड होममध्ये आणण्यात आले होते. त्याला कोणतेही नाते नव्हते, वडील नव्हते, आई नाही, जात नाही, धर्म नाही, संस्कृती नाही आणि वंश नाही, त्याच्यावर दावा करण्यासाठी काहीही नाही. त्याचे अस्तित्व असल्याचे सिद्ध करण्यासाठी त्याच्याकडे कोणतीही पारंपारिक चिन्हे नव्हती. त्याचा जन्म 'नाव माहीत नाही' सह झाला होता. त्याला नाव नव्हते; त्याच्याकडे फक्त एक नंबर होता, अगदी कैद्यांसारखा. त्यांचे बालपण प्रश्नांनी भरलेले होते. त्याचे पौगंडावस्थेचे वय खराब झाले होते, त्याचे तारुण्य नष्ट झाले होते. जेव्हा तो प्रौढ झाला तेव्हा त्याच्यासोबत त्याचे प्रश्नही वाढले. या प्रश्नांनी त्याला प्रौढ बनवले. त्यांनी त्याच्या पालकत्वाला खांदा दिला. त्यांनी त्याला शिकवले, त्यांनी त्याला बरे होण्यास मदत केली. आज तो अशा टप्प्यावर आहे जिथे जीवन त्याच्या समोर सुंदरपणे उभं राहतं. ज्यांच्याकडे सर्व काही आहे तरीही जे तक्रार करणे थांबवत नाहीत आणि अत्यंत अक्षम आहेत त्यांच्यासाठी ही कथा आहे.

Where the Sky Is Born

Where the Sky Is Born
Author: Karen Ross
Publisher: Jeanine Kitchel
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0974483907

The journey of Jeanine Kitchel and her husband as they traveled to the Yucatan in 1985 and a decade later, left their Silicon Valley jobs to pursue a relaxed lifestyle in Puerto Morelos, a small fishing village on the Quintana Roo Coast south of Cancun.