The Golden Orb

The Golden Orb
Author: Douglas Niles
Publisher:
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780786926923

Brackenrock is the isolated fortress offering humankind a place to survive in the barren realm of Icereach. Even the elven Messenger Kerrick Fallabrine makes his home there. But the ogre enemies are always near, and now have a powerful weapon made of destructive magic encased within a sphere of solid gold.

Jessica and the Golden Orb

Jessica and the Golden Orb
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2015
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473333775

Jessica wants a pet, but has to settle for a heritage golden tomato plant. She tends the plant carefully, and discovers it has some unusual characteristics - not only can it talk to those who will listen, but the fruits it produces are especially good for your health. Includes factual information about tomatoes and gardening.

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance
Author: Nikki Grimes
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1681199440

From Children's Literature Legacy Award-winning author Nikki Grimes comes a feminist-forward new collection of poetry celebrating the little-known women poets of the Harlem Renaissance--paired with full-color, original art from today's most talented female African-American illustrators. For centuries, accomplished women--of all races--have fallen out of the historical records. The same is true for gifted, prolific, women poets of the Harlem Renaissance who are little known, especially as compared to their male counterparts. In this poetry collection, bestselling author Nikki Grimes uses "The Golden Shovel" poetic method to create wholly original poems based on the works of these groundbreaking women-and to introduce readers to their work. Each poem is paired with one-of-a-kind art from today's most exciting female African-American illustrators: Vanessa Brantley-Newton, Cozbi A. Cabrera, Nina Crews, Pat Cummings, Laura Freeman, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Ebony Glenn, April Harrison, Vashti Harrison, Ekua Holmes, Cathy Ann Johnson, Keisha Morris, Daria Peoples-Riley, Andrea Pippins, Erin Robinson, Shadra Strickland, Nicole Tadgell, and Elizabeth Zunon. Legacy also includes a foreword, an introduction to the history of the Harlem Renaissance, author's note, and poet biographies, which make this a wonderful resource and a book to cherish. Acclaim for One Last Word A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner A New York Public Library Best Kids Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, Middle Grade A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, Nonfiction

Stronger Than Steel

Stronger Than Steel
Author: Bridget Heos
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0547681267

An introduction to the field of genetics through the story of Randy Lewis and his work with golden orb weaver spiders and his subsequent creation of artificial spider silk that can be used to save and improve lives. Full color.

The Smaller Majority

The Smaller Majority
Author: Piotr Naskrecki
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780674019157

People Saving Their Trees in Hurricane Sandy will raise funds for charities to plant trees in stricken areas. Read inspiring, heartfelt, and heroic stories from people who used the Tree Whispering Storm Prep Whispers to help their trees survive Hurricane Sandy and to empower themselves in the face of disaster.

The New World of Self-healing

The New World of Self-healing
Author: Bente Hansen
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0738708895

Could natural foods, self-nurturing, a positive outlook, and heartfelt spirituality really make a difference in our health? Bente Hansen's exciting new guide to wellness prescribes a holistic approach that emphasizes health on four levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. From chakras and energy healing to diet and exercise, the author explores many ways to promote wellness in our everyday lives. Readers will learn about the unique energy field surrounding each one of us, and how to avoid disease and illness by maintaining its dynamic structure. Hansen also examines the benefits of meditation, positive belief patterns, sleep, organic foods, inner peace, overcoming fear, appreciating inner beauty, and connecting with nature. A CD of easy exercises and meditations is also included.

Circles in the Wind

Circles in the Wind
Author: Blackjack
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019-04-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1796025828

Circles in the Wind is a creative nonfiction memoir of the “back to the land” movement of the 1970s and the counterculture of the late 1960s. The novel documents the wanderings of Red Dawge, Blackjack, and Memphis Dennis across the country from commune to commune, hobo camps, and remote mountain hideaways. From the story of the Rainbow hippies to the loner Houndog Tom, the novel weaves an intricate tapestry of the life and times of those who sought a different existence from the mainstream. The story moves through time and space, from tipi to hogan to earth lodge, from hitchhike to freight train to horseback, circling back its own beginning and becoming the déjà vu.

The Golden Rhinoceros

The Golden Rhinoceros
Author: François-Xavier Fauvelle
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2021-02-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691217149

From the birth of Islam in the seventh century to the voyages of European exploration in the fifteenth, Africa was at the center of a vibrant exchange of goods and ideas. It was an African golden age in which places like Ghana, Nubia, and Zimbabwe became the crossroads of civilizations, and where African royals, thinkers, and artists played celebrated roles in the globalized world of the Middle Ages. Drawing on fragmented written sources as well as his many years of experience as an archaeologist, the author reconstructs an African past that is too often denied its place in history. He looks at ruined cities found in the mangrove, exquisite pieces of art, rare artifacts like the golden rhinoceros of Mapungubwe, ancient maps, and accounts left by geographers and travelers