A Shawl Of Mist

Author : Justine Hardy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127840
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Valley of Mist written by Justine Hardy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal, moving, and vibrant picture of one of the most beautiful and troubled places in the world, described through the experiences of one family, whose fortunes have changed dramatically with those of the region. If there is a paradise on earth, it is definitely here, here and only here," said the early seventeenth-century Mughal Emperor Jehangir when describing the Kashmir Valley. But for nearly twenty years this delicate mountain region has been torn by a brutal conflict that has pitched idealism against Islamist militancy and military crackdown. In the tradition of Ryszard Kapuscinski, this is an intimate story told by the author, journalist, and aid worker Justine Hardy. Having lived and worked in Kashmir for many years, she draws the reader beyond the headlines into the world of In the Valley of Mist. A family portrait, the book describes a unique and gentle culture that has been shattered by the impact of insurgency, repression, and Islamic extremism in a place once famous for the warmth between its Hindu and Muslim residents. "If you want people to know do not tell stories that will make them hold their breath like in a made-up film. Tell them the truth. It is strong enough," she was told when she asked permission of her Kashmiri friends to tell this story. Revealing and disturbing, In the Valley of Mist paints Kashmir as the template for the changing face of Islam.

Author : Mary Crockett
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316523801
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How She Died, How I Lived written by Mary Crockett and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girl in Pieces meets The Way I Used to Be in this poignant and thought-provoking novel about a girl who must overcome her survivor's guilt after a fellow classmate is brutally murdered. I was one of five. The five girls Kyle texted that day. The girls it could have been. Only Jamie--beautiful, saintly Jamie--was kind enough to respond. And it got her killed. On the eve of Kyle's sentencing a year after Jamie's death, all the other "chosen ones" are coping in various ways. But our tenacious narrator is full of anger, stuck somewhere between the horrifying past and the unknown future as she tries to piece together why she gets to live, while Jamie is dead. Now she finds herself drawn to Charlie, Jamie's boyfriend--knowing all the while that their relationship will always be haunted by what-ifs and why-nots. Is hope possible in the face of such violence? Is forgiveness? How do you go on living when you know it could have been you instead?

Author : Yukiko Inoue-Smith
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761859055
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 霧のショール written by Yukiko Inoue-Smith and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of tanka, an ancient style of Japanese poetry, includes essays written to accompany and complement the poems. The short essays included here provide practical thoughts based on the author's long years of personal and professional experiences - studying, reading, teac...

Author : Adele Smith
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1482827891
Total Pages : 763 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Of Mists and Monsoons written by Adele Smith and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2014-11-05 with total page 763 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of Mists and Monsoons traces the life and fortunes of the principal character from the mists of Ireland to the monsoons of India. Born the eldest child of an Irish Catholic family of subsistent potato farmers, Sean O'Hara was in his teens when Ireland was overwhelmed by the Great Famine in 1845. His family struggled to survive two successive years of potato blight but succumbed one by one, leaving Sean the sole survivor.The only way out offered was the chance to join a unit of the British Army stationed in Dublin, and with them, he was transported to India. He changed his name, which was customary for Irish recruits, and arrived in India as Joseph Harrington. Years on, Joe was overwhelmed again; this time by the Indian Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. In the meantime, this remarkable young man overcame every challenge he was set. He married an Irish girl he found in a convent and, with her, raised a family of four. The story is loosely based on the author's own family history as her great grandfather was indeed born in Ireland, joined the British Army, and went to India. He stayed there for the rest of his life and founded a family that remained there until Partition in 1946 drove them to England and Uganda. Anecdotes from the author's childhood told by her mother are woven ito the story wherever possible. It is worthy of note that Joseph Harrington prophecied to his close friend Rajah Saeed Khan that though the Indians were defeated in their Mutiny of 1857, they would finally rise and throw off the British overlords. He was proved right in 1947.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Agricultural Epitomist written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jill Criswell
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1037 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Frozen Sun Saga written by Jill Criswell and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 1037 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warriors. Tyrants. Gods. She will stand against them all. Book 1: Beasts of the Frozen Sun Burn brightly. Love fiercely. For all else is dust. Every child of Glasnith learns the last words of the god-gifted mortal Aillira, and Lira of clan Stone, a descendant of Aillira with the power to read people’s souls, knows the story better than most. When a golden-haired warrior washes up on the shores of her homeland, Lira helps the wounded man. But as they form a bond forbidden by both their clans, Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor. Book 2: Kingdom of Ice and Bone Lira of Stone watched her home burn and her clan fall beneath the sword of the warlord known as the Dragon. She believes the man she loves, a warrior who defected from the Dragon’s army, is dead. Alongside her exiled brother and his band of refugees, she will fight the forces that conquered her island. But the greatest danger may come from Lira herself—with the blood of banished gods running through her veins, she’s become a weapon, and no one is safe from the power of her wrath. Book 3: Souls of Fire and Steel To save her lover’s life, Lira of Stone swore allegiance to the Dragon. She’s transformed into his weapon—the Dragon’s death-bringer, using her gifts to conquer nations and unleash demons. Yet part of Lira seeks a way to free herself. In the final installment of the Frozen Sun Saga, Lira and Reyker face off as enemies, confront their worst nightmares, and make their last stand against the Dragon. But can a god be killed? And if so, at what cost?

Author : R Garland Gray
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
ISBN 13 : 9781605424958
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fey Born written by R Garland Gray and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lana is a frail farm girl who never could have imagined being magically fated to become a fey host for the sword spirit, Valor. Keegan, a fearless fey guardian of the waters, who must find the magical sword for his king, never expects to meet his match in the small, spirited beauty he needs to guide him to the sword.

Author : R Garland Gray
Publisher : Medallion Media Group
ISBN 13 : 1605427500
Total Pages : 1222 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faery Faith Series Bundle written by R Garland Gray and published by Medallion Media Group. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 1222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multiple award–winning author R. Garland Grey brings you the charming, magical Faery Faith Series. Predestined Bryna is an orphan slave in the fortress of a Roman invader, her only friend an ancient, blind Druidess, Derina, who tells her she must rescue the prisoner in the dungeon. Tynan lies naked, chained to a cold, stone slab, tortured by the Sorcerer, evil ally of the Roman lord, who seeks to discover if he might be the Dark Chieftain, the fulfiller of prophecy. Deeper in the dungeon, trapped by magical enchantment, are the faeries who await their liberator. The Dark Chieftain awaits a destiny of his own—mating with the territorial goddess, a union that will set the land and many lives aright. First he must gain his freedom and find her. Fey Born Lana is a frail farm girl magically fated to be a fey host for the sword spirit Valor. When the magical sword is stolen from the vaults of Tara, the faery home, Keegan, a fearless fey guardian of the waters, must find it for his king. Keegan never expects to meet his match in the small, spirited beauty he needs to guide him to the sword. Lana must find the strength to face her mysterious fate and claim a guardian’s heart. White Fells Boyden, a warrior of the Tuatha De Danann, is one of the few born of the idir, the between. With the power to summon the bringer of death in the form of a fey wind, he could kill an invader seeking vengeance for a wrongful death—and all living creatures—but he vows to find another way. Princess Scota, a confident warrior princess, does not believe in anything fey until she meets her people’s latest captive, Boyden, a proud male whose defiant nature she cannot tame. In a twist of fate, she becomes captive instead of captor. In a land covered in blood, the two battle for a truce between their warring people.

Author : Peggy Herring
Publisher : TouchWood Editions
ISBN 13 : 1927366755
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anna, Like Thunder written by Peggy Herring and published by TouchWood Editions. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1808, the Russian Ship St. Nikolai ran aground off the Olympic Peninsula; this novel is based on this astounding historical event and the lives of the people affected. In 1808, eighteen-year-old Anna Petrovna Bulygina is aboard the Russian ship St. Nikolai when it runs aground off on the west coast of Washington State on the Olympic Peninsula. The crew, tasked with trading for sea otter pelts and exploring the coast, are forced to shore into Indigenous territory, where they are captured, enslaved, and then traded among three different Indigenous communities. Terrified at first, Anna soon discovers that nothing—including slavery—is what she expected. She begins to question Russian imperialist aspirations, the conduct of the crew, and her own beliefs and values as she experiences a way of life she never could have imagined. Based on historical record, Anna, Like Thunder blends fact and fiction to explore the early days of contact between Indigenous people and Europeans off the west coast of North America and offers a fresh interpretation of history. "An intimate engagement with a little known ghost of North American history and memory." --Jaspreet Singh, author of Helium and November“/p>

Author : Phoebe Cary
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385483972
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary written by Phoebe Cary and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.