Anna Like Thunder

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 : Sonny Brewer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sound Like Thunder written by Sonny Brewer and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching eighty, Rove MacNee sets out to write the story of his youth- "I will be forgiven, I'm sure, if I don't remember things with stunning clarity." What memories clearly remain resonate within him like rolling thunder and shower down like rain in Sonny Brewer's superb and richly rewarding new novel of fathers and sons, family and betrayal. Set in the small gulf town of Fairhope, Alabama, this lyrical coming-of-age tale begins in the winter of 1941. Named for his father's drowned Labrador retriever, Rove is a strong-shouldered and self-reliant sixteen-year-old, an uneven match for his volatile father, Captain Dominus MacNee. Though he sometimes wishes the whiskey-soaked man would be lost at sea, Rove himself is in danger of sinking in the troubled waters of his home life. Navigating between memoir and memory, past and present, Rove reflects upon the people and pursuits that have influenced his life: his passion for fishing, where the toss of the net is more thrilling than the catch in the bucket; his much-loved grandmother, who gives him a copy of Huckleberry Finn, saying, "Boys sometimes run away, you know"; and Anna Pearl Anderson, "the prettiest girl on the Eastern shore," who ignites in Rove the first flickers of romance. Yet his greatest treasure, perhaps, is his twenty-five-foot sloop, the Sea Bird. Given to him as a gift, the Sea Bird brings with it both the possibility of salvation and the threat of disaster. As Rove dreams of escaping his tumultuous surroundings, it becomes apparent that he can never truly shake the hold of his seaside home unless he confronts, head on, a startling truth. Returning to the setting of his much-lauded debut novel, The Poet of Tolstoy Park, Sonny Brewer, once again, gives a skillful performance in the Southern storytelling tradition. A Sound Like Thunder is a magnificently crafted tale of a man revisiting the crossroads of his life, connecting the fragmented keepsakes in his heart and mind, and reemerging with a clear understanding of his defining moment.

Author : Jack Frederick Kilpatrick
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806127224
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Friends of Thunder written by Jack Frederick Kilpatrick and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references.

Author : Julia Wolf
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soft Like Thunder - Special Edition written by Julia Wolf and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-10 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***The is a discreet/special edition cover of Soft Like Thunder with special interior formatting*** Helen. What a sweet name for a girl who is anything but. The first time I laid eyes on Theo Whitlock, I chased him and his frat boy friends with a bat. I'm no white knight. I'm broke. He's rich. I destroyed his car. He chooses not to rat me out. I was never supposed to go to college, but especially not one like Savage U, where only the wealthiest need apply. One might call this a lucky break, only I don't feel so lucky with a drug dealer breathing down my neck, and a gangster threatening to burn my house down. You have a face that could launch a thousand ships. Theo and I don't make sense, but being with him feels good, and I need more than my books and classes to distract me from the chaos and violence in my life. I know you're my good girl. Aren't you, Helen? Tell me. We're casual. No complications. We have to be. I'm keeping secrets, and I have a feeling behind Theo Whitlock's twinkly blue eyes is a whole world of darkness. Do you think about me? Too much... Did I hurt you? He will...if the other savages don't get to me first.

Author : Ada Palmer
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1466858745
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Too Like the Lightning written by Ada Palmer and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the 2017 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Ada Palmer's 2017 Compton Crook Award-winning political science fiction, Too Like the Lightning, ventures into a human future of extraordinary originality Mycroft Canner is a convict. For his crimes he is required, as is the custom of the 25th century, to wander the world being as useful as he can to all he meets. Carlyle Foster is a sensayer--a spiritual counselor in a world that has outlawed the public practice of religion, but which also knows that the inner lives of humans cannot be wished away. The world into which Mycroft and Carlyle have been born is as strange to our 21st-century eyes as ours would be to a native of the 1500s. It is a hard-won utopia built on technologically-generated abundance, and also on complex and mandatory systems of labelling all public writing and speech. What seem to us normal gender distinctions are now distinctly taboo in most social situations. And most of the world's population is affiliated with globe-girdling clans of the like-minded, whose endless economic and cultural competition is carefully managed by central planners of inestimable subtlety. To us it seems like a mad combination of heaven and hell. To them, it seems like normal life. And in this world, Mycroft and Carlyle have stumbled on the wild card that may destablize the system: the boy Bridger, who can effortlessly make his wishes come true. Who can, it would seem, bring inanimate objects to life... Terra Ignota 1. Too Like the Lightning 2. Seven Surrenders 3. The Will to Battle At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Renee Manfredi
Publisher : MP Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1596929804
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Above the Thunder written by Renee Manfredi and published by MP Publishing. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Above the Thunder' tells the mesmerizing story of three generations of women confronting the emotional turmoil of abandonment, and the men with whom their lives converge. Young and ambitious Anna puts her career on hold to support her husband through medical school, only to find out she’s pregnant when it’s her turn. Troubled and difficult from the start, Anna’s daughter, Poppy, hasn’t been home since she drove away with the man who came to buy the family’s VW bus. After a twelve-year absence, Poppy begs to reunite with her now widowed mother, only to disappear again, leaving her mysterious and wildly imaginative young daughter, Flynn, in Anna’s care. This is also the story of Jack and Stuart, a couple struggling with commitment despite their love for one another. When Jack and Stuart meet Anna in a support group, they feel a connection that eventually leads them to form a loving, if unlikely, family. Gorgeously written and imbued with both wisdom and humor, 'Above the Thunder' reminds us that created families can be every bit as vital as the families into which we are born.

Author : Anna Prokos
Publisher : Red Chair Press
ISBN 13 : 1634401611
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ice Queen written by Anna Prokos and published by Red Chair Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what the coldest place on Earth is like? Antarctica is a large ice-covered continent at the southernmost point on the planet. Readers will explore this icy land and learn about the various types of glaciers and icebergs.

Author : Anna Ciddor
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 195253402X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wolfspell written by Anna Ciddor and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of Viking Magic, a girl can heal sword cuts with nettle stings and a boy can weave a wolfspell or make the lightning strike. An arrow of fire can end a dispute, but can two children stop the Sheriff from turning their families out of their homes? Oddo the farmer's son and Thora the spellworker's daughter are determined to stop the Sheriff. They set off to the Gula Thing to ask for help, never suspecting what dangers they're about to face. They will have to fight their way through raging rivers, wild wolves and treacherous swamps before they can return. And even then, it looks as though they may arrive too late. Courage, friendship and a dash of magic are the keys to this spellbinding adventure, the second in the acclaimed Viking Magic series. Like the first book, Runestone, it is ideal for readers who enjoy a strong story and a richly imagined world.

Author : Kendare Blake
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765328658
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anna Dressed in Blood written by Kendare Blake and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-08-30 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teen ghost hunter sets his sights on the murderous ghost of a girl who has been haunting her house since the '50s: Anna Dressed in Blood.

Author : Sue Monk Kidd
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698408195
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Book of Longings written by Sue Monk Kidd and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary novel . . . a triumph of insight and storytelling.” —Associated Press “A true masterpiece.” —Glennon Doyle, author of Untamed An extraordinary story set in the first century about a woman who finds her voice and her destiny, from the celebrated number one New York Times bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees and The Invention of Wings In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with eighteen-year-old Jesus changes everything. Their marriage evolves with love and conflict, humor and pathos in Nazareth, where Ana makes a home with Jesus, his brothers, and their mother, Mary. Ana's pent-up longings intensify amid the turbulent resistance to Rome's occupation of Israel, partially led by her brother, Judas. She is sustained by her fearless aunt Yaltha, who harbors a compelling secret. When Ana commits a brazen act that puts her in peril, she flees to Alexandria, where startling revelations and greater dangers unfold, and she finds refuge in unexpected surroundings. Ana determines her fate during a stunning convergence of events considered among the most impactful in human history. Grounded in meticulous research and written with a reverential approach to Jesus's life that focuses on his humanity, The Book of Longings is an inspiring, unforgettable account of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place and culture devised to silence her. It is a triumph of storytelling both timely and timeless, from a masterful writer at the height of her powers.