![]() ![]() “My experience just gave me a lot of insight into how hard it is to get food while you’re out there, and it’s not just all ‘Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah and blue bird on my shoulder’ when you’re living out there for two weeks.” “We just don’t have the skills to do that any more or most people don’t. “A lot of ‘Alabama Moon’ is about how far we’ve come from being connected to the wilderness and how we’re not really suited to live in the woods like Indians did,” he said. Key’s understanding of the wilderness came when he designed a two-week survival class for him and some friends while attending Birmingham-Southern College. When his father dies, Moon tries to follow his father’s wishes for him to go to Alaska and find others like them. ![]() “It’ll be fun to connect with kids that feel a real connection to the locals in the book,” he said.Īccording to Key’s website, “Alabama Moon” tells the story of a young boy named Moon who has grown up in the wilderness with his father. Although Key has been to Tuscaloosa many times, this will be his first visit to speak about his books. An Alabama-based writer will be in Tuscaloosa today, speaking to students at Sipsey Valley Middle School and making a public appearance at the Tuscaloosa Public Library.Īlbert Watkins Key Jr., who publishes under the name Watt Key, has published three books including “Alabama Moon,” which is based partly in Tuscaloosa and has been made into a movie. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() After several years in Asia and then Africa, Childress moved in 1983 to Stelle, Illinois, a community founded by New Age writer Richard Kieninger Childress had been given one of Kieninger's books while touring Africa. Biography īorn in France to American parents, and raised in Colorado and Montana, United States, Childress went to University of Montana–Missoula to study archaeology, but left college in 1976 at 19 to begin travelling in pursuit of his archaeological interests. His own works primarily concentrate on pseudoarchaeological and pseudoscientific topics such as " UFOs, secret societies, suppressed technology, cryptozoology conspiracy theory." Childress, having no degree, refers to himself as a "rogue archaeologist". David Hatcher Childress (born June 1, 1957) is a French-born American author, and the owner of Adventures Unlimited Press, a publishing house established in 1984 specializing in books on unusual topics such as ancient mysteries, unexplained phenomena, alternative history, and historical revisionism. ![]() ![]() Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding. He explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social change. ![]() ![]() "The Horse, the Wheel, and Language" lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original Indo-European speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization.Linking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, David Anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central Eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of Proto-Indo-European, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the Eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchange. ![]() But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? Until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even Nazis seeking the roots of the Aryan race. Roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-European. ![]() ![]() Agent: Veronique Baxter, David Higham Associates. But at its most basic level, this is a story of petty high school betrayals, popularity contests with toxic frenemies, and vividly depicted peer pressure, all of which combine to create a painfully real novel. ![]() ![]() British author Pinborough’s thrilling murder mystery is filled with twists and turns, including a surprising second death-one that sticks-that sends the novel careening into fresh and emotionally raw territory of loss, forgiveness, and guilt in its final act. Text message exchanges, news reports, and interviews between Becca and her therapist further flesh out a multilayered narrative, filling in the gaps in Natasha’s memory. Third-person chapters focus on Becca, and readers’ see Natasha’s thoughts, reactions, and nagging suspicions through excerpts from a journal. ![]() As the police try to piece together what happened, Natasha, harboring suspicions about her closest friends, launches her own investigation with the help of former friend Becca, who she abandoned during an ascent into popularity. Book Details 13 Minutes is a psychological thriller with a killer twist from the 1 internationally bestselling author Sarah Pinborough. ![]() After drowning, Natasha Howland was dead for 13 minutes before being revived. ![]() ![]() ![]() However! this is no armchair new age philosophy. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religious Studies! Rice University Through his clear! compassionate! and at times ruthlessly insightful spiritual guides! Paul Selig has written a breathtaking and powerful treatise on the importance of self worth to spiritual knowing. The result is a kind of handbook on how to access and use the creative or 'out-picturing' powers of language and thought (our 'knowing') and the deep! still unconscious divinity of humanity (our 'worth'). Rachel Pollack! author of 78 Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot Paul and his Guides somehow manage to transmit and then explain ancient gnostic revelations in simple language that anyone can understand. Joan Larkin In a world of would-be psychics making great claims for themselves with little evidence to back them up! Paul Selig is the real thing. His guidance is powerfully freeing! and! to me! indispensable. ![]() His gifts help me find deeper connections to myself and to the world. ![]() Zusatztext Praise for the author: Generosity and compassion flow from Paul. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The introduction is dramatic and gripping, the characters then propel the story forward. Michael Connelly remains my all-time favourite male crime fiction writer! I don’t know how he does it, the writing is always fresh and intelligent, the themes, contemporary and plausible and so addictive. But his inquiry hits a snag when he himself becomes a suspect.Īs he races to clear his name, McEvoy’s findings point to a serial killer working under the radar of law enforcement for years, and using personal data shared by the victims themselves to select and hunt his targets.Ĭalled “the Raymond Chandler of this generation” (Associated Press), Michael Connelly once again delivers an unputdownable thriller that reveals a predator operating from the darkest corners of human nature-and one man courageous and determined enough to stand in his way. McEvoy investigates-against the warnings of the police and his own editor-and makes a shocking discovery that connects the crime to other mysterious deaths across the country. Veteran reporter Jack McEvoy has taken down killers before, but when a woman he had a one-night stand with is murdered in a particularly brutal way, McEvoy realizes he might be facing a criminal mind unlike any he’s ever encountered. Jack McEvoy, the journalist who never backs down, tracks a serial killer who has been operating completely under the radar–until now. The hero of The Poet and The Scarecrow is back in the new thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly. ![]() ![]() There, too, he discovers Imoinda, now named Clemene and the reunited lovers finally live as husband and wife. There, his true identity is discovered-even as he is renamed Caesar-and he is promised his freedom. Oroonoko is overcome by grief and distracts himself with the friendship of an English sea captain, who ultimately tricks the prince into slavery, taking him to Surinam where he is sold to the plantation where the narrator resides. As punishment, the King pretends to put Imoinda to death, when he has actually sold her into slavery. Imoinda refuses to submit to his desires, and Oroonoko manages to break into the Otan and consummate his marriage. Despite the fact that Oroonoko and Imoinda are married, the King forces her to become part of his Otan, or harem, separating them. However, their love is thwarted by Oroonoko’s grandfather, the king, who desires Imoinda for himself. ![]() ![]() Oroonoko’s tale is one of an exemplary man who falls in love with an exceptional woman, Imoinda. ![]() ![]() He played a leading role in the Mariner, Viking, Voyager, and Galileo spacecraft expeditions, for which he received the NASA Medals for Exceptional Scientific Achievement and (twice) for Distinguished Public Service. About the Author: Carl Sagan served as the David Duncan Professor of Astronomy and Space Sciences and Director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University. Astonishing in its scope, brilliant in its insights, and an absolutely compelling read, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a triumph of popular science. Their book culminates in a stunningly original examination of the connection between primate and human traits. Sagan and Druyan conduct a breathtaking journey through space and time, zeroing in on critical turning points in evolutionary history, and tracing the origins of sex, altruism, violence, rape, and dominance. It shows with humor and drama that many of our key traits-self-awareness, technology, family ties, submission to authority, hatred for those a little different from ourselves, reason, and ethics-are rooted in the deep past, and illuminated by our kinship with other animals. Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a thrilling saga that starts with the origin of the Earth. A tour de force of a book that begs to be seen as well as to be read."- The Washington Post Book World World renowned scientist Carl Sagan and acclaimed author Ann Druyan have written a Roots for the human species, a lucid and riveting account of how humans got to be the way we are. ![]() NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "Exciting and provocative. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() So when the great god Om accidentally manifests himself as a lowly tortoise, stripped of all divine power, it’s clear he’s become less important than. Everyone has their own opinion and their own gods, of every shape and size all fighting for faith, followers, and a place at the top. Now adapted into graphic novel form with new artwork by Ray Friesen. Religion is a competitive business in the Discworld. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. Read more and fast: for the Great God Om, Brutha the novice is the Chosen One - or at least the only One available. In such a competitive environment, it's certainly not helpful to be reduced to appearing in the form of a tortoise, a manifestation far below god-like status in anyone's book. Small Gods is a novel of Discworld where the world is a flat disc, balanced on the backs of four elephants which are standing on the back of a giant turtle. Everyone has their own opinion, and indeed their own gods, of every shape and size, and all elbowing for space at the top. And the Word was: 'Hey, you!' This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business. 'Just because you can't explain it, doesn't mean it's a miracle.' In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: 'Hey, you!' This is the Discworld, after all, and religion is a controversial business. Deftly weaves themes of forgiveness, belief and spiritual regeneration The Times. "Just because you can't explain it, doesn't mean it's a miracle." In the beginning was the Word. Description for Small Gods: A Discworld Graphic Novel Hardcover. ![]() ![]() ![]() One of the best things about Hardinge’s books is the fact that she doesn’t write down to children. ![]() ![]() Her novels are rich with possibility, and lots of the time, it’s a dark, delightful possibility! The depth of her marvelous imagination knows no limits. But with several other genres mixed in! Her novels are almost all set in different worlds, some like ours, but where there is always something different, whether it’s the laws about reading, a scary curse, truth-telling fruit, or a menacing doll. ![]() To date, Hardinge has published 10 fun, freaky, and sometimes frightening fantasy novels for children. That’s why I asked to write this reading pathway about the fun fantastical world of Frances Hardinge - because I want you all to fall under her storytelling spells, too! Her books have received numerous accolades, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book award and the Costa Book Award. Every time she has a new book out, I wave my arms around and yell about it because I want everyone to read her. I love her books so much! And yet I feel like she is only getting the fraction of the readers in the U.S. Who are your auto-buy authors - the authors whose books you immediately purchase when they come out? And who are the authors you think everyone should read? Now, what if those two things overlapped? That’s how I feel about British children’s writer Frances Hardinge. ![]() |