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1) Betrayed!
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For ten long years Jodie Breault has been hounded by the mystery surrounding her mother's drowning and her father's disappearance in a boating accident on Lake Champlain, VT. A senior at a Connecticut high school, Jodie resides with her parents' friends,, a foreign-born couple that harbors many secrets. That year she falls in love with a classmate, C. Travis Jones, AKA Jonesy, but they are separated when he goes off to college in California and...
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We live a big world. There are so many locations to explore and learn about. This book has different types of categories about locations worldwide.This can be a fun activity to do by yourself to see how many places you know, or with others to see how much they know.
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A serial killer follows Du Pré from Washington, DC, back to Montana A lost and frightened horse plods down the National Mall, startling the crowd. When Gabriel Du Pré spots the confused animal, the connection is immediate, for neither of these creatures belongs in the sweltering heat of a DC summer. Du Pré, a Métis Indian from the wilds of Montana, calms the horse and leads it to the nearest policeman. Du Pré is in Washington to play his people's...
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"The Whispering Trail: A Journey Beyond the Veil of Nature" by C.A. Greenwood is a captivating narrative that transports readers into the heart of the Appalachian wilderness, where ancient secrets and supernatural forces intertwine with the fabric of reality. This spellbinding tale follows a group of friends whose search for adventure leads them to confront their deepest fears and uncover the mystical heritage of the land. As they delve deeper into...
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Chance City Beginnings Part OneCome meet the early settlers of Chance in the first part of this short story prequel series to the Chance City Series. Learn how the town came into existence and become acquainted with the ancestors of Chance City, Oklahoma.Chance City Beginnings Part TwoContinue the adventure and meet more of the early settlers of Chance in the second part of this short story prequel series to the Chance City Series. When jaded soiled...
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The situation between Deputy Brock Guthrie and Daphne Decker is complicated. Can he get past his hatred of Indians and accept Daphne for the woman she is within instead of seeing only her Comanche heritage? Will he take a chance and come down from the fence he sits on, or will he turn away from the possibility of a lifetime of happiness with Daphne?
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Nothing in Mel Lawrence's life could have prepared her for living in the Australian Outback. She finds creating her new life and establishing a sheep station far from the elite society she was expected to live in extremely satisfying. She has a wife, a child, and a dream she never imagined she wanted, and they are all she needs. Will she be able to hold on to the happiness she's found after seeking it for so long?
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En este libro, el lector conocerá la trágica historia del paradójico, controvertido y polémico maestro Clemente Antonio Neve, un hombre dispuesto con toda su voluntad, a prueba de fuego, a cambiar, a través de la enseñanza moderna, el dramático destino de los niños, mayoritariamente indígenas. Al profesor Neve, dice la autora, le tocó vivir el largo y sinuoso camino de México en busca de su construcción como nación. Nació en la ciudad...
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Alinta Lawrence, helping her wife to establish a station in her native outback, learning white ways, is finding it a challenge for the primitive woman. Having a child to raise with her wife, there is so much to learn, about the white woman's world. She's amazed and sometimes overwhelmed by the things these white people seem to need in their lives, will she be able to cope with it all?
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"The work of F. H. Berkeley...the best that one can desire as a descriptive narrative of a battle which, from the military point of view, represents the peculiar phenomenon of a European army annihilated by a native African race, and from the political point of view it shows to what a dangerous path a nation can be led by unrestricted colonial ambition." -The Westminster Review (1904)
"This is the one thorough account in English of the military operations...
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Exploring the Tapestry of Faith from Antiquity to the Modern AgeDive into the profound exploration of human spirituality with "Divine Threads: Unravelling the Origins of Divine Beliefs" a captivating journey that traverses the corridors of time, unraveling the intricate tapestry of divine beliefs that have woven through the fabric of human existence. In this illuminating odyssey, the author a seasoned explorer of the human soul, takes readers on a...
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The influence of globalization in the American Southwest is not a new or recent trend of the twentieth or twenty-first century. The phenomenon of globalization goes back centuries to the arrival of the first Spanish and the French, among others. The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries are only the most pronounced aspects of globilization but there are earlier influences as well. My study is a general overview.
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Umbanda, a syncretic religion originating in Brazil, combines indigenous Brazilian religions, African religions, Catholicism, and spiritism. Most Umbanda followers live in southern Brazil, and a small number of followers live in the neighboring countries of Uruguay and Argentina.Umbanda: The Religion of Brazil explores this remarkable Brazilian tradition founded in the early 1900s by psychic medium Zelio Fernandino de Moraes. It introduces the fundamental...
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James Beard is a speaker on topics such as traditional living and natural spirit teachings. His topics address many concerns to do with wellness and balance in life. He is a student of native teachings from Ojibwe Elders, Algonquin language based people, living throughout the Great Lakes Region of the US and Canada. The audiences for his presentations vary from youth to elderly.
His work is dedicated to telling anyone who has interest about his...
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A whimsical and lyrical celebration of imagination and exploration if we simply asked, "What if . . ."
Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple "what if" can conjure up: What if the monsters in your closet wanted to be your friend? What if all of the dinosaurs were shrunk to be teeny-tiny when the comet hit the earth? And what if bedtime didn't exist...
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"Thrilling experiences among savage natives...more than once the peaceful naturalist was in danger of becoming food for his neighbors." -Boston Evening Transcript, October 26, 1906
"Two Years Among New Guinea Cannibals by A.E. Pratt is an interesting narrative of an interesting people who may not be pleasant...about human flesh." -Sydney Morning Herald, May 5, 1906
"The evil repute of these barbarous folk rests upon a firm foundation, and, at least...
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"I am Crow Dog. I am the fourth of that name. Crow Dogs have played a big part in the history of our tribe and in the history of all the Indian nations of the Great Plains during the last two hundred years. We are still making history."
Thus opens the extraordinary and epic account of a Native American clan. Here the authors, Leonard Crow Dog and Richard Erdoes (co-author of Lakota Woman) tell a story that spans four generations and sweeps across...
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