Sicamor was a young man who lived in Araguata, a beautiful and prosperous town, south of the Kingdom of Altamira. Everything was good… until evil took over it and turned it into a ruined and oppressed town, plagued by crime and injustices. While King Bartolo, the King of Altamira, was made to believe that Araguata was going in the right direction, the people suffered. Hungry for justice, Sicamor left for Altagracia, home of King Bartolo, on a journey that would take him throughout the kingdom, bringing about unexpected rewards. His parents were sad to let him go, but hopeful and pleased to see the courage and the strong determination in their son. Would these be enough for Sicamor to face the challenges arising on his way to reveal the truth? The book SICAMOR is about fostering and promoting the human values and virtues, which are indispensable for the growth journey of adolescents, young adults, and the young at heart. The stories will highlight generosity, honesty, kindness, humility, respect, and forgiveness, among many other virtues and values. Also, the book warns about the evil; it exists and it will stalk us, with the objective to hinder us from becoming a better person.

This work traces the etymologies of the entries to their earliest sources, shows their kinship to both Spanish and English, and organizes them into families of words in an Appendix of Indo-European roots. Entries are based on those of the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española.

With its contextualizing introduction, notes, and gloss, this edition makes the Prose Merlin available to any student of Arthurian legend, no matter their level of proficiency in Middle English. Written in the latter half of the fifteenth century, the Prose Merlin is the first work of Arthurian literature written in English prose. The highly original poem, though based upon the French Vulgate cycle tradition of Arthurian legends, is full of episodes, motifs, and characters found nowhere else in the entire Arthurian corpus. Beginning with the story surrounding Merlin's birth, and charting the course of his fantastical life until his ambiguous death, Prose Merlin is an enchanting text for any class studying Arthuriana.

The mountains of Ashe County, in North Carolina's northwest corner, support an antediluvian mixed hardwood forest, rooted in nutrient-rich soil and watered by 40 to 60 inches of annual rainfall. From the highest peaks--approaching a mile above sea level--to the lowest valleys, through which flows one of the most ancient river systems in the world, trees carpet much of the county's 406 square miles. Species with nicknames like wahoo, goosefoot, ironwood, shadblow, bom-a-gilly and buckeye thrive. Others, dominant in the region for millennia, have all but disappeared in recent years. The author describes in detail their anatomy and ecology, and discusses maple syrup production, the local nursery business and the lore and deep value of heritage apple trees; 165 photographs are included.