The River Where Blood Is Born
Title | The River Where Blood Is Born PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Jackson-Opoku |
Publisher | One World |
Pages | 433 |
Release | 2009-07-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307559467 |
This astonishing novel takes us on a journey along the river of one family's history, carving a course across two centuries and three continents, from ancient Africa into today's America. Here, through the lives of Mother Africa's many daughters, we come to understand the real meaning of roots: the captive Proud Mary, who has been savagely punished for refusing to relinquish her child to slavery; Earlene, who witnesses her father's murder at the hands of the Ku Klux Klan; Big Momma, a modern-day matriarch who can make a woman of a girl; proud and sassy Cinnamon Brown, whose wild abandon hides a bitter loss; and smart, ambitious Alma, who is torn between the love of a man and the song of her soul. In The River Where Blood Is Born, the seen and unseen worlds are seamlessly joined--the spirit realms where the great river goddess and ancestor mothers watch over the lives of their descendants, both the living and those not yet born. Stringing beads of destiny, they work to lead one daughter back to her source. But what must Alma sacrifice to honor the River Mother's call?
Born by the River
Title | Born by the River PDF eBook |
Author | Jenness Clark |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2016-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780692797525 |
In 1963, the whirlpools of a changing culture inundate the Mississippi River region, where a young girl tries to comprehend and stay above the conflicting traditions that challenge her family's very survival.
To Be A Water Protector
Title | To Be A Water Protector PDF eBook |
Author | Winona LaDuke |
Publisher | Fernwood Publishing |
Pages | 320 |
Release | 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1773634321 |
Winona LaDuke is a leader in cultural-based sustainable development strategies, renewable energy, sustainable food systems and Indigenous rights. Her new book, To Be a Water Protector: Rise of the Wiindigoo Slayers, is an expansive, provocative engagement with issues that have been central to her many years of activism. LaDuke honours Mother Earth and her teachings while detailing global, Indigenous-led opposition to the enslavement and exploitation of the land and water. She discusses several elements of a New Green Economy and outlines the lessons we can take from activists outside the US and Canada. In her unique way of storytelling, Winona LaDuke is inspiring, always a teacher and an utterly fearless activist, writer and speaker. Winona LaDuke is an Anishinaabekwe (Ojibwe) enrolled member of the Mississippi Band Anishinaabeg who lives and works on the White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota. She is executive director of Honor the Earth, a national Native advocacy and environmental organization. Her work at the White Earth Land Recovery Project spans thirty years of legal, policy and community development work, including the creation of one of the first tribal land trusts in the country. LaDuke has testified at the United Nations, US Congress and state hearings and is an expert witness on economics and the environment. She is the author of numerous acclaimed articles and books.
Peace Like a River
Title | Peace Like a River PDF eBook |
Author | Leif Enger |
Publisher | Atlantic Monthly Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780871137951 |
Davy kills two men and leaves home. His father packs up the family in a search for Davy.
Born of the River
Title | Born of the River PDF eBook |
Author | Turk Pipkin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 103 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Colorado River (Tex.) |
ISBN | 9781881484073 |
The history of the Lower Colorado River Authoity and its generating electricity for Central Texas.
Soul of the River
Title | Soul of the River PDF eBook |
Author | Shawn Thompson |
Publisher | GeneralStore PublishingHouse |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781896182551 |
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Born to the Blade: A Novel
Title | Born to the Blade: A Novel PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Underwood |
Publisher | Serial Box |
Pages | 519 |
Release | 2018-07-27 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 168210270X |
For centuries the Warders' Circle on the neutral islands of Twaa-Fei has given the countries of the sky a way to avoid war, settling their disputes through formal, magical duels. But the Circle's ability to maintain peace is fading: the Mertikan Empire is preparing for conquest and the trade nation of Quloo is sinking, stripped of the aerstone that keeps both ships and island a-sky. When upstart Kris Denn tries to win their island a seat in the Warder’s Circle and colonial subject Oda no Michiko discovers that her conquered nation's past is not what she's been told, they upset the balance of power. The storm they bring will bind all the peoples of the sky together...or tear them apart. Named one of Den of Geek's Best Fiction Books of 2018 Praise for Born to the Blade: “...probably the coolest martial arts magic series in any genre since the original Avatar: The Last Airbender came out.” —Den of Geek contributor Alana Joli Abbott