[PDF] Song Of The Spirits eBook

Author : Sarah Lark
Publisher : AmazonCrossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,60 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Canterbury (N.Z. : Provincial District)
ISBN : 9781477807675

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"Lark recounts...the sometimes peaceful, sometimes uneasy relationship between the Maori natives and the pakeha--the colonists. And the land, which can be rocky and formidable and also breathtakingly beautiful, is as much a character as anyone else." --Historical Novel Society New Zealand, 1893: William Martyn is better educated and more cultivated than the other men breaking their backs searching for gold near Queenstown. William is the son of landed Irish nobility, and he comes to town ready to invest in the best equipment. On his search for supplies, he encounters spirited and beautiful young Elaine O'Keefe, who promptly falls in love with him. He is captivated by her charms until Kura, Elaine's half-Maori cousin, comes to visit. William succumbs at once to Kura's exotic beauty and free-spiritedness, and tension develops not only between the two cousins but also between the colonial settlers and their Maori neighbors.

Author : Sarah Lark
Publisher : Amazon Crossing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Female friendship
ISBN : 9781612184265

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Helen Davenport, governess for a wealthy London household, spots an advertisement seeking young women to marry New Zealand's honorable bachelors and begins correspondence with a gentleman farmer. When her church offers to pay her travels under an unusual arrangement, she jumps at the opportunity. On the ship, she meets Gwyneira Silkham, traveling to meet a New Zealand baron who won her in a game of blackjack. When their new husbands turn out to be very different than expected, the women must help one another find the life they'd hoped for.

Author : Madeline Baker
Publisher : Leisure Books
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 35,65 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780843944761

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A runaway wife and a half-breed bounty hunter out to collect a $10,000 rewardfind romance in the Black Hills in this historical romance from the author of"Under a Prairie Moon, Chase the Wind" and "Angel and the Outlaw".

Author : Barley Norton
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 17,73 MB
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0252092007

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Songs for the Spirits examines the Vietnamese practice of communing with spirits through music and performance. During rituals dedicated to a pantheon of indigenous spirits, musicians perform an elaborate sequence of songs--a "songscape"--for possessed mediums who carry out ritual actions, distribute blessed gifts to disciples, and dance to the music's infectious rhythms. Condemned by French authorities in the colonial period and prohibited by the Vietnamese Communist Party in the late 1950s, mediumship practices have undergone a strong resurgence since the early 1990s, and they are now being drawn upon to promote national identity and cultural heritage through folklorized performances of rituals on the national and international stage. By tracing the historical trajectory of traditional music and religion since the early twentieth century, this groundbreaking study offers an intriguing account of the political transformation and modernization of cultural practices over a period of dramatic and often turbulent transition. An accompanying DVD contains numerous video and music extracts that illustrate the fascinating ways in which music evokes the embodied presence of spirits and their gender and ethnic identities.

Author : J. Zachary Pike
Publisher :
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,87 MB
Release : 2019-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780990859673

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When life gave Fenrir Goldson a second chance, he asked for a gift receipt.Mr. Goldson is filthy rich. He's also callous and cruel and hasn't got a festive bone in his ancient body. Naturally, he's due for a holiday haunting. When his business partner, Bolbi Baggs, announces that they're to be visited by three spirits, Mr. Goldson braces himself for a whirlwind tour of his past, present, and future.Typically, a trio of time-traveling ghosts heralds a heartwarming tale of hope and redemption for the human race. Mr. Goldson, however, isn't a member of the human race. He's a Dwarf, and Mr. Baggs is a Halfling, and the adventure that's about to take them across the enchanted world of Arth is anything but typical. Holiday magic and economic realities collide in A Song of Three Spirits. It's A Christmas Carol for the 21st century, with a dash of high fantasy. Read this hilarious satire of Charles Dickens's classic today!

Author : James; Marion Applegate
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 2005-06-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1452060487

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Symphony of Spirits sings the often forgotten songs of the Lenni Lenape’s anguish and joys. Snapping Turtle lives near the mouth of the Delaware River in early Seventeenth Century America. His wife’s death destroyed his will to live even breaking the bond with the rest of his family. As this story begins his grandson, Osprey, rebuilds their relationship just before their world is overturned. A sudden deadly attack on their village forces Snapping Turtle and Osprey to pursue, Gamek, the most evil person they have ever encountered. Saving the women turns out to be only one of their problems. To help them survive the ordeal, wilderness spirits and dreams comfort and guide them.

Author : Jentezen Franklin
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 17,64 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1621362205

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New York Times best-selling author Jentezen Franklin is back with a message that will inspire you to break free and reclaim a life of passion, purpose, and praise.

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2005-11-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1596053720

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@Published in 1919 when Lewis was only twenty, these early poems give an insight into the author's youthful agnosticism. The poems are written in various metrical forms, but are unified by a central idea, expressing his conviction that nature was malevolent and beauty the only true spirituality. Preface by Walter Hooper.@@

Author : Brooke Medicine Eagle
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 30,57 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0345534018

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"This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual and healing traditions, while hold the Sacred Hoop of Natie Amreicanwisdom. This magnificent teacher becomes for us a new embodiment of White Buffalo Woman." Jean Houston Author of THE SEARCH FOR THE BELOVED BUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING explores fascinating uses of traditions like the Medicine Wheel; healing through ritual action; dreamtime; and the moon lodge -- the woman's place of retreat and visioning. These powerful personal tools integrate ancient wisdom with contemporary experience, as Buffalo Woman calls each spiritual warrior to her own true place in the dance of life.

Author : Carla Laureano
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1612916325

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"Conor has believed he was being led to seize the high kingship. But now he learns that he has been shaped to be a tool in the hand of the true high king. Is he willing to sacrifice his life and his future to fulfill a prophecy that isn't his?"--