Author : Kate Frost
Publisher : Butterfly Storm
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 23,54 MB
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780995478022
Is love enough? Contemporary women's fiction novel, The Butterfly Storm, set in Greece and on the north Norfolk coast, is a heartwarming story about relationships, family and belonging.
Author : Mrs Sandi J McReynolds
Publisher : Vinetree Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2016-04-29
Category :
ISBN : 9780692704295
The date is May 22, 2011. Elly's "very good" graduation day becomes even better when three enormous butterflies appear at her bedroom window; incredibly beautiful, almost other-worldly in their splendor. Her first thought is, "Thank You, Jesus! You know how I love butterflies." But when Elly, then her mother, then other members of the McConnell clan begin to see them in the most unlikely places, their presence begins to feel strangely ominous. And when they appear to be watching the family's every move, it's hard to avoid a growing sense of foreboding. On this perfect spring Sunday, when families across southwest Missouri are celebrating their high school graduations, could these exquisite creatures actually be harbingers of looming tragedy? Then a rare and massive EF5 tornado unexpectedly turns that bright day in May dark and deadly. As the storm of the century bears down, can the McConnell family survive? And in the midst of unspeakable terror and devastation, why are so many children of the tornado seeing butterfly people? Sandi McReynolds is a life-long resident of Southwest Missouri who found herself intrigued by the butterfly people stories that abounded after the monstrous Joplin Tornado of May, 2011; and more than inspired by the generosity and faith of her community. "Butterflies at the Window" is a novel recounting some of those stories based on true and very personal events involving family and friends.
Author : Stephen R. Swinburne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780152064228
"Discover the stages in a butterfly's development-- from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis to beautiful winged insect!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Erik Larson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 25,22 MB
Release : 2000-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0375708278
From the bestselling author of The Devil in the White City, here is the true story of the deadliest hurricane in history. National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in a monster hurricane that completely destroyed the town and killed over six thousand people in what remains the greatest natural disaster in American history--and Isaac Cline found himself the victim of a devastating personal tragedy. Using Cline's own telegrams, letters, and reports, the testimony of scores of survivors, and our latest understanding of the science of hurricanes, Erik Larson builds a chronicle of one man's heroic struggle and fatal miscalculation in the face of a storm of unimaginable magnitude. Riveting, powerful, and unbearably suspenseful, Isaac's Storm is the story of what can happen when human arrogance meets the great uncontrollable force of nature.
Author : Karen Suzanne Oberhauser
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 11,59 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780801441882
Synthesizes current scientific knowledge on the life cycle, behavior, spectacular migration, and conservation of this charismatic insect.
Author : G. Willow Wilson
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0802197094
“In this satisfying, lyrical memoir,” an American woman discovers her true faith—and true love—by converting to Islam and moving to Egypt (Publishers Weekly). Raised in Boulder, Colorado, G. Willow Wilson moved to Egypt and converted to Islam shortly after college. Having written extensively on modern religion and the Middle East in publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and The New York Times Magazine, Wilson now shares her remarkable story of finding faith, falling in love, and marrying into a traditional Islamic family in this “intelligently written and passionately rendered memoir” (The Seattle Times, 27 Best Books of 2010). Despite her atheist upbringing, Willow always felt a connection to god. Around the time of 9/11, she took an Islamic Studies course at Boston University, and found the teachings of the Quran astounding, comforting, and profoundly transformative. She decided to risk everything to convert to Islam, embarking on a journey across continents and into an uncertain future. Settling in Cairo where she taught English, she soon met and fell in love with Omar, a passionate young man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Willow—with her shock of red hair, shaky Arabic, and Western candor—struggled to forge a “third culture” that might accommodate her values as well as her friends and family on both sides of the divide. Part travelogue, love story, and memoir, “Wilson has written one of the most beautiful and believable narratives about finding closeness with God” (The Denver Post).
Author : Ori Gutin
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 13,23 MB
Release : 2021-02-02
Category :
ISBN : 9781643074290
Author : Nicole Renee Wyatt
Publisher :
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 12,52 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780988664876
When tattered and abused wife, Mary Franklin, changed her identity and made a daring escape from her husband, fear was her motivation - fear her husband would find her, fear her rapist would attack her again, and fear that life would never hold anything good. Then she falls for country music star, Alan Brooks. With Alan's divorce from his adulterous wife, Angela, on the horizon, he confesses his love for Mary. She is faced with the choice: should she stay within the safety of her cocoon of lies, or emerge as a butterfly in the truth? Meanwhile, Angela isn't willing to let go of Alan without a fight. She devises a foolproof plan to keep him where she believes he belongs. Will Mary and Alan's new love be strong enough to weather any storm?
Author : Marian C. Ghilea
Publisher : Marian C. Ghilea
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 26,29 MB
Release : 2018-09-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
“Once upon a time, I dreamed I was a butterfly...” This is how Chuang Tzu’s famous anecdote begins. It is a short parable about the relativity of perception, written more than two thousand years ago. Many of us have experienced similar situations and wondered at times if we could tell dreams from reality. “Butterfly’s Dream” expands Chuang Tzu’s story into a surreal quest of adventure, romance, and self-discovery at the end of the 18th century. Despite the fantasy-like atmosphere, the novel accurately follows the laws of physics and would best fit into the “hard sci-fi” category. Alberto is the second lieutenant on Excelsior, a military brig involved mostly on sea-patrolling missions. He has a keen interest in science and a mind inclined towards exploration and introspection. Most of his sailing trips are uneventful, with his ship transporting troops and ammunition to various locations managed by the navy. But things are about to change. When the ship encounters a magnetic storm, the crew members find themselves sailing in uncharted waters. The next day, Excelsior casts anchor at the pier of a mysterious city that doesn’t seem to be located on Earth. Soon, Alberto becomes involved in complex events that make him question the surrounding reality and even his sanity. The fabulous world he gets to explore looks nothing like the world from his space and time. And what are space and time, after all? In this place so different from Earth, Alberto meets Nivit, a beautiful and accomplished physician, and falls in love with her. Soon, they are swept into an unexpected journey of adventure and self-discovery that carries them through stranger and stranger realms and realities. Can the rational mind defy the irrational? Can love defend against extreme weather and death? Does time always flow in the same direction? What is real? What is a dream? A mirror reflecting itself. What would it show? A mirror reflecting another mirror. What would it see? Look inside the mirror, open the door, step onto the path stretching beyond its surface, and you might find out. Are you ready? If you enjoy reading this story, I have a favor to ask: Please write a review about it and recommend it to your friends! But only if you like it!
Author : Lisa Heathfield
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab& 8482
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,35 MB
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1541560426
June is physically and emotionally abused by her stepmother, and the only person June feels safe telling is her friend Blister, but when a shocking tragedy occurs June finds herself trapped, potentially forever.
