Author : Markus Lucas
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 37,42 MB
Release : 2012-07-15
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1105963292
a man searches for his destiny through his dreams only to find that his destiny is closer than he had imagined
Author : Jesse Donaldson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,55 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Housing
ISBN : 9781772141443
BC Bestseller!Even before it was a city, Vancouver was a property speculator's wet dream."There are more speculators about New Westminster and Victoria than there were in Winnipeg during the boom," CPR Chief WC Van Horne warned a friend in 1884, "and they are a much sharper lot. Nearly every person is more or less interested and you will have to be on your guard against all of them."Ever since Europeans first laid claim to the Squamish Nation territory in the 1870s, the real estate industry has held the region in its grip. Its influence has been grotesquely pervasive at every level of civic life, determining landmarks like Stanley Park and City Hall, as well as street names, neighbourhoods, even the name "Vancouver" itself. Land of Destiny aims to explore that influence, starting in 1862, with the first sale of land in the West End, and continuing up until the housing crisis of today. It will explore the backroom dealings, the skulduggery and nepotism, the racism and the obscene profits, while at the same time revealing that the same forces which made Vancouver what it is, speculation and global capital, are the same ones that shape it today, showing that more than anything else, the history of real estate and the history of Vancouver are one and the same.And it's been dirty as hell.About the Series: Land of Destiny is the first title in Anvil's new series "49.2: Tales from the Off Beat," an ongoing series dedicated to celebrating the eccentric and unusual parts of city history. From Jesse Donaldson, author of the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award finalist book This Day In Vancouver, and a host of other local historians, the series will be an in-depth examination of the weird, the wonderful, and the terrible, injecting fresh details into well-worn local lore, or digging deep into the obscure people, places, and happenings of the last 130 years. From psychedelic hospitals to town fools, from communist organizers to real estate scumbags, 49.2 will take pains to break down the myths surrounding the City of Glass.
Author : Melissa Mayhue
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 18,51 MB
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1439156018
JESSE CORYELL, a descendant of the Fae, is a man in search of his destiny. He's tried to lose himself in his work, taking on the worst mankind has to offer, but what he really needs to find is his true love. When he sets out to help a mysterious woman find her sister, what he gets is much more than he bargained for: battling an undeniable attraction to his sexy new client while fighting an ancient evil to keep her safe. DESTINY NOBLE, abandoned by everyone she's ever loved, will stop at nothing in her desperate quest to find her sister. Authorities have declared Leah a runaway, but Destiny knows better. Her dream visions have shown her the frightening truth. They've also shown her Jesse. But finding her Soulmate could result in the most painful loss of all, when she's forced to choose between loving Jesse and saving Leah. Jesse and Destiny race against time to save an innocent girl from a powerful ancient evil. Is true love their best weapon...or will they be required to sacrifice their own destiny?
Author : Andre Norton
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1497656451
A teenage orphan girl must mend a magical conflict in this “superb adventure story” from the New York Times–bestselling author of The Hands of Lyr (Science Fiction Chronicle). The king's lottery has determined that Twilla, a young orphaned apprentice of a renowned wise woman, must marry—for only the wedded can survive the terrible fate awaiting those who penetrate the primeval forest. Altered by a talisman of great power, she escapes her unwanted lot and joins a commander's tragically blinded son on a remarkable journey from peril to peril. For they are the chosen who must rescue the vanquished of an ancient war of magic’s . . . and shape the destiny of a bloody, disputed land.
Author : Lindsay McKenna
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 27,17 MB
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1460309235
She had never needed anyone before. Never ached for a man before. Until her latest mission put Apache pilot Akiva Redtail in the hot seat next to army officer Joe Calhoun. As they rode the thunderous skies, dodging danger at every turn, Akiva discovered a strength in Joe’s arms, a fiery passion she was powerless to battle against. For only with this rugged soldier by her side could this Native American beauty fulfill the destiny she was born to. Only with Joe did she dare open her heart to love….
Author : W. Shane Wilson
Publisher : W Shane Wilson
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2008-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0578003015
One man's struggle to set right the balance of the universe and find peace again. A near omnipotent foe steals the master key of the universe and breaks it down into the four keys of power. Destiny, one of the four Lords of Fate must reassemble the master key before Goth destroys us all. With his host of allies, namely titans, Fire Witches, Dragons, the Rat-folk, Trolls and his own family he might be able to do it... you can purchase the book or download it for a lower fee A cant miss fantasy for anyone who loves a good dragon story or a epic adventure 434 PAGE
Author : Robert E. May
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 33,6 MB
Release : 2003-04-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0807860409
This fascinating study sheds new light on antebellum America's notorious "filibusters--the freebooters and adventurers who organized or participated in armed invasions of nations with whom the United States was formally at peace. Offering the first full-scale analysis of the filibustering movement, Robert May relates the often-tragic stories of illegal expeditions into Cuba, Mexico, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries and details surprising numbers of aborted plots, as well. May investigates why thousands of men joined filibustering expeditions, how they were financed, and why the U.S. government had little success in curtailing them. Surveying antebellum popular media, he shows how the filibustering phenomenon infiltrated the American psyche in newspapers, theater, music, advertising, and literature. Condemned abroad as pirates, frequently in language strikingly similar to modern American denunciations of foreign terrorists, the filibusters were often celebrated at home as heroes who epitomized the spirit of Manifest Destiny. May concludes by exploring the national consequences of filibustering, arguing that the practice inflicted lasting damage on U.S. relations with foreign countries and contributed to the North-South division over slavery that culminated in the Civil War.
Author : Wendy Chesworth
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release :
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 103914327X
This is a fascinating work of non-fiction that melds both autobiographical and biographical true-life stories. The primary-source social history of southwestern Ontario provides the backdrop to the author's search for her birth families while she coped with childhood trauma and fear. As the action rises, so too does the unfolding in a blow-by-blow account of her younger life and the resultant, very unexpected, joy she is finally able to embrace.
Author : Christopher H. Connor
Publisher : Archway Publishing
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 43,1 MB
Release : 2023-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 166575186X
In rising above their enemies, Alpin and the clans of Dalriada secured their sacred freedom from tyranny. Yet, how long can such a priceless treasure be safeguarded while enemies still loom – from without and within! Destiny’s Stone unfolds the climactic conclusion of the epic tale of Dalriada. Enjoy the final book in C. H. Connor’s heart-wrenching trilogy of the Scots and their passion for family, peace, and freedom in their beloved land of Dalriada.
Author : Nunzio DeFilippis
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 517 pages
File Size : 32,10 MB
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1934876739
The dying captain of the pirate ship Destiny's Hand and his crew search for the Devil's Eye, an artifact that has only been heard of in legend.
