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Upon This Mountain

Author : Timothy Wangusa

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 157 pages

File Size : 38,33 MB

Release : 2024-01-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1803288817

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In this coming-of-age story, Timothy Wangusa tells the tale of a young boy struggling to reconcile between his Christian beliefs and his village's ancient traditions. Upon this Mountain captures a time of profound religious change and colonialism in rural Uganda. Mwambu, a schoolboy living in eastern Uganda, is certain that if heaven is anywhere, it must be at the highest peak of their village's mountain – so he is shocked to discover that his father has never tried to reach it. While on a quest to climb to the top, Mwambu finds himself on a journey of self-realisation, confronted with the contradictions of his childhood. As the values of Christianity collide with the traditions of his ancestors, the path to adulthood becomes increasingly treacherous...



Upon that Mountain

Author : Eric Shipton

Publisher : Vertebrate Publishing

Page : 318 pages

File Size : 40,66 MB

Release : 2015-08-25

Category : Sports & Recreation

ISBN : 1910240265

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Upon that Mountain is the first autobiography of the mountaineer and explorer Eric Shipton. In it, he describes all his pre-war climbing, including his Everest bids of the 1930s, and his second Karakoram survey in 1939, when he returned to Snow Lake to complete the mapping of the ranges flanking the Hispar and Choktoi glacier systems around the Ogre. Crossing great swathes of the Himalaya, the book, like so many of Shipton's works, is both entertaining and an important addition to the mountain literature genre. It captures an important period in mountaineering history - that just before the Second World War - an ends on an elegiac note as Shipton describes his last evening at the starkly-beautiful snow lake, before he returns to a 'civilisation' about to embark on a cataclysmic war.



Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

Author : Grace Lin

Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Page : 221 pages

File Size : 43,79 MB

Release : 2009-07-01

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0316052604

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A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!​ A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time​! This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.



Upon this Mountain

Author : Timothy Wangusa

Publisher : Heinemann International Incorporated

Page : 140 pages

File Size : 12,78 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Mwambu will climb the mountain where he hopes to touch heaven, but his journey from naive curiosity to adulthood will reveal unexpected contradictions as traditional values collide with Western values.



Upon this Mountain!

Author : Malone, Tom

Publisher : Sword of the Lord Publishers

Page : 324 pages

File Size : 43,16 MB

Release : 2007

Category : Bible

ISBN : 9780873988568

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In This Mountain

Author : Jan Karon

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 404 pages

File Size : 25,32 MB

Release : 2003-04-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9780142002582

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In her seventh inspirational novel in the bestselling Mitford series, Jan Karon delivers surprises of every kind, including the return of the man in the attic and an ending that no one in Mitford will ever forget. In the little town that’s home-away-from-home to millions of readers, life hums along as usual. Dooley looks toward his career as a vet; Joe Ivey and Fancy Skinner fight a haircut price war that takes no prisoners; and Percy steps out on a limb with a risky new menu item at the Main Street Grill. Though Father Tim dislikes change, he dislikes retirement even more. As he and Cynthia gear up for a year-long ministry across the state line, a series of events sends shock waves through his faith—and the whole town of Mitford.



Who Shall Ascend the Mountain of the Lord?

Author : L. Michael Morales

Publisher : InterVarsity Press

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 47,84 MB

Release : 2015-12-08

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0830899863

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How can creatures made from dust become members of God's household "forever"? In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Michael Morales explores the narrative context, literary structure and theology of Leviticus, following its dramatic movement from the tabernacle to the temple—and from the earthly to the heavenly Mount Zion in the New Testament.



Bible Matrix

Author : Michael Bull

Publisher : WestBow Press

Page : 236 pages

File Size : 40,32 MB

Release : 2010-06-02

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1449702627

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Ever wish someone could give you a big handle on the entire Bible without years of study? Well, this book not only promises to give you that big handle—it will deliver on the promise. You should be asking, how is this possible? The Bible is one story told over and over again, with many variations on the same theme. This structure is the Bible’s DNA. This basic seven-point pattern is the heartbeat of the Creation. It is the cycle of a human day and a human life. It is the pattern of the Tabernacle. It is the process of agriculture. It undergirds the speeches and Laws of God. It orders the rise and fall of nations and empires. It is also the structure of our worship. It is the rhythm of Christ, and it will open the Bible for you like never before.



Waterless Mountain

Author : Laura Adams Armer

Publisher : Courier Corporation

Page : 260 pages

File Size : 33,73 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0486492885

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Story, told in beautiful poetic prose, of the training of a present-day Navajo Indian boy who feels a vocation to become a medicine man.



Silence on the Mountain

Author : Daniel Wilkinson

Publisher : Duke University Press

Page : 396 pages

File Size : 24,54 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN : 9780822333685

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Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.