Island of the Spirits
Author : John Stanmeyer
Publisher : Afterhours Records
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Bali Island (Indonesia)
ISBN : 9786029750713
Author : John Stanmeyer
Publisher : Afterhours Records
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Bali Island (Indonesia)
ISBN : 9786029750713
Author : Shanna Farrell
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 24,79 MB
Release : 2021-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1642831433
"In A Good Drink, Farrell goes in search of the bars, distillers, and farmers who are driving a transformation to sustainable spirits. She meets mezcaleros in Guadalajara who are working to preserve traditional ways of producing mezcal, for the health of the local land, the wallets of the local farmers, and the culture of the community. She visits distillers in South Carolina who are bringing a rare variety of corn back from near extinction to make one of the most sought-after bourbons in the world. She meets a London bar owner who has eliminated individual bottles and ice, acculturating drinkers to a new definition of luxury."--Amazon.
Author : Keith Robinson
Publisher : Unearthly Tales
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 35,87 MB
Release : 2011-08
Category :
ISBN : 9780984390632
Continuing adventure of shape shifting children, a tale of paranoia, betrayal, and impending doom.
Author : Filomeno V. Aguilar
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 38,90 MB
Release : 1998-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824820824
This text illuminates the oral traditions of the Philippines and the convergence of capitalism and the indigenous spirit world. The author examines the social relations, cultural meanings and political struggles surrounding the rise of sugar haciendas on Negros during the late Spanish colonial period, and their subsequent transformation under the aegis of the American colonial state. Drawing on oral history, interviews and a wide array of sources culled from archives in Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Philippines, the author reconstructs the emergence of a sugar-planter class and its strategic maneuvers to attain hegemony. The book portrays local actors taking an active role in shaping the external forces that impinge on their lives. It examines hacienda life from the indigenous perspective of magic and spirit beliefs, reinterpreting several critical phases of Philippine history in the process. By analyzing mythic tales as bearers of historical consciousness, the author explores the complex interactions between local culture, global interventions, and capitalist market forces.
Author : George Tan
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 11,54 MB
Release : 1997
Category :
ISBN : 9789837508071
Author : Gillian Bradshaw
Publisher : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 23,63 MB
Release : 1999-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312870752
The Roman Empire sends a barbarian warrior to faraway Britain in this historical novel of love and survival in the ancient world. A Sarmatian warrior-prince, Ariantes is uprooted from his home and thrust into the honorless lands of the Romans. The victims of a wartime pact with the emperor Marcus Aurelius, Ariantes and his troop are sent to watch over Hadrian’s Wall. Unsurprisingly, the Sarmatians hate Britain—an Island of Ghosts, filled with pale faces, stone walls, and an uneasy past. Struggling to command his own people to defend a land they despise, Ariantes is accepted by all, but trusted by none. The Romans fear his barbarian background, and his own men fear his gradual Roman assimilation. When Ariantes uncovers a conspiracy sure to damage both his Roman benefactors and his beloved countrymen, as well as put him and the woman he loves in grave danger, he must make a difficult decision—one that will change his own life forever.
Author : Ellen Oh
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 38,84 MB
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0062430130
The thrilling sequel to the Texas Bluebonnet Award-nominated Spirit Hunters! We Need Diverse Books founder Ellen Oh delivers the next haunting tale in her acclaimed middle grade series Spirit Hunters, a mix of captivating mystery and chilling ghost story. The perfect spooky read for Halloween, this pulse-pounding adventure will leave you shocked at every twist. Harper Raine faces new challenges ahead when her parents take the whole family to a remote tropical island for vacation. As Harper starts to have visions of the resort’s history of disappearances and discovers more about the island’s dark and fabled past, she must use her newly acquired spirit hunting talents to save everyone on the island from murderous spirits on the attack. An exciting and spooky middle grade series, perfect for Halloween reads.
Author : Kathleen Alcalá
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780156005685
In the tradition of Isabel Allende and Laura Esquivel, Alcala presents a magical, multigenerational tale of family passions set along the Mexican-American border in the 1870s. "A strong and finely rendered book in which passions both ordinary and extraordinary are made vivid and convincing".--Larry McMurtry.
Author : Caren Loebel-Fried
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,25 MB
Release : 2002-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780824825379
Ancient Hawaiians lived in a world where all of nature was alive with the spirits of their ancestors. These aumakua have lived on through the ages as family guardians and take on many natural forms, thus linking many Hawaiians to the animals, plants, and natural phenomena of their island home. Individuals have a reciprocal relationship with their guardian spirits and offer worship and sacrifice in return for protection, inspiration, and guidance. Hawaiian Legends of the Guardian Spirits is told in words and pictures by award-winning artist Caren Loebel-Fried. The ancient legends are brought to life in sixty beautiful block prints, many vibrantly colored, and narrated in a lively "read-aloud" style, just as storytellers of old may have told them hundreds of years ago. Notes are included, reflecting the careful and extensive research done for this volume at the Bishop Museum Library and Archives in Honolulu and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. A short section on the process of creating the block prints that illustrate the book is also included. The matching poster of "A Chance Meeting with the Iiwi" measures 22 x 28 inches.
Author : Baron Specter
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Ghost stories
ISBN : 9781602707740
While searching for Blackbeard's treasure on Star Island, New Hampshire, Joey and Tank encounter the pirate ghosts that protect it.