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In the prehistoric land of what is now Turkey, the young beautiful mate of the high priest of the Goddess is exiled from her people for giving birth to her second deformed son. In order to survive, she must help the high priest in his scheme to abduct a priestess from a band of nomadic traders. This is the triumphant story of two women--one who finds honor within another culture, and the other who endures to return home after a brutal separation.
In this new prehistoric novel by the author of "Secrets of the Ancient Goddess, " a village of peaceful harvesters, threatened by barbaric horsemen from the north, must choose between two powerful women for their high priestess to the Great Goddess--and decide the fate of every generation to come.
By the Author of A Pennine Childhood.Three weeks after their wedding in a Derbyshire village, Brenda Wallis Smith andher husband, Joe, a farmer's son with a PhDfrom Cambridge, sail into New York Harbor aspart of Britain's post-war "Brain Drain." Brenda is completely unprepared for theNew World: the massive cities, troubled racerelations, unbridled American enthusiasm; andthe breathtaking beauty of the vast plains, soaring mountains, California redwood forests,and deserts of the Southwest. Slowly and reluctantly, she falls inlove with America, as her husband'sburgeoning career as a geophysicist,professor, and NASA research scientist takesher across the United States, around the world, and also to England, where we catch up with her family from A Pennine Childhood. In Westward Ho!, Brenda Wallis Smith provides ahumorous, clear-eyed, and fascinating story of herlife in America.
Reveals the importance of innovation in American global competitiveness, profiling some of today's most compelling young innovators while explaining how they have succeeded through the unconventional methods of parents, teachers, and mentors.
Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.
The Civil War is rarely shown through a young southern woman's perspective. Many of these women were displaced from their homes and lived their lives on the run from Northern shellfire. They witnessed war firsthand without ever going to battle. Sarah Morgan was one of those women. She was only 20 years old when the North took over her hometown of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, but she wrote about her experiences in her diaries with insight and clarity well beyond her years. In this young adult novel, Debra West Smith uses Sarah Morgan's diaries to tell this generation her story of courage and survival during the war that divided the nation. Sarah was forced to move from place to place and suffered ...