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Paddling the Boreal Forest
The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life surveying the area. Employing Aboriginal canoemen and guides, he travelled by canoe, snowshoe and sailing vessel to map and document much of this vast territory. Challenged by the mystique of this extraordinary Canadian, canoeists Max Finkelstein and James Stone retraced Low's routes -- by their admission, their toughest canoe trip ever! Using archival sources, oral history and personal experienc...
Stravinsky and the Russian Traditions, Volume Two
This book undoes 50 years of mythmaking about Stravinsky's life in music. During his spectacular career, Igor Stravinsky underplayed his Russian past in favor of a European cosmopolitanism. Richard Taruskin has refused to take the composer at his word. In this long-awaited study, he defines Stravinsky's relationship to the musical and artistic traditions of his native land and gives us a dramatically new picture of one of the major figures in the history of music. Taruskin draws directly on newly accessible archives and on a wealth of Russian documents. In Volume One, he sets the historical scene: the St. Petersburg musical press, the arts journals, and the writings of anthropologists, folkl...
The Rebus and the Parrot, The End Game
Having reached Eden in 4930 in search of the last pieces of the Rebus of Akhenaten and the treasure it promises, a world populated by robots controlled by Montard, Billy discovers space, time and reality are an illusion of pulsating light and dark we perceive not outside but inside, in our consciousness of our unconsciousness. But amazingly learns our unconsciousness is the quantum unconsciousness of all things, solids, liquids and gases, the source of all that is real to us. And the future, once the home of Nanochromes is a virtual reality game controlled by the Toba Men. A game he must escape if he is to reveal the secret of the Rebus and prevent the mass extinction event of 2084. But not without hazarding the most perilous dangers imaginable and suffering the death of a friend that will change his life.
The Masters of Time
With Queen Kiya safely returned to Egypt of 1335BCE with the help of the magic wand, Tom has given to her, and now determined to help her sister, Tefnut help Billy find the remaining seven pieces of the Rebus of Akhenaten, the Parrot sails for the Egyptian port of Alexandria and a journey to Jerusalem that will end their quest. But even as it does, Billy knows Montard has, in the future world of 4930 he now rules, eight pieces of the Rebus and only the dancing girl is missing. An impossibility because he has two pieces, Lauder Trompe has one, his late mother likely had three or four, Ethan, Isaac, India, Rudy, and Adriana, have one, and Redman Crookhampton, if he still lives, may have news of another; Sir Mungo of Denbigh's, piece.
The Battle of the Stones
Escaping from Captain Bauda and his Cuirassiers, Billy sets out to rescue his boat crew, captured, and imprisoned by Pierre Corbeau, but he is betrayed by Charlotte Desmoulin, one of the fugitives and must now fight a much more dangerous battle against the Drummers. The army of the living dead, Montard has sent to capture and kill her servant, Marie-Ange le Dantec, who, has in her possession, a piece of the Rebus, as he too, discovers, he has! But, as the battle overwhelms him, Queen Kiya, the wife of the Pharaoh Akhenaten and mother of Tutankhamun, comes from the past to rescue Polly, her sister, the princess Tefnut and turns her power against him and would have killed him, had it not been for Lemmy, the ghost of the Parrot.
The Secret of the Chateau Tollendal
Unaware, they have been followed to Brittany’s magical and mysterious Quiberon Peninsula by Pierre Corbeau, an agent of the Count de Montard, Billy, Tom and Polly meet the enigmatic professor Tollendal and learn their real quest is to find the Rebus of Akhenaten. A picture puzzle of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs inscribed on a round gold plate made of nine parts, which, when deciphered, will show where the Pharaoh Akhenaten hid the great horde of treasure he took from the Priests of Amun-Ra in 1336BCE. A plate the secret society of Templar Knights, he leads, who found it on Jerusalem’s, Temple Mount in 1128 and then lost it in 1307, believe is an engine, machine, or device so powerful, whosoever possesses it will rule the world.
Faith Walk: My Life, My Journey, My Legacy
The life story of Bishop Emmitt L. Nevels Sr. is sure to ignite your faith and offer encouragement to stay the course. Discover the details of a childhood marked by racism and oppression. Hear about the battles won while serving in the military and lessons learned regarding marriage, family, and ministry. Bishop Nevels' riveting life story is a testament of miracles, signs, and wonders that we too can expect when we make God the center of our faith walk.
