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Harley Graves and ?his dog Patch are ambushed by a pack of wild dogs. ?After a fierce struggle, they win the battle -- but ?Patch is mortally wounded. As Harley carries his old friend home one last time, he finds another victim of the pack-- a small , badly injured mutt. ?Something in the pups eyes captivates Harley whose veterinarian proclaims him nothing but ?a bag of bones, and the name sticks. Boney soon becomes well-known but ?is teased by the town ?bullies about his torn ear and other battle scars. Harley, however, knows that its not ?how Boney ?looks but what is behind his eyes and in his heart that matters. Boney ?proves this the night Harley is seriously wounded during a terrible storm and sends Boney ?to ?find help. ?Against overwhelming odds, ?the little dog makes his way over 22 treacherous miles, fighting ?nature and the wild dog pack ?to save his ?master. Boneys ?story of courage, loyalty and ?unconditional love will be enjoyed by readers of all ages.
For over forty years Iannis Xenakis has been one of the major figures in contemporary music, this is the first ever study of his music published in English.
A collection of pieces examining the theatre's role in fostering a culture enamoured of violence. Areas covered include violence as an integral part of dramatic text and performance, facets of the staging of violence, and examples of theatrical violence at the fringes of social acceptability.
Stealing First is the story of Jody Benson, a man of thirty-plus who is looking back on his life as a high school-aged boy in the small Nebraska town of South Bend. Living and teaching high school in Oregon during the mid-1970s, he takes a summer trip "home" in search of the impulses that made him the man he has become. He has unease about him that he (and his wife) hope this journey can assuage. Back in South Bend with his two sons, Jody visits once again the sites of some memorable experiences during the most impressionable of his growing years. The story moves back and forth between the 1950s and 1970s as he recalls significant events in his life as a young Nebraskan and tries to fit toge...
This encyclopedia for Amish genealogists is certainly the most definitive, comprehensive, and scholarly work on Amish genealogy that has ever been attempted. It is easy to understand why it required years of meticulous record-keeping to cover so many families (144 different surnames up to 1850). Covers all known Amish in the first settlements in America and shows their lineage for several generations. (955pp. index. hardcover. Pequea Bruderschaft Library, revised edition 2007.)