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A swashbuckling tale of leaving home, and the joy of adventure. Drawn to the horizon since she was small, the heroine of this story longs to discover what lies beyond it. She builds herself a boat, with the help of her parents, who know they cannot keep her on the little island they call home. With courage, joy, and the gift of the most brilliant of swords from her parents, she sets off. She sails through storms, faces down sea monsters, and comes to the aid of lost sailors. In the market of a distant port, she finds a child, who she adopts as her own. The young boy shares her desire to explore and see the world, so together, they set sail once more. After years of adventuring, they find the island that was once her home. Coming to rest on the shore, our heroine sends her son off on his own voyage, with the most brilliant of swords. Beautifully illustrated, this immersive book celebrates the great joys of the voyage itself. It captures the experience of finding your own way in the world, and letting your child do the same. The Voyage is a tribute to living beyond fear, of leaving home, and returning to it. An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
Southern France becomes a pressure cooker ready to exploded as the conflict between the two most powerful lords escalates. Stéphane LaForte and Jacqueline York, passionately in love with one another, are caught between their rivalry that shatters their world. The Forbidden Seed is a love story about power and control that leads to murder. As the world collapses around Stéphane and Jacqueline, they fight to be together, conceiving a child between them, a forbidden seed. The birth of this child deepens the hatred between Lords, causing the social order to erupt into chaos. Great feudal manors are weakened and become targets of destruction. Stéphane fights to keep his world together, but the power of injustice entangles his body, mind and soul, pitching him into a dark depression. He knows that war must be the only solution before he can be with Jacqueline, his only love. There are many twists and turns in this historical fiction novel, but the ending will capture your inner spirt for a long time to come.
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Poète singulier, René Ghil cherche, à travers une élaboration formelle des plus exigeantes, à penser une "langue-musique" et à restituer la primitivité perdue de celle-ci au moyen d'une expression poétique qui soit "instrumentaliste-vocale." Si la science est convoquée, c'est afin de faire advenir, via une "réalisation moderne totalement déterminée","une remontée au sens sacré de la grande Poésie." Les textes qui composent cet ouvrage explicitent cette démarche et la resituent dans le paysage littéraire foisonnant qui l'a vue naître.
Includes the Proceedings of the Royal geographical society, formerly pub. separately.
Volume 2 of Searching For My Identity is a chronological autobiography of an outlaw biker that covers his life from prominent leader of a notorious international motorcycle club in January 2001 to his redemption in December 2020. Intended for the general public and those in the academic community that find the outlaw biker aspects of anthropology, criminology, sociology, psychology, ethnography, deviant behavior, criminal justice, pop culture and humanities interesting, this is an extremely unique opportunity to learn about the lifestyle. Due to the growing recognition of motorcycle clubs and outlaw bikers in pop culture, interest in the topic has recently exploded worldwide creating an insa...
Everyone sees things differently, and these unique creatures are no exception. With collage-like "illustrations," a patchwork crocodile, elephant, lamb, duckling, and ant, all find different uses for a piece of cloth. This humorous tale will surely keep readers turning pages as they discover this piece cloth's true use!