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A famous 18-year-old fiddle player, Beau, is abducted from her parents’ huge Sierra home at a birthday folk jam in her honor one summer in the early part of the 21st century. As a fire burns up the mountain while she is buried on the land under a pile of brush, she is found just in time. A month later, much to her horror, she is abducted again, this time from a Berkeley music jam.

Do you like stories about ghosts and dragons? How about tales of magical beings and terrifying beasts? Chinese mythology has all of those things and more, as it presents a rich and powerful tapestry. Whatever the origin of these tales, they remain captivating stories with the power to enchant us centuries - or even millennia - after they were first told.

Freshman college student Steve Brighton accepts the official account that his father, the chief engineer of the Neo Star spacecraft, has died in an explosion soon after launch...until a mysterious sealed envelope falls into his hands and puts his life and the lives of his family in extreme danger. Faced with evidence that the official story is a lie, Steve joins a select few who know the truth about the fate of the Neo Star, and a desperate rescue attempt ensues.

Imagine humanity on the brink of being totally annihilated due to the final World War. The shortage of life’s provisions has caused poverty to rise throughout the earth. Humankind is on the verge of vanishing. However, all wasn’t lost - a group of experts joined forces, organized and established through technology a means to completely eradicate poverty, and at the same time placed all humanity on a predetermined death date to control the population.

The Hindu epic poem Mahabharata by itself is 10 times longer than both the Iliad and Odyssey combined. In this volume, you will discover how the storm god Indra defeated the demon Vritrasura, and how Indra came to respect Vritrasura even though he had to kill him; how King Yayati had to choose between honoring his oath to his father-in-law on the one hand and the Dharma on the other, and what consequences came of his decision; and more.

The history of the Western United States is a saga of territory added in haphazard pieces, as those in power grabbed what they could. Death on the North Rim follows one of the men who wanted to fill the blank spots on the map: George Bradley, a Civil War veteran who joins John Wesley Powell and the crew of men who made the first trip through the canyons of the Green and Colorado Rivers. Inspired by an expedition commemorating the 100th anniversary of Powell’s legendary trip, Death on the North Rim is a compelling, meticulously researched tribute.

Have you ever encountered a noblewoman who was so beautiful that every time she walked by a body of water, the divine being who lived there kidnapped her? Or a mole who wanted to marry his beloved daughter to the wind? You will get to meet both of them in this audiobook. Changes in religious belief across the centuries came to have an important impact on Korean mythology. The earliest religion was a form of shamanism, and the belief in gods and spirits who inhabit animals and mountains come to the fore in several of these tales.

Explore captivating Persian and Caucasus myths. Two manuscripts in one book: Persian Mythology: Captivating Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Legendary Creatures and Tales from the Caucasus: Captivating Myths and Legends from Circassia, Armenia, and Georgia.

Have you ever wondered how the early church experienced such powerful results, amazing growth, and incredible favor with the Lord? Why did they experience all of this, and what is keeping our generation from producing even greater results, in spite of all the great technology and knowledge that we have? This collection of letters addresses the church, written by a true apostle, and clearly articulates what the church should be, based on ancient patterns clearly visible in the word of God.

Explore captivating Native American myths.

The Caucasus Mountains straddle the isthmus between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. The Circassian and Armenian genocides took their toll, as did the Soviet occupation, the last of which purged much of the native culture. Nevertheless, much of the mythology and literature of the Caucasus still survives today. In this audiobook, you will get a brief but captivating introduction to some of the fine tales created by the resilient people who call this part of the world their home.

You may have studied the ancient Persian Empire in school, but have you ever wondered what kinds of stories the ancient Persians told to themselves and their children? The roots of Persian myth extend back more than five thousand years to the culture of the Aryan people who migrated into Iran from India. Ideas from this ancient culture have enjoyed amazing longevity and are alive even today as part of the Zoroastrian faith, which is still practiced in Iran, India, and several other places around the world.

Many Southeast peoples speak languages in the Muskogean language family, and many myths and tales also have versions that are shared among tribes. Within this audiobook, you'll find the following topics covered Choctaw myths and legens; legends from other Southern tribes.

In Cherokee myth - as in other indigenous American traditions - the whole of creation is alive and able to communicate like humans and with the human beings who share their environment. Cherokee myths explain how the world came to be the way it is and imparts important lessons about Cherokee cultural values.

The life of a tribe is shaken by a series of unusual visits and events. The green fairies of life disappear, apparently without any reason. They leave the villagers a child. Mysteries and changes of plans spice up the story of a possible dream. Iza, the half fairy, tames the core of the time, contracting and dilating it. Indar, her father, is gathering all other tribes to fight the master of the Smoke Mountain.

As the name suggests, the legendary sagas are works of fiction. It is in these sagas that we meet all manners of fantastic creatures, hear of the exploits of heroes and villains, and occasionally see the gods peek in to steer events or punish evildoers. The sagas of Icelanders, by contrast, are largely historical works that tell the stories of the families who left continental Scandinavian lands to settle Iceland beginning in the late ninth century.

Plug was one of a family of eight children living in the rural Green Oak community between Oberlin and Kinder in Allen Parish, Louisiana. Many of the people in. Green Oak spoke both French and English. Some older people of the Hebert and Thibodeau families only spoke French. Although English was the language spoken in church and school, most people had to learn some French for social and economic reasons.

After purchasing a beautiful and unique antique angel tree topper, Marq North is excited to gift it to his long-time girlfriend, but he should’ve known she appreciates a bigger price tag more than sentimental value. Why has he wasted years of his life trying to buy her love? When she tells him she’s ending their relationship right before the holidays, he’s almost…relieved....

The last life-harboring universe had collapsed. Eleven supernatural humans survived, only to be trapped in an empty void of nothingness. Lost within the strangeness and mystery of their own souls, they continued to exist as illuminations amid the universal darkness. An inextinguishable sparkle of hope that one day they would see the light again motivated them to break through that infinite loop of nothingness and create a new universe, in which they found the last hope for all of humanity - Earth.

It's 1864, and civil war is devastating the country. When a speaker at the church shows sisters Eliza and Maggie a copy of Matrimonial News and tells them of the opportunities for women as brides in the west, Eliza sees a glimmer of hope in a world of widows and spinsters. But she’s skeptical. Maggie is excited, and with their mother enthusiastic about a brighter future for her daughters, the sisters set off to the west to start a new life.