A Druid lives in Arizona, pretending to be twenty-one years old, while he is actually twenty-one centuries old. He is threatened by witches and assisted by werewolves, all of whom also appear, on the surface, as normal people. He meets otherworldly creatures who help him in his fight against the evil Celtic god.
Nerburn’s story is a fictionalized account based on real events that captures the attention of the reader as we learn the plight of Indians today fighting to accept the horrors of their past. An Indian elder, Dan, searches for a sister lost years earlier at one of the government schools set up to educate the youngsters, which meant brainwashing them to lose and forget their traditional ways.
For starters, one does not conjure up images of sleek furniture and accessories when one sees a heading that contains “2 X 4’s”. Intrigued and fascinated with the thought that a wall stud could actually become something that was useful and ecstatically pleasing, I did a preliminary peruse. By the time I had glanced through both books, I was convinced that they needed to come home with me!
In recent years, flea markets, junk yards, garage and yard sales, basements and attics have all been recognized as treasure chests. These places are home to antiques, memorabilia and junk.
The question may be, just how does one go about making one of these blocks? The directions of making a quilt block into beautiful heirlooms come to life chapter after chapter in The Art of Classic Quiltmaking.
At around 270,000 words, Stanley Karnow’s Vietnam – A History is something of a monster, as is its subject. Even those who did not live through the era when reports of the conflict dominated most international news, the title itself is still probably recognised as something iconic, something that sums up the third quarter of the twentieth century. The word iconic would be inaccurate, however.
Injured or sick in bed an audio book is the best way to get some great entertainment and help the healing process. The hundreds of stories now on disc make it possible to never run out as you build your library with great authors and a stack of best tales to listen to when reading is just not on.
In this fictitious story written a few years ago, freedom was definitely lost and no one knew who they could trust anymore. Our constitution was no longer used and the government now controlled what was approved to be viewed on television and radio. The military now ran the country with a stern fist. What our forefathers had fought for was no longer honored or remembered. Luckily, there are minutemen like Andrew Durant who recognize the things that are wrong in the country.
The Lucky Baseball is a highly entertaining and educational novel about a young Japanese-American boy whose dream is to become a famous baseball player. Set during the time of the war between the US and Japan, the book teaches about that dark era of our time while providing young readers with a fast-paced, interesting plot and a strong and sympathetic protagonist. This middle-grade historical novel begins on the eve of the war.
If you’re a fan of historical novels, are interested in the Aztecs, and would like to try something different, you’ll enjoy Five Dances with Death: Dance One, by Austin Briggs. Written in first person from the point of view of Angry Wasp, the story begins in 1516, during the era of the Spanish Conquest in Mexico. Angry Wasp, military leader of Tlaxcala, wants to keep his nation safe and search for his lost daughter, Dew, whom he’d lost to one of the leaders of an enemy tribe, a man named Talon.
