Fire Songs

How can Shane reconcile his feelings for David with his desire for a better life? Shane is still reeling from the suicide of his kid sister, Destiny. How could he have missed the fact that she was so sad? He tries to share his grief with his girlfriend, Tara, but she’s too concerned with her own needs to offer him much comfort. What he really wants is to be able to turn to the one person on the rez whom he loves—his friend, David. Things go from bad to worse as Shane’s dream of going to university is shattered and his grieving mother withdraws from the world. Worst of all, he and David have to hide their relationship from everyone. Shane feels that his only chance of a better life is moving to Toronto, but David refuses to join him. When yet another tragedy strikes, the two boys have to make difficult choices about their future together. With deep insight into the life of Indigenous people on the reserve, this book masterfully portrays how a community looks to the past for guidance and comfort while fearing a future of poverty and shame. Shane’s rocky road to finding himself takes many twists and turns, but ultimately ends with him on a path that doesn’t always offer easy answers, but one that leaves the reader optimistic about his fate.

ABOUT THE BOOK Ten years ago, a motley crew of Montreal-based musicians were recording an EP in Maine, playing their songs in art galleries and basement gigs, and discovering new love. In 2011, this same band is accepting the Grammy for Album of the Year and spawning hilarious reactionary internet memes like “Who is Arcade Fire?!” The answer? A group of multi-instrumentalists who achieved fame not through scandal or bribery, but through the purest means possible: making good music. The band is led by married couple Win Butler (vocals) and Régine Chassagne. Other band members include Jeremy Gara (drums), Richard Parry (bass), Sarah Neufeld (violin), William Butler (keyboard), and Tim Kingsbury (guitar). In their live performances, band members often assume other musical roles; collectively, their instrumental repertoire also includes viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin, and hurdy-gurdy. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK But I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules,” said Butler. Lyrically, Butler re-inhabits the role of the defiant, idealistic art school kid, tripping over contradictions, fears, boredom, and self-discovery. He is not concerned with capitalist domination or compromising his ambition but rather maintaining his individuality and his willingness to re-imagine himself... Buy the book to continue reading! Follow @hyperink on Twitter! Visit us at www.facebook.com/hyperink! Go to www.hyperink.com to join our newsletter and get awesome freebies! CHAPTER OUTLINE Quicklet on the Best Arcade Fire Songs: Lyrics and Analysis + Introduction to the Artist + Song Lyrics - The Top Ten Songs + Arcade Fire Trivia / Facts + Conclusion + ...and much more

Originally published in 1932. An entertaining book which will contribute greatly to the enjoyment of Scout and other camp fires in every part of the world. The illustrated contents include: The Camp Fire - Camp Fire Ceremonies - Camp Fire Costumes - Camp Fire Rounds - Camp Fire Songs - Camp Fire Yells - Camp Fire Stunts - Camp Fire Games etc. Many of the earliest games books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The war songs of the South are a part of the history of the Lost Cause. They are necessary to the impartial historian in forming a correct estimate of the animus of the Southern people. Emotional literature is always a correct exponent of public sentiment, and these songs index the passionate sincerity of the South at the time they were written. Poetic merit is not claimed for all of them; still each one embodies either a fact or a principle. Written in an era of war, when the public mind was thoroughly aroused, some may now appear harsh and vindictive. Eight millions of people read and sang them. This fact alone warrants their collection and preservation. A greater number of the songs have been gathered from Southern newspapers. The task has been laborious, but still a labor of love, as no work of this kind has before been offered to the public.

The poems in David Harsent's new collection, whether single poems, dramatic sequences, or poems that 'belong to one another', share a dark territory and a sometimes haunting, sometimes steely, lyrical tone. Throughout the book - in the stark biography of 'Songs from the Same Earth', the troubling disconnects of 'A Dream Book', the harrowing lines of connection in four poems each titled 'Fire', or the cheek-by-jowl shudder of 'Sang the Rat' - Harsent writes, as always, with passion and a sureness of touch.

An authoritative, unprecedented account of how in the early 2000s Canadian music finally became cool Hearts on Fire is about the creative explosion in Canadian music of the early 2000s, which captured the world’s attention in entirely new ways. The Canadian wave didn’t just sweep over one genre or one city, it stretched from coast to coast, affecting large bands and solo performers, rock bands and DJs, and it connected to international scenes by capitalizing on new technology and old-school DIY methods. Arcade Fire, Godspeed, Feist, Tegan and Sara, Alexisonfire: those were just the tip of the iceberg. This is also the story of hippie chicks, turntablists, poetic punks, absurdist pranksters, queer orchestras, obtuse wordsmiths, electronic psychedelic jazz, power-pop supergroups, sexually bold electro queens, cowboys who used to play speed metal, garage rock evangelists, classically trained solo violinists, and the hip-hop scene that preceded Drake. This is Canada like it had never sounded before. This is the Canada that soundtracked the dawn of a new century. Featuring more than 100 exclusive interviews and two decades of research, Hearts on Fire is the music book every Canadian music fan will want on their shelf.

When Jeremy awakens after falling through ice, everything is different. He has been called to another world to free an entire civilization from slavery. The people have lost all touch with God and are fast sinking into oblivion because of greed, materialism, and petty warfare. Jeremy must risk everything to make a difference.