Sunrays Moonbeams And Sandstorms

Sunrays, Moonbeams, and Sandstorms is a collection of poetry and short stories to engage the imagination with unique perspectives and original creativity. Award-winning poems such as The Wind, The Landing, and His Masterpiece contain qualities found most in exceptional poetry.

All England cheered this modest American. He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M’Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received the highest honors of the British Empire. In this book he tells in full detail the fascinating story of his thrilling and varied career. “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes of romance”—SIR RIDER HAGGARD “I have seldom been as much taken with a narrative”—REAR ADMIRAL WM. S. SIMS, U.S.N. “I have read it all with enthralled interest”—THEODORE ROOSEVELT “England was never made by her statesmen; England was made by her adventurers.”—GENERAL GORDON.

Ushaya Landau, sixty-four and recently retired from Trends & Styles magazine company, is looking forward to finally having time to visit her kids, see friends, and relish her gardens...until she is visited by a host of alien titans from the world of Lazantis. These creatures give her the ability to gift others with superpowers—and change her life forever. Armed with her new ability and the responsibility that comes with it, Ushaya decides to impart powers on eighteen world leaders. But if she hopes having powers will transform the way politics works, she is sorely mistaken. This satirical, allegorical fantasy is nothing short of a political parody, following Ushaya and the world leaders through trade negotiations, politics, social issues, and environmental concerns. When they discover that there is more to these benevolent aliens than meets the eye, will they be able to put their petty differences aside and work together to save the world?

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"The Eye of Istar" is a captivating romance following Al-Motardjim, a North African dervish loyal to the Sudanese Mahdi, who embarks on a perilous journey into the heart of the central African jungle to satisfy his Hausa lover. Through a series of treacherous encounters, he emerges as a survivor and ultimately reaches, a magnificent hidden city representing the remnants of ancient Babylonian civilization.

Exploring the multiple communities of healing among the Tuareg people of Niger, this work examines the beliefs and practices that surround healing and the quest for medicine. In studying ideals of healing that face challenges from wider political and economic forces, the author enables us to understand these culturally and historically constructed processes. This leads us to comprehend how many Tuareg construct and deconstruct local notions of medicine and healers, how patients cope with current problems in health care, and more broadly, how medical knowledge is constructed in anthropology and ethnography. Rasmussen reveals new perspectives on healing in systems of power and symbolism, bridging interpretive cultural and political economy approaches. This book explores the consequences and implications of the idea that in order to obtain medicine, one must submit to authority, but proceeds beyond merely demonstrating this idea, already largely a truism in anthropology. The Tuareg data show how local residents are not passive victims, but rather active agents in responding to and resisting authority structures of medicine and medical knowledge.

This accessory provides a wealth of highly detailed information about one of the most popular regions of the Forgotten Realms world. In addition to new spells, monsters, magic items, and prestige classes native to the region, "Silver Marches" also includes a poster map and many detailed adventure sites.