The Four Corners Of The World

A combination biography and cultural history chronicles the lives of Navajo Ella Bedonie and her extended family, from Ella's childhood on the Four Corners Reservation to her education and marriage

British author A. E. W. Mason spent time as a member of Parliament and a Captain in World War I, but his first love was writing, and he produced dozens of novels and short story collections over the course of his career. The Four Corners of the World is filled with well-wrought little gems that perfectly reflect Mason's literary skill.

Peter Troy's travels are the stuff of surf legend. Anoriginal and influential figure in the early days atBells Beach, Troy left Australia in 1963 and roamed theplanet with surfboard under arm, from Europe to Hawaii,South America to Africa, introducing surfing to Braziland discovering untold perfect waves, like Nias off thecoast of ......

When an old document is found describing the locations of four terrible weapons that, when combined, will have the power to end the world, Matt Drake and his team are plunged into an incredible non-stop archaeological adventure.From Africa to Asia, Europe and America, they follow the clues to the graves of the Four Horsemen - War, Conquest, Famine and Death, discovering the tomb of Attila the Hun and following in the footsteps of Genghis Kahn. The Four Horsemen reveal the four weapons - new versions of ancient, apocalyptical disasters. And worse, the team find they are racing against other competing nations to find the weapons first. As they struggle to stay one step ahead; as they delve deeper into their interpersonal relationships, a new enemy is revealed. . . an enemy from within. America is not happy with the SPEAR team and have issued an order to end their contract. SEAL team 7 is on the way. The Four Corners of the Earth combines all the trademarks of a rollicking Matt Drake adventure, with a new twist of danger from a direction they could never have predicted.

A collection of folk stories from around the world, each accompanied by background information, that explain the various perspectives of different peoples on how the universe and their world came to be.

"There's humor and action aplenty, but Four Corners is also a warmhearted look at how we love and forgive. Five hundred and forty-four pages never seemed so short"—People, 4 stars, People Pick The Four Corners of the Sky is master storyteller Michael Malone's new novel of love, secrets, and the mysterious bonds of families. Malone brings characters to life as only he can, exploring the questions that defy easy answers: Is love a choice or a calling? Why do the ties of family bind so tightly? And is forgiveness a gift to others...or a gift we give ourselves? In small towns between the North Carolina Piedmont and the coast the best scenery is often in the sky. On flat sweeps of red clay and scrub pine the days move monotonously, safely, but above, in the blink of an eye, dangerous clouds can boil out of all four corners of the sky...The flat slow land starts to shiver and anything can happen. In such a storm, on Annie Peregrine's seventh birthday, her father gave her the airplane and minutes later drove out of her life. Thus begins an enchanting novel that bursts with energy from the first pages, and sweeps you off on a journey of unforgettable characters, hilarious encounters, and haunting secrets. Praise for The Four Corners of the Sky: "Devoted Michael Malone fans have been waiting more than twenty years for another Handling Sin, perhaps the greatest road novel since Tom Jones. The wait is over..."— Bill Ott, editor-in-chief, Booklist "Secrets and intrigues among the honeysuckle: a sun-washed yarn of the New South, affectionately told." —Kirkus starred review "The Four Corners of the Sky is the best thing I have read in years and you can imagine how much I read. Truly, I couldn't put it down. I loved it."—Kathy Ashton, The King's English Bookshop BONUS READING GROUP GUIDE INCLUDED

Richard Nelson has written an interpretive guide to the most fascinating stories from Genesis 2-11: Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Cain's descendants, the flood, Noah and his sons, and the Tower of Babel. Its purpose is to help ordinary people of faith recapture the power of the familiar stories from the first chapters of Genesis, reading the scriptures for themselves and applying the insights to their own lives. It introduces and demonstrates an easily accessible, step-by-step interpretive method that lets readers discover, uncover, and recover meaning in these stories. Nelson encourages biblical readers to look beyond conventional and expected meanings to explore the potential texts have to address contemporary issues and situations that people care about today. Through his interpretive method, Nelson nurtures lay Christians to become self-reliant readers who can discover effective and dynamic meaning in Genesis and other stories from the Bible.