Through The Cedars

A powerful tale of the Pacific Northwest in the 1950s, reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird. Courtroom drama, love story, and war novel, this is the epic tale of a young Japanese-American and the man on trial for killing the man she loves.

Looking through the branches of a cedar tree, an infinite number of faces are revealed. Within each face is a story. The poems and stories in this book are life experiences filtered through the cedars. From the author of Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories comes a poetic expression that allows deep immersion in the gritty emotional landscapes of modern life. Surprising at every turn, stretching the boundaries of human depravation and climbing to heights of hilarity, Through the Cedars asks readers to take a good, hard look at some of the most beautiful and difficult aspects of being alive. Jim White sees the world as it is. With a sense of humour, a sharp eye for detail, lurid imagination, and nerves of steel, he boldly opens doors on addiction, poverty, abuse, religion, grief, sexuality, the things we do to our bodies to get by, the harsh realities of love and heartbreak, and the ways we find home.

In May 1776 more than two hundred Indian warriors descended the St. Lawrence River to attack Continental forces at the Cedars, west of Montreal. In just three days’ fighting, the Native Americans and their British and Canadian allies forced the American fort to surrender and ambushed a fatally delayed relief column. In Down the Warpath to the Cedars, author Mark R. Anderson flips the usual perspective on this early engagement and focuses on its Native participants—their motivations, battlefield conduct, and the event’s impact in their world. In this way, Anderson’s work establishes and explains Native Americans’ centrality in the Revolutionary War’s northern theater. Anderson’s dramatic, deftly written narrative encompasses decisive diplomatic encounters, political intrigue, and scenes of brutal violence but is rooted in deep archival research and ethnohistorical scholarship. It sheds new light on the alleged massacre and atrocities that other accounts typically focus on. At the same time, Anderson traces the aftermath for Indian captives and military hostages, as well as the political impact of the Cedars reaching all the way to the Declaration of Independence. The action at the Cedars emerges here as a watershed moment, when Indian neutrality frayed to the point that hundreds of northern warriors entered the fight between crown and colonies. Adroitly interweaving the stories of diverse characters—chiefs, officials, agents, soldiers, and warriors—Down the Warpath to the Cedars produces a complex picture, and a definitive account, of the Revolutionary War’s first Indian battles, an account that significantly expands our historical understanding of the northern theater of the American Revolution.

Cedars In Lebanon is a two-part series on Christian character development emphasizing Believers Growth and Development through Biblical Principles. The work is informative, inspirational, and sound in Biblical truth with the goal of giving principles that can be activated in one's life to achieve and continue to develop a strong personal value system to deal with life's challenges. Developing a strong set of Biblical values in one's life is absolutely essential to meet the on-going tests that godly, righteous living presents itself. Character is the subconscious of thinking right, desiring to do right, which results in right action. These values and core principles must be planted in the heart of every believer to meet the challenges presented in one's life and to overcome them successfully. The sub-title to the original study of Cedars In Lebanon was Pentecostal Conquerors Maturity Manual. The demand and need for such teaching has become a need for all believers young and old. The need is met with this revised study that benefits all believers regardless of denominational affiliation. Times change, situations change, feelings change, but godly principles do not change. Sea-faring men guided their journeys by the North Star which remains constant and reliable. God's Word is time-tested constant and reliable in guiding one's life through the calm and rough waters of life. Be challenged, grow, mature, and develop true moral and spiritual strength of character through Cedars In Lebanon. Cedars In Lebanon can be useful in individual study, family study, and group study. The principles, values, and ideals studied, memorized, and put into active daily practice will make a difference in one's life now and throughout eternity.

Originally published in 1900, this groundbreaking novel by a distinguished African-American author recounts the drama of a brother and sister who "pass for white" during the dangerous days of Reconstruction.

This controversial, eye-opening book by Elizabeth McGreevy suggests a different perception of Mountain Cedars (also called Ashe Junipers). It digs into the politics, history, economics, culture, and ecology surrounding these trees in the Hill Country of Texas from the 1700s to the present. Since the 1920s, reporters, writers, scientists, landowners, politicians, and cedar fever victims have characterized the trees as a non-native, water-hogging, grass-killing, toxic, useless species to justify its removal. The result has been a glut of Mountain Cedar tall tales. Yet before the 1890s, people highly respected Mountain Cedars. The Mountain Cedars they reported were large timber trees with strong, decay-resistant heartwood. Most were cut down and sold to boost the young Hill Country economy. The clearcutting of old-growth forests and dense woodlands and the continuous overgrazing of prairies that followed led to mass soil degradation and erosion. Acting as nature's bandage, Mountain Cedars morphed into pioneering bushes and spread across degraded soils. This book tracks down the origins of the tall tales to determine what is true, what is false, and what is somewhere in between. Through a series of revelations, the author replaces anti-cedar sentiments with a more constructive, less emotional approach to Hill Country land management.

When you go for a walk in nature, who do you see? What do you hear? Award-winning storyteller Nicola I. Campbell shows what it means “to stand like a cedar” on this beautiful journey of discovery through the wilderness. Learn the names of animals in the Nłe7kepmxcín or Halq’emeylem languages as well as the teachings they have for us. Experience a celebration of sustainability and connection to the land through lyrical storytelling and Carrielynn Victor’s breathtaking art in this children’s illustrated book. Discover new sights and sounds with every read.

Looking through the branches of a cedar tree, an infinite number of faces are revealed. Within each face is a story. The poems and stories in this book are life experiences filtered through the cedars. From the author of Nowhere to Hide & Other Stories comes a poetic expression that allows deep immersion in the gritty emotional landscapes of modern life. Surprising at every turn, stretching the boundaries of human depravation and climbing to heights of hilarity, Through the Cedars asks readers to take a good, hard look at some of the most beautiful and difficult aspects of being alive. Jim White sees the world as it is. With a sense of humour, a sharp eye for detail, lurid imagination, and nerves of steel, he boldly opens doors on addiction, poverty, abuse, religion, grief, sexuality, the things we do to our bodies to get by, the harsh realities of love and heartbreak, and the ways we find home.