The Man In The Clouds

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The Man In The Clouds

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Author : Koos Meinderts
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012

The Man In The Clouds written by Koos Meinderts and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Aesthetics categories.

When the Man in the Clouds creates a beautiful painting, people begin to make a pilgrimage up his mountain to see it for themselves--the misfits find it especially comforting. An art expert tells the artist that it is very valuable and he begins to think about differently, determined to protect it rather than share it. Finally, he sees that his greed and possessiveness has changed the way he sees the picture so he tosses it into the fire and looks out the window with fresh eyes, seeing again the beauty that enthralled him in the first place.

The Man Who Could Move Clouds

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Author : Ingrid Rojas Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2023-07-11

The Man Who Could Move Clouds written by Ingrid Rojas Contreras and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • From the bestselling author of Fruit of the Drunken Tree, comes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir reclaiming her family's otherworldly legacy. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME, NPR, VULTURE, PEOPLE, BOSTON GLOBE, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, & MORE “Rojas Contreras reacquaints herself with her family’s past, weaving their stories with personal narrative, unraveling legacies of violence, machismo and colonialism… In the process, she has written a spellbinding and genre-defying ancestral history.”—New York Times Book Review For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Raised amid the political violence of 1980s and '90s Colombia, in a house bustling with her mother’s fortune-telling clients, she was a hard child to surprise. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, a community healer gifted with what the family called “the secrets”: the power to talk to the dead, tell the future, treat the sick, and move the clouds. And as the first woman to inherit “the secrets,” Rojas Contreras’ mother was just as powerful. Mami delighted in her ability to appear in two places at once, and she could cast out even the most persistent spirits with nothing more than a glass of water. This legacy had always felt like it belonged to her mother and grandfather, until, while living in the U.S. in her twenties, Rojas Contreras suffered a head injury that left her with amnesia. As she regained partial memory, her family was excited to tell her that this had happened before: Decades ago Mami had taken a fall that left her with amnesia, too. And when she recovered, she had gained access to “the secrets.” In 2012, spurred by a shared dream among Mami and her sisters, and her own powerful urge to relearn her family history in the aftermath of her memory loss, Rojas Contreras joins her mother on a journey to Colombia to disinter Nono’s remains. With Mami as her unpredictable, stubborn, and often amusing guide, Rojas Contreras traces her lineage back to her Indigenous and Spanish roots, uncovering the violent and rigid colonial narrative that would eventually break her mestizo family into two camps: those who believe “the secrets” are a gift, and those who are convinced they are a curse. Interweaving family stories more enchanting than those in any novel, resurrected Colombian history, and her own deeply personal reckonings with the bounds of reality, Rojas Contreras writes her way through the incomprehensible and into her inheritance. The result is a luminous testament to the power of storytelling as a healing art and an invitation to embrace the extraordinary.

Feet In The Clouds

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Author : Richard Askwith
language : en
Publisher: Aurum
Release Date : 2013-05-09

Feet In The Clouds written by Richard Askwith and has been published by Aurum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.

Nearly 10 years after its first publication, Aurum are re-issuing this classic running book which has defined a genre. It includes an introduction from bestselling author Robert Macfarlane and an epilogue from Richard Askwith. The concept of fell-running is simple: it’s a sport that involves running over mountains – sometimes one, sometimes many. It’s also immensely demanding. While running uphill is a stamina-sapping slog, running pell-mell down the other side requires the agility – and even recklessness – of a mountain goat. And there’s the weather to contend with. It may make the sports pages only rarely, but in areas like the Lake District and Snowdonia fell-running is the basis of a whole culture – indeed, race organisers sometimes have to turn competitors away so that fragile mountain uplands are not irrevocably damaged by too many thundering feet. Fixtures like the annual Ben Nevis and Snowdon races attract runners from all over Britain, and beyond. Others, such as the Wasdale and Ennerdale fell runs in the Lakeland valleys – gruelling marathons of more than 20 miles – remain truly local events for which the whole community turns out, with many of the runners back on the same fells the next day tending sheep. Now, Richard Askwith explores the world of fell-running in the only legitimate way: by donning his Ron Hill vest and studded shoes to spend a season running as many of the great fell races as he can, from Borrowdale to Ben Nevis: an arduous schedule that tests the very limits of one’s stamina and courage. Over the months he also meets the greats of fell-running – like the remarkable Joss Naylor, who to celebrate his fiftieth birthday ran all 214 major Lakeland fells in a single week; Billy Bland, the combative Borrowdale man whose astounding records still stand for many of the top races; and Bill Teasdale, a hero of the sport’s earlier, professional days, whom he tracks down to his tiny cottage in the northern Lakes. And ultimately Askwith’s obsession drives him to attempt the ultimate challenge: the Bob Graham Round – a non-stop circuit of 42 of the Lake District’s highest peaks to be completed within 24 hours. This is a portrait of one of the few sports to have remained utterly true to its roots – in which the point is not fame or fortune but to run the ancient, wild landscape, and to be a hero, if at all, within one’s own valley. Feet in the Clouds is a chronicle of a masochistic but admirable sporting obsession, an insight into one of the oldest extreme sports, and a lyrical tribute to Britain’s mountains and the men and women who live among them.

Above The Clouds

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Author : Anatoli Boukreev
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2015-09-08

Above The Clouds written by Anatoli Boukreev and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-08 with Sports & Recreation categories.

A breathtaking and lavishly illustrated autobiography in essays on Anatoli Boukreev, the late world-famous mountaineer and author of The Climb. When Anatoli Boukreev died on the slopes of Annapurna on Christmas day, 1997, the world lost one of the greatest adventurers of our time. In Above the Clouds, both the man and his incredible climbs on Mt. McKinley, K2, Makalu, Manaslu, and Everest-including his diary entries on the infamous 1996 disaster, written shortly after his return-are immortalized. There also are minute technical details about the skill of mountain climbing, as well as personal reflections on what life means to someone who risks it every day. Fully illustrated with gorgeous color photos, Above the Clouds is a unique and breathtaking look at the world from its most remote peaks.

The Boy In The Clouds

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Author : Sven Nilsson
language : en
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-10-11

The Boy In The Clouds written by Sven Nilsson and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.

Peter is a young boy that, after an unfortunate incident with his sister, ends up in the Overworld - a secret place on top of the clouds. The Overworld is under threat from a sinister general who has seized power and seeks to stop all rain. Peter must find the heir to the throne, stop the general and make sure that it rains again - but most of all he wants to find a way home. This book is the first in a series of books. It is followed by "Winter clouds".

Fruit Of The Drunken Tree

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Author : Ingrid Rojas Contreras
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2018-07-31

Fruit Of The Drunken Tree written by Ingrid Rojas Contreras and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Fiction categories.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Seven-year-old Chula lives a carefree life in her gated community in Bogotá, but the threat of kidnappings, car bombs, and assassinations hover just outside her walls, where the godlike drug lord Pablo Escobar reigns, capturing the attention of the nation. “Simultaneously propulsive and poetic, reminiscent of Isabel Allende...Listen to this new author’s voice—she has something powerful to say.” —Entertainment Weekly When her mother hires Petrona, a live-in-maid from the city’s guerrilla-occupied neighborhood, Chula makes it her mission to understand Petrona’s mysterious ways. Petrona is a young woman crumbling under the burden of providing for her family as the rip tide of first love pulls her in the opposite direction. As both girls’ families scramble to maintain stability amidst the rapidly escalating conflict, Petrona and Chula find themselves entangled in a web of secrecy. Inspired by the author's own life, Fruit of the Drunken Tree is a powerful testament to the impossible choices women are often forced to make in the face of violence and the unexpected connections that can blossom out of desperation.

The Man Who Laughs

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Author : Victor Hugo
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

The Man Who Laughs written by Victor Hugo and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with categories.

The Man Who Jumped Off Clouds

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Author : Wellesley Muir
language : en
Publisher: Review & Herald Publishing
Release Date : 2000

The Man Who Jumped Off Clouds written by Wellesley Muir and has been published by Review & Herald Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Bush pilots categories.

Pilot Clyde Peters was lost and alone in the jungle with nothing but his faith to guide him. A story of courage, sacrifice, and triumph in the face of death.

With The Clouds Of Heaven

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Author : James M. Hamilton, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2014-08-29

With The Clouds Of Heaven written by James M. Hamilton, Jr. and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-29 with Religion categories.

Perceiving a hole in evangelical biblical theology that should be filled with a robust treatment of the book of Daniel, James Hamilton delves into the book's rich contribution to the Bible's unfolding redemptive-historical storyline. This New Studies in Biblical Theology volume addresses key questions and examines the literary structure, visions, heavenly beings and typological patterns.

The Divine Cloud A Modernized Version Of The Cloud Of Unknowing

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Author : Cloud
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1871

The Divine Cloud A Modernized Version Of The Cloud Of Unknowing written by Cloud and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1871 with categories.