John Fraser lived with his mother and father in the backwoods of North Carolina.Squire Fraser, a strict but kind Scotsman, was determined that his son should have a gentleman’s education, and so he sent John to the coastal town of Edenton to be tutored by Dr. Clapton, an English clergyman.While there, John made many friends. Sir Nat Dukinfield, a young rake, Captain Tennant, the Collector of the Port at Edenton and Eve, his daughter.Captain Flood, a riverboat skippe...

"The point of the impact shouldn’t be far from here. Entire families, care home residents, barbers, lawyers and teenagers with no driving licensesdrove all the way there. Pitching a tent and getting stoned, strumming acoustic guitars. Waiting to be vaporised with the big explosion.This is like a war movie. Only this is for real and there’s just one single bullet the size of a planet."

Sean wanted to feel weightless. Lose the echo of his voice. Climbing up on my rooftop and stretching our hands out in the night trying to catch a beam of moonlight, it wasn’t enough anymore.

"Strangers opening their hearts on the phone makes me feel my life’s not all wasted.They tell me about their lives. Their broken marriages. They tell me about their parents kicking them out. Their own children they aren’t allowed to see. They tell me they went by the platform and they were a train whistle away from taking one more step. "

This is the first collection in book form of a number of Boyd’s short stories. These stories are as particularly southern as their subject, the small southern community. They emphasize dialogue rather than description and illustrate the economy of the skilled writer who discards false ornaments of style.Originally published in 1952.A UNC Press Enduring Edition — UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distingui...

This book explores humanities struggles to find excellent forward paths which define realities for all generations to participate. For instance, energy of today we are calling for solar and wind to replace fossil fuels. This does not meet the requirements of future needs; however, water power plants can meet this in a much shorter time to construct, and less space required to generate huge amounts of energy for cities the size of New York. Imagine 1giggawatt in the size of a football field...

How can we connect the Gospels--the fundamental texts of Christian faith--to our own experience of inner and outer life? This is the question that animates Connecting to the Gospel. In it James Boyd White presents a series of Gospel passages, together with the sermons he gave on these passages as a lay preacher in the Episcopal Church, with brief commentaries and questions on each as well. The whole is designed as an aid to thought and reflection about the issues raised by the Gospel passa...

This book explores the large scale correction to balance the continuous removal of forests. This plan accomplishes for humanity a way to recoup lost fresh water to aquifer systems. All is needed is the desire to do what is right and cooperation to begin the work. This pathway satisfies future requirements that meet a balanced nature interactions on very large scales required to cause a balanced response from nature.

"Stanley in Africa" is a biographical work written by James P. Boyd that tells the story of the famous explorer and journalist, Henry Morton Stanley, and his adventures in Africa during the late 19th century.Henry Morton Stanley was born in Wales in 1841 and was sent to live in a workhouse at the age of six. He eventually made his way to America and became a journalist, traveling to various parts of the world to report on the news.In 1869, Stanley was hired by the New York Herald to find t...

A recent book intimates that there are three kinds of Sunday-school teachers. Some are so poor that they must be forgiven by those who had the disadvantage of having Christianity interpreted through their words and spirit. Some are so colorless, so neutral, so neither poor nor rich, that they are forgotten by those who in years of youth had no Christian impression made upon them by their responsible teachers. Some are so good and wise that they are forever remembered with that honor which ...

Measuring epochs, or eras, by spaces of a hundred years each, that which embraces the nineteenth century stands out in sublime and encouraging contrast with any that has preceded it. As the legatee of all prior centuries, it has enlarged and ennobled its bequest to an extent unparalleled in history; while it has at the same time, through a genius and energy peculiar to itself, created an original endowment for its own enjoyment and for the future richer by far than any heretofore recorded....

Victor Hugo says, that "Africa will be the continent of the twentieth century." Already the nations are struggling to possess it. Stanley's explorations proved the majesty and efficacy of equipment and force amid these dusky peoples and through the awful mazes of the unknown. Empires watched with eager eye the progress of his last daring journey. Science and civilization stood ready to welcome its results. He comes to light again, having escaped ambush, flood, the wild beast and disease, a...