The Year the Stars Fell
Title | The Year the Stars Fell PDF eBook |
Author | Candace S. Greene |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 363 |
Release | 2007-06-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0803222114 |
Winter counts?pictorial calendars by which Plains Indians kept track of their past?marked each year with a picture of a memorable event.øTheøLakota, or Western Sioux, recorded many different events in their winter counts, but all include ?the year the stars fell,? the spectacular Leonid meteor shower of 1833?34. This volume is an unprecedented assemblage of information on the important collection of Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian, a core resource for the study of Lakota history and culture. Fourteen winter counts are presented in detail, with a chapter devoted to the newly discovered Rosebud Winter Count. Together these counts constitute a visual chronicle of over two hundred years of Lakota experience as recorded by Native historians. ø A visually stunning book, The Year the Stars Fell features full-color illustrations of the fourteen winter counts plus more than 900 detailed images of individual pictographs. Explanations, provided by their nineteenth-century Lakota recorders, are arranged chronologically to facilitate comparison among counts. The book provides ready access to primary source material, and serves as an essential reference work for scholars as well as an invaluable historical resource for Native communities.
A Year of the Stars
Title | A Year of the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Fred Schaaf |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 339 |
Release | 2010-08-25 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1615927530 |
The ideal book for amateur astronomers, this title takes readers on a journey of discovery through the seasons of the starry night sky. Illustrations.
Guideposts to the Stars
Title | Guideposts to the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Leslie C. Peltier |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 200 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
A guide to locating stars, constellations, planets, and other celestial phenomena such as novae, comets, meteors, and aurorae.
The Year of the Book
Title | The Year of the Book PDF eBook |
Author | Andrea Cheng |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 165 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0547684630 |
Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Number the Stars
Title | Number the Stars PDF eBook |
Author | Lois Lowry |
Publisher | HarperCollins Children's Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780007395200 |
In Nazi-occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is called upon for a selfless act of bravery to help save her best friend from a terrible fate. Winner of the Newbery Medal, newly reissued in the Essential Modern Classics range. "They plan to arrest all the Danish Jews. They plan to take them away. And we have been told that they may come tonight." It is 1943 and life in Copenhagen is becoming complicated for Annemarie. There are food shortages and curfews, and soldiers on every corner. But it is even worse for her Jewish best friend, Ellen, as the Nazis continue their brutal campaign. With Ellen's life in danger, Annemarie must summon all her courage to help stage a daring escape. Inspired by true events of the Second World War, this gripping novel brings the past vividly to life for today's readers.
Your Stars: An Empowering Guide For 2020
Title | Your Stars: An Empowering Guide For 2020 PDF eBook |
Author | Carolyne Faulkner |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2019-09-05 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 0008353670 |
Your Stars is a daily Dynamic Astrology journal for 2020.
Where the Stars Still Shine
Title | Where the Stars Still Shine PDF eBook |
Author | Trish Doller |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 369 |
Release | 2015-06-02 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1619632985 |
Happily-ever-after is never quite what you expect in this hot and gritty romance.