Winner of the 1980 United Daily Literature Competition, this novel about love, betrayal, family life, and the power of tradition in small-town Taiwan was an instant bestseller when first published in Taiwan. At once a bittersweet romance and a vividly detailed portrait of life in a southern Taiwanese coastal town in the 1970s, A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers captures the intimacy of agricultural life in the midst of an increasingly industrialized society. At the heart of the story is Zhenguan, a sensitive young woman whose coming of age is influenced by new experiences in the city, the wisdom of her elders, and her strong, unique identity. In Zhenguan's journey of first love, suffering, disillusionment, and -- ultimately -- zenlike triumph, Hsiao Li-hung celebrates the values and traditions that have sustained and nurtured life in Taiwan through the centuries.Hsiao traces the relationship of Zhenguan and her childhood friend Daxin against the background of daily existence and festival celebrations in their extended family. Daxin, in many ways Zhenguan's male counterpart, is fascinated by ancestral worship during Lunar New Year, riddle-solving during the Lantern Festival, and the noontime water and sticky rice dumplings of the Dragonboat Festival. These rituals, part of a rich cultural heritage, add charm to their romance while shedding light on the reasons for their eventual separation.Hsiao uses simple lessons taught in the garden and prayers uttered in a mountaintop temple to enrich and temper the story with the spirit of Buddhist teachings. The novel masterfully interweaves Buddhist maxims, poetry, folk songs, and puns with the dialogue, capturing the integral nature of tradition in the characters' lives as they search for meaning and solace in life's unpredictable fortunes.With understated elegance, Hsiao Li-hung's lyrical work affirms a way of life both fleeting and enduring. For readers interested in Chinese literature and culture, and anyone who enjoys a rich family saga, this is a unique and beautifully told story.

Winner of the 1980 United Daily Literature Competition, this novel about love, betrayal, family life, and the power of tradition in small-town Taiwan was an instant bestseller when first published in Taiwan. At once a bittersweet romance and a vividly detailed portrait of life in a southern Taiwanese coastal town in the 1970s, A Thousand Moons on a Thousand Rivers captures the intimacy of agricultural life in the midst of an increasingly industrialized society. At the heart of the story is Zhenguan, a sensitive young woman whose coming of age is influenced by new experiences in the city, the wisdom of her elders, and her strong, unique identity. In Zhenguan's journey of first love, suffering, disillusionment, and -- ultimately -- zenlike triumph, Hsiao Li-hung celebrates the values and traditions that have sustained and nurtured life in Taiwan through the centuries.Hsiao traces the relationship of Zhenguan and her childhood friend Daxin against the background of daily existence and festival celebrations in their extended family. Daxin, in many ways Zhenguan's male counterpart, is fascinated by ancestral worship during Lunar New Year, riddle-solving during the Lantern Festival, and the noontime water and sticky rice dumplings of the Dragonboat Festival. These rituals, part of a rich cultural heritage, add charm to their romance while shedding light on the reasons for their eventual separation.Hsiao uses simple lessons taught in the garden and prayers uttered in a mountaintop temple to enrich and temper the story with the spirit of Buddhist teachings. The novel masterfully interweaves Buddhist maxims, poetry, folk songs, and puns with the dialogue, capturing the integral nature of tradition in the characters' lives as they search for meaning and solace in life's unpredictable fortunes.With understated elegance, Hsiao Li-hung's lyrical work affirms a way of life both fleeting and enduring. For readers interested in Chinese literature and culture, and anyone who enjoys a rich family saga, this is a unique and beautifully told story.

The New York Times bestselling memoir by "a national treasure" (Ronald Reagan) and one of the twentieth century's most popular and beloved entertainers. The King of Hearts, The Emperor of Easy, Mr. Moon River-Andy Williams was known by many names, but his was the One Voice that defined the 1960's for most of America, as his plush tenor sold millions of records and his television variety show and Christmas specials made him a superstar. In his long-awaited autobiography, Williams shares the remarkable story of his rise from humble beginnings through his seven-plus decades in show business, including his friendships with everyone from Bobby Kennedy to John Lennon and Marilyn Monroe to Oprah. Moon River and Me is a delightful self-portrait of a remarkable artist and a fascinating history of American entertainment's golden age.

When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one day achieve....

From the man whom President Ronald Reagan declared a national treasure comes 'Moon River and Me,' a book in which Williams shares the memories of his seven remarkable decades in show business. b&w photo inserts.9780452296534 'The View from the Bridge' is Meyer's enormously entertaining account of his involvement with the Star Trek films as well as his illustrious career in the movie business. b&w photo insert.9780452296572 From the bestselling author-illustrator team of the '9/11 Report: A Graphic Adap

Acclaimed outdoors author Tom Stienstra knows where to find the best of California's lakes and rivers, from the wild and pristine Smith River in the Redwood Empire to the clear waters of Big Bear Lake, only two hours from Los Angeles. "Moon California Recreational Lakes and Rivers" leads outdoor enthusiasts to the best spots for boating, fishing, and water sports in the Golden State. The fourth edition of this definitive guidebook includes detailed descriptions of nearly 400 lakes and rivers, as well as many top-10 lists, such as the Top 10 Places for Water-Skiing. Complete with detailed regional maps as well as directions and ratings for each location, "Moon California Recreational Lakes and Rivers" provides readers with first-rate expert advice and all the necessary tools to head outdoors.

A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in dives to ever-smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one day achieve. Before being declared a national treasure by President Ronald Reagan, Williams would chart eighteen gold and three platinum albums, headline at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for more than twenty years, and host an enormously popular weekly television variety show whose Christmas specials still occupy a tender spot in every baby boomer’s heart. Williams knew everybody who was anybody during his seven remarkable decades in show business (including Judy Garland, John Huston, Jack Lemmon, John Lennon, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and Barbra Streisand, among others) and was a close friend of Bobby Kennedy for many years, and he shares memories of them all in Moon River and Me. His millions of fans guarantee a huge audience for the autobiography of the plush baritone who— at the age of eighty-one—still draws thousands of fans to his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri.

A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in dives to ever-smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one day achieve. Before being declared a national treasure by President Ronald Reagan, Williams would chart eighteen gold and three platinum albums, headline at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for more than twenty years, and host an enormously popular weekly television variety show whose Christmas specials still occupy a tender spot in every baby boomer’s heart. Williams knew everybody who was anybody during his seven remarkable decades in show business (including Judy Garland, John Huston, Jack Lemmon, John Lennon, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and Barbra Streisand, among others) and was a close friend of Bobby Kennedy for many years, and he shares memories of them all in Moon River and Me. His millions of fans guarantee a huge audience for the autobiography of the plush baritone who— at the age of eighty-one—still draws thousands of fans to his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri.

A remarkable memoir by one of the most popular and beloved entertainers of the twentieth century When in the mid-1950s Andy Williams reached a low point in his career, singing in dives to ever-smaller audiences, the young man from Wall Lake, Iowa, had no inkling of the success he would one day achieve. Before being declared a national treasure by President Ronald Reagan, Williams would chart eighteen gold and three platinum albums, headline at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for more than twenty years, and host an enormously popular weekly television variety show whose Christmas specials still occupy a tender spot in every baby boomer's heart. Williams knew everybody who was anybody during his seven remarkable decades in show business (including Judy Garland, John Huston, Jack Lemmon, John Lennon, Elton John, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, and Barbra Streisand, among others) and was a close friend of Bobby Kennedy for many years, and he shares memories of them all in Moon River and Me. His millions of fans guarantee a huge audience for the autobiography of the plush baritone who- at the age of eighty-one-still draws thousands of fans to his Moon River Theater in Branson, Missouri.

From the man whom President Ronald Reagan declared a national treasure comes "Moon River and Me," a book in which Williams shares the memories of his seven remarkable decades in show business. b&w photo inserts.

"What a good story... As each chapter finished I just had to find out what was in the next!! What a total surprise!!" Diane Byrnes, Echoes of Erin, Radio WEDO Pittsburgh This is the third book in the Liffey Rivers Irish Dancer Mystery series. The ancient Irish believed that people were affected by the cycles of the moon and that the moon had real power over the deeds of men. In this third book of the Irish Dancer Mystery series, Liffey Rivers and the Secret of the Mountain of the Moon, Liffey experiences the tug of the ancient Celtic Blood Moon when, after dancing at her first feis in Ireland, she observes an extraordinary phenomenon directly above Queen Maeve's cairn on the summit of Knocknarea (the Mountain of the Moon) in County Sligo. Soon after the paranormal event, Liffey finds herself seeking answers to life and death questions as she desperately searches on the mountain for a mysterious woman who wears a diamond 'M.'

David Rivers is a second-generation oilman. From Houston, he runs the multinational oil company built by his father, former Apollo astronaut Michael Rivers, one of the last men alive to walk on the moon. Michael now spends his days confined to an assisted-living facility, his mind succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer's disease. Somewhere in Michael's crumbling memory is a devastating secret he has revealed to no one in over forty years, not even to his sole surviving child. The secret is the location of a small capsule Michael brought back from the moon in 1972 containing proof that conventional wisdom is a deliberate lie. With the cryptic aid of an anonymous benefactor deep within the ancient and powerful secret society of the Hostmen of Newcastle, David races to unravel the mysteries shrouding his father's legacy while wars, terrorism, and riots over dwindling oil reserves enflame the planet, and a corrupted American presidential election teeters in the balance. David finds himself confronting the same crisis of conscience his father faced decades before. Should he risk his life and company to expose the Hostmen's lies? Or will he bury what he uncovers and let the world burn?

How does a story of India begin? Does it begin with the three great rivers—the Ganges, the Yamuna, the unseen Sarasvati pouring her dreaming waters down from the snowy mountains to the hot, dry plain? This bewitching story within a story, set in magical India, explores the power of narrative to change the course of lives. Raka, the doomed young bride of a violent merchant, weaves a tale of rescue so vivid, it might just come true. She tells a servant boy the story of Farhad, a thief and unlikely hero, who must retrieve a famous jewel in order to save a kidnapped princess from a demon king. Farhad’s unforgettable companion on the journey is a wisecracking white tiger with an unnatural fear of water. It is their unusual and funny friendship, and the final sacrifice that they must make, that is the heart of this grand, beautiful novel about summoning the hero within.F&P level: Z+ F&P genre: F

Wild, sometimes erotic episodes enliven Ring Jaw, the small West Florida town in Chipola River Country. Jesse Earle Bowden paints a dynamic mosaic: forbidden passionate love, murder, family tragedy, enslaving brutality of the sun-baked turpentine woods seven splendidly told narratives leavened with pathos and sardonic wisdom. Characters from his classic novel, Look and Tremble, join others in a vivid, powerful prose reverberating and resonating with mystery and delight. Evil Clint Hardlee frightens the town s mayor who desperately plots a Blood in the Sand execution; a wily Texas evangelist explores the Garden of Eden edging the Apalachicola River, discovers his redheaded Eve called Amazing Gracey, and earthly passions reap devilishly embarrassing misbehavior; Prohibition officer Pistol Pete Bowdoin encounters Ring Jaw moonshiners and his Alabama-born cousin who predicts the dreaded lawman s death two weeks before his 1925 slaying on the Choctawhatchee River; jookkeeper Mamie Love Sooky unites with whiskeymaker Marven Rivers to find religion and Love in a Dry County ; a scarred woodsrider reveals his turpentine camp life in Bearthick Swamp that triggered a lynching of two men who maimed him; washerwoman Hattie Santee laments her whiskeymaker husband s shotgun death in the river swamps, losing two sons in World War II and the killing of her granddaughter by Hasty Ponds, who said he loved her; a Chipola Moon Rising romance between a high school student and his teacher Raven Rubaker is reignited at the fiftieth school class reunion.

Along a winding road in the hills of Northern California rush the waters of the American River, icy with snowmelt from the Sierra Nevadas. Near the settlement once known as Gold Hill is the bit of land next to the river where Captain John Sutter built a sawmill. And next to the sawmill is the place where James Marshall saw the bright glitter of gold among pebbles in a clear calm backwater of the river. Word of that discovery brought hundreds of thousands of fortune seekers from all over the world. Later, others came, seeking different fortunes or escaping lives ruined in other lands. Among the later arrivals were the 77 men, women, and children of the Aizu Wakamatsu Colony, escapees from a civil war in Japan. This is a story of one of the members of that group: Kei-remembered now in history as Okei- and her brief life in America.

Journalist Michael Sommers guides travelers to the best that Brazil has to offer, from surfing, hang gliding, and enjoying the sizzling nightlife in Rio to venturing into the Amazon to witness the Meeting of the Waters, where the Rio Negro and Rio Solimoes join to form the world's mightiest river: the Amazon. Sommers also includes unique trip strategies like A Tale of Two Amazon Cities--which provides details on exploring the rainforest between Manaus and Belem--and Gastronomic Brazil, a mouthwatering tour of Brazil's cuisine. With expert advice on viewing popular attractions like Iguacu Falls and Corcovado, as well as escaping the crowds in less frequented places, like Bahia's rustic fishing villages, "Moon Brazil" gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Wild, sometimes erotic episodes enliven Ring Jaw, the small West Florida town in Chipola River Country. Jesse Earle Bowden paints a dynamic mosaic: forbidden passionate love, murder, family tragedy, enslaving brutality of the sun-baked turpentine woods seven splendidly told narratives leavened with pathos and sardonic wisdom. Characters from his classic novel, Look and Tremble, join others in a vivid, powerful prose reverberating and resonating with mystery and delight. Evil Clint Hardlee frightens the town s mayor who desperately plots a Blood in the Sand execution; a wily Texas evangelist explores the Garden of Eden edging the Apalachicola River, discovers his redheaded Eve called Amazing Gracey, and earthly passions reap devilishly embarrassing misbehavior; Prohibition officer Pistol Pete Bowdoin encounters Ring Jaw moonshiners and his Alabama-born cousin who predicts the dreaded lawman s death two weeks before his 1925 slaying on the Choctawhatchee River; jookkeeper Mamie Love Sooky unites with whiskeymaker Marven Rivers to find religion and Love in a Dry County ; a scarred woodsrider reveals his turpentine camp life in Bearthick Swamp that triggered a lynching of two men who maimed him; washerwoman Hattie Santee laments her whiskeymaker husband s shotgun death in the river swamps, losing two sons in World War II and the killing of her granddaughter by Hasty Ponds, who said he loved her; a Chipola Moon Rising romance between a high school student and his teacher Raven Rubaker is reignited at the fiftieth school class reunion.

How does a story of India begin? Does it begin with the three great rivers—the Ganges, the Yamuna, the unseen Sarasvati pouring her dreaming waters down from the snowy mountains to the hot, dry plain? This bewitching story within a story, set in magical India, explores the power of narrative to change the course of lives. Raka, the doomed young bride of a violent merchant, weaves a tale of rescue so vivid, it might just come true. She tells a servant boy the story of Farhad, a thief and unlikely hero, who must retrieve a famous jewel in order to save a kidnapped princess from a demon king. Farhad’s unforgettable companion on the journey is a wisecracking white tiger with an unnatural fear of water. It is their unusual and funny friendship, and the final sacrifice that they must make, that is the heart of this grand, beautiful novel about summoning the hero within.F&P level: Z+ F&P genre: F