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...ges back and Sara Lee is once again sitting alone by the fire, knitting socks for the soldiers this time, and with a memory and a new stirring in her heart. This is the story of Sara Lee’s amazing interlude. (Summary by MaryAnn)...

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...cture charms where none exist. It is intended to be a simple, truthful narrative of what was seen and done upon a series of novel outings through the heart of the Northwest. If it may induce others to undertake similar excursions, and thus increase the little navy of healthy and self-satisfied canoeists, the object of the publication will have been attained. (Summary from ...

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...a line of Benet's poetry that gave the title to Dee Brown's famous history of the destruction of Native American tribes by the United States: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. (Summary excerpted from Wikipedia) This recording includes the Dedication, Foreword and first 16 poems from Young Adventure, A Book of Poems....

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...Can she find a way to make the boys feel at home so they will stay and get an education? And can they begin to help her heal the broken places in her heart? Lucy Furman based several of her novels, including Mothering on Perilous, on her years as a teacher and housemother at the Hindman Settlement School in Kentucky. Through her experiences at the school her writing vividl...

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...many of us grow old in grayness and lethargy because we never listen to the heart's joy, 20 destined to fill our soul with rainbow-like vitality? Th... ...e into town, please?' No problem! Requests fulfilled with grace and speed, a heart full of kindness willingly performing deed after deed. 25 In the ... ...rries of earlier years have taken their toll and blocked arteries around the heart darken tomorrow's goals. An operation he wants, not a body rattling... ...the body's too weak and the torrent of drugs is too forceful and strong, the heart fails, a minor collapse, hours later a massive one... The race begi... ... hours later a massive one... The race begins to open the chest, massage the heart, it beats, but too many minutes have passed, imprisoning the brain ... ...ul to pass to its existence beyond, accompanied by the love and gratitude of hearts enriched by its touch. 28 The Grandmother A young girl, petite an... ...the girl comes to know a woman unique, ably reciting poems of epic length by heart, a woman full of life and vigorous talk, though now she needs the ... ...hy of a virtuoso, accompanied by his wife ably striking the piano, make the heart and soul leap. 33 Rising at five on hot summer days to water garde... ...rast so huge and immense to the husband of elegance, but a cheerful, gentle-hearted soul she is, full of generosity and kindness. But it isn't long ...

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...foretold a time of destiny, when the red man's soul would lead the white man's heart to protect the sacred web of life. He would not question the w... ...k a deep breath and softened, "It's good to see you. And, yes, I did ache in my heart for you to soothe me, to help guide me The Soul Bearer 19 th... ... mystical and magical. He never could have imagined a more heavenly sight. His heart quickened with anticipation. They entered the village and stro... ...e you strong with courage. You will have the power of sight, you will know the hearts of your enemies. I will send you help, for there will be much... ...attle's golden eyes set into an ancient face, a face he would never forget. His heart started pounding, he could feel the fear rising up from the d... ...bullets ripped into his body. The first one penetrated ss Johnathan Cross his heart, slamming his body into the side of the car; he was dead befor... ..." Aaron questioned. "Yes, in the eyes of America, too," Rapini smiled. Aaron's heart danced as deep, unfelt feelings soared and swirled inside of h... ... for them. The Co­ gnac had opened the gates to their secret feelings but their hearts rang as clear as a bell. Tears streamed down Matloch's face a... ...d a few off-colored jokes, that Brent saw no humor in, but the Director laughed heartily at his own punch lines. "Dr. Chadsworth is on the line, Di...

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... heroic past, of the chivalry which may be dormant, but is ever present in the hearts of every one, ready to respond on the instant to patriotic call,... ...r of knowledge, early man heard the growl of superstition, and though the bold heart of investigation dispelled the monster, yet courage is not always... ...which he terms "strike-me-blind," and will not under any circumstances eat the heart of a fish. He has unlucky days besides Fridays, and the saints' ... ...kill myself in honor of my idol." The last knife thrust was delivered into the heart, after which the body was burned by his kindred. The wives also c... ... of the Amazon river, and landing found the natives confiding, kindly and free-hearted, ready to share their possessions with their visitors, who howe... ...rrible, to his people he was kind, and the word of charity has its echo in the heart of the poor. "The King is dead;" men whisper the sad news one to ... ...able cape. The crew became despondent, and even Vasco's brother seemed to lose heart. A proposition was made to change the tack, and after doing so, t... ...story of the golden sword, the gilded lance and the great throne which won the heart of the King of Melinda. He invited da Gama to go on shore. The Ca... ... by his impassionate demands and golden predictions. His appeals met with such hearty response that there was no delay. The cry went up that a fleet m...

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...ion span, soundbite mentality, and dangerous, "black and white", simplism. In its heartland, America is isolationist. Its denizens erroneously bel... ...its culture of instant gratification and one-dimensional over-simplification, its heartless lack of empathy, and bloated sense of entitlement are ... ... about world domination. Two incompatible thought and value systems compete for the hearts and minds (and purchasing power) of the denizens of the ... ...roops upon Nicaea (1331) and Nicomedia (1337). Faced with the loss of the historic heart of their empire, the Byzantines accepted a Faustian deal. ... ... veiled reference to the Holocaust). This is how Americans view themselves: as good-hearted, good-natured, naive, somewhat gullible, fun-loving, and... ...nd rigged Supreme Court declined. Politicians came to be regarded as a detached and heartless plutocracy. Americans felt orphaned, cheated, and robb... ...etrate for tanks and modern armies. It has prevented the expansion of the Eurasian Heartland Empire towards Eurasia's southern rim lands for centur... ...na will have access to and hegemony over the energy resources in the vast Eurasian heart-land. I think this is the main geopolitical importance of ... ...nistan and the Caucasus. It is the question of Russia monopolizing the geopolitical heartland, first and foremost. Considering the colossal weight o...

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...r honor, the honor of our children, the honor of us all.” Lucie writes back with passion and courage: (March 6, 1898) . . .”There are moments when my heart is so swollen, when your sufferings re-echo in my soul with such force, so piercingly, that I can no longer control myself . . .With a supreme effort I seek to reach out to you. Then I believe myself to be near you, I s...

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...ritans and the so-called malignants; but the machines of war are rather in the background, while in the spotlight is a witching woman, a conqueror of hearts and a marker of destinies. The story tells of a woman's ambition that urges valiant men to perilous deeds. (Summary by Barnes & Noble)...

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...ortune in The Red Badge Of Courage. Unlike that book, this collection leaves the battlefield itself behind to explore the damage war does to people’s hearts and minds. Reeking of dashed hopes, simultaneously sympathetic with the victims of war and cynical about the purposes of war, Crane implicitly criticizes the image of the romantic hero and asks if Love can survive. The...

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... not send them: I will after straight And tell him so; for I will ease my heart, Albeit I make a hazard of my head. NORTHUMBERLAND: What, drunk with... ...of uneven ground is threescore and ten miles afoot with me; and the stony hearted villains know it well enough: a plague upon it when thieves cannot ... ...this! An infidel! Ha! you shall see now in very sincerity of fear and cold heart, will he to the king and lay open all our proceedings. O, I could div... ...Lord, sir, I’ll be sworn upon all the books in England, I could find in my heart. POINS: [Within] Francis! FRANCIS: Anon, sir. PRINCE HENRY : How... ...] PRINCE HENRY: Didst thou never see Titan kiss a dish of butter? pitiful hearted Titan, that melted at the sweet tale of the sun’s! if thou didst, ... ...clap to the doors: watch to night, pray to morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you! What, shall ... ... Henry IV, Part One , Act III, scene i 41 And I am glad of it with all my heart: I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ba... ..., opinion and disdain: The least of which haunting a nobleman Loseth men’s hearts and leaves behind a stain Upon the beauty of all parts besides, Begu... ...ness’d team Begins his golden progress in the east. MORTIMER: With all my heart I’ll sit and hear her sing: By that time will our book, I think, be d...

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...! Is everyone all right?” he thought, stopping for a moment with a sinking heart, and then immediately starting to run along the hall and up the warpe... ... And such a lofty angelic soul as young Bezukhov! Y es, I pity him from my heart, and shall try to give him what consolation I can.” 14 War and Peace... ...ly expressed his insincere love for her, and he felt the blood rush to his heart and had again to get up and move about and break and tear whatever ca... ...s habitual in the prince’s household, a common anxiety, a softening of the heart, and a consciousness that something great and mysterious was being ac... .... Evening passed, night came, and the feeling of suspense and softening of heart in the presence of the unfathomable did not lessen but increased. No ... ... me to understand,” cried out with reso- lute self-will, “he is wicked and heartless. There now, I like your Denisov though he is a rake and all that,... ...at a soul there is in Dolokhov, you should see him with his mother. What a heart!” “W ell, I don’t know about that, but I am uncomfortable with him. A... ...Rostov submitted. He let the eight hundred remain and laid down a seven of hearts with a torn corner, which he had picked up from the floor. He well r... ...floor. He well remembered that seven afterwards. He laid down the seven of hearts, on which with a broken bit of chalk he had written “800 rubles” in ...

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...ade on the Tanana, hev yeh?” “Well, I guess yes. Boys, it would have done your hearts good to see that whole tribe fighting drunk — and all because of ... ...he Northland Lochinvar. More than one rough adven turer of the North felt his heartstrings draw closer, and experienced vague yearnings for the sunni... ...see that fatigue bore heavily upon him. An awkward silence had fallen, but his hearty “What cheer, my lads?” put them quickly at ease, and the next in... ...nd hands. Malemute Kid saw him to the main trail, and there, gripping his hand heartily, gave him advice. “You ’ll find a hundred pounds of salmon eggs... ...e half believed he was joking, and such condescension pleased her poor woman’s heart. “And then you step into a — a box, and pouf! up you go.” He toss... ...a day’s travel at the price of silence, and that on a beaten track. And of all heart breaking labors, that of breaking trail is the worst. At every st... ...e frost encrusted forest; the cold and silence of outer space had chilled the heart and smote the trembling lips of nature. A sigh pulsed through the... ... and nightfall found the exhausted man crawling into camp, light handed, heavy hearted. An uproar from the dogs and shrill cries from Ruth hastened hi... ...world rang with the tale of Arctic gold, and the lure of the North gripped the heartstrings of men, Carter Weatherbee threw up his snug clerkship, tur...

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... seducer when she loved him?” he thought. “God could not have put into her heart an impulse that was against His will. My wife—as she once was—did not... ...e see only our weakness and His greatness….” Pierre listened with swelling heart, gazing into the Mason’s face with shining eyes, not interrupting or ... ...rer to him through the brotherhood of man. With bated breath and beat- ing heart he moved toward the Rhetor (by which name the brother who prepared a ... ...ary aim, that of preparing our members as much as possible to reform their hearts, to purify and enlighten their minds, by means handed on to us by tr... ...is chamber with what you see therein should already have suggested to your heart, if it is sincere, more than words could do. Y ou will per- haps also... ...ridle on your senses, and seek blessedness, not in passion but in your own heart. The source of blessed- ness is not without us but within….” Pierre h... ...ing in himself that refreshing source of blessedness which now flooded his heart with glad emotion. CHAPTER IV SOON AFTER THIS there came into the dar... ... of the unexplained trowel, he told him to toil with it to cleanse his own heart from vice, and indulgently to smooth with it the heart of his neigh- ... ... you shall honor most of all. This gift will be a pledge of your purity of heart to her whom you select to be your worthy helpmeet in Masonry.” And af...

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... be an end, of the lamentations which ascend from earth and the rebellious heart of her children, upon this huge opprobrium of human pride—the everlas... ...e foundations within me upon which religion might hereafter have grown. My heart overflowed with thankfulness to Providence: I had a natural tone of u... ...in- evitably to be crossed by the bloody tiger;—angel, whose most innocent heart fitted thee for too early a flight from this impure planet; if indeed... ...para- tion from those that were the light of thy eyes and the pulse of thy heart might not be put aside,—yet wherefore was it that thou mightest not d... ...u mightest not drink it up in the natural peace which belongs to a sinless heart? 11 Thomas de Quincey But these are murmurings, you will say, rebell... ...e very impotence of vindictive madness, groping as it were in blindness of heart, for that tiger from hell-gates that tore away my darling from my hea... ...my eye light upon crea- ture that was born of woman, nor could it enter my heart to conceive one, possessing a figure more matchless in its pro- porti... ...his superb young woman, such as I have here sketched her, I surrendered my heart for ever, almost from my first opportunity of seeing her: for so natu... ...- ternal sympathy repeatedly conveyed from Agnes, had com- pletely won the heart of the grateful Hungarian, and she announced her intention of calling...

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...rsation without at all noticing that his involuntary smile had stabbed the heart of Sonya, who blushed and smiled un- naturally. In the midst of his t... ...eft the room to find Sonya. “How plainly all these young people wear their hearts on their sleeves!” said Anna Mikhaylovna, pointing to Nicholas as he... ...ou’ll never understand it, because you’ve never loved anyone. Y ou have no heart! Y ou are a Madame de Genlis and nothing more” (this nickname, bestow... ... you himself.” Boris bowed again politely. “Believe me, Prince, a mother’s heart will never forget what you have done for us.” “I am glad I was able t... ...y of fourteen, and had quite forgotten him, but in his usual impulsive and hearty way he took Boris by the hand with a friendly smile. “Do you remembe... ... her mother and called her so) “that I am spoiling Nicholas’ career and am heartless and ungrateful, while truly… God is my witness,” and she made the... ...the harp Wafting sweet music music the lea, It is for thee thus swells her heart, Sighing its message out to thee… A day or two, then bliss unspoilt, ... ... cunning and cruel.” “Now come, come! Be reasonable. I know your excellent heart.” “No, I have a wicked heart.” “I know your heart,” repeated the prin... ...e wrapped up in you, and that in spite of the dis- tance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and i...

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...at the Stage Society gave a performance of this little play. It opened the heart of every official to me. I have always been treated with distin- guis... ... the country is with you. The women are with you. Oh, do you think all our hearts did not throb and all our nerves thrill when we heard how, when you ...

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... admire what they have done in the world and for the world with a true and hearty admiration; and that whether or no all their institutions be at pres... ...drop the pleasant springs of his liberty creep into his mind and water his heart; and thus, earlier or later in life, according to the nature of his i... ...an inter- change of courtesies with a Billingsgate heroine, even though at heart I may have a proud consciousness that I should not altogether go to t... ...rn States with treason, nor do I in- tend to say that, having secession at heart, they could have obtained it by constitutional means. But I do intend... ...rth, is an offence to the South. As long as Mr. and Mrs. Jones were one in heart and one in feeling, hav- ing the same hopes and the same joys, it was... ...t, but nevertheless it can hardly be said that it was honestly achieved. I heartily believe that the whole of Texas is improved in every sense by havi... ...ought to love us,” so say men in Boston, “because we have been with you in heart and spirit for long, long years. But your trade has eaten into your s... ...- spicuity the result of investigations into which he had poured his whole heart, I stood by, understanding almost nothing, but envying everything. Th... ...he head, to wait for the “gentleman who is coming,” meaning the boots, the heart is sickened, and the English traveler pines for the civil- ity—for th...

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...ance of any Russian regiment preparing for an in- spection anywhere in the heart of Russia. On the evening of the last day’s march an order had been r... ...serve under him,” said Timokhin to the subaltern beside him. “In a word, a hearty one…” said the subaltern, laughing (the regimental commander was nic... ...id the subaltern, laughing (the regimental commander was nicknamed King of Hearts). The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection in- fecte... ...’s just as I thought,” said Rostov to himself. “He wishes to test me!” His heart contracted and the blood rushed to his face. “Let him see whether I a... ...time. He was afraid of falling behind the hussars, so much afraid that his heart stood still. His hand trembled as he gave his horse into an orderly’s... ...gave his horse into an orderly’s charge, and he felt the blood rush to his heart with a thud. Denisov rode past him, leaning back and shouting somethi... ...he high ground above the bridge involuntarily asked himself with a sinking heart—watch- 45 Tolstoy ing the bridge and the hussars in the bright eveni... ...ing, and he *“We must let him off the u!” *Fine eyes. 57 Tolstoy felt his heart palpitating as he rode forward beside Schmidt with the bullets merril... ...s begun. Here it is!” thought Prince Andrew, feeling the blood rush to his heart. “But where and how will my Toulon present itself?” Passing between t...