Someone was walking on wooden shoes , punctuating the rhythm of his slow gait with a heavy metallic staff that struck the floor and set the tiny bell on top of the staff to ringing . Viracocha was hearing the approach of the High Priest ...
A small island, home to five hundred watermen and their families, is the subject of a study about a community that has stayed true to its past while witnessing the decline of the natural world surrounding it
“Utterly engaging...a page-turner that is certain to win the author legions of new readers and fans.”—George R. R. Martin, author of A Game of Thrones It's spring on Nantucket and everything is perfectly normal, until a sudden storm ...
Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis : a Metafiction
In a new afterword for this edition, Horton brings the story of Smith Island, and its people, up to the present.
Being from "away" means falling in love with a local is not a good idea, but it happens for 14 year old Rebecca Granger.
Tom Horton spent three years living among the island's watermen and their families to create this marvelously intimate portrait of a deeply traditional community and its vanishing way of life. Map.
In 1631 Claiborne's cousin , Richard Thompson , with his wife and child had settled on the island , recorded as consisting of 1,430 acres . Thompson also transported seven indentured servants - one Norldpi 19 16 23 15 Sh 11 13 13 22 R.
Islands at the Edge of Time is the story of one man's captivating journey along America's barrier islands from Boca Chica, Texas, to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Island Institute founder Philip Conkling writes about Maine island residents and wildlife from prehistoric times to the present.
Dark, mournful, and beautiful, Sarah Tolmie's The Fourth Island is a moving and unforgettable story of life and death on the hidden Irish island of Inis Caillte.