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Dancing On My Ashes

February 1st, 2012

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There is a time for everything…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 (NIV) It was only supposed to take a few hours to scout out a good canoe route. But when James Brill and Scott Nesbitt weren’t back in time for dinner, their wives, sisters Heather and Holly Wall, started to pray. They didn’t stop–even when the bodies of their beloved husbands turned up a day later in the rushing river. Dancing On My Ashes is a true story that details the painful passage of two young widows out of the ashes and into their dance with the Almighty God. When tragedy strikes, we often discover that we have been living with a false sense of who God is and begin asking questions like, Can Christ heal my wounds? Can He really take the ashes of my life and make them a source of beauty? Dancing On My Ashes is a call to stop living wounded and accept the presence of God’s hand in our lives. Are you ready to dance?Product Description
There is a time for everything…a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 (NIV) It was only supposed to take a few hours to scout out a good canoe route. But when James Brill and Scott Nesbitt weren’t back in time for dinner, their wives, sisters Heather and Holly Wall, started to pray. They didn’t stop–even when the bodies of their beloved husbands turned up a day later in the rushing river. Dancing On My Ashes is a true story that details the painful passage of two young widows out of the ashes and into their dance with the Almighty God. When tragedy strikes, we often discover that we have been living with a false sense of who God is and begin asking questions like, Can Christ heal my wounds? Can He really take the ashes of my life and make them a source of beauty? Dancing On My Ashes is a call to stop living wounded and accept the presence of God’s hand in our lives. Are you ready to dance?

Dancing On My Ashes

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I Called Him Dancer

January 24th, 2012

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I Called Him Dancer is about a boy growing up in a broken home. His fragile world is shattered when his mother leaves him with a relative and walks out of his life. After seeing a man dancing with grace and acrobatics, he decides to imitate the man and discovers a natural talent for dance. His life’s passion becomes dance and eventually the young man achieves his dream of Broadway. A drug addiction and his inner demons destroy his life and he eventually becomes homeless. His previous dance partner refuses to let go and reaches out to him, but he rejects her. Bitter at God and the world, the dancer embraces a solitary life on the streets. Though he lashes out at God, the Lord has other plans for the fallen dancer.

You can purchase ‘Dancer’, the song that inspired this book by visiting the MP3 store. Search for Tralena Walker or Dancer.

*** See what readers are saying ***
This book is a page turner from cover to cover, Eddie makes you feel like you actually know the characters in his book. – B. Tillman, OR.
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Almost too good to put into words. …you’ll find yourself saying, “Just one more chapter”. K. McNabney, IL
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This book is a must read. Through this book the reader will learn about true love and the power it holds.  T. Franklin, TX
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I loved this book from cover to cover, the author makes you feel like you actually
know the characters in his book. T. Webster

I Called Him Dancer

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Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit

January 10th, 2012

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Detroit in the 1960s was a city with a pulse: people were marching in step with Martin Luther King, Jr., dancing in the street with Martha and the Vandellas, and facing off with city police. Through it all, Motown provided the beat. This book tells the story of Motown–as both musical style and entrepreneurial phenomenon–and of its intrinsic relationship to the politics and culture of Motor Town, USA.

As Suzanne Smith traces the evolution of Motown from a small record company firmly rooted in Detroit’s black community to an international music industry giant, she gives us a clear look at cultural politics at the grassroots level. Here we see Motown’s music not as the mere soundtrack for its historical moment but as an active agent in the politics of the time. In this story, Motown Records had a distinct role to play in the city’s black community as that community articulated and promoted its own social, cultural, and political agendas. Smith shows how these local agendas, which reflected the unique concerns of African Americans living in the urban North, both responded to and reconfigured the national civil rights campaign.

Against a background of events on the national scene–featuring Martin Luther King, Jr., Langston Hughes, Nat King Cole, and Malcolm X–Dancing in the Street presents a vivid picture of the civil rights movement in Detroit, with Motown at its heart. This is a lively and vital history. It’s peopled with a host of major and minor figures in black politics, culture, and the arts, and full of the passions of a momentous era. It offers a critical new perspective on the role of popular culture in the process of political change.

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Dancing in the Street: Motown and the Cultural Politics of Detroit

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Light Dancer

December 31st, 2011

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This hometown boy is longing to get away. Edward Gray Fox, grandson of a Creek Indian Chief, feels confined in the small, northeastern Oklahoma town of Sapulpa. He’s convinced that football is his ticket out. Pursued by both the University of Houston and Texas Christian University, Ed has a big decision to make. The University of Houston’s greatest lure? A beautiful cheerleader who seems interested in him. Yet Texas Christian is the school his parents want him to attend. Caught between the Native-American wisdom of his grandfather and the “white man’s religion” that his parents believe in, Ed isn’t sure what he believes.or how much it matters. Follow Ed’s life journey from rising football star, to beguiled new husband, to angry young widower who joins the Army to find the peace that eludes him.and discovers it in the most surprising of places. A novel as contemporary as today’s headlines, this fast-read has something for everyone: romance, sports, military adventure, and a search for meaning.

Light Dancer

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Dancing with Thread: Your Guide to Free-Motion Quilting

December 19th, 2011

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Free-spirited Quilting Techniques Gives You The Freedom To Create the Perfect Design. Create decorative quilting designs on any sewing machine that fit your quilt the best. Use the troubleshooting guides to solve common free-motion quilting problems. Create stunning designs using your own doodles as patterns. Add movement, personality, and texture to your quilts. Discover the beauty and ease of working with decorative and metallic threads Are you looking for a faster way to create custom quilting designs? Then you’ll love free-motion quilting! Not only is it relaxing and calming, but the free-style approach is so much fun you’ll want to make a quilt for everyone you know!

Dancing with Thread: Your Guide to Free-Motion Quilting

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The Last Ghost Dancer

December 7th, 2011

  • ISBN13: 9780312592301
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“This is a remarkable coming-of-age story and spiritual journey with as much between the lines as in them. Sometimes wry, always thoughtful, the characters seem to live and breathe, and you won’t soon forget them.”—Senator Byron Dorgan

The Last Ghost Dancer is more than a coming-of-age fable, more than the wry memoirs of a spiritual search. It is the story of a remarkable summer in a remarkable west river town. It is a commentary on the depth and breadth of friendships forged, of lovers lost, and the realization that it is the journey that is of importance, and not so much the destination.

Looking back, as old men do, it’s hard to imagine it really happened. But it did. One wise teacher, one perfect girl, one harrowing summer, can set the course of a lifetime. Meet Bones, the wry, funny, ever-observant, thoughtful and hapless narrator, a grease monkey at the only gas station in Pale Butte, whose most recent claim to fame is dropping an Edsel off the hoist. Now, some sixty years later, Bones, a dreamer of apocalyptic dreams, reflects on miracles small and large and his spiritual discovery that marked the summer of 1977.

The Last Ghost Dancer

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Wind in the Grasses Dancing

November 27th, 2011

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WIND IN THE GRASSES DANCING is the first book in the Dancing the Dream Series. When the United States Government issues an ultimatum to all non-treaty Indians to surrender to the reservations no later than January 31, 1876, Wind in the Grasses Dancing defies the mandate and joins Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse in one of the largest defensive stands in the history of the Lakota. As the threat of war becomes imminent and the Lakota’s world is thrown into chaos, Wind in the Grasses Dancing is faced with the most difficult decision of his life when he is torn between his love for Amber, the daughter of a local rancher, and his beloved people. Review Snips 5.0 out of 5 stars ~ Wild Horses Couldn’t Drag Me Away, April 19, 2011 By L.M. Jackson “Lisa MJ” (Author of ‘Perfect Circles’) Outstanding! A rare jewel! Many have written about the ending days of Native American life in the 1800’s. Very few have had the ability to imbue the deep connection these people had with each other, their way of life and the heartbreak they endured. 5.0 out of 5 stars ~ A Jewel of Writing, April 18, 2011 By J.A. Plantamura “Joe” I am enthralled. What wonderful writing. McClay vividly describes the life and times of Dancing Wind. She humanizes history and brings it to life. This is such a magnificent tale. 5.0 out of 5 stars ~ Excellent Historic Western Romance and More, March 15, 2011 By Frances Anderson-Jackson, Author of “Patience – Bold Rider” Ms. McClay has written a story to satisfy the heart as well as the mind. While the romance is poignant, I equally enjoyed the well researched work into Native American life and lore. This lady knows her material and is a natural storyteller. I highly recommend it. 5.0 out of 5 stars ~ Can’t wait for the sequel, April 23, 2011 By Fourwindsdancer I was mesmerized. I’ve read many Native American novels, from Historical Fiction to Historical Romance, and this is the first book that I was able to connect with and really feel for what the characters were experiencing. Check out Terrie’s webpage @ terriemcclay.weebly.com for more information on the upcoming novel, WHISPERS FROM THE SOUTH.

Wind in the Grasses Dancing

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Hula Dancers & Tiki Gods

November 13th, 2011

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The dream of pure freedom in the South Pacific islands has never died on the mainland; sometimes its more of an ache than a dream. Over time and through the mill of popular culture, the dream has been distilled into two enduring images: the hula dancer and the tiki god. This book displays over 500 color images of collectible hula dancers and tiki gods with which readers can have a little exotic fun and maybe catch a tropical thrill along the way. The hula dance provided an escape in its original culture, and here the dancers are shown in sections devoted to flat images, three-dimensions, crank girls, and Hollywoods versions from the twentieth century. The tiki gods that 1960s surfers wore for luck around their necks may have deeper meanings as well, and became the most important symbol of cool adulthood that mainland youngsters could imagine. Here lamps, figures, posters, and souvenirs all come together for entertainment and enjoyment. All dreamers of tropical pleasures will covet copies of this book to linger over. And the values guide will bring them quickly and happily back to reality.

Hula Dancers & Tiki Gods

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Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes

November 5th, 2011

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Yemen is the dark horse of the Middle East. Every so often it enters the headlines for one alarming reason or another—links with al-Qaeda, kidnapped Westerners, explosive population growth—then sinks into obscurity again. But, as Victoria Clark argues in this riveting book, we ignore Yemen at our peril. The poorest state in the Arab world, it is still dominated by its tribal makeup and has become a perfect breeding ground for insurgent and terrorist movements.

Clark returns to the country where she was born to discover a perilously fragile state that deserves more of our understanding and attention. On a series of visits to Yemen between 2004 and 2009, she meets politicians, influential tribesmen, oil workers and jihadists as well as ordinary Yemenis. Untangling Yemen’s history before examining the country’s role in both al-Qaeda and the wider jihadist movement today, Clark presents a lively, clear, and up-to-date account of a little-known state whose chronic instability is increasingly engaging the general reader.

Yemen: Dancing on the Heads of Snakes

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Blade Dancer

October 20th, 2011

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From the critically-acclaimed author of the Stardoc series science fiction novels comes the story of a young woman about to confront the truth of her heritage. Professional shockball player Jory Rask is beloved on all of Terra-but her life may be forfeit once the xenophobic society that despises aliens learns that she is not quite human.

Blade Dancer

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