From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie--Texans are unsurpassed for the imaginative names they give their towns and cities. Fred Tarpley has chosen 1001 of the most unusual and interesting of the 75,000 place names that dot the Texas map.
The names of Texas communities and places can be traced to a number of basic sources, including people; landscapes; the Bible; literature and mythology; misunderstandings and errors; backward spellings and blends; and anecdotes and events. Each entry in...
From Notrees to Pine Island, from Scotland to Moscow, from Dickens to Tennyson, from Spur to Lariat, from Buck Naked to Bald Prairie--Texans are un...
Albrecht H. Gralle Sally Blakemore Friederike Gralle
Imagine that you've just died. An angel appears in front of you, ready to guide you to the next life. You say to him, "I want to go to heaven." His reply, "OK, let's go "
In this light-hearted tour of the afterlife, based on the writings of Swedish scientist-turned-seer Emanuel Swedenborg, Albrecht H. Gralle takes the reader on a tour of heaven, hell, and the spaces between. What is it like in heaven?What about hell?What happens to people who have suffered horribly in this life? How do we reconcile that suffering with the idea of an all-loving God?What happens to people who simply...
Imagine that you've just died. An angel appears in front of you, ready to guide you to the next life. You say to him, "I want to go to heaven." His...
Human Beings is an entertaining glance at intersecting lives. This wild set of true, short stories knits a view of humanity through the eyes of an observer who believes that human beings have small purposes -and a big purpose-in their ordinary, day-to-day living.
Human Beings is an entertaining glance at intersecting lives. This wild set of true, short stories knits a view of humanity through the eyes of an obs...
Human Beings is an entertaining glance at intersecting lives. This wild set of true, short stories knits a view of humanity through the eyes of an observer who believes that human beings have small purposes -and a big purpose-in their ordinary, day-to-day living.
Human Beings is an entertaining glance at intersecting lives. This wild set of true, short stories knits a view of humanity through the eyes of an obs...
