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Circles (Shining Light's Saga Book 1) (English Edition) Formato Kindle

Edizione Inglese di Ruby Standing Deer (Autore), Lane Diamond (a cura di) Formato: Formato Kindle
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A Dream Vision, a terrifying destiny, a journey of a lifetime—the future of an entire Peoples may rest on the shoulders of one young boy.

  • WINNER: Pinnacle Book Achievement Award - Best Historical Fiction

“This novel of historic fiction is a must for any fan of Native American history, or seeker of knowledge, or lover of life. It is expertly crafted with vivid imagery and characters that will become beloved. If you don't know what it means to sing someone home, prepare to swallow hard. It is heart warming and moving. Truly a thing of beauty.” ~ T.W. Griffith

With much of the world still undiscovered, a small band of people live a peaceful life, until the Dream Vision of a young boy changes everything. Only nine winters old, Feather Floating in Water’s dreams turn his seemingly ordinary childhood into the journey of a lifetime. He must help his people face a terrifying destiny from which they cannot turn away. He must find a way to make his people listen.

Bright Sun Flower, the boy’s grandmother, guides his beginnings, teaching him about the Circle of Life, and how without it, no life can exist. But he needs a bigger push, and gets it from a grey wolf and a Great Elder. The boy’s journey leads him to discover that the Circle of Life involves all people, all living things, and not just the world he knows.

In the end, an ancient People guide the boy in his Visions, toward an unexpected place hidden from outsiders.

EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS the 1st book in the extraordinary, award-winning “Shining Light’s Saga” series. Take an authentic journey into a culture lost to time and the ravages of “progress.”

“A beautiful story of what should have been... The story is strongly written and will appeal to those who believe that mankind should live in harmony with nature. If you expect savagery and blood - look elsewhere.” ~ John Chapman

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    Shining Light's Saga
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    Inglese
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  5. Data di pubblicazione
    19 novembre 2013
  6. Età di lettura
    13 - 18 anni
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AUTHOR: Ruby Standing Deer has been a wanderer, and a journeyman newspaper pressman. She's spent years rescuing animals and learning from them. They've taught her that life does not have to be so hard, if you go with the flow and not against it. Her life revolves around writing and her family, which includes, of course, her animals. Two car accidents in the mid-nineties changed Ruby's life. She resented it at first, until understanding that she'd simply been put on another path. It was not an easy one, and continues to be a challenge, but she accepted it, and learns with each step she takes. Ruby writes because she's compelled to pass on knowledge. Her first book, "Circles," is more than just a story of family, or of the people who first settled in the Americas. It is a story of spirituality and the simple humor of everyday life, but also of the fear of the unknown. Life presents us a path; how we choose to navigate that "circle" is up to us.

EDITOR: Lane Diamond has over 190 published books to his editing credit, including many multiple award-winners across many genres and styles, with more to come.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B006TIE72E
  • Editore ‏ : ‎ Evolved Publishing LLC; 1° edizione (19 novembre 2013)
  • Lingua ‏ : ‎ Inglese
  • Dimensioni file ‏ : ‎ 3648 KB
  • Utilizzo simultaneo di dispositivi ‏ : ‎ illimitato
  • Da testo a voce ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supportato
  • Miglioramenti tipografici ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Abilitato
  • Memo ‏ : ‎ Su Kindle Scribe
  • Lunghezza stampa ‏ : ‎ 230 pagine
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5,0 su 5 stelle An Enchanting Read
Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 27 maggio 2022
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This beautifully written book puts experiencing the lives of the characters and the culture in which they live at the forefront. “Circles” moves at its own pace, in its own way. One can easily imagine this being a story handed down orally in a traditional society, where the importance of dreams, spiritual connections with animals and the land, and with other members of the band are paramount.

Certainly, action, and the portent of terrible things, are present. But this book gives us a fresh perspective into how people’s whose lives and mindsets differ from the traditional “Western” way of thinking might have coped with radical, and sometimes violent change. The hardships are there, but they are secondary to the lives of the protagonists and how they adapt and grow.

It's a different way of storytelling, and it seems totally in keeping with the traditional society that is so richly depicted. Recommended to those who enjoy something out of the ordinary.
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5,0 su 5 stelle Circles - The Beginning of Change
Recensito in Canada il 2 gennaio 2015
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I met someone online through a group of book bloggers. (Surprise, Surprise?)

She was a breath of calm when I needed it, and her books spoke volumes.

Then my students in an English for Academic Purposes class at Assiniboine Community College's Adult Collegiate started asking me questions about Aboriginal people in Canada.

I played dumb, it was nearing the end of class, and what they had asked of me warranted an entire lesson, if not course on. I've taken courses devoted to Aboriginal studies, I don't claim to understand it in the way a scholar would. I don't claim to speak for any one, or their beliefs. I wanted to be respectful, and if nothing else, point my students in a direction where they could have a conversation, or seek more answers from local resources themselves.

I needed something they could read, something they could talk about & something that had unique vocabulary to study.

Then, I saw a post on Facebook came in the Google+, and weirdly contacted the artist/writer/author through Facebook. This G+ thing happens to me frequently - the interesting stuff is on Google+ lately, but Facebook still seems to hold messaging power. Groups seem to be complete vacuums in space time. Facebook is the new classified section of my daily newspaper.

(It's interesting, the word artist always comes to mind first when I think of Ruby Standing Deer.)

I assigned them all Chapter 1 & 2 to read - these are all highly talented skilled students, many of whom have degrees in things I will never understand (like physics, or computer science). Some who were so amazed that we didn't just design our cities better. . . they don't make sense!

Each of them has an entirely different perspective on North America, many of they not knowing any of the history of Canada, but some of them quite familiar with the Americanized popular history of North American Colonization.

Here's the thing, these are all smart people. We could have a really good discussion about colonization, the lenses of western civilization, historical perspective etc., etc. The only difference between them and I was a language barrier.

When I talked first with Ruby, it was to ask her if she was open to the idea of conversing with my students about what the book meant to them. She graciously answered that it was no problem, and I read the book with my students.

After them reading Chapters 1 & 2 in class they asked me so many questions I really do think we should teach a course all about First Nations to English as a Second Language students. Not because they don't understand, but simply because the history is so rich, beautiful and often sad.

I jotted down a number of questions from throughout the book that the class asked. Her are a few of the more important ones (at least they seem like the more pertinent ones at the moment).

The important questions are usually the ones that just pop out.

Why are the names so many combinations of words? Is it like words in our languages that don't quite translate to English so you have to describe them?

I answered, sometimes yes. Sometimes though, it has to do with the way it's told in the story, how Feather got his name, how animals guide us. Sometimes the answers are not straight forward - like filling out millions of pages of immigration paperwork in a foreign language, and wondering if it will really all be worth it.

At this point, we meander a bit, and I ask them if it really was worth it. Their answers vary, but for most they are happy to be here.

Were there really people like that in this area, did it used to be like that here along the Assiniboine River? Were they the same people? Or different ones?

We started at the link above, and had a great discussion, looked at maps and talked about migration.

Then the class got good.

If the words aren't easily translated to English, why do we use the English alphabet?

HA! We struck the linguistics chord. :D

Why does the book talk so much about dreams? Are dreams something that's important across cultures? (I am cleaning up their words some, but these are the questions we discussed.)

I told them a story, a story about how my grandmother on my dad's side used to talk to me about dreams. I had very vivid dreams as a child, often nightmares. I continue to have those type of dreams to this day. There are a number of cases where dreams have been meaningful forms of guidance.

I told them about the eagle she wore around her neck. It was something my dad picked out for her on a family trip to South Dakota, and made of Black Gold. I think my dad has that necklace now. Wherever it is, and whomever it is with, I hope it guides them too. I talked about the history of the Aboriginal people in that area, and how it was yet again, the same but different even from their own countries.

I have her pencil, a small gold plated mechanical pencil which while no longer in working order serves as a beautiful reminder to do the things we love most, and to make time for them.

I stopped at some point, realizing that what had happened was exactly what the book meant to happen. My stories meandered, my answers more like questions to my students. Yet throughout the entire three hour class they sat and listened, spoke, asked questions, read and learned. They even learned from the lessons in the book, and talked about how the read their children stories and tell them stories to teach them lessons.

One of the very curious, and younger students who is also sort of devilish (in a very good way) asked the last question I'll share.

It brings us full circle anyway.

Do people really talk about bad times coming again, are there witch doctors and elders here who fear the same things the elders in our communities fear?

The way he asked it was much more impish, and I can't do it justice. It made me laugh out loud, and the twinkle in his eyes is something I'll remember forever.

This was my answer:

I think if you listen, and if you are open to the conversations around you, the sense of danger and fear is among some. There is still hope for the future I think, but for those of us that dream, there is darkness to be mindful of.

His question reminded me of this part of the book:

"The Circle Changes. Like a spiral it moves, ever shifting due to all that affects it. It changes now, and we must move with it. It will go to seek out the Spirits, in a Vision Quest, when my father returns. I have said my words with a straight tongue." (pg 145)

In my dreams there is darkness, and misshapen people with heads the size of large helium balloons. No one has ears, and I seem to be floating above the rest of them observing. Not one of them, but not another species exactly either. Just apart, aside and absent from their consciousness. Or perhaps they are not conscious, and that's what should be shocking, not the fact that I can float.

This post was different, and doesn't use humor the way I normally would in a post. It's one of the few books that's touched me lately. If you click on the book cover, it will take you to Amazon, where you can and should check out Ruby Standing Deer's amazing work.

The editing is great, the covers are beautiful, and whether you read on an e-reader, or in print the series is worth every penny. I'll be reviewing the other two books in this series soon, and will focus those posts more on the content, but what's beautiful about these books is the content isn't the driver, it's the characters, the stories, the descriptions and the conversations that are seamlessly interwoven.

May the spirits, or whatever you believe in guide you, and may your path be the only one meant for you in 2015 and beyond.
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5,0 su 5 stelle A beautiful story of what should have been.
Recensito nel Regno Unito il 12 gennaio 2012
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Circles is the story of a young Indian boy who lives his life at the time of the first appearance of Europeans in North America. His tribe are known as the Fish People and live their lives peacefully in a canyon hunting, fishing and gathering without metals and where the horse is unknown.

The boy has been given the name 'Feather Floating on Water'. When we first meet him he is eight years old and lives with his grandparents, Hawk Soaring and Bright Sun Flower, and mother, Makes Baskets. They have a beautifully touching relationship and live in harmony with the world around them, giving as much as they take.

Feather is bothered by dreams however. His dreams warn of impending disaster as bearded men make their appearance in their world killing, enslaving and disturbing the harmony of the world as they go in search of gold. His grandmother, a wise woman of the tribe, helps him understand these dreams and guides him through his steps through childhood to an early manhood at age 14. The author takes pains to explain that not all of the bearded men are evil but most do not understand how to live in harmony.

Many in the tribe know Feather is a special boy and this belief is strengthened as Feather makes friends with a wild wolf and becomes a protégée of a holy woman fleeing with her group from the Europeans. Feather takes on a new name 'Shining Light' and leads his people, and other tribes, to a new land where they will be safe.

The story is strongly written and will appeal to those who believe that mankind should live in harmony with nature. If you expect savagery and blood - look elsewhere.
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Barry W Metcalf
5,0 su 5 stelle Enlightening & entertaining.
Recensito in Australia il 9 novembre 2014
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I’ve always been fascinated by native peoples and how attuned to nature they are. This well-crafted tale of a tribe of American Indians facing the upheaval caused by the expansion of white settlers goes a long way to explaining their beliefs and the way they and their world are interconnected. We could learn a lot from such people.

The characters are clearly drawn, each one likeable in his or her own way, each one with something to offer to the tribe. There is a message here for all of us, and the author has done an excellent job in providing a warning in an entertaining and interesting manner.

Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Heather Pearson
4,0 su 5 stelle More than a coming of age story
Recensito in Canada il 19 marzo 2015
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Regardless of the time period or the culture, it is not always straightforward for a boy to become a man. Even before he was born, others knew that Feather Floating in Water was destined for great deeds. He would lead his, and many other peoples to a new and safe land. He was not left alone to achieve this; he had the wisdom of several elders and the words of his ancestors and spirit guides to teach him.

This story is set around 1500 in an un-stated North American location. For most of the story I pondered which tribe these people might be and where they lived. After I finished reading, I finally realized that it didn't really matter; it wasn't a narrative of a specific tribe, rather that of a way of life and of a belief system that could be applied to many peoples.

The Band of Fish People are peaceful. Their way of life shows respect for the animals that provide for them. Through his dreams, Feather Floating in Water, learns that he must lead his tribe and others that will come to follow him to a new land. His belief in the ways of his people is strong and he trusts that the elders and those that have come before will guide him. I was impressed with how Ms. Standing Deer conveyed this belief system and made it feel real to me. She had me carefully reading the words of the ancestors.

While it took me a few chapters to get into the gentle tone of the book, but the closing chapters, I was totally involved with the characters and was fearing for their continued safety. This is a gently told story which was a good reprieve from the business of my everyday life.

This story should appeal to a wide audience from chapter reading grade school children on up to seniors.
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