Bøger af Brenda Peterson

In this picaresque memoir-a dark and divine comedy of family and faith-acclaimed novelist and nature writer, Brenda Peterson, embraces this earthly life while her relatives prepare fervently to leave it. As a "wild, rather odd, and unknowingly subversive child," she survives fierce "sword drill" competitions over total recall of the Scriptures and awkward dinner table questions-"Will Rapture take the cat, too?" Peterson paints such a hilarious and tender portrait that the reader, too, may want to be left behind. The memoir was selected by independent booksellers as a "Great Read" and an "Indie Next." Chosen as a "Top Ten Best Non-fiction Book of the Year" by Christian Science Monitor, I Want to Be Left Behind celebrates what the Los Angeles Times calls her "rich and often lovely life-full of humor and Peterson's own brand of faith."

It is possible to communicate with your deceased loved ones! Has one of your loved ones passed on? Do you feel lost without them, unsure of how to proceed and wondering what they would think, if only they were here? You yearn to let your loved one know just one more time that you love them and to ask them for guidance. If you're starting to think it's impossible to communicate with that person, there is hope.Psychic medium and best-selling author Brenda Peterson has been communicating with those who have passed on for more than forty years, and now for the first time, she is sharing her medium and psychic wisdom of how to reconnect with angels and guides.In Marvelous Mystical Messages, Brenda will help you: Feel loved and connected to your loved onesSee how your angels use muse energy to assist you on your pathFeel more confident using a psychic medium as a tool in your lifeFeel a sense of hope and peace knowing your friend or family member is in your lifeHelp you to no longer be afraid to reboot your life, knowing you don't walk it aloneYour loved ones are dying to give you messages of inspiration, hope, and love. Read Marvelous Mystical Messages today

Powerful Prayers written to help teens strengthen their prayer lives, increase their faith, triumph over their enemies, and experience a joyful relationship with God.

Two different people from two very different worlds. Can a mermaid and a human boy find love? Can they survive in his world and hers? A regal and highly trained young mermaid, Marina, is on her first spy mission to Skyeworld in 2020. She comes ashore on Siesta Key, Florida where she meets feisty Lukas, a proud Cuban refugee. Marina will have to choose between the advanced civilization of Aquantis, where she has been chosen as a High Priestess, and her love for Lukas and his dangerously polluted SkyeWorld. The DROWNING WORLD is an inventive and mesmerizing saga set in a vivid future of rising seas, floating cities, and Flood Lands. Marina's magic and skill save Lukas' life. But can she save herself from a lifelong nemesis in her world?

"Lessons of connection, alliance, and adaptation from encounters with and observations of a wide variety of animals"--

When Big Pharma exec Leo Cushman is fatally stabbed, the highly intuitive Detective Anna Crane has many suspects, including Obliterate Opiates activists, a disinherited family, and an addict vowing vengeance—but her prime target is the brilliant biochemist Eleanor Kiernan, to whom Detective Crane finds herself irresistibly drawn.

In sensuous prose that evokes the mist and mystery of the Pacific Northwest, noted nature writer Brenda Peterson chronicles 20 years of living on Puget Sound, allowing a range of marine creatures the full light of her powerful observations and asking readers to look at land, waters, and wildlife in new ways. In a major essay, Peterson takes readers behind the scenes of the controversial Makah whale hunt, where she served as mediator between environmentalists and tribal whaling families. Other essays cover a dramatic river-rafting journey down the Colorado River, the ongoing war against wolves, the impending extinction of salmon, and the healing powers of animal play.

With calisthenics you can work out anywhere, anytime. You don''t need a gym or any weights. You''ll never be fat doing calisthenics because it''s impossible. A fat person can''t do calisthenics and someone who can do calisthenics can''t be fat. Here is a preview of what you''ll learn about calisthenics... ΓÇó                  Getting cozy with calisthenicsΓÇó                  Getting startedΓÇó                  Beginners'' calisthenicsΓÇó                  Following up with a healthy diet and lifestyleΓÇó                  Much, much more! Calisthenics exercises are unrestricted physical body trainings carried out at specific rates with minimal fitness equipment like a hand-held tool aimed at achieving strength, stability and fitness of the body.

A picture book homage to Granny, the world's oldest orca, by environmentalist author Brenda Peterson, with stunning art by the bestselling illustrator Wendell Minor.

A non-fiction story about an endangered family of Mexican grey wolves who live in a sanctuary in the Pacific Northwest and their journey to a successful release to the wild in Mexico.

After the success of Living by Water, novelist and nature writer Brenda Peterson turns her eye on the nature in human nature. Her focus in mainly the feminine body -- of earth and women, of animals, human and nonhuman. Whether writing about whales or women''s bathing rituals, salmon or friendship, rain forests or life-saving dreams, Peterson weaves a compelling story of the bond between nature and ourselves.This rich, expanded collection was first hailed by critics as "lyrical and life-enhancing...with large doses of wonder, humor, and warmth." The new essays include a moving appeal to seek compassion in healing our sexual lives during this time of AIDS. There are also chronicles of the birth, death, and afterlife of a baby beluga whale, and of the seagull''s memory for human faces. Peterson''s passionately observed subjects range from lullabies to abortion, dolphins to old-growth forests, fundamentalism to fishing.Combining her skills as a mesmerizing storyteller and nationally acclaimed nature writer, Peterson explores the healing, vital symbiosis between the sacred, sensual body of our earth and the feminine -- and intimacy which instructs and inspires, but most of all sustains us.

Though women have long felt kinship with animals, in the past, they seldom participated in the study of them. Now, as more women make animals the subject of their investigations, significant new ideas are emerging--based on the premise that animals are honored co-sharers of the earth. This unprecedented anthology features original stories, essays, meditations, and poems by a vast array of women nature writers and field scientists, including:DIANE ACKERMAN - VIRGINIA COYLE - GRETEL EHRLICH - DIAN FOSSEY - TESS GALLAGHER - JANE GOODALL - TEMPLE GRANDIN - SUSAN GRIFFIN - JOY HARJO - BARBARA KINGSOLVER - URSULA LE GUIN - DENISE LEVERTOV - LINDA McCARRISTON - SUSAN CHERNAK McELROY - RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ - CYNTHIA MOSS - KATHERINE PAYNE - MARGE PIERCY - PATTIANN ROGERS - LINDA TELLINGTON-JONES - HAUNANI-KAY TRASK - GILLIAN VAN HOUTEN - TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS

Brenda Peterson brings the full complement of science, history, and memoir to the century-long battle to save wild wolves, the keystone species of our nation.

A stirring book of photographs of Wolves that have been given sanctuary near Mount Rainer. Brenda Peterson's text puts the stories of the residents of Wolf Haven, and of wolves in North America, into context as she describes the behaviour patterns and social structure of wolf packs.

"Peterson writes of nature with an intimacy that tugs at the reader's deep memory."-Orion