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A Slightly Haunted Life: One Somewhat Skeptical Florida Man's Brushes with Spooks, Skunk Apes, UFOs and Night Terrors (eBook, ePUB)
In 1963, at age eight, Mark S. Murley awoke to find a cat in his bedroom, staring directly at him. Worth noting: The family didn't own a cat. When the feline fled the room by "melting" through a closed window, young Murley's life took a permanent turn for the Uncanny. A procession of curious encounters followed over the next five decades ranging from head-scratching to outright terrifying. Some of these events had rational explanations … but quite a few did not. In his first book, the author talks about his half-century challenge to come to terms with the procession of oddities that he and some close friends and kinfolk were experiencing. Murley presents over 50 stories, many in which he was personally involved, including: The Memphis Stairwell Spook; The Crone; The Trailer Ghost; The Kinsey Vault Incident; The Floating Thing; The Ghostly Lights House; Nine Tiny Graves; Cousin Jan's Ouija Board; Mom! Dad! There's a Gorilla in Our Back Yard!; The Weird, Close Giant "V" Flyover; Early Morning Sprint from the Floating Dish House; and many more. You'll also meet some of Murley's friends who waded neck-deep into the Inexplicable, including: - Zach Johnston, whose entire family had a front-row seat to the exhumation of their recently buried dog by a Skunk Ape. - Steve Walton, whose errant bullet brought down a Tennessee vulture that was quickly removed by Something that heaved up from and disappeared back into the murky Hatchie River. - Dan and his poignant tale of "Rosalyn and the Forgotten Flower," involving a woman who died in 1926 but could not rest until Dan and his friend Scott finally determined how to fulfill her ghostly request. - Wes Hardaway, who, along with the author, faced the chilling Trailer Ghost head-on. - The colorful Zeke Richardson, who head-shakingly maintained until his final days that he witnessed a waist-level fly-by of a miniature Japanese Zero, complete with a tiny waving pilot. You'll also hear from the author's late mother, who passed in 2019 at age 102, who contributed several tales from her early rural Florida years. This includes the mind-bending but spiritually uplifting "Angels Over DeBary" and the discomfiting "Man in the Coffin Apparition," which the author calls "hands down the most disturbing ghost story I've ever heard." Adds Murley: "The tale so unnerved me that, after Mom told it to me for the first time, I wished she hadn't!" Other than a few anecdotal side trips to Iowa, California, and Tennessee, A Slightly Haunted Life is pure Sunshine State. Who knew that Murley's hometown of 60 years - tiny, rural Geneva, Florida, particularly in the 1960s and '70s - would become Ground Zero for so many odd happenings? Local lore is well represented by entire chapters on the mysterious Oviedo Lights, spooky-weird Cassadaga (aka the Psychic Capital of the World), and the inscrutable Chapman Road Ghost Kids. And all are previously unpublished stories. As Murley says in the Introduction: "Story freshness is a big advantage to documenting my own experiences and those of a few close friends and relatives. Unless the folks who were present during some of these adventures pen their own versions, it's unlikely that you'll be familiar with any. No twenty-seventh retelling of Two-Toed Tom will be found in these pages!" Written in an analytical but conversational style with plenty of humor sprinkled throughout, you'll find A Slightly Haunted Life (about 389 e-pages) to be unlike any unexplained phenomena book you've ever read.- Shop: buecher
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Unnerved
Unnerved - Anxiety Social Change and the Transformation of Modern Mental Health: ab 33.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Heroes Music for Brass By Kerry Turner
International Horn Society Review: 'The extraordinary talent of Kerry Turner is on display here - this time as a composer of works for brass and percussion. Kerry Turner conducts some of the works and makes a 62-second solo appearance as a vocalist - a very nicely performed introduction to Ghost Riders. Although Kerry remains best known for his stellar performances and recordings with the American Horn Quartet, as his list of compositions grows, the performances and recordings of these works will soon place his name with the finest contemporary composers.' 'I enjoyed every bit of this CD: the compositions, the performances, and the recorded sound are all exceptional.' CS "The Horn Call" (International Horn Society) February 2007, pg 92. KERRY DREW TURNER (1960) was born into a very musical family on the famous King Ranch in southern Texas. He began composing at the age of ten and winning prizes two years later. Since 1984 Mr. Turner has held principal horn positions of the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, Germany and the Symphony Orchestra of Radio-Tele-Luxembourg. In 1987 he was Bronze Medallist at the 39th Prague Spring International Music Competition on horn and has gained worldwide renown as a member of the American Horn Quartet. The music of Kerry Drew Turner is often pictorial if not programmatic. It can tell a story, relive a dream or depict an historical moment. Like other composers before him, Mr Turner draws from the musical heritage of his native land, in this case the folk music of Texas with it's strong Irish/Scottish roots. These influences are clearly audible in his music that is rich in color, energy and imagination as well as universal in it's appeal. HEROES (1997) is a three movement tone-poem for large brass ensemble and pays homage to three inspiring people in history who have displayed undaunted courage. I. Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) was 'one of the most indomitable and, in some ways, the most luckless of the Antarctic explorers of the early twentieth century.' In 1914, as captain of The Endurance, he and his crew were forced to abandon ship when it became trapped and pulverized in the Antarctic pack-ice. Unable to communicate with the rest of the world, Sir Earnest lead his men to a bleak, barren beach on Elephant Island. From there he and six of his men sailed a small lifeboat almost 1000 miles across stormy, frozen seas to South Georgia Island where he and two others scaled the 4,023 meter Mount Erebus in order to reach a tiny whaling station on the other side. He returned to Elephant Island aboard a self-chartered steamer to find all of his crew alive and well. In the face of total catastrophe, Sir Ernest Shackleton risked all dangers to bring his entire crew back safely to England. II. Stoning of Saint Stephen (died AD 36?) was the first Christian martyr. He was taken before the Sanhedrin on a charge of blasphemy. Standing fearlessly before a powerful group of men who hated him, he gave what is considered one of the most eloquent speeches of all time, calmly defending his faith while being mocked and derided by the court and crowd. Not allowed to conclude his own defence, he was condemned to death by stoning. Members of the assembly saw something marvellous in his face before he died, as he proclaimed to see the very heavens open above him. It has been said that this man came closer to being an angel than any man who has ever lived. III. Amelia Earhart (1898-1937) was a famous American female aviator. She was noted for her flights across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. In June 1937 she began a flight around the world with her navigator Fred Noonan. As they neared the tiny Howland Island in the Pacific, their fuel ran very low and they lost all communication due to stormy weather. An extensive search by planes and ships of the United States Navy failed to discover any trace of the lost flyers, and their fate remains a mystery. Those who knew her spoke of a courage beyond measure. In the middle of this movement, the listener will hear an impression of Amelia Earhart's final radio communication, represented by the celesta above the background sounds of an airplane engine. THE CASBAH OF TETOUAN was conceived during a visit to Morocco in the summer of 1988. The composer offers the following anecdote: 'As we crossed the Straits of Gibraltar and first laid eyes on the North African coast, I knew we were in store for an adventure! The city of Tetouan was our destination, we were soon standing before it's main gates. As we entered the city, the many exotic new sights, complementing the wild sounds and smells of the bustling ancient city, overran our ices and grains, and silk. Street butchers displayed slaughtered lambs, goats and pigs, and a snake charmer with his cobra unnerved the unwary passerby. Somewhere around the urine-treated leather goods things began to swim before my eyes. After I informed the guide that I was ill, a young boy was sent to escort me to a quiet place. The boy knew every secret passage and shortcut in the Casbah. He led me through ever tinier streets and tunnels, across nomad camps, and even through a kitchen! We sailed through the back door of a mosque, and out the other side. Finally we entered a large, dark and cool house, which seemed to be some sort of palace. The boy led me to a back room and laid me down upon a bed of large pillows. I passed out. I awoke thoroughly disoriented. The first things I saw were six elaborately cloaked elderly men, wildly discussing in Arabic what could possibly be wrong with me, I heard exotic music and aromatic food assailed my senses. After closer observation I discovered I was in a fancy restaurant, being entertained by a belly dancer. Somehow my wife and brother found me and we resumed our inspection of Tetouan. I still felt lightheaded and rather doped by the 'therapeutic' tea, my impressions of the city were somewhat hallucinogenic.' FAREWELL TO RED CASTLE (1985) is based on a traditional Scottish pipe march presumably inspired by the Red Castle of Beauly Firth, possibly the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland. Originally written for string orchestra this piece has also been recorded in a version for 8 horns bythe American Horn Quartet with the NY Philharmonic horn section and receives it's world premier on this recording in a version for Brass Octet. The form is traditionally a theme with 4 variations and a finale. GHOST RIDERS (1994) (Brass Octet & Optional Voice) was inspired by a traditional Western American folk song. It tells of a cowboy who, while riding the range, has a terrifying encounter with a ghostly herd of cattle. In the vision a ghost rider warns him to better his sinful ways or end up riding with the devil herd for the rest of eternity. The opening text is as follows: 'A cowpoke went a-ridin' out one dark and windy day, He rested on his saddle as he rode along the way, When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw, Thundrin' through the windy sky and on a cloudy drive. Yippie i ay Yippie i oh, Ghost riders in the sky.' THE LABYRINTH (1995/6) is for large brass ensemble and percussion. The inspiration of the piece came from a dream where one stands before the gate of a giant labyrinth. It contains countless corridors through which to pass in order to successfully exit the maze. Each corridor has it's own character, colors and sounds, each very different from the others. The traveler, the gate, each corridor and even the labyrinth itself has a theme or motive of it's own. Shortly after entering the mysterious maze, one is raced through a sequence of corridors, some dead-ends and some leading on to still others until, after a small surprise, he bursts through a window to escape into open 'free' sound. IMPROVISATION (1998) is named after the circumstances in which the piece was written. Starting with several different motives, the piece was composed while traveling, started with 5 days to kill in Chicago and finished on a flight to Melbou- Shop: odax
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART 1 (2011) - Extended Edition - The human Bella Swan and the vampire Edward Cullen are finally uniting as one in marriage. Determined to experience her honeymoon as a human, Bella plans to wait to be turned into a vampire until after the trip. But days into the honeymoon, Bella soon begins growing rapidly, and the pair return home stressed and unnerved. When Bella learns she is pregnant with a hybrid child, she resolves to protect the unborn child at any cost. With the wolf pack in turmoil over the unprecedented circumstances, Bella's friend Jacob must decide whether he will follow the rules or go his own way. Bella must fight to stay alive until the last possible moment, when the baby is born and her world will be changed forever. Runtime: 117- Shop: odax
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