Bøger om South Dakota

ARV AF STORHED skildrer Hakikta Najin Jordans liv fra fødslen på et sioux-reservat i USA til tiden i Danmark.Allerede fra barnsben går Hakikta billedligt talt i sine egne mokkasiner, og hans konstante nysgerrighed på livet får omgivelserne til at kalde ham for ”det vilde barn”.Tilværelsen præges af opbrud, afsavn og tab af relationer, og han kæmper en stor del af sit liv med at søge efter svar på, hvem han virkelig er inderst inde.Bogen fortæller om et menneske, der har en naturlig evne til at trække folk til sig, men også en unik evne til at tilpasse sig - samt vilje til at overleve - selv de mest barske situationer, som livet kan byde på.Det er en gribende skildring af en stor personlighed, der, på trods af at han går så grueligt meget igennem, lærer sig selv at omsætte sin opnåede livserfaring til vejledning for andre på sin vej.Biografisk roman om Hakikta Najin Jordan (1941-2011) fra Rosebud-reservatet i South Dakota, USA. Officiel ambassadør for Lakota Nationen (Sicangu) til Danmark og modtager af Bronze Star og Purple Heart fra Vietnamkrigen.

The follow-up to 6 Blocks Home is a powerful story about confronting old wounds, embracing new possibilities, and the triumph of unrelenting love.Evie is a musical prodigy who has a habit of running away when things get hard. Or messy. Or just plain awkward. Like the time she ran away from home when she discovered the devastating truth about her past.Now, at twenty-three, Evie is content with the quiet life she's carved out for herself-working at a music store, teaching violin lessons, and joking around with her coworker and best friend, Finn-but her world is about to get hard and messy and awkward again.A chance encounter with a handsome stranger sets Evie on a crash course with the very past she's spent years running from. An old flame reappears. And most terrifying of all, she's beginning to suspect Finn is more than just a friend.As events beyond her control force Evie to choose between running and risking it all, she will discover the heartache of betrayal, the strength of true friendship, and the unbreakable bonds of unconditional love.

Just days after his unexpected dismissal as the head track and field coach at the University of Minnesota, Ralph Dexter found himself lost in thought in a quiet café in South Dakota. On his way to Texas to seek solace with his best friend, the head coach at the University of Texas in Austin, Ralph's self-pity was interrupted by an astonishing sight.Outside the café window, he watched in awe as a young Native American boy dashed with uncanny speed to rescue a girl in danger. The townspeople revered the boy for his heroics and compassion, but Ralph was transfixed by something else - the boy's extraordinary running prowess. In his esteemed career, Ralph had witnessed some of the world's most elite athletes, yet never someone with such natural talent.In a twist of fate, a recently ousted track and field coach stumbles upon a prodigious talent. The question remains: Can Ralph harness this serendipitous encounter into an opportunity for both of them?

"Like many Americans, Civil War widow Katie Rose Kelly was determined to make a new life for herself after the devastation of war. She was drawn to the Dakota frontier, where she claimed 160 acres and became a sheepherder. As a woman alone on the wide-open prairies, she fought nature as well as powerful cattle ranchers who saw sheep as competition for grazing lands. With grit and determination, Katie built a new life, fostered new friendships, and kindled new love." --Amazon.

FBI Special Agent Kim Otto handles the fallout from Lee Child's The Midnight Line. She chases clues from Chicago deep into Mexico where she fights to the death in the gripping conclusion. Will Jack Reacher be there when she needs him?

The last time Jack Reacher passed through South Dakota, almost everyone close to him was savagely murdered. Some say Reacher killed them. Maybe he did. But one ruthless gangster survived.FBI Special Agent Kim Otto lands in the middle of his desperate escape to freedom. She joins law enforcement to recapture the brutal felon before he disappears forever. Agent Otto is no longer working alone. She wanted a new partner and now she's got one. William Burke, an ex-SEAL formerly assigned to the Hostage Rescue Team, should have been the answer to all of her problems. But Burke's got a cloud on his record. How will his past impact their mission? 61 Hours was almost the death of Jack Reacher. Jack Frost might finish the job.

The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller from Diane Capri! "Make some coffee. You'll read all night." Lee Child Some things are worth dying for. Rescuing innocents is one of them.FBI Special Agent Kim Otto won't believe Reacher's dead until she sees his body for herself. Which she hasn't. Yet.But if Reacher's not dead, where is he? Seven years ago, in Lee Child's Worth Dying For, Reacher rescued Eleanor Duncan and saved sixteen Thai women from fates much worse than death.Eleanor's tormenters were controlled by a powerful mob boss with a long memory. He wants his property back and will stop at nothing to get it.Now Reacher comes back to save Eleanor Duncan from the mob's terrible vengeance.With innocent lives at stake, Otto and Burke risk their lives to pick up Reacher's trail and race to Las Vegas for an explosive final showdown.Because some things are worth living for.Lee Child Gives Diane Capri Two Thumbs Up!"Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers including Worth Dying For and The Sentinel.

All the most common questions about growing vegetables in the prairies are answered in this first installation of the new gardening series, Guides for the Prairie Gardener.

Drømmeren oplever en overraskende vision i Danmark, men først mange år senere i præriestaten South Dakota forstår han visionens fulde omfang. Efter en smertelig skilsmisse tager drømmeren sin elleveårige søn med på en 7.000 kilometers biltur fra Los Angeles til indianerreservatet Rosebud og tilbage igen. Året efter kører han med sin syttenårige datter 6.000 kilometer fra L.A. til Alamo i Texas, hvor Davy Crockett blev dræbt, og flyver modstræbende alene tilbage til Rosebud. I St. Francis i Rosebud møder han amerikaneren Roger Uliano, som inviterer ham med til Ghost Hawk Park, hvor en gammel indianer indfører dem i lakotaernes kultur. I de følgende år vender de to venner tilbage i Rogers gamle Cadillacer for at deltage i soldansen i Rosebud og i genopførelsen af slaget ved Little Big Horn ved Medicin Tail Coulee i Montana. Drømmeren bliver en del af Doris Leader Charges lakotafamilie i Rosebud og møder gennem hende sin nære ven lakotabroren Norman Keeler og medicinmanden Roy Stone. Drømmeren vender hver sommer tilbage til Rosebud og prærien, hvor soldansen og det hellige bjerg Bear Butte bliver højdepunkterne i den svære kunst at bede. Uddrag af bogen ‘Healingceremonien skal foregå i eftermiddag,’ sagde Seth hviskende bag mig, den gamle firekeeper havde været med mig hele tiden og havde mærket min sorg. Jeg vendte mig om og så ind i den aldrende lakotas medfølende øjne. Soldanserne gik ud til hvilestedet, mens jeg fulgtes med Seth tilbage til bålpladsen, hvor medicinmanden bad mig koge en spand vand til medicinen. Jeg hentede vandet ved vandtanken og satte spand- en sikkert på plads på et par solide brændeknuder over bålet. Vincent skar to slags rødder i småstykker og hældte i vandet, der blev mørkegult. Medicinmanden fortalte, hvad jeg skulle gøre, når medicinvandet kogte. Jeg tog spanden ud af ilden, fordelte vandet gennem et hvidt klæde i to spande og tilsatte flere liter koldt vand. Medicinmanden prøvesmagte medicinen og godkendte den. Spandene blev båret ned til den tætte ring af lakotaer, der stod rundt i soldanscirklen med øjnene vendt mod det hellige træ i midten. Om forfatteren Benny Nybo (f. 1948) er forfatter og fotograf. Gift for anden gang, fire børn og seks børnebørn. Revisor, børnehaveleder, konsulent, familieterapeut og koncernbladsredaktør. Vandpolospiller og vandpolotræner (750/320 klubkampe), 52 landskampe og landstræner. Medlem af Odense Byråd 1995-2005. Initiativtager til H.C. Andersen Prisen, Hans Christian Andersen Literature Award, fejringen af H.C. Andersens fødselsdag 2. april for skolebørn samt H.C. Andersen Skoven. Formand for Det Grønlandske Hus i Odense og næstformand for Nordatlantisk Hus. Har udgivet fotobogen Nordatlantiske spejlbilleder med fotografiske fortællinger fra Grønland, Island, Færøerne og Danmark.