Books with author David Holman

"I Like Veggies!" is a children story about a boy named Jesse, who has a very creative imagination. It was written shortly after talking with parents about getting their children to eat more vegetables. It tells the story of how they can enjoy eating healthy by combining it with playtime games. It is wonderful to see the eyes of a child light up when they realize the possibilities of having fun with all the different adventures they could imagine doing.

"Who Are You?" is a children story about a girl named Sue, who goes to a family reunion at her grandmother's house. It was written as an introduction for children to genealogy. It tells the story of how we are related to the different members of our family. It is wonderful to see the eyes of a child light up when they realize that they are a part of a much larger family of second cousins and great aunts & uncles.

A universal tale of escape, love and redemption. A Boston fireman, in an attempt to flee personal and professional tragedy, accepts a job as a bartender on a Greek island. In an isolated cove, he meets Kerryn, an animal rights activist who believes dolphins possess consciousness, intelligence and souls. Kerryn enjoys an extraordinary and personal relationship with a dolphin and is waging a covert war to stop the local fishermen from using illegal nets that not only deplete the sea of fish but also take dolphins’ lives. The fireman is pulled into this conflict as his relationship with Kerryn deepens. But Kerryn’s passion and convictions lead her to make a fatal decision that changes the island and both their lives forever. The novel’s emotional landscape and its themes of environmentalism, animal rights, and the costs of capitalism make The Last Island both timely and timeless.

Izzy, the butterfly is afraid of the dark, but she sneaks out after bed to fly through the night. When she crashes against a tree, she sees a light flying towards her. It's a firefly who guides her through the forest back to her home. Along the way, they meet Christopher the owl, and Jenny the bat and other nocturnal animals that are awake in the night. Izzy makes plans to show firefly her daytime world. Told in rhyme, Good Morning Firefly, teaches children about the different nocturnal and diurnal animals that live in the woods, how to overcome your fears of the dark and, especially, why you should listen to your mother.

Excerpt from King Spruce: A NovelWhen the trees have been cut and trimmed in the winter's work in the woods the logs are hauled in great loads to be piled at landing-places on the frozen streams, so that the spring floods will move them. Most of the streams have a succession of dams. On the spring drive the logs are floated to the dams, and then the gates are raised and the logs are Sluiced through with a head of water behind them to carry them down-stream. Thus the drive is lifted along in sections from one dam to an other. It will be seen that Pulaski D. Britt's series of dams on Jerusalem constituted a valuable holding, and enabled him to control the water and leave the logs of rivals stranded if he Wished. The collection of water and quick work in sluicing are most important, for the streams give down only about so much water in the spring.When a load of logs is suddenly set free from the cable holding it back on a steep descent, as in Chapter XXVI., it is said to be sluiced.When there is a' jam of entangled logs as they are swept down stream, ii it is impossible to find and pry loose the key-log, it is sometimes necessary to blow up the restraining logs with dynamite.When the floating logs are caught upon rocks, and the men are prying them loose, they are said to be carding the ledges.A jill-poke, a pet aversion of drivers, is a log with one end lodged on the bank and the other thrust out into the stream.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

It was the height of the Cold War, and a dangerous time to be stationed in the Soviet Union. One evening, while the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was filling his gas tank, a stranger approached and dropped a note into the car. The chief, suspicious of a KGB trap, ignored the overture. But the man had made up his mind. His attempts to establish contact with the CIA would be rebuffed four times before he thrust upon them an envelope whose contents would stun U.S. intelligence. In the years that followed, that man, Adolf Tolkachev, became one of the most valuable spies ever for the U.S. But these activities posed an enormous personal threat to Tolkachev and his American handlers. They had clandestine meetings in parks and on street corners, and used spy cameras, props, and private codes, eluding the ever-present KGB in its own backyard-until a shocking betrayal put them all at risk. Drawing on previously classified CIA documents and on interviews with firsthand participants, The Billion Dollar Spy is a brilliant feat of reporting and a riveting true story of intrigue in the final years of the Cold War.

Izzy, the butterfly is afraid of the dark, but she sneaks out after bed to fly through the night. When she crashes against a tree, she sees a light flying towards her. It's a firefly who guides her through the forest back to her home. Along the way, they meet Christopher the owl, and Jenny the bat and other nocturnal animals that are awake in the night. Izzy makes plans to show firefly her daytime world. Told in rhyme, Good Morning Firefly, teaches children about the different nocturnal and diurnal animals that live in the woods, how to overcome your fears of the dark and, especially, why you should listen to your mother.

Everyone loves a good scary story. These spooky tales, woven together with the haunting music of the hammer dulcimer, fiddle and banjo, won't soon be forgotten. Ages 7+ David Holt is best know as host of Fire on the Mountains on the Nashville Network and the PBS series Folkways. He is a frequent guest on Hee Haw, Nashville Now and the Grand Ole Opry. Side One: Tallybone, Ross and Anna, Spearfinger, Ducks on the Pond. Side Two: Last Chance, The Hairywoman, Sioux Indians, The Fiddle of Rattlesnake Ridge. Approximately 39 minutes.