Author: David Emory HolmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
The Holmans in America
Author: David Emory HolmanWho's who in New England
Author: Albert Nelson MarquisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 1202
Book Description
The Mammoth Cheese
Author: Sheri HolmanPublisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802141354
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
An Our Town for our times, The Mammoth Cheese is beautifully crafted and driven by warm, vibrant characters as it follows the residents of rural Three Chimneys, Virginia, on their journey to re-create the original Thomas Jefferson-era, 1,235-pound "Mammoth Cheese." As the book opens, the town is joyously celebrating the birth of the Frank Eleven: eleven babies simultaneously born to Manda and James Frank after fertility treatments. But as autumn progresses and the babies weaken, the community seeks to redeem itself through the making and transporting of a symbolic Mammoth Cheese to Washington, as a gift for the newly elected President Brooke. The cheese is the brainchild of August Vaughn, a farmhand by day and a President Jefferson impersonator by night, and the creation of Margaret Prickett, a single mother and cheese maker trying to save her century-old family farm. Sheri Holman seamlessly weaves together the lives of Three Chimneys, delving into her characters' inescapable family histories as they grapple with religion, divorce, politics, and unrequited love. The Mammoth Cheese is a triumphant exploration of the burdens and joys of rural America and the debts we owe to history, our parents, and ourselves.
The American Catalogue
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1642
Book Description
American national trade bibliography.
The Annual American Catalog, 1909
Author: Decades Behind Bars
Author: Gaye D. HolmanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476628483
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
More than two million people are incarcerated in America's prisons--one in nine is serving a life sentence. Mass long-term imprisonment devours state budgets, adversely affects community well-being and skews our collective moral compass. This study examines the human costs of keeping the convicted out of sight, out of mind. Beginning in 1994, the author began recording the personal stories of 50 incarcerated felons--17 of them were still in prison 20 years later. The men candidly discuss what it means to commit a serious crime and to be confined for perhaps the remainder of their lives. Their stories are balanced by conversations with correctional officers, prison administrators, chaplains and parole board members. The author identifies circumstances that ruin some prisoners and save others and presents insights for possible improvements in the criminal justice system.
A Sense of the World
Author: Jason RobertsPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061979945
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
He was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Af-rica, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now. A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.
Engaging Emergence
Author: Peggy HolmanPublisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1605095214
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In this work, change specialist Holman reframes how we deal with chaos and change, and explains to leaders how to turn upheaval into opportunity and renewal.
Hands That Touch, Hands That Heal
Author: Joan HolmanPublisher: Sister Rosalind Chrisitan Ministries
ISBN: 9780974053004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Not too long ago, massage was associated with seedy massage palors. Today, massage is exploding with the number of American adults getting massage doubling from 1997-2002. In 2003, this number grew to over 40 million, along with 260,000+ massage therapist and massage students. Sister Rosalind Gefre has been widely recognized for her work in making massage an accepted healthcare practice.
The Durst and Darst Families of America, Vol II
Author: Sanford GladdenPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1304268489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Sanford Gladden traces the history of the Durst/Darst family and some 40 other related families from their European roots to Philadelphia in Colonial times. They migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, to Delaware and Pickaway Counties in OH and on to Texas. Some of the related surnames are: Beck, Cecil, Chandler, Charlton, Cozad, Craig, Damon, Deam, Dill, Eaton, Ewing, Fry, Glendy, Glotfelter, Grigsby, Guy, Harshman, Haynes, Holman, Huston, Jamison, Keithly, Kennedy, Kent, Lightner, Marshall, Morgan, Orman, page, Perrins, Ramsey, Selling, Stroop, Trolinger, and Weiser among other smaller branches.