Author: Richard M. Loomis
Publisher: Richard Loomis
ISBN: 9781413486728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The protagonist of Voyage to the Farm is Thorir Gunnarsson, a farmer of thirteenth-century Iceland, then losing its independence as a free commonwealth and becoming subjects to Norway. Thorir's boyhood dream of following his ancestors to Vinland gives way to defense of his farm. Thorisstadit, as his uncle trains him for leadership in the strife-torn land.
Voyage to the Farm
Author: Richard M. Loomis
Publisher: Richard Loomis
ISBN: 9781413486728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The protagonist of Voyage to the Farm is Thorir Gunnarsson, a farmer of thirteenth-century Iceland, then losing its independence as a free commonwealth and becoming subjects to Norway. Thorir's boyhood dream of following his ancestors to Vinland gives way to defense of his farm. Thorisstadit, as his uncle trains him for leadership in the strife-torn land.
Publisher: Richard Loomis
ISBN: 9781413486728
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
The protagonist of Voyage to the Farm is Thorir Gunnarsson, a farmer of thirteenth-century Iceland, then losing its independence as a free commonwealth and becoming subjects to Norway. Thorir's boyhood dream of following his ancestors to Vinland gives way to defense of his farm. Thorisstadit, as his uncle trains him for leadership in the strife-torn land.
A Voyage Round the World
A Vole's Voyage
Author: Stephen Pagan
Publisher: Stephen Pagan
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Forced to flee from the woods, this little vole faces danger at every turn. In his journey to find a new home he meets a village mouse completely by chance who turns his world upside down.
Publisher: Stephen Pagan
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Forced to flee from the woods, this little vole faces danger at every turn. In his journey to find a new home he meets a village mouse completely by chance who turns his world upside down.
Quest for Eternal Sunshine
Author: Mendek Rubin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528793
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace and boundless joy. Born into a Hassidic Jewish family in Poland in 1924, Mendek grew up surrounded by extreme anti-Semitism. Armed with an ingenious mind, he survived three horrific years in Nazi slave-labor concentration camps while virtually his entire family was murdered in Auschwitz. After arriving in America in 1946—despite having no money or professional skills—his inventions helped revolutionize both the jewelry and packaged-salad industries. Remarkably, Mendek also applied his ingenuity to his own psyche, developing innovative ways to heal his heart and end his emotional suffering. After Mendek died in 2012, his daughter, Myra Goodman, found an unfinished manuscript in which he’d revealed the intimate details of his healing journey. Quest for Eternal Sunshine—the extraordinary result of a posthumous father-daughter collaboration—tells Mendek’s whole story and is filled with eye-opening revelations, effective self-healing techniques, and profound wisdom that have the power to transform the way we live our lives. An inspirational biography of a Holocaust survivor overcoming depression and PTSD. An essential new addition to Jewish Holocaust history.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631528793
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Quest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace and boundless joy. Born into a Hassidic Jewish family in Poland in 1924, Mendek grew up surrounded by extreme anti-Semitism. Armed with an ingenious mind, he survived three horrific years in Nazi slave-labor concentration camps while virtually his entire family was murdered in Auschwitz. After arriving in America in 1946—despite having no money or professional skills—his inventions helped revolutionize both the jewelry and packaged-salad industries. Remarkably, Mendek also applied his ingenuity to his own psyche, developing innovative ways to heal his heart and end his emotional suffering. After Mendek died in 2012, his daughter, Myra Goodman, found an unfinished manuscript in which he’d revealed the intimate details of his healing journey. Quest for Eternal Sunshine—the extraordinary result of a posthumous father-daughter collaboration—tells Mendek’s whole story and is filled with eye-opening revelations, effective self-healing techniques, and profound wisdom that have the power to transform the way we live our lives. An inspirational biography of a Holocaust survivor overcoming depression and PTSD. An essential new addition to Jewish Holocaust history.
Voyage to North America, 1844-45
Author: Carl Solms-Braunfels
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9781574411249
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Included in the Appendix are two additional important documents. First, is the diary of the colonial director of the Adelsverein, Alexander Bourgeois, who accompanied Solms until dismissed in August 1844. This record provides a unique counterpoint to Solms's viewpoint. The second is the Memoir on American Affairs, addressed to Queen Victoria. In this, written in 1845 some months after Solms's return to Germany, develops political views which were strongly influenced by Solms's stay in Texas."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 9781574411249
Category : Germans
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
"Included in the Appendix are two additional important documents. First, is the diary of the colonial director of the Adelsverein, Alexander Bourgeois, who accompanied Solms until dismissed in August 1844. This record provides a unique counterpoint to Solms's viewpoint. The second is the Memoir on American Affairs, addressed to Queen Victoria. In this, written in 1845 some months after Solms's return to Germany, develops political views which were strongly influenced by Solms's stay in Texas."--BOOK JACKET.
Becoming Dr. Q
Author: Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520949609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California. In this gripping memoir, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story—from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. Packed with adventure and adversity—including a few terrifying brushes with death—Becoming Dr. Q is a testament to persistence, hard work, the power of hope and imagination, and the pursuit of excellence. It’s also a story about the importance of family, of mentors, and of giving people a chance.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520949609
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Today he is known as Dr. Q, an internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist who leads cutting-edge research to cure brain cancer. But not too long ago, he was Freddy, a nineteen-year-old undocumented migrant worker toiling in the tomato fields of central California. In this gripping memoir, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells his amazing life story—from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico, to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to American citizen and gifted student at the University of California at Berkeley and at Harvard Medical School. Packed with adventure and adversity—including a few terrifying brushes with death—Becoming Dr. Q is a testament to persistence, hard work, the power of hope and imagination, and the pursuit of excellence. It’s also a story about the importance of family, of mentors, and of giving people a chance.
The Corsairs’ Longest Voyage
Author: Þorsteinn Helgason
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900436370X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
During the summer of 1627, corsairs from Algiers and Salé, Morocco, undertook the long voyage to Iceland where they raided the eastern and southern regions of the country, resulting in the deaths of around thirty people, and capturing about 400 further individuals who were sold on the slave markets. Around 10% of the captives were ransomed the next twenty years, mostly through the efforts of the Danish monarchy. In this volume, the history of these extraordinary events and their long-lasting memory are traced and analysed from the viewpoints of maritime warfare, cultural encounters and existential options, based on extensive use of various sources from several languages.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900436370X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
During the summer of 1627, corsairs from Algiers and Salé, Morocco, undertook the long voyage to Iceland where they raided the eastern and southern regions of the country, resulting in the deaths of around thirty people, and capturing about 400 further individuals who were sold on the slave markets. Around 10% of the captives were ransomed the next twenty years, mostly through the efforts of the Danish monarchy. In this volume, the history of these extraordinary events and their long-lasting memory are traced and analysed from the viewpoints of maritime warfare, cultural encounters and existential options, based on extensive use of various sources from several languages.
Voyage to a New World
Author: Ann Lyon
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469141469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
King Charles, I granted George Calvert a twelve million square acre colony in the New World. The king named the colony Maryland. George Calvert died before he could take possession so his second son, Leonard, became the first governor of Maryland. After arriving in the New World, the surveyor’s divided the colony into five equal counties. Leonard’s two oldest sons and two oldest sons-in- law set up a law practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Adam and Evelyn, and Noah and Aurora went to England for their honeymoon. A week after arriving there, they learned that their older brother’s and sister’s families had contacted the dreaded smallpox. Within a week after they had returned home, all four families had died. After Adam’s death, his will was read. He had built an empire for his grandson and his seven great-grandchildren. He had left each of them some money and a company to run. Now the family was able to pursue their dream of a free and equal country.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469141469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
King Charles, I granted George Calvert a twelve million square acre colony in the New World. The king named the colony Maryland. George Calvert died before he could take possession so his second son, Leonard, became the first governor of Maryland. After arriving in the New World, the surveyor’s divided the colony into five equal counties. Leonard’s two oldest sons and two oldest sons-in- law set up a law practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Adam and Evelyn, and Noah and Aurora went to England for their honeymoon. A week after arriving there, they learned that their older brother’s and sister’s families had contacted the dreaded smallpox. Within a week after they had returned home, all four families had died. After Adam’s death, his will was read. He had built an empire for his grandson and his seven great-grandchildren. He had left each of them some money and a company to run. Now the family was able to pursue their dream of a free and equal country.
A Voyage Round the World, Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, Etc., Etc. from MDCCCXXVII to MDCCCXXXII: The Brazils, the Cape Colony, and part of Caffreland, Mauritius, Madagascar, etc
Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia: A voyage to the southern parts of Europe, and to the cape of Good Hope ... 1770-1773
Author: Carl Peter Thunberg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description