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In the 19th century Australia went from a penal colony struggling to survive to a thriving, prosperous community with a glowing future.George Matcham Pitt's life spanned the best part of that century. A larger than life character with a booming voice and a fondness...

A Life in Perspective is part memoir, part social and economic history, and part reflection. The author's declared purpose, in this his only book; ''to make sense of the life I have lived and to be faithful to the truth that I perceive''. It...

Have you ever wanted to live your dreams? Are you ready to conquer fears and start living your dream lifestyle? My Never Ending Journey Of Life is an inspirational book that will inspire you to live your dreams. Sharing the deeply inspirational story of...

Despite having an outgoing personality, Cindy grows up shy and uncertain of herself. As her life turns into a series of traumas, she begins to wonder what, exactly, she's doing here. √ Other is a memoir that ventures into (and then back from) a...

This is the story of how Margaret grew up going to grandfather Stanford law professor A.M. Cathcart's cabin at Fallen Leaf and how with the help of her five young children she wrote the first comprehensive guidebook to any wild area in Idaho. Trails...

An intimate walk with Apostle Lewis through her life under the covering of God. Hear and feel her suffering, pain, loneliness, abuse received and given, mistakes, cruelty received and given, tragedies experienced, struggles with herself, struggles with the enemy, and her fall. Witness as...

Violet Ryder was 95. One day she stopped eating. She and her family knew something was wrong. When her doctor told her she had inoperable cancer, there was nothing to do but wait for the end. In this beautiful tribute, Violet's last days are...

Meet Me By The River offers Hope in the Darkest hour Aliyah Alexander shares how one can take even the worst circumstances imaginable and turn them into opportunities for spiritual growth and empowerment, how to turn Tragedy Into Transcendence! Aliyah, a highly adventurous outdoors...

Victory Is My Name is an adventure tale, a mystery story, a window into an unapologetically extraordinary life. More than a memoir, the Victory trilogy shares one woman's bold adventures, tragic mistakes, joyful wins and devastating losses in daring to seek the unconventional life...

My Inflatable Heart is a collection of short stories about life and the pursuit of happiness. Many but not all of the stories tell of the author's work with disabled kids as the director of Young Life Capernaum in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Through this...

Interwoven into the threads of Hildegard Dehmel Jensen's life are incredible healings and divine interventions. In St. John 15:27, Jesus, speaking to His disciples, said, "And you also must testify" (NIV). Through her writings compiled in this book, Hilde testifies to the miracles she...

This book continues on where 'The First ten Years in Australia' concludedPeter Harris (the ten year old, ten pound pom) recounts his years in Australia from after 'The First Ten Years in Australia'.He tells of leaving the Australian Capital Territory and moving up to...

From New Age to New Life. Experience Petes' journey from the hills of Tasmania to the war torn country of Uganda and hear him recount his battles with Rosicrucian witches and the witch doctors and false Prophets of Africa. Which was only a warm...

Angels In Sin is a stunningly colorful palette of romance, true crime and inspiration, a veritable page-turner, complete with an array of fantastic images in both color and b & w that will leave you breathless with each chapter. What is even more amazing...

(Black & White Paperback Edition) Poetic Reflections and Songs of an Awakening Hu-man, along with their Prose Inspirational Backgrounds, offering Reading Pleasure, Food For Thought, and Space for the Reader's Own Reflections. Poetry with a Purpose!!! This is more than a "Poetry" book. It...

Not all septuagenarians become devoted grandparents, contented gardeners, or avid pickleball players, some still crave risk and adventure. Eva Rome enters her eighth decade and rejects her comfortable, semiretired life, questing for meaning in a place that's a better fit than Disneyfied Santa Fe,...

In her book, On Earth as It Is in Heaven, Julie Castro shares the personal experiences she encountered while waiting for the man God called to be her husband. Whether a believer in Jesus or not, this intimate book will give the reader insight...

Enlightenment is the inspiring story of Hui Neng, 6th Patriarch and father of Zen Buddhism. Although intellectually unsophisticated, Hui Neng became a true spiritual revolutionary who said that You have been programmed to believe that a godly way of life is different from what...

"Charlie [Lindbergh] was working on his plane when I arrived," writes Andrew Cruickshank as he awaits completion of his own duplicate of the Spirit of St. Louis. With this plane, Cruickshank starts the first airline in the Yukon. It was 1927, long before the...

Author: Kafra KambonISBN-10: 0901241903ISBN-13: 9780901241900Publisher: New BeaconLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2024Pages: 353Format: Paperback

Few works reveal anything about the role of federal judges in the early twentieth-century American West. Arnon Gutfeld fills that void by analyzing the major issues and dilemmas those judges faced as the West moved rapidly from frontier justice to twentieth-century legal realities. George...

Grappling with enduring questions about the means of achieving power in the Chinese Communist hierarchy, this study analyzes the rise of six individuals (Ji Dengkui, Peng Chong, Gu Mu, Yu Qiuli, Xu Shiyou, and Chen Xilian) who held positions of elite political power in...

After unsuccessful attempts at many careers, H. O. "Cowboy" Kelly had little to show except a rich store of memories of an America fast disappearing then and gone today. He translated those memories into paintings of the pleasures and toil of a rural society....

In Stories of Our Lives Frank de Caro demonstrates the value of personal narratives in enlightening our lives and our world. We all live with legends, family sagas, and anecdotes that shape our selves and give meaning to our recollections. Featuring an array of...

Henry Rowland (1848-1901) was one of the most important figures in the founding of modern physics in the U.S. A principal founder and first pres. of the Amer. Physical Soc., he is best known for his invention of the concave spectral grating for which...

In this latest addition to the picture book series about the extraordinary men and women who have shaped Australia's history, learn about Australia's first female commercial pilot, Nancy Bird WaltonNancy Bird Walton grew up during the golden age of aviation. By the time she...

Setting a deeply personal story against the tragic sweep of European history, this is at once a touching love story, an unforgettable account of the minutiae of day-to-day wartime existence, and a tribute to the survival power of the human spirit in the darkest...

Author: Rosen SaraISBN-10: 0853032548ISBN-13: 9780853032540Publisher: Vallentine MitchellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/30/1993Pages: 320Format: Paperback

Author: Elaine Blond,Barry TurnerISBN-10: 0853032351ISBN-13: 9780853032359Publisher: Vallentine MitchellLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/15/1988Pages: 192Format: Hardcover

Author: Maya GlassISBN-10: 0823941728ISBN-13: 9780823941728Publisher: Rosen ClassroomLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2003Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.30h x 7.60w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 73154 / Abigail Adams: Famous First Lady

Radio Cultures examines the manifold ways in which radio has influenced the nation's social and cultural environment since its inception nearly a century ago. Written by leading scholars in the field, chapters address a wide range of topics, including how this powerful medium has...

Although the main focus of this study is on the mother figure, it offers an exhaustive examination of Peter Weiss's oeuvre, including his less known early Swedish works. It is unique in that the author, who is a native of Sweden, bases her analysis...

A diverse group of dedicated poets, the Rhymers' Club provided the environment in which W.B. Yeats learned his trade. For the most part, however, these promising young writers passed into obscurity with the end of the Decadent age, leaving behind only incomplete or inaccurate...

The 121 letters published here for the first time comprise the existing prenuptial correspondence of Vance and his first wife. Primarily love letters, they reveal the salient traits of two high-minded beings and also offer fascinating glimpses into the society of antebellum North Carolina.Originally...

As a plant collector and early systematic botanist, John Clayton occupies a key position in the eighteenth-century international botanical circle. His chief monument is the Flora Virginica, published in Leiden in 1739 and 1762. Compiled by J. F. Gronovius from plants and descriptions supplied...

Author: Kathleen RaineISBN-10: 0807612685ISBN-13: 9780807612682Publisher: George BrazillerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/17/1991Pages: 294Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 8.51h x 5.83w x 1.01dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 06/15/1991Publishers Weekly 05/31/1991

A massive work--forty years in the making--there's never been a reference book like this for the state of New Jersey. The 100,000 biographies recorded by Mr. Sinclair, were extracted from no fewer than 2,000 volumes scattered among collective sources, not single-volume biographies. This fact...

Each 4x6 Pocket Guide comes with complete exercises about your state. This easy-to-use reference guide is divided into seven color-coded sections including state basic facts, geography, history, people, places, nature and miscellaneous information. This reference guide is perfect for students in grades 3 and...

This reproducible book features categories of your state to build quick-thinking skills. The categories includes missions, animals, landmarks, flag facts, ancestors, politics, settlers, statehood, trivia, first, potpourri and more.Author: Carol Marsh,Carole MarshISBN-10: 0793397979ISBN-13: 9780793397976Publisher: Gallopade InternationalLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 10.80h x 7.90w...

Thomas White, in the quatercentenary of his birth, is due for historical rehabilitation. English Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and scientist, he was a renowned and notorious figure in his own day; and, though long forgot- ten, his work exemplifies aspects of major current concern...

The romantic, gold-seeking Spaniards were pioneering in the Great West, near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, almost a century before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. Sit back and enjoy the fascinating account of the pioneers that opened mines,Author: Alice Polk HillISBN-10: 0788422243ISBN-13:...

Eugene McBride Swaggart was born in 1840 in Salem Township, Illinois. He was a farm boy, and when war broke out between the northern and southern states he enlisted in the 92nd Illinois Infantry. The author has documented the history of the 92nd Illinois...

When newly elected Illinois State Representative Abraham Lincoln first saw 5'4" Stephen A. Douglas, he sized him up as "the least man I ever saw." With the introduction of Douglas's first bill in 1834, Lincoln soon thought differently. The General Assembly not only passed...

Indiana boasts a rich baseball tradition, with 10 native sons enshrined in Cooperstown. This biographical dictionary provides a close look at the lives of all 364 Hoosier big leaguers, who include New York City's first baseball superstar; the first rookie pitcher to win three...

In the 1820s, young congressman Willie Mangum imbibed the political philosophy of North Carolina's senior senator Nathaniel Macon, the "prophet of pure republicanism." From his election in 1824, Mangum was at the epicenter of national and state government. In the 1830s, he emerged as...

For nearly 150 years, William Lloyd Garrison, founder of the famed antislavery newspaper The Liberator, has been represented by scholars, educators, politicians and authors as the founder of the American abolitionist movement. Yet the idea that Garrison was the leader of a coherent movement...

Four men joined the Catholic Church in the mid-1840s: a soldier, his bishop brother, a priest born a slave and an editor. For the next two decades they were in the thick of the battles of the era--Catholicism versus Know-Nothingism, slavery versus abolition, North...

The Virginia Military Institute launched an educational revolution when it became the first school in the American South to combine classical and practical courses under an effective system of military discipline. It pioneered free schooling for the poor and exemption from tuition and board...

Harry Alan Towers' reputation rests upon a corpus of 95 low-budget productions shot post-haste in every corner of the globe. He took an integral part, however, in the development of the protocols that now underpin much transnational film production and he must be regarded...

This biographical dictionary documents the Union army colonels who commanded regiments from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Entries are arranged first by state and then by regiment, and provide a biographical sketch of each colonel focusing on his Civil War service. Many of the colonels...