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I Came a Stranger

Author : Hilda Polacheck

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 50,86 MB

Release : 1991-03

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780252062186

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Hilda Satt Polacheck's family emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1892, bringing their old-world Jewish traditions with them into the Industrial Age. Throughout her career as a writer and activist, Polacheck (1882-1967) never forgot the immigrant neighborhoods, the markets, and the scents and sounds of Chicago's West Side. Here, in charming and colorful prose, she recounts her introduction to American life and the Hull-House community, her friendship with Jane Addams, her marriage, her support of civil rights, woman suffrage, and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and her experiences as a writer for the WPA.



I Came as a Stranger

Author : Bryan Prince

Publisher :

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 36,94 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Blacks

ISBN : 9780329365134

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Chronicles the history of the Underground Railroad from the Canadian perspective, with emphasis on Ontario and including a time line and a listing of historic sites. Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and children made the perilous trip north to freedom in Canada with the help of the Underground Railroad. It was neither underground nor was it a railroad, and was most remarkable for its lack of formal organization, so cloaked in secrecy that few facts were recorded while it "ran." The story of the Underground Railroad is one of suffering and of bravery, and is not only one of escape from slavery but of beginnings: of people who carved out a new life for themselves in perilous, difficult circumstances. In I Came as a Stranger, Bryan Prince, a descendent of slaves, describes the people who made their way to Canada and the life that awaited them. From Uncle Tom's Cabin in Dresden, Ontario to Harriet Tubman's Canadian base of operations in St. Catharines, the communities founded by former slaves soon produced businessmen, educators, and writers. Yet danger was present in the form of bounty hunters and prejudice.



I Came a Stranger

Author : Hilda Polacheck

Publisher : University of Illinois Press

Page : 284 pages

File Size : 30,91 MB

Release : 1989-09-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 0252098749

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Hilda Satt Polacheck's family emigrated from Poland to Chicago in 1892, bringing their old-world Jewish traditions with them into the Industrial Age. Throughout her career as a writer and activist, Polacheck never forgot the immigrant neighborhoods, markets, and scents and sounds of Chicago's West Side. In charming and colorful prose, Polacheck recounts her introduction to American life and the Hull-House community; her chance meeting with Jane Addams and their subsequent long friendship and working relationship; her marriage; her support of civil rights and women's suffrage; her work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom; and her experiences as a writer for the Works Progress Administration.



Notes From a Big Country

Author : Bill Bryson

Publisher : Anchor Canada

Page : 367 pages

File Size : 16,38 MB

Release : 2012-05-15

Category : Travel

ISBN : 038567452X

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When an old friend asked him to write a weekly dispatch from New Hampshire for the Mail on Sunday's Night and Day magazine, Bill Bryson firmly turned him down. So firm was he, in fact, that gathered here are nineteen months' worth of his popular columns about the strangest of phenomena -- the American way of life.Whether discussing the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the mind-boggling plethora of methods by which to shop, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, or the jaw-slackening direness of American TV, Bill Bryson brings his inimitable brand of bemused wit to bear on the world's richest and craziest country.



You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity

Author : Francis Chan

Publisher : Claire Love Publishing

Page : 152 pages

File Size : 34,44 MB

Release : 2014-08-26

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0990351424

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Marriage is great, but it’s not forever. It’s until death do us part. Then come eternal rewards or regrets depending on how we spent our lives. In his latest book, Francis Chan joins together with his wife Lisa to address the question many couples wonder at the altar: “How do I have a healthy marriage?” Setting aside typical topics on marriage, Francis and Lisa dive into Scripture to understand what it means to have a relationship that satisfies the deepest parts of our souls. In the same way Crazy Love changed the way we saw our personal relationship with God, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity will radically shift the way we see one of the most important relationships in our life. Jesus was right. We have it all backwards. The way to have a great marriage is by not focusing on marriage. Whether you are single, dating or married, You and Me Forever will help you discover the adventure that you were made for ­­and learn how to thrive in it. 100% of the net proceeds from this book will support various ministries including those that help provide shelter and rehabilitation for thousands of children and exploited women around the world. For more information, please visit: youandmeforever.org



The Stranger at the Feast

Author : Tom Boylston

Publisher : Univ of California Press

Page : 194 pages

File Size : 18,29 MB

Release : 2018-02-06

Category : History

ISBN : 0520296494

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Introduction : prohibition and a ritual regime -- A history of mediation -- Fasting, bodies, and the calendar -- Proliferations of mediators -- Blood, silver, and coffee -- Spirits in the marketplace -- Concrete, bones, and feasts -- Echoes of the host -- The media landscape -- The knowledge of the world -- Conclusion



A Stranger in the House of God

Author : John Koessler

Publisher : Zondervan

Page : 227 pages

File Size : 49,19 MB

Release : 2009-08-30

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0310864216

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Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith



Along Comes a Stranger

Author : Dorie McCullough Lawson

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 276 pages

File Size : 42,47 MB

Release : 2007-04-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0060884754

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A series of peculiar and seemingly suspicious events leads Kate to a terrifying conclusion about her mother-in-laws new beau. The truth she uncovers could forever shatter her life and the lives of those she loves, in this eloquent yet suspenseful debut novel.





The Stranger

Author : Albert Camus

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 29,28 MB

Release : 2012-08-08

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0307827666

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With the intrigue of a psychological thriller, Camus's masterpiece gives us the story of an ordinary man unwittingly drawn into a senseless murder on an Algerian beach. Behind the intrigue, Camus explores what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd" and describes the condition of reckless alienation and spiritual exhaustion that characterized so much of twentieth-century life. First published in 1946; now in translation by Matthew Ward.