Author : James Draper Newton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 34,98 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780156926201
Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs.
Author : Julie Adams Church
Publisher : H J Kramer
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780915811960
In the late sixteenth century a mythical encounter was reported on an elephant hunt in the dense jungle north of the Tonle Sap, or Great Lake, of central Cambodia. King Satha of Cambodia and his retainers were beating a path through the undergrowth when they were halted by stone giants, and then a massive wall. The King, the fable reported, ordered 6,000 men to bring down the wall, thereby exposing the city of Angkor - 'lost' for over a century.Subsequent reports from Portuguese missionaries described its four gateways, with bridges flanked by stone figures leading across a moat. There were idols covered in gold, inscriptions, fountains, canals, and 'a temple with five towers, called Angor sic]'. For four centuries, this huge complex has inspired awe amongst visitors from all over the world, but only now are its origins and history becoming clear.This book begins with the progress of the prehistoric communities of the area and draws on the author's recent excavations to portray the rich and expansive chiefdoms that existed at the dawn of civilization.
Author : Darlene J. Forbes
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,29 MB
Release : 2022-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1639372334
Uncommon Friends By: Darlene J. Forbes From an outsider’s perspective, it would be easy to assume that the five women would have nothing in common. That would be wrong. As the Napa Valley women are about to discover, friendship is not limited to similar age groups, but formed through joy, heartbreak, and life’s trauma.
Author : Bernat Rosner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780520225312
The son of a Nazi army officer and a Hungarian-born survivor of Auschwitz meet as adults in California and find that as young teens they were trapped on opposite sides of the Holocaust. This is the dual memoir of their lives.
Author : Neale Donald Walsch
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 34,5 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0425189848
Neale Donald Walsch has changed the way millions of Americans think about God. His Conversations with God series, book 1, book 2, and book 3, have all been New York Times bestsellers--book 1 for over two years.The essence of Neale Donald Walsch's message lies at the heart of faith--the sacred place in every person, where he stands alone with his God. Walsch urges each of us to forge our own unique relationship with God, a God who is everywhere and speaks to us in all we do. It is up to us to stop and listen. It is up to us to respond . . . to begin the conversation. And a conversation is the first step, just as in any relationship, in establishing trust, in building friendship, in creating communion. In Friendship with God, Neale Donald Walsch shares the next part of his journey, and leads us to deepen and strengthen our own bonds with God. He honors our heart's desire: a closer connection, richer and fuller. A friendship with God.
Author : Madeline B. Stern
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 46,89 MB
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307874532
Louisa May Alcott once wrote that she had taken her pen for a bridegroom. Leona Rostenberg and Madeleine Stern, friends and business partners for fifty years, have in many ways taken up their pens and passion for literature much in the same way. The "Holmes & Watson" of the rare book business, Rostenberg and Stern are renowned for unlocking the hidden secret of Louisa May Alcott's life when they discovered her pseudonym, A.M. Barnard, along with her anonymously published "blood and thunder" stories on subjects like transvestitism, hashish smoking, and feminism. Old Books, Rare Friends describes their mutual passion for books and literary sleuthing as they take us on their earliest European book buying jaunts. Using what they call Finger-spitzengefühl, the art of evaluating antiquarian books by handling, experience, and instinct, we are treated to some of their greatest discoveries amid the mildewed basements of London's booksellers after the Blitz. We experience the thrill of finding one of the earliest known books printed in America between 1617-1619 by the Pilgrim Press and learn about the influential role of publisher-printers from the fifteenth century. Like a precious gem, Old Books, Rare Friends is a book to treasure about the companionship of two rare friends and their shared passion for old books.
Author : Catherine Raven
Publisher : Spiegel & Grau
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,16 MB
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781954118119
After receiving her PhD in biology, Raven lived in an isolated cottage in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes in Yellowstone National Park. Her only regular visitor was a fox, with whom she developed a friendship and from whom she learned about growth, loss, and belonging.
Author : Lionel Rolfe
Publisher : Lionel Rolfe
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Authors, American
ISBN :
Author : Wendy Welch
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 31,44 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250010640
An inspiring true story about losing your place, finding your purpose, and building a community one book at a time. Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore, so when they left their high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town, they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue thier dream. The only problems? A declining U.S. economy, a small town with no industry, and the advent of the e-book. They also had no idea how to run a bookstore. Against all odds, but with optimism, the help of their Virginian mountain community, and an abiding love for books, they succeeded in establishing more than a thriving business - they built a community. The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap is the little bookstore that could: how two people, two cats, two dogs, and thirty-eight thousand books helped a small town find its heart. It is a story about people and books, and how together they create community.
Author : Beth Moore
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,19 MB
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1433677415
We all go through times when we feel insignificant or times when we feel certain that we have experienced a degree of failure from which there is no return. This is not a reality we experience alone, but is one that a man after God’s heart experienced as well. From shepherd, to refugee, to king of Israel, David exhibited the purest virtues and the most heinous sinfulness, but through it all his relationship with the Lord continued to grow. A Heart Like His looks at this bond of mutual love and admiration between a man who was not unlike any of us and the one true God who is all good and all powerful. Beth Moore walks us through an exploration of David’s incredible life, drawing spiritual insights from a man who boldly fulfilled his divine destiny not merely by what he did, but who he loved and served. Bringing lessons from David’s life to bear on your own, this picture of a man who loved and followed God will help you to serve with a heart focused on Him no matter the circumstance. Available here for the first time in eBook, this new edition also features an excerpt from Moore’s David: Seeking a Heart Like His Bible study.
