Brutal Journey
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Brutal Journey
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Author : Paul Schneider
language : en
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Release Date : 2013-04-26
Brutal Journey written by Paul Schneider and has been published by Henry Holt and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-26 with History categories.
A gripping account of four explorers adrift in an unknown land and the harrowing journey that took them across North America 270 years before Lewis and Clark One part Heart of Darkness, one part Lewis and Clark, Brutal Journey tells the story of a group of explorers who came to the new world on the heels of Cortés; bound for glory, only four of four hundred would survive. Eight years and some five thousand miles later, three Spaniards and a black Moroccan wandered out of the wilderness to the north of the Rio Grande and into Cortes' gold-drenched Mexico. The four survivors of the Narváez expedition brought nothing back from their sojourn other than their story, but what a tale it was. They had become killers and cannibals, torturers and torture victims, slavers and enslaved. They became faith healers, arms dealers, canoe thieves, spider eaters, and finally, when there were only the four of them left in the high Texas desert, they became itinerate messiahs. They became, in other words, whatever it took to stay alive long enough to inch their way toward Mexico, the only place where they were certain they would find an outpost of the Spanish empire. The journey of the Cabeza De Vaca expedition is one of the greatest survival epics in the history of American exploration. By drawing on the accounts of the first explorers and the most recent findings of archaeologists and academic historians, Paul Schneider offers a thrilling and authentic narrative to replace a legend of North American exploration.
Expecting A Miracle Any Day Will Do
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Author : Brenda Joy Davis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-19
Expecting A Miracle Any Day Will Do written by Brenda Joy Davis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-19 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
This 2-book series covers a five-year journey of the most brutal attack on one's faith and trust, and even feelings of betrayal by God. Expecting a Miracle - Any Day Will Do! / Book 1: A Brutal Journey of Faith is the first half of a true and tragic story told from the view of a wife/caregiver, from real and raw emotions experienced throughout the journey of battling Glioblastoma (brain cancer). It is a powerful and heartfelt story that will pull you in - hook, line, and sinker - making you feel like you are sitting right next to Jim and Brenda as they navigate the painful, and sometimes comical, challenges day in and day out. This is a helpful tool for anyone who ministers to individuals or families going through major trauma. It's a must-read for anyone walking through loss and grief, to help bring hope to their situation. For medical professionals, it could be an eye-opener to understanding that the terminal patient sitting in front of them is probably dealing with a lot more than the immediate condition for which they are being treated. God spoke to Brenda very early on in their journey and told her to share the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of their story in honesty. She exposes their most challenging moments, with the focus on helping you understand when you are going through your own firestorm that it's alright to be real before God and man. This is not just for those who have lost a spouse. There are powerful truths revealed on maintaining your faith in the most challenging of times - from parenting skills, spiritual leadership truths, and how areal church should handle a challenging event in the life of its pastor, to a beautifully rare love story. Finally, you will see how one pastor's faith in action affected his whole community, which will impact and challenge many of you as you read this powerful work. You will want to immediately jump into Book #2: The Painful Path to complete this powerful story.
The Cannibal Trail
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Author : Lyle Closs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-11-04
The Cannibal Trail written by Lyle Closs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-04 with categories.
Alexander Pearce escaped from the horrific penal colony in Macquarie Harbour on the isolated West Coast of Tasmania in 1822, along with seven other men. The only way back to civilization was across a series of high and rugged mountain ranges covered with almost impenetrable forest, and deep and steep river gorges. There were no edible plants and no game they could hunt. Only Pearce survived - because his meals walked beside him.
The Oxford World History Of Empire
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Author : Peter Fibiger Bang
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-12-16
The Oxford World History Of Empire written by Peter Fibiger Bang and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with History categories.
This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism throughout history and across continents, from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas. Only a few decades ago empire was believed to be a thing of the past; now it is clear that it has been and remains one of the most enduring forms of political organization and power. We cannot understand the dynamics and resilience of empire without moving decisively beyond the study of individual cases or particular periods, such as the relatively short age of European colonialism. The history of empire, as these volumes amply demonstrate, needs to be drawn on the much broader canvas of global history. Volume Two: The History of Empires tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present. Case studies deal with the full range of the historical experience of empire, from the realms of the Achaemenids and Asoka to the empires of Mali and Songhay, and from ancient Rome and China to the Mughals, American settler colonialism, and the Soviet Union. Forty-five chapters detailing the history of individual empires are tied together by a set of global synthesizing surveys that structure the world history of empire into eight chronological phases.
Historic Native Peoples Of Texas
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Author : William C. Foster
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2009-02-17
Historic Native Peoples Of Texas written by William C. Foster and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-17 with Social Science categories.
An incredibly detailed account of Indigenous lifeways during the initial rounds of European exploration in south-central North America. Several hundred tribes of Native Americans were living within or hunting and trading across the present-day borders of Texas when Cabeza de Vaca and his shipwrecked companions washed up on a Gulf Coast beach in 1528. Over the next two centuries, as Spanish and French expeditions explored the state, they recorded detailed information about the locations and lifeways of Texas’s Native peoples. Using recent translations of these expedition diaries and journals, along with discoveries from ongoing archaeological investigations, William C. Foster here assembles the most complete account ever published of Texas’s Native peoples during the early historic period (AD 1528 to 1722). Foster describes the historic Native peoples of Texas by geographic regions. His chronological narrative records the interactions of Native groups with European explorers and with Native trading partners across a wide network that extended into Louisiana, the Great Plains, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. Foster provides extensive ethnohistorical information about Texas’s Native peoples, as well as data on the various regions’ animals, plants, and climate. Accompanying each regional account is an annotated list of named Indigenous tribes in that region and maps that show tribal territories and European expedition routes. “A very useful encyclopedic regional account of the Europeans and Native peoples of Texas who encountered one another during the relatively unexamined two hundred years before the Spanish occupation of Texas and the French establishment of Louisiana.” —Southwestern Historical Quarterly
Dragon Witch
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Author : Shéa R. MacLeod
language : en
Publisher: Sunwalker Press
Release Date : 2022-09-19
Dragon Witch written by Shéa R. MacLeod and has been published by Sunwalker Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-19 with Fiction categories.
Cyan Parrish is a healer, but those of narrow minds and suspicious thoughts have called her a Witch. Now someone wants her so-called powers for himself and he’s willing to kill for it. Death to the Green Witch. That’s the message left in the smoking ruins that was once the home of the woman Sutter loved. His only hope of saving her is to put his trust in one of the enemy, and travel across an apocalyptic wasteland toward a fabled city ruled by a madman. (Note: Title formerly Green Witch.) This exciting adventure is the fourth in a mesmerizing and addictive post-apocalyptic romance adventure series (with dragons). Read what others are saying about USA Today Best-Selling author Shéa MacLeod's Dragon Wars series: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ " Well written, very engaging, and imaginative." – W. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ " This story kept me wanting more. It was intriguing, well-paced, with strong characters." – K.C. Read the entire Dragon Wars post-apocalyptic romance series: Dragon Warrior Dragon Lord Dragon Goddess Dragon Witch Dragon Corps Dragon Mage Dragon’s Angel Topics: Shéa, Shéa MacLeod, Shéa R. MacLeod, post-apocalyptic paranormal romance, urban fantasy, strong female characters, dragons, post-apocalyptic, apocalyptic, dystopian, hopepunk, futuristic, science fiction, scifi, science fiction romance, speculative fiction, apocalypse, romance, action and adventure, genetic engineering Other readers of this book enjoyed books by: Joss Ware, Colleen Gleason, Ellen Connor, Ruby Dixon, Rebecca Zanetti, Eve Langlais, Zoey Indiana, Sarah Addison Fox, Krista Street, Jami Gray, Becca Fanning, Christine Pope
Babylon
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Author : Michelle Cameron
language : en
Publisher: Wicked Son
Release Date : 2023-09-12
Babylon written by Michelle Cameron and has been published by Wicked Son this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-12 with Fiction categories.
Everything changes for Sarah the day Nebuchadnezzar’s army storms Jerusalem. In an instant, her peaceful life on the farm is ripped away: her city sacked, her temple desecrated, her people enslaved. Marched across unforgiving desert sands to Babylon, Sarah and the remaining Judean people must find a way to keep their faith alive in a new and unforgiving home. Displaced within an empire of strange gods and unimaginable wealth, Sarah and her descendants bear witness to palace intrigue, betrayal, brutal sacrifice, regicide, and a new war brewing in the east. Through every trial, the Hebrew people attempt to preserve their religion. Uri, Sarah’s son, transcribes incredible stories of prophets and visions, Creation and Exodus—stories that establish the central tenets of the Hebrew faith.
The Handbook Of Deviance
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Author : Erich Goode
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2015-09-28
The Handbook Of Deviance written by Erich Goode and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-28 with Social Science categories.
The Handbook of Deviance is a definitive reference for professionals, researchers, and students that provides a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the sociology of deviance. Composed of over 30 essays written by an international array of scholars and meticulously edited by one of the best known authorities on the study of deviance Features chapters on cutting-edge topics, such as terrorism and environmental degradation as forms of deviance Each chapter includes a critical review of what is known about the topic, the current status of the topic, and insights about the future of the topic Covers recent theoretical innovations in the field, including the distinction between positivist and constructionist perspectives on deviance, and the incorporation of physical appearance as a form of deviance
Why Germany Nearly Won
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Author : Steven D. Mercatante
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2012-01-16
Why Germany Nearly Won written by Steven D. Mercatante and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-16 with History categories.
This book offers a unique perspective for understanding how and why the Second World War in Europe ended as it did—and why Germany, in attacking the Soviet Union, came far closer to winning the war than is often perceived. Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe challenges this conventional wisdom in highlighting how the re-establishment of the traditional German art of war—updated to accommodate new weapons systems—paved the way for Germany to forge a considerable military edge over its much larger potential rivals by playing to its qualitative strengths as a continental power. Ironically, these methodologies also created and exacerbated internal contradictions that undermined the same war machine and left it vulnerable to enemies with the capacity to adapt and build on potent military traditions of their own. The book begins by examining topics such as the methods by which the German economy and military prepared for war, the German military establishment's formidable strengths, and its weaknesses. The book then takes an entirely new perspective on explaining the Second World War in Europe. It demonstrates how Germany, through its invasion of the Soviet Union, came within a whisker of cementing a European-based empire that would have allowed the Third Reich to challenge the Anglo-American alliance for global hegemony—an outcome that by commonly cited measures of military potential Germany never should have had even a remote chance of accomplishing. The book's last section explores the final year of the war and addresses how Germany was able to hang on against the world's most powerful nations working in concert to engineer its defeat.
The House With The Golden Door
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Author : Elodie Harper
language : en
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Release Date : 2022-09-06
The House With The Golden Door written by Elodie Harper and has been published by Union Square & Co. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-06 with Fiction categories.
From prize-winning and international bestselling author Elodie Harper, the second book in the Wolf Den Trilogy follows Amara as she escapes her life as a slave in the city’s most notorious brothel, the Wolf Den. Her survival depends on the affections of a man she might not know as well as she once thought . . . The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous. At night in the home her patron bought for her, the house with the golden door, Amara’s dreams are haunted by her past. She longs for her sisterhood of friends—the women at the brothel she was forced to leave behind—and worse, finds herself pursued by the cruel and vindictive man who once owned her. To be truly free, she will need to be as ruthless as he is. Amara knows her existence in Pompeii is subject to Venus, the goddess of love. Yet finding love may prove to be the most dangerous act of all. Readers of Circe, The Song of Achilles, and other novels based on Greek mythology, as well as fans of inspiring feminist historical fiction exploring the worlds of Ancient Greece and Rome, will love Harper's acclaimed Wolf Den Trilogy. The first book in the trilogy, The Wolf Den, was a Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month and a critically acclaimed UK bestseller.