The Cross And The Pear Tree
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The Cross And The Pear Tree
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Author : Victor Perera
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1996-01-01
The Cross And The Pear Tree written by Victor Perera and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Tracing the dramatic lives, through 500 years, of the old and distinguished Sephardic Jewish family from whom he is descended, Victor Perera brilliantly re-creates the history not only of his own people but of an entire culture. The story he tells begins in Spain in the fifteenth century, when the Sephardim are offered a choice of conversion, exile or death. It is the story of a richly flourishing tradition - intellectual, religious, worldly and spiritual - interrupted by massively cruel events; a story of persecution, escape and renewal, carrying us from the Iberian Peninsula across Europe to the Holy Land and Central America. And the Pere(i)ras whose lives we enter are both fascinating in themselves and emblematic of the Sephardic diaspora created by the Inquisition and the Expulsion - some of them, under threat of torture and execution, capitulating to the Cross or becoming Marranos, crypto-Jews who practiced their ancestral religion in secret; others remaining loyal to the pear tree that became their symbol and crest. Among the Marranos: Ana Pereira, a merchant's daughter, a Sephardic convert in Portugal who, at age fifteen, was sentenced to wear penitential raiment and undergo spiritual penances in prison, where, under torture, she incriminated fifteen of her close relations. Among the reclaimed: the fabulously wealthy magnate and author Abraham Israel Pereira, who participated in the excommunication of philosopher Baruch Spinoza; and the beautiful Maria Nunes, who was abducted to Shakespeare's England, and rejected the marriage proposal of a duke and Queen Elizabeth's entreaties on his behalf, marrying instead a cousin in Amsterdam's first Jewish wedding. In nineteenth-centuryFrance we follow the meteoric rise of the brothers Emile and Isaac Pereire, who founded the French railroads and the Credit Mobilier banking system. Over the centuries, the stories of Pereras in all walks of life - among them rabbis and Kabbalistic scholars in the Holy Land - unfold
Wyman S Gardening Encyclopedia
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Author : Donald Wyman
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 1986
Wyman S Gardening Encyclopedia written by Donald Wyman and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Gardening categories.
Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.
A Pair Of Pear Trees
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Author : Sue Baumgardner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-10-25
A Pair Of Pear Trees written by Sue Baumgardner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-25 with categories.
Beautifully illustrated - birds, bees, pears, pear blossoms. Family story with Mom, Dad, and two sisters - Anna & Emily. Lightning strikes their pear tree and splits it in half. They learn if the pear tree is cut down, Mrs. Dean will loose her pear tree too, because they cross pollinate. Will they loose their beloved pears and tree? Will Mrs. Dean lose hers too? Can they save the pear tree?
Under The Pear Tree Or Little Crosses
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Author : Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker
language : en
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Release Date : 2012-01
Under The Pear Tree Or Little Crosses written by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker and has been published by Hardpress Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01 with categories.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
The Pear Tree
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Author : Renata Wundram
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2014-07-15
The Pear Tree written by Renata Wundram and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with categories.
The Book Of Pears
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Author : Joan Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2015-10-15
The Book Of Pears written by Joan Morgan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-15 with Gardening categories.
Winner of the Garden Media Guild Awards Reference Book of the Year 2016, the Guild of Food Writers Food Book of the year 2016, and the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2016 for Outstanding Achievement. Accompanied by a beautiful and comprehensive website of the same name, this wonderfully unique book is an indispensable and one-of-a-kind guide. It tells the story of the pear from its delightful taste and wonderful appearance to breeding and cultivation, following the fruit’s journey through history and around the world. Beautifully illustrated with 40 botanical watercolour paintings by Elisabeth Dowle, The Book of Pears is the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the pear. Moving through continents and cultures, Joan Morgan celebrates the pear’s long history as both a fresh and cooking fruit. Revealing the secrets of the pear as a status symbol, some of the most celebrated fruit growers in history, and how the pear came to be so important as an international commodity. The pear directory, which makes up the second half of the book, covers the world’s ancient and modern varieties, each with full tasting notes and historical, geographical and horticultural detail. A fully illustrated version of this directory is shown on the author's website www.thebookofpears.fruitforum.net
The Tree Book
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Author : Jeffrey G. Meyer
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2004
The Tree Book written by Jeffrey G. Meyer and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Ornamental trees categories.
A practical guide to selecting and maintaining the best trees for your yard and garden.
United States Plant Patents
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Author : United States. Patent and Trademark Office
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995-06-06
United States Plant Patents written by United States. Patent and Trademark Office and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-06-06 with Plants, Cultivated categories.
The Trees Of The Cross
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Author : Gregory C. Bryda
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-06-13
The Trees Of The Cross written by Gregory C. Bryda and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-13 with Art categories.
A revelatory exploration of wood's many material, ecological, and symbolic meanings in the religious art of medieval Germany "A rewarding study that is full of new insights."--Jeremy Warren, Art Newspaper In late medieval Germany, wood was a material laden with significance. It was an important part of the local environment and economy, as well as an object of religious devotion in and of itself. Gregory C. Bryda examines the multiple meanings of wood and greenery within religious art--as a material, as a feature of agrarian life, and as a symbol of the cross, whose wood has resonances with other iconographies in the liturgy. Bryda discusses how influential artists such as Matthias Grünewald, known for the Isenheim Altarpiece, and the renowned sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider exploited wood's multivalent nature to connect spiritual themes to the lived environment outside church walls. Exploring the complex visual and material culture of the period, this lavishly illustrated volume features works ranging from monumental altarpieces to portable pictures and offers a fresh understanding of how wood in art functioned to unlock the mysteries of faith and the natural world in both liturgy and everyday life.
The Christmas Encyclopedia 4th Ed
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Author : William D. Crump
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2022-12-16
The Christmas Encyclopedia 4th Ed written by William D. Crump and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-16 with Religion categories.
From the manger of Jesus Christ to the 21st century, this encyclopedia explores more than 2,000 years of Christmas past and present through 966 entries packed with a wide variety of historical and pop-culture subjects. Entries detail customs and traditions from around the world as well as classic Christmas movies, TV series/specials and animated cartoons. Arranged alphabetically by entry name, the book includes the historical background of popular sacred and secular songs as well as accounts of beloved literary works with Christmas themes from such noted authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Pearl Buck, Henry Van Dyke and others. All things Christmas are available here in one comprehensive volume.