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81) Outback Splendor
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Nothing in Mel Lawrence's life could have prepared her for living in the Australian Outback. She finds creating her new life and establishing a sheep station far from the elite society she was expected to live in extremely satisfying. She has a wife, a child, and a dream she never imagined she wanted, and they are all she needs. Will she be able to hold on to the happiness she's found after seeking it for so long?
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"The work of F. H. Berkeley...the best that one can desire as a descriptive narrative of a battle which, from the military point of view, represents the peculiar phenomenon of a European army annihilated by a native African race, and from the political point of view it shows to what a dangerous path a nation can be led by unrestricted colonial ambition." -The Westminster Review (1904)
"This is the one thorough account in English of the military operations...
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From Heaven to Hell via the First Fleet.Deceit, treachery, murder, and a love that surpasses all boundaries.At Michaelmas 1786 Thomas Nash's peaceful existence is shattered when he is falsely accused and sentenced to transportation to New Holland, but the terrifying ordeal of that disastrous voyage is only the beginning of the torture and torment, since his nemesis and accuser, obsessed with his desires, has sent paid assassins to murder Thomas, his...
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Sairsa is facing challenges as Dunnagh's wife -- as one of the wives of the first kashallan and his symbiote Tani. While Sairsa and her sister-wife are raising their babies, it's rare to get news of their husband on his dangerous adventures forging what he calls the kashallan alliance among many races of the planet Timorna. When a day outside the safety of Ticca Keep goes suddenly very wrong for Sairsa and her cousin, the other humans rally for a...
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"We pronounce it the most interesting book we have ever met with." -Kingston's Magazine, 1863
"Henry Aaron Stern...was described as the most courageous missionary...as a Jew by birth Stern was deemed in a far better position to judge the many characteristics and customs of the Falashas than other foreign observers." - From Falashas to Ethiopian Jews (2017)
"Stern...cannot escape a major share of the responsibility for the situation which led to...the...
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Nau cannot remember a time when she was not one with the world around her: with the fast breeze, the green grass, the high clouds, and the endless blue sky above the Shingled Spit. But, her greatest joy is to visit the sea, where whales gather every morning to gaily spout rainbows.
Then one day, she finds a man in the mist where a whale should be: Reu, who has taken human form out of his Great Love for her. Together these first humans become parents...
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A compilation by Timothy K. Perttula including articles from Historical Archaeology. Topics include Colonial Perspectives, The Effects of Introduced Epidemic Diseases, and Case Studies in North America. For a complete Table of Contents, please view http://pastfoundation.org/lulu/2luxdo5.jpg, or visit the publication's homepage and click "preview" beneath the large image of the cover, which will display the first few pages of the book.
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A tale of tragedy, catastrophe, and the triumph of the human spirit.
In 1830 a Yamana Indian boy, Orundellico, was bought from his uncle in Tierra del Fuego for the price of a mother-of-pearl button. Renamed Jemmy Button, he was removed from his primitive nomadic existence, where life revolved around the hunt for food and the need for shelter, and taken halfway round the world to England, then at the height of the Industrial Revolution. He learned...
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"Spirituality Journey Into The Spiritual" is my latest book concerning my discovery of the invisible but very real Spiritual World that has always been with us, but we disconnected from it. We all experience and know that the Spiritual World exist, but few of us seek a closer look at it. Well, I craved to get closer to the CREATOR (GOD), and apparently, I took a different turn and the amazing world of Spirituality opened to me.So this book is about...
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#1 THE CRY OF THE WOLF Hours ago Adelaide was a modern-day, homeschooling mother - now she's in 1600 Canada, a time of great peril, and the captive of Chief Long Knife. Talk about the wrong place, wrong time! Transported back in time along with her children, Adelaide finds herself a captive in a historical native tribe. Unknown to Adelaide, the chief has recently lost his expecting wife and without an explanation, demands she wed him to replace his...
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Native Hawaiians have long been confused by the history they learn at school, which doesn't match up with the family stories they have heard so often from their elders. Drawing on oral histories and personal interviews with elderly Hawaiians, author Jack Kelly presents this first essay in a series of modern treatments of Hawaiian history, reflecting the truth as it was lived, told and retold by the people of the Islands. This grassroots history of...
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"Beyond the Surface: Christopher Columbus and the Kaleidoscope of American Identity" invites readers on an enlightening journey through the intricate layers of history, culture, and identity that have shaped the Americas. In this captivating exploration, the book delves deep into the legacy of Christopher Columbus, unearthing the complex intersections of triumph and tragedy, discovery and displacement.With meticulous research and vivid storytelling,...
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From one of the world's leading experts on Native American law and indigenous peoples' human rights comes an original and striking intellectual history of the tribe and Western civilization that sheds new light on how we understand ourselves and our contemporary society. Throughout the centuries, conquest, war, and unspeakable acts of violence and dispossession have all been justified by citing civilization's opposition to these differences represented...
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Exploring the Tapestry of Faith from Antiquity to the Modern AgeDive into the profound exploration of human spirituality with "Divine Threads: Unravelling the Origins of Divine Beliefs" a captivating journey that traverses the corridors of time, unraveling the intricate tapestry of divine beliefs that have woven through the fabric of human existence. In this illuminating odyssey, the author a seasoned explorer of the human soul, takes readers on a...
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"A whimsical and lyrical celebration of imagination and exploration if we simply asked, "What if . . ." Follow two siblings through their day as they let their imaginations run wild in this joyful story about all the possibilities a simple "what if" can conjure up: What if the monsters in your closet wanted to be your friend? What if all of the dinosaurs were shrunk to be teeny-tiny when the comet hit the earth? And what if bedtime didn't exist and...
96) The Word of Era
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For those who are curious as to the source of inspiration regarding the Eranian religions/civilizations that are featured often throughout my works of fiction, this book is it. Contained therein is the religious texts that I use as a basis for the different forms of Eranianism throughout my stories, in many cases modified from the text itself depending in the story, but always inspired either by a specific story contained here or a certain passage.The...
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Phillip thought of himself only as a scientist. When he took on a Khutani symbiote he became a kashallan, to communicate for these great beings among all the races of the world Timorna. Now he's a respected leader on a mission to cross the Shallow Sea. With his young symbiote Yoey, Phillip must form alliances among warring clans in preparation for a dangerous future. Not all the clans agree, and the demon Tessa carries has its own agenda. Even the...
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The third book in the Nhkom series, in Cree and English, tells a story about gathering leaves for Labrador tea, while listening in different ways.
A child, her family and her friend have arrived at their favorite picnic spot by the lake, but before they eat lunch Nhkom suggests they pick leaves for Labrador tea. Once among the trees, Nhkom pauses for a moment to listen, and the others do too. Nhkom prays, the girls take their turn, then Nhkom shows...
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There are many stories in a bead. We must listen to the stories they tell us. Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn about the many stories held in a bead. Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom...
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There are many stories in a bead. We must listen to the stories they tell us.
Tessa loves how her grandmother always smells of campfire stories. Mom says it's because Kohkom spends her days sewing beautiful beads onto smoked hides. Inspired, Tessa asks Kohkom to teach her beading, but first she must listen and learn the many stories held in a bead. Dual language edition in Ininîmowin (Cree N-dialect) and English.
Tessa loves how her grandmother...