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Epic Journeys of Freedom

Author : Cassandra Pybus
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807055182
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Epic Journeys of Freedom written by Cassandra Pybus and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cassandra Pybus adds greatly to the work of [previous] scholars by insisting that slaves stand at the center of their own history . . . Her 'biographies' of flight expose the dangers that escape entailed and the courage it took to risk all for freedom. Only by measuring those dangers can the exhilaration of success be comprehended and the unspeakable misery of failure be appreciated.--Ira Berlin, from the Foreword During the American Revolution, thousands of slaves fled their masters to find freedom with the British. Epic Journeys of Freedom is the astounding story of these runaways and the lives they made on four continents. Having emancipated themselves, with the rhetoric about the inalienable rights of free men ringing in their ears, these men and women struggled tenaciously to make liberty a reality in their own lives. This alternative narrative of freedom fought for and won is uniquely compelling; historian Cassandra Pybus's groundbreaking research has uncovered individual stories of runaways who left America to forge difficult new lives in far-flung corners of the British Empire. Harry, for example, one of George Washington's slaves, escaped from Mount Vernon in 1776, was evacuated to Nova Scotia in 1783, and eventually relocated to Sierra Leone in West Africa with his wife and three children. Ralph Henry, who ran away from the Virginia firebrand Patrick Henry in 1776, took a similar path to precarious freedom in Sierra Leone, while others, such as John Moseley and John Randall, were evacuated with the British forces to England. Stranded in England without skills or patronage during a period of high unemployment, they were among thousands of newly freed poor blacks who struggled just to survive. While some were relocated to Sierra Leone, others, like Moseley and Randall, found themselves transported to the distant penal colony of Botany Bay, in Australia. Epic Journeys of Freedom, written in the best tradition of history from the bottom up, is a fascinating insight into the meaning of liberty; it will change forever the way we think about the American Revolution.

The Star Child

Author : Unathi Magubeni
Publisher : Legend Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1915643155
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book The Star Child written by Unathi Magubeni and published by Legend Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nwelezelanga is born with albinism. Convinced by the midwife that an albino child is a curse, her mother places her in a river to drown.

Momentous Mobilities

Author : Noel B. Salazar
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785339354
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Momentous Mobilities written by Noel B. Salazar and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagining mobility -- Chile : traveling to and from the end of the world -- Indonesia : Merantau and modernity -- Tanzania : the Maasai as icons of mobility -- Enacting mobility -- Education : leaving to learn -- Labor : capitalizing on movement -- Life's "pilgrimage" : travel, travail, transformation

The House by the Dvina

Author : Eugenie Fraser
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1845969855
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book The House by the Dvina written by Eugenie Fraser and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The House by the Dvina is the riveting story of two families separated in culture and geography but bound together by a Russian-Scottish marriage. It includes episodes as romantic and dramatic as any in fiction: the purchase by the author's great-grandfather of a peasant girl with whom he had fallen in love; the desperate sledge journey in the depths of winter made by her grandmother to intercede with Tsar Aleksandr II for her husband; the extraordinary courtship of her parents; and her Scottish granny being caught up in the abortive revolution of 1905. Eugenie Fraser herself was brought up in Russia but was taken on visits to Scotland. She marvellously evokes a child's reactions to two totally different environments, sets of customs and family backgrounds, while the characters are beautifully drawn and splendidly memorable. With the events of 1914 to 1920 - the war with Germany, the Revolution, the murder of the Tsar and the withdrawal of the Allied Intervention in the north - came the disintegration of Russia and of family life. The stark realities of hunger, deprivation and fear are sharply contrasted with the adventures of childhood. The reader shares the family's suspense and concern about the fates of its members and relives with Eugenie her final escape to Scotland. In The House by the Dvina, Eugenie Fraser has vividly and poignantly portrayed a way of life that finally disappeared in violence and tragedy.

A Long and Restless Journey in Pursuit of Happiness with Empty Hands of Faith

Author : H. Baté Agbor-Baiyee
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468547739
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book A Long and Restless Journey in Pursuit of Happiness with Empty Hands of Faith written by H. Baté Agbor-Baiyee and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Long and Restless Journey in Pursuit of Happiness with Empty Hands of Faith: An Authoritative Resource for Bushfallers is a brilliant how to collection of provocative essays that addresses the predicaments surrounding the rollercoaster and sometimes paralyzing crusade of wretched and disillusioned Africans deserting their homelands to seek lifes greener pastures overseas. It is a book on contemplative life that examines with concrete Biblical determinations the spectacular challenges faced by prisoners of hope - bushfallers - in their epic effort to migrate, assimilate, and thrive in their adopted American home. Bat has ingeniously and persuasively interlaced humor, wit, and the Bible to engage readers on a subject that is at times delicate, private, and mystifying to discuss publicly. He advances forthright strategies for bushfallers to follow in order to optimize every moment of their expedition. The book proffers reliable self-help instructions on how to dodge or contend with the abstract, confrontational, and perturbing experiences of the work-a-day life overseas. He proposes knowledge and skills needed in the areas of tactical positioning; indispensable human, material, and social capital; as well as mental and physical astuteness essential for persistence. Most importantly, Bat invites the bushfaller as well as the onlooker to develop spiritual character and pledge total allegiance to the Lord for faith, strength, and direction. This collection of essays is current, thorough, and complete in its coverage of the multidimensional challenges faced by the bushfaller. As the prospects for living and survival gets even darker and heartless at home, and as the immigration climate gets menacing and precarious for bushfallers overseas, it becomes even more imperative to be proactive, innovative and resourceful in handling lifes vicissitudes.

Willie K. Vanderbilt II

Author : Steven H. Gittelman
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786458232
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Willie K. Vanderbilt II written by Steven H. Gittelman and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vanderbilts were one of the great American families of the industrial era. This book explores the life of one of its lesser-known scions of the fourth generation, William Kissam Vanderbilt II, known simply as Willie K. An inheritor, not a builder, Willie K. lacked the drive and ambition necessary for furthering the Vanderbilt dynasty, especially in the political atmosphere of bank failures, the dawn of progressivism, and the First World War. This biography, while the story of one man, is also an exploration of the burden of enormous wealth, the danger of inherited dreams, and the struggle for self-actualization regardless of wealth or social status.

Yoga, Meditation, and Mysticism

Author : Kenneth Rose
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472571703
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Yoga, Meditation, and Mysticism written by Kenneth Rose and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemplative experience is central to Hindu yoga traditions, Buddhist meditation practices, and Catholic mystical theology, and, despite doctrinal differences, it expresses itself in suggestively similar meditative landmarks in each of these three meditative systems. In Yoga, Meditation and Mysticism, Kenneth Rose shifts the dominant focus of contemporary religious studies away from tradition-specific studies of individual religious traditions, communities, and practices to examine the 'contemplative universals' that arise globally in meditative experience. Through a comparative exploration of the itineraries detailed in the contemplative manuals of Theravada Buddhism, Patañjalian Yoga, and Catholic mystical theology, Rose identifies in each tradition a moment of sharply focused awareness that marks the threshold between immersion in mundane consciousness and contemplative insight. As concentration deepens, the meditator steps through this threshold onto a globally shared contemplative itinerary, which leads through a series of virtually identical stages to mental stillness and insight. Rose argues that these contemplative universals, familiar to experienced contemplatives in multiple traditions, point to a common spiritual, mental, and biological heritage. Pioneering the exploration of contemplative practice and experience with a comparative perspective that ranges over multiple religious traditions, religious studies, philosophy, neuroscience, and the cognitive science of religion, this book is a landmark contribution to the fields of contemplative practice and religious studies.

In The Footsteps Of Alexander The Great

Author : Michael Wood
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473530105
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book In The Footsteps Of Alexander The Great written by Michael Wood and published by Random House. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Wood retraces Alexander the Greats amazing journey from Greece to India, searching for the truth behind the legend and experiencing the tremendous scale of his achievements. Using the ancient historians as his guides, Wood follows Alexanders journey as closely as possible, crossing deserts and rivers, from Turkey to war-torn Afghanistan. As the journey progresses, he recreates the drama of Alexanders epic marches and bloody battles. All along the way he finds proof of the survival of the legends surrounding Alexander, a leader whose life has excited the worlds imagination for the 2,000 years. 'Wood tells a glorious story with some very dark shadows.' New York Times 'Wood is a perceptive, entertaining and enthusiastic companion.' Sunday Times 'Wood is a lively storyteller.' The Washington Post

Bulletin of the Pan American Union

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1298 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Pan American Union written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Outline of Christianity

Author : Arthur Samuel Peake
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book An Outline of Christianity written by Arthur Samuel Peake and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reminiscences of the King of Roumania

Author : Mite Kremnitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Reminiscences of the King of Roumania written by Mite Kremnitz and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democracy and the Church

Author : Samuel George Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democracy and the Church written by Samuel George Smith and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bulletin

Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Monthly Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics

Author : Pan American Union
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Monthly Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics written by Pan American Union and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Outline of Christianity: The birth of Christianity

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Outline of Christianity: The birth of Christianity written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hermann von Helmholtz

Author : Leo Koenigsberger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hermann von Helmholtz written by Leo Koenigsberger and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bernini

Author : Howard Hibbard
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141935421
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Bernini written by Howard Hibbard and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1990-08-30 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sculptor and architect Bernini was the virtual creator and greatest exponent of Baroque in 17th century Italy. He has left his greatest mark on Rome where Papal patronage provided him with enormous architectural commissions.