Land Memoir

This glance back through history views the trials and triumphs of each U.S. President while showcasing their faith in Christian principles that sheds light on what is known as the biblical “restitution of all things”.

Søren Vase, der er født i begyndelsen af 1920’erne, voksede op i en fattig hedeegn ved Mariager Fjord under 1920’ernes og 1930’ernes verdensomspændende, økonomiske krise. I erindringsbogen "Fra lyngens land" fortæller han om en barn- og ungdom, hvor det tætte forhold til naturen allerede tidligt satte sit præg på ham og hans måde at omgås andre mennesker på. Søren Vase (1923-2008) var en dansk forfatter, skoleinspektør, jæger og fisker.

In diesem mit Spannung erwarteten ersten Band seiner Präsidentschaftserinnerungen, erzählt Barack Obama die Geschichte seiner unwahrscheinlichen Odyssee vom jungen Mann auf der Suche nach seiner Identität bis hin zum führenden Politiker der freien Welt. In erstaunlich persönlichen Worten beschreibt er seinen politischen Werdegang wie auch die wegweisenden Momente der ersten Amtszeit seiner historischen Präsidentschaft - einer Zeit dramatischer Veränderungen und Turbulenzen.

The author of this astonishing audiobook first became involved in the practice of devotional yoga at fifteen in 1970. Since that time Sripad Jagannatha Das has traveled the world in pursuit of his goal of self-realization through the Vedic tradition. Spending many years in India under the tutelage of many advanced devotees, Das has now reached the venerable age of sixty-nine and his quest to teach is stronger than ever. In this touching-spirited memoir, the yogi recalls his walk on the yogic path and how the deep divinity of bhakti yoga has colored his life.

An internationally renowned writer of mystery fiction, Mary Roberts Rinehart knows her way around an exotic setting. When faced with the Pyramids, the Nile, and the sprawling Egyptian desert in her own life, she does not fall in with the crowd of tourists waiting in line at the tombs of the Pharaohs. Instead, she hikes up her skirt, plants her pumps in the sand, and hops on a camel. She has but one question: Where am I supposed to sit?

Wie so viele Mütter befürchtet auch Susanne Veit, dass ihre Kinder vor lauter Social Media und Online-Games irgendwann nicht mehr wissen, wie Schneeflocken schmecken und Lavendel duftet. Allen Unkenrufen zum Trotz wagt sie den Schritt aufs Land, kauft Hasen und Hühner und legt einen Gemüsegarten an. Eine Reise beginnt, die die fünfköpfige Familie grundlegend verändert. Der Bericht einer Mutter, deren Kinder heute Holz hacken, Weidenzäune spannen und für die Hühner Würmer suchen.

Everyone's journey to their promised land starts differently. My journey started when I 15, pregnant, and living in the projects. I realized my mission in life became my ministry. The pain became my plan. God's plan took me from the projects to my promised land to use me for the kingdom to help other women.

A compilation of short stories concerned with Mexican life around the turn of the century, The Compromised Land reflects the Hispanic tradition and its continuity of values and origins. The central theme of the volume is that of the immigrant who crosses the border from Mexico to the United States in search of work and a better way of life.

Winifred and Bernard inherited the high European cultural ideals and attitudes that came of being born into prosperous German-Jewish émigré families. To young Ian, who would visit from Holland every Christmas, they seemed the very essence of England, their spacious Berkshire estate the model of genteel English country life at its most pleasant and refined. It wasn't until years later that he discovered how much more there was to the story.

What does a child do when mom is lost in her own world of fear and pain? What does a child do when dad escapes to the world of alcohol to numb his wounds and sense of failure? What does a child do when there's no answer to the questions that need so much to be answered? Frightened, confused, hurting, angry children. They grow up and repeat the mistakes of their parents. Is there any way out of this cycle?

President Carter has been a student of the biblical Holy Land all his life. For the last three decades, as president of the United States and as founder of The Carter Center, he has studied the complex and interrelated issues of the region's conflicts and has been actively involved in reconciling them. He knows the leaders of all factions in the region who will need to play key roles, and he sees encouraging signs among them.

På 70-talet finns det inget som heter barncancer. Men det hindrar inte Cecilia Grape från att få diagnosen leukemi när hon endast är sex år gammal. Där och då börjar den långa kampen för att bli frisk, trots att oddsen är emot henne. År 1972 överlever endast tio procent av barn med leukemi. Inom vården är barnen åsidosatta och anses inte förstå sig på smärta. Som ett resultat av detta får Cecilia tillbringa sin tid ensam på sjukhuset, utan en förälders trygga famn att hjälpa henne igenom den nästintill outhärdliga behandlingen.

Truth, Huxley will learn, requires the loss of everything that keeps her from it. Starting over on a small farm on the plains of Kansas, she will find a vast wilderness to cross, one where beauty will triumph over defeat and love overcome death, where the colors of promise and eternity are unveiled, illuminating further each small step on the way to the ecstasy of understanding. It will be ridiculously hard at times. But there, she will be reminded of who she is and where she is going. We are not such as dreams are made of. But sometimes dreams can lead us home.

February, 1940. After a decade of worldwide depression, World War II had begun in Europe and Asia. With Germany on the march and Japan at war with China, the global crisis was in a crescendo. America's top songwriter, Irving Berlin, had captured the nation's mood a little more than a year before with his patriotic hymn "God Bless America."

In diesen Geschichten erzählt Astrid Lindgren von dem entschwundenen Land dem Land ihrer glücklichen Kindheit. Sie erzählt von dem Hof auf Näs nahe der schwedischen Kleinstadt Vimmerby in Småland wo sie am 14. November 1907 geboren wurde von ihren Eltern Samuel August von Sevedstorp und Hanna in Hult deren Liebesgeschichte irgendwann im Jahre 1888 begann und ein ganzes Leben dauern sollte von den Spielen mit ihren Geschwistern von Mägden und Knechten von Armenhäuslern und Landstreichern und von dem grenzenlosesten aller Abenteuer dem Leseabenteuer.

When Marlene Bumgarner and her husband moved to a rural plot of land in 1973, she thought of herself as simply a young mother seeking an affordable and safe place in which to raise her child. By the time she left the land nearly a decade later, she had written two books and a weekly newspaper column, served as contributing editor to a national magazine, a college instructor, and a sought-after public speaker. Her natural food store The Morgan Hill Trading Post was the first one in her community.

In the small hours of the annual Punta Carnivale celebrations held by Central American communities of the West Bronx, residents witness flames and smoke coming from a popular nightspot known as Happy Land. Fire and rescue personnel arrive at the scene within three minutes, only to find all 87 party-goers trapped inside already dead. The victims have died at an unfathomable speed, succumbing to suffocation and the effects of lethal gases before the flames could even reach them.

Throughout the many long years Geoffrey Giuliano has worked as a rock biographer and became an intimate to many of those of his generation who made the music, he knew the groundbreaking band Cream best. As the author of Ginger Baker’s yet unpublished first autobiography, a close friend of Jack Bruce and a casual acquaintance of Eric Clapton, Giuliano had unique access to the complex relationships which knitted together formed this unexpected, unforgettable trio of musical titans.

Stranger in Every Land chronicles my journey out of the good ol' USA and into exotic Asian countries and inviting Pacific islands where I stayed long enough to no longer completely identify with my country of origin - but never long enough to fully be regarded as a native.

The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom. In the early weeks of 1959, a bloody uprising gripped the streets of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa as ragtag Tibetan rebels faced off against their Communist Chinese occupiers. Realizing that the impending battle would result in a bloodbath and his own capture, the young Dalai Lama began planning an audacious escape to India, a two-week journey.