In Their Words
Title | In Their Words PDF eBook |
Author | Ray Notgrass |
Publisher | |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | World history |
ISBN | 9781609990633 |
A collection of original sources brings the story of our world to life. Explore history through the words of an Arabian princess, a Japanese lady-in-waiting, a Spanish sea captain, and many others.
In Their Own Words 2
Title | In Their Own Words 2 PDF eBook |
Author | The National Archives |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2018-09-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 184486524X |
Letters, postcards, notes and telegraphs from the great and the good, the notorious and the downright wicked, shine a spotlight on a range of historical events and movements providing an immediate link to the immediate and much more distant past. The book includes letters from: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lucien Freud, Barbara Hepworth, Nelson Mandela, Caitlin Thomas, Mary Whitehouse, Gandhi, George Washington among many others. Subjects covered include suffragette disturbances, obscene publications, relations between international leaders, child emigration including the Kindertransport. The book features 55 letters, each with a 600-word essay, and a 3000 word introduction. There are 150 images in the book: 55 of the letters themselves, and a further 95 supplementary images.
That Their Words May be Used Against Them
Title | That Their Words May be Used Against Them PDF eBook |
Author | Henry M. Morris |
Publisher | Master Books |
Pages | 487 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780890512289 |
In sifting through the shifting sands of evolutionary thought, one can be forgiven for feeling tangled up in a plethora of conflicting statements. A very great secret kept from the public is that evolutionary scientists are far from unanimity when it comes to naturalism. There are so many competing theories that collide, how can anyone call evolution more than a theory? This vast storehouse of quotes, compiled by Dr. Henry M. Morris and divided into sections, gives much food for thought to those confused by evolutionary theory. Each of the 15 chapters are useful for defending creation against evolution in explaining origins. These relevant quotations bring to light the fatal weaknesses of the entire structure of evolutionism - inadvertently exposed by its own promoters!
The Book of the Words
Title | The Book of the Words PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Pike |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2018-08-28 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781781071946 |
Masonry is permeated with powerful verbal and pictorial symbolism that arouses the mental, spiritual and intellectual life. One of the treasures of the SJ USA Supreme Council's Archives at the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., is Albert Pike's manuscript of The Book of the Words. The book was originally printed, in an edition limited to 150 copies, in 1874. This remarkable study is an exploration of the symbolic words in Freemasonry. It gives the correct spelling of, and analyzes all the "significant words" in the Scottish Rite from the 1st through the 30th degrees inclusive. Pike explores and explains their origin (Hebrew, Samaritan, Phoenician and English), meaning, symbolism and relevance to the degrees and gives his insights. In addition to being an etymological dictionary Pike explains why any given word was chosen for a given degree, thereby revealing the hidden symbolism of each word.
In Their Own Words
Title | In Their Own Words PDF eBook |
Author | Solveig Zempel |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 357 |
Release | 2013-11-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1452903107 |
For most Norwegians in the nineteenth century, America was a remote and exotic place until the first immigrants began to write home. Their letters were among the most valuable, accessible, and reliable sources of information about the new world and the journey to it. For many immigrants, writing letters home was their most cherished opportunity to communicate their thoughts and feelings in their native language. Through vivid translations of letters written to family and friends between 1870 and 1945, In Their Own Words traces the stories of nine Norwegian immigrants: farmer, fisherman, gold miner, politician, unmarried mother, housewife, businessman, railroad worker, contractor. Their common bond was the experience of immigration and acculturation, but their individual experiences were manifested in a wide variety of forms. Solveig Zempel has thoughtfully selected and translated letters rich in personal description and observation to present each writer’s subjective view of historical events. Often focusing on the minutiae of daily life and the feelings of the individual immigrant, the letters form a complex, intimate, and colorful mosaic of the immigrant world. Solveig Zempel is chair of the Norwegian Department at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.
The Words in My Hands
Title | The Words in My Hands PDF eBook |
Author | Asphyxia |
Publisher | Annick Press |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2021-11-09 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1773215302 |
Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Smart, artistic, and independent, sixteen year old Piper is tired of trying to conform. Her mom wants her to be “normal,” to pass as hearing, to get a good job. But in a time of food scarcity, environmental collapse, and political corruption, Piper has other things on her mind—like survival. Piper has always been told that she needs to compensate for her Deafness in a world made for those who can hear. But when she meets Marley, a new world opens up—one where Deafness is something to celebrate, and where resilience means taking action, building a com-munity, and believing in something better. Published to rave reviews as Future Girl in Australia (Allen & Unwin, Sept. 2020), this empowering, unforgettable story is told through a visual extravaganza of text, paint, collage, and drawings. Set in an ominously prescient near future, The Words in My Hands is very much a novel for our turbulent times.
What Are Your Words?
Title | What Are Your Words? PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine Locke |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 2021-05-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780316542067 |
Ari knows a lot of words for neighbors, including the pronouns each prefers, and with help from Uncle Lior, who always asks "What are your words," figures out which pronouns--and other words--fit best today.