West of the Moon; a Book of Explorers
Title | West of the Moon; a Book of Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Elspeth J. Boog-Watson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1950 |
Genre | |
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West of the Moon: a Book of Explorers
Title | West of the Moon: a Book of Explorers PDF eBook |
Author | Elspeth Janet Boog-Watson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1947 |
Genre | Discoveries in geography |
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The Wilderness Hunter
Title | The Wilderness Hunter PDF eBook |
Author | Theodore Roosevelt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 634 |
Release | 1893 |
Genre | Big game hunting |
ISBN |
Gateway to the Moon
Title | Gateway to the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Morris |
Publisher | Anchor |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2019-03-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0525434992 |
In 1492, two history-altering events occurred: the Jews and Muslims of Spain were expelled, and Columbus set sail for the New World. Many Spanish Jews chose not to flee and instead became Christian in name only, maintaining their religious traditions in secret. Among them was Luis de Torres, who accompanied Columbus as an interpreter. Over the centuries, de Torres’ descendants traveled across North America, finally settling in the hills of New Mexico. Now, some five hundred years later, it is in these same hills that Miguel Torres, a young amateur astronomer, finds himself trying to understand the mystery that surrounds him and the town he grew up in: Entrada de la Luna, or Gateway to the Moon. Poor health and poverty are the norm in Entrada, and luck is rare. So when Miguel sees an ad for a babysitting job in Santa Fe, he jumps at the opportunity. The family for whom he works, the Rothsteins, are Jewish, and Miguel is surprised to find many of their customs similar to those his own family kept but never understood. Braided throughout the present-day narrative are the powerful stories of the ancestors of Entrada’s residents, portraying both the horrors of the Inquisition and the resilience of families. Moving and unforgettable, Gateway to the Moon beautifully weaves the journeys of the converso Jews into the larger American story.
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Title | East of the Sun, West of the Moon PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Usborne Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-06 |
Genre | Children's stories |
ISBN | 9780794522742 |
A classic fairytale retold to capture the imagination of young minds. A beautiful heroine, a white bear, a troll and other characters join to add to the intrigue.
To the Moon and Timbuktu
Title | To the Moon and Timbuktu PDF eBook |
Author | Nina Sovich |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0544025954 |
Documents the author's journeys through Mali, Mauritania, and Niger, discussing the inspiration for her travels, the women who adopted her into their ranks, and her discoveries about the region's forgotten areas and future promise.
Moon Palace
Title | Moon Palace PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Auster |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2010-12-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1101563818 |
A “beautiful and haunting” (San Francisco Chronicle) novel of an orphan’s search for love, for his unknown father, and for the key to the elusive riddle of his fate, from New York Times bestselling author Paul Auster “Auster is a master storyteller . . . Moon Palace shimmers with mysteries.”—The Washington Post Book World Marco Stanley Fogg is an orphan, a child of the sixties, a quester tirelessly seeking the key to his past, the answers to the ultimate riddle of his fate. As Marco journeys from the canyons of Manhattan to the deserts of Utah, he encounters a gallery of characters and a series of events as rich and surprising as any in modern fiction. Beginning during the summer that men first walked on the moon, and from there moving backward and forward in time to span three generations, Moon Palace is propelled by coincidence and memory, illuminated by marvelous flights of lyricism and wit. Here is an entertaining and moving novel from an author well known for his breathtaking imagination.