Orphan's Triumph
Title | Orphan's Triumph PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Buettner |
Publisher | Orbit |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2009-06-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0316052841 |
Jason Wander is ready to lead the final charge into battle. After forty years of fighting the Slugs, mankind's reunited planets control the vital crossroad that secures their uneasy union. The doomsday weapon that can end the war, and the mighty fleet that will carry it to the Slug homeworld, lie within humanity's grasp. Since the Slug Blitz orphaned Jason Wander, he has risen from infantry recruit to commander of Earth's garrisons on the emerging allied planets. But four decades of service have cost Jason not just his friends and family, but his innocence. When an enemy counter stroke threatens to reverse the war and destroy mankind, Jason must finally confront not only his lifelong alien enemy, but the reality of what a lifetime as a soldier has made him.
The Orphan's Triumphs; Or the Story of Lily and Harry Grant. By H. K. P., Author of “The Kemptons,” Etc. [i.e. Mrs. H. K. Potwin.]
Title | The Orphan's Triumphs; Or the Story of Lily and Harry Grant. By H. K. P., Author of “The Kemptons,” Etc. [i.e. Mrs. H. K. Potwin.] PDF eBook |
Author | H. K. P. |
Publisher | |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | |
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From Orphan to Overcomer
Title | From Orphan to Overcomer PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth Mwagalwa |
Publisher | XinXii |
Pages | 78 |
Release | 2020-03-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 3966332744 |
Ruth's story is one of God's amazing grace and awesome power. As a child born into Ugandan poverty, Ruth was orphaned at nine years of age and passed from family to family. She suffered through Ugandan President Idi Amin's rule of terror. She was raped, treated as a slave, married to a Muslim man, then widowed when he died of HIV/AIDS. Then she discovered she also had AIDS. After two years of treatment, when medications no longer offered hope, at death's door and no longer able to walk, God healed her completely! Today she has an international ministry and ministers to more than 3,000 Ugandan widows and orphans.
In Triumph's Wake
Title | In Triumph's Wake PDF eBook |
Author | Julia P. Gelardi |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 672 |
Release | 2009-12-08 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1466823682 |
The powerful and moving story of three royal mothers whose quest for power led to the downfall of their daughters. Queen Isabella of Castile, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, and Queen Victoria of England were respected and admired rulers whose legacies continue to be felt today. Their daughters—Catherine of Aragon, Queen of England; Queen Marie Antoinette of France; and Vicky, the Empress Frederick of Germany—are equally legendary for the tragedies that befell them, their roles in history surpassed by their triumphant mothers. In Triumph's Wake is the first book to bring together the poignant stories of these mothers and daughters in a single narrative. Isabella of Castile forged a united Spain and presided over the discovery of the New World, Maria Theresa defeated her male rivals to claim the Imperial Crown, and Victoria presided over the British Empire. But, because of their ambition and political machinations, each mother pushed her daughter toward a marital alliance that resulted in disaster. Catherine of Aragon was cruelly abandoned by Henry VIII who cast her aside in search of a male heir and tore England away from the Pope. Marie Antoinette lost her head on the guillotine when France exploded into Revolution and the Reign of Terror. Vicky died grief-stricken, horrified at her inability to prevent her son, Kaiser Wilhelm, from setting Germany on a belligerent trajectory that eventually led to war. Exhaustively researched and utterly compelling, In Triumph's Wake is the story of three unusually strong women and the devastating consequences their decisions had on the lives of their equally extraordinary daughters.
Putnam's magazine
Title | Putnam's magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 912 |
Release | 1869 |
Genre | |
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With Us Always
Title | With Us Always PDF eBook |
Author | Donald T. Critchlow |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780847689705 |
Although welfare reform is currently the government's top priority, most discussions about the public's responsibility to the poor neglect an informed historical perspective. This important book provides a crucial examination of past attempts, both in this country and abroad, to balance the efforts of private charity and public welfare. The prominent historians in this collection demonstrate how solutions to poverty are functions of culture, religion, and politics, and how social provisions for the poor have evolved across the centuries.
All the Presidents' Children
Title | All the Presidents' Children PDF eBook |
Author | Doug Wead |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 492 |
Release | 2004-01-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 074344633X |
Biographical sketches of the children of the presidents from the time of George Washington to the present.