National Union Catalog
Title | National Union Catalog PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 744 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Union catalogs |
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Includes entries for maps and atlases.
The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Title | The National Union Catalogs, 1963- PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 746 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | American literature |
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History of Leavenworth County Kansas
Title | History of Leavenworth County Kansas PDF eBook |
Author | Jesse A. Hall |
Publisher | |
Pages | 682 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Leavenworth County (Kan.) |
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Beery Family History
Title | Beery Family History PDF eBook |
Author | William Beery |
Publisher | |
Pages | 794 |
Release | 1957 |
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Also includes some descendants of Otto Beery. He was born in 1859 at Langnau, Berne, Switzerland and immigrated to the United States ca. 1885. He married Mary McCleary in 1890 at Passaic, New Jersey. They had five children, 1891-1906. He died in 1918 at Wallington, New Jersey.
Emerging Frontiers
Title | Emerging Frontiers PDF eBook |
Author | Marie Brinkman |
Publisher | Paulist Press |
Pages | 628 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780809145409 |
Founded in Indian Territory in 1858, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth met, a century later, challenges of a new frontier in the church's call to adapt to modern circumstances and in their own awareness of deepening social and ecclesial needs. For three decades, sisters struggled with conditions that threatened unity: issues of governance, demands of professional training, diverse backgrounds, differing experience of communal life, developing theology of religious vows. Diminishing numbers coupled with need for leadership led to new institutional roles and new forms of ministry. Emerging Frontiers records the struggle and its outcome. A common past and determination to stay together marked the long search for a renewed common vision. A new century brought re-dedication to a Vincentian heritage and far-flung partnerships in the mission given by Jesus Christ to his people. Commitment to those in need, especially women and children; fidelity to the church; faithful relationship with those of means and good will, and with the earth; transition to sponsorship of institutional ministries, many now administered by lay women and men; solidarity with all who stand for justice and peace: this was the resolution of a renewed Community whose story is told here.
A History of Beaver County
Title | A History of Beaver County PDF eBook |
Author | Martha Sonntag Bradley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Beaver County (Utah) |
ISBN | 9780913738177 |
Open Veins of Latin America
Title | Open Veins of Latin America PDF eBook |
Author | Eduardo Galeano |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 333 |
Release | 1997-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0853459916 |
Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding political economy, a social and cultural narrative of the highest quality, and perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx. Rather than chronology, geography, or political successions, Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation. Thus he is concerned with gold and silver, cacao and cotton, rubber and coffee, fruit, hides and wool, petroleum, iron, nickel, manganese, copper, aluminum ore, nitrates, and tin. These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent, up to the Rio Grande and throughout the Caribbean, and all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States and Europe. Weaving fact and imagery into a rich tapestry, Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered and suffering people. An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes. All readers interested in great historical, economic, political, and social writing will find a singular analytical achievement, and an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak, unforgettably. This classic is now further honored by Isabel Allende's inspiring introduction. Universally recognized as one of the most important writers of our time, Allende once again contributes her talents to literature, to political principles, and to enlightenment.