Them was the Days!
Author: Brian J. Bohnett
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13:
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Them was the Days
Author: Martha Ferguson McKeown
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1950-01-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780803251311
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"This is real Americana. What Mrs. McKeown has written is out and out history but a whacking good narrative as well. . . . Some of the finest adventure yarns you ever came across. . . A fascinating account."--Joseph Henry Jackson, San Francisco Chronicle. "It is America itself Mrs. McKeown writes about, the shaping of our country and the forging of our social conscience. . . . As readable as a novel, making effective use, indeed, of a novelist's devices, her book is also history of the first water and should have lasting value."--Dale L. Morgan, Saturday Review. "Mont Hawthorne embodies the spirit of America. . . . You feel as though you'd been a pioneer yourself."--Paul Jordan-Smith, Los Angeles Times. "When the reader picks up this book it is exactly like pulling up an armchair and settling down to hear for the first time a prime story-teller spin pioneer adventures in his own unvarnished way."--Seattle Times. "This true-life story of a family and a country at the beginning of an epoch contains life and death, hunger and cold, courage and endurance. It also contains humor and humanity. I don't see how it could disappoint any reader."--Walter Havighurst, Chicago Sunday Tribune Magazine of Books.
To Serve Them All My Days
Author: R. Delderfield
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2009-03-01
Total Pages: 610
ISBN-13: 1402249799
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"R.F. Delderfield is a born storyteller." — Sunday Mirror To Serve Them All My Days is the moving saga of David Powlett-Jones, who returns from World War I injured and shell-shocked. He is hired to teach history at Bamfylde School, where he rejects the formal curriculum and teaches the causes and consequences of the Great War. Eventually David earns the respect of his students and many of his fellow teachers, against the backdrop of a country struggling to redefine itself. As David falls in love and finds himself on track to possibly take on the headmaster role, he must search to find the strength to hold true to his beliefs as the specter of another great war looms. To Serve Them All My Days is a brilliant picture of England between the World Wars, as the country comes to terms with the horrors of the Great War and the new forces reshaping the British government and society. Subject of a Landmark BBC Miniseries Includes Bonus Reading Group Guide WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: "Mr. Delderfield's manner is easy, modest, heartwarming."—Evening Standard "He built an imposing artistic social history that promises to join those of his great forebears in the long, noble line of the English novel. His narratives belong in a tradition that goes back to John Galsworthy and Arnold Bennett."—Life Magazine "Sheer, wonderful storytelling."—Chicago Tribune "Highly recommended. Combines tension with a splendid sense of atmosphere and vivid characterisation. An excellent read." —Sunday Express
Them Dark Days
Author: William Dusinberre
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780820322100
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThem Dark Days is a study of the callous, capitalistic nature of the vast rice plantations along the southeastern coast. It is essential reading for anyone whose view of slavery’s horrors might be softened by the current historical emphasis on slave community and family and slave autonomy and empowerment. Looking at Gowrie and Butler Island plantations in Georgia and Chicora Wood in South Carolina, William Dusinberre considers a wide range of issues related to daily life and work there: health, economics, politics, dissidence, coercion, discipline, paternalism, and privilege. Based on overseers’ letters, slave testimonies, and plantation records, Them Dark Days offers a vivid reconstruction of slavery in action and casts a sharp new light on slave history.
Some Days You Can't Save Them All
Author: Ronnie E. Baticulon
Publisher:
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789715429092
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Great Mental Models, Volume 1
Author: Shane Parrish
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2024-10-15
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0593719972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the essential thinking tools you’ve been missing with The Great Mental Models series by Shane Parrish, New York Times bestselling author and the mind behind the acclaimed Farnam Street blog and “The Knowledge Project” podcast. This first book in the series is your guide to learning the crucial thinking tools nobody ever taught you. Time and time again, great thinkers such as Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett have credited their success to mental models–representations of how something works that can scale onto other fields. Mastering a small number of mental models enables you to rapidly grasp new information, identify patterns others miss, and avoid the common mistakes that hold people back. The Great Mental Models: Volume 1, General Thinking Concepts shows you how making a few tiny changes in the way you think can deliver big results. Drawing on examples from history, business, art, and science, this book details nine of the most versatile, all-purpose mental models you can use right away to improve your decision making and productivity. This book will teach you how to: Avoid blind spots when looking at problems. Find non-obvious solutions. Anticipate and achieve desired outcomes. Play to your strengths, avoid your weaknesses, … and more. The Great Mental Models series demystifies once elusive concepts and illuminates rich knowledge that traditional education overlooks. This series is the most comprehensive and accessible guide on using mental models to better understand our world, solve problems, and gain an advantage.
The Miracle Morning (Updated and Expanded Edition)
Author: Hal Elrod
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2024-01-09
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1668060353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStart waking up to your full potential every single day with the updated and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book that has sold more than two million copies. “So much more than a book. It is a proven methodology that will help you fulfil your potential and create the life you’ve always wanted.” —Mel Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule Getting everything you want out of life isn’t about doing more. It’s about becoming more. Hal Elrod and The Miracle Morning have helped millions of people become the person they need to be to create the life they’ve always wanted. Now, it’s your turn. Hal’s revolutionary SAVERS method is a simple, effective step-by-step process to transform your life in as little as six minutes per day: - Silence: Reduce stress and improve mental clarity by beginning each day with peaceful, purposeful quiet - Affirmations: Reprogram your mind to overcome any fears or beliefs that are limiting your potential or causing you to suffer - Visualization: Experience the power of mentally rehearsing yourself showing up at your best each day - Exercise: Boost your mental and physical energy in as little as sixty seconds - Reading: Acquire knowledge and expand your abilities by learning from experts - Scribing: Keep a journal to deepen gratitude, gain insights, track progress, and increase your productivity by getting clear on your top priorities This updated and expanded edition has more than forty pages of new content, including: - The Miracle Evening: Optimize your bedtime and sleep to wake up every day feeling refreshed and energized for your Miracle Morning - The Miracle Life: Begin your path to inner freedom so you can truly be happy and learn to love the life you have while you create the life you want
Oh’ Them Days on Red Hoss Mountain
Author: Leslie Finn
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Published: 2024-05-23
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1977275389
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter years of suffering abuse at the hands of her stepfather, Samantha Aikens finds herself accused of his murder by masterminding a mine cave in. Oh, Them Days on Red Hoss Mountain, depicts the life of a young woman living in an era where men ruled, and women served. A fictional history of Gold Hill is portrayed while the saga of Samantha’s hardship unfolds in a world where she has very little control. As the murder trial proceeds, Samantha’s personal life is the highlight of town gossip, and her reputation, as the only source of medical knowledge for the community, is put to the test. Oh, Them Days on Red Hoss Mountain is inspired by a tale called, “Casey’s Table D’Hote”, written by poet Eugene Field, who stayed at the hotel in Gold Hill during his days of writing for a Denver newspaper in the late 1800’s. Casey, the fictional character in the poem, is brought to life as his closest confidant, Samantha Aikens, struggles to find independence in a man’s world. This story of family, friendship, romance, and coming-of-age, captures the reader while it moves from past to present as the brave and true endure life during the Colorado gold rush.
Back in Them Days--When Patagonia Was a Mining Town
Author: Jose Mendoza
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 0595204554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the old days, Patagonia was a mining and ranching town. The hills were dotted with mines—the Trench, Flux, World's Fair, and many, many more. Copper and silver and gold ore came down--in trucks and on burros--from mining towns such as Harshaw to the railroad in downtown Patagonia. In those days also, cowboys drove their herds into town to the pens along the railroad to wait for the cattle cars. And at night, in the local bars, miners swapped stories about ore cars that left the tracks, veins of gold ore that had not been mined yet, and miners who were maimed or who died in accidents. Joker Mendoza was there. He walked from his home across from the cattle pens eight miles uphill to the Flux, and he walked home at night with his miner's lamp lighting up the path. Today, Joker still sits in the Wagon Wheel bar from time to time, and, if you ask, will retell the stories of those days, now long gone. Pull up a stool and listen. Let Joker take you back to the mines. See if you can smell the gas and taste the dust!
A PERSISTENT SOUL
Author: Manoj Patil
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2018-09-24
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1644292386
DOWNLOAD EBOOK‘’In the Western countries, first they are strangers, then they become friends, then they become more than friends, then they become strangers again’’ A Persistent Soul is a story of Sagar and Kimberly who love each other but they understand ‘love’ differently. She is 23, he is 24. She is beautiful and he is an average looking guy. She is British and he is an Indian. They both are students. He is simple, optimistic, enthusiastic and ambitious. She is hard-headed, unyielding, unforgiving and intolerant but both are heartwarming and exhilarating. Accidently they meet, become friends and fall in love. She is a right girl for him and he is a right guy for her but is the 'time' right for both of them? A middle-class Indian boy, who is new to the Western world, does not understand the Western theory of love. He falls in love with a girl and decides to spend the rest of the life with her. Kimberly is an over thinker and wants to take every step slowly. She has secrets which she doesn’t want to tell anyone and he is the one who wants to know everything. The author Manoj Patil takes us through an incredible journey of love and loss with his debut novel 'A Persistent Soul'. The story of the journey of their love is described beautifully provide vivid sketches of beautiful Newcastle town that form the milieu for their romance. Kimberly's complex character and her complicated past, Western life and culture sensitively brought out through the eyes of a middle-class Indian who persists through storms and rough seas to unite with her spirited lover.
