Rivers of Destiny
Author: Denver L. Walton
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Historical collections of short stories and pictures about Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Author: Denver L. Walton
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Historical collections of short stories and pictures about Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Author: Barbara Erskine
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-07-05
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0007455658
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the bestselling author of Time’s Legacy and Lady of Hay comes a thrilling new novel, River of Destiny, an epic story that spans Anglo Saxon Britain, Victorian Suffolk and the present day. Perfect for fans of Kate Mosse’s Labyrinth.
Author: Jeffrey Tayler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2007-09
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780618919840
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In a custom-built boat, Jeffrey Tayler traveled some 2,400 miles down the Lena River, from near Lake Baikal to high above the Arctic Circle, re-creating a journey first made by Cossack forces more than three hundred years ago. He was searching for primeval beauty and a respite from the corruption, violence, and self-destructive urges that typify modern Russian culture. His only companion on this hellish journey detests all humanity, including Tayler. Vadim, Tayler's guide, is a burly Soviet army veteran whose superb skills Tayler needs to survive. As the two navigate roiling white water in howling storms, they eschew lifejackets because the frigid water would kill them before they could swim to shore. Though Tayler has trekked by camel through the Sahara and canoed down the Congo during the revolt against Mobutu, he has never felt as threatened as he does on this trip.
Author: Barney McMillan
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Published: 2009-12
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 0805966374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Candice Millard
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2023-05-23
Total Pages: 449
ISBN-13: 0525435646
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy—from the New York Times bestselling author of The River of Doubt and Destiny of the Republic A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE WASHINGTON POST • GOODREADS "A lean, fast-paced account of the almost absurdly dangerous quest by [Richard Burton and John Speke] to solve the geographic riddle of their era." —The New York Times Book Review For millennia the location of the Nile River’s headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the 19th century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe – and extend their colonial empires. Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton spoke twenty-nine languages, and was a decorated soldier. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton’s opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke’s great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate,Speke shot himself. Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, his name obscured by imperial annals, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, he made his way into the local Sultan’s army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguistic prowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without Bombay and men like him, who led, carried, and protected the expedition, neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived. In River of the Gods Candice Millard has written another peerless story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers.
Author: Robert Clemons
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-29
Total Pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781696051729
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ray and Alexa were on a journey to Avalon in the Alpha Centauri System when their star cruiser was taken over by an unknown force. As they were responding to the emergency, they instantaneously found themselves transported to the bank of a crystal clear, blue-water river in a Paradise-like setting. Next their incredible kidnapper was revealed. What follows is a challenging call to an unexpected destiny and a spiritual journey of growth and adventure like none you've ever read before.
Author: Leanne Davis
Publisher:
Published: 2018-06-19
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781941522585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Goro Adachi
Publisher: Booklocker.Com Incorporated
Published: 2002-12-01
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781591132769
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →THE TIME RIVERS reveals that major rivers on this planet have been intelligently designed to function as literal "rivers of time." The grand scheme reveals the entire timeline of human civilization and mankind's otherworldly origin.
Author: Guy Gavriel Kay
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-04-02
Total Pages: 690
ISBN-13: 1101608935
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“River of Stars is a major accomplishment, the work of a master novelist in full command of his subject.”—Michael Dirda, in The Washington Post “Game of Thrones in China.”—Salon.com Ren Daiyan was still just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate. That moment on a lonely road changed his life in entirely unexpected ways, sending him into the forests of Kitai among the outlaws. From there he emerges years later—and his life changes again, dramatically, as he circles toward the court and emperor, while war approaches Kitai from the north. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated by him in ways young women never are, gifted as a songwriter and calligrapher, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. Her intelligence captivates an emperor—and alienates women at the court. But when her father’s life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. In an empire divided by bitter factions circling an exquisitely cultured emperor who loves his gardens and his art far more than the burdens of governing, dramatic events on the northern steppe alter the balance of power in the world, leading to events no one could have foretold, under the river of stars.