Steve is an accomplished and spellbinding storyteller in the tradition of Maurice Herzog and Lionel Terray. Beyond the Mountain is a gripping read destined to be a mountain classic. And it
GRASS BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS #W Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the Nari/a American Continent by RICHMOND P. HOBSON, Jr. IESI Copyright © 1951 by Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. Reprinted 2004.
Samira and her brother flee when the Turkish army invades northwestern Persia in 1918, but the director of the orphanage where they end up decides to lead the refugee children on the three-hundred-mile journey back to their homes.
Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness (New York: New American Library, Signet Classics,1959), 121–22 For instance, Adam Hochschild argues that the character of Kurtz is drawn from Conrad's direct observation of colonial officials in the ...
"Labeled female at birth, Steven Hammond lived for 25 years as a female--a boy imprisoned in the trappings of a girl"--Page 4 of cover
Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes people’s minds through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.” WINNER OF THE ...
Tells the story of Kosovo's most war-devastated city through the lives of two neighbors, one a Serb and the other a Kosovar, who viewed the conflict respectively as a desperate struggle for survival and an exercise of power.
With an author's note that pays homage to the true history of Native American U.S. service members like WWII pilot Ola Mildred "Millie" Rexroat, this is a story that reveals the roots that ground us, the dreams that help us soar, and the ...
The series dedicated to the immigrant experience in modern America starts off with a moving novel of one family’s struggles in Haiti and New York.
Pulitzer Prize-winner La Farge died in 1963. Of his many books, this work has earned the affection of Santa Feans and New Mexicans, who continue to regard it as a regional classic.