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John Wetherill, one of the famous Wetherill brothers and trader at Kayenta, Arizona, is the man who discovered Nonnezoshe, which is probably the most beautiful and wonderful natural phenomenon in the world. Wetherill owes the credit to his wife, who, through her influence with the Indians finally after years succeeded in getting the secret of the great bridge.

As a successful businessman, Ernst Leitz helped hundreds of Jews escape death by creating an escape path out of Nazi Germany. His business manufactured cameras and photography equipment under the Leica brand. He sent Jewish employees abroad to safer places. Besides the employees themselves, Leitz helped their families and some of his Jewish neighbors and business associates flee by moving overseas. Jewish employees received training and permits that allowed them to travel abroad as sales agents for Leica products. Leitz organized and paid for their transit England, USA, Brazil, and Hong Kong....

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. OF THE unfortunates of history, few touch our sympathies so deeply as Mary Queen of Scots, though perhaps in so doing we allow her beauty, her grace and her rare accomplishments to influence us too strongly, for history cannot acquit her of grave error. Half French by birth and wholly French by education, she dazzled...

Stories and pictures from ex WWII POWs. (From Introduction) The stories in this book are real, they are compelling, and they give a true picture of POW life from soldiers who walked in those shoes as American prisoners of war in WWII.

The official luxury book to commemorate the Frank Sinatra centenary, limited to just 1000 copies, accompanied by a previously unpublished signed print.

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,5, University of Tubingen, language: English, abstract: It is a linguistic reality of today's world that English has become a lingua franca for the world. It is the global language of economy, technology, international politics, and the internet. In roughly 80% of communication in English, no native speakers are involved. As Smith/Nelson (1985) state: "Native speakers are no longer the sole judges of what is intelligible in English" (p. 1). Only recently, scholars in applied...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 2,0, University of Cologne (Englisches Seminar), language: English, abstract: In 1957 Flavin began to experiment with drawing and fashioning hybrid collages and assemblages, mostly made with found materials. Four years later, he created the first of eight icons: boxy, monochrome-painted constructions outfitted with incandescent bulbs and short fluorescent tubes, wall-hung objects, which are neither painting nor sculpture and which represent his first use of light. He worked on icons...

Klassiker aus dem Jahr 2013 im Fachbereich Literaturwissenschaft - Moderne Literatur, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Es bleibt ein Mysterium warum das Konigreich der Tausend fertiggestellt ist. Wenn ich nocheinmal vor allem stunde, wurde ich niemals mehr das Epos beginnen. Es gibt keine Nachbarn und keinen Buchstaben mehr. Ich habe das Konigreich der Tausend Kingdom of a thousand characters, names, places, technologies & indicia are absolute (c) & (TM) Eftos Ent. All rights reserved.

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2001 im Fachbereich Design (Industrie, Grafik, Mode), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie das Marchen von Aschenbrodel klingt der Lebenslauf von Elizabeth Arden: Anfangs grundete sie mit gepumptem Geld in New York City einen kleinen Schonheitssalon, gegen Ende ihres Lebens galt sie als eine der erfolgreichsten Kosmetikerinnen Amerikas und besa ein groes Unternehmen mit 220 Schonheitssalons in aller Welt. Mit zwolf Cremedosen begann die Karriere von Helena Rubinstein. Sie schuf ein Kosmetikimperium mit 100 Niederlassungen in 14 Landern und haufte ein Privatvermogen von mehr...

Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855-1927) war einer der wirkungsmachtigsten Publizisten im Deutschen Kaiserreich. Sein Buch Die Grundlagen des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde ein Weltbestseller. Der Schwiegersohn Richard Wagners und engste Vertraute Cosimas war der fuhrende Kopf Bayreuths. Die Nazis erklarten ihn zu ihrem Vordenker. Doch sein Denken ging uber solche Verengung hinaus, wie seine erfolgreichen Bucher zu Kant, Goethe und zur Theologie belegen. Chamberlain entwarf eine Weltanschauung aus verschlanktem Christentum, klassischer Bildung, Antisemitismus und Rassismus und erleichterte damit...

In this new Age of Aquarius, humanity is endeavoring to transform and evolve. One of the main precepts of this evolution revolves around bringing the divine feminine to the forefront and learning to love oneself, to truly treat oneself as a beloved.

"But what is 'the divine feminine'? What is 'the path of the beloved'? "How have I learned to deny and reject that which is the Sacred within me?"

After her birth mother dies, the author begins a five-year voyage of self-discovery, striving to answer these questions and to create for herself a "loving mother within" as she learns...

A radically revisionist account of the life and political career of Enoch Powell.

Unraveling and alone in India, newlywed Molly Brown is forced to traverse her inner landscape with new eyes while navigating a culture so different from her own in Boulder, Colorado. When a life-altering illness brings her to her knees at age thirty-two, Molly's long-held dream to travel solo through India is shattered, giving way to a journey of another kind. Set against the vivid sensuality of India's sounds, colors, smells, and nuanced contours, Learning to Walk in India is a true tale of love, loss, friendship, and the power of the human spirit. Told with unflinching honesty, Molly's raw...

Jane gives the 10 warning signs of Alzheimers, and the warning signs of caregiver stress in the book. Jane shares the problems that occcured through long distance caregiving, and the job of in home caregiving to having Mom in a nursing home. Showing the heartache of grieving constantly, to the funny and strange things her Mom would do. Jane shares her failures and how she corrected them, to what she learned in support group. She shares how she was completely dependant on her Lord Jesus to help her love her mom and get mad at the disease and keep her sense of humor.

The book is the prequel to Straight Outta Compton the most successful biopic of all time. This story takes you through the untold story of Alonzo "Lonzo" Williams the God father of West Coast hip hop, as he paved the way for superstars Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Easy E. This book details the true story like no other book or the movie. A must read for any true hip hop fan. The story is told first hand by Lonzo the man who lived the story.

In 1992 Dennis and Kevin have been together for 10 years as a gay couple. They are shocked at the suggestion of three people in one week that they should be parents. It inspires them to follow a dream and embark on the journey of their lives. To become dads with both of them genetically linked to their daughter. This is the story of how they conceived, reared and loved their daughter into adulthood and her amazing passion to change the world.

In 1992 Dennis and Kevin have been together for 10 years as a gay couple. They are shocked at the suggestion of three people in one week that they should be parents. It inspires them to follow a dream and embark on the journey of their lives. To become dads with both of them genetically linked to their daughter. This is the story of how they conceived, reared and loved their daughter into adulthood and her amazing passion to change the world.

Remembering the Germans in Ghana examines the oral history of the Volta Region of Ghana, scrutinizes its sources and presentation, contextualizes it historically, and uses it to make larger arguments about memory and identity in Ghana.

The planets fascinate us, and naturally we care about our own Earth, and things like how well we can forecast the weather and whether climate is really changing. Exploring the Planets offers a personal account on how the space programme evolved. It begins in the era of the first blurry views of our Earth as seen from space, and ends with current plans for sophisticated robots on places as near as our neighbours Venus and Mars and as far away as the rainy lakelands of Saturn's planet-sized moon Titan. Examining the scientific goals of these complex voyages of discovery, and the joys and...