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Author: Renae B. Vander Schaaf Publisher: ISBN: 9780985807740 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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Thirteen-year-old Elsje Van Der Zuiden was content with life on her family's farm near Pella, Iowa--a place of refuge for her parents and other Dutch immigrants. Forced to leave the land of their birth, these natives of the Netherlands faced many hardships building homes on the prairie.Suddenly, Elsje is confronted with the possibility of moving away from the home she's always known. She is excited about seeing a treeless wilderness of northwest Iowa--yet she knows she will miss her beloved trees. Come join Elsje as she faces adventures such as milking, berry picking with friends, a surprise birthday party, and even becoming an aunt.Author Renae B. Vander Schaaf has always enjoyed reading history. When she discovered the special background behind Orange City, Iowa, she knew it had to be shared with others.A columnist and writer for agricultural papers, Renae has been blessed to share life on the farm with her husband Dave and six children.
Author: Renae B. Vander Schaaf Publisher: ISBN: 9780985807740 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 148
Book Description
Thirteen-year-old Elsje Van Der Zuiden was content with life on her family's farm near Pella, Iowa--a place of refuge for her parents and other Dutch immigrants. Forced to leave the land of their birth, these natives of the Netherlands faced many hardships building homes on the prairie.Suddenly, Elsje is confronted with the possibility of moving away from the home she's always known. She is excited about seeing a treeless wilderness of northwest Iowa--yet she knows she will miss her beloved trees. Come join Elsje as she faces adventures such as milking, berry picking with friends, a surprise birthday party, and even becoming an aunt.Author Renae B. Vander Schaaf has always enjoyed reading history. When she discovered the special background behind Orange City, Iowa, she knew it had to be shared with others.A columnist and writer for agricultural papers, Renae has been blessed to share life on the farm with her husband Dave and six children.
Author: Tobias Jones Publisher: Hachette UK ISBN: 1848667906 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 368
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Five years ago, Tobias Jones and his wife set up a woodland sanctuary for people in a period of crisis in their lives. Windsor Hill Wood quickly becomes a well-known refuge, and a family home is transformed into a small community. Most people arrive because of a desperate need - bereavement, depression, addiction or homelessness - while others come simply because they are dismayed by modern life. A Place of Refuge is the story of an evolving community: the characters and conflicts, the miracles and mistakes. As the seasons turn in the bustling woodland, an ever-changing group of people try to share their money, their meals and ideals; making furniture, growing vegetables and rearing livestock. Encountering both violent antagonism and astounding generosity, the family open up not only their house, but also themselves, to the most demanding of judgements and transformations. This book is not about a retreat from the world, but about a deeper engagement with it. Living alongside troubled guests, Jones examines the consequences of our way of life - seeing up close the scars of war, abuse and loneliness - and contemplates the ways in which nature and stillness offer solace to those in torment.
Author: Francesco Cocco Publisher: Mohr Siebeck ISBN: 9783161541384 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 204
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The law on the "cities of refuge" contained in Numbers 35:9-34 is almost universally seen as a simple repetition of legal content that is basically already present in the legislation of other biblical books. Francesco Cocco demonstrates that we find ourselves here before a case of reformulation instead of simple repetition, the implications of which are extremely interesting for the understanding of biblical penal legislation. In this particular fragment, it exhibits traces of modernity so surprising as to be as good as the defence of civil liberties in the legal systems currently in force in the majority of democratic states. The author's enquiry takes its starting point and develops, therefore, from the novel contribution which the legislation in Numbers 35:9-34 confers on the entire biblical law of a penal character. --
Author: Lynn Austin Publisher: Baker Books ISBN: 1585584150 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 398
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A Powerful Story Set Against the Backdrop of Today's Israel Nothing in Abigail MacLeod's life as a wife, a mother, and a teacher has prepared her for what she will experience during her summer in Israel. At forty-two, her life is in chaos, even before she leaves home--her marriage is dissolving before her very eyes, her faith is in shambles. This pilgrimage to Israel was supposed to be a new beginning for her. But by the end of the first day, she is forced to board an Israeli jetliner in spit of a bomb threat, and watches helplessly as a kind, fatherly gentleman she befriended on the plane dies in her arms. This is a summer Abby will spend learning about archaeology, delving into the past. And it's a summer that will change her life in ways she never imagined.
Author: Lucy Popescu Publisher: Unbound Publishing ISBN: 1783522690 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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A Country of Refuge is a poignant, thought-provoking and timely anthology of writing on asylum seekers from some of Britain and Ireland’s most influential voices. Compiled and edited by human rights activist and writer Lucy Popescu, this powerful collection of short fiction, memoir, poetry and essays explores what it really means to be a refugee: to flee from conflict, poverty and terror; to have to leave your home and family behind; and to undertake a perilous journey, only to arrive on less than welcoming shores. These writings are a testament to the strength of the human spirit. The contributors articulate simple truths about migration that will challenge the way we think about and act towards the dispossessed and those forced to seek a safe place to call home.
Author: Tsim D. Schneider Publisher: University of Arizona Press ISBN: 0816542538 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 233
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"As an Indigenous scholar researching the history and archaeology of his own tribe, Tsim D. Schneider provides a unique and timely contribution to the growing field of Indigenous archaeology and offers a new perspective on the primary role and relevance of Indigenous places and homelands in the study of colonial encounters"--
Author: Amy Wallace Publisher: Harvest House Publishers ISBN: 0736947329 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 306
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In a quiet town with a thriving Mennonite community, police officer Ashley Walters finds her threadbare faith and way of life challenged by the Plain people whose simple dress and welcoming manner open her eyes to a God she left behind. Peace eludes Ashley until she realizes the answers she seeks aren't found in starting over but in returning to the simple truth that it's God who overcomes the world, not her. Written for women who desire action-packed suspense, romance, and an escape into the peaceful world of the Mennonites, Hiding in Plain Sight delves into the painful struggle to fit in and the search for peace that so often eludes our fast-paced lives.
Author: Terry Tempest Williams Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 030777273X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 337
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In the spring of 1983 Terry Tempest Williams learned that her mother was dying of cancer. That same season, The Great Salt Lake began to rise to record heights, threatening the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and the herons, owls, and snowy egrets that Williams, a poet and naturalist, had come to gauge her life by. One event was nature at its most random, the other a by-product of rogue technology: Terry's mother, and Terry herself, had been exposed to the fallout of atomic bomb tests in the 1950s. As it interweaves these narratives of dying and accommodation, Refuge transforms tragedy into a document of renewal and spiritual grace, resulting in a work that has become a classic.
Author: Thomas Brent Smith Publisher: Tucson Museum of Art ISBN: Category : Arizona Languages : en Pages : 156
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Western painter Maynard Dixon once pronounced "Arizona" "the magic name of a land bright and mysterious, of sun and sand, of tragedy and stark endeavor." "So long had I dreamed of it," he professed, "that when I came there it was not strange to me. Its sun was my sun; its ground was my ground." The California-born Dixon (1875-1946) first traveled to Arizona in 1900 to absorb what he believed was a vanishing West. Dixon found Arizona a visually inspiring and spiritual place that shaped the course of his paintings and ultimately defined him. A Place of Refuge: Maynard Dixon's Arizona is the first exhibition to focus solely on the renowned painter's depictions of Arizona subjects. As early as 1903 Dixon referred to Arizona as home. Although he spent most of his life in San Francisco, Dixon lamented to friends that he longed for Arizona and the solitude of the desert, and he frequently traversed the land's varied expanses. In 1939 he made Tucson his winter home and spent his remaining years painting his beloved desert landscape. In the confluence of Arizona's natural and cultural landscapes, Dixon would become one of the West's most distinctive painters, creating a body of work that established his place among the vanguard of artists who portrayed western subjects. Thomas Brent Smith explores Dixon's remarkable departure from traditional depictions of human conflict in the "Old West" rendered by such predecessors as Frederic Remington, Charles M. Russell, and Charles Schreyvogel. Smith's essay describes this shift in artistic ideology and analyzes the tranquil images that emerged on Dixon's canvases. Donald J. Hagerty's biographical essay highlights Dixon's travels and his affinity for the people and landscape of Arizona.
Author: Cindy Woodsmall Publisher: WaterBrook ISBN: 1400073960 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
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The first book in the Ada's House series, The Hope of Refuge is a moving story of love, hope, and new beginnings from New York Times bestselling author Cindy Woodsmall. The widowed mother of a little girl, Cara Moore is struggling against poverty, fear, and a relentless stalker. When her stalker ransacks her home, Cara and her daughter, Lori, flee New York City for an Amish community, eager for a fresh start. But she discovers that long-held secrets about her family history ripple beneath the surface of Dry Lake, Pennsylvania, and it’s no place for an outsider. One Amish man, Ephraim Mast, dares to fulfill the command he believes that he received from God—“Be me to her”—despite how it threatens his way of life. While Ephraim tries to do what he believes is right, will he be shunned and lose everything, including the guarded single mother who simply longs for a better life? A complete opposite of the hard, untrusting Cara, Ephraim’s sister Deborah also finds her dreams crumbling when the man she has pledged to build a life with begins withdrawing from Deborah and his community, including his mother, Ada Stoltzfus. Can the run-down house that Ada envisions transforming unite them toward a common purpose—or will it push Mahlon away forever?
Author: Renae B. Vander Schaaf
Author: Renae B. Vander Schaaf
Author: Tobias Jones
Author: Francesco Cocco
Author: Lynn Austin
Author: Lucy Popescu
Author: Tsim D. Schneider
Author: Amy Wallace
Author: Terry Tempest Williams
Author: Thomas Brent Smith
Author: Cindy Woodsmall