Author: Harriet Rohmer
Publisher: Children's Book Press
ISBN: 9780892391585
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.
Honoring Our Ancestors
Author: Harriet Rohmer
Publisher: Children's Book Press
ISBN: 9780892391585
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.
Publisher: Children's Book Press
ISBN: 9780892391585
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Fourteen artists and picture book illustrators present paintings with descriptions of ancestors or other sources of inspiration that have inspired them.
Our Ancestors, Our Stories
Author: Harris Bailey (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989372855
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Our Ancestors, Our Stories offers insights into the African American experience in Edgefield County, South Carolina through the eyes of five very different authors.These family historians and storytellers have come together to share their family stories to inspire and encourage others, and to keep alive the memories of their ancestors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989372855
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Our Ancestors, Our Stories offers insights into the African American experience in Edgefield County, South Carolina through the eyes of five very different authors.These family historians and storytellers have come together to share their family stories to inspire and encourage others, and to keep alive the memories of their ancestors.
Haa Shuká, Our Ancestors
Author: Nora Dauenhauer
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295964959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English translation on the opposite page. Includes biographies of the narrators. Also extensive introduction and notes.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 9780295964959
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Recorded from the 1960s to the present by twelve tradition bearers who were passing down for future generations the accounts of haa shuka, which means our ancestors. Narratives tell of the origin of social and spiritual concepts and explain complex relationships. Text in Tlingit with English translation on the opposite page. Includes biographies of the narrators. Also extensive introduction and notes.
In Search Of Our Ancestors
Author: Megan Smolenyak
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In this companion to a new PBS series beginning in April, "In Search of Our Ancestors" features over 100 true stories of the amazing luck, unexpected kindnesses, and unusual serendipity encountered by researchers as they track down their family's records.
Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In this companion to a new PBS series beginning in April, "In Search of Our Ancestors" features over 100 true stories of the amazing luck, unexpected kindnesses, and unusual serendipity encountered by researchers as they track down their family's records.
Voices of Our Ancestors
Author: Dhyani Ywahoo
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Gathers advice on obtaining happiness, finding fulfillment, clarifying the emotions, and promoting family harmony.
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Gathers advice on obtaining happiness, finding fulfillment, clarifying the emotions, and promoting family harmony.
How Our Ancestors Died
Author: Simon Wills
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783469811
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
What were the principal causes of death in the past? Could your ancestor have been affected? How was disease investigated and treated, and what did our ancestors think about the illnesses and the accidents that might befall them? Simon Willss fascinating survey of the diseases that had an impact on their lives seeks to answer these questions. His graphic, detailed account offers an unusual and informative view of the threats that our ancestors lived with and died of. He describes the common causes of death—cancer, cholera, dysentery, influenza, malaria, scurvy, smallpox, stroke, tuberculosis, typhus, yellow fever, venereal disease and the afflictions of old age. Alcoholism is included, as are childbirth and childhood infections, heart disease, mental illness and dementia. Accidents feature prominently road and rail accidents, accidents at work and death through addiction and abuse is covered as well as death through violence and war.Simon Willss work gives a vivid picture of the hazards our ancestors faced and their understanding of them. It also reveals how life and death have changed over the centuries, how medical science has advanced so that some once-mortal illnesses are now curable while others are just as deadly now as they were then. In addition to describing causes of death and setting them in the context of the times, his book shows readers how to find and interpret patient records, death certificates and other documents in order to gain an accurate impression of how their ancestors died.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1783469811
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
What were the principal causes of death in the past? Could your ancestor have been affected? How was disease investigated and treated, and what did our ancestors think about the illnesses and the accidents that might befall them? Simon Willss fascinating survey of the diseases that had an impact on their lives seeks to answer these questions. His graphic, detailed account offers an unusual and informative view of the threats that our ancestors lived with and died of. He describes the common causes of death—cancer, cholera, dysentery, influenza, malaria, scurvy, smallpox, stroke, tuberculosis, typhus, yellow fever, venereal disease and the afflictions of old age. Alcoholism is included, as are childbirth and childhood infections, heart disease, mental illness and dementia. Accidents feature prominently road and rail accidents, accidents at work and death through addiction and abuse is covered as well as death through violence and war.Simon Willss work gives a vivid picture of the hazards our ancestors faced and their understanding of them. It also reveals how life and death have changed over the centuries, how medical science has advanced so that some once-mortal illnesses are now curable while others are just as deadly now as they were then. In addition to describing causes of death and setting them in the context of the times, his book shows readers how to find and interpret patient records, death certificates and other documents in order to gain an accurate impression of how their ancestors died.
Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Author: Ekiuwa Aire
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781777117955
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba book follows the story of a renowned African legend named Queen Njinga and serves to teach the historical truth behind her inspirational story in a way that is relatable to today's kids.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781777117955
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba book follows the story of a renowned African legend named Queen Njinga and serves to teach the historical truth behind her inspirational story in a way that is relatable to today's kids.
We Are Our Ancestors' Keepers
Author: Charles Alexander
Publisher: Elite 8 Book Publishing
ISBN: 9781937269777
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The sole purpose of this book is to correct the shambles left behind by those who hid in the shadows and controlled the many stifled voices with the power of money and greed.
Publisher: Elite 8 Book Publishing
ISBN: 9781937269777
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The sole purpose of this book is to correct the shambles left behind by those who hid in the shadows and controlled the many stifled voices with the power of money and greed.
People and the Sky
Author: Anthony Aveni
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Anthony Aveni reveals how !Kung and Mursi hunter-gatherers depended on signals in the sky for their survival and sustenance; how Polynesian sailors navigated a seemingly limitless watery world by star bearings; how social cohesion in cultures as diverse as the Pawnee and the Inca was mirrored in celestial imagery; and how the cosmic connection between the arrangement of Chinese and Aztec cities and the constellations served as an expression of political authority." "For most of human history, people found meaning in the dance of the cosmic denizens. Today, many aspects of this intimate contact between daily life and what happens in the sky have disappeared. Did our ancestors have an understanding of the cosmos that we ourselves lack? How and why did it all happen? These are the questions addressed in this engaging and erudite book."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Anthony Aveni reveals how !Kung and Mursi hunter-gatherers depended on signals in the sky for their survival and sustenance; how Polynesian sailors navigated a seemingly limitless watery world by star bearings; how social cohesion in cultures as diverse as the Pawnee and the Inca was mirrored in celestial imagery; and how the cosmic connection between the arrangement of Chinese and Aztec cities and the constellations served as an expression of political authority." "For most of human history, people found meaning in the dance of the cosmic denizens. Today, many aspects of this intimate contact between daily life and what happens in the sky have disappeared. Did our ancestors have an understanding of the cosmos that we ourselves lack? How and why did it all happen? These are the questions addressed in this engaging and erudite book."--BOOK JACKET.
Our Ancestors
Author: Italo Calvino
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446419673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller. 'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446419673
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of twelve, retires to the trees for the rest of his days; Charlemagne's knight, Agiluf, is an empty suit of armour. These three vivid images are the points of departure for Calvino's classic triptych of moral tales, now published in one volume and all displaying the exuberant talent of a master storyteller. 'The most magically ingenious of the contemporary Italian novelists' The Times