Author: Christina Courtenay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407465548
Category : Historical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Sweden, 1732. Strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it's a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience.
Trade Winds
Author: Christina Courtenay
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407465548
Category : Historical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Sweden, 1732. Strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it's a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407465548
Category : Historical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Sweden, 1732. Strong-willed Jess van Sandt knows only too well that it's a man's world. She believes she's being swindled out of her inheritance by her stepfather and she's determined to stop it. When help appears in the unlikely form of handsome Scotsman Killian Kinross, Jess finds herself both intrigued and infuriated by him. In an attempt to recover her fortune, she proposes a marriage of convenience.
Harnessing the Trade Winds
Author: Blanche Rocha D'Souza
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Harnessing the Trade Winds is the outcome of a generation of research undertaken in Nairobi, Mombassa and Zanzibar in East Africa, and Mumbai and Goa in India. Of her work the author says: "In all my research I found that Arab and particularly European, sources of information downplayed the importance of Indian trade in the Indian Ocean which goes back at least three thousand years BC. [The book] attempts to rekindle in the Indian diaspora a justifiable pride in the achievements of its forebears in East Africa, and indeed other parts of the world. In East Africa they promoted the development of agriculture and industry and the globalization of trade stemming from their trading activities." "Blanche D'Souza's book is a most direct statement on 'brown man's' transcripts over thousands of years trade, labour and migrations for settlements against a pervading backdrop of Arab, British and Portugese rivalries in the Indian Ocean. In this wake Harnessing the Trade Winds adds to plural historical perspectives, in that the text upholds the value of diversity that shapes the identities and self-knowledge of the peoples of Asia and Africa. It challenges those who hold the political reigns and direct policy, on education as well as race relations." - Sultan Somjee, Former head of Ethnography at the National Museums of Kenya, founder of the Community Peace Museums Programme and Foundation, and the Asian African Heritage Trust in Kenya.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Harnessing the Trade Winds is the outcome of a generation of research undertaken in Nairobi, Mombassa and Zanzibar in East Africa, and Mumbai and Goa in India. Of her work the author says: "In all my research I found that Arab and particularly European, sources of information downplayed the importance of Indian trade in the Indian Ocean which goes back at least three thousand years BC. [The book] attempts to rekindle in the Indian diaspora a justifiable pride in the achievements of its forebears in East Africa, and indeed other parts of the world. In East Africa they promoted the development of agriculture and industry and the globalization of trade stemming from their trading activities." "Blanche D'Souza's book is a most direct statement on 'brown man's' transcripts over thousands of years trade, labour and migrations for settlements against a pervading backdrop of Arab, British and Portugese rivalries in the Indian Ocean. In this wake Harnessing the Trade Winds adds to plural historical perspectives, in that the text upholds the value of diversity that shapes the identities and self-knowledge of the peoples of Asia and Africa. It challenges those who hold the political reigns and direct policy, on education as well as race relations." - Sultan Somjee, Former head of Ethnography at the National Museums of Kenya, founder of the Community Peace Museums Programme and Foundation, and the Asian African Heritage Trust in Kenya.
The Story of the Trade Winds
Author: Ruth Brindze
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trade winds
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Trade Winds, the rivers of the sky, first used for sailing ships, now for jet aircraft! This history describes their motion, discovery, and benefit to man from the time of such explorers and scientists as Columbus, Edmund Halley and Matthew F. Maury to today's Jet Stream.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trade winds
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
The Trade Winds, the rivers of the sky, first used for sailing ships, now for jet aircraft! This history describes their motion, discovery, and benefit to man from the time of such explorers and scientists as Columbus, Edmund Halley and Matthew F. Maury to today's Jet Stream.
Trade Wind
Author: M. M. Kaye
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250090776
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
In M.M. Kaye's Trade Wind, when Boston bluestocking Hero Athena Hollis travels to Zanzibar to visit her uncle, an American consul, she arrives filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. She believes that slavery is wrong and determined to do what she can to stop it. But she soon finds that maintaining her ideals is not so easy. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him—and of her feelings for him?
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250090776
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
In M.M. Kaye's Trade Wind, when Boston bluestocking Hero Athena Hollis travels to Zanzibar to visit her uncle, an American consul, she arrives filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. She believes that slavery is wrong and determined to do what she can to stop it. But she soon finds that maintaining her ideals is not so easy. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him—and of her feelings for him?
Trade Winds
Author: Janet Quin-Hamlin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884066009
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781884066009
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Empire of the Winds
Author: Philip Bowring
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786725193
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019 Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786725193
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Winner of the Penang Book Prize 2019 Nusantaria – often referred to as 'Maritime Southeast Asia' – is the world's largest archipelago and has, for centuries, been a vital cultural and trading hub. Nusantara, a Sanskrit, then Malay, word referring to an island realm, is here adapted to become Nusantaria - denoting a slightly wider world but one with a single linguistic, cultural and trading base. Nusantaria encompasses the lands and shores created by the melting of the ice following the last Ice Age. These have long been primarily the domain of the Austronesian-speaking peoples and their seafaring traditions. The surrounding waters have always been uniquely important as a corridor connecting East Asia to India, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. In this book, Philip Bowring provides a history of the world's largest and most important archipelago and its adjacent coasts. He tells the story of the peoples and lands located at this crucial maritime and cultural crossroads, from its birth following the last Ice Age to today.
The Warli People
Author: Hye-eun Shin
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802854766
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A poetic depiction of ancient India The Warli people, who live in ancient India, work hard throughout the year. They plant seeds in the spring so that the summer monsoons will help the plants grow, and they harvest their crops in the fall and store the food for the long winter ahead. But despite the hardships they face, they also find time to celebrate life's joyous moments. This Trade Winds book highlights the day-to-day life in an agricultural society and offers historical information about one of the world's earliest civilizations.
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802854766
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
A poetic depiction of ancient India The Warli people, who live in ancient India, work hard throughout the year. They plant seeds in the spring so that the summer monsoons will help the plants grow, and they harvest their crops in the fall and store the food for the long winter ahead. But despite the hardships they face, they also find time to celebrate life's joyous moments. This Trade Winds book highlights the day-to-day life in an agricultural society and offers historical information about one of the world's earliest civilizations.
Silver Dreams
Author: L. L. Chaikin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565077560
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lady Devora Ashby arrives in the West Indies prepared to resist her arranged marriage. In the midst of planning her escape, she makes shocking discoveries about herself and others, then vows to make a difference with her life.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781565077560
Category : Caribbean Area
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Lady Devora Ashby arrives in the West Indies prepared to resist her arranged marriage. In the midst of planning her escape, she makes shocking discoveries about herself and others, then vows to make a difference with her life.
Windswept
Author: Marq de Villiers
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802715192
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Examines the dramatic impact on Earth of the wind, describing how it controls the weather and planet environment, shaped the landscape, and transformed human civilization, and explores humankind's long struggle to understand and control wind and weather. Reprint.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802715192
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Examines the dramatic impact on Earth of the wind, describing how it controls the weather and planet environment, shaped the landscape, and transformed human civilization, and explores humankind's long struggle to understand and control wind and weather. Reprint.
Father's Road
Author: Ji-yun Jang
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802854728
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Original Korean test by Ji-yun Jang, English edition edited by Joy Crowley.
Publisher: Eerdmans Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780802854728
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Original Korean test by Ji-yun Jang, English edition edited by Joy Crowley.