The Pilgrims

Author : Will Elliott
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429944939

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The Pilgrims by Will Elliott Pdf

The Pilgrims is no ordinary alternate-world fantasy; with this first volume in The Pendulum Trilogy, Will Elliott's brilliantly subversive imagination twists the conventions of the alternate-world fantasy genre, providing an unforgettable visionary experience. Eric Albright is a twenty-six-year-old journalist living in London. That is to say he would be a journalist if he got off his backside. But this luckless slacker isn't all bad—he has a soft spot for his sometimes friend Stuart Casey, the homeless old drunk who mostly lives under the railway bridge near his flat. Eric is willing to let his life just drift by...until the day a small red door appears on the graffiti-covered wall of the bridge, and a gang of strange-looking people—Eric's pretty sure one of them is a giant—dash out of the door and rob the nearby newsagent. From that day on Eric and Case haunt the arch, waiting for the door to reappear. When it does, both Eric and Case choose to go through...to the land of Levaal. A place where a mountain-sized dragon with the powers of a god lies sleeping beneath a great white castle. In the castle the sinister Lord Vous rules with an iron fist, and the Project, designed to effect his transformation into an immortal spirit, nears completion. But Vous's growing madness is close to consuming him, together with his fear of an imaginary being named Shadow. And soon Eric may lend substance to that fear. An impossibly vast wall divides Levall, and no one has ever seen what lies beyond. Eric and Casey are called Pilgrims, and may have powers that no one in either world yet understands, and soon the wall may be broken. What will enter from the other side? The Pendulum Trilogy #1 The Pilgrims #2 Shadow #3 World's End At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John G. Turner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300252309

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They Knew They Were Pilgrims by John G. Turner Pdf

An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s landing In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated the Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims’ definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.

Author : John Bunyan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1678
Category : Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
ISBN : HARVARD:HWJ9X4

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The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Pdf

Author : VICTORIA. PRESTON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787383032

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We Are Pilgrims by VICTORIA. PRESTON Pdf

Like the migrating animals that our ancient ancestors once followed, we have been making planned long-distance journeys for millennia. What was first a matter of survival in time became a celebration of seasonal abundance--even today, many pilgrim festivals remain tied to the solar-lunar cycle that guided small bands of hunter-gatherers to come together at special times and places. The era when we were all nomads is long gone, but the impulse to undertake a ritual journey remains: each year, 200 million of us embark on a pilgrimage of some kind. These journeys of purpose may involve great hardship, great danger, or half a lifetime of waiting just to begin. Ranging from the Stone Age pilgrims of Anatolia to the New Age pilgrims of California, We Are Pilgrims is a quest to understand what drives this rich and varied human behaviour, unbounded by time or space, faith or identity. Victoria Preston discovers that, whether we set forth in search of comfort or liberation, as an expression of gratitude or devotion, journeys of meaning and purpose are always a powerful reminder that we are each part of something much greater than ourselves.

Author : James Daugherty
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1981-02-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780394846972

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The Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty Pdf

Learn how and why the Pilgrims left England to come to America! In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter was harsh, and before a year passed, half the settlers had died. Yet, through hard work and strong faith, a tough group of Pilgrims did survive. Their belief in freedom of religion became an American ideal that still lives on today. James Daugherty draws on the Pilgrims' own journals to give a fresh and moving account of their life and traditions, their quest for religious freedom, and the founding of one of our nation's most beloved holidays; Thanksgiving.

Author : Elizabeth Gilbert
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101202210

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Pilgrims by Elizabeth Gilbert Pdf

The debut by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls; a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist and New York Times Notable Book When it appeared in 1997, Elizabeth Gilbert’s story collection, Pilgrims, immediately announced her compelling voice, her comic touch, and her amazing ear for dialogue. “The heroes of Pilgrims . . . are everyday seekers” (Harper’s Bazaar)—brave and unforgettable, they are sure to strike a chord with fans old and new.

Author : Michelle M. Jacob
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780816533565

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Indian Pilgrims by Michelle M. Jacob Pdf

Kateri Tekakwitha is the first North American Indian to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. Indian Pilgrims examines Saint Kateri's influence and role as a powerful feminine figure who inspires decolonizing activism in contemporary Indigenous peoples' lives.

Author : Matthew Kneale
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786492388

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Pilgrims by Matthew Kneale Pdf

A The Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year 'An enthralling and wonderfully vivid novel from a master storyteller' Joseph O'Connor 'Kneale's medieval world is animated with a refreshing lightness of touch' Sunday Telegraph 1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the fires of purgatory and must be rescued. A mother believes her son's dangerous illness is punishment for her own adultery and seeks forgiveness so he may be cured. A landlord is in trouble with the church after he punched an abbot on the nose. A sexually driven noblewoman seeks a divorce so she can marry her new young beau. These are among a ragtag band of pilgrims that sets off on the tough and dangerous journey from England to Rome, where they hope all their troubles and their prayers will be answered. Some in the group, however, have their own secret reasons for going. Others, while they might aspire to piety, succumb all too often to the sins of the flesh. A riveting, sweeping novel of medieval society and historic Englishness, Pilgrims illuminates the fallibility of humans, the absurdities and consolations of belief, and the very real violence at the heart of religious fervour.

Author : Jane Christmas
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781926685564

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What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim by Jane Christmas Pdf

To celebrate her 50th birthday and face the challenges of mid-life, Jane Christmas joins 14 women to hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Despite a psychic’s warning of catfights, death, and a sexy, fair-haired man, Christmas soldiers on. After a week of squabbles, the group splinters and the real adventure begins. In vivid, witty style, she recounts her battles with loneliness, hallucinations of being joined by Steve Martin, as well as picturesque villages and even the fair-haired man. What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim is one trip neither the author nor the reader will forget.

Author : Marcia Sewall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781481419703

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The Pilgrims of Plimoth by Marcia Sewall Pdf

Aye, Governor Bradford calls us pilgrims. We are English and England was our home...But our lives were ruled by King James, and for many years it seemed as though our very hearts were in prison in England... September, 1620, our lives changed. We were seventy menfolk and womenfolk, thirty-two good children, a handful of cocks and hens, and two dogs, gathered together on a dock in Plymouth, England, ready to set sail for America in a small ship called the Mayflower... In a text that mirrors their language and thoughts, Marcia Sewall has masterfully recreated the coming of the pilgrims to the New World, and the daily flow of their days during the first years in the colony they called Plimoth. And in stunning, light-filled paintings, she brings to brilliant life that important era in American history.

Author : Rod Gragg
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781621572787

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The Pilgrim Chronicles by Rod Gragg Pdf

All Americans are familiar with the story of the Pilgrims—persecuted for their religion in the Old World, they crossed the ocean to settle in a wild and dangerous land. But for most of us, the story ends after their brutal first winter at Plymouth with a supposedly peaceful encounter with the Native Americans and a happy Thanksgiving. Now, through the vivid memoirs, letters, and personal accounts in The Pilgrim Chronicles, you will discover the full, compelling story of their anguished journey and heroic strength. Award-winning historian Rod Gragg brings the Pilgrims to life in this lavishly illustrated guide, filled with moving, eyewitness narratives. From their persecution in England and painful exile in Holland to their voyage across the Atlantic and their struggle to survive among the Indians in an untamed wilderness, Gragg takes you on the harrowing and inspiring journey of a people seeking religious freedom.

Author : Robert Merrill Bartlett
Publisher : Pilgrim Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000076810

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The Faith of the Pilgrims by Robert Merrill Bartlett Pdf

Author : Fran Newman-D'Amico
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005-09-20
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486444307

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The Story of the Pilgrims by Fran Newman-D'Amico Pdf

Thirty easy-to-color pictures of the Pilgrims leaving England, establishing a settlement at Plymouth, building their homes, and sharing a Thanksgiving feast with their Native American neighbors.

Author : Ann Uhry Abrams
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-06-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015047474674

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The Pilgrims And Pocahontas by Ann Uhry Abrams Pdf

Art historian Abrams traces how the two founding myths have been expressed in art, literature, and popular literature, finding surprising similarities between them as well as the expected differences. She shows how they were invoked in debates concerning immigration, women's rights, abolition, Indian removal, and other national issues, and how the stories fueled the flames of the Civil War. She includes many black-and-white reproductions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Margaret B. Pumphrey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781627932554

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Stories of the Pilgrims by Margaret B. Pumphrey Pdf

Pilgrims, their life in England, their sojourn in Holland, and their experiences in A merica. The stories were mimeographed, simply illus trated, and used as reading lessons. It soon became evident that the children were living in these stories from day to day, feeling a personal interest in the different characters, and a personal acquaintance with them. An increased interest in reading and a consequent increase in ability to read well were the most immediate results of this work. A desire to know more of a story than these lessons gave, was another valuable result. For this desire on the part of the children to see a story in its natural setting, and to know what came before and what followed after, showed that they had reached the period which is a happy time for laying a strong foundation upon which to build later work; a time in which the awakened interest in people and events should be used to establish a firm basis for future reading and study in both biography and history.