books about: e-frontier     books:       Charlotte's Rose3 reviews A.E. Cannon Wendy Lamb Books, 2002 Read this one with a box of tissue handy! Ann Cannon brings to the national market the tender story of twelve-year-old Charlotte, a Welsh immigrant who crossed America with a handcart company. Along the Mormon trail, Charlotte volunteers to care for the baby daughter of a woman who has died. At first, she is proud of herself, believing she has shown the adults that she is nearly a woman. But she soon realizes how difficult a task she has ...             Frontier Living: An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in America5 reviews E Tunis Rebound by Sagebrush, 2000 Indispensable for adults as well as young readers The subtitle says it all: "An Illustrated Guide to Pioneer Life in America, Including Log Cabins, Furniture, Tools, Clothing, and More." From about 1725 to the closing of the frontier, Tunis examines dozens of aspects of American frontier life in this sequel to his "Colonial Living," and even touches on history (the little-known Black Hawk War, the Santa Fe trade, etc.). His clear, detailed ...             On the banks of Plum Creek (Cadmus books)45 reviews Laura Ingalls Wilder E.M. Hale, 1937 Pa Loves Ma, Ma Loves Pa, and All's Right With the World! ON THE BANKS OF PLUM CREEK -- Who could forget the plague of grasshoppers, or spoiled Nellie's encounter with the crab, or Pa's sojourn in the blizzard, among other adventures? We -- my three homeschooled grandchildren and I -- are going through the Laura Ingalls Wilder series of books for the second time. We read them aloud during story time, and love every minute. These are books written ...             Winter Days in the Big Woods: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder (My First Little ...6 reviews HarperCollins Publishers, 1994 An Old Fashioned Winter "Winter Days" is one of my favorite books in the "My First Little House Books" series, and one of my favorite books about autumn. The Ingalls family prepares for winter with time for the harvest and food storage. Mary and Laura participate in daily chores and entertain themselves with their rag dolls, paper dolls,and by using a thimble to draw on the frosted window. Beautiful illustrations bring ...             Big Thicket People: Larry Jene Fisher's Photographs of the Last Southern Frontier (Bridwell Texas History)4 reviews Thad Sitton, C.E. Hunt University of Texas Press, 2008 A Great American Story Sitton and Hunt recap the Great American Story, told many times in many places in this great nation. Blending a worthy narrative with an amazing array of photographs from Larry Jene Fisher, the authors remind us why and how America became so great and why East Texas is such a magnificent story of its own. Read this book if you want to understand what made America and Texas rich and dynamic. ...             Holding Up the Earth12 reviews Dianne E. Gray Thorndike Press, 2002 ALYSSA;THE FOSTER CHILD. The book, Holding Up the Earth, was about a girl, Hope, whose mother died when Hope was six. She went to seven foster families before she went to a lady's named Sarah. This is about how Hope overcomes her mother's death, and learns to live with Sarah. I think that this book is well written,because about every other chapter the author has a diary or a journal explaning what has happened at the ...             Twenty Miles from a Match: Homesteading in Western Nevada (Bristlecone Paperback)4 reviews Sarah E. Olds Topeka Bindery, 2000 A wonderful book! I was turned on to this book by the authors great nephew. This woman's tale of hardship, perseverance and determination is one to be admired by all. An easy read and a wonderful adventure.             Pushing the Digital Frontier: Insights into the Changing Landscape of E-Business4 reviews Nirmal Pal AMACOM, 2001 Highly Recommended! The Wild West days of the dot-com craze are behind us, but e-business strategy remains a largely uncharted frontier. In fact, e-commerce seems more bewildering than ever, now that many of the strategic maxims that the Internet bubble was built on have been proved false. To help you get a handle on the revolutionary technology that has survived the collapse, Nirmal Pal and Judith M. Ray have ...             Contested Ground: Comparative Frontiers on the Northern and Southern Edges of the Spanish Empire (Southwest ...3 reviews Donna J. Guy, Thomas E. Sheridan University of Arizona Press, 1998 Major contribution to Latin American & frontier studies. This book should become a major contribution to Latin American studies, because it provides fresh perspectives on topics we'd thought we already knew well. It does so by relating Latin America to vital issues in history, notably recent research on frontier history, "the new Western history," & themes of race, class & gender. The chapter by Susan Socolow, discussing Argentine frontier women & ...             Peder Victorious: A Tale of the Pioneers Twenty Years Later4 reviews O. E. Rolvaag Bison Books, 1982 Out of the Old World, into the New This book is the sequel to "Giants in the Earth," an engrossing adventure story about the settlement of the South Dakota prairie. Peder turned out to be entirely different, more cerebral, slower, less exhuberant. I read Giants to learn what my ancestors experienced. It turned out to be a truly significant and exciting novel, but I didn't learn much about the Norwegian-American experience. ...             Universe Of Worlds: Exploring the Frontiers of the Afterlife3 reviews Robert J. Grant A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlig, 2003 16 Clues to Your Past Lives As a certified past-life therapist, I realize that Barbara Lane has put into words what I have instinctively known for years about accessing clues to past life memories. It is no accident that we tend to be attracted to or fascinated by specific people, places, occupations, or to scenes from movies, books, etc. Ms. Lane's book is insightful and very well written. I believe this book will be ...             Crystal and Epitaxial Growth, Vol. 2: Epitaxial Growth (Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in ...2 reviews Stefan University Press, 2001 CRYSTAL AND EPITAXIAL GROWTH .High Scientific Standards. CRYSTAL AND EPITAXIAL GROWTH (Volumes 1 and 2, ISBN: 1889545384,and ISBN: 1889545392,respectively.) V.Stefan and E.V.Zharikov, editors The Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in Science and Technology.ISSN:1543-4028. La Jolla, CA, USA, 2002. Two volumes of Crystal and Epitaxial Growth (edited by V.Stefan and E.V.Zharikov) published by The Stefan University Press, La Jolla, CA, USA ...             Slavery on the Frontiers of Islam3 reviews Markus Wiener Publishers, 2004 Incorporates similar questions on each under one cover The high price tag of Slavery On The Frontiers Of Islam will limit its acquisition to all but the most dedicated of multicultural and Islamic Studies collections; but a college-level readership will find these informed, informative, and strongly recommended essays will provide them with exceptionally important insights into the political and religious issues in the Sudan. Slave studies usually ...             British Drums on the Southern Frontier2 reviews Larry E. Ivers University of North Carolina Press, 1974 After Thirty Years' Wait - Finally in Reprint! British Drums on the Southern Frontier is the finest history of colonial British warfare on the Southern frontier, as well as a fantastic biography of James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony of Georgia. This is probably the most widely "bibliographied" book by modern writers of Georgia history and has, until now, only been available in libraries and as an expensive used book.             Designing Appletalk Network Architectures (Network Frontiers Field Manual Series)2 reviews Dorian J. Cougias, Tom Dell, ... Morgan Kaufmann Pub, 1996 A great resource for designing and implementing networks. Thorough and often funny, this is by far the most readable, accurate, and useful book on AppleTalk and TCP/IP networking issues I have found. Dorian and his team present you with real-world examples of how to and how not to design and install networks. I have several of Dorian Cougias' books and all live up to this high standard.             In the Wake of the Frontier: A true account of living in Alaskan isolation3 reviews Ruth E. Vincent iUniverse, Inc., 2005 The Alaskan Wilderness in the mid-1950s This is a fascinating and personal account of a young, adventurous couple's three-year experience on an isolated island near Kodiak, Alaska. The descriptions of life in a white wilderness are so vivid that one wants to curl up by the fireplace to keep warm. Their childhoods in rural Oregon proved to be good preparation for the loneliness and isolation they experienced. The author prepared the ...             The Adventures of Young Buffalo Bill: To The Frontier2 reviews E. Cody Kimmel Tandem Library, 2004 An Exciting Start to a Fantastic New Series Bill Cody is only eight-years-old when his twelve-year-old brother, Sammy, is killed while riding a wild horse. He blames himself, and knows that he should have tried harder to get Sammy not to get on the horse, but why would Sammy listen to him? Sammy was a man, Bill was just a kid. So starts TO THE FRONTIER. With the tragedy a few months behind them, the Cody family packs up and decides to ...             Fish into Wine: The Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century2 reviews Peter E. Pope The University of North Carolina Press, 2004 An Excellent Work in Newfoundland History Peter Pope writes an excellent account of the Newfoundland Plantation in the seventeenth century. Notably, he details the prominent position that the island held in the trans-Atlantic trade during the same period. It's a wonderful and thorough revisionist account that shifts some focus from the more traditional and well documented trading centres of North America. Overall, a stellar analysis of ...             Frozen In Silver: Life & Frontier Photography Of P. E. Larson3 reviews Ronald T. Bailey Swallow Press, 1998 Excellent history of the Gold Rush Excellent reading. Highly recommended to all interested in the gold rush. Although some facts may be incorrect, the majority of the book is very well written.             Brave Kids: Cora Frear (Ready-for-Chapters)2 reviews Susan E. Goodman Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media, 2002 Wonderful read! Brave kids: Cora Frear is a true historical account of a young doctor's daughter out on the prairie at the turn of the century. Cora helps keep her doctor father company on long rides to outlying farms. In this stirring episode, she is able to help save her father, herself, and the horses from certain death by a prairie fire. An endnote explains that she also helped him with his surgeries a ...              search for books adventures, afterlife, appletalk, architectures, bristlecone, changing, charlotte, comparative, contested, designing, e-business, epitaxial, exploring, frontiers, homesteading, illustrated, isolation, landscape, newfoundland, paperback, photographs, photography, pioneers, plantation, ready-for-chapters, seventeenth, southwest, technology, university, victorious books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: The Good-bye Door: The Incredible True Story of America's First Female ... we recommend ALYSSA;THE FOSTER CHILD. leave a comment home  impressum - about us