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  Lincoln's Springfield Neighborhood

  Bonnie E Paull, Richard E. Hart

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  When an emotional Abraham Lincoln took leave of his Springfield neighbors, never to return, his moving tribute to the town and its people reflected their profound influence on the newly elected president. His old neighborhood still stands today as a National Historic Site. The story of the life Lincoln and his family built there returns to us through the careful work of authors Bonnie E. Paull and Richard E. Hart. Journey back in time and meet this diverse but harmonious community as it participated in the business of everyday living while gradually playing a larger role on the national stage.

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  Lewis & Clark - The Expedition...

  William R. Lighton

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  Two of America's most famous explorers start upon an adventure that made their names and marked the nation! In 1804 the two men departed St. Louis, Missouri, appointed and funded by President Jefferson and led by an expert group. The expedition was officially considered a success from the get-go... From the start, on the contrary; the expedition was filled with illness, bad luck, hostile Indians, Lewis's chronic depression, and - finally - the shocking surprise of the towering Rocky Mountains and the continental divide! Lewis and Clark made it to the Pacific in 1806, despite everything. Essential listening for fans of history and exploration.

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  Our Journey to Sinai

  Agnes von Blomberg Bensly

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  Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. According to tradition, the monastery sits at the base of the mountain where Moses received the Tablets of the Law. Set in rugged country, accessible in times past only by a many days journey by camel across barren desert, the monastery survived intact through the centuries, and, as a result, became a rich repository of religious history-told through its icons, mosaics, and the books and manuscripts in the monastery library. 
   
  Our Journey to Sinai by Agnes Bensly is the story of a visit to Saint Catherine's by a group of British scholars in the 1890's, who were drawn there in quest of manuscripts from early Christian times. The group had one particular prize in their sights. It was a second century translation of the Gospels from Greek into an Aramaic dialect called Syriac. This was a rare find indeed. One of the group, Agnes Smith Lewis, an accomplished linguist, had been to the monastery once before. On that visit, she had spotted a “palimpsest of most venerable appearance,” a palimpsest being a parchment (leather) paged book, which had been used to write on at two different times, the first set of writing having been partially scraped off the parchment before it was reused. Agnes Smith Lewis had recognized the hidden underwriting in this book to be in Syriac, “the native language of Our Lord and His disciples.” And now, the excited group had decided to revisit Saint Catherine's, in hopes of copying and reading the ancient text. Their trip is vividly described by Agnes Bensly --bustling Cairo; a tent and camel crossing of the desert with Bedouin guides; the monks and monastery life; a breathtaking climb up 3000 stone steps to the top of Mount Sinai, and what they found in the mysterious manuscript they had come so far to see. 
   
  Our Journey to Sinai, while providing a glimpse into the complexities of Bible scholarship, is also a wonderful travel book and an intimate portrait of Saint Catherine's monastery-a monastery which is, today, a World Heritage Site. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)

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  This is Europe - The Way We Live...

  Ben Judah

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  A Times, Financial Times and Telegraph Book of the Year 2023'Illuminates some of the great trends of our time' - Gideon Rachman, Financial Times'Vivid, urgent and unsettling' - Tom Holland, author of Dominion_____What does it now mean to call yourself European? Who makes up this population of some 750 million, sprawled from Ireland to Ukraine, from Sweden to Turkey? Who has always called it home, and who has newly arrived from elsewhere? Who are the people who drive our long-distance lorries, steward our criss-crossing planes, lovingly craft our legacy wines, fish our depleted waters, and risk life itself in search of safety and a new start?In a series of vivid but always empathetic portraits of other people’s lives, journalist Ben Judah invites us to meet them. Drawn from hours of painstaking interviews, these vital stories reveal a vibrant continent which has been transformed by diversity, migration, the internet, climate change, Covid, war and the quest for freedom.Laid dramatically bare, it may not always be a Europe we recognize – but this is Europe._____'An astonishing achievement' - Evening Standard'Brilliantly told . . . highly readable' - The Times

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  Experience Microadventure the...

  Lara Althaus

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  You work 40 hours a week and hardly have time for sports activities or other experiences in nature? You are constantly under pressure and can actually only really switch off and do something on trips? But you want to change this and finally break out of your comfort zone? Then this guide is the ideal way to put your plan into practice. Most people these days are far too comfortable to go outside and experience something and are always inventing excuses instead of really daring to do something for once. But it doesn't have to be that way, because the next adventure is often waiting around the corner, quickly prepared and easy to carry out. This guidebook is about those undertakings - the so-called microadventures - that are really suitable for everyone, regardless of age and experience.

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  What my Sherpa taught me about...

  Jade Lee

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  How can teams work better together?How do we become more engaged at work?When did we start straying from a life aligned with our values?And most importantly, how do we get back there?In modern workplaces our teams are lacking connection, people are going through the motions to get work done but engagement with the company, the work and their colleagues is absent. Looking through the lens of a Sherpa, discover why our modern workplaces are enabling disconnection, why the holy grail of employee engagement is so elusive, and learn practical techniques to develop connection, collaboration and purpose at work.Regardless of the talent you gather, unless they support each other, communicate and know where they are going, they will not achieve success. The 'Lessons from a Sherpa' combine life lessons with knowledge of Western workplaces and experience building teams. Entertaining, thought provoking and backed by research, this guide provides tools to build team engagement, improve mental health and initiate change.

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