“Strange Roads is a small gem of travel literature in the tradition of works by John Van Dyke, Carl Lumholtz, Charles Lummus, Mary Austin, Edward Hoagland, and Bruce Chatwin. But for all its absorbing detail about topography, flora, and fauna, its keen observations of character, and its vivid re-creation of the sense of place, it is much more than a travel memoir. For on every page one senses the strength, character, and distinctive perspective of Mary del Villar herself. An uncommon woman by any standards, she seems all the more remarkable when one recalls the profoundly reactionary gender ideologies that prevailed in the postwar era in which she lived and wrote. Like other great female wanderers, she transcended the confining notions of woman her society would have imposed on her, living her life according to the dictates of her own intrepid spirit.” –From the foreword by Susan Hardy Aiken

If you want to wander the whole beautiful universe and then wander in the warm fierce veins of her heart, you will slave there forever. Perfect thought for the alchemist 'She' She wanted to change the hypocrisy thinking of the people. She wanted to shift the scenario of the whole society. She wanted to terminate the agony in her soul. She wanted to censure the discriminated thoughts of the entire world. From the Author S- She H- Heals E- Everything Faith is the substantial base of the relationship. A relationship never exists without trust; to continue the relationship without trust is just a compromise. A relationship is the colorful rainbow of trust, love, pain, emotions, compassion, beautiful eyes and a perfect sharp sword of madness hold by both of them tightly. She would become the cacophony for the society, under which the society will become deaf one day. Don't try judging her calibre; she is more innocent than nature but silently brutal for a cruel heart. She is responsible for everyone's life, but no one is ready to dedicate her own life" this is the real hypocrisy of our double-faced society. From the Inside Flap She was not raped, she was raped by the same society, which was wandering for her justice. This is the biggest hypocrisy we have ever seen. Why don't we understand this system? Why are we failing every day to create a perfect honourable society? Why are we trying changing others? She was not raped; instead, the society was raped for its hypocrisy and stereotypes. We are only creating echoes, infant negative echoes in the society; the voice of her is still burning with the bright candles. "We want change, but we resist changing." This is the fundamental problem of our society. Change yourself instead of changing others. There is a need for mental revolution to develop a new society which would be safe for her to live peacefully. "The society is only listening to the echoes of its voice, which has been creating every moment when we fight for her." She would appreciate the change, The change that can reshape the society the move which would end the evil souls of the community the change that will bring new sun to the horizon for her. "She is still waiting." From the Back Cover She is knotty for an indigence heart, lechery for the affluent men, irony for a selfish heart and mirth for an alchemist's heart. She is solitary in this crowded world, where no one is capable of listening to the heartbeat of her, thoughts of her, yelling voice of her.

Cognizant of revisionist historians' reproach of Turner's philosophy set forth in his seminal 1893 essay, The Significance of the Frontier in American History, as promoting an exploitationist myth of the West, Bogue (history, U. of Wisconsin-Madison) weighs this eminent historian's legacy in the c

The Women’s Royal Naval Service was formed in 1917 when the call was for volunteers to release a man for sea service. At the peak there was over 5,000 women serving in Britain and overseas, but efforts to maintain the service in peace time were unsuccessful, and it was to be 1939, when the Second World War threatened, before the Wrens were reformed. Theirs was a different and altogether more demanding role which involved the carrying out of some highly secret and responsible duties, and many more of them served outside Britain. By 1945 there were over 75,000 officers and ratings and when the War ended, and those who wished were demobilized, a permanent Service was set up, providing a career for women alongside men of the Royal Navy. This is their story, often told in their own words, which mirrors the changing place of women in our society in a century of tremendous social progress.

A biblical study for lay readers that focuses on images of the journey and the road and how those images, and the issues they raise in Scripture, relate to life events.

The saga of a nation divided—from the Union Army’s disaster at Fredericksburg to its triumph at Gettysburg—by a Pulitzer Prize–winning Civil War chronicler. In the second book of the Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Bruce Catton—one of America’s most honored Civil War historians—once again brings the great battles and the men who fought them to breathtaking life. As the War Between the States moved through its second bloody year, General Ambrose Burnside was selected by President Lincoln to replace the ineffectual George “Little Mac” McClellan as commander of the Union Army. But the hope that greeted Burnside’s ascension was quickly dashed in December 1862 in the wake of his devastating defeat at Fredericksburg. Following Burnside’s exit, a mediocre new commander, Joseph “Fighting Joe” Hooker, turned a sure victory into tragedy at Chancellorsville, continuing the Union’s woes and ensuring Robert E. Lee’s greatest triumph of the war. But the tide began to turn over the course of three days in July 1863, when the Union won a decisive victory on the battlefield of Gettysburg. Months later, Lincoln would give his historic address on this ground, honoring the fallen soldiers and strengthening the Union Army’s resolve to fight for a united and equal nation for all of its people. With brilliant insight, color, and detail, Catton interweaves thrilling narratives of combat with remarkable portrayals of politics and life on the home front. Glory Road is a sweeping account of extraordinary bravery and shocking incompetence during what were arguably the war’s darkest days.