This book tells how the 'golden shore' bought bitter hardships, imprisonment, and family tragedy.

Preface 7. - 1 Desert, Sea and Mountain: Southeast Arabia in Prehistory 9. - 2 Emergence: Greater Oman, the Arabian Gulf and the Bani Yas, ad 630-1909 28. - 3 A Maritime Kind: The Qawasim, the British and the Trucial Coast, 1718-1906 54. - 4 Jewels of the Sea: The Rise and Fall of the Pearling Industry, 1508-1949 75. - 5 Something in the Air: Dubai and the Northern Sheikhdoms, 1901-39. - 6 The Hungry Years: The Trucial Coast in the Second World War, 1939-45 116. - 7 Sweet Crude: Abu Dhabi and the Discovery of Oil, 1909-71 130. - 8 Blueprint for a Nation: The Trucial States, 1945-68 151. - 9 Divided We Stand: Unification and Beyond, 1964-80 1/8. - 10 Only One Tribe: The United Arab Emirates, 1980-Present Day 200.

A new biography of Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850), written to honor the 200th anniversary of his first mission trip from the U.S. to the Far East that would in turn mark the start of Americans joining the modern missions movement.

Part of the History Makers Series Adoniram Judson was America's first foreign missionary An inspirational story to thousands

Presents the life of the early nineteenth-century missionary who endured many hardships working and teaching in Burma and translated the Bible into Burmese.

Three women find a second chance—or is it a third—in this novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Best Beach Ever. When unlikely friends Madeline, Avery, and Nicole arrive in Miami’s South Beach neighborhood, they’re hoping for a do-over. Literally. They’ve been hired to bring a historic house back to its former glory on a new television show called Do Over. If they can just get this show off the ground, Nikki could fix her finances, Avery could restart her career, and Maddie would have a shot at keeping her family together. The women quickly realize that having their work broadcast is one thing, but having their personal lives play out on TV is another. Soon they’re struggling to hold themselves, and the project, together. With a decades-old mystery—and hurricane season—looming, the women are forced to figure out just how they’ll weather life’s storms...

Vikings meets Frostblood in this romantic historical fantasy stand-alone from author Jessica Leake. The ancient land of Éirinn is mired in war. Ciara, princess of Mide, has never known a time when Éirinn’s kingdoms were not battling for power, or Northmen were not plundering their shores. The people of Mide have always been safe because of Ciara’s unearthly ability to control her enemies’ minds and actions. But lately a mysterious crow has been appearing to Ciara, whispering warnings of an even darker threat. Although her clansmen dismiss her visions as pagan nonsense, Ciara fears this coming evil will destroy not just Éirinn but the entire world. Then the crow leads Ciara to Leif, a young Northman leader. Leif should be Ciara’s enemy, but when Ciara discovers that he, too, shares her prophetic visions, she knows he’s something more. Leif is mounting an impressive army, and with Ciara’s strength in battle, the two might have a chance to save their world. With evil rising around them, they’ll do what it takes to defend the land they love...even if it means making the greatest sacrifice of all.

The first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea – and the precursor to the famous Aubrey-Maturin series.

Everything in this book is taken from 1848 and 1849 Eastern newspapers. Articles, editorials, sermons, poetry, songs, advertisements -- and letters from the multitudes who were striving toward California via the Isthmus of Panama, around Cape Horn, through the Strait of Magellan, across the plains, the Gila River route, and via Mexico and Nicaragua. Here is the California Gold Rush -- upheaval, adventure, suffering, death, wonderful success, and tragic failure -- the record of the great event of the age.