Download or read book Our Journey to El Dorado written by M.F. Renée and published by The Cultural Story-Weaver. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 683 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unexpected encounter changes the lives of two women—both immigrants searching for purpose and a better life. Through their interwoven journey, both will question and embrace their faith. When one is asked to be the Arabic translator for a Moroccan woman newly arrived at a Spanish safe house, she has no idea of the journey upon which she is embarking. Born into privilege, she will come face to face with the ugly, dark side of the world, the suffering so many endure. She will also discover the joy and heartbreak of loving broken women, joining forces with them, fighting back to survive and thrive. Faith will guide their way, faltering at times, returning stronger. Journey along with them in this sometimes heart-wrenching, sometimes soaring memoir of discovery, disappointment, and redemption. Partial proceeds of the book will go to Habiba and the safe house work in Spain. “M.F. Renée is a poet, and this is a beautiful, powerful story. Her passion for the subject and her friend drips off every page. I’m never going to look at strawberries the same way again.” —Lorraine Thomas "A haunting story to remind us of the horrors some live through in this life . . . but also a beautiful story to remind us there is hope and redemption." —Kat Caldwell "While the subject matter is difficult, the story is not. It is a lovely tale of friendship, faith, and the difference even one person can make in the world. Read it, and share it." —Madison Michael

Download or read book The Road to El Dorado written by Ellen Weiss and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 2000 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captured in colorful, jewel-toned paintings and witty wording, the tale of the search for the lost city of gold is retold in this classic edition perfect for parents and children to share.

Download or read book The Rivers Ran East written by Leonard Clark and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2001 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... Post-World War II account of Leonard Clark's search for the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola"--Page 4 of cover.

Download or read book Eldorado written by Bayard Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Creature in the Map written by Charles Nicholl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-06-23 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IntroductionPart One: The Guiana Voyage1. Mapping El Dorado2. Ralegh's America3. A Gentleman of Spain4. Love and Exile5. Preparations6. The Crew7. Atlantic Crossing8. TrinidadPart Two: The Entrada9. The Gulf of Sadness10. The Delta11. Tivitivas12. The Medicine Man13. The Guiana Bend14. Dark Eyes15. Lords of the Borders16. Downtown OrinocoPart Three: The New Dorado17. Gold Rush18. Jimmy Angel19. Canaima20. Meeting Laime21. Welcome to El DoradoPart Four: The Return22. Downriver23. Home24. Ordinary Prizes25. Balsam of Guiana26. A Golden World27. On Red Cross River28. The Shut PalaceEpilogueAppendixes1. The Sparry Papers2. Ralegh's Chart3. The FleetNotesSourcesIndex Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Download or read book Dreams of El Dorado written by H. W. Brands and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-22 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Epic in its scale, fearless in its scope" (Hampton Sides), this masterfully told account of the American West from a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist sets a new standard as it sweeps from the California Gold Rush and beyond. In Dreams of El Dorado, H. W. Brands tells the thrilling, panoramic story of the settling of the American West. He takes us from John Jacob Astor's fur trading outpost in Oregon to the Texas Revolution, from the California gold rush to the Oklahoma land rush. He shows how the migrants' dreams drove them to feats of courage and perseverance that put their stay-at-home cousins to shame-and how those same dreams also drove them to outrageous acts of violence against indigenous peoples and one another. The West was where riches would reward the miner's persistence, the cattleman's courage, the railroad man's enterprise; but El Dorado was at least as elusive in the West as it ever was in the East. Balanced, authoritative, and masterfully told, Dreams of El Dorado sets a new standard for histories of the American West.

Download or read book El DORADO BOOK 1 Search for the Lost City written by Ben Hammott and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's most legendary and elusive treasures, sought after for centuries. . . An ancient mystery.A Lost Treasure.A Hidden City.An impossible location.An unimaginable adventure. Included in Aztec and Mayan legends, Conquistadors had heard rumors of its existence when exploring the New World, but never found it. During World War 2, Nazi inspired archaeologists were convinced they had pinpointed its location. They packed a U-Boat with supplies and set a course for the Amazon Jungle. They disappeared!Many adventurers eager to claim the legendary gold as their own entered one of the most inhospitable places on earth, the Amazon Jungle. Most were never seen again!And yet the exact location of El Dorado and its fantastic hoard of Mayan, Aztec and Inca treasure so many have dreamed of finding, remains a mystery. Any who may have stumbled upon it never returned to tell the tale. It was as if someone, or something, was protecting it... In 1925, Victorian explorer Colonel Percy Fawcett enters the Amazon Jungle to search for a Lost City. Like so many before him, he was never seen or heard from again. Until now!When a message from the past is discovered washed up on an English beach, it reveals new information about the ill-fated 1925 expedition. A modern day expedition sets off to follow in the footsteps of Colonel Fawcett in an attempt to locate the Lost City and its legendary hoard of priceless treasure. El Dorado Book 1 & 2 will take on a journey filled with danger to seek out and enter the fabled Lost City. A thrilling story of adventure and discovery that weaves together an exciting blend of fact and fiction linked to the legends surrounding El Dorado, the lost Fawcett expedition and the mysterious Amazonian Jungle. Rumored to be guarded by remote, mist-veiled mountains, the fabulous treasure hoard was hidden from the greedy clutches of Spanish conquistadors somewhere deep inside the unforgiving and mysterious Amazon jungle. As far as anyone knows, it is still there. Waiting to be discovered by those brave or foolhardy enough, to try their luck. Reviews "This is a terrific two book series set within the atmospherically described Amazon jungle. I could easily imagine myself tagging along with the adventurers." "If you like reading Clive Cussler, Matthew Reilly, James Rollins or Michael Crichton, you will enjoy this action adventure from Ben Hammott." " Has all the ingredients for an instant success: great plot, interesting characters, a large dose of mystery, impressive locations , unexpected twists and discoveries, deception and betrayal and even a touch of romance and a spattering of humor. This story will keep you entertained from beginning to end. Recommended for the permanent library of all action adventure readers." "The Mysterious and Dangerous Amazon Jungle, Subterranean Rooms, Tunnels, Pyramids, Ancient Aliens, Nazis, Traps, Thrilling Escapes, Chases, Strange Creatures, Dangerous Enemies, a Lost City and Great Characters, are just a few ingredients that make this exciting adventure thriller a must read for fans of this genre." (NY.Post.book.reviews) "From bestselling author Ben Hammott this action packed adventure takes you into the Amazon Jungle to follow in the footsteps of lost Victorian Explorer, Colonel Percy Fawcett. What we have here, in part, is an excellent dramatization of what may have happened to Fawcett and what he may have discovered in the unexplored regions of the Amazon. The well written plot is seldom predictable and some of the characters you think are safe, and will be alive by the time the book reaches its climax, are not. Sights and sounds of the Amazon are described well and help to set the atmospheric tone the explorers travel through. A thoroughly enjoyable adventure."An exciting archaeological mystery thriller with flashbacks to Colonel Fawcett's 1925 Expedition.

Download or read book The Men Who Would Be King written by Nicole LaPorte and published by HMH. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The definitive history of the studio” created by the larger-than-life team of Spielberg, Geffen, and Katzenberg (Los Angeles Times). For sixty years, since the birth of United Artists, the studio landscape was unchanged. Then came Hollywood’s Circus Maximus—created by director Steven Spielberg, billionaire David Geffen, and Jeffrey Katzenberg, who gave the world The Lion King—an entertainment empire called DreamWorks. Now Nicole LaPorte, who covered the company for Variety, goes behind the hype to reveal for the first time the delicious truth of what happened. Readers will feel they are part of the creative calamities of moviemaking as LaPorte’s fly-on-the-wall detail shows us Hollywood’s bizarre rules of business. We see the clashes between the often-otherworldly Spielberg’s troops and Katzenberg’s warriors, the debacles and disasters, but also the Oscar-winning triumphs, including Saving Private Ryan. We watch as the studio burns through billions of dollars, its rich owners get richer, and everybody else suffers. LaPorte displays Geffen, seducing investors like Microsoft’s Paul Allen, showing his steel against CAA’s Michael Ovitz, and staging fireworks during negotiations with Paramount and Disney. Here is a blockbuster behind-the-scenes Hollywood story—up close, glamorous, and gritty.

Download or read book Tales of the Angler s Eldorado written by Zane Grey and published by Derrydale Press. This book was released on 2000-10-24 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Zealand is one of the"hot" fly-fishing spots in the world today. Known for brilliant, crystal clear rivers, Zane Grey's New Zealand conjures up images of huge and mythic trout. In Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, Grey fishes both these now legendary streams as well as pursues the monster swordfish off the coast of the New Zealand shores. It's an adventure story and a fishing story at once.

Download or read book Searching for El Dorado written by Marc Herman and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2003 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a young writer quickly becoming the quintessential foreign correspondent for a new generation, comes the compelling, tragicomic account of the centuries old quest for gold in South America.

Download or read book Gold Cure written by Ted Mathys and published by Coffee House Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lustrous, tender, and expansive, Gold Cure moves from boomtown gold mines and the mythical city of El Dorado to the fracking wells of the American interior, excavating buried histories, legacies of conquest, and the pursuit of shimmering ideals. Ted Mathys skewers police brutality on the ribs of a nursery rhyme and drives Petrarchan sonnets into shale fields deep under the prairies. In crystalline language rich with allegory and wordplay, Mathys has crafted a moving elegy for the Anthropocene.

Download or read book Index Eldorado Or California as Seen by a Pioneer 1850 1900 written by Joseph Gaer and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book El Dorado written by Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Journey with Christopher Columbus written by Stuart A. Kallen and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe and landed on a Caribbean island in what he thought was India. Over the next twelve years, Columbus made several voyages to the New World, seeking gold and power and bringing other Europeans to start colonies. How can we know what the journey was like for Columbus, his shipmates, and the Taino people he met in the Caribbean? We can study maps and tools Columbus used, excerpts from his journal, and carvings and jewelry created by the Taino. Explore primary sources from his time to learn more about his famous journey.

Download or read book Music of El Dorado written by Dale Alan Olsen and published by . This book was released on 2002-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this first ethnomusicological analysis of ancient Andean musical instruments, Dale Olsen breathes life and humanity into the music making of pre-Hispanic cultures in the northern and central Andes. Assessing three decades' worth of anthropological findings from diverse collections, museums, tombs, and temples, Olsen asks, "What did music mean in the lives of these pre-Columbians?" Part musical quest, part adventure of the mind, the book explores why, when, and how the instruments were played and provides a tangible link not only to a wealth of material culture but to the spirit of these ancient people as well."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Download or read book Searching for El Dorado written by Marc Herman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real land of El Dorado, deep in the Amazon rainforest, is a far cry from the mythical city of gold: though its soil could potentially yield billions of dollars, Guyana is a nation of “gilded paupers,” one of the very poorest countries in the western hemisphere. In this adventure-filled narrative, journalist Marc Herman takes us down a supply road in a limping cargo truck, treks into a muggy and muddy mine on foot, and soars above the forest canopy in a skittering plane. He falls in with a rowdy crew of gold miners who measure manliness by the number of times they’ve had malaria, and wear their life savings in the form of oversized rings and huge gold necklaces. He also penetrates the corporate façade of international strip-mining operations, which despite tremendous technological and political power have failed to alleivate the area’s poverty. Searching for El Dorado is an eyeopening look at the scandals, the business, the mythology of gold—reaveling a fascinating, contradictory part of the world and of the human psyche. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Download or read book El Dorado written by Richard Shallow and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Franklin Myers, falls into an Indiana Jones type of adventure as he starts out on an unforgettable quest when a descendant of the once mighty Incas of Peru asks him to find the lost mythical city of Machu Picchu. Being the foremost expert in Mesoamerican studies he uncovers shocking evidence that links the old world of Europe with the new world of Mesoamerica and maybe the end of the world as we know it ... Dr. Myers journeys to Peru, and after a grueling and perilous journey which includes nearly being eaten alive by a giant Anaconda and nearly falling thousands of feet into a deep gorge to his death, he finally reaches Tampu-Tocco, the Holy of Holies of the Ancient Inca Empire. But ancient Inca spirits still walk the streets of the city and they beg Dr. Myers not to divulge the location of their city to the outside world. From Tampu-Tocco, Dr. Myers continues his quest to the mythical Inca city of El Dorado with treachery afoot with every step by a second group ruthless tomb robbers and gold seekers, Dr. Myers is in a race to uncover the lost riches of the Inca Empire. But much to everyone's surprise, they find it inhabited by aliens. Anarkans are planning an invasion of earth and it's up to Dr. Myers and his small group to stop the pending invasion! Aliens vs. Earthlings will appeal to readers who enjoy thrilling adventure based on the portrayal of legendary tales and incorporating a science-fiction twist.