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Book The Picard Dynasty

    Book Details:
  • Author : John d'Arc Lorenz III
  • Publisher : Lorenz & Oxbridge Publishing LTD
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 245 pages

Download or read book The Picard Dynasty written by John d'Arc Lorenz III and published by Lorenz & Oxbridge Publishing LTD. This book was released on with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the captivating narrative of 'The Picard Dynasty,' an enthralling historical narrative that unfolds the rich tapestry of one of Oregon’s pioneering Metis families. Drawn from 'Beyond Blue Earth to the French Prairie Volume II', John d'Arc Lorenz III meticulously retraces their lineage all the way back to 1525, to Jean Picard’s life in the quaint commune of Sauvessanges in France. The narrative takes an audacious twist with the seventh generation, where André Picard Sr. and his wife, Marie Bravard, make the bold decision to wave goodbye to the only life they had ever known. Seduced by the promise and allure of the New World, they ventured onto a perilous journey across the Atlantic. Little did they know then that their daring voyage would pave the way for a saga that would intertwine with the very fabric of Oregon’s rich and colorful history. With a deft hand and an eye for detail, Lorenz artfully illustrates the grand odyssey of the Picard family. He documents the intricate mesh of historical events, each acting as a crucible, moulding and shaping the Picard lineage over time. Readers bear witness to André Picard’s remarkable journey, from a modest Hudson Bay Company postmaster to becoming one of Oregon’s first settlers, his life indelibly influencing the destiny of the frontier. Follow the intriguing accounts of Honoré Picard and Celeste Rochbrune as they carve their path through the rapidly evolving landscape of the French Prairie. Experience the resilient spirit of John Adolph Picard as he, along with his siblings, bravely reclaims their indigenous heritage against the backdrop of a society that had forgotten them. In a parallel narrative, Lorenz unveils the trials and tribulations of the Syilx Okanagan and Wallawalla tribes, their destiny profoundly intertwined with that of the Picard family. The narrative reaches a crescendo as it celebrates the life of Mable Picard, a pioneer in her own right. As one of Oregon’s earliest female entrepreneurs, her story is a testament to the relentless spirit of the pioneers, a beacon of inspiration for generations to come. ‘The Picard Dynasty’ seamlessly weaves together four distinct yet interconnected biographies, each recording significant milestones in the family’s evolution, mirroring the rapid development of Oregon itself. Masterfully crafted, this historical narrative serves as a treasure chest of fascinating insights for anyone entranced by Oregon’s dynamic history. 'The Picard Dynasty' is more than a book; it's a compelling journey through time, a riveting exploration of human resilience and tenacity, and an intimate portrait of the pioneers who dared to shape the destiny of a region. Lose yourself in its pages and be part of a story that is as thrilling as it is enlightening.

Book Hannibal s Dynasty

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dexter Hoyos
  • Publisher : Psychology Press
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9780415359580
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Hannibal s Dynasty written by Dexter Hoyos and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hannibal's family dominated Carthage and its empire for the last forty years of the third century BC. This book provides the full story of Carthage's achievement during that time.

Book Women in the Piast Dynasty

Download or read book Women in the Piast Dynasty written by Grzegorz Pac and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of the role of women in the Polish Piast dynasty from 965 until c.1144, comparing them with female members of other contemporary medieval dynasties.

Book Star Trek  Picard   Countdown

Download or read book Star Trek Picard Countdown written by Kristen Beyer and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witness the events leading to the new CBS All Access series PICARD in this graphic novel where new characters are introduced and secrets will be revealed. Before he retired to his vineyard, Jean-Luc Picard was the most decorated admiral in Starfleet. Then one mission changed his life forever. What could make this dedicated and disciplined leader question his calling?

Book Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty

Download or read book Imperial Ladies of the Ottonian Dynasty written by Phyllis G. Jestice and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In tenth-century Europe and particularly in Germany, imperial women were able to wield power in ways that were scarcely imaginable in earlier centuries. Theophanu and Adelheid were two of the most influential figures in the Ottonian reich along with their husbands, who relied heavily on their support. Phyllis G. Jestice examines an array of factors that produced their power and prestige, including societal attitudes toward women, their wealth, their unction as queens, and their carefully constructed image of piety. Due to their influential positions, Theophanu and Adelheid reclaimed control of the young Otto III despite fierce opposition from Henry the Quarrelsome during the throne struggle of 984. In examining how they successfully secured the regency, this book confronts the outmoded notion of exceptionalism and illuminates the lives of powerful Ottonian women.

Book Star Trek  Picard   Countdown  1

Download or read book Star Trek Picard Countdown 1 written by Kirsten Beyer and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve seen the trailer... now, witness the events leading to CBS All Access’s Picard. Before he retired to his vineyard, Jean-Luc Picard was the most decorated admiral in Starfleet. Then one mission changed his life forever. The Countdown starts here!

Book More People  Fewer States

Download or read book More People Fewer States written by Rein Taagepera and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-term development of political systems over extended time periods has been somewhat neglected. More People, Fewer States examines world history through population explosion and empire size changes across 5000 years of socio-technological development, revealing three distinct phases: Runner, Rider, and Engineer empires. A careful comparative approach reveals that Old Egypt, Achaemenid, Caliphate, Mongol, and Britain each achieved remarkable yet rarely acknowledged expansions, leading to their successive record empire sizes. If identified past trends persist, a potential single world state could emerge by 4600, although environmental concerns may intervene. Focusing on population dynamics and area metrics of states, this book provides a novel framework for evaluating the growth, structure, and decline of empires. It not only illuminates ancient historical space but also ventures into future projections, making it an essential read for scholars interested in the long-term evolution of political systems.

Book Star Trek  The Next Generation   Best of Captain Picard

Download or read book Star Trek The Next Generation Best of Captain Picard written by Various and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisit some of the best adventures of Captain Picard in this extra-long collection! Featuring stories from across multiple Star Trek comic publishers, this issue is perfect for any fan wanting to learn more about the celebrated Starfleet officer.

Book Dates and Dynasties

    Book Details:
  • Author : William Schulting
  • Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
  • Release : 2021-10-20
  • ISBN : 1638140243
  • Pages : 484 pages

Download or read book Dates and Dynasties written by William Schulting and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-20 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author was bothered by the seeming contradiction between received ancient history and biblical history. Christianity after all is a historical religion. He came across evidence that well-intended historians made unwanted assumptions. Yes, the events happened, and the rulers were real. But when and who? History, it turns out, is a tangled web of dates and dynasties. Is this reconstruction perfect? No. But it may just point in the right direction.

Book Dynasties Intertwined

    Book Details:
  • Author : Matt King
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2022-06-15
  • ISBN : 1501763474
  • Pages : 160 pages

Download or read book Dynasties Intertwined written by Matt King and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dynasties Intertwined traces the turbulent relationship between the Zirids of Ifriqiya and the Normans of Sicily during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In doing so, it reveals the complex web of economic, political, cultural, and military connections that linked the two dynasties to each other and to other polities across the medieval Mediterranean. Furthermore, despite the contemporary interfaith holy wars happening around the Zirids and Normans, their relationship was never governed by an overarching ideology like jihad or crusade. Instead, both dynasties pursued policies that they thought would expand their power and wealth, either through collaboration or conflict. The relationship between the Zirids and Normans ultimately came to a violent end in the 1140s, when a devastating drought crippled Ifriqiya. The Normans seized this opportunity to conquer lands across the Ifriqiyan coast, bringing an end to the Zirid dynasty and forming the Norman kingdom of Africa, which persisted until the Almohad conquest of Mahdia in 1160. Previous scholarship on medieval North Africa during the reign of the Zirids has depicted the region as one of instability and political anarchy that rendered local lords powerless in the face of foreign conquest. Matt King shows that, to the contrary, the Zirids and other local lords in Ifriqiya were integral parts of the far-reaching political and economic networks across the Mediterranean. Despite the eventual collapse of the Zirid dynasty at the hands of the Normans, Dynasties Intertwined makes clear that its emirs were active and consequential Mediterranean players for much of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, with political agency independent of their Christian neighbors across the Strait of Sicily.

Book Dynasties

    Book Details:
  • Author : David S. Landes
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2007-09-25
  • ISBN : 1101650907
  • Pages : 499 pages

Download or read book Dynasties written by David S. Landes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-09-25 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, a fascinating look at the crossroads of kin and coin David S. Landes has earned a reputation as a brilliant writer and iconoclast among economic historians. In his latest acclaimed work, he takes a revealing look at the quality that distinguishes a third of today's Fortune 500 companies: family ownership. From the banking fortunes of Rothschild and Morgan to the automobile empires of Ford and Toyota, Landes explores thirteen different dynasties, revealing what lay behind their successes-and how extravagance, bad behavior, and poor enterprise brought some of them to their knees. A colorful history that is full of surprising conclusions, Dynasties is an engrossing mix of ambition, eccentricity, and wealth.

Book Governing the Empire

Download or read book Governing the Empire written by Pascal Buresi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines through the edition, translation, and study of Almohad provincial appointments the administrative, political, ideological, and religious organisation of the largest European-African Empire, renewing the study of power and authority in the medieval Islamic world.

Book Hockey Dynasties

Download or read book Hockey Dynasties written by George Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hockey Dynasties" is an era-by-era look at the proliferation of family ties in professional hockey. The book examines why there are so many families in professional hockey, and includes tales by the players about their time at center ice playing with and against their siblings, fathers, cousins, and uncles.

Book Star Trek  Picard   Countdown  3

Download or read book Star Trek Picard Countdown 3 written by Kirsten Beyer and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Luc Picard has traveled to the furthest reaches of the galaxy, defeated impossible foes, and survived in the face of unthinkable odds, but it's the end of this one mission that will change his life forever. The official countdown to CBS All Access's Star Trek: Picard ends here, and things will never be the same...

Book Foreign Foes

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dave Galanter
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2012-12-11
  • ISBN : 1471109089
  • Pages : 361 pages

Download or read book Foreign Foes written by Dave Galanter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hidran race and the Klingon Empire have been at each other's throats for seventy years, and Captain Jean-Luc Picard has been asked to do the near-impossible: take the U.S.S. Enterprise™ to the planet Velex to mediate a treaty that will end the conflict between these two aggressive species. Things get off to a rocky start -- then turn deadly as the Hidran ambassador mysteriously dies, and kills a Klingon delegate as a last act of vengence. When Lt.Worf is charged with the ambassador's assassinaton, and Commander Riker and Counselor Troi are trapped far below the surface of the planet, Captain Picard must not only act to save the Hidranas and Klingons from each other, but to save his Klingon officer from a hideous death sentence...

Book Between Republic and Empire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2023-04-28
  • ISBN : 0520914511
  • Pages : 519 pages

Download or read book Between Republic and Empire written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representing five major areas of Augustan scholarship—historiography, poetry, art, religion, and politics—the nineteen contributors to this volume bring us closer to a balanced, up-to-date account of Augustus and his principate. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1991. Representing five major areas of Augustan scholarship—historiography, poetry, art, religion, and politics—the nineteen contributors to this volume bring us closer to a balanced, up-to-date account of Augustus and his principate. This title is p

Book Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire

Download or read book Military Service and the Integration of Jews into the Roman Empire written by Raúl González-Salinero and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though relations between the Jewish people and the Roman state were sometimes strained to the point of warfare and bloodshed, Jewish military service between the 1st century BCE to the 6th century CE is attested by multiple sources.