Lost Lineage

Lost Lineage
Author: Carrie Goldsmith Childs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1896
Genre:
ISBN:

The Lost Family

The Lost Family
Author: Libby Copeland
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1683358937

“A fascinating exploration of the mysteries ignited by DNA genealogy testing—from the intensely personal and concrete to the existential and unsolvable.” —Tana French, New York Times–bestselling author You swab your cheek or spit in a vial, then send it away to a lab somewhere. Weeks later you get a report that might tell you where your ancestors came from or if you carry certain genetic risks. Or, the report could reveal a long-buried family secret that upends your entire sense of identity. Soon a lark becomes an obsession, a relentless drive to find answers to questions at the core of your being, like “Who am I?” and “Where did I come from?” Welcome to the age of home genetic testing. In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. She explores the culture of genealogy buffs, the science of DNA, and the business of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe, all while tracing the story of one woman, her unusual results, and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story. Gripping and masterfully told, The Lost Family is a spectacular book on a big, timely subject. “An urgently necessary, powerful book that addresses one of the most complex social and bioethical issues of our time.” —Dani Shapiro, New York Times–bestselling author “Before you spit in that vial, read this book.” —The New York Times Book Review “Impeccably researched . . . up-to-the-minute science meets the philosophy of identity in a poignant, engaging debut.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Lineage

Lineage
Author: Joe Hart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 362
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Horror stories
ISBN: 9780615698885

"These are the things that bestselling novelist Lance Metzger's life have been comprised of. His childhood remains a riddled wasteland of abuse by a sadistic father and the abandonment of an apathetic mother. In turn, his only refuge became his writing... Now he must unlock the devastating secrets that the house holds and uncover the mystery of his own broken past before he loses his sanity, and perhaps his soul."--Page [4] of cover.

The Book of Lost Friends

The Book of Lost Friends
Author: Lisa Wingate
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2020-04-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1984819895

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Before We Were Yours comes a dramatic historical novel of three young women searching for family amid the destruction of the post–Civil War South, and of a modern-day teacher who learns of their story and its vital connection to her students’ lives. “An absorbing historical . . . enthralling.”—Library Journal Bestselling author Lisa Wingate brings to life startling stories from actual “Lost Friends” advertisements that appeared in Southern newspapers after the Civil War, as newly freed slaves desperately searched for loved ones who had been sold away. Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous era of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest: Hannie, a freed slave; Lavinia, the pampered heir to a now destitute plantation; and Juneau Jane, Lavinia’s Creole half sister. Each carries private wounds and powerful secrets as they head for Texas, following roads rife with vigilantes and soldiers still fighting a war lost a decade before. For Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of stolen inheritance and financial desperation, but for Hannie, torn from her mother and siblings before slavery’s end, the pilgrimage west reignites an agonizing question: Could her long-lost family still be out there? Beyond the swamps lie the limitless frontiers of Texas and, improbably, hope. Louisiana, 1987: For first-year teacher Benedetta Silva, a subsidized job at a poor rural school seems like the ticket to canceling her hefty student debt—until she lands in a tiny, out-of-step Mississippi River town. Augustine, Louisiana, is suspicious of new ideas and new people, and Benny can scarcely comprehend the lives of her poverty-stricken students. But amid the gnarled live oaks and run-down plantation homes lie the century-old history of three young women, a long-ago journey, and a hidden book that could change everything.

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare
Author: Kimberly Brock
Publisher: Harper Muse
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1400234239

The fate of the world is often driven by the curiosity of a girl. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke remains a mystery, but the women who descended from Eleanor Dare have long known that the truth lies in what she left behind: a message carved onto a large stone and the contents of her treasured commonplace book. Brought from England on Eleanor’s fateful voyage to the New World, her book was passed down through the fifteen generations of daughters who followed as they came of age. Thirteen-year-old Alice had been next in line to receive it, but her mother’s tragic death fractured the unbroken legacy and the Dare Stone and the shadowy history recorded in the book faded into memory. Or so Alice hoped. In the waning days of World War II, Alice is a young widow and a mother herself when she is unexpectedly presented with her birthright: the deed to Evertell, her abandoned family home and the history she thought forgotten. Determined to sell the property and step into a future free of the past, Alice returns to Savannah with her own thirteen-year-old daughter, Penn, in tow. But when Penn’s curiosity over the lineage she never knew begins to unveil secrets from beneath every stone and bone and shell of the old house and Eleanor’s book is finally found, Alice is forced to reckon with the sacrifices made for love and the realities of their true inheritance as daughters of Eleanor Dare. In this sweeping tale from award-winning author Kimberly Brock, the answers to a real-life mystery may be found in the pages of a story that was always waiting to be written. Praise for The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare: “From the haunting first line, The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare transports the reader to a mysterious land, time and family . . . the captivating women of the Dare legacy must find their true inheritance hiding behind the untold secrets.” —Patti Callahan, New York Times bestselling author Historical women’s fiction Stand-alone novel Book length: approximately 135,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Lineage of Loss

Lineage of Loss
Author: Max Katz
Publisher: Wesleyan
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2017
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0819577588

In the middle of the nineteenth century a new family of hereditary musicians emerged in the royal court of Lucknow and subsequently rose to the heights of renown throughout North India. Today this musical lineage, or ghar n , lives on in the music and memories of only a small handful of descendants and players of the family instrument, the sarod. Drawing on six years of ethnographic and archival research, and fifteen years of musical apprenticeship, Max Katz explores the oral history and written record of the Lucknow ghar n ,tracing its displacement, loss of prestige, and erasure from the collective memory. In doing so he illuminates a hidden history of ideological and social struggle in North Indian music culture, intervenes in ongoing debates over the anti-Muslim agenda of Hindustani music’s reform movement, and reanimates a lost vision in which Muslim scholar-artists defined the music of the nation. An interdisciplinary, postmodern counter-history, Lineage of Loss offers a new and unsettling narrative of Hindustani music’s encounter with modernity. Hardcover is un-jacketed.

Dawnbreaker

Dawnbreaker
Author: A.B. Charles
Publisher: Banned & Burned Publishing
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2023-10-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Novelty is dying in the city of Rochester and one street artist has taken note. Marnie Murphy is the only person within a hundred miles still capable of coming up with a fresh idea and she has no idea why. Her unique situation puts her in the unenviable position of being the only one capable of solving the mystery. Being the "only one" has been a theme in her life, having lost both her father and brother to mysterious circumstances and watching her mother withdraw into a single-minded focus on her career as a result. Marnie's investigation takes her from figuring out the identity of a copycat artist to the luminous land of Eternal Dawn. In this world, anyone with enough cunning can instantaneously turn their thoughts into reality. This new plane is filled with many dangers, from a bloodthirsty goblin horde to an ultraviolet ultra-violent lynx. But none of these threats hold a candle to those buried in her family's legacy. Will Marnie discover the true power in her legacy or will she doom this new world and ours to an eternal darkness?

Old Canaan in a New World

Old Canaan in a New World
Author: Elizabeth Fenton
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 147989172X

Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel? From the moment Europeans realized Columbus had landed in a place unknown to them in 1492, they began speculating about how the Americas and their inhabitants fit into the Bible. For many, the most compelling explanation was the Hebraic Indian theory, which proposed that indigenous Americans were the descendants of the ten lost tribes of Israel. For its proponents, the theory neatly explained why this giant land and its inhabitants were not mentioned in the Biblical record. In Old Canaan in a New World, Elizabeth Fenton shows that though the Hebraic Indian theory may seem far-fetched today, it had a great deal of currency and significant influence over a very long period of American history. Indeed, at different times the idea that indigenous Americans were descended from the lost tribes of Israel was taken up to support political and religious positions on diverse issues including Christian millennialism, national expansion, trade policies, Jewish rights, sovereignty in the Americas, and scientific exploration. Through analysis of a wide collection of writings—from religious texts to novels—Fenton sheds light on a rarely explored but important part of religious discourse in early America. As the Hebraic Indian theory evolved over the course of two centuries, it revealed how religious belief and national interest intersected in early American history.

The Zouddha Manuscripts

The Zouddha Manuscripts
Author: Nirmann
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2016-12-22
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1524555983

Journey into the amazing world of Zouddha, an ancient philosophy for self-realization that defined a unique way of life a life abundant both materially & spiritually and focused on complete inner & outer freedom as an individual. The manuscripts that detailed all the secrets for successfully achieving this way of life were lost to the world when they mysteriously disappeared more than seven hundred years ago. Nirmann takes you on a scintillating tour through the mysteries of a long lost world of symbols, an age old secret practice of meditation and mystical secrets for inner alchemy from an ancient civilization that existed thousands of years ago in the snow clad Himalayan region of India. Prepare to be surprised and thrilled as Nirmann narrates a magical tale that eventually divulges the secrets and mystical framework of the Zouddha lifestyle for leading a life of freedom, of living both - a materially abundant & deeply fulfilling spiritual life while living within the mainstream world. Learn about the intricacies that teach living a life of mastery as opposed to slavery. The ancient Zouddha Manuscripts explain the origin and meaning of different types of invisible chains that we are unknowingly held captives of and continue to lead a slaves life in the major areas of life such as money, body, senses, emotions, values, beliefs, religion and spirituality. In the quest for discovering the ancient Zouddha Manuscripts, the book takes the readers through an adventurous journey from Delhi, to Boston, to Amsterdam, to a mysterious island in the modern day Persia, and following clues from Israel to Zurich. The book goes further to reveal the seven realms of life that hold the secret teachings of Zouddha promising the stopping of abuse & exploitation that we face from others & from ourselves, to discovering our true original inner self, to giving ourselves a new birth and discovering the answer to the quintessential question who am I.

Gendering Italian Fiction

Gendering Italian Fiction
Author: Maria Ornella Marotti
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1999
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780838637715

This volume is an exploration of the innovative ways in which three generations of women writers in modern Italy have dealt with history - both as narration of events and the events themselves. The essays challenge traditional historiography and foster a rereading of history based on the tenets of feminist historicism. They also claim a central role for fiction in the construction of women's history and in a rereading of Italian history.