Destiny's Journey

Destiny's Journey
Author: Alfred Döblin
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2019-08-16
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Destiny's Journey is a memoir reconstructed partly from notebooks that Döblin kept from the time he worked in the French Ministry of Information in the spring of 1940 and partly written without notes in Los Angeles where he took refuge during the Second World War. It tells the personal and generational story of the flight of Jewish and anti-Nazi intellectuals from Europe to America, their fear and frustration, isolation, and inability to work. Döblin’s story differs from that of other Jewish intellectuals and artists in that his family converts to Catholicism in Los Angeles. Unlike most of them, he returns to Europe as an officer with the French forces and works on denazifying German literature. The conversion narrative bridges the departure from and return to Europe. To critic John Simon, “the latter part of the book often reads like a shrill piece of Christian homiletics. But even this is not without interest, as it traces the transformation of an anarchic outsider into a dogmatic insider.” “The first part of ‘Destiny's Journey’ [about] Döblin's departure from Paris [in] 1940... is magisterial: acidly observed, saturated in telling detail, grimly comic and harrowing... with an exemplary introduction by Peter Demetz... an important, nourishing book” — John Simon, The New York Times

Destiny's Journey

Destiny's Journey
Author: Richard K. Thompson
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-08
Genre:
ISBN: 1452063222

At a time when Neal Thomas is preoccupied with the possibility that his newly published book could be made into a movie, he is contacted by close friends in Virginia who want to make him the Project Manager for construction of their newly conceived condominium complex near Virginia Beach. The dilemma that follows is eventually resolved by a phone call that forces him to accept the job in Virginia, and paves the way for a brand new adventure.

Life Between Lives

Life Between Lives
Author: Michael Newton
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2004
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780738704654

The founder of the Society of Spiritual Regression provides a guide for hypnotherapists and the general public to access the spiritual world.

Global West, American Frontier

Global West, American Frontier
Author: David M. Wrobel
Publisher: UNM Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2013-10-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0826353711

This thoughtful examination of a century of travel writing about the American West overturns a variety of popular and academic stereotypes. Looking at both European and American travelers’ accounts of the West, from de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America to William Least Heat-Moon’s Blue Highways, David Wrobel offers a counter narrative to the nation’s romantic entanglement with its western past and suggests the importance of some long-overlooked authors, lively and perceptive witnesses to our history who deserve new attention. Prior to the professionalization of academic disciplines, the reading public gained much of its knowledge about the world from travel writing. Travel writers found a wide and respectful audience for their reports on history, geography, and the natural world, in addition to reporting on aboriginal cultures before the advent of anthropology as a discipline. Although in recent decades western historians have paid little attention to travel writing, Wrobel demonstrates that this genre in fact offers an important and rich understanding of the American West—one that extends and complicates a simple reading of the West that promotes the notions of Manifest Destiny or American exceptionalism. Wrobel finds counterpoints to the mythic West of the nineteenth century in such varied accounts as George Catlin’s Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium (1852), Richard Francis Burton’s The City of the Saints (1861), and Mark Twain’s Following the Equator (1897), reminders of the messy and contradictory world that people navigated in the past much as they do in the present. His book is a testament to the instructive ways in which the best travel writers have represented the West.

Destiny's Journey

Destiny's Journey
Author: Robert Ruiz Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 123
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1496928520

Children and younger adolescents in todays world are bombarded with information from the electronic media and, in particular, the internet. Much of what they see and read has little redeeming social value. Computer games are particularly violent and teach the lesson that, in order to have your way, it is okay to resort to strength and violence. Robert Ruiz, Jr., in writing Destinys Journey, sought to provide children and youth with an imaginative adventure story rooted in the values of family and friendship that stand the test of time: love, joy, peace, kindness, gentleness, faith and patience. Inculcated in the story are the concepts of a Creator and a plan of life that is greater than any individual or group of individuals on earth. There is, indeed, a divine plan for all living things. The author, in developing the Chiles family, was particularly interested in engaging Mexican and Hispanic American children and youth, many of whom have been raised in the produce fields of Mexico and the United States. Thus, Chiles family characters serve as the vehicle to share values that make any society strong. The interdependence of the characters in this story clearly demonstrates that no man is an island, entire of it self. All of us need each other, regardless of race, age or background in order to not only survive but thrive in todays world. And above all, we must recognize that there is a higher power at work in each of our lives.

Destiny of the Republic

Destiny of the Republic
Author: Candice Millard
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2011-09-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0385535007

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The extraordinary account of James Garfield's rise from poverty to the American presidency, and the dramatic history of his assassination and legacy, from the bestselling author of The River of Doubt. "Crisp, concise and revealing history.... A fresh narrative that plumbs some of the most dramatic days in U.S. presidential history." —The Washington Post James Abram Garfield was one of the most extraordinary men ever elected president. Born into abject poverty, he rose to become a wunderkind scholar, a Civil War hero, a renowned congressman, and a reluctant presidential candidate who took on the nation's corrupt political establishment. But four months after Garfield's inauguration in 1881, he was shot in the back by a deranged office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Garfield survived the attack, but become the object of bitter, behind-the-scenes struggles for power—over his administration, over the nation's future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic brings alive a forgotten chapter of U.S. history. Look for Candice Millard’s latest book, River of the Gods.

Driving Destiny

Driving Destiny
Author: Kristi Wilson
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2003-05-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0595277470

This self-help book is a work in which Kristi seeks to employ her own personal experiences to aid a person in fulfilling wishes and desires. The work begins by explaining that God is the force that drives her. Kristi goes on to motivate the reader to see that within themselves, God implants the knowledge, vision, and ability to conquer sin through forgiveness and hatred through love. Kristi's hope is that the person reading, Driving Destiny, will be able to begin their journey to their destiny. Kristi communicates to her readers that a person must understand that it is not his or her own will that will prevail but God's will. Once the reader realizes the true entity that is in control, then the road becomes easier and goals are easier to accomplish. Additionally, Kristi utilizes informative language, biblical quotes, and personal experience, which may educate a reader in the process of reaching their goals in life.

Date with Destiny

Date with Destiny
Author: Lucy Vine
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2024-05-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1398515361

Ginny is about to turn 32. It’s a year she’s been thinking about for a long time because sixteen years ago she crossed paths with a psychic who made some key predictions about her thirty-second year . . . Three Bad Things: A heartbreak, a loss of independence and a death. Three Good Things: A life-changing trip, reconnecting with someone and meeting her soulmate. It's all nonsense – obviously! Especially since Ginny is getting married in a month. But when some of those pesky predictions start coming true, she finds herself wondering what will happen next . . . 'The perfect laugh-a-minute summer read' STYLIST

The Future of Humanity

The Future of Humanity
Author: Michio Kaku
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2018-02-20
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0385542771

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The national bestselling author of The God Equation traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies. “Amazing … Kaku is in smooth perfect control of it the entire time.” —The Christian Science Monitor We are entering a new Golden Age of space exploration. With irrepressible enthusiasm and a deep understanding of the cutting-edge research in space travel, world-renowned physicist and futurist Dr. Michio Kaku presents a compelling vision of how humanity may develop a sustainable civilization in outer space. He reveals the developments in robotics, nanotechnology, and biotechnology that may allow us to terraform and build habitable cities on Mars and beyond. He then journeys out of our solar system and discusses how new technologies such as nanoships, laser sails, and fusion rockets may actually make interstellar travel a possibility. We travel beyond our galaxy, and even beyond our universe, as Kaku investigates some of the hottest topics in science today, including warp drive, wormholes, hyperspace, parallel universes, and the multiverse. Ultimately, he shows us how humans may someday achieve a form of immortality and be able to leave our bodies entirely, laser porting to new havens in space.

Destiny's Cove

Destiny's Cove
Author: Grace Roberts
Publisher: Grace Roberts
Total Pages: 326
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The complete Destiny's Cove series in one sweet box set. Come to the town where soul mates find each other. This sweet romance collection includes: a lighthearted Christmas romance, a sweet friends-to-lovers romance, and a secret identity romance. Take a small town in the southwest of Florida with white beaches and crystal clear waters. Add legends of pirates and hidden treasures. Bring an alleged matchmaking ghost into the mix. Stir well, and you'll have the perfect recipe for a sweet series that will show you that sometimes the biggest treasure is hidden inside the heart. Book 1: A Trip With Destiny Giorgia Di Maggio has left Italy on a sabbatical to reinvent herself. An adventurous one-week vacation in a small Florida town wasn't exactly what she had in mind, but when she meets the handsome Irish owner of the local pub and a series of odds coincidences keep bringing them together, she finds herself reconsidering her plans. Book 2: A Brush With Love Kyla Callaghan left Destiny's Cove to chase a dream in New York, but she never stopped thinking about the guy who saved her life and secretly captured her heart in high school. When she returns to her hometown for a short visit nine years later, and he saves her once again, she can't help but wonder whether the town legend of the matchmaking ghost might be real after all. Book 3: A Cruise With Romance At twenty-four, Cara McGill is tired of living her mother's dream on her behalf as a famous musician, and she finds herself longing for an escape. Making a spur-of-the-moment decision, she runs to a small town in Florida where she hopes to reinvent her life. Stumbling across the town playboy could mess up all her plans, especially as she realizes there's more behind that façade of his, something that might very well be all she's been looking for in a man.