Nancy Turner ist eine Ethnobotanikerin, deren Forschung die Bereiche Botanik und Ökologie mit Anthropologie, Geographie und Linguistik verbindet. Sie interessiert sich für die traditionellen Wissenssysteme und die traditionelle Land- und Ressourcenbewirtschaftung indigener Völker, insbesondere im westlichen Kanada. Ihre Arbeit konzentriert sich auf das Verständnis der tiefen Verbindung zwischen Mensch und Natur und die Bewahrung wertvollen ökologischen Wissens.
Eine historische Familiensaga über Sarah, die 1906 in Arizona nach dem Tod ihres Mannes ihre Ranch und Söhne allein versorgt. Trotz Dürre und einem verheerenden Brand gibt sie nicht auf und erhält Unterstützung von ihrer Familie und dem neuen Nachbarn Udell.
A moving, exciting, and heartfelt American saga inspired by the author's own family memoirs, these words belong to Sarah Prine, a woman of spirit and fire who forges a full and remarkable existence in a harsh, unfamiliar frontier. Scrupulously recording her steps down the path Providence has set her upon—from child to determined young adult to loving mother—she shares the turbulent events, both joyous and tragic, that molded her, and recalls the enduring love with cavalry officer Captain Jack Elliot that gave her strength and purpose. Rich in authentic everyday details and alive with truly unforgettable characters, These Is My Words brilliantly brings a vanished world to breathtaking life again.
The St Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in 12th-century England. It was probably created between 1120 and 1140 at St Albans Abbey. In 2012, scholars conservators, and scientists at the J Paul Getty Musesum conducted an examination of the Psalter. This title deals with these 12th-century manuscripts.
It's the summer of 1907 and the sun is scorching down on Mary Pearl in the Arizona Territory. Mary Pearl and her sister Esther take their minds off the heat by sneaking banned Jane Austen novels from Aunt Sarah Elliot's lively bookshelf. Whispered read alouds preoccupy their nights, and reveries of getting hitched to their own Mr. Darcy a la Pride and Prejudice swirl through their day dreams.