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Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. California Interest. Middle Eastern Studies. Edited by James Mitchell. Francesca Rosa's passing in October 2016 brought to an untimely end the career of one of the more remarkable and overtly political authors associated with the New Narrative movement in San Francisco. This book presents selections from the three titles published by Ithuriel's Spear Press from 2005 to 2015 under her pen name, F.S. Rosa. It begins with an appreciatory essay by Hilton Obenzinger and ends with a lengthy interview conducted by Bay Area literary critic and author Robin Tremblay-McGaw.
The Trial of Mother Cabrini "The First American Saint" A TRULY EXCITING NOVEL FILLED WITH ADVENTURE. LOVE AND DEVOTION. HER TRAVELS TOOK HER TO MANY COUNTRIES. MOTHER CABRINI fought for an ideal that would change millions of peoples lives and living conditions. Today she's a SAINT FOR OUR TIMES, the Patroness of Immigrants. IN HER SHORT LIFE SPAN of 67 years she built 67 hospitals, schools and orphanages. She is Amerca's First Saint, and her Trial, that was held in the beautiful room of Thrones in the Vatican by the highest dignitaries, revealed a woman of character, strength and ability. Although she was ill most of her life, she never let up in her life's work. She was truly a liberated woman, perhaps the first of her kind. She was proclaimed a Saint in 1946. Still today she remains the Nuncio for the Vatican, interceding a citizen of the United States in 1909. "Charity is that sublime virtue which gives a fore taste of heaven. When things are easym everything appears pleasant; but difficulties become bearable when there is fidelity and constancy". SAINT FRANCES XAVIER CABRINI (1850 - 1917)
As the illegitimate daughter of the mythic bank robber Jesse James, Li'l Jessie grew up on tales of his daring adventures. The danger, the action...the money. But when her father dies, no one is left to carry on his place until Li'l Jessie comes along. With the other illegitimate children of Jesse James's gang, Li'l Jessie takes up her father's mantle and embarks on a life of gunslinging, bank robbing, and intrigue. Together, the gang of women takes on the Wild West, the US Marshals, and a dangerous group of bandits as they find love and acceptance in the hazardous West.
In a region of southern Italy that is known as Calabria, far south of Naples, there is a remote town by the name of Ardore. It's history dates back to ancient Greece; and, in over 2,800 years, a succession of conquerors did little to improve the lives of its people. In the mid-1600's, Antonio Bova saw the sale of the town as a feudal estate with an absentee landlord. By the mid-1700's his family had grown and acquired productive agricultural lands. Ardore supported the unification of Italy in 1860, but rebelled when a cholera epidemic ravaged the town. Arciprete Giuseppe Bova rose to a leading role in the town as pastor of the "mother church" and eventually became a bishop. And, Joseph Pasquale Bova was one of the earliest of the massive wave of Italian immigrants that came to America. We explore the experiences of seven generations of the Bova Family and learn how their lives were impacted by the history of Ardore and that of Italy.
During the Golden Age of Italian opera, Luigi Lablache triumphed as one of the most admired and accomplished international superstars. Born in Naples in 1795, his unprecedented forty-five year singing career dominated the glorious bel canto period when opera flourished as the principal form of entertainment. Now his direct descendant, Clarissa Lablache Cheer, puts forth this remarkable and long overdue biography of Lablache – the first ever to be written in English. Page by page, Lablache’s extraordinary story unfolds as the author guides the reader through the hectic and glamorous era of Italian opera and European high society. We follow Lablache as he conquers the dazzling nineteenth c...
Encourage kids to appreciate, respect, and preserve nature with this 5-book collection. Stories about the environment can help kids find wonder in their own backyards and beyond, while teaching them to be good stewards of the planet. This collection includes e-book editions of Miss Fox's Class Goes Green, A Garden to Save the Birds, A Voice for the Everglades, The Big Beach Cleanup, and Growing Food in the Garden.