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Jing is the only daughter of a loyal communist from a small village in the PRC. After high school, she has the choice to continue studying in Beijing or to marry one of the villagers. Both choices are difficult. Her father does not want her marrying one of the farmers. Eventually, she chooses to leave. On the train, she meets the spirited Mongolian Badam who lives in Beijing. He soon seduces Jing. They fall in love, which leads to a passionate relationship with dramatic consequences. Michael Krieger (1963) was taken by the story End of Simon Carmiggelt during high school in Paramaribo. It inspired him so much that he decided to write short stories. Initially, he treated his writing as a hobby. Years later, he found pleasure again in writing, resulting in a third place at the Kwakoe Literature Prize in 2005 and the debut novel Ai Mi amor (2006).
During a reckless summer, Barry Tate makes a life-altering decision. Afraid of commitment, and seduced by a woman out of his fantasies, Barry runs away from college and away from his one true love for the fast life of the New Jersey Shore. Not until several years later, when Barry has become a victim of the lifestyle he once pursued, does he realize that he has possibly lost his dreams for good. Then, one day, he hears a song on the radio. It is a summer song, an innocent reminder of a better time, and the inspiring key to re-discovering the one woman he can never stop loving. During one summer quarter at The Ohio State University, Barry Tate unexpectedly meets Karen Lucas, a sensitive, arti...
In 1995, Hurricane Roxanne ravaged the Gulf of Mexico, trapping 245 workers manning barge 269 on a pipeline in the Yucatan Peninsula. Here, Krieger tells the harrowing true story of one of the greatest sea rescues in history.
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Smith King was born in Virginia in 1825. Early in life he was living in the Loafers Rest Community of Wythe and Carroll Counties, Virginia, so he could have been born there. He married Nancy Alley, daughter of David and Sarah Alley, in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1848. They had five children. He served in the Virginia Infantry, Confederate States Army, during the Civil War and died while a prisoner of war at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, 12 August 1864. Descendants lived in Virginia and elsewhere.
A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records of Pennsylvania" which contain the minutes of the Provincial Council, of the Council of Safety, and of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania.