Ein spannender Roman über eine monatige Reise irischer Auswanderer nach Amerika in 1847 auf einem Dampfer. Nicht für fremdsprachige geeignet! Fast unglaublich, wie millionen von landlosen Iren wegen der Kartoffelfäulnis (potato blight) fast oder ganz verhungern, wie dies den adligen reichen (meist englischen) Landbesitzern völlig egal ist. Wo ist die Gerechtigkeit, die Barmherzigkeit? Zählt dann…
“Can we go to the adventure park?” My son had just arrived with his children, as they had no school that afternoon. I had offered to do something special with them. Carl’s suggestion was no surprise; he loved climbing. And Sheila loved whatever Carl did. “Let’s first have lunch,” I said. That might give me…
Set in Napoleon’s heyday, this is a seemingly endless series of battles – often recounted in gory detail – interspersed with reckless carousing. Peter and Raoul always come out victorious and, if they do happen to get injured, they’re well again in no time. Bonaparte and his troops manage with next to no sleep, advancing from…
A Lineage of Grace by Francine Rivers Illicit sexual relations, duplicity, disdain, brutality – Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Mary each experienced most of these indignities, in some cases hatched through their own scheming. And yet these five women, three of whom were not even Israelites, were chosen by God as forebears of the promised…
The Road of Brightness, by Michael Mitton No one is sure who first suggested undertaking a pilgrimage to Assisi. But a highly improbable group of friends and acquaintances from Dingle, Ireland, decide to do just that. And the new local priest, Father Kilbar, agrees to lead them, although he has never been there before.
The Little Village School series by Gervase Phinn Book 1: The Little Village School A new head teacher, Elisabeth Devine, turns the village on its head – in the nicest possible way. Wayward kids are tamed and emotionally wounded kids find healing through her loving care. Even the most die-hard traditionalists – with the exception…