The Amber Road

Author : Boyd Anderson
Publisher : Random House Australia
ISBN 13 : 1742759408
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amber Road written by Boyd Anderson and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With intrigue, romance and suspense to rival Gone With the Wind, Amber Road tells an epic story of one woman’s indomitable spirit against the backdrop of World War II. As an empire is swept away, a young woman's world is ripped apart... It’s 1941 and seventeen-year-old Victoria Khoo lives in luxury in colonial Singapore. Her carefree days are spent fantasising about marrying Sebastian Boustead, scion of a great British merchant family, and becoming mistress of his imposing mansion on Amber Road. Not even Sebastian’s arrival from London with his new fiancée, Elizabeth Nightingale, can dampen her dreams... Then the war reaches Asia and ‘Fortress Singapore’ abruptly surrenders to the Japanese. As the inhabitants are deserted by Britain, Victoria is forced to protect both her family and her rival, Elizabeth, from the cruelty of the occupation. Victoria’s old life has vanished in a heartbeat - but nothing will stand in the way of her destiny. Not the war. Not Elizabeth. And certainly not Joe Spencer, the charismatic Australian who both charms and infuriates her at every turn...

Author : Harry Sidebottom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781471256806
Total Pages : 501 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amber Road written by Harry Sidebottom and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 501 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AD 264: The Roman Empire is torn in two. The western provinces - Gaul, Spain and Britain - have been seized by the pretender Postumus. To the east, on the plains of northern Italy, the armies of the emperor Gallienus muster. War is coming. Everyone must choose a side. On a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, Ballista must journey The Amber Road to the far north to Hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birth. Yet not all welcome Ballista`s return. 'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' ANDREW TAYLOR

Author : Amber Share
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593185552
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Subpar Parks written by Amber Share and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **A New York Times Bestseller!** Based on the wildly popular Instagram account, Subpar Parks features both the greatest hits and brand-new content, all celebrating the incredible beauty and variety of America’s national parks juxtaposed with the clueless and hilarious one-star reviews posted by visitors. Subpar Parks, both on the popular Instagram page and in this humorous, informative, and collectible book, combines two things that seem like they might not work together yet somehow harmonize perfectly: beautiful illustrations and informative, amusing text celebrating each national park paired with the one-star reviews disappointed tourists have left online. Millions of visitors each year enjoy Glacier National Park, but for one visitor, it was simply "Too cold for me!" Another saw the mind-boggling vistas of Bryce Canyon as "Too spiky!" Never mind the person who visited the thermal pools at Yellowstone National Park and left thinking, “Save yourself some money, boil some water at home.” Featuring more than 50 percent new material, the book will include more depth and insight into the most popular parks, such as Yosemite, Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, and Acadia National Parks; anecdotes and tips from rangers; and much more about author Amber Share's personal love and connection to the outdoors. Equal parts humor and love for the national parks and the great outdoors, it's the perfect gift for anyone who loves to spend time outside as well as have a good read (and laugh) once they come indoors.

Author : Pravu Mazumdar
Publisher : Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
ISBN 13 : 9783897905320
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gisbert Stach written by Pravu Mazumdar and published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with jewellery and its proverbial timelessness, Gisbert Stach experiments with processes of transformation, transience and revaluation: pieces of jewellery are worked into asphalt, dissolved in acid or used as targets in knife-throwing performances. Ground amber serves as a pigment to give brooches the deceptively real look of schnitzels. In his twenty-five years of working as a silver- and goldsmith, Gisbert Stach expanded the notion of jewellery to include other media such as photography, video and performance.

Author : M. J. Kelly
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780994326904
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amber Trail written by M. J. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the death of his father, Dig Buckley inherits control of the family brewing business. But when an Indian hop supplier shuts down deliveries in mysterious circumstances, he realises there's a hidden and dangerous side to the brewery. He needs to track the supplier down, embarking on a challenging journey across the Indian countryside as he unravels a treacherous family history.

Author : Sherry Christie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736952702
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amber Road written by Sherry Christie and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An IndieBRAG Medallion Honoree!CARNUNTUM, 38 AD. Far from the intrigues of Caligula's Rome, a dusty frontier settlement clings to a riverbank near a legion fortress. A young man paces the streets, eyeing the forested wilderness across the Danube.Stunned by his father's terrible sacrifices, ex-tribune Marcus Carinna sees one hope of redeeming his patrician family's honor: to recover a legion Eagle captured years ago. To succeed he needs the help of his beloved, the Germanic priestess Aurima. Aurima had promised to rejoin him after obtaining the support of her own father, a chieftain who is a brutal enemy of Rome. But that was months ago. Only a fool would dare venture among the hostile tribes of the Amber Road to find her . . . especially with his mother's temperamental secretary, a mute Thracian horse-boy, and two quarrelsome gladiators as his only companions.When an imperial spymaster recruits him for a secret mission, Marcus jumps at the chance to search for Aurima. But as he leads his troops into the Germanic wilderness, he will discover that he is not out of Caligula's reach after all-and that recovering his lost love and his own honor will demand more courage than he knew he possessed.

Author : Derek Landy
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008140871
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demon Road (The Demon Road Trilogy, Book 1) written by Derek Landy and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE EPIC THRILLER BEGINS. The creator of the number one bestselling SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT series returns with the story of a girl on the run from everything she loves... and the monsters that await her.

Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781089921875
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Amber Road written by Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading "Pytheas says that the Gutones, a people of Germany, inhabit the shores of an estuary of the Ocean called Mentonomon, their territory extending a distance of six thousand stadia; that, at one day's sail from this territory, is the Isle of Abalus, upon the shores of which, amber is thrown up by the waves in spring, it being an excretion of the sea in a concrete form; as, also, that the inhabitants use this amber by way of fuel, and sell it to their neighbors, the Teutones..." - Pliny the Elder The story of the Silk Road has been a popular topic amongst tourists, academics, economists, state parties, and daydreaming children for many centuries. In many ways the Silk Road can be seen everywhere, and it has existed for as long as people have traveled across Eurasia. Its impact is widely felt among the diverse peoples that live on the continent, through the unique regional art and architectural styles, as well as in countless films, books, academic studies, and organized tours devoted to the ancient trade routes. At the same time, however, the Silk Road is an entirely abstract invention, first coined by the 19th century German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. There has never existed a single route - let alone a road - that was used to transfer goods, nor was silk the primary commodity traded across Eurasia. Instead, the Silk Road is more a multi-layered narrative about the rise and fall of nomadic confederations and sedentary societies, the consolidation and dissolution of kingdoms and empires, the exchange of commodities and fine crafts, and the transfer and mixture of ideas, religions, technology, science, art, architecture, myths and legends. It is a story that is relevant for the present-day countries through which this exchange once took place, as they lay claim to the artifacts, heritage sites, and symbolic meaning of the Silk Road for political and economic purposes and to build their national identity. In fact, international trade in the ancient world was a more intricate and far-reaching system than many have been led to believe. The Silk Road and the Incense Trade Route have been heavily investigated in recent decades, but the Amber Road trade network dominating northern Europe has been given far less attention. Amber, the hardened sap of prehistoric trees, has washed up on Baltic shores for generations, and though it had little value to the locals beyond religious symbolism and aesthetic beauty, they learned that foreign civilizations would pay massive sums for the beautiful substance. Though written sources are scattered and tend to come and go depending on the civilization involved, much has been written by ancient authors, particularly of Greek and Roman origins. More importantly, archeologists have traced the spread of amber through the discovery of pieces with specific chemical construction, linking it back to the Baltic region. Once thought to have mainly been exported to Rome, Baltic amber has also been found in Mycenaean Greece, Egypt and Syria, though perhaps not surprisingly, it was Roman demand that formed the height of the amber exchange. Perhaps even more interesting than the movement of the amber is regarding shifting trade operations from government controlled systems to private merchant enterprises to monopolies of guilds and orders, a return to government control, and finally, the selling of the trade to individual countries. It is a fascinating microcosm of changing political and governmental landscapes through millennia of change and development in northern Europe and the wider ancient Mediterranean world. The Amber Road: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Trade Network that Moved Amber across Europe looks at the development of this crucial trade, and its impact on antiquity.

Author : Boyd Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amber Road written by Boyd Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Boland
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
ISBN 13 : 074142035X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amber Road written by John Boland and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a quest to fulfill her dying father's request, she may be in a race with her own health. Native American mysticism + a journey of love and self-discovery