The Pilgrimage

Religion & Spirituality

PAULO COELHO

Alan R. Clarke

Occult & Paranormal

HarperCollins, Publishers

The story of an independent young woman whose life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a childhood friend. This exciting new edition includes exclusive content, such as an interview with the author, in-depth background information on the book, recommended books if you liked this one, and much more. Pilar is an independent and practical young woman who is feeling bored and frustrated by the daily grind of her university life. Looking for a deeper meaning to her existence, she happens to meet an old childhood friend, now a handsome, mesmerizing spiritual teacher -- and a rumoured miracle worker. As he leads her on a magical journey through the Fench Pyrenees, Pilar begins to realize that this chance encounter is going to transform her life forever. With Paulo's trademark blend of mysticism, magical realism and folklore, Pilar's story is a poignant and deeply inspiring tale

by river piedra i sat down wept

Literature & Fiction

Literary

HARPER/COLLINS

By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

A Spanish missionary was visiting an island when he come across three Aztec priests, "How do you pray"the missionary asked "We have only one prayer"answer one of the Aztecs "we say, "zzzzzgod you are three, we are three. Have pity on us".A beautiful prayer said the missionary...

Contemporary

Harpercollins

At the end of the 19th century, railroads entered the mountains of eastern and central West Virginia for the first time. This opened up vast areas of virgin forest to the lumberman. Later, valuable coalfields were discovered beneath the forests. The development of the region was in full swing by the first decades of the 20th century. G. H. Broadwater, a photographer from Thomas, West Virginia, traveled the Western Maryland Railway and the Baltimore &amp; Ohio Railroad in state between 1906 and 1912, taking over 2,000 photos of these budding industries, workers and developing towns. Broadwater s photographs give vivid insight into the early development of West Virginia s industries and a fascinating period in the states history.

The Western Maryland Railway in West Virginia: The Photographs of G.H. Broadwater

Quarrier Press]

This book documents the construction of railroads in West Virginia, largely to access the untouched stands of timber in such counties as Upshur, Webster, Nicholas, and Randolph. Johnson Newlon Camden and Henry Gassaway Davis were the two men that were the driving forces behind these railroads. They were industrialists and politicians as well as friends and rivals. Camden built the Clarksburg, Weston and Glenville Railroad connecting Clarksburg and Weston in north central West Virginia. Completed in 1879, it was extended to Buckhannon in the fall of 1883. The West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad soon built extensions from Weston to the Gauley River and south from Buckhannon. Davis started construction of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway in 1880, which followed the North Branch of the Potomac River south into Tucker and Randolph Counties. Sawmills and towns sprang up all along the railroads as vast quantities of lumber were harvested from the forests of West Virginia. As the forests were denuded, mines opened, more towns were built, and coal replaced lumber as the principal freight. While sections of the W. Va. &amp; Pittsburgh have been abandoned, the present day successor to the B. &amp; O. still hauls coal along these rail lines to the voracious power plants of the eastern United States. Author and railroad scholar Alan Clarke has once again offered an in-depth look at the building of railroads in West Virginia in the late nineteenth century. Much of the technical and historical information in the book will be of special interest to railroad buffs. However, Clarke s grasp of the state at that time in history, as well as the book s vintage photographs, maps, and illustrations, cause this book to appeal to anyone interested in the history of the Mountain State.

The West Virginia Pittsburgh Railroad: The B&O's Road to the Hardwoods

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