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In We Could Perceive No Sign of Them: Failed Colonies in North America, 1526-1689, historians David MacDonald and Raine Waters tell the fascinating stories of the many attempts to establish a European foothold in the New World, from the first Spanish colony in 1526 on the coast of Georgia to the final disastrous French endeavors near the arctic.

Fort de Chartres, built in 1719-1720 in the heart of what would become the American Midwest, embodied French colonial power for half a century. Lives of Fort de Chartres, by David MacDonald, details the French colonial experience in Illinois from 1720 to 1770 through vivid depictions of the places, people, and events around the fort and its neighboring villages.

Zelda träumt davon, eine Wikingerheldin zu sein und in die Welt hinauszuziehen, um sich in der Schlacht des Lebens zu beweisen. Denn eine Heldin braucht eine Legende. Doch sie lebt nicht in der Wikingerzeit, sondern in der Gegenwart und besucht Kurse für Menschen mit besonderen Bedürfnissen. Ihr älterer Bruder Gert würde alles für Zelda tun, aber er ist in schlechte Gesellschaft geraten. Ihn daraus zu befreien ist eines von Zeldas Zielen. Von Gefahren lässt sie sich nicht abschrecken.

Seasons of Suffering/Seasons of Joy is a reflective road-memoir about a young man who pedals alone from Louisiana to Missouri, using the miles as a “meditative cocoon” to wrestle with meaning, mortality, and faith. The journey “begins in New England,” then unfolds across eight vividly told days on the bike and a series of thematic chapters, Worldview, Death, Life, Sexuality/Gender Identity, Suffering, and more, blending travelogue with honest spiritual inquiry.