Amish Historical Fiction

Hannah Yoder loves her quiet life on the banks of the Conestoga Creek. In 1842, this corner of Lancaster County is settled and peaceful - yet problems lurk beneath the placid façade. Hannah's father worries about the spread of liberal ideas from their Mennonite and Brethren neighbors. And Hannah blames herself for a tragedy that struck their home nine years ago. She strives to be the one person who can bind the threads of her family together in spite of her mother's ongoing depression and her sister's rejection of their family. But her world is threatening to unravel.

Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. The couple has grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty longs to escape the tight-knit area where large families are valued, and the opportunity to do so arises when her childhood friend, Brooke Spalding, resurfaces with the wild idea of rebuilding a ghost town into a resort community. Brooke hires Anthony to help with the construction, drawing the Hirschlers away from Indiana and into her plan, and then finds herself diagnosed with cancer.

Stories can be both entertaining and educative. They can also be insightful and illuminating, especially when they have travelled down the generations, through the centuries, taking on and eliding new meanings with each retelling. In this genre-bending book, the first of a series, Amish and Bhavna dive into the priceless treasure trove of the ancient Indian epics, as well as the vast and complex universe of Amish's Meluha (through his Shiva Trilogy and Ram Chandra Series), to explore some of the key concepts of Indian philosophy.

Even at 16, Jake’s handsome features hold the calm certainty and patient confidence of a man, and Rachel Bender knows—Jake Weaver is the one. Rachel will grow into a strong young woman with powerful gifts—but in a faraway country, without her Jake. In 1921, Ohio’s new law forces Caleb Bender’s family to seek sanctuary in the wilds of Mexico where the government will not interfere with their Amish way of life, or take their children from them.

Newly widowed Amish woman Anita Graber has returned to live with her brother and his family in Lancaster County. As an expectant widow, she is quite surprised when everyone from the bishop's wife to her brother decides that her baby needs a father. Anita endures many embarrassing moments as she's forced into one awkward situation after another. Even though another man is the last thing on her mind, she finds a friend in her sister-in-law's brother, Simon.

Hannah Lapp's life, like a long-cherished recipe, is satisfying just the way it is. She enjoys whipping up desserts at the bakery, tutoring local children, and socializing with dear friends. One of those friends, Timothy Barkman, has made his interest in Hannah clear, but she's been in no hurry to change her circumstances. No sooner does she feel ready to grow closer to hard-working, handsome Timothy than Hannah finds she may have waited too long. Charlene Shetler intends to become Timothy's fraa.

In this sweeping new historical series by Virginia Wise, a young woman finds a new life in America's first Amish settlement - and discovers that love requires a special sort of courage...Pennsylvania, 1737. Greta Scholtz braved a perilous journey - and the loss of her beloved father - to find religious freedom in America. With two orphan children she's taken under her wing, she's trying hard to survive this rugged new world. So she won't let settlement elders pressure her into marrying reserved widower Jacob Miller.

৩৪০০ খ্রীষ্টপূর্বাব্দ, ভারতবর্ষ এক ভয়ানক যুদ্ধের ফলে বিভাজিত, দুর্বল অযোধ্যা। ক্ষয় ক্ষতির পরিমাণ অপরিমেয়। লঙ্কার রাক্ষসরাজ রাবণ পরাজিতের উপর রাজনৈতিক শাসনের বদলে চাপিয়ে দিয়েছে বাণিজ্যিক নিয়ন্ত্রণ। সম্পদ শোষিত হচ্ছে সাম্রাজ্য থেকে.

આ એ જ વીરાંગના છે જેની આપણને આવશ્યક્તા છે. આપણે પ્રતિક્ષા કરી રહ્યા છીએ એ જ દેવીની. તે જ ધર્મનું રક્ષણ કરશે. તે જ આપણું રક્ષણ કરશે. ભારત. ઈસાપૂર્વ 3400 ભારત વિભાજનો, તિરસ્કાર અને ગરીબીથી ખદબદી રહ્યું છે. લોકો પોતાના શાસકોને ધિક્કારે છે. લોકો તેમના ભ્રષ્ટ અને સ્વાર્થી ઉમરાવોને તિરસ્કારે છે. અરાજક્તા ફેલાવા માટે એક તણખો જ ઝરવાની વાર છે. લંકાનો રાક્ષસ રાજા રાવણ વધુને વધુ શક્તિશાળી બનતો જાય છે અને દુદ્રેવી સપ્ત સિંધુ ફરતે તેની ભીંસ વધતી જ જાય છે. પવિત્ર ભારતભૂમિના બે શક્તિશાળી કબીલાઓ નક્કી કરે છે કે હવે બહુ થયું. હવે તો એક તારણહાર આવવો જ જોઈએ. તેઓ તેને શોધવાનું શરૂ કરે છે.

Award-winning author Elizabeth Byler Younts delivers a powerful novel of grief, friendship, and forgiveness filled with her signature lyricism and emotional depth. "Younts's powerful novel reverberates with love that crosses religious and racial boundaries to find the humanity that connects us...

Not all journeys come to an end.... 1867: Ruth Holtz has more blessings than she can count - a loving husband, an abundant farm, beautiful children, and the warm embrace of the Amish community. Then, the English arrive, spreading incredible stories of free land in the West and inspiring her husband to dream of a new life in Idaho. Breaking the rules of their Order, Ruth’s husband packs up his pregnant wife and their four children and joins a wagon train heading west.

In 1737, Anna Konig and her fellow church members stagger off a small wooden ship after 10 weeks at sea, eager to start a new life in the vibrant but raw Pennsylvania frontier. On the docks of Port Philadelphia waits bishop Jacob Bauer, founder of the settlement and father to ship carpenter Bairn. It's a time of new beginnings for the reunited Bauer family, and for Anna and Bairn's shipboard romance to blossom. But this perfect moment cannot last.

1884. Several years earlier, young Rebecca Switzer lost her heart to Jesse Montgomery, a rugged but dissolute cowboy on a dusty cattle trail near the Amish settlement of Apple Grove. Now, she is grown up, and when she hears one day that he has been spotted nearby, her desire is plain and simple: She must see him. Sheriff Colin Maddox is counting the days until he can leave law enforcement and follow his dream of starting a church.

Outgoing and irrepressible, young Christina has her choice of suitors. But she and her practical-minded older sister, Hilda, have built a thriving life in the rugged Pennsylvania backcountry. Hilda has given up her marriage dreams as foolish - and Christina vows she'll never marry until she finds her sister a husband. So when two handsome newcomers arrive, Christina engages in a bit of secret matchmaking - with disastrous results....

முஹமது கஜினி மற்றும் அவரது காட்டுமிராண்டித்தனமான துருக்கியப் படைகளின் தொடர்ச்சியான தாக்குதல்கள் இந்தியாவின் வடக்குப் பகுதிகளை பலவீனப்படுத்தியுள்ளன. ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர்கள் துணைக் கண்டத்தின் பரந்த பகுதிகளுக்கு - கொள்ளையடித்தல், கொலை செய்தல், கற்பழித்தல், போன்றவற்றால் வீணடித்தனர். பழைய இந்திய ராஜ்ஜியங்கள் பல, சோர்வடைந்து பிளவுபட்டு அவர்களிடம் விழுகின்றன. சண்டையிடுபவர்கள், பழைய போர்க் குறியீடுகளுடன் போரிட்டு, வெற்றி பெறுவதற்காக எல்லா விதிகளையும் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் மீறும் காட்டுமிராண்டித்தனமான துருக்கிய இராணுவத்தை நிறுத்த முடியவில்லை.

After a chance encounter with an Abolitionist, Rebekah is obsessed by a desire to end slavery. But as a young Amish Girl living on a farm near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, she feels hopeless to do anything about it. Although she feels loved by her Amish family, she believes she has a higher purpose. But her protective father commands that she not interact with the non-Amish world. In his view, what happens outside their tight-knit farming community is none of her concern. But her life, and the outcome of the battle of Gettysburg, changes when the Confederate Army suddenly descends on her farm.

It’s 1945, and Christine Freeman is a nurse at Hudson River State Hospital where she works alongside members of a Civilian Public Service unit. Eli is one of the conscies - conscientious objectors to the war - and he is doing his best to become a man of character instead of the immature heartbreaker he used to be back home in his Amish community. Christine and Eli are friendly, but when an old acquaintance, Jack, returns home from the war, Christine’s world is violently turned upside down. Eli, heartbroken to see his friend so hurt, offers her an escape within his Amish community.

Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India's northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging. Many of the old Indian kingdoms, tired and divided, fall to them. Those who do fight, battle with old codes of chivalry, and are unable to stop the savage Turkic army which repeatedly breaks all rules to win. Then the Turks raid and destroy one of the holiest temples in the land: the magnificent Lord Shiva temple at Somnath.

Welcome to Smitten, Vermont. With the help of four friends, it’s about to become the most romantic town in America. The proposed closing of the lumber mill comes as unwelcome news for the citizens of Smitten. How will the town survive without its main employer? A close-knit group of women...

అది ఇప్పటి భారతీయుల నోట సింధు నాగరికతగా పిలవబడే 1900 BC కాలం. అప్పటి వాస్తవ్యులు దాన్ని మేలూహ రాజ్యం అని పిలిచేవారు - ఒకప్పటి గొప్ప చక్రవర్తి అయిన శ్రీ రాముడు నిర్మించిన పరిపూర్నమైన సామ్రాజ్యమది.