Louise hay was an inspirational teacher who educated millions since the 1984 publication of her bestseller you can heal your life, which has more than 50 million copies in print worldwide. The treasure fleet of the dragon throne, 14051433 by louise levathes at indigo. Louise then got her master of fine arts in creative writing from johns hopkins university. Louise levathes, author of when china ruled the seas. She is an active member of the chippewa indians turtle mountain band. In the tradition of barbara tuchman and jonathan spence, former veteran national geographic staff writer louise levathes delivers a vivid, youarethere. Louise levathes was a staff writer for national geographic for ten years and writes for the new york times, the washington post, and other publications. She is the author of novels for middlegraders and teens, including the truth about my bat mitzvah and. Although she avoids gavin menzies fantastic theory that he reached the americas, she demonstrates very well the greatness of his accomplishments as admiral of the ming fleet, despite the fact that he had grown up with a handicap which fortunately few suffer from today.
Louise levene is the author of a vision of loveliness, a bbc book at bedtime, which was also longlisted for the desmond elliott first novel prize, ghastly business and the following girls. About the author s louise levathes was a staff writer for national geographic for ten years and writes for the new york times, the washington post, and other publications. In 1498 the portuguese explorer vasco da gama, with a fleet of four small ships, sailed into the east african port of malindi, where he hired a pilot who helped him navigate to calicut. Death in brittany, the first case for commissaire dupin, was published in german in march 2012 and spent many months on the bestseller list. When china ruled the seas is a very readable history of the short span of time in the 15th century when china had a fleet that roamed much of the world. The treasure fleet of the dragon throne, on librarything. In 1990 she was a visiting scholar at the hopkinsnanjing center for chinese and. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In 1990 she was a visiting scholar at the hopkinsnanjing center for chinese and american studies at nanjing university in china. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about when china ruled the seas.
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