'Emigration to and from the German-Russian Volga Colonies' covers the emigration of the "Catherine the Great" Germans into the Volga River area in the mid to late 1700's, the movement of the Volga German-Russians further east of the Volga River into Russia's Steppes, the western exodus of the Volga German-Russians to the United States, Canada, Germany, Brazil and Argentina in the late 1800's and early 1900's, the Stalin ordered deportation of all Volga German-Russians to...

Third book in my series on German-Russians of the Volga Colonies. The goal of this book is to identify the hardships that my German-Russian ancestors endured and overcame in the Volga Colonies. The First Chapter covers their emigration to the Volga Colonies. The Second Chapter covers the Shock and Disappointment, Death Rate, Wild Weather, Sickness, and Food Shortages that they endured. Chapter 3 is about Tsarina Catherine the Great and her “promises.” Chapter 4 covers the Robber Bands and ...

The Sewing Machine Troubleshooting Book for Almost Anyone covers general theory and detailed troubleshooting information, along with an extensive fault diagnosis quick index and explanations applicable to all sewing machines, from the newest to the oldest. Uses a common-sense approach to any electrical, electronic, and mechanical sewing machine fault using a common sense and logical, or probability-based investigation to observe and correctly identify the failure or failures. This is no di...

What does the title mean? It is the idea that we can approach any electrical or electronic (and mechanical) fault using a basic logical or probability-based investigation to observe and correctly identify the significant indicators that will eventually lead us to the failure or failures. This is no different from the Detective Books you read or TV Shows you watch where the hero used a logical approach (while all those around him just ran around willy nilly) to identify the clues and catch ...

‘We Came from Wolgadeutscher (Volga German) Children’s Book’ is a book for ages 8-12, and is a fictional story about the journey of a German Family in the mid 1760's. It follows them as they move from their home and leave for Russia and the Colonies of the Volga River. The story continues as their descendants live and prosper on the Volga, and finishes around 1900 as their children's children finally leave the Volga River area and settle in new homes in America. This book follows a similar...

Second book in my series on the German-Russians of the Volga Colonies. Explains development of Religion in pre-history Germany, and Religions daily influence on their lives. The chapters of this book cover the development of Religion in Germania from pre-history to 1760, the Büdingen Connection, the First Hundred Years in the Volga Colonies, illustrations of many of the Churches of the Volga Colonies, the changes decreed by Moscow from 1860 to around 1930. Bibliography and Endnotes in...

This book is a collection of 80 Featherweight ads that ran in papers and magazines across the United States. This is just a small sample of the ones that were printed during this period. The collection starts with an ad from November 1934. This ad is also the very first advertising use of the “featherweight” name. The last ad was 39 years later from December 1973.For more of my books, visit www.DarrelKaiserBooks.com

Weave of the Volga is my tenth novel spinning the stories of the struggles of different German families and their many descendants, as they emigrated ever farther away from the old homeland. It begins in Tietelsen, 12 miles northwest of Trendelburg, Germany. A weaver, Johannes Nilmaier and his wife Anna Christina, wonder if this place they live in is all there is for them. That question will change their lives, and the lives of many others, forever. As you move through the pages of the nex...

A while back, while meditating about God, I wanted to read more in the Scripture about Salvation and Eternal Life. I built this collection of 101 Scripture Quotes so that I could easily find, read and meditate on one each day, and if you use it that way, it will cover 101 days… I would then just start over again, but use it as works best for you. I have added my feelings about what each Scripture quote means to me; they are only notes to me and ignore them if you want, as my wo...

This is a completely fictional story about the journey of a man’s Soul and Spirit following the end of his life on earth. An accident happens and he dies, and all the many things and plans he so valued vanish in an instant, and he awakes to a new pitch-black silent world. Apparently totally alone as never before, no light, no noise, no people, he is terrified as he struggles to wake up from this nightmare. This is his story of that nightmare, his journey into his Hell. A few days befo...

Tree of the Volga is the fourth of my novels spinning the stories of the struggles of different German families and their many descendants, as they emigrated ever farther and farther away from the old homeland. This story begins in the Pfalz of southwest Germany. A simple shoemaker, Johann Dietrich Kaiser, wonders if another war will again ravage the area. War passes them by, but not death. That visit would change his life, and the lives of many others, forever. As you move through the pag...

March to the Volga is the first of my novels spinning the tales of the struggles of different German families and their many descendants, as the emigrated ever farther and farther away from the old homeland. This story begins in southern Germany, a few miles north of Löwenstein in the year of 1764. An unnamed man, fleeing his past cruel life in the city, accidentally crosses paths with married couple, Christoph Karl and Jacobina Karl Maurer. As you move with them north to the port of ...