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Book Bugs and Bullets

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne
  • Publisher : Center for Romanian Studies
  • Release : 2019-10-23
  • ISBN : 1592111076
  • Pages : 311 pages

Download or read book Bugs and Bullets written by Joseph Breckinridge-Bayne and published by Center for Romanian Studies. This book was released on 2019-10-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romania entered World War I in the summer of 1916 woefully unprepared to sustain a war on its own. The country faced near collapse as its Allies did not follow through on their promises and the Central Powers advanced into the kingdom. An unexpected participant in the events that unfolded as the Central Powers invaded Romania and occupied the capital city of Bucharest was an American doctor, Joseph Breckinridge Bayne. Like many of his generation, such as Ernest Hemingway, Richard Norton, Anne Hathaway Vanderbilt, and many others, driven by a spirit of adventure and a desire to help humanity in this moment of crisis, Bayne set out for Europe to throw in his lot with the Allied forces. After arriving in London, an unlikely set of circumstances led him to Romania, an isolated post on the Eastern Front of the war where his medical skills were greatly needed. Bug and Bullets is the memoir of this brave doctor who spent the next two years combating disease and epidemics, and dealing with the horrors of war from behind enemy lines on the Eastern Front. Bayne worked at a military hospital in Bucharest, both before and after the German occupation of the Romanian capital. When the front lines had stabilized further to the East and the influx of wounded soldiers ceased, Bayne took his services to the villages outside the capital that were ravaged by disease and hunger. Once the war had ended, Bayne again volunteered his services and returned to Romania with the Red Cross to help to reign in the typhoid epidemic and to rebuild the country he had grown to love. Bayne’s memoir provides a unique account of life in Romania during the First World War. He vividly describes medical conditions faced on the Eastern Front, revealing firsthand the savagery of war. Bugs and Bullets portrays the difficulties faced by the civilian population, overwhelmed by hunger and disease. As a foreign observer, he also provides a unique glimpse into life in Romanian villages during the war and creates an insightful portrait of the land and its people. This edition of Bugs and Bullets, published to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, is edited and enhanced by a thorough introductory study on the author’s life and work by Dr. Ernest H. Latham, Jr., former cultural attaché at the American Embassy in Bucharest. Dr. Latham is a well-known specialist in Romanian history and has written the only biography of Dr. Bayne, entitled What Strange Fate. Bugs and Bullets is essential reading for anyone interested in medical conditions during World War I and life on the Eastern Front during this dramatic period in history. It also provides a valuable look at life in the country on the eve of the creation of modern Romania.

Book Garfield Presents   Babes and Bullets

Download or read book Garfield Presents Babes and Bullets written by Jim Davis and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just call him Sam, sweetheart . . . An open door is Garfield's invitation to old-fashioned mystery and romance. With a sharp-looking fedora and a no-nonsense trench coat, he becomes Sam Spayed, a tough-talking, tail-twitching private eye with a mean case on his paws. It's all in a day's work for the world's smartest (and only) feline detective. He'll get the job done, all right. And you can bet he'll get it done before dinnertime, sweetheart.

Book Star Wars Civilization

    Book Details:
  • Author : Li Xueye
  • Publisher : Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Star Wars Civilization written by Li Xueye and published by Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd. This book was released on with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shen Zheng, a despised migrant worker in a prosperous city, embarked on the journey of the strong for his relatives, rose in the White Wolf Star at a frightening speed, and would eventually create the legend as a Planes Lord.

Book Bugs in the System

    Book Details:
  • Author : May R. Berenbaum
  • Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
  • Release : 2010-11-05
  • ISBN : 1459608100
  • Pages : 694 pages

Download or read book Bugs in the System written by May R. Berenbaum and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11-05 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to insect physiology, genetics and behaviour which looks at the interaction between humans and insects, and explores both the positive and negative aspects of the relationship.

Book Movies and Methods

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bill Nichols
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1976
  • ISBN : 9780520054097
  • Pages : 770 pages

Download or read book Movies and Methods written by Bill Nichols and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLUME 2: "Movies and Methods," Volume II, captures the developments that have given history and genre studies imaginative new models and indicates how feminist, structuralist, and psychoanalytic approaches to film have achieved fresh, valuable insights. In his thoughtful introduction, Nichols provides a context for the paradoxes that confront film studies today. He shows how shared methods and approaches continue to stimulate much of the best writing about film, points to common problems most critics and theorists have tried to resolve, and describes the internal contraditions that have restricted the usefulness of post-structuralism. Mini-introductions place each essay in a larger context and suggest its linkages with other essays in the volume. A great variety of approaches and methods characterize film writing today, and the final part conveys their diversity--from statistical style analysis to phenomenology and from gay criticisms to neoformalism. This concluding part also shows how the rigorous use of a broad range of approaches has helped remove post-structuralist criticism from its position of dominance through most of the seventies and early eighties. -- Publisher description.

Book Borror and Delong s Introduction to the Study of Insects

Download or read book Borror and Delong s Introduction to the Study of Insects written by Norman Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understand the insect world with BORROR AND DELONG�S INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS! Combining current insect identification, insect biology, and insect evolution, this biology text provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the study of insects. Numerous figures, bullets, easily understood diagrams, and numbered lists throughout the text help you grasp the material.

Book Bullets for Dead Hoods

Download or read book Bullets for Dead Hoods written by John Corbett and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haunting dossier--anonymously assembled and found in a thrift store--gives an unprecedented and intimate lowdown on the Chicago mafia In the early 2000s, Chicago author, curator and gallerist John Corbett struck thrifter's gold in a going-out-of-business Chicago junk shop when he stumbled onto a 1933 manuscript intimately documenting the Chicago Mafia. The tone of the browned and brittled pages immediately grabbed him--sensationalistic and funny, they read like an embellished police blotter as they named names, gave addresses, and detailed crimes. Presented here in facsimile in order to capture the physicality of the typewritten and annotated document, Bullets for Dead Hoods: An Encyclopedia of Chicago Mobsters, c. 1933offers an expanded overview of the Chicago Outfit through 140 character sketches that range from the infamous--Al Capone, Big Jim Colosimo, the Everleigh Sisters--to their lesser-known aiders and abetters. Whoever dared to put this testament together was clearly someone with access to information--a cop? a detective? a newspaperman? a bitter mafioso?--but who would've risked sharing this information, and why, is a mystery that will most likely never be solved. What is left for us is a concise introduction to a particularly gripping chapter in American history that, through its details, knits Chicago together in a new way. In addition to the 1933 manuscript in facsimile (approximately 185 pages), the book includes an introduction by John Corbett; a compilation of the 500+ locations referenced in the manuscript; and a map featuring those street addresses in Chicago.

Book The Colonnade

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1922
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 606 pages

Download or read book The Colonnade written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Connecticut Wits

Download or read book The Connecticut Wits written by Vernon Louis Parrington and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Memoir of the author  M Fingal

Download or read book Memoir of the author M Fingal written by John Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book M Fingal

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  • Author : John Trumbull
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1816
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 166 pages

Download or read book M Fingal written by John Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes references to the Battles of Lexington and Concord, Mass. (pages 54-56).

Book A Yankee Private s Civil War

Download or read book A Yankee Private s Civil War written by Robert Hale Strong and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon joining the Union army at the age of 19, Robert Hale Strong experienced the intensity of battle and horrors of war, which he vividly recaptures in this moving memoir. Strong recounts true tales of punishment, revenge, devotion, and quiet heroism as well as the survival methods of the average soldier.

Book Oriental Stories  Vol 1  No  1  October November 1930

Download or read book Oriental Stories Vol 1 No 1 October November 1930 written by Farnsworth Wright and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first issue of Oriental Stories, edited by Farnsworth Wright, includes work by such "Weird Tales" regulars as Robert E. Howard, Frank Owen, Otis Adelbert Kline, and many more.

Book Blood  Bullets  and Bones

Download or read book Blood Bullets and Bones written by Bridget Heos and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public’s imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives studied dead bodies for signs of foul play, and in Victorian England, officials used crime scene photography and criminal profiling to investigate the Jack the Ripper murders. In the intervening decades, forensic science has evolved to use the most cutting-edge, innovative techniques and technologies. In this book, acclaimed author Bridget Heos uses real-life cases to tell the history of modern forensic science, from the first test for arsenic poisoning to fingerprinting, firearm and blood spatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the important milestones in between. By turns captivating and shocking, Blood, Bullets, and Bones demonstrates the essential role forensic science has played in our criminal justice system.

Book The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia

Download or read book The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia written by Vin T. Sparano and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-10-20 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recipient of the Library Association's Outstanding Reference Work Award, this complete and comprehensive guide is the ultimate one-volume library for anyone interested in the outdoors. This monumental work features extensive coverage of: Fishing * Hunting * Firearms and shooting sports * Camping * Boating * First Aid * Archery and bowhunting * Sporting dogs * Fish species * Big game * Small game * Upland game and waterfowl * A complete listing of private organizations * Government information sources To broaden the scope of this established reference work, Vin T. Sparano, Editor Emeritus and Senior Field Editor of Outdoor Life, has compiled brand-new chapters and sections on survival, all-terrain vehicles, and watersports (including kayaking, water skiing, and personal watercraft). He also included new information on GPS (Global Positioning System) and increased focus on such sections as fly fishing, sporting clays, backpacking, nutrition, and new first-aid breakthroughs in outdoor emergencies. With nearly 400 new photographs and 100 drawings added to the already more than 1,300 illustrations, The Complete Outdoors Encyclopedia illustrates the newest technology and the latest trends in the outdoors. Representing decades of research and authoritative writing by Vin T. Sparano, this is the definitive guide that bridges all aspects of the outdoors today. It is a must-buy for anyone and everyone venturing outdoors.

Book My Super Pretty Wife

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wen Ding
  • Publisher : Funstory
  • Release : 2020-08-27
  • ISBN : 1636317960
  • Pages : 954 pages

Download or read book My Super Pretty Wife written by Wen Ding and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 954 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mercenary King Chen Yang returned to the city to protect his comrade's sister, the goddess. In the bustling city, Chen Yang was like a fish in water, carefree and at ease. And to see how the previous generation's soldiers would use their iron fists and wits to build a business empire...

Book I Just Ate a Bug

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kat Simons
  • Publisher : T&D Publishing
  • Release : 2024-07-30
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 26 pages

Download or read book I Just Ate a Bug written by Kat Simons and published by T&D Publishing. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fighting an alien invasion requires a good appetite… I’m an out of work dog walker who never expected to confront the end of the world in my lifetime. Especially not when that end of the world comes in the form of an alien invasion. Who expects that to happen for real, right? But there you have it. Aliens. Invading Earth. And only a rough band of us humans to defend the entire planet. With the only weapons we have. If we can stomach using it. Author’s Note: This story is also published in the collection HAUNTS AND HOWLS AND JESTERS BELLS. keywords: Contemporary fantasy, paranormal, alien invasion, humorous alien invasion, science fiction, short story, short story collections, action adventure, science fiction short stories, dolphins and bugs, aliens vs humans, humorous paranormal aliens