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Book Buried in secret  or  The poor refugee

Download or read book Buried in secret or The poor refugee written by Rupert Winn and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Buried Secrets

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  • Author : V. Sanford
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2003-05-02
  • ISBN : 1403973377
  • Pages : 313 pages

Download or read book Buried Secrets written by V. Sanford and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-05-02 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the late 1970s and the mid 1980s, Guatemala was torn by a civil war which came to be known as La Violencia. During this time of mass terror and extreme violence, more than 600 massacres occurred in villages destroyed by the army, one and a half million people were displaced, and more than 200,000 civilians murdered. 83% of the victims were Maya, the indigenous people of Guatemala. Buried Secrets brings these chilling statistics to life as it chronicles the journey of Mayan survivors seeking truth, justice, and community healing and demonstrates that the Guatemalan army carried out a systematic and intentional genocide against the Maya. Victoria Sanford provides us with an insider's look at the workings of the Commission for Historical Clarification through the exhumation of clandestine cemeteries. The book is based on exhaustive research, including more than 400 testimonies from massacre survivors, interviews with members of the forensic team, human rights leaders, high-ranking military officers, guerrilla combatants, and government officials. Buried Secrets traces truth-telling and political change from isolated Maya villages to national political events, and provides a unique look into the experiences of Maya survivors as they struggle to rebuild their communities and lives.

Book Refugee

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  • Author : Alan Gratz
  • Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
  • Release : 2017-07-25
  • ISBN : 0545880874
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Refugee written by Alan Gratz and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Alan Gratz tells the timely--and timeless--story of three different kids seeking refuge. A New York Times bestseller! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world... ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America... MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. With his homeland torn apart by violence and destruction, he and his family begin a long trek toward Europe... All three kids go on harrowing journeys in search of refuge. All will face unimaginable dangers -- from drownings to bombings to betrayals. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. And although Josef, Isabel, and Mahmoud are separated by continents and decades, shocking connections will tie their stories together in the end. As powerful and poignant as it is action-packed and page-turning, this highly acclaimed novel has been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than four years and continues to change readers' lives with its meaningful takes on survival, courage, and the quest for home.

Book The Secrets of Moorvale Asylum

Download or read book The Secrets of Moorvale Asylum written by Sarah Starr and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war is over, and Britain is at peace. But in 1948, not only Londons architecture lies in tatters. When Juliette is committed to the asylum, two memories haunt her: that of her baby being snatched from her arms and of fleeing on skis through an endless mountain range. Doctor Silver favors all forms of shock therapy, and its doubtful she can endure such barbaric treatments. A missing patient links Silver to a police inquiry while he seeks help from the Movement, an illegal cell he knew before the war. Certain this ideology is the model for a better world, he is easily led into illicit schemes. A troubled child discovers fairies have lived at the asylum long since its workhouse days. Their natural law seeks to restore peace and harmony, but dark secrets are gradually unearthed inside the walls of Moorvale. Unseen dangers now lurk in the shadows and further threaten Juliettes survival. Follow each twist and become spellbound as the story weaves to its magical conclusion.

Book Buried in the Bitter Waters

Download or read book Buried in the Bitter Waters written by Elliot Jaspin and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Leave now, or die!” Those words-or ones just as ominous-have echoed through the past hundred years of American history, heralding a very unnatural disaster-a wave of racial cleansing that wiped out or drove away black populations from counties across the nation. While we have long known about horrific episodes of lynching in the South, this story of racial cleansing has remained almost entirely unknown. These expulsions, always swift and often violent, were extraordinarily widespread in the period between Reconstruction and the Depression era. In the heart of the Midwest and the Deep South, whites rose up in rage, fear, and resentment to lash out at local blacks. They burned and killed indiscriminately, sweeping entire counties clear of blacks to make them racially “pure.” Many of these counties remain virtually all-white to this day. In Buried in the Bitter Waters, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elliot Jaspin exposes a deeply shameful chapter in the nation's history-and one that continues to shape the geography of race in America.

Book Disavowing Asylum

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  • Author : Ronit Lentin
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2021-07-13
  • ISBN : 1786612542
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book Disavowing Asylum written by Ronit Lentin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disavowing Asylum presents the for-profit Direct Provision asylum regime in the Republic of Ireland, describing and theorizing the remote asylum centres throughout the country as a disavowed regime of racialized incarceration, operated by private companies and hidden from public view. The authors combine a historical and geographical analysis of Direct Provision with a theoretical analysis of the disavowal of the system by state and society and with a visual autoethnography via one of the authors’ Asylum Archive and Direct Provision diary, constituting a first-person narrative of the experience of living in Direct Provision. This book argues that asylum seekers, far from being mere victims of racialization and of their experiences in Direct Provision, are active agents of change and resistance, and theorizes the Asylum Archive project as an archive of silenced lives that brings into public view the hidden experiences of asylum seekers in Ireland's Direct Provision regime.

Book London s Hidden Burial Grounds

Download or read book London s Hidden Burial Grounds written by Robert Bard and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncovers the dark secrets of London's lost and forgotten burial places.

Book Buried Secrets

Download or read book Buried Secrets written by Victoria Sanford and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hidden History of Lake Winnipesaukee

Download or read book Hidden History of Lake Winnipesaukee written by Glenn A. Knoblock and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the time of the earliest Native Americans, Lake Winnipesaukee has experienced a rich yet often forgotten history. Known by many as "America's Oldest Summer Resort," the area's first summer home was built in Wolfeboro by a royal governor. The Massachusetts border once extended all the way to Laconia, while Center Harbor served as the site of the country's first college sports rivalry. Governors Island may now be the summer playground of the elite, but it was once at the center of a religious movement that called for the end of the world. From the country's most unusual airport in Alton to the tragic story of the Laconia State School, the lake has been the setting for many notable events. Join local historian and author Glenn Knoblock as he reveals the overlooked history of this unique region.

Book The Hidden Famine

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  • Author : Christine Kinealy
  • Publisher : Pluto Press
  • Release : 2000-09-20
  • ISBN : 9780745313719
  • Pages : 258 pages

Download or read book The Hidden Famine written by Christine Kinealy and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2000-09-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of the outstanding historians of modern Ireland, The Hidden Famine examines the impact of Ireland's Great Famine on the city of Belfast.

Book Annual Refugee Consultation

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  • Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 80 pages

Download or read book Annual Refugee Consultation written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hidden Cork

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  • Author : Michael Lenihan
  • Publisher : Mercier Press Ltd
  • Release : 2010-02-01
  • ISBN : 1856357082
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book Hidden Cork written by Michael Lenihan and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK.In this collection, Michael Lenihan delves into the rich tapestry of Cork's history to reveal some of its most bizarre events and strangest characters. From quack doctor Baron Spolasco, to the outlaw Airt Ó Laoghaire, Cork has seen some eccentric, wonderful and even some downright nasty people.With revelations of mass graves in Bishop Lucey Park,how Jonathan Swift was awarded the freedom of the city, stories of the Gas Works' strike and the trams of the city, Hidden Cork opens the door on history, dumps the boring bits and brings to life the flow of time through the streets of Cork.

Book The Illustrated Life and Career of Garibaldi  Containing Full Details of His Conduct      The Whole Supplied from Authentic Documents Supplied by Garibaldi     Thirty     Engravings

Download or read book The Illustrated Life and Career of Garibaldi Containing Full Details of His Conduct The Whole Supplied from Authentic Documents Supplied by Garibaldi Thirty Engravings written by Giuseppe Garibaldi and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Brave boys who have become illustrious men of our time

Download or read book Brave boys who have become illustrious men of our time written by John Maw Darton and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Beyond the Asylum

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  • Author : Claire E. Edington
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2019-04-15
  • ISBN : 150173394X
  • Pages : 310 pages

Download or read book Beyond the Asylum written by Claire E. Edington and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claire Edington's fascinating look at psychiatric care in French colonial Vietnam challenges our notion of the colonial asylum as a closed setting, run by experts with unchallenged authority, from which patients rarely left. She shows instead a society in which Vietnamese communities and families actively participated in psychiatric decision-making in ways that strengthened the power of the colonial state, even as they also forced French experts to engage with local understandings of, and practices around, insanity. Beyond the Asylum reveals how psychiatrists, colonial authorities, and the Vietnamese public debated both what it meant to be abnormal, as well as normal enough to return to social life, throughout the early twentieth century. Straddling the fields of colonial history, Southeast Asian studies and the history of medicine, Beyond the Asylum shifts our perspective from the institution itself to its relationship with the world beyond its walls. This world included not only psychiatrists and their patients, but also prosecutors and parents, neighbors and spirit mediums, as well as the police and local press. How each group interacted with the mentally ill, with each other, and sometimes in opposition to each other, helped decide the fate of those both in and outside the colonial asylum.

Book Haunting Inquiry

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  • Author : Robert Nellis
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2009-01-01
  • ISBN : 9087908954
  • Pages : 173 pages

Download or read book Haunting Inquiry written by Robert Nellis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The NFB’s mandate is “[t]o make and distribute films designed to help Canadians in all parts of Canada to understand the ways of living and the problems of Canadians in other parts.” NFB Founding Commissioner John Grierson "It’s only by our lack of ghosts we're haunted. " Canadian poet Earle Birney Haunting Inquiry: Classic NFB Documentary, Jacques Derrida, and the Curricular Otherwise reintroduces significant, if sometimes forgotten, National Film Board of Canada documentaries into contemporary curriculum conversation. Author Robert Christopher Nellis employs an inflection of Derridean deconstruction to mobilize historical, political, and intellectual themes emerging from the films as elliptical, curricular opportunities. The work explores hauntings in and around the documentaries to open toward Others neither fully present nor absent within the Canadian imagination. They remain troublingly illicit, as is the character of haunting... This book’s contribution to the literature of curriculum is a unique and innovative conceptual framework, reintroduction of many classic NFB documentaries, and the use of a productive language and outlook to mobilize fresh perspectives and hopeful possibilities.

Book The Illustrated Life and Career of Garibaldi

Download or read book The Illustrated Life and Career of Garibaldi written by and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: