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Book Burton Holmes Travelogues

    Book Details:
  • Author : Burton Holmes
  • Publisher : Nabu Press
  • Release : 2014-02-26
  • ISBN : 9781294746591
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Burton Holmes Travelogues written by Burton Holmes and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Book The Burton Holmes Lectures  St  Petersburg  Moscow  The Trans siberian Railway

Download or read book The Burton Holmes Lectures St Petersburg Moscow The Trans siberian Railway written by Burton Holmes and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book The Burton Holmes Lectures

Download or read book The Burton Holmes Lectures written by Burton Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book St  Petersburg  Moscow  The Trans Siberian railway

Download or read book St Petersburg Moscow The Trans Siberian railway written by Burton Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book St  Petersburg  Moscow  The Trans Siberian railway

Download or read book St Petersburg Moscow The Trans Siberian railway written by Burton Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Burton Holmes Travelogues

Download or read book Burton Holmes Travelogues written by Burton Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Romanov Sisters

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  • Author : Helen Rappaport
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2014-06-03
  • ISBN : 1250020212
  • Pages : 513 pages

Download or read book The Romanov Sisters written by Helen Rappaport and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 12-WEEK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." —People magazine "The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase the sisters' thoughtfulness and intelligence." —Publishers Weekly (starred review) From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Days of the Romanovs and Caught in the Revolution, The Romanov Sisters reveals the untold stories of the four daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra. They were the Princess Dianas of their day—perhaps the most photographed and talked about young royals of the early twentieth century. The four captivating Russian Grand Duchesses—Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Romanov—were much admired for their happy dispositions, their looks, the clothes they wore and their privileged lifestyle. Over the years, the story of the four Romanov sisters and their tragic end in a basement at Ekaterinburg in 1918 has clouded our view of them, leading to a mass of sentimental and idealized hagiography. With this treasure trove of diaries and letters from the grand duchesses to their friends and family, we learn that they were intelligent, sensitive and perceptive witnesses to the dark turmoil within their immediate family and the ominous approach of the Russian Revolution, the nightmare that would sweep their world away, and them along with it. The Romanov Sisters sets out to capture the joy as well as the insecurities and poignancy of those young lives against the backdrop of the dying days of late Imperial Russia, World War I and the Russian Revolution. Helen Rappaport aims to present a new and challenging take on the story, drawing extensively on previously unseen or unpublished letters, diaries and archival sources, as well as private collections. It is a book that will surprise people, even aficionados.

Book The National Geographic Magazine

Download or read book The National Geographic Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indexes kept up to date with supplements.

Book The Black Russian

Download or read book The Black Russian written by Vladimir Alexandrov and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-03-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “altogether astonishing” true story of a black American finding fame and fortune in Moscow and Constantinople at the turn of the 20th century (Booklist, starred review). The Black Russian tells the true story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, a man born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. But when his father was murdered, Frederick left the South to work as a waiter in Chicago and Brooklyn. Seeking greater freedom, he traveled to London, then crisscrossed Europe, and—in a highly unusual choice for a black American at the time—went to Russia. Because he found no color line there, Frederick settled in Moscow, becoming a rich and famous owner of variety theaters and restaurants. When the Bolshevik Revolution ruined him, he barely escaped to Constantinople, where he made another fortune by opening celebrated nightclubs as the “Sultan of Jazz.” Though Frederick reached extraordinary heights, the long arm of American racism, the xenophobia of the new Turkish Republic, and Frederick’s own extravagance brought his life to a sad close, landing him in debtor’s prison, where he died a forgotten man in 1928. “In his assiduously researched, prodigiously descriptive, fluently analytical” narrative (Booklist, starred review), Alexandrov delivers “a tale . . . so colourful and improbable that it reads more like a novel than a work of historical biography.” (The Literary Review). “[An] extraordinary story . . . [interpreted] with great sensitivity.” —The New York Review of Books

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book McClure s Magazine

Download or read book McClure s Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Quarterly Bulletin

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  • Author : Hackley Public Library
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1907
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 284 pages

Download or read book Quarterly Bulletin written by Hackley Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Iron Curtain Twitchers

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  • Author : Jennifer M. Hudson
  • Publisher : Lexington Books
  • Release : 2018-11-23
  • ISBN : 1498559271
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book Iron Curtain Twitchers written by Jennifer M. Hudson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-11-23 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War is often viewed in absolutist terminology: the United States and the Soviet Union characterized one another in oppositional rhetoric and pejorative propaganda. State-sanctioned communications stressed the inherent dissimilarity between their own citizens and those of their Cold War foe. Such rhetoric exacerbated geopolitical tensions and heightened Cold War paranoia, most notably during the Red Scare and brinkmanship incidents. Government leaders stressed the reactive defensive foreign policies they implemented to retaliate against their counterparts’ offensive maneuvers. Only brief periods of détente gave glimpses into the possibility of concerted peaceful coexistence. Yet such characterizations neglect the complexities and rhetorical nuances that created fissures throughout the long-standing ideological conflict. Grassroots diplomacy rarely coalesced with official governmental rhetoric and often contradicted the discourse emanating from the White House and the Kremlin. Organizations such as Women Strike for Peace (WSP), the Committee for Nonviolent Action (CNVA), and the Moscow Trust Group (MTG) defied policy directives and sought to establish genuine peaceful coexistence. Traveling citizens posited that U.S. and Soviet citizens possessed more underlying commonalities than their governmental leaders cared to admit – phenomena underscored in events such as the San-Francisco-to-Moscow Walk for Peace. Spacebridge programs railed against the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) and proclaimed that figurative and literal links between their country and the “Other” proved more conducive to public opinion than “Star Wars.” Iron Curtain Twitchers examines such juxtaposing rhetorics through three lexical themes: contamination, containment, and coexistence. It analyzes the disparate perspectives of public politicians and private citizens throughout the Cold War’s duration and its aftermath to better understand the political, cultural, and geopolitical nuances of U.S.-Russia relations. Vacillating rhetoric among politicians, journalists, and traveling citizens complicated geopolitical relationships, sociopolitical disagreements, and cultural characterizations. These dialogues are contrasted with the cultural mediums of film and political cartoons to underscore fluctuating Cold War identity dynamics. Manifestations of one’s own country contrasted with propagations of the “Other” and indicate that the Cold War lasted much longer and remains more virulent than previously conceived.

Book Travel Tips on Travel Trips

Download or read book Travel Tips on Travel Trips written by Lilian Serena Ruddick and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: