Download or read book Fallen Walls written by Jan K. Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of prison writings straddles two continents, and compares and contrasts the political struggles that gave birth to two vibrant new democracies of the twenty-first century: South Africa and the Czech Republic. The triumph over decades of suffering endured by the ordinary citizens of these two countries is symbolized by their leaders, Nelson Mandela and Vaclav Havel. While the moral stature of these two men continues to act as a beacon for other political aspirants in a new century, they call upon us all to acknowledge the role played by ordinary men and women in effecting freedom and justice. For this reason, Fallen Walls focuses on the experiences of ordinary prisoners of conscience. It records three voices from the apartheid-era cells of Robben Island--Joseph Mati, Johnson Mgabela, Monde Mkunqwana--and three voices from communist-era prisons in Czechoslovakia--Jiri Mesicki, Lola Skodova, and Jiri Stransky. There are striking similarities as well as differences between the two sets of stories. On a personal level, the tales from Robben Island are characterized by an absence of bitterness and thoughts of revenge, while a sense of bleak isolation and lingering bitterness pervades accounts from the Czechoslovakian prisons and labor camps. The buoyant tone of triumph of the South Africans is balanced by the darker, more skeptical mood of the Czechs. In an age that teeters so precariously between hope and despair, the narratives of these six prisoners of conscience remind us not only of what we are, but also of what we may become. In a timely warning against complacency, Vaclav Havel notes in his foreword that "the authors remind us anew of the price that is so often paid for freedom and democracy." Fallen Walls will be of interest to historians, sociologists, human rights activists, and political scientists.
Download or read book Father of Two Children Child of One God written by Erik Patterson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-05-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 written by Jesse Walter Fewkes and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EXCAVATIONS IN THE CHAMA VALLEY NEW MEXICO written by J. A. JEANCON and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Great Pueblo Architecture of Chaco Canyon New Mexico written by Stephen H. Lekson and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Prehistoric Villages Castles and Towers of Southwestern Colorado written by Jesse Walter Fewkes and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SHOWING THE OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION TO JULY 1895 written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution written by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reports for 1884-1886/87 issued in 2 pts., pt. 2 being the Report of the National Museum.
Download or read book Contributions to North American Ethnology written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Houses and House Life of the American Aborigines written by Lewis Henry Morgan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-25 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lewis Henry Morgan's 'Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines' is an exploration of the design of the dwellings and buildings used by Native Americans and what they tell us about their way of life. The author reveals that Native Americans tended towards equalization of subsistence with a law of hospitality that ensured hunger and destitution could not exist in one part of a village while plenty prevailed elsewhere. Morgan argues that the family was too weak an organization to face alone the struggle of life and thus formed large households composed of several families. The book explains how the communal house forms one system of works and represents these several conditions of Native American life with reasonable completeness.
Download or read book Cherubims Chariots of God written by Emmanuel S. Kladitis and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-18 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cherubims - Chariots of God Cherubims, what are they? What did God do with them? They are a mystery even to Bible scholars. Cherubims are first mentioned in the Holy Bible at the end of Genesis Chapter 3. In Exodus, 2 small models of Cherubims are on the Ark of the Testimony (Ark of the Covenant). The Ark of the Covenant was first put in the Tabernacle in the most holy place. Later when the Temple of Solomon (Temple of God) was built, the Ark was put in the most holy place, or Oracle. Solomon made 2 large models of Cherubims within the Oracle of the Temple. Cherubims are not imaginary figures. They are not angels. They are not mere ornaments. God used them mightily! David saw God ride and fly on a Cherub! Ezekiel saw four of them! He called them 'living creatures' before he knew their name. God used the Cherubims to fight for Israel in the Old Testament. Will God use them again? 66
Download or read book Abstracts of Earthquake Reports for the Pacific Coast and the Western Mountain Region written by and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Tel Beth Shemesh A Border Community in Judah written by Shlomo Bunimovitz and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excavations at Beth-Shemesh are actually a story within a story. On the one hand, they are the story of the archaeology of the Land of Israel in a nutshell: from the pioneering days of the Palestine Exploration Fund, through the “Golden Age” of American biblical archaeology, to current Israeli and international archaeology. On the other hand, they are the fascinating story of a border site that was constantly changing its face due to its geopolitical location in the Sorek Valley in the Shephelah—a juncture of Canaanite, Philistine, and Israelite entities and cultures. It is no wonder that two celebrated biblical border epics—Samson’s encounters with the Philistines and the Ark narrative—took real or imagined place around Beth-Shemesh. In this report, summarizing the first ten years (1990–2000) of archaeological work in the ongoing project of the renewed excavations at Tel Beth-Shemesh, the authors have strived to tell anew the story of the Iron Age people of Beth-Shemesh as exposed and interpreted. Using the best theoretical and methodological tools that modern archaeology has made available, every effort has been made to keep in view archaeology’s fundamental duty—to read the ancient people behind the decayed walls and shattered pottery vessels and bring alive their lost world. Furthermore, the story of ancient Beth-Shemesh has been written in a way that will enable scholars, students, and other interested people to learn and understand the life of the communities living at Beth-Shemesh. As a result, the book is organized in a manner different from usual archaeological site reports. The two volumes will be essential for anyone who wishes the best and latest information on this important site.
