Download or read book Keeping history alive written by Cassar, Brendan and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-31 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patton s War written by Kevin M. Hymel and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George S. Patton Jr. lived an exciting life in war and peace, but he is best remembered for his World War II battlefield exploits. Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership: November 1942–July 1944, the first of three volumes, follows the general from the beaches of Morocco to the fields of France, right before the birth of Third Army on the continent. In highly engaging fashion, Kevin Hymel uncovers new facts and challenges long-held beliefs about the mercurial Patton, not only examining his relationships with his superiors and fellow generals and colonels, but also with the soldiers of all ranks whom he led. Using new sources unavailable to previous historians and through extensive research of soldiers’ memoirs and interviews, Hymel adds a new dimension to the telling of Patton’s WWII story.
Download or read book To Keep the Sun Alive written by Rabeah Ghaffari and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “How do we recognize the moment our future has been written for us? In To Keep the Sun Alive, as the Islamic Revolution looms just outside the gate of an Iranian family orchard, Rabeah Ghaffari has built a world so lush, so precise that you will find yourself rewriting history if only to imagine it could still exist.”—Mira Jacob, author of The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing "[A] tenderhearted début novel . . . A wide–ranging narrative, showing the enduring ramifications of filial and political violence." —The New Yorker The year is 1979. The Iranian Revolution is just around the corner. In the northeastern city of Naishapur, a retired judge and his wife, Bibi–Khanoom, continue to run their ancient family orchard, growing apples, plums, peaches, and sour cherries. The days here are marked by long, elaborate lunches on the terrace where the judge and his wife mediate disputes between aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews that foreshadow the looming national crisis to come. Will the monarchy survive the revolutionary tide gathering across the country? Will the judge’s brother, a powerful cleric, take political control of the town or remain only a religious leader? And yet, life goes on. Bibi–Khanoom’s grandniece secretly falls in love with the judge’s grandnephew and dreams of a career on the stage. His other grandnephew withers away on opium dreams. A widowed father longs for a life in Europe. A strained marriage slowly unravels. The orchard trees bloom and fruit as the streets in the capital grow violent. And a once–in–a–lifetime solar eclipse, set to occur on one of the holiest days of year, finally causes the family—and the country—to break. Told through a host of unforgettable characters, ranging from servants and young children to intimate friends, To Keep the Sun Alive reveals the personal behind the political, reminding us of the human lives that animate historical events.
Download or read book Keeping Hope Alive written by Jackson, Sr., Rev. Jesse L. and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2020-01-09 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Selected sermons and speeches by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., one of the foremost champions of civil rights--a moral conscience of this nation"--
Download or read book Keeping Hope Alive written by Dr. Hawa Abdi and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000 of her fellow citizens safe, healthy, and educated for over 20 years in Somalia. Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the founder of a massive camp for internally displaced people located a few miles from war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia. Since 1991, when the Somali government collapsed, famine struck, and aid groups fled, she has dedicated herself to providing help for people whose lives have been shattered by violence and poverty. She turned her 1300 acres of farmland into a camp that has numbered up to 90,000 displaced people, ignoring the clan lines that have often served to divide the country. She inspired her daughters, Deqo and Amina, to become doctors. Together, they have saved tens of thousands of lives in her hospital, while providing an education to hundreds of displaced children. In 2010, Dr. Abdi was kidnapped by radical insurgents, who also destroyed much of her hospital, simply because she was a woman. She, along with media pressure, convinced the rebels to let her go, and she demanded and received a written apology. Dr. Abdi's story of incomprehensible bravery and perseverance will inspire readers everywhere.
Download or read book History Alive written by Peter Moss and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping Hope Alive written by Lewis Smedes and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2000-02-09 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fearful and cynical age, when doom-and-gloomers forecast catastrophe and fearmongers try to get us to hedge our bets on the future with insurance policies and safety nets, we need to rediscover real hope. Lewis Smedes says, "Hope is as native to our spirits as thinking is to our brain. Keep hoping, and you keep living. Stop hoping, and you start dying." He shows how hope powers every good thing we accomplish and helps us overcome every bad thing we encounter. He talks about how to keep hope alive in difficult times, discern false hope from true hope, and move beyond worry to trust in God.
Download or read book Krysia written by Krystyna Mihulka and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few people are aware that in the aftermath of German and Soviet invasions and division of Poland, more than 1.5 million people were deported from their homes in Eastern Poland to remote parts of Russia. Half of them died in labor camps and prisons or simply vanished, some were drafted into the Russian army, and a small number returned to Poland after the war. Those who made it out of Russia alive were lucky—and nine-year-old Krystyna Mihulka was among them. In this childhood memoir, Mihulka tells of her family's deportation, under cover of darkness and at gunpoint, and their life as prisoners on a Soviet communal farm in Kazakhstan, where they endured starvation and illness and witnessed death for more than two years. This untold history is revealed through the eyes of a young girl struggling to survive and to understand the increasingly harsh world in which she finds herself.
Download or read book Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade written by Gary Chapman and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across America and around the world, the five love languages have revitalized relationships and saved marriages from the brink of disaster. Can they also help individuals, couples, and families cope with the devastating diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD)? Coauthors Chapman, Shaw, and Barr give a resounding yes. Their innovative application of the five love languages creates an entirely new way to touch the lives of the five million Americans who have Alzheimer’s, as well as their fifteen million caregivers. At its heart, this book is about how love gently lifts a corner of dementia’s dark curtain to cultivate an emotional connection amid memory loss. This collaborative, groundbreaking work between a healthcare professional, caregiver, and relationship expert will: Provide an overview of the love languages and Alzheimer’s disease, correlate the love languages with the developments of the stages of AD, discuss how both the caregiver and care receiver can apply the love languages, address the challenges and stresses of the caregiver journey, offer personal stories and case studies about maintaining emotional intimacy amidst AD. Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade is heartfelt and easy to apply, providing gentle, focused help for those feeling overwhelmed by the relational toll of Alzheimer’s. Its principles have already helped hundreds of families, and it can help yours, too.
Download or read book Keeping Slug Woman Alive written by Greg Sarris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1993-08-05 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This stunning collection puts humanity and mystery back into the text where they profoundly belong. . . . A must for any serious student of native literatures, or for any serious student of life."—Joy Harjo, poet, author of In Mad Love and War "A wonderful, empowering book."—Michael M.J. Fischer, co-author of Anthropology as Cultural Critique
Download or read book Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places written by Lynne Dixon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A much-needed and delightful book. It shows how history can be taught with the meaningful experiences of each child at its centre, making connections between the child, the locality and community, the national and global past and concepts of time. Throughout the authors empower teachers to adopt their philosophy, by showing them how to plan, select resources and strategies and reflect on ideas and case studies. Hilary Cooper, Emeritus professor of history and pedagogy, The University of Cumbria, UK. Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places puts the local environment and community at the heart of history, showing how it can be used as the context for successful history teaching across the primary age range. It considers how to develop children’s concepts and skills through local history, how to link local, national and global aspects of history, and helps you develop your own historical knowledge, understanding and confidence in teaching the subject. Practical topics explored include: Investigating children’s cultural and geographical roots through fieldwork Finding and visiting local museums, archives and heritage sights Choosing and using resources Using significant people, events and buildings to link with national history Environmental education and sustainable development through local history Understanding the links between history and everyday life Planning and assessing history. Based on the latest research and practice in the field, Bringing History Alive through Local People and Places offers an exciting template of creative ideas and activities to show teachers how they can make history relevant to all children.
Download or read book Keeping the Struggle Alive written by Bernadette Anand and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the benefits of performing social action and oral history projects created by students, based on a New Jersey middle school's project investigating the area's desegregation history.
Download or read book Keep Law Alive written by James Boyd White and published by Carolina Academic Press LLC. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should we respond to the fact that law and democracy are under real threat in our world? In Keep Law Alive, James Boyd White warns us that if we are to keep law alive we must understand what law is, and how it works at its best--while at the same time recognizing that it may indeed be lost. The following quote, taken from the Foreword, describes the author's approach: "My idea in this book is to express my sense of what law is like at its best--how it works, what it offers us, and what it requires of us, both as lawyers and as citizens, and what it would mean to lose it. I want to do this at this time in history because, as I say immediately below, I think the law as we know it is subject to serious threats today, threats I elaborate both explicitly and implicitly in the body of the book. The book begins with an immersion in legal thinking of a kind I believe to be of a high and traditional order, and ends with the recognition of another sort of thinking and being which I think may help us live with and respond to the threats I mention. In it I speak from a world--the world of law and democratic government in which I grew up and was educated and led most of my working life--that is now in peril in our country. This world was built upon the imperfect but real assumption that our polity is a constitutional democracy, based upon a fundamentally reliable electoral process, and that, with all its defects--some of them serious indeed--law is an institution that should be treated with utmost respect as an essential and valuable part of our public world." Testimonials "White first illuminates the everyday arts of law--writing criminal statutes, writing opinions about free speech, interpreting constitutional principles of equal protection, interrogating division, harmonizing dissonance--to remind us of the grace and fragility and hospitality of the norms of legal discourse that we ordinarily take for granted."--Linda Ross Meyer, Quinnipiac University School of Law "Keep Law Alive is offered to readers who are willing to take up the challenge that the title urges. The book thus performs what the Romans called a traditio: a literal handing over of an object to another person with the intention of conveying ownership. The book is an act of cultural transmission, a passing of the torch. What a responsibility--and what a gift!"--Julen Etxabe, Canada Research Chair in Jurisprudence and Human Rights "White's work is transformative in its content - for what it asks of law and legal thought; and transformative in its form - for how the wisdom and humanity of White's writing engage the expectations, sensitivities and attunements of the reader. The work does so, at heart, because one trusts his words."--Paul Linden-Retek, School of Law, University at Buffalo "In his recent book Keep Law Alive, White once again offers a vision of law, a vision that is continuous with that he first proposed long ago, but developed and presented with a clarity that comes only with long reflection on a governing idea. And it is, once again, a vision that is also an invitation and a warning. The title Keep Law Alive expresses vividly the urgency White wants us to feel about the task he is summoning American readers to undertake."--Jeff Powell, British Journal of American Legal Studies, Volume 10 Issue 1, Spring 2021
Download or read book Keeping Family Stories Alive written by Vera Rosenbluth and published by Hartley & Marks Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 20 Fun Facts About Native American Women written by Caitie McAneney and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people know that some Native American tribes are matrilineal. That means that historically, women had power in governance and some control in her home life. For the European patriarchs that came to North America, that was quite a shock! Through short, surprising, and often amusing facts, readers learn the role of Native American women in their tribes. Including tribes from across North America, the main content emphasizes their daily lives, clothing, and marriage customs, and introduces important female figures in history. A colorful layout and full-color photographs showcase the power of the Native American woman, a power that still resonates today.
Download or read book Mission San Luis Rey de Francia written by Jennifer Quasha and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was founded in 1798. The largest of the 21 California missions, it is nicknamed the King of the Missions. By 1811, the mission population has grown so large that a bigger church was needed. There were also many buildings outside of the mission quadrangle, including storehouses, solders barracks, mills, tanneries, workshops, and many of the locals homes. The content provided in this book, aligned to California state standards, will provide students with a greater insight into the story of San Luis Rey de Francia and Californias mission system. This book is filled with excellent primary source materials and visuals, including illustrations, paintings, and maps.
Download or read book The Adventures of A Time Traveling Kid written by AQEEL AHMED and published by AQEEL AHMED. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary of this story: In the quiet town of Springville, a boy named Max found a mysterious watch that could move through time in his grandmother's attic. He had no idea that this finding would lead to a series of exciting adventures that would change his life and the ls of those around him. Max found himself in different times and places when he wore the watch. He met dinosaurs, learned about old civilizations, and saw historical events. Along the way, he became close with Daisy, a friendly dinosaur, and Amira, a young traveler who loved adventures just as much as he did. As Max moved through time, he learned that the watch had a special feature that let him choose where he went. Every time he turned the dial, he and his friends were taken to a new and exciting time, which fed their hunger for information and adventure. Max's adventures weren't just about looking into the past; they also helped him learn important skills. He knew how important it was to keep history alive and value different cultures. He made sure that his presence did not change the way things went. Max got smarter and more responsible as he went through life. He realized that the time-traveling watch gave him both power and duty. Max told his family and friends about his amazing adventure when he got back to Springville. He set up a special exhibit to show items and pictures from his time-traveling adventures. Children and adults alike were enthralled by the show, which sparked a desire to learn and a sense of wonder in the community. Children in Springville were interested in history and science because of Max's stories. They read books and learned to appreciate the wonders of the past. Springville became a center for scientific study, preserving history, and cultural exchange because of Max's legacy. Max devoted his life to learning about history as he got older. He became a well-known researcher and historian. His travels through time had a big impact on his future, and he used what he had learned and seen to make important contributions to the field of preserving history. People all over the world were moved by Max's story, which reminded them of how important it is to be curious, make friends, and find out what one's own potential is. The Max Foundation kept its memory alive by giving children and adults scholarships, training programs, and other tools to help them on their own journeys of self-discovery. In the end, Max's story wasn't just about traveling through time. It was also about the power of imagination, the strength of friendship, and the fact that each person has a world of options inside them. It was a good lesson that everyone has the power to change their own lives and make a difference in the world. Story begins: Once upon a time, a little boy named Max lived in the quiet town of Springville, which was tucked between rolling hills and fragrant fields. The room was full of his ideas and wild thoughts. Max's bright blue eyes and curious heart were drawn to stories about brave acts and magical worlds. He read books at a worrisome rate, especially ones that took him to faraway places and told him what ancient treasures really meant. Every night when he went to bed, his mind was full of exciting trips he had yet to take. Max had a strong desire to go on his own trip, one in which he could see parts of the Earth that had never been seen before and learn the secrets of the universe. He didn't know that fate was working behind the scenes to make all of his deepest wishes come true. Max was having a normal day until he found an old book with a leather cover hidden in the darkest parts of his grandmother's attic. The book's yellowing pages and broken pictures held a lot of mysteries that needed to be answered. Max's eyes were drawn to a flash of light in the distance as he slowly turned the thin leaves. Between the worn-out paper, a faded picture of his grandfather standing proudly next to a strange pocket watch had been slid down. Max felt a rush of energy because he was interested in the picture and liked how pretty the watch was. He got a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach when he realized that this watch held the key to his amazing quest. Max's hands were shaking when he found the watch in the attic, where it had been hidden. The watch had stood the test of time, and now its metal case had beautiful carvings on it. In the meantime, the hands of the watch didn't move at all during a moment of endless waiting. Max felt a strange warmth rush through his fingers as he grabbed the watch. This made a connection between his whole being and the weird power of the watch. When Max was younger, he liked to go to his grandmother's attic when the sun was shining, and golden rays of light were coming in through the windows. He had always been curious about the secrets and treasures hidden in this interesting area, and today was no different. As he climbed the old wooden stairs, his heart was beating fast because he was looking forward to what he would find at the top. The attic looked like it was stuck in the past because it was full of old trunks, lost books, and treasures from a long time ago. Max's eyes darted from one corner to another as he looked for something to interest him and get his mind going. Then, as if he were being led by a force he didn't understand, his eyes were pulled to a small, old wooden box in a dusty corner of the room. As Max walked up to the box, he was very interested in what was inside. He carefully cleaned off the dust that had built up on its surface, showing the intricate carvings that had been cut into the wood. The box seemed to tell old stories over and over again and promise exciting new adventures. Max opened the lid carefully, and his hands were cold the whole time. When he looked down, he saw a treasure chest. A small watch with a fancy design was calling to him from inside a box with some old photos and scribbled notes. Max was attracted to it like a magnet, and he couldn't help but go toward it. It seemed like the watch had been waiting for Max all along because it had a mysterious air about it. Max was quickly drawn to the face of the watch, which was full of symbols and numbers. Each symbol's meaning was a secret, and it pointed to strange things that could happen or happen in the future. As he held the watch in his hands, he could feel a relaxing warmth coming from its smooth surface. Because of this, his heart rate went up and he got pretty excited. Max had a lot of questions running through his head. Who owned the watch before you? What exciting things had happened while it was there? The watch seemed to be the key to a universe that was bigger than anything he had ever imagined. It was a doorway to a world of wonder and magic that he had never imagined. Max could see beautiful engravings on the sides of the watch as he looked at it more closely. The engravings showed mythical monsters, celestial bodies, old signs and symbols of knowledge, and other things. It was like the watch itself was a map to all the amazing things in the universe, ready for a brave adventurer to solve its mysteries and figure out what they meant. Max felt more and more like he belonged to the watch as time went on. He felt like the watch had chosen him for a part that was much bigger than he could understand. He then put the watch on his wrist. A rush of energy went through his whole body, leaving him with a tingling feeling of eager expectation. Max didn't know that the watch he was wearing could change the way time went. It was a treasure from a long time ago, full of the mystery of old times. Max was asked to follow the symbols and numbers on its face to go back in time and find something really cool. These symbols and numbers were more than just decorations; they were the locations for a huge tapestry of time. Max's eyes lit up with joy and wonder as he looked at the time on the watch he had just put on his wrist. He had a feeling that nothing in his life would ever be the same again. There were journeys waiting for him, puzzles to solve, and stories to become a part of him. Max had no idea that he was about to go on a series of amazing journeys that would take him back in time to see the rise and fall of great societies, meet legendary people, and find hidden truths that would change the course of his life. As soon as Max put the lid back on the wooden box, people began to talk about dark and scary things in the attic. The watch had picked him to go on an adventure, and he was going to go. Max came down from the attic with a new sense of purpose, eager to take the first step into a world where time would be his playground and the watch would be his guide. At this point, Max and the magical watch began their trip, which would turn out to be a story of self-discovery, bravery, and the power of the human mind. Max would travel through time and see great societies rise and fall, meet legendary people, and bravely and persistently get through dangerous waters. Max's first trip, which was made possible by the watch, was to old Greece, a place full of stories and myths. He found himself in the middle of the Olympic Games, where he saw the start of a long-lasting tradition and stood next to some of the best athletes in the world. He was blown away by the beauty of the Parthenon, interested in the history of Athens, and enthralled by his conversations with the smart people who helped make the world what it is today. Max's understanding grew with each time jumped, and as he traveled through history, he grew to love the variety and depth of people's lives. Max loved the sights, sounds, and tastes of each time period, getting lost in the rich wave of human history. He went everywhere from the busy markets of ancient Rome to the great courts of the Chinese rulers. The watch became more than just a way to get around. It also became a way to learn. It gave Max the chance to see important events in history, like the signing of the Magna Carta and the first flight of the Wright brothers. These events did more than just catch his attention; they also made him feel like he had to protect what he had learned. As Max traveled through time, he met other people who, like him, were interested in finding new places and learning new things. In the past, when he was in Egypt, he met a young girl named Amina who had a strong connection to the pharaohs. They became inseparable because they worked together to figure out what the hieroglyphs meant and what the pyramids were hiding. Max didn't know his watch was different until a long time later. It could go through the clouds of time, letting the person holding it go to distant times in the distant past and distant times in the distant future. The watch was a doorway to a world that was so big it was hard to imagine. It lets the person who wore it spin through time and meet amazing animals and places. Max was very happy when he realized that he was about to go on a trip, which had been his dream for a long time. Springville, where he lived, had recently become mysterious and interesting. Max imagined himself standing at a crossroads in time, about to start his own amazing trip. His thoughts were full of the bubbling excitement of anticipation. Max would be taken to undiscovered places every time the watch went off. There, he would meet long-dead civilizations, monsters from stories, and wise sages who knew how to solve the secrets of the universe. He would fly through the air with monsters with wings, find lost towns, make friends with mermaids from the deep sea, and see nations rise and fall. When Max put the watch that could go back in time closer to his chest, he felt like he had a new task and was very excited. He could see into the past and the future with the watch, and it would also show him how brave and strong he was. With each new adventure, Max would learn something new about the meaning of his life. This would shape his personality and leave an imprint on time. Max didn't know that his story would be written down in Springville's history books or that his name would become part of legend. Max didn't think either of these. From then on, Max's life would be a never-ending story of bravery, discovery, and the unbreakable power of a young dreamer's heart. Max went on his big journey as a hero-to-be, ready to change the world and leave an indelible mark. Before going on his trip, he carefully put the watch that could go back in time in his pocket on what was going on in the world around him. Max took each step of his journey with a spirit of interest and a desire to learn about new things. The first time he went back in time, he found himself in the time of the ancient Egyptians. Max was fascinated by the huge pyramids and busy shops of a long-gone civilization. He made friends with scribes who taught him all about hieroglyphics. When he saw the beautiful Sphinx being built, he was filled with awe.
