Download or read book The Last Sunset written by Captain Amarinder Singh and published by Roli Books Private Limited. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of the Lahore Durbar, the glorious reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his exemplary organizational skills that led to forming of the formidable Sikh army and the fiercely fought Anglo Sikh wars. The Last Sunset: The Rise and Fall of the Lahore Durbar recreates history of the Sikh empire and its unforgettable ruler, Maharaja Ranjit Singh of the Shukarchakia dynasty. An outstanding military commander, he created the Sikh Khalsa Army organized and armed in Western style, acknowledged as the best in undivided India in the nineteenth century. Ranjit Singh’s death in 1839 and the subsequent decline of the Lahore Durbar, gave British the opportunity to stake their claim in the region till now fiercely guarded by Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s army. Captain Amarinder Singh chronicles in detail the two Anglo-Sikh wars of 1845 and 1848. The battles, high in casualties on both the sides led to the fall of Khalsa and the state was finally annexed with Maharaja Duleep Singh, the youngest son of Maharaja Ranjit Singh put under the protection of the Crown and deported to England.
Download or read book The Last Sunset in the West written by Natalie Sanders and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2024-07-04 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised edition with updated information on the surviving members of the orca pod. In 2014, marine biologist Dr Natalie Sanders joined the crew of the research vessel Silurian to seek out Britain's West Coast Community of orca and study them before we lose them forever. Though this orca pod has delighted scientists and whale watchers for years, we still know relatively little about them, and what we do know comes mostly from citizen science and chance encounters. But what is abundantly clear is that pollution, entanglement, military sonar and climate change continue to have an enormous impact on whales and dolphins and other marine life throughout the world's oceans. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the marine world in this age of climate change. A captivating yet poignant account, it takes the reader from the Western Isles of Scotland to Vancouver Island and elsewhere. It also delves deep into the history of our relations with these beautiful and sentient creatures to explain what their loss means and how we can avoid similar tragedies in the future.
Download or read book West of Sunset written by Stewart O'Nan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-01-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “rich, sometimes heartbreaking” (Dennis Lehane) novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s last years in Hollywood, from the acclaimed author of Emily, Alone and Henry, Himself In 1937, F. Scott Fitzgerald was a troubled, uncertain man whose literary success was long over. In poor health, with his wife consigned to a mental asylum and his finances in ruins, he struggled to make a new start as a screenwriter in Hollywood. By December 1940, he would be dead of a heart attack. Those last three years of Fitzgerald’s life, often obscured by the legend of his earlier Jazz Age glamour, are the focus of Stewart O’Nan’s gorgeously and gracefully written novel. With flashbacks to key moments from Fitzgerald’s past, the story follows him as he arrives on the MGM lot, falls in love with brassy gossip columnist Sheilah Graham, begins work on The Last Tycoon, and tries to maintain a semblance of family life with the absent Zelda and daughter, Scottie. Fitzgerald’s orbit of literary fame and the Golden Age of Hollywood is brought vividly to life through the novel’s romantic cast of characters, from Dorothy Parker and Ernest Hemingway to Humphrey Bogart. A sympathetic and deeply personal portrait of a flawed man who never gave up in the end, even as his every wish and hope seemed thwarted, West of Sunset confirms O’Nan as “possibly our best working novelist” (Salon).
Download or read book The Last Sunset written by Daniel Jay Paul and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2002-02-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Michigan, The Last Sunset chronicles the unexpected and heartwarming journey of Steve Hadley – a restless, cantankerous college student who discovers new meaning for both life and love through friendship with an 83 year old man. Told via insightful vignettes and anecdotes from both the old man’s distant past and the young man’s evolving present, the story seamlessly blends flashbacks and engaging narrative to form a compelling and provocative tale with surprising depth and many layers of meaning. In no small literary feat, the author successfully merges one character’s memories with another’s current life. “Real time” events in the story evolve and coincide with the memories of the past, with the trajectory of both stories ultimately leading to a similar destination. Ordered to complete 1000 hours of community service for a college prank, Steve is “sentenced” to serving his time at the Pioneer Manor Nursing Home in Evergreen, Michigan, run by Nancy Hackett, the head nurse, and her husband Barton Hackett, the Executive Director. It immediately becomes clear that Steve’s time at the nursing home will represent much more than he imagines, and that chance and destiny will be meeting at a surprising crossroads. When Steve pulls into the nursing home in his white mustang, patient Moses Bailey notices the young man and is immediately reminded of his of his own, distant youth – sailing and playing ice hockey in small-town Michigan. His fond reminiscing is interrupted by a pretty yet unassuming student nurse, Dawn McNally, the younger sister of Nurse Hackett. Bailey’s retrospection unfolds through detailed flashbacks, beginning with the summer of 1939, when the struggling artist becomes obsessed with Sarah, a striking, sophisticated woman interested in his paintings – but married to an older man. Enamored of the art and intrigued by the artist, Sarah sees in Moses everything she wishes she had in her own husband. The seeds of a problematic romance are planted as Moses prepares for his first exhibit. Steve’s love interest with Dawn has auspicious beginnings. After he accidentally knocks her to the floor while entering Moses’ room, Steve notices she limps, and believes he caused it. Dawn’s past is revealed as she remembers her childhood dreams of becoming a nurse, but beneath the dreams lies a murky, troubling childhood which drives her simmering anger and hostility toward Steve. The stories of Steve, Dawn and Moses unfold, as Dawn slowly warms up to Steve, and the flashback romance between Moses and Sarah takes shape, unfettered yet seemingly doomed by her unhappy marriage. As Moses deals with the guilt of loving another man’s wife, Steve comes to understand the tension and anger in Dawn, the by-product of a troubled childhood and an abusive father – the man who caused her slight deformity and limp. As the love between Steve and Dawn grows, her own insecurities fade, and her confidence grows. Events unfurl in rapid succession as Steve and Barton clash over his abuse of Dawn. As Steve and Dawn plan a “great escape” designed to fulfill Moses’ wish to see a sunset on lake Michigan one last time before he dies, the heartbreak of long-ago unfulfilled love emerges as Moses and Sarah endure separation bonded by an unshakeable yet forbidden love. As past and present converge, Steve and Dawn fulfill Moses’ wish, and his last sunset coincides with his remembrances of the happiness of his ultimate reunion and marriage to Sarah. When Moses later dies, the young couple returns to the beach to pay tribute to their friend. More than a recounting of fictional characters and events, The Last Sunset delves into deep issues of love, redemption and forgiveness. The almost spiritual connection between circumstance and destiny is revealed as pieces of a larger “life puzzle” fall into place, and the young ultimately learn from the old, and
Download or read book Long Sunset written by Anthony Montague Browne and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1995 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Anthony Montague Browne was a young diplomat in Paris when in 1952 he was seconded to become Private Secretary to Winston Churchill, who in 1951 had returned to 10 Downing Street for his second term as Prime Minister." "Apart from a brief return to the Foreign Office after the Prime Minister's retirement in 1955, he remained with Churchill - as adviser, amanuensis and assistant - until Churchill's death in January 1965. He served as companion on the official foreign visits and the holidays with Max Beaverbrook and Aristotle Onassis, helped with the great literary works, and became his closest intimate as well as speech-writer and spokesman in Churchill's last decade." "Long Sunset describes a rich and varied career. As a young man Anthony Montague Browne fought in the Second World War as a pilot with distinction and was awarded the DFC, and after 1965 he served in the Royal Household." "But it is the figure of Winston Churchill which dominates these memoirs (to which his daughter Mary Soames contributes a Foreword) and as the final member of what he called 'my circle' to have written an autobiography, Anthony Montague Browne represents a last link with the greatest Englishman of the century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book The Fourteenth of September written by Rita Dragonette and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2018-09-17 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rita Dragonette has written a strong-hearted and authentic novel about a naive young girl and her struggle to reconcile the dissonance between the world she sees and the world she was raised to believe in. Judy is truly a quiet hero; you won’t forget her.” —Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean An enthralling historical novel set during the peak of the Vietnam War and told through the rare perspective of a young woman, who traces her path to self-discovery and a “Coming of Conscience.” Perfect for fans of Kate Quinn and Heather Morris. On September 14, 1969, Private First Class Judy Talton celebrates her nineteenth birthday by secretly joining the campus anti-Vietnam War movement. In doing so, she jeopardizes both the army scholarship that will secure her future and her relationship with her military family. But Judy’s doubts have escalated with the travesties of the war. Who is she if she stays in the army? What is she if she leaves? When the first date pulled in the Draft Lottery turns up as her birthday, she realizes that if she were a man, she’d have been Number One―off to Vietnam with an under-fire life expectancy of six seconds. The stakes become clear, propelling her toward a life-altering choice as fateful as that of any draftee. Judy’s story speaks to the poignant clash of young adulthood, early feminism, and war, offering an ageless inquiry into the domestic politics of protest when the world stops making sense.
Download or read book An Exploration of Space 1999 Through the Lens of Video Games Payne 1999 written by John K. Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains transcripts from Online Alpha discussions where the video game PAYNE 1999, game theory and game-study theories are used for analysing and commenting on problems of conflict and cooperation in SPACE 1999. The discussions build on more than a decade of conversations and debate about PAYNE 1999, and the aim of the book is to put the various threads together while also developing new ideas and providing direction for further investigations. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis, and it is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.
Download or read book Samoa Western Recent Economic and Political Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Samoa (Western) Recent Economic and Political Developments Yearbook
Download or read book The New Sunset Western Garden Book written by The Editors of Sunset and published by Sunset. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As surely as gardens change with the seasons, gardening is ever changing. New plants, techniques, materials, and lifestyles are constantly broadening the choices you have and reshaping the way you garden in the West. In response to this natural evolution, the editors of Sunset-the West's most trusted source of gardening information for more than 80 years-have completely redesigned and updated The Western Garden Book in this new 2012 Ninth Edition. Following the best-selling success of the previous editions of The Western Garden Book, this edition includes a fresh new look, thousands of color photographs, fresh illustrations, and an easy-to-follow format. Written by experts for gardeners in the West, this book is an indispensable reference for beginning and expert gardeners alike. The New Western Garden Book features include: A photo gallery shows the West's most innovative gardens, from all-edibles front yards to stylish water-wise and fire-wise gardens to living walls and green roofs-all with ideas you can use. Climate Zone Maps and growing-season graphs for all regions of the West including Alaska and Hawaii. A new "Plant Finder" section helps you choose plants for their garden's problem areas or for special effects. "A to Z Plant Encyclopedia" lists some 8,000 plants that thrive in the West, including more than 500 new ones. Gorgeous color photographs illustrate all plant entries-for the first time ever in The Western Garden Book. "Gardening From Start to Finish" is a new visual guide that leads readers through all steps of making a garden, from soil prep through planting, growing and care, with special sections on natives, veggies, grasses and more.
Download or read book Cosmos 1999 The Third Year of Space 1999 written by John K. Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does Gerry Anderson's television series SPACE 1999 have in common with Carl Sagan's award-winning television documentary COSMOS? Not very much, one might expect, but this book documents an Online Alpha discussion where fans of the science fiction series discuss and debate differences and similarities from a wide range of perspectives, some of them arguing that two series may be so closely connected that it might be natural to think of COSMOS as the third year of SPACE 1999. This book is written on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.
Download or read book Swords at Sunset written by Michael Bradley and published by Ancaster, Ont. : Manor House Pub.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... an astonishing work of speculative non-fiction." - from the Foreword by John Robert Colombo "... a Grail tale to beat them all." - Mike Strobel, The Toronto Sun Swords at Sunset is Michael Bradley's bestselling non-fiction exploration of Holy Grail adventurers in North America from 1398 to 1571 (the author's research skills were also put to good use in the movie The Da Vinci Code). Bradley draws on evidence in The Book of Mormon and recently discovered artefacts from Lake Memphremagog and Niagara region to offer a convincing argument that communities of Grail refugees - who had fled the Inquisition in Europe - were established in Niagara and Vermont before being defeated by Native tribes in 1571. Swords at Sunset also examines the origins of man and the concept of the Holy Grail, offering a new and different perspective of the Western religious history that has shaped so much of the entire world's history. The book presents a thought-provoking interpretation that will astonish and intrigue.
Download or read book An Exploration of Space 1999 Through the Lens of Fan Fiction Forever Alpha written by John K. Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07-10 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential introduction to a rapidly growing field of study, AN EXPLORATION OF ?SPACE: 1999? THROUGH THE LENS OF FAN FICTION gathers in one place the complete 2015-16 Online Alpha discussion of the SPACE: 1999 fan fiction corpus, with a focus on the FOREVER ALPHA fan fiction series. Collected here are central viewpoints and arguments by Online Alpha discussants that have dominated Online Alpha debates in recent years. Editor John K. Balor provides a cogent introduction that places each piece in its historical and intellectual context, mapping the discussion and suggesting future trajectories. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.
Download or read book The Epic Structure of Space 1999 written by John K. Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains transcripts from Online Alpha discussions where the epic and narrative structure of SPACE 1999 is being discussed by comparing episodes with themes, characters and elements of plot from the Homeric Odyssey and Lewis Carroll's stories about Alice. The discussion is motivated by questions raised in the scholarly literature and earlier Online Alpha debates about how to make sense of SPACE 1999 from the viewpoint of critical theory. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.
Download or read book 1999 A Space Odyssey written by John K Balor and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the premise of the online discussion transcribed in this book is how Gerry Anderson's television series 'Space: 1999' can be understood in relation to Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' by looking at both narratives through the perspective of systems theory. As a result of doing so, an engaged debate concerned with the political and philosophical subtext of both stories developed. This book gives a full account of the debate with summaries of ideas and insights. The book has been developed on an idealistic basis. It is sold at the lowest price the publisher was willing to accept. A free e-book version can be downloaded at www.lulu.com.
Download or read book Final Sunset written by Willard Bixby and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-12-12 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Final Sunset is a book about the possible ending of man's existence on earth. It is a science-fiction novel with a little different twist on things. It's about one man's quest to answer a burning question, "What has happened to all of mankind? Am I the last man alive?"
Download or read book Robert Aldrich written by Robert Aldrich and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of interviews, the filmmaker tells fascinating stories of making motion pictures with such film legends as Burt Lancaster, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Burt Reynolds, and many others
Download or read book Samoa West Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
