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Book Plantation Village Story

Download or read book Plantation Village Story written by Nola Nadeau and published by . This book was released on 2005* with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Obake

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glen Grant
  • Publisher : Mutual Publishing
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781566477048
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Obake written by Glen Grant and published by Mutual Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of twelve ghost stories leads readers into a world of obake, supernatural creatures, fireballs, choking ghosts at the University of Hawai'i dormitories the "faceless woman" of the Waialae Drive-in Theater, the "green lady" of Wahiawa, the mo'o wahine or supernatural lizard woman, inugami or dog spirit possession, mysterious occurrences in Kaimuki and Kipapa and other "chicken skin" encounters in Hawai'i. Invisible Ink calls this book true in spirit to the many ghostly traditions of the Islands.

Book Jumping Over Shadows

Download or read book Jumping Over Shadows written by Annette Gendler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a German-Jewish love that overcame the burdens of the past. Finalist for the 2017 Book of the Year Award by the Chicago Writers Association “A book that is hard to put down.” —Jerusalem Post “This book confirms Annette Gendler as an indispensable Jewish voice for our time." —Yossi Klein Halevi, author of Like Dreamers "The ghosts of the past haunt a woman’s search for herself in this thoughtful, poignant memoir about the transformative power of love and faith.” —Hillary Jordan, author of Mudbound, now a Netflix movie “An exquisitely written conversion story which expounds upon personal and collective identity.” —Washington Independent Review of Books “A compelling, gracefully written memoir about the impact of the past on the present.” —Michael Steinberg, author of Still Pitching History was repeating itself when Annette fell in love with Harry, a Jewish man, the son of Holocaust survivors, in Germany in 1985. Her Great-Aunt Resi had been married to a Jew in Czechoslovakia before World War II―a marriage that, while happy, put the entire family in mortal danger once the Nazis took over their hometown in 1938. Annette and Harry’s love, meanwhile, was the ultimate nightmare for Harry’s family. Not only was their son considering marrying a non-Jew, but a German. Weighed down by the burdens of their family histories, Annette and Harry kept their relationship secret for three years, until they could forge a path into the future and create a new life in Chicago. Annette found a spiritual home in Judaism―a choice that paved the way toward acceptance by Harry’s family, and redemption for some of the wounds of her own family’s past.

Book Silence on the Mountain

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  • Author : Daniel Wilkinson
  • Publisher : Duke University Press
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780822333685
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Silence on the Mountain written by Daniel Wilkinson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.

Book Japanese American History

Download or read book Japanese American History written by Brian Niiya and published by VNR AG. This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced under the auspices of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, this comprehensive reference culls information from primary sources--Japanese-language texts and documents, oral histories, and other previously neglected or obscured materials--to document the history and nature of the Japanese American experience as told by the people who lived it. The volume is divided into three major sections: a chronology with some 800 entries; a 400-entry encyclopedia covering people, events, groups, and cultural terms; and an annotated bibliography of major works on Japanese Americans. Includes about 80 bandw illustrations and photographs. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Introduction to the Study of United States History

Download or read book Introduction to the Study of United States History written by Carl Russell Fish and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Old Village and the Great House

Download or read book The Old Village and the Great House written by Douglas V. Armstrong and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rediscovering the lives of enslaved people in Jamaica A combination of archaeological and historical study, The Old Village and the Great House examines life within enslaved, and later free, laborer households at a Jamaican sugar plantation. Douglas V. Armstrong draws on excavations in house-yard areas to create a case study comparison between the lives of enslaved workers and the planter class. As Armstrong shows, archaeological analysis and historical research reveal a firsthand record of people's lives and the emergence of an African-Jamaican community. Detailed descriptions of artifacts, structural remains, and dietary refuse combine with written accounts to provide insight into the lives of enslaved people and African-Jamaican transformations.

Book Stories of the South

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  • Author : K. Stephen Prince
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2014
  • ISBN : 1469614189
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book Stories of the South written by K. Stephen Prince and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the North assumed significant power to redefine the South, imagining a region rebuilt and modeled on northern society. The white South actively resisted these efforts, battling the legal strictures of Reconstruction on the ground. Meanwhile, white southern storytellers worked to recast the South's image, romanticizing the Lost Cause and heralding the birth of a New South. Prince argues that this cultural production was as important as political competition and economic striving in turning the South and the nation away from the egalitarian promises of Reconstruction and toward Jim Crow.

Book Humanities

Download or read book Humanities written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Download or read book The History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations written by Thomas Williams Bicknell and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Haunting Experiences

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  • Author : Diane Goldstein
  • Publisher : University Press of Colorado
  • Release : 2007-09-15
  • ISBN : 0874216818
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Haunting Experiences written by Diane Goldstein and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.

Book Flower de Hundred

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  • Author : Mrs. Burton Harrison
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1890
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book Flower de Hundred written by Mrs. Burton Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Same Old Stories

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  • Author : S P Huddleston
  • Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
  • Release : 2014-02-10
  • ISBN : 1628576677
  • Pages : 159 pages

Download or read book The Same Old Stories written by S P Huddleston and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of mankind might fairly be termed one continuous crisis. Mankind has been its own worst enemy, yet the human race endures somehow. This absorbing compilation of short stories follows the course of human experience from prehistoric time to the present and beyond, told through the tales of men and women coping with the human condition. The Same Old Stories is fast-paced and fascinating story-telling, set in places ranging from the exotic to the familiar. From Timbuktu to St. Louis, and from midtown Manhattan to Marseilles, through it all, mankind is faced with choices in order to survive. The book is great fun, but not for the faint-hearted. These are not just The Same Old Stories!

Book Food to Die For

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  • Author : Amy Bruni
  • Publisher : Harper Celebrate
  • Release : 2024-07-30
  • ISBN : 1400245605
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Food to Die For written by Amy Bruni and published by Harper Celebrate. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover tantalizing recipes, spine-tingling stories, and historic photos from the most notoriously haunted locations across America in this fun and fascinating cookbook. Paranormal investigator and Kindred Spirits co-host Amy Bruni leads you through eerie hotels, haunted homes, hellish hospitals, and spooky ghost towns, giving you stories and a recipe from each place. Whether you're in the mood for Lizzie Borden's meatloaf or want to serve up spooky prison stories along with sugar cookies from Alcatraz, Food to Die For is your guide to ghoulish gastronomy. One of America's favorite ghost hunters, Amy Bruni takes you to mysterious hotels, eerie ghost towns, and possessed pubs in this delightfully sinister collection of stories and recipes. Each of the nearly 60 locations in Food to Die For includes: Vintage photographs and charmingly creepy stories rooted in history A noteworthy recipe associated with the people or place Full-color, captivating, and hauntingly styled food photos to inspire a killer kitchen experience Enjoy creepy recipes like: Southern Fried Chicken from the Missouri State Penitentiary Sheboygan Asylum Caesar Salad Cornbread inspired by the Villisca Axe Murder House Absinthe Frappé from the Old Absinthe House Ernest Hemingway's Bloody Mary from Hemingway Home & Museum Vegetable Soup from Waverly Hills Sanatorium This terrifyingly tasty cookbook will bewitch anyone who: Has a taste for the paranormal and a hunger to try new foods Loves history, travel, and culinary curiosities Enjoys entertaining guests in unique and memorable ways Would get goosebumps making a recipe written 300 years ago History buffs, thrill-seekers, and foodies will all get shivers seeing the past come to life with every enchanted recipe and delicious tale from Food to Die For.

Book Children s Stories of American Progress

Download or read book Children s Stories of American Progress written by Henrietta Christian Wright and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Passport to the Paranormal

Download or read book Passport to the Paranormal written by Rich Newman and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2021-09-08 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real American Hot Spots Every state has its spooky paranormal locations. This book lists 200 haunted hotels, restaurants, bars, museums, and other haunted spaces that you can visit for yourself in all fifty states. In Passport to the Paranormal, expert ghost hunter Rich Newman explores the nature of each location's activity and provides historical details. You also will find photos that help bring the stories alive. These active locations are operating businesses, so you, too, can experience the haunts and apparitions. Gallivant with ghostly gunfighters at Big Nose Kate's Saloon in Tombstone, Arizona. Take a twirl with the Lady in Blue at the Moss Beach Distillery in California. Try not to get pranked by the Sheriff, the resident spirit at the Grand Old Lady Hotel in Balsam, North Carolina. Discover these and hundreds more stories of hauntings, specters, and things that go bump in the night in this treasure trove of real paranormal activity.

Book Rights  Roots  and Resistance Land and Indigenous  trans  Nationalism in Contemporary Hawai  i

Download or read book Rights Roots and Resistance Land and Indigenous trans Nationalism in Contemporary Hawai i written by Cari Costanzo Kapur and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the dissertation, I examine the ways in which the emergence of the contemporary native Hawaiian nationalist movement has shaped identity formation among Hawai'i's multi-ethnic population. My research results draw on twenty-two months of ethnographic fieldwork on the island of Oahu and incorporate a combination of life narratives, participant observation, legal interpretation, statistical data, and textual analysis. I argue that in the face of indigenous activism, land has become important to identity formation and cultural production for not only native Hawaiians, but also many non-native residents of Hawai'i. I show that the mutual constitution of indigenous and non-indigenous identities in Hawai'i influences both everyday practice and memories about the past. For example, I show that cultural practices deemed in anthropological literature and popular social narratives as self-defining for indigenous peoples, such as traditional agricultural work and native language acquisition, can hold deep personal meaning for non-native people as well. Further, examining collective memory in Hawai'i, I suggest that changing cultural, political, and econ0omic contexts influence the way history is remembered. Specifically, through ethnographies of public spaces intended to celebrate diverse ethnic mi[g]rations to Hawai'i, I argue that at distince historical moments, certain stories from the past become critical to the ability of local residents to develop a sense of belonging in the present. ...