Download or read book Remnants of Days Past written by 京二·渡辺 and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Remnants of Days Past, by Kyoji Watanabe, is an epic journey into Japan's past. It is a comprehensive look at the Tokugawa rule and the Edo period, an age in which the civilization of "Old Japan" was still on display and which, for better or worse, ceased to exist with the advent of modernization. Watanabe covers in great detail several topics pertaining to this civilization, including the status and position of the various social classes, views of women and children, attitudes towards sex, labor, and the body and religious beliefs, as well as the unique cosmology behind this civilization. Watanabe makes use of a number of works written by foreign observers who visited Japan from the end of the Edo period to the beginning of the Meiji to support his views. As the author writes in the book, "What is important in my mind is the reality that the civilization of 'Old Japan' developed through a universal desire, as well as the ideas behind this desire, to make it as comfortable as possible for human existence." This is a massive work that takes an in-depth look at what modern Japan has lost"--

Download or read book Remnants of Partition written by Aanchal Malhotra and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2019 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventy years on, the Partition of India fades from memory. Can it be restored?

Download or read book Vital Remnants written by Gary L. Gregg and published by Intercollegiate Studies Institute. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "America's founding generation was learned in the history and literature of the West and steeped in the English tradition of liberty. Vital Remnants revisits for a new generation the sources of America's greatness and suggests means to restore our weakened foundations."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book The Last Remnants of Slavery written by Arthur J. Stovall Ph. D. and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission or purpose, Dr. Stovall, endeavors to transmit in this book, "The Last Remnants of Slavery: An African American Dilemma", is support for an intervention that will start a Cultural Revolution for change, to end the last chapter to a chaotic dysfunctional process in the lives of African Americans. There are many historical correct and factual representations about slavery, but until now, there have been no examination of slavery's impact on African Americans. This book is a must read that deals with the Last Remnants from the past that is still influencing the economic, social and political values in African American communities. The processes of the remnants discouraged Africans and subsequent African Americans from any organized effort at providing for their communities' economic, social and political representation that would have allowed self-sufficiency after emancipation and proclamation in 1865. The Africans' unbeknown to themselves became guardians of the poverty paradigm and past it to their future generations' not just poverty as a lifestyle, but the socialization process that has ensured its perpetuation. The effects of the Last Remnants' tactics have grown roots in the lifestyle of the African American families and communities. The outcome of the Last Remnants is evident by the crime reports, which suggest that 90% of the incarcerated population is made-up of African American's youth between the age of 18 to 38 and 70% are substance abuse related offenses.

Download or read book Remnants Of Blood written by H Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remnants of Blood is a fast-paced fantasy inspired by Scottish and Irish folklore filled with danger, magic, romance and humour. Recommended for upper YA/NA readers with content warnings for violence, gore and strong language.

Download or read book The Remnants of War written by John Mueller and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "War... is merely an idea, an institution, like dueling or slavery, that has been grafted onto human existence. It is not a trick of fate, a thunderbolt from hell, a natural calamity, or a desperate plot contrivance dreamed up by some sadistic puppeteer on high. And it seems to me that the institution is in pronounced decline, abandoned as attitudes toward it have changed, roughly following the pattern by which the ancient and formidable institution of slavery became discredited and then mostly obsolete."—from the Introduction War is one of the great themes of human history and now, John Mueller believes, it is clearly declining. Developed nations have generally abandoned it as a way for conducting their relations with other countries, and most current warfare (though not all) is opportunistic predation waged by packs—often remarkably small ones—of criminals and bullies. Thus, argues Mueller, war has been substantially reduced to its remnants—or dregs—and thugs are the residual combatants. Mueller is sensitive to the policy implications of this view. When developed states commit disciplined troops to peacekeeping, the result is usually a rapid cessation of murderous disorder. The Remnants of War thus reinvigorates our sense of the moral responsibility bound up in peacekeeping. In Mueller's view, capable domestic policing and military forces can also be effective in reestablishing civic order, and the building of competent governments is key to eliminating most of what remains of warfare.

Download or read book Remnants of the First Earth written by Ray Young Bear and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Indian author of Black Eagle Child paints “a portrait of a writer struggling both to preserve his people’s heritage and to turn it into art” (The New York Times Book Review). Ray A. Young Bear’s work has been called “magnificent” by the New York Times and “a national treasure” by the Bloomsbury Review. Dazzlingly original, but with deep roots in his traditional Mesquakie culture, Young Bear is a master wordsmith poised with trickster-like aplomb between the ancient world of his forefathers and the ever-encroaching “blurred face of modernity.” Remnants of the First Earth continues the story of Edgar Bearchild—Young Bear’s fictionalized alter ego—which began with Black Eagle Child, a New York Times Notable Book for 1992. Young Bear revisits the Black Eagle Child Settlement and its residents, including Ted Facepaint, Rose Grassleggings, Junior Pipestar, Lorna Bearcap, and Luciano Bearchild. At the center of the novel is a murder investigation involving a powerful shaman holding court at the local Ramada Inn, negligent white cops from nearby Why Cheer, and corrupt tribal authorities. This lyrical narrative swirls through the present and into the mysteries of the age-old stories and myths that still haunt, inform, and enlighten this uniquely American community. “Young Bear’s prose pulses with lyrical ferocity, blending narrative, verse and tribal myth in a seamless web . . . Young Bear, an acclaimed poet, here emerges as a major Native novelist.” —Publishers Weekly

Download or read book The Kiss of Deception written by Mary E. Pearson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.

Download or read book The Remnants written by John Hughes and published by UWA Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in pre-war Russia, contemporary Australia and Renaissance Italy, this novel's central story explores exile, memory and loss. At its centre is an ageing Russian emigre, a woman who claims to have nursed the poet Osip Mandelstam in his final days.

Download or read book Remnants of an Ancient Past written by Bill E. Crowley and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mayflower Project written by K. A. Applegate and published by . This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the best-selling author of "Animorphs" and "Everworld" comes a dark and powerful new series that begins in 2011 when the Earth is about to be destroyed. In a desperate attempt to survive, a handful of people aboard a revamped space shuttle are placed into suspended animation. Light years from home and all alone some 500 years later, they awake to find that the very future of the human race is in their hands

Download or read book Remnants of the Storm written by MR Charles T. Sellmeyer and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remnants of the Storm Lost in a forgotten part of antebellum Mississippi lays an ancient treasure of mythical proportions. America is tearing itself asunder. The issues of slavery and state's rights have divided the fledgling nation and only war will resolve the future of the North American continent. Half a world away, France under Emperor Napoleon III dominates the European mainland, but a hidden threat lies right next door. A potentially new and powerful German nation is awakening, a nation seeking vengeance. Cast into these events, Corporal Gunther Schroeder, a young Union soldier whose hellish experience at Shiloh has persuaded him to join an elite force of Raiders under the famous General Grierson. Their mission; go behind enemy lines to disrupt Confederate General Pemberton's forces and lay the groundwork for the takedown of Vicksburg, the Gibraltar of the South. Lieutenant Jacob Parker, a Confederate soldier who has the knack of being at the right place at the right time. Serving as courier and scout, his skills at getting the most valued of secrets to the right people are legendary and crucial to the South's very survival. The "Widow" Maria La Blotte, she is a woman of supreme intelligence and cunning; a mysterious and beautiful French woman of royal pedigree. She seeks the massive treasure which will save her country and dynasty from impending doom, and she and her agents will stop at nothing to get it. Centered on historical events, especially the Battle of Shiloh and Grant's Vicksburg campaign, Remnants of the Storm is the first book of a multi-generational series that weaves a tale of intrigue and adventure for the ages.

Download or read book The Remnants written by Reinhold J.E. Lohsen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2018-10-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Remnants tells how Jewish composer and Shoah (Holocaust) survivor A. Peter Gary was captured by the Nazis at age seventeen and incarcerated in three concentration camps during WWII. As well, it tells the touching story of Peter’s friendship with two former members of the Hitler Youth, all in their late eighties. Friends with all three, the author project-managed the Première of Peter’s Oratorio, A 20th Century Passion, performed in Israel by a world renowned conductor, the crowning achievement of Peter’s early years of suffering under the Nazi Dictatorship. A dramatic reading of his Libretto about the Shoah was performed by graduating students at several high schools. The book also argues for an alternative view of Judas’s role in history in line with a number of scholars and theologians. It delves into biblical translation problems and Christianity’s burying of its Jewish roots, always with a hope for a Judeo Christian reconciliation.

Download or read book Contemporary Media Culture and the Remnants of a Colonial Past written by Kent A. Ono and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Media Culture and the Remnants of a Colonial Past examines contemporary representations of colonialism, by developing a historically and culturally specific theory of neocolonialism in U.S. media culture. Noting how colonialism never officially ended in the United States, Kent A. Ono draws together race, gender, sexuality, and nation to examine neocolonialism in popular media narratives. The book asks, «What are the lingering traces within contemporary culture that provide evidence not only of what colonialism was but also of what it continues to be today?» Offering five case studies on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the sale of the Seattle Mariners, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Pocahontas, and Star Trek: The Next Generation--and providing current media examples in the introduction and conclusion, the book documents the persistence of colonialism in media culture. White vigilantism, prototypical colonial rescue plots, and cloaked and not-so-hidden anxieties about racial and national miscegenation all contribute towards a continuation of colonialism and a neocolonial mind-set. The book's critical examination from a historical and cultural perspective makes it possible to alter colonialism for future generations.

Download or read book Remnants of a Distant Past written by Ken Jeremiah and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most logical explanation for the UFO phenomenon, and a new take on the Ancient Alien theory:This book explores the possibility that UFOs are not piloted by aliens, but by humans. However, they are not piloted by modern humans, but by remnants of an ancient, advanced civilization that survived the last ice age. This idea might sound ridiculous upon hearing it for the first time, but evidence supports this conclusion. There is more evidence to back up this theory than there is to support the idea that extraterrestrials pilot such craft. “Remnants of a Distant Past” explores this possibility, and provides information about sightings in the famous Bermuda and Pacific Triangles. It also explores the possibility of active underwater cities, advanced ancient civilizations, and the cyclical nature of time. This book offers a new way to interpret existing evidence: a way that might change forever the common view of UFOs and extraterrestrial visitations.

Download or read book The Remnants of Summer written by Dawn Newton and published by Loyola College/Apprentice House. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iris is sinking. As the summer of 1974 begins, she must grapple with the events that have lain dormant since the previous summer when her brother, Scott, drowned in their neighborhood lake. On her watch. While Iris flounders with the weight of her guilt and grief, she seeks redemption from her family and yearns, in particular, to repair a strained relationship with her sister, Liz. But new developments threaten her efforts, forcing her to navigate the turbulence of the present summer while reckoning with the emotional trauma of the past. Set in a working-class neighborhood, The Remnants of Summer is a story of how collective grief and personal guilt threaten the individuals who make up a family. As Iris sifts through the images of the past, she wrestles with waves of guilt and responsibility, acceptance and forgiveness. Surrounded by the gentle rhythms of a Michigan summer, she endeavors to rise up and become visible once again.

Download or read book Remnants Season of Glory written by Lisa Tawn Bergren and published by Blink. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third and final volume of the Remnants series, the power of the Remnants and their people are growing, threatening Pacifica’s careful plans for domination. Among the Trading Union, village after village, outpost after outpost, and city after city are drawn to people of the Way, and agree to stand against those who hunt them. But Pacifica intends to ferret out and annihilate the Remnants—as well as everyone who hasn’t sworn allegiance to the empire—setting the stage for an epic showdown that will change the course of a world on the brink … forever.