Download or read book Sahara to Shame written by Carol Day and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sahara to Shame is the exciting saga of a woman's quest for freedom and the obstacles she encounters as she struggles to find a better life. As winter arrives in London, Gerry's life is as bleak as the season. Her relationship is crumbling. Richard, her partner and a London police officer, succumbs to violent behavior as his drinking problem escalates. Gerry escapes her abusive relationship and flees to rural France. On her flight south, Gerry meets two elderly sisters who introduce her to Ken who works with a charity that helps young girls find adoptive parents, and Gerry is offered a position at the organization. Gerry accepts the position and then learns what its mission really is-an underground link to child prostitution. This knowledge puts Gerry in serious danger. Meanwhile, Richard and his fellow detectives uncover a connection to the organization in London. Richard searches for Gerry and tries to trace the source of the organization. Gerry and Ken are caught up in the dangerous world of child prostitution that leads them to the seedy underbelly of Central Africa. Will Richard find Gerry before the criminals do? Will Gerry find happiness in a place so far from and different than her former life? Sahara to Shame is a riveting tale of suspense and romance with rich characters, sharp dialogue and a stunning conclusion.
Download or read book Being Heumann written by Judith Heumann and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Nonfiction "...an essential and engaging look at recent disability history."— Buzzfeed One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn’t built for all of us and of one woman’s activism—from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington—Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann’s lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society. Paralyzed from polio at eighteen months, Judy’s struggle for equality began early in life. From fighting to attend grade school after being described as a “fire hazard” to later winning a lawsuit against the New York City school system for denying her a teacher’s license because of her paralysis, Judy’s actions set a precedent that fundamentally improved rights for disabled people. As a young woman, Judy rolled her wheelchair through the doors of the US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in San Francisco as a leader of the Section 504 Sit-In, the longest takeover of a governmental building in US history. Working with a community of over 150 disabled activists and allies, Judy successfully pressured the Carter administration to implement protections for disabled peoples’ rights, sparking a national movement and leading to the creation of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Candid, intimate, and irreverent, Judy Heumann’s memoir about resistance to exclusion invites readers to imagine and make real a world in which we all belong.
Download or read book Sahara written by Clive Cussler and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stranded in the Sahara desert, Dirk Pitt and his friends uncover the truth about the fate of 1930s aviator Kitty Mannock and the secret behind Lincoln's assassination. Reissue.
Download or read book Baseball Hall of Shame 4 written by Bruce Nash and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1991-05 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Baseball Hall of Shame 4 contains more than 100 absurd, offbeat and hysterically funny stories proving that on the playing field and in the ballpark, truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
Download or read book Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara written by Judith Scheele and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smugglers and Saints of the Sahara describes life on and around the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context. Basing her findings on long-term fieldwork with trading families, truckers, smugglers and scholars, Judith Scheele investigates the history of contemporary patterns of mobility from the late nineteenth century to the present. Through a careful analysis of family ties and local economic records, this book shows how long-standing mobility and interdependence have shaped not only local economies, but also notions of social hierarchy, morality and political legitimacy, creating patterns that endure today and that need to be taken into account in any empirically-grounded study of the region.
Download or read book The Sahara written by Eamonn Gearon and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-10-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sahara is the quintessence of isolation, epitomizing both remoteness and severity of environment unlike any other place on the face of the earth. Replete with myths and fictions, it is a wild land, dotted with oases and camel trains trudging through sand dunes that roll like the waves on a sea, as far as the distant horizon. But this is just part of the picture. The largest desert in the world, the Sahara ranges from the river Nile running through Egypt and Sudan in the east, to the Atlantic coast from Morocco to Mauritania in the west; stretching from the Atlas Mountains and the shores of the Mediterranean in the north, to the fluid Sahelian fringe that delineates the desert in the south. Invaders and traders have come and gone for millennia, but the Sahara is also the place that some people call home. While larger than the United States, this vast area contains only three million people. Africans and Arabs, Berber and Bedu, Tuareg and Tebu. Eamonn Gearon explores the history, culture and terrain of a place whose name is familiar to all, but known to few.
Download or read book Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara in the Years of 1845 and 1846 written by James Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara in the Years of 1845 1846 written by James Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Among the Women of the Sahara written by Jean Pommerol and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sahara and Lapland Travels in the African Desert and the Polar World Translated from the French by Mrs Cashel Hoey written by comte Eugène Goblet d'Alviella and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ways of the Desert written by Eugène Daumas and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ways of the Desert, translated from the French, offers an introduction to the North African Arab nomads—their way of life, customs, dress, and religion. The companion to this volume, The Horses of the Sahara, provides a detailed description and history of the great breeds of Arab horses. While part of this book is devoted to descriptions of the various animals that are both hunted and used for hunting, its appeal goes well beyond its attraction for those with a special interest in the lore of desert hunt and chase. General Daumas and his major collaborator-informant, the Emir Abd-el-Kader, together provide sensitive insights into the total culture of the North African desert people of the nineteenth century. Both spiritual and material aspects of desert life are encompassed in this work, which ranges from translations of Arab poetry to descriptions of the uses of the fat and remains of the ostrich. The patterns of conviction and conduct described form an important part of the rich cultural heritage of the modern Maghreb nations. The way of life described in this book is often presented from what comes very close to being an inside point of view. Occasionally Daumas feels obliged to disapprove of certain practices or beliefs or to criticize his Arab friends, but in large part his underlying sympathy for the Arab people permits his informants to speak clearly through his pen. General Melchior Joseph Eugene Daumas took part in the conquest of Algeria by France and, for his distinguished service, was named Director of the Bureau of Algerian Affairs in the French Ministry of War. During the campaigns and the occupation that followed, he studied and attempted to understand the native peoples with an objectivity and sympathy unusual among the colonialists of the period. He recorded a way of life that has changed much since the nineteenth century, and much of what he recorded has since been lost. His account, as well as being an important source for the historian and ethnographer, provides for the general reader a fascinating record of the vanishing ways of the desert.
Download or read book Sahara and Sudan Kawar Bornu Kanem Borku Enned written by Gustav Nachtigal and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SAHARA written by ANGUS BUCHANAN and published by BEYOND BOOKS HUB. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SAHARA and EXPLORATION OF AÏR OUT OF THE WORLD NORTH OF NIGERIA by Angus Buchanan are captivating accounts of exploration and adventure. Venture into the heart of the Sahara desert, experience the wonders of Nigeria, and journey through territories untamed by man. Buchanan's vivid descriptions and personal narratives provide an engaging firsthand look at these extraordinary expeditions. Ready for an adventure? Embark on a thrilling journey with SAHARA and EXPLORATION OF AÏR OUT OF THE WORLD NORTH OF NIGERIA. Order your copies today!
Download or read book Desert Songs written by John Maier and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1996-07-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an unusual approach to cultural studies, John Maier examines a wide variety of modern Western and Eastern texts. He brings together very different forms of cultural production: modern and postmodern fiction and folktales, advertising copy and oral histories, travel literature, and ethnographic studies. Many academic disciplines are also juxtaposed—literature and literary theory, linguistics, history, psychoanalysis, sociology, film studies, women's studies, and anthropology—largely because they have themselves been transformed by the cultural questions raised here.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Deserts written by Michael A. Mares and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Deserts represents a milestone: it is the first comprehensive reference to the first comprehensive reference to deserts and semideserts of the world. Approximately seven hundred entries treat subjects ranging from desert survival to the way deserts are formed. Topics include biology (birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, plants, bacteria, physiology, evolution), geography, climatology, geology, hydrology, anthropology, and history. The thirty-seven contributors, including volume editor Michael A. Mares, have had extensive careers in deserts research, encompassing all of the world’s arid and semiarid regions. The Encyclopedia opens with a subject list by topic, an organizational guide that helps the reader grasp interrelationships and complexities in desert systems. Each entry concludes with cross-references to other entries in the volume, inviting the reader to embark on a personal expedition into fascinating, previously unknown terrain. In addition a list of important readings facilitates in-depth study of each topic. An exhaustive index permits quick access to places, topics, and taxonomic listings of all plants and animals discussed. More than one hundred photographs, drawings, and maps enhance our appreciation of the remarkable life, landforms, history, and challenges of the world’s arid land.
Download or read book Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara in the Years of 1845 and 1846 written by James Richardson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846" by James Richardson James Richardson was a British explorer known for his expeditions into the Sahel region of the Saharan desert. In this book, he regales the world with his tales of the Sahara. In the nineteenth century, travels to this region were full of romance and the promise of adventure. His words brought this exotic world into the homes of readers in England and around the world.
Download or read book Routledge Handbook on the Modern Maghrib written by George Joffé and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive Routledge Handbook on the Modern Maghrib introduces and analyses the region in its full complexity, focusing on the countries of Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and Libya, as well as the northern and western Sahara. In addition to country studies that provide historical and geopolitical background, a series of thematic explorations engage with a range of social, linguistic, cultural and economic aspects, providing a rich mosaic of current scholarship on the region. Addressing important debates such as the volatile international relations among constituent states, the role of women in society, and the environmental impact of climate change, the book considers natural resources, music, media and language, and revisits the history of borders and social tribal structures. What emerges is not only a variegated picture of the Maghrib as a complex and rapidly changing region, but one marked by stark contrasts and divergences among its constituent states based on their Ottoman and colonial experiences, their relationships with their Saharan and Mediterranean neighbours, and their own political trajectories. This Handbook fills an important gap in knowledge on a region increasingly significant in European and American affairs, and will appeal to anyone interested in the history, economies and societies of North Africa.
