Download or read book Vietnam Shadows written by Arnold R. Isaacs and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000-04-14 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isaacs talks to the veterans unable to forget the war no one wanted to talk about. He explores the class divisions deepened by a conflict in which the privileged avoided service that an earlier generation had embraced as a duty. And he shows how the "Vietnam Syndrome" continues to affect nearly every major U.S. foreign policy decision, from the Persion Gulf to Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.
Download or read book Shadow written by Bob Woodward and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-five years after Richard Nixon's resignation, investigative journalist Bob Woodward examines the legacy of Watergate. Based on hundreds of interviews - both on and off the record - and three years of research of government archives, Woodward's latest book explains in detail how the premier scandal of US history has indelibly altered the shape of American politics and culture - and has limited the power to act of the presidency itself. Bob Woodward's mix of historical perspective and journalistic sleuthing provides a unique perspective on the repercussions of Watergate and proves that it was far more than a passing, embarrassing crisis in American politics: it heralded the beginning of a new period of troubled presidencies. From Ford through to Clinton, presidents have battled public scepticism, a challenging Congress, adversarial press and even special prosecutors in their term in office. Now, a quarter of a century after the scandal emerged, the man who helped expose Watergate shows us the stunning impact of its heritage.
Download or read book Half in Shadow written by Shanna Greene Benjamin and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nellie Y. McKay (1930–2006) was a pivotal figure in contemporary American letters. The author of several books, McKay is best known for coediting the canon-making with Henry Louis Gates Jr., which helped secure a place for the scholarly study of Black writing that had been ignored by white academia. However, there is more to McKay's life and legacy than her literary scholarship. After her passing, new details about McKay's life emerged, surprising everyone who knew her. Why did McKay choose to hide so many details of her past? Shanna Greene Benjamin examines McKay's path through the professoriate to learn about the strategies, sacrifices, and successes of contemporary Black women in the American academy. Benjamin shows that McKay's secrecy was a necessary tactic that a Black, working-class woman had to employ to succeed in the white-dominated space of the American English department. Using extensive archives and personal correspondence, Benjamin brings together McKay’s private life and public work to expand how we think about Black literary history and the place of Black women in American culture.
Download or read book Shadow s Legacy written by Julie Kagawa and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new novella set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Iron Fey series! This magical short story is the prelude to a new trilogy in Julie Kagawa’s brilliant faery world, The Iron Fey: Evenfall. A royal wedding, a mysterious assassin, a new threat to all of Faery… Friends and family gather to celebrate the wedding of the Iron Queen Meghan Chase’s brother…but one wedding guest feels more melancholic than the rest. The King of the Forgotten can’t forget his own lost love and slips away from the festivities…only to be attacked by a strange faery who calls him a fraud and a false king. Now the two must form a wary alliance to track a strange new threat, a creature of rage and hatred that threatens the newfound peace of Faery, in the opening to a grand new adventure in the enthralling world of the Iron Fey. THE IRON FEY: EVENFALL The Iron Raven The Iron Sword THE IRON FEY: The Iron King The Iron Daughter The Iron Queen The Iron Knight The Iron Prince The Iron Traitor The Iron Warrior Novellas: Shadow’s Legacy (Evenfall #0.5)
Download or read book Shadows of Camelot written by Quinn Taylor Evans and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truan Monroe, raised an orphan on an isle in the Irish sea, is a deadly warrior and sorcerer of awesome powers. Now, a startling vision of the past sends him through a doorway in time to a place where Merlin the magician has been banished for all eternity. Here, armed with the sword Excaliber, the Holy Grail, and the Prophecy of Cassandra, Truan wages war against Malagraine, Lord of Darkness, and struggles to save the life of the woman he loves.
Download or read book The Keeper s Shadow written by Dennis Foon and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2006-09-12 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years have passed since Roan fled the destruction of his village. He has survived the polluted wilds of the Devastation, escaped the lethal mind traps of the Dreamfield, and infiltrated the heart of the sinister City. Through it all, Roan has struggled to hold fast to Longlight’s legacy of peace. But now, an unimaginable evil looms and violence seems unavoidable. Darius, the Keeper of the City, is enraged by the escape of Roan’s sister Stowe. Despite the loss of his sacrificial prodigy, Darius’s malevolent reign continues to push the entire realm to the brink of destruction. As Roan and his trusted friend Lumpy struggle to unite disparate peoples in a war against the City, it becomes clear that any chance of victory must include Stowe. But is her battered psyche damaged beyond all hope? THE KEEPER'S SHADOW completes the engrossing saga of The Longlight Legacy, a powerful chronicle of how untold destruction can result from accommodating evil and the violence it spawns.
Download or read book Legacy of Shadows written by F. J. Sanz and published by F. J. Sanz. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three heirs of a blood as dark as it is cursed struggle to survive their fateful destiny. Power, peace, and glory are all that each one desires in their heart. Three ideals for which they are willing to risk their own lives. Even from cold embers, the flame can be reborn… The fires of war still burn in the reconquered plaza of Aeral. There are no bodies to bury. The resurgence of magic has made the corpses of both armies disappear. The enemy, demonic forces that once took possession of the citadel, has fallen. However, political rivalries have erupted within the different factions of the victorious side. And yet, one city remains to be rebuilt. With the end of the conflict, three young heroes have decided to take control of their lives. Kieve, a promising mage of strong character and granddaughter of the deceased hykar chieftain, pours her efforts into studying the arcane arts. Her ability to weave the Fabric could prove decisive in what is about to happen. Her twin brother Kylan, a ranger at heart, goes to reunite with his former companion Ysara, a daring thief whom he met during his time in the Kingdom of the Dead. Tarani, Chosen of the god Alaethar, crosses the continent of Aekhan, ready to embark on the most ambitious of adventures, beyond human borders. Will the dark heritage that the three share resurface to thwart their desires? Legacy of Shadows resumes the plot of the renowned epic fantasy saga Jade Eyes.
Download or read book Legacy of Shadows written by Bernard Spilsbury and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When uppish airline captain Geoff Mayer fi nds his ancestors were workhouse paupers it's a terrible shock. He has always been comfortably-off - his father owned a chain of grocery stores, and his grandfather was a doctor. So he expects his earlier forebears to have been well-heeled... perhaps, even, nobility. When they turn out to be old-style working class, it's anathema to Hanna, Geoff's snobbish wife. It is the mid-80s, and both are staunch supporters of Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Hanna sees Geoff's embarrassing family tree as a threat to her status. But infuriatingly, as he traces his ancestors he even starts to sympathise with them. Worse, as Geoff works back to the 1700s, he discovers his female forebears working London's streets as prostitutes He fi nds little other information except records of births, marriages and deaths. Geoff doesn't even know the shocking truth of what happened to his own mother. But for the reader, the truth is revealed as the story goes "live" in each generation...and all have their own dramatic story. Secretly Hanna has had a string of lovers. When she walks out on their 23 year marriage and tells their son that Geoff is not his father, his cosy world is shattered. This is a story that combines life in the turbulent and divisive "Thatcher" 1980s with the realities behind England's "good old days" - highlighting some interesting parallels with modern times.
Download or read book A Legacy of Shadows written by David Lee and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee's small-town universe is frequented by tragedy and near-tragedy, and transcendence most often arrives in the form of salvaged humor, whether ironic, self-deprecating, or ribald. --Copper Canyon Press. Lee's calculatedly simple narratives are wonderfully wrought. His is a welcome voice, neither academic nor urban. --Booklist. Lee's splendid ear for idiomatic, vernacular speech imbues his work with a kind of red-dirt, hog-wallow lyricism, with the direct and uncompromising impact of common talk. --The Bloomsbury Review.
Download or read book Shadows over Stonewycke The Stonewycke Legacy Book 2 written by Michael Phillips and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly before World War II, Allison and Logan Macintyre's marriage has fallen on hard times. When war breaks out, Logan gets involved in British espionage without Allison's knowledge. While he goes to France to become an agent in the Underground, Allison faces the terror of The Blitz. Will they survive the tragedies of war? And is there any hope for their future?
Download or read book SHADOWS AND DUST III LEGACIES written by Kevin McKinley and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-06-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles contained in this book are a compilation of stories from the author's newspaper column All things southern published in the last ten years. The articles relate the history and genealogy of the southwest Alabama and northwest Florida regions.
Download or read book Legacy of Shadows written by Lillian Moats and published by Three Arts Press. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: None of us is unaffected by the dreams and failures of our ancestors. In events played out before we are born, our stories have already begun. Legacy of Shadows explores the psychological impact of unresolved emotion passed down through generations. Powerful and poetic, the book evolved from the author's exploration into the hidden impact of family history on her own psychology. Set in motion by the death of a small child in 1904, the story moves from Lincolnshire, England, to Toronto, to New York, to Chicago; yet the true setting remains the interior landscape. Revealing the private perceptions of a mother, daughter and granddaughter in turn, Moats offers readers an intimate perspective from which to consider how we become the people we are.
Download or read book The Long Shadow The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century written by David Reynolds and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." —Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture. It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II. In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century. He shows how events in that turbulent century—particularly World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of Communism—shaped and reshaped attitudes to 1914–18. By exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, The Long Shadow is stunningly broad in its historical perspective. Reynolds throws light on the vast expanse of the last century and explains why 1914–18 is a conflict that America is still struggling to comprehend. Forging connections between people, places, and ideas, The Long Shadow ventures across the traditional subcultures of historical scholarship to offer a rich and layered examination not only of politics, diplomacy, and security but also of economics, art, and literature. The result is a magisterial reinterpretation of the place of the Great War in modern history.
Download or read book Dark Shadows written by Harry M. Benshoff and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the cultural, industrial, formal, and generic contexts of the television soap opera Dark Shadows as a precursor to today’s popular gothic media franchises.
Download or read book Shadow Engineer written by Eric Bogatin and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Silicon Valley engineer stumbles into a hidden company with advanced technologies that could change the world. But at the same time, he learns this company, his life and the rest of civilization is threatened by a force even more advanced. And the opposition has a head start. The startling discoveries he encounters could point to the origin of life on Earth, and maybe its final destruction. With the help of a beautiful and mysterious astrophysicist and a retired math professor, it's a race against time to expose the conspiracy. Following the clues takes them on a frantic chase to the dark side of the Moon in an experimental spacecraft and back to the streets of San Francisco. What he can't out-smart, he has to out fight. In the battle to save the Earth he must rely on his Silicon Valley training and ability to leverage the new technologies at his disposal. But will it be enough? What can one engineer, an astrophysicist and an old professor do to save the Earth? Whatever it takes.
Download or read book Communism s Shadow written by Grigore Pop-Eleches and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on the institutional legacy of communism. Communism's Shadow instead turns the focus to the individuals who inhabit post-communist countries, presenting a rigorous assessment of the legacy of communism on political attitudes. Post-communist citizens hold political, economic, and social opinions that consistently differ from individuals in other countries. Grigore Pop-Eleches and Joshua Tucker introduce two distinct frameworks to explain these differences, the first of which focuses on the effects of living in a post-communist country, and the second on living through communism. Drawing on large-scale research encompassing post-communist states and other countries around the globe, the authors demonstrate that living through communism has a clear, consistent influence on why citizens in post-communist countries are, on average, less supportive of democracy and markets and more supportive of state-provided social welfare. The longer citizens have lived through communism, especially as adults, the greater their support for beliefs associated with communist ideology—the one exception being opinions regarding gender equality. A thorough and nuanced examination of communist legacies' lasting influence on public opinion, Communism's Shadow highlights the ways in which political beliefs can outlast institutional regimes.
Download or read book The Iron Raven written by Julie Kagawa and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wicked faeries and fantastic danger… Welcome to book one of the new trilogy in New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey fantasy series, as infamous prankster Puck finally has a chance to tell his story and stand with allies new and old to save Faery and the world. For fans of Holly Black and Cassandra Clare! “YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF ME…” Robin Goodfellow. Puck. Prankster, joker, raven, fool… King Oberon’s right-hand jester from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The legends are many, but the truth will now be known, as Puck finally tells his own story and faces a threat from a time before Faery began. A threat that brings him face-to-face with a new enemy…himself. With the Iron Queen Meghan Chase and her prince consort, Puck’s longtime rival Ash, and allies old and new by his side, Puck begins a fantastical and dangerous adventure not to be missed or forgotten. Evenfall is coming, and with it a reckoning that even their combined powers and wits may not vanquish, as a shadow falls over the lands of Faery and the world slips into chaos. THE IRON FEY: EVENFALL The Iron Raven The Iron Sword THE IRON FEY: The Iron King The Iron Daughter The Iron Queen The Iron Knight The Iron Prince The Iron Traitor The Iron Warrior Novellas: Shadow’s Legacy (Evenfall #0.5)
