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Book Silent Honor

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  • Author : Danielle Steel
  • Publisher : Dell
  • Release : 1997-09-03
  • ISBN : 0440224055
  • Pages : 418 pages

Download or read book Silent Honor written by Danielle Steel and published by Dell. This book was released on 1997-09-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Danielle Steel, a moving novel of families separated and lives shattered by prejudice during one of the most shameful episodes in American history. A man ahead of his time, Japanese college professor Masao Takashimaya of Kyoto had a passion for modern ideas that was as strong as his wife’s belief in ancient traditions. His eighteen-year-old daughter, Hiroko, torn between her mother’s traditions and her father’s wishes, boarded the SS Nagoya Maru to come to California for an education and to make her father proud. It was August 1941. From the ship, she went to the Palo Alto home of her uncle, Takeo, and his family. To Hiroko, California was a different world. Her cousins had become more American than Japanese. And much to Hiroko’s surprise, Peter Jenkins, her uncle’s assistant at Stanford, became an unexpected link between her old world and her new. On December 7, Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. Within hours, war is declared and suddenly Hiroko has become an enemy in a foreign land. On February 19, Executive Order 9066 is signed by President Roosevelt, giving the military the power to remove the Japanese from their communities at will. Takeo and his family are given ten days to sell their home, give up their jobs, and report to a relocation center, along with thousands of other Japanese and Japanese Americans, to face their destinies there. Families are divided, people are forced to abandon their homes, their businesses, their freedom, and their lives. Danielle Steel portrays not only the human cost of that terrible time in history, but also the remarkable courage of a people whose honor and dignity transcended the chaos that surrounded them. Silent Honor reveals the stark truth about the betrayal of Americans by their own government . . . and the triumph of a woman caught between cultures and determined to survive.

Book Silent Night

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  • Author : Danielle Steel
  • Publisher : Dell
  • Release : 2019-03-05
  • ISBN : 0399179399
  • Pages : 290 pages

Download or read book Silent Night written by Danielle Steel and published by Dell. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A shocking accident. A little girl struggling to survive. And the childless aunt who transforms her own world to help her . . . Danielle Steel’s deeply moving novel is a story of resilience and hope. Paige Watts is the ultimate stage mother. The daughter of Hollywood royalty, Paige channels her acting dreams into making her own daughter, Emma, a star. By the age of nine, Emma is playing a central role in a hit TV show. Then everything is shattered by unforeseeable tragedy. Now Emma is living with her aunt Whitney, who had chosen a very different path from her sister’s. Whitney was always the studious older sister, hating the cult of celebrity that enveloped their childhood. Instead, she is a psychiatrist who lives for her work and enjoys a no-strings-attached love affair with a wealthy venture capitalist. But at a moment’s notice, Whitney drops everything to help her niece. Once famous, outgoing, and charismatic, Emma is now a shadow of her former self—without speech, without memory, lost and terrified. But with her aunt Whitney’s help, along with a team of caregivers and doctors, Emma begins to find her way, starting her young life all over again—and changing the lives of everyone around her. Emotionally gripping and richly involving, Silent Night explores how the heart has mysterious healing powers of its own, and blessings happen when we think all is lost.

Book All Hands Down

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth Sewell
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2009-07-28
  • ISBN : 1439104549
  • Pages : 371 pages

Download or read book All Hands Down written by Kenneth Sewell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events preceding and during the mysterious sinking of a United States submarine in 1968, using interviews and recent evidence to determine the act was a retaliation by the Soviet Union for a similar attack.

Book Air Force Manual

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  • Author : United States. Department of the Air Force
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1953
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 608 pages

Download or read book Air Force Manual written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Machinery

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  • Author : Lester Gray French
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1928
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1454 pages

Download or read book Machinery written by Lester Gray French and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Freight Classification Guide

Download or read book Freight Classification Guide written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mistworld

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  • Author : Simon R. Green
  • Publisher : Open Road Media
  • Release : 2013-12-17
  • ISBN : 1480471984
  • Pages : 243 pages

Download or read book Mistworld written by Simon R. Green and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A planet of outlaws, rebels, and misfits must fight back against the corrupt empire in a novel by a New York Times–bestselling author: “Lots of action.” —Science Fiction Chronicle Long before the start of a galactic rebellion, Mistworld is just another rebel planet, cut off from the fruits of empire by a punishing blockade. In a spaceport where ships hardly land anymore, and any piece of high tech is worth far more than its weight in gold, a medieval order has imposed itself on this once-rich world: The strong rule, the weak perish, and no one is too rich to steal. Investigator Topaz is one of the few honest people left on this cutthroat planet. With her husband, Sergeant Michael Gunn, Topaz does what she can to keep the crooks who run Mistworld in check. But when the corrupt Empire devises an unprecedented scheme to attack the ESP shield that guards Mistworld, Topaz is the only one who can save the planet from being overrun. An enemy fleet lurks just off world—but it is the enemies at home whom Topaz and Gunn should fear the most.

Book Recreation

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  • Author : Kanyampa Manda
  • Publisher : AuthorHouse
  • Release : 2019-02-28
  • ISBN : 1728384206
  • Pages : 119 pages

Download or read book Recreation written by Kanyampa Manda and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of Poetry and short fiction whose preoccupation is to engage this troubled world, to come to a realization, to forsake its life of vanity and therefore focus onto real issues- the fight against poverty- to raise the status of the least of our brothers to a level of dignity. Thus - ReCreation to remake the world. The introduction to the collection notes the different aspects of the concept of the title, as representing both light diversion and spiritual renewal. This collection accordingly provide for both these aspects, offering pictures of the innocence of everyday life and a readiness to indulge in contemplation. A better idea of the collection’s character would be gained from particular mention of one or two individual poems: This Poetry - a typical twentieth century style poem, moves from an invocation of the setting of its making to more abstract considerations of perfection, harmony and wholeness; Mind, Body and Soul is a remarkable and highly visual sequence of particularities of time, place and landscape, while Who Will Plead for Angola is a more overtly moral and political lament for failed expectations and ideals. A distinctive voice. The verse is dignified, and eloquent in mood and tone, but also visually and metaphorically evocative and very much alive to natural phenomena and human habit and motive. Enjoy.

Book Salt and Steel

Download or read book Salt and Steel written by Edward Latimer Beach and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of "Run Silent, Run Deep" and "Around the World Submerged" relates the highlights of his career as a submariner, beginning in World War II with the Battle of Midway and culminating with his role as a consultant on the nuclear power program. 13 photos.

Book Popular Science

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1929-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Popular Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1929-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.

Book U S  Steel Industry

Download or read book U S Steel Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on International Trade and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Blood And Steel

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  • Author : Stuart Field
  • Publisher : Next Chapter
  • Release : 2022-02-02
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 473 pages

Download or read book Blood And Steel written by Stuart Field and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-02-02 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a young woman is found dead in her apartment, Detective John Steel is brought in. A British cop working with the NYPD, he is a man with unique talent for finding trouble and winding up his partner, Detective Samantha McCall. Soon, another woman goes missing, and the duo must find out why. But there is a cost: the dead woman is the girlfriend of one their own, and the missing woman may have something the killer wants. As the clock ticks, the investigation runs deeper and an old enemy shows his face. Will any of them see the end of this alive?

Book Steel Closets

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  • Author : Anne Balay
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2014-04-07
  • ISBN : 1469614014
  • Pages : 187 pages

Download or read book Steel Closets written by Anne Balay and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as substantial legal and social victories are being celebrated within the gay rights movement, much of working-class America still exists outside the current narratives of gay liberation. In Steel Closets, Anne Balay draws on oral history interviews with forty gay, lesbian, and transgender steelworkers, mostly living in northwestern Indiana, to give voice to this previously silent and invisible population. She presents powerful stories of the intersections of work, class, gender, and sexual identity in the dangerous industrial setting of the steel mill. The voices and stories captured by Balay--by turns alarming, heroic, funny, and devastating--challenge contemporary understandings of what it means to be queer and shed light on the incredible homophobia and violence faced by many: nearly all of Balay's narrators remain closeted at work, and many have experienced harassment, violence, or rape. Through the powerful voices of queer steelworkers themselves, Steel Closets provides rich insight into an understudied part of the LGBT population, contributing to a growing body of scholarship that aims to reveal and analyze a broader range of gay life in America.

Book Running Steel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stuart Field
  • Publisher : Next Chapter
  • Release : 2022-10-26
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 414 pages

Download or read book Running Steel written by Stuart Field and published by Next Chapter. This book was released on 2022-10-26 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sixth book in Stuart Field's thriller series, John Steel is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse as he hunts for a methodical killer known as The Sentinel. Helping an old friend in the CIA to hunt down the serial killer, Steel soon realizes that the culprit is sending them postcards with clues to his next victim. Digging deeper into the lives of the previous victims, it seems that the only thing that is constant is that all cards are addressed to him, Detective John Steel. Racing against time, can he stop the elusive killer on his tracks, or will he end up as the last name on The Sentinel's list?

Book Morgan Park

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  • Author : Arnold Robert Alanen
  • Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 1452913404
  • Pages : 367 pages

Download or read book Morgan Park written by Arnold Robert Alanen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1915 to 1971 the large U.S. Steel plant was a major part of Duluth’s landscape and life. Just as important was Morgan Park—an innovatively planned and close-knit community constructed for the plant’s employees and their families. In this new book Arnold R. Alanen brings to life Morgan Park, the formerly company-controlled town that now stands as a city neighborhood, and the U.S. Steel plant for which it was built. Planned by renowned landscape architects, architects, and engineers, and provided with schools, churches, and recreational and medical services by U.S. Steel, Morgan Park is an iconic example—like Lowell, Massachusetts, and Pullman, Illinois—of a twentieth-century company town, as well as a window into northeastern Minnesota’s industrial roots. Starting with the intense political debates that preceded U.S. Steel’s decision to build a plant in Duluth, Morgan Park follows the town and its residents through the boom years to the closing of the outmoded facility—an event that foreshadowed industrial shutdowns elsewhere in the United States—and up to today, as current residents work to preserve the community’s historic character. Through compelling archival and contemporary photographs and vibrant stories of a community built of concrete and strong as steel, Alanen shows the impact both the plant and Morgan Park have had on life in Duluth. Arnold R. Alanen is professor of landscape architecture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His previous books include Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin and Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America.

Book PC Mag

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1997-11-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book PC Mag written by and published by . This book was released on 1997-11-18 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PCMag.com is a leading authority on technology, delivering Labs-based, independent reviews of the latest products and services. Our expert industry analysis and practical solutions help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology.

Book The Historian s Eye

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  • Author : Matthew Frye Jacobson
  • Publisher : UNC Press Books
  • Release : 2019-03-26
  • ISBN : 1469649675
  • Pages : 186 pages

Download or read book The Historian s Eye written by Matthew Frye Jacobson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 2009 and 2014, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out with a camera to explore and document what was discernible to the "historian's eye" during this tumultuous period. Having collected several thousand images, Jacobson began to reflect on their raw, informal immediacy alongside the recognition that they comprised an archive of a moment with unquestionable historical significance. This book presents more than 100 images alongside Jacobson's recollections of their moments of creation and his understanding of how they link past, present, and future. Jacobson's documentary work between 2009 and 2014 tracked in real time the emergence of what we now know as Trumpism. The images reveal diverse expressions of civic engagement that are emblematic of the aspirations, expectations, promises, and failures of this period in American history. Myriad closed businesses and abandoned storefronts stand as public monuments to widespread distress; omnipresent, expectant Obama iconography articulates a wish for new national narratives; flamboyant street theater and wry signage bespeak a common impulse to talk back to power. Framed by an introductory essay, these images reflect the sober grace of a time that seems perilous, but in which "hope" has not ceased to hold meaning.