Download or read book Snippets from the Trenches written by Freda Wagman and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AIDS crisis is far from over, but advances in medical care have lifted the death sentence the disease once held. This wouldnt have been possible had it not been for those who died in the wake of the epidemic and for people like author Freda Wagman who gave her all to help others, while at the same time coming to grips with her own impending loss. In Snippets from the Trenches, Wagmana mother of a son diagnosed with AIDSshares her journey in the trenches during the darkest hours of the AIDS epidemic in Houston, Texas. She made the ultimate sacrifice in losing her only child to the disease. But in an effort to understand her sons illness and since 1,500 miles separated them, she embarked on a path of selfless service to help others who were often shunned by their own families. Beginning with a history of the evolution of AIDS, Snippets from the Trenches then tells a personal story of some of the people who suffered from and were lost to AIDS, as well as the angels who were there for them in their time of need. At its central, most painful layer, Wagmans story is about the loss of Gary, her son, whose diagnosis was the catalyst for her involvement with the AIDS community. Despite her years of volunteering, nothing prepares her for the loss of her son to the same disease she has watched take so many others.
Download or read book Snippets from the Trenches written by Freda Wagman and published by Liferich. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The AIDS crisis is far from over, but advances in medical care have lifted the death sentence the disease once held. This wouldn't have been possible had it not been for those who died in the wake of the epidemic and for people like author Freda Wagman who gave her all to help others, while at the same time coming to grips with her own impending loss. In Snippets from the Trenches, Wagman--a mother of a son diagnosed with AIDS--shares her journey in the trenches during the darkest hours of the AIDS epidemic in Houston, Texas. She made the ultimate sacrifice in losing her only child to the disease. But in an effort to understand her son's illness and since 1,500 miles separated them, she embarked on a path of selfless service to help others who were often shunned by their own families. Beginning with a history of the evolution of AIDS, Snippets from the Trenches then tells a personal story of some of the people who suffered from and were lost to AIDS, as well as the angels who were there for them in their time of need. At its central, most painful layer, Wagman's story is about the loss of Gary, her son, whose diagnosis was the catalyst for her involvement with the AIDS community. Despite her years of volunteering, nothing prepares her for the loss of her son to the same disease she has watched take so many others.
Download or read book The Great War from the German Trenches written by Artur H. Boer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in the trenches for German soldiers during World War I was every bit as hellish as it was for Allied troops. Arthur Boer survived almost four years of continual fighting on both the Eastern and Western fronts as a sapper (combat engineer) who found himself in the thick of major battles. He laid barbed wire in no-man's-land under machine gun fire, bet money on aerial combat above the trenches between Baron von Richthofen and the English, faced starvation and crushing boredom. His war diary describes all in gritty detail, including the horror of gas warfare, doomed vainglorious charges and his return home to a ruined Germany.
Download or read book The Soldiers Press written by G. Seal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the first comprehensive investigation and analysis of the English language trench periodicals of the First World War, The Soldiers' Press presents a cultural interpretation of the means and methods through which consent was negotiated between the trenches and the home front.
Download or read book How To Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg written by Joe Hashman and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joe Hashman takes you outdoors and 'in amongst it' on the vegetable plot where seeds are sown, plants nurtured, fruits tended and crops harvested. The natural history of the garden is noted, too, and delicious and often unusual recipes supplied. With his guidance - and your gardening - your kitchen garden, vegetable patch or allotment will provide you with the good, fresh, honest and seasonal fruit and vegetables that Joe has a passion for. And he will also help you sustain the natural balance of your garden. Employing his own simple, tried and tested methods the author takes the reader week-by-week through the vegetable and fruit growing year. Contents: Introduction; February-January; Jobs to do each week; Veg on the menu: recipes; Glossary of terms; Index.
Download or read book Exorcising Angels written by Tim Lebbon and published by Crossroad Press. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the London Blitz, a veteran from World War One goes in search of the author Arthur Machen. He has some questions to ask him… “What did I really see in the trenches?” “Were those angels?” “Who am I?” The answers, when they come, challenge everything he has ever believed to be true. When Arthur Machen's "The Bowmen" was published in 1915, many English readers believed his tale of heavenly archers defeating the advancing German troops of WWI to be true. Here, Tim Lebbon & Simon Clark pay homage to Machen with their novella Exorcising Angels, set against the backdrop of The Blitz of WWII, when (in the words of the Bishop of London) all of Great Britain needed to pray a "plea to the Heavenly Father for divine protection against these Swastikad angels of Death."
Download or read book Postnational Memory Peace and War written by Nigel Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the phenomenon of modern memory as a reaction to total war, an aspiration to truth-seeking provoked by the independent forces of modern war and collective violence which is transnational, or postnational, in character. Using examples from prose and poetry, film and theatre, painting and photography, and music and the popular arts, the author traces a narrative path through the events of the twentieth century, defining the tradition of modern memory in terms of its essentially anti-militaristic, anti-war character, as expressed in the manner in which it represents recalled violence and atrocity. Through a series of thematic discussions of two world wars, the Shoah, urbicide and nuclear weapons, Postnational Memory explores the formation of transnational memory, drawing on examples from industrialized societies, with a focus on memory of real events and their reproduction in literature and the arts, often including personal recollections that link the self to the represented past. As such, by asking how the concept of modern memory is constructed through the victims of war and genocide, the book constitutes an alternative to national memories and hegemonic, militarist or ethnocentric histories. Surveying the emergence of new, transnational forms of remembering the past, it will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, memory studies and peace studies, as well as those working in disciplines such as modern and international history, cultural studies and military studies.
Download or read book Sit Down Speak Up Cash In written by Tina Corner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how a peer advisory group can reconnect you with the clarity, creativity, competitive advantage, and energy that first inspired you to start your own business or to take the reins of an existing enterprise. Tina nailed it! Every word is spot-on and accurate. Ive been in peer advisory groups for the last twenty-five years, and 50 percent of the successful business owners I know and work with are in one as well. They are a must for any business owner who wants to maximize his or her full potential. Gino Wickman, author of Traction and creator of EOS Tina captures not only the how but the why in this great read on peer advisory groups. As a banker committed to helping their clients, we learn that no one person can do it all. Tinas peer advisory groups have helped us to help our customers reach their true potential. Mary Ann Scully, chairman and CEO, Howard Bank I have been in many peer groups in my career. They have been powerful for my companies and my personal growth. This book gives insights I wish I would have had prior to being in these groups. This is a powerful how-to book. Larry Linne, CEO, and author of Brand Aid and Make the Noise Go Away Structured, confidential peer mentorship groups have proved to be a particularly effective way for our members to accelerate their growth and reduce their risk, both as companies and as founders and owners. Jim Flowers, executive director, VTKnowledgeWorks
Download or read book C 5 0 Unleashed written by Bart De Smet and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 3782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buy the print C# 5.0 Unleashed and get the eBook version for free! See inside the book for access code and details. C# 5.0 Unleashed is for anyone who wants to learn the C# programming language in depth, understanding how language features truly work. While giving you those insights, you learn where and how to use the features to design various kinds of software. This book not only teaches the language’s capabilities, it also looks behind the scenes to build a solid foundation to aid you in understanding the .NET platform as a whole. ¿ Bart De Smet offers exceptional insight into the features of both the language and Microsoft’s broader framework. He doesn’t just cover the “what” and “how” of effective C# programming: He explains the “why,” so you can consistently choose the right language and platform features, maximizing your efficiency and effectiveness. ¿ The early chapters introduce the .NET platform, the tooling ecosystem, and the C# programming language, followed by in-depth coverage of the C# programming language itself, with immediate application of language features. The last chapters give an overview of the .NET Framework libraries about which every good developer on the platform should know. Understand the .NET platform: its language support, libraries, tools, and more Learn where C# fits, how it has evolved, and where it’s headed Master essential language features including expressions, operators, types, objects, and methods Efficiently manage exceptions and resources Write more effective C# object-oriented code Make the most of generics, collections, delegates, reflection, and other advanced language features Use LINQ to express queries for any form of data Master dynamic programming techniques built on .NET’s Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) Work with namespaces, assemblies, and application domains Write more efficient code using threading, synchronization, and advanced parallel programming techniques Leverage the Base Class Library (BCL) to quickly perform many common tasks Instrument, diagnose, test, and troubleshoot your C# code Understand how to use the new C# 5.0 asynchronous programming features Leverage interoperability with Windows Runtime to build Windows 8 applications
Download or read book Jane Austen s Cults and Cultures written by Claudia L. Johnson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnson begins by exploring the most important monuments and portraits of Austen, considering how these artifacts point to an author who is invisible and yet whose image is inseparable from the characters and fictional worlds she created. She then passes through the four critical phases of Austen's reception.
Download or read book Beyond the Pyrenees written by Alexei Kochetkov and published by T&V Media. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: La guerre civile à peine déclarée en Espagne, l’auteur se fait porter volontaire aux côtés des Républicains. Il se retrouve sur le front de l’Aragon comme servant de fusil-mitrailleur et passe deux mois sur une hauteur à proximité de Huesca, où il est témoin de la mort de nombreux compagnons d’armes. Un certain jour, il voit apparaître sur ses positions Vladimir Konstantinovitch Glinoyedski, ancien colonel d’artillerie de l’armée tsariste, lequel, en sa qualité de conseiller d’artillerie à l’état-major du front de l’Aragon, transfère l’auteur et son camarade Balkovenko dans une batterie de la 27e Division. Par la suite, Glinoyedski insiste pour que l’auteur soit nommé interprète auprès des conseillers militaires soviétiques. L’auteur se prend d’un profond respect mêlé d’une immense sympathie pour cet homme d’une grande noblesse de cœur et d’un courage hors pair, accueillant avec beaucoup de peine la nouvelle de sa mort tragique le 27 décembre 1936. À la mi-mars 1938, après la ruine du front de l’Aragon, l’auteur bat en retraite avec les unités de la 31e Division et passe la frontière française du côté de Bagnères-de-Luchon, d’où il ne tarde pas à regagner Paris. Il n’y passe que trois jours, puis revient en Espagne sur le front de Catalogne. En août 1938, promu capitaine, il est envoyé dans la 13e Brigade internationale. À peine arrivé, il est blessé par un éclat de bombe aérienne. Après l’hôpital, il franchit de nouveau la frontière française au début de février 1939, près de Perthus, avec les brigadistes rappelés du Front. Le récit est illustré de 189 photographies dont 70 d’archive pour nombre d’entre elles inédites à ce jour.
Download or read book The Cross and the Trenches written by Richard Schweitzer and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2003-05-30 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the testimony of over 500 British and American soldiers, the author provides an in-depth account of topics such as soldiers prayers and biblical readings, as well as religious doubts.
Download or read book A Genius for Deception written by Nicholas Rankin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In February 1942, intelligence officer Victor Jones erected 150 tents behind British lines in North Africa. "Hiding tanks in Bedouin tents was an old British trick," writes Nicholas Rankin. German general Erwin Rommel not only knew of the ploy, but had copied it himself. Jones knew that Rommel knew. In fact, he counted on it--for these tents were empty. With the deception that he was carrying out a deception, Jones made a weak point look like a trap. In A Genius for Deception, Nicholas Rankin offers a lively and comprehensive history of how Britain bluffed, tricked, and spied its way to victory in two world wars. As Rankin shows, a coherent program of strategic deception emerged in World War I, resting on the pillars of camouflage, propaganda, secret intelligence, and special forces. All forms of deception found an avid sponsor in Winston Churchill, who carried his enthusiasm for deceiving the enemy into World War II. Rankin vividly recounts such little-known episodes as the invention of camouflage by two French artist-soldiers, the creation of dummy airfields for the Germans to bomb during the Blitz, and the fabrication of an army that would supposedly invade Greece. Strategic deception would be key to a number of WWII battles, culminating in the massive misdirection that proved critical to the success of the D-Day invasion in 1944. Deeply researched and written with an eye for telling detail, A Genius for Deception shows how the British used craft and cunning to help win the most devastating wars in human history.
Download or read book I Didn t Say I Was Perfect written by Zo Higginson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-09-26 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Oxford, an ambulance crashes on the way to an emergency. The paramedic driving (Chloe) has spent her life trying to be a better person - but now, everything hangs in the balance! The story charts 30 years of Chloe's life - a roller coaster ride of bewildering and often comical experiences. Throughout the drama, she is blissfully unaware that a malicious spirit has elected to meddle in her affairs. Just at the point at which Chloe is starting to give up trying to be a sensible grown-up, a mysterious guardian angel steps in. Somewhere along the line, in learning how to save others, Chloe unintentionally saves herself. This uplifting novel is a struggle between light and dark forces, a story of discovery and hope. It is humorous and insightful, an easy read and enjoyed by men and women of all ages, but may not be judged suitable for younger children.
Download or read book The Watsons of Kilconnor County Carlow 1650 present written by Peter J F Coutts and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes the history of a humble family that migrated from England to Ireland in the mid 17th c and put down roots at Kilconnor in County Carlow. By the end of the century many members of the family had joined the Society of Friends and concurrently the family had elevated its social and economic status as it enjoined with the landed gentry. During the late 17th c and 18th c family members left County Carlow and established themselves in other places in Ireland, including Counties Wexford, Tipperary, Dublin, Kildare, Laois and Offaly and later again in England Australia and New Zealand. Diversification in occupation followed, members entering the legal, military, banking and medical professions. Others stayed with the land and were caught up with a fascination for horses, fox hunting, polo and racing in Ireland, England and Australia some members acquiring formidable reputations up to the present day. Family members have, for example, contributed to the growth of theatre and prison reform for juveniles in England, the early banking system in Ireland, the growth of the dairy farming in Victoria, Australia, the fostering of pride and interest in exotic gardens in Ireland, the invention of revolutionary instruments for detecting submarines and the invention of the “backhand stoke” in the sport of polo. To this day the family continues to produce exceptional people whose achievements are memorable. John Watson, now living at Ballybolger in County Carlow, is one such example having represented Ireland recently at Olympic equestrian events.
Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bibliographies of English language and literature, lists of new members of the association, and lists of publications of the association are included.
Download or read book Bulletin written by English Association, London and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
