Download or read book WESTERN MEMOIRS 1958 1959 CLASSIC REPRINT written by WESTERN BIBLE. INSTITUTE and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Memoirs of Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein K G written by Bernard Law and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by one of Britain's most celebrated military commanders, The Memoirs of Field-Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein KG is a fascinating look at the strategy and tactics used during World War II. This book offers valuable insights into the mind of a great military leader. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book 5000 Years of Chinese Costumes written by 周汛 and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intensively researched and lavishly illustrated, this book provides a comprehensive history of Chinese clothing design. "This beautifully designed and printed volume is one of the best".--The New York Times.
Download or read book Sketches of Western Life Classic Reprint written by Harvey Rice and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketches of Western Life The following sketches were written chiefly with reference to incidents and traits of character that marked the transition of the Western Reserve from a wilderness to the proud eminence of a civilized land. Similar incidents and traits have marked the advance of civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific. As elements of history, they all have an interest that increases with the lapse of time - a his tory that will never repeat itself. Woman and Her Sphere, and the Sketches that follow, are in cluded in the volume for the reason that they pertain to achievements of western enterprise and have an import that is worthy of consideration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Western Comrade Classic Reprint written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Western Comrade Allah il Allah! God is God, and Mohammed is or is not his prophet - just as you believe. The jehad has failed and only trickery of diplomats or intrigue among conquerors and conquered can prevent the overthrow of Moslems in Europe. The shereef has been waved in vain. That erstwhile all potent green banner has not aroused the frenzy of the faithful as of yore. Moslems of Asia, and many in Turkey, deny that the successor of Osman is the true caliph, and that the blood of the prophet flows in his veins. Only the descendants of the tribe of Koreish may keep the green flag. The Shiah Moslems are mostly Persians and Indians who, either secretly or openly, deny the Turkish Caliphate, and they are not responding to the call. The summons by sacred fetwa has all but fallen flat, and the British and French cruisers have battered their way through the Dardenelles; the Rusians have run them a race at the Bosphorus. Constantinople was the prize. Ere this is read, the candles in St. Sophia will have been consumed, though the waters of the Sea of Marmora be incarnadined with human blood. The Christian God will triumph over the Moslem God and the infidel followers of each will pray and curse and go down in death grapple. Greece and Italy will join in the struggle and the Aegean Sea will be filled with fleets of Europe. In his fetwa, Mehemed-Reshad, Sultan of Turkey, says to his soldiers: "Grasp your weapons; trust to God! Hurl yourselves with full might against the foe and the Divine help will be with us!" That seems fair enough. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book My Own Two Feet written by Beverly Cleary and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told in her own words, My Own Two Feet is Newbery Medal–winning author Beverly Cleary’s second heartfelt and relatable memoir. The New Yorker called Beverly Cleary's first volume of memoirs, A Girl From Yamhill, "a warm, honest book, as interesting as any novel." Now the creator of the classic children's stories millions grew up with continues her own fascinating story. Here is Beverly Cleary, from college years to the publication of her first book. It is a fascinating look at her life and a writing career that spans three generations, continuing to capture the hearts and imaginations of children of all ages throughout the world. Beverly Cleary's books have sold more than 85 million copies and have been translated into twenty-nine different languages, which speaks to the worldwide reach and love of her stories. She was honored with a Newbery Honor for Ramona and Her Father and a second one for Ramona Quimby, Age 8. She received the John Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, which was inspired by letters she’d received from children. Her autobiographies, A Girl from Yamhill and My Own Two Feet, are a wonderful way to get to know more about this most beloved children's book author.
Download or read book Silver Knife Or the Hunters of the Rocky Mountains written by J. H. Robinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Silver-Knife, or the Hunters of the Rocky Mountains: An Autobiography After I had engaged to produce the following pages for the publishers, I was somewhat at a loss for materiel. I had never travelled much in the West, and had seen but a very small portion of that country where I wished to lay the scenes of the work I contemplated preparing. I mentioned this fact to a friend. "I think I can assist you," he said. "I have no materiel of my own, although I have travelled in the Indian country. We got snagged, steaming down the Missouri, and I lost all my papers; but I know a person who has a trunk full of the very matter you need. He is rather an eccentric individual, and whether he can be induced to part with his literary treasures, I cannot say. No harm can be done, however, by asking him, and I will make the experiment." I thanked my friend, and assured him ho could do me no greater favor. The very next day, while, with pen in hand, I sat puzzling my brains, my door was opened, and a voluminous packet was laid on my table by a "gentleman from Africa." It proved to contain the papers of which my friend had spoken, and was accompanied by a note, although the writer was an utter stranger to me: "Dear Sir: Mr. L. has informed me of the embarrassment under, which you labor in preparing a work representing life in the far West Do not write fiction, when facts are so abundant and thrilling. Life on the prairies is so varied, so full of adventure, so redolent of danger, and, I may add, so startling, that fiction must necessarily fall short of reality. I speak from experience. "I have been often importuned for the materiel which I now intrust to you; but have steadily refused to let it go out of my possession. I part with it on the following conditions: All matters pertaining to my private personal history, you shall let alone. I do not wish to go before the public as a hero. I never liked notoriety. Whatever relates to the geography and history of the country, together with the habits, manners and customs, of the different tribes, and my adventures with them, arc yours. I will not stop to assure you they are facts, because I never deal in fictions. "When you have gleaned what you wish from the mass of papers you will receive with this note, return them to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Quest West written by Richard Lehan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-05-05 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few spaces remain as central to American consciousness as the western frontier. The vast territory, which for generations fueled the desires and conquests of artists, philosophers, and politicians alike, now offers new discoveries in Richard Lehan's Quest West. Through an intellectual and cultural history of the frontier experience, Lehan details the transformations of ideas and literary forms that occurred as the country expanded to the west and demonstrates how the wilderness, and then by turn the urban frontier, represent an ideological summary of the nation itself. His study involves the foundations of belief and the realms of evolving interpretations, from mythic destiny to the more regional address of historicism. In both instances, the desire is to find meaning in the lost past. By tracing the evolution of Frederick Jackson Turner's famous thesis -- that the unchartered frontier ended in 1890 and was replaced with an equally precarious urban landscape -- Lehan argues that the two spaces became the basis for a division still evident in America today. Historically, the wilderness accommodated conservative thinking, while urban environments proved more conducive to liberal values. Ideologies stemming from the two regions, as Lehan shows, found literary equivalents in fictional narratives ranging from subgenres like the Western and naturalism to modern forms like neorealism and noir, extending even into the postmodern. Lehan offers a view of the West as a cultural phenomenon borne of ideological changes, encompassing historical and literary movements -- from Puritan perspectives to the revisionist claims of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman, from homesteading to imperial ambition. Quest West traces these competing ideas as they appear in the works of major American writers such as James Fenimore Cooper, Walt Whitman, Willa Cather, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Dos Passos, Nathanael West, and John Steinbeck. An important work of literary and historical scholarship, Quest West presents compelling evidence that the meaning of America remains inseparable from the march of seminal ideas westward.
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Download or read book The Book Lover written by Ali Smith and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the acclaimed, award-winning author comes a sparkling, surprising collection of the writing she loves best—and without which she would not have become a writer. The Book Lover is a treasure trove of what Ali Smith has loved over the course of her reading life, in her twenties, as a teenager, as a child. Full of pieces from amazing writers like Sylvia Plath, Muriel Spark, Grace Paley, and Margaret Atwood, it also has a wonderful selection of lesser-known authors like Joseph Roth, only just gaining proper status now, and Clarice Lispector, a Brazilian genius who's far too underpublished. From surprising figures like Beryl the Peril, Billie Holliday, and Lee Miller to unusual selections from the most prominent writers in history, The Book Lover is an intimate, personal anthology that gives readers a glimpse of how writers develop their craft—by reading other writers.
Download or read book Pioneer Jews written by Harriet Rochlin and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributions of the Jewish men and women who helped shape the American frontier.
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Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 1138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Beyond a Boundary written by Cyril Lionel Robert James and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In C. L. R. James's classic Beyond a Boundary, the sport is cricket and the scene is the colonial West Indies. Always eloquent and provocative, James--the "black Plato," (as coined by the London Times)--shows us how, in the rituals of performance and conflict on the field, we are watching not just prowess but politics and psychology at play. Part memoir of a boyhood in a black colony (by one of the founding fathers of African nationalism), part passionate celebration of an unusual and unexpected game, Beyond a Boundary raises, in a warm and witty voice, serious questions about race, class, politics, and the facts of colonial oppression. Originally published in England in 1963 and in the United States twenty years later (Pantheon, 1983), this second American edition brings back into print this prophetic statement on race and sport in society.
Download or read book Mau Mau Memoirs written by Marshall S. Clough and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clough (history, U. of Northern Colorado) analyzes 13 personal accounts by Kenyans in order to make a case for not only their historical value, but their role in the struggle to define the importance of Mau Mau within Kenyan historiography and politics. He argues that the recollections of the authors, whose experiences ranged from organizing the secret movement, to supplying the guerillas, to active fighting, to resistance in the British detention camps, serve to refute both the British and Kenyan versions of the revolt. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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Download or read book Intersectionality written by Patricia Hill Collins and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of intersectionality has become a hot topic in academic and activist circles alike. But what exactly does it mean, and why has it emerged as such a vital lens through which to explore how social inequalities of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability and ethnicity shape one another? In this new book Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma Bilge provide a much-needed, introduction to the field of intersectional knowledge and praxis. They analyze the emergence, growth and contours of the concept and show how intersectional frameworks speak to topics as diverse as human rights, neoliberalism, identity politics, immigration, hip hop, global social protest, diversity, digital media, Black feminism in Brazil, violence and World Cup soccer. Accessibly written and drawing on a plethora of lively examples to illustrate its arguments, the book highlights intersectionality's potential for understanding inequality and bringing about social justice oriented change. Intersectionality will be an invaluable resource for anyone grappling with the main ideas, debates and new directions in this field.
