Download or read book Familiar Ground written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Familiar Ground written by Elizabeth Cox and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man haunted by the death of his brother and a forty-year-old secret returns to his Tennessee hometown in this novel by the author of A Question of Mercy. A novel of homecoming, loss, and the power of story, Familiar Ground follows the return of Jacob Bechner to rural Sweetwater, Tennessee, summoned by Callie, a dying woman nearly one hundred years old. Jacob aims to confront a moment of violence from forty years in his past that cost him the life of his brother Drue. Elizabeth Cox’s debut novel, first published in 1984, is about the recurrence of loss in our lives and of the intractability of guilt that must give way for any measure of self-forgiveness. The novel introduces us to a memorable collection of southern characters. There is the indomitable Callie, who has suffered rape and ostracism from the locals; Soldier, a mentally handicapped man lost in his loneliness; Jacob’s alcoholic father and gentle mother; his great-niece and -nephew, whom have already known terrible loss in their young lives; and Jacob’s steadfast wife, Molly, whose understanding of her husband is upended by the revelations of his past. With sparse prose and an authentic southern landscape and cast, Cox delivered an impressive first novel, the merits of which still hold up three decades later. This Southern Revivals edition includes a new introduction by the author and a contextualizing preface from series editor Robert Brinkmeyer, director of the University of South Carolina Institute for Southern Studies. Praise for Familiar Ground “A writer of deep insights and a talent for conveying a sense of time and place.” —Publishers Weekly “[Cox’s] calm, clear writing treats the South knowingly. . . . You’ll find yourself thinking of these characters exactly as you think of people you know.” —USA Today “Cox can use her words like blunt instruments—they deliver a knockout blow. . . . We know we’ve glimpsed magic that we can’t quite explain.” —Washington Post “Remarkably full and revealing . . . a promising novel, one that affirms Elizabeth Cox’s tender insight and convincing emotional range.” —Greensboro News & Record “A work of startling originality!” —New York Times
Download or read book Familiar Ground written by Mariflo Sanders Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Familiar Ground written by Steven Hind and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Journals written by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his entrance into Democratic leadership circles in the 1950s through his years in the Kennedy administration and up until his last days, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., was always at the vital center of American politics. For more than half a century, the master historian recorded his experiences and opinions in journals that together form an intimate chronicle of life at the highest levels of American politics and culture in postwar America. This extraordinary volume contains his candid thoughts about the signal events of our time, from the Bay of Pigs to the devastating assassinations of the 1960s, from Vietnam to Watergate, and from the fall of the Soviet Union to Bush v. Gore. Filled with Schlesinger's trademark acerbic wit and tremendous insight, Journals is a fitting tribute to a most remarkable American life.
Download or read book Familiar Ground written by Elizabeth Cox and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Familiar Ground written by Michelle Lynn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ad-dic-tion noun: a strong and harmful need to regularly have something or do something: an unusually great interest in something or a need to do or have something Leah and Adam have never met. However, they live parallel lives. Lives plagued by addiction. When a tragic, but common demon, surfaces between their siblings, Leah and Adam's worlds collide, never to be the same again. Adam loses his sister forever. Leah's brother returns. Both gain a niece, neither knew existed. Now they face an obstacle to raise a niece together while Leah's brother struggles to free himself from the grip of drug addiction as Adam's family grieves for the sister and daughter they lost. A commonality is discovered. Deep wounds begin to heal. Lines blur as their lives entwine.
Download or read book Islam in a Zongo written by Benedikt Pontzen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on empirical and archival research, this ethnography is an exploration of the diversity and complexity of 'everyday' lived religion among Muslims in Ghana's Asante region, demonstrating the interconnectedness of Islam with people's lives in a zongo community.
Download or read book A Sniper s Conflict written by Monty B and published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I could make out the head and shoulders of the insurgent as he was firing in the prone position. I aimed for the centre area . . . removed the safety catch and held that point of aim. Then I slowly and deliberately operated my trigger squeezing it gently to the rear. The round impacted into the target just below the shoulder. The target seemed to slide down disappearing out of sight, the rifle muzzle remained pointing uppermost in the air." The author sets the scene with action on a 2004 tour in Iraq where hard lessons were learnt. Next stop Helmand District, Afghanistan, after rigorous training. By now he had been a Sniper Instructor for eight years and his depth of knowledge makes this almost a sniper’s manual. This, combined with his descriptions of the sniper engagements experienced during his Battalion’s action packed tour, make this a thrilling and instructive read. He describes not just the operational background moves and tactics but his emotions—taking life even from distances of a kilometer is traumatic. Intense though the action was, there were long periods of watching and waiting—called Enduring Patience). Snipers work in pairs so relationship and trust are all important. Snipers are elite soldiers and clearly the author is among the best of the best. A Sniper's Conflict is a superb account of professional soldiering at the sharp end. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Download or read book Documents on British Policy Overseas written by Rohan d'Olier Butler and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accompanying CD-ROMs, in pockets in Ser. 3, v. 1 and 4, contain ... "fully-searchable facsimile documents, [some] of which are otherwise unavailable to researchers."--Page [4] of cover, Ser. 3, v. 4.
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Download or read book Adapting The Wizard of Oz written by Danielle Birkett and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most beloved film musicals of all time, The Wizard of Oz represents an enduring family favorite and cultural classic. Yet there is much more to the story than meets the eye, and the MGM movie is just one of many ways in which it has been represented. In this lively and wide-ranging book, editors Danielle Birkett and Dominic McHugh bring together insights from eleven experts into the varied musical forms this great American myth has taken in the past century. Starting with the early adaptations of L. Frank Baum's story, the book also explores the writing, composition and reception of the MGM film, its importance in queer culture, stage adaptations of the movie, cult classic The Wiz, Stephen Schwartz's Broadway blockbuster Wicked, and the cultural afterlife of the iconic Arlen-Harburg songs. What emerges is a vivid overview of how music - on stage and screen - has been an essential part of the story's journey to become a centerpiece of American culture.
Download or read book Harlequin Presents April 2014 Bundle 2 of 2 written by Sharon Kendrick and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Presents brings you four new titles for one great price! Escape with these four stories by USA TODAY bestselling authors. This Presents bundle includes Seduced by the Sultan by USA TODAY bestselling author Sharon Kendrick, Secrets of a Bollywood Marriage by USA TODAY bestselling author Susanna Carr, What the Greek’s Money Can’t Buy by USA TODAY bestselling author Maya Blake and The Sicilian’s Unexpected Duty by USA TODAY bestselling author Michelle Smart. Look for 8 new exciting stories every month from Harlequin Presents!
Download or read book Reading Hosea in Achaemenid Yehud written by James M. Trotter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the final form of Hosea within the socio-historical context of Persian period Judah, making use of insights from historical-critical and reader-oriented perspectives. The amalgamation of these two seemingly divergent approaches creates a framework within which the setting and interpretive practices of both the modern critic and the ancient reader(s) can be taken seriously. The resulting examination proposes a reading of Hosea shaped, as far as possible, by the reading conventions and socio-religious concerns of Persian period Judahites.
Download or read book A Hospital for Ashe County written by Janet C. Pittard and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ashe County Memorial Hospital opened in November 1941, it was the realization of a dream for the poor, sparsely populated county in the mountains of northwestern North Carolina. Building a hospital is a major undertaking for any community at any time. Accomplishing this in the waning days of the Great Depression and on the brink of World War II, while scant local resources were taxed by catastrophic floods and severe snows, was a remarkable feat of community organization. This is the story of the generations of supporters, doctors, nurses, emergency personnel and others whose lives are interwoven with regional health care and the planning, building and operation of (the "new") Ashe Memorial Hospital. This legacy, brought to life through 114 photographs and personal interviews with 97 individuals, traces the development of health care in a remote Appalachian community, from the days of folk remedies and midwives, to horseback doctors and early infirmaries, to the technological advances and outreach efforts of today's Ashe Memorial Hospital.
Download or read book The Hopkins Touch written by David L. Roll and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration. David Roll shows how Harry Hopkins, an Iowa-born social worker who had been an integral part of the New Deal's implementation, became the linchpin in FDR's--and America's--relationships with Churchill and Stalin, and spoke with an authority second only to the president's. Gaunt, nearly spectral, and malnourished following an operation to remove part of his stomach, the newly widowed Hopkins accepted the president's invitation to move into the White House in 1940 and remained Roosevelt's closest advisor, speechwriter, sounding board, and friend nearly to the end. Between 1940 and 1945, with incomparable skill and indefatigable determination, Hopkins organized the Lend-Lease program and steered the president to prepare the public for war with Germany. He became FDR's problem-solver and fixer, helping to smooth over crises, such as when the British refused to allow an invasion of Europe in 1943, enraging Stalin, who felt that the Soviet Union was carrying the military effort against the Nazis. Lacking an official title or a clear executive branch portfolio, Hopkins could take the political risks his boss could not, and proved crucial to maintaining personal relations among the Big Three. Beloved by some--such as Churchill, who believed that Hopkins "always went to the root of the matter"--and trusted by most--including the paranoid Stalin--there were nevertheless those who resented the influence of "the White House Rasputin." Based on newly available sources, The Hopkins Touch is an absorbing, substantial new work that offers a fresh perspective on the World War II era and the Allied leaders, through the life of the man who kept them on point until the war was won.
