Download or read book History s Most Daring Moments written by Hazel Flynn and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The human psyche, when confornted by the all-but-impossible, can produce the most extraordinary reactions, acts of heroism, self-scarifice, endurance and sheer grit that in many instances remain unbelievable. Whether these are the product of the extreme pressures of warfare, acts of faith or compassion, or examples of utter tenacity and determination against all odds, the outcomes are incredible. Many of the behind-the-scenes stories have remained secret, until now. No other book gathers together so many riveting and heroic tales of rescue and survival in a single volume. Divided into seven chronological sections, this book provides revealing insights and explains the significance of each operation, although not all proved to be successful. Detailed maps of each encounter, timelines, diagrams, archival photographs and official documents accompany these gripping stories.
Download or read book History s Most Daring Rogues and Villains written by Nigel Blundell and published by Pen and Sword True Crime. This book was released on 2022-05-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathered together within the pages of this book is a roguish array of artful tricksters, fantastic fakers, rascally fraudsters and cunning conmen. They all bend the rules and usually the law. Yet however reprehensible their misdeeds, these thoroughly rotten scoundrels often display the very essence of enterprise and adventure. It would be wrong to condone their antics, of course, but it is difficult not to admire their artifice. After all, this sort of raffish crime has spawned scores of anti-heroes in books, movies and TV series. But the stories told here are all true – among the most barely-believable dodgy misdeeds of the past two centuries. Powerful motives drive this book’s extraordinary characters as they rampage on the wrong side of the law. Greed is the most usual, ambition is another, lust sometimes plays a compelling part. But many are compelled by no other cause than a perverted sense of adventure. It is these various forces that link the disparate bunch of characters in this fascinating catalogue of crime. If, as the saying goes, ‘the Devil has the best tunes’, he certainly also has some of the best stories – and here are some of the most startling case histories. Together they’re the diabolically fiendish work of History’s Most Daring Rogues and Villains.
Download or read book The Historical Picture Gallery Or Scenes and Incidents in American History written by John R. Chapin and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Most Daring Raid of the Civil War written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the Union military raid of a locomotive, riding it from Georgia to Tennessee and destroying the railways as they traveled, and details what happened to the raiders and the impact the raid had on the Civil War.
Download or read book Historical Characters written by Henry Lytton Bulwer Baron Dalling and Bulwer and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Historical Society papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Life History and the Historical Moment Diverse Presentations written by Erik H. Erikson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1977-11-17 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most powerful (though deceptively simple) of current ideas is Erik H. Erikson's insight into the nature of the interrelationships of the psychogenic development of an individual and the historical development of the times. This insight, present in all his work beginning with Childhood and Society, and particularly examined in Young Man Luther and Gandhi's Truth, finds full and mature expression in the present book. Just as Erikson's notion of the identity crisis has been obscured and confused as it has passed into everyday speech, so too have glib popularizers misused his notions of psychobiography and psychohistory. Thus, this book is of supreme importance, not merely to set the record straight, but more especially to make these vital ideas, central to our time, fully available. "To deal with life history and history psychoanalytically," Erikson points out, "means to engage in a kind of circular chronology: our inquiry always points to selected periods in the past which, in throwing new light on the present, suggest new forays into the more distant past." Consequently, this book opens with autobiography; ranges through discussions of Freud and Gandhi and of the meaning of ideas on womanhood; and concludes with an examination of the role of psychoanalysis in the evolution of ethics.
Download or read book The Most Daring Raid of the Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the 1609 raid from Satsuma against Ryåukyåu, detailing the events leading up to the raid, the strategic plans over both land and sea, and the aftermath of the successful raid.
Download or read book The Complete Works of Max Pemberton written by Max Pemberton and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2021-01-10 with total page 2726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Collected Works of Max Pemberton" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:_x000D_ Novels:_x000D_ The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea_x000D_ Captain Black: A Romance of the Nameless Ship_x000D_ The Sea Wolves_x000D_ The Little Huguenot: A Romance of Fountainebleau_x000D_ A Gentleman's Gentleman_x000D_ The Garden of Swords_x000D_ The House Under the Sea: A Romance_x000D_ The Lady Evelyn: A Story of Today_x000D_ Aladdin of London or, Lodestar_x000D_ The Diamond Ship_x000D_ White Motley_x000D_ Swords Reluctant: War and The Woman_x000D_ The Great White Army_x000D_ Short Stories:_x000D_ Jewel Mysteries I Have Known; From a Dealer's Note Book:_x000D_ The Opal of Carmalovitch_x000D_ The Necklace of Green Diamonds_x000D_ The Comedy of the Jewelled Links_x000D_ Treasure of White Creek_x000D_ The Accursed Gems_x000D_ The Watch and the Scimitar_x000D_ The Seven Emeralds_x000D_ The Pursuit of the Topaz_x000D_ The Ripening Rubies_x000D_ My Lady of the Sapphires_x000D_ The Signors of the Night; The Story of Fra Giovanni:_x000D_ The Risen Dead_x000D_ A Sermon for Clowns_x000D_ A Miracle of Bells_x000D_ The Wolf of Cismon_x000D_ The Daughter of Venice_x000D_ Golden Ashes_x000D_ White Wings to the Raven_x000D_ The Haunted Gondola_x000D_ The Man Who Drove the Car:_x000D_ The Room in Black_x000D_ The Silver Wedding_x000D_ In Account with Dolly St. John_x000D_ The Lady Who Looked On_x000D_ The Basket in the Boundary Road_x000D_ The Countess_x000D_ Tales of the Thames:_x000D_ Marygold_x000D_ A Ragged Intruder_x000D_ Barbara of the Bell House _x000D_ The Carousal: A Story of Thanet_x000D_ Jack Smith—Boy_x000D_ The Donnington Affair_x000D_ The Devil To Pay_x000D_ Other Works:_x000D_ Varsity Tales: Undergraduates I have known (Memoirs)_x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_ _x000D_
Download or read book The Most Pivotal Moments in Human History written by Nicholas Kirk and published by NK. This book was released on 2023-09-09 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This list highlights 30 pivotal moments that have profoundly shaped human history. From the ancient Agricultural Revolution to the modern Paris Agreement, these moments showcase key turning points that have impacted societies and cultures across time. It's important to note that the selection process is subjective, as the significance of these events varies based on individual perspectives and historical interpretations. What binds them is their power to drive change, challenge norms, and foster progress. Whether it's the invention of writing or the fall of the Berlin Wall, each entry has left an enduring impact on our world. These 30 moments offer a glimpse into the intricate tapestry of human history, where innovation, conflict, and resilience intersect. They serve as markers of our collective journey, reminding us that our past shapes our present and future. Yet, it's crucial to remember that this list captures only a fraction of the multifaceted human experience. Every era, decision, and event contributes to the ongoing narrative of our shared legacy.
Download or read book The Oxford History of the Novel in English written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-04-04 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of the Novel in English is a twelve-volume series presenting a comprehensive, global, and up-to-date history of English-language prose fiction, written by a large, international team of scholars. The series is concerned with novels as a whole, not just the 'literary' novel, and each volume includes chapters on the processes of production, distribution, and reception, and on popular fiction and the fictional sub-genres, as well as outlining the work of major novelists, movements, and tendencies. This book offers an account of US fiction during a period demarcated by two traumatic moments: the eve of the entry of the United States into the Second World War and the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The aftermath of the Second World War was arguably the high point of US nationalism, but in the years that followed, US writers would increasingly explore the possibility that US democracy was a failure, both at home and abroad. For so many of the writers whose work this volume explores, the idea of "nation" became suspect as did the idea of "national literature" as the foundation for US writing. Looking at post-1940s writing, the literary historian might well chart a movement within literary cultures away from nationalism and toward what we would call "cosmopolitanism," a perspective that fosters conversations between the occupants of different cultural spaces and that regards difference as an opportunity to be embraced rather than a problem to be solved. During this period, the novel has had significant competition for the US public's attention from other forms of narrative and media: film, television, comic books, videogames, and the internet and the various forms of social media that it spawned. If, however, the novel becomes a "residual" form during this period, it is by no means archaic. The novel has been reinvigorated over the past eighty years by its encounters with both emergent forms (such as film, television, comic books, and digital media) and the emergent voices typically associated with multiculturalism in the United States.
Download or read book Tait s Edinburgh Magazine written by William Tait and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boy Pirate Or Life on the Ocean A Novel Illustrated with Numerous Engravings written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Pan handle written by and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rethinking Third Cinema written by Wimal Dissanayake and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With case studies of the cinemas of India, Iran and Hong Kong, and with contributors addressing the most challenging questions it poses, this important anthology addresses established notions about Third Cinema theory, and the cinema practice of developing and postcolonial nations
Download or read book White Identities written by Alastair Bonnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Identities provides a comprehensive overview of this debate, drawing together the various strands of recent research into an accessible but challenging introduction. The author argues that 'White Studies', as it is presently conceived, is an American project, reflecting American interpretations of race and history. However the book shows that the impact of white identities is international in scope and significance. Thus, only a thorough historical and international perspective on whiteness can provide a proper introduction to the subject, an introduction that has relevance to students worldwide.
Download or read book History of Europe from the commencement of the French revolution to the restoration of the Bourbons written by sir Archibald Alison (1st bart.) and published by . This book was released on 1841 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
