Author: Leanne Olson
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
These are the journals of Leanne Olson, a Canadian nurse who for four years worked in war zones around the world, delivering medicine in Bosnia, supporting rural hospitals in Africa, providing aid to people in need. She was one of the first foreigners on the scene of the Mokoto massacre in Zaire, where more than a hundred people were killed by machete-wielding Hutus. She spent one Christmas pinned down by Serbian heavy artillery with a troop of Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers. She immunized thousands of children in rural Liberia. And she has witnessed the quick progress of ethnic cleansing, watching one village after another wiped off the face of the earth.
Cruel Paradise
Author: J. T. Geissinger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733824378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Anti-hero (noun): 1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character 2) A magnificent bastard 3) Killian Black You don't know me. You think you do, but you don't. The only thing you know is my name, and even that's a lie. I'm king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire.Or am I? Only one thing's for sure: I operate alone. Until I cross paths with a brazen little thief who sets my whole kingdom on fire. Just as two wrongs don't make a right, two villains don't belong together. Especially since she's the daughter of my most deadly enemy. Taking her would start a war. Keeping her would be suicide. Making her mine would break every code of honor and defy all common sense. Then again, where's the fun in following the rules?
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733824378
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Anti-hero (noun): 1) A powerful and charismatic man lacking moral character 2) A magnificent bastard 3) Killian Black You don't know me. You think you do, but you don't. The only thing you know is my name, and even that's a lie. I'm king of Boston, lord of criminals, ruler of an underworld empire.Or am I? Only one thing's for sure: I operate alone. Until I cross paths with a brazen little thief who sets my whole kingdom on fire. Just as two wrongs don't make a right, two villains don't belong together. Especially since she's the daughter of my most deadly enemy. Taking her would start a war. Keeping her would be suicide. Making her mine would break every code of honor and defy all common sense. Then again, where's the fun in following the rules?
Cruel Paradise: Life Stories of Dutch Emigrants
Author: Hylke Speerstra
Publisher: Mokeham Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9780991998128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Cruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. Hylke Speerstra interviewed transplanted Netherlanders in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for this book, which vividly recounts the trials and successes of these emigrants.
Publisher: Mokeham Publishing Incorporated
ISBN: 9780991998128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Cruel Paradise deftly weaves together the firsthand stories of men and women who emigrated from the Netherlands throughout the twentieth century. Hylke Speerstra interviewed transplanted Netherlanders in Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for this book, which vividly recounts the trials and successes of these emigrants.
Beautifully Cruel
Author: J. T. Geissinger
Publisher: JT Geissinger Incorporated
ISBN: 9781733824361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Alpha (noun): 1) Having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy 2) The most powerful man in a group3) Liam Black He was a stranger to me, a dark and dangerous presence who materialized from the shadows one rainy night to save me from a vicious attack. I didn't know his name or where he was from. All I knew was that the only place I'd ever felt safe was in his arms. But safety is an illusion. And not every savior is a hero. And-as I'd soon find out-having an alpha save your life comes with a price. Liam Black wanted something from me in return.
Publisher: JT Geissinger Incorporated
ISBN: 9781733824361
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Alpha (noun): 1) Having the highest rank in a dominance hierarchy 2) The most powerful man in a group3) Liam Black He was a stranger to me, a dark and dangerous presence who materialized from the shadows one rainy night to save me from a vicious attack. I didn't know his name or where he was from. All I knew was that the only place I'd ever felt safe was in his arms. But safety is an illusion. And not every savior is a hero. And-as I'd soon find out-having an alpha save your life comes with a price. Liam Black wanted something from me in return.
A Cruel Paradise
Author: Leanne Olson
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
These are the journals of Leanne Olson, a Canadian nurse who for four years worked in war zones around the world, delivering medicine in Bosnia, supporting rural hospitals in Africa, providing aid to people in need. She was one of the first foreigners on the scene of the Mokoto massacre in Zaire, where more than a hundred people were killed by machete-wielding Hutus. She spent one Christmas pinned down by Serbian heavy artillery with a troop of Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers. She immunized thousands of children in rural Liberia. And she has witnessed the quick progress of ethnic cleansing, watching one village after another wiped off the face of the earth.
Publisher: Insomniac Press
ISBN: 1897414897
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
These are the journals of Leanne Olson, a Canadian nurse who for four years worked in war zones around the world, delivering medicine in Bosnia, supporting rural hospitals in Africa, providing aid to people in need. She was one of the first foreigners on the scene of the Mokoto massacre in Zaire, where more than a hundred people were killed by machete-wielding Hutus. She spent one Christmas pinned down by Serbian heavy artillery with a troop of Bangladeshi UN peacekeepers. She immunized thousands of children in rural Liberia. And she has witnessed the quick progress of ethnic cleansing, watching one village after another wiped off the face of the earth.
Criminal Paradise
Author: Steven M. Thomas
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345504909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The literature of larceny welcomes a newcomer with some serious chops, as Steven M. Thomas muscles his way to a place at the table–elbow-to-elbow with Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen–courtesy of a harrowing, hilarious, two-fisted, hard-boiled thriller that’s pure heaven for anyone who loves a hell of a crime novel. Robert Rivers is a crook. No excuses, no apologies. Breaking the law is his calling, crime is his rush, capers his reason for getting up in the morning and staying up late at night. But he’s a thief with honor, plotting and pulling off carefully choreographed heists where no shots are fired, no blood is spilled, and nobody gets hurt . . . except in the wallet. After a brief stint behind bars back in the day, he’s managed to carve out a comfortable existence, cheerfully plundering the sunny Southern California community whose streets he tools in the tweaked-out Cadillac DeVille that’s his pride and joy. But now Rob (whose name has become ironic) is pushing forty, and–like his trusty partner, Switch, who’s got a pregnant girlfriend and a hefty stash of loot–he’s thinking about quitting the game. But then he and Switch, pulling their latest Butch and Sundance, score a payday that could end up costing them plenty. Inside a strongbox packed with greenbacks rests a disturbing black-and-white photo of a beautiful young girl, eyes full of fear as naked as she is. It’s an image that Rob can’t shake, and a wake-up call: There are rules even he won’t break. It’s also his one-way ticket into the underbelly of the underworld–a lethal landscape of sex slaves, sadistic psychopaths, and sawed-off shotguns, where honor is for fools, and trust is for suckers, where very bad people do even worse things and nice guys don’t finish at all. They just get finished off. With its alluring setting, quirky characters, and restrained and subtle prose, Criminal Paradise has something for every thriller fan. And with sharp natural instincts and writing skills as serious as his humor is sly, Steven M. Thomas shows as much promise as any author on the suspense scene.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0345504909
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The literature of larceny welcomes a newcomer with some serious chops, as Steven M. Thomas muscles his way to a place at the table–elbow-to-elbow with Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen–courtesy of a harrowing, hilarious, two-fisted, hard-boiled thriller that’s pure heaven for anyone who loves a hell of a crime novel. Robert Rivers is a crook. No excuses, no apologies. Breaking the law is his calling, crime is his rush, capers his reason for getting up in the morning and staying up late at night. But he’s a thief with honor, plotting and pulling off carefully choreographed heists where no shots are fired, no blood is spilled, and nobody gets hurt . . . except in the wallet. After a brief stint behind bars back in the day, he’s managed to carve out a comfortable existence, cheerfully plundering the sunny Southern California community whose streets he tools in the tweaked-out Cadillac DeVille that’s his pride and joy. But now Rob (whose name has become ironic) is pushing forty, and–like his trusty partner, Switch, who’s got a pregnant girlfriend and a hefty stash of loot–he’s thinking about quitting the game. But then he and Switch, pulling their latest Butch and Sundance, score a payday that could end up costing them plenty. Inside a strongbox packed with greenbacks rests a disturbing black-and-white photo of a beautiful young girl, eyes full of fear as naked as she is. It’s an image that Rob can’t shake, and a wake-up call: There are rules even he won’t break. It’s also his one-way ticket into the underbelly of the underworld–a lethal landscape of sex slaves, sadistic psychopaths, and sawed-off shotguns, where honor is for fools, and trust is for suckers, where very bad people do even worse things and nice guys don’t finish at all. They just get finished off. With its alluring setting, quirky characters, and restrained and subtle prose, Criminal Paradise has something for every thriller fan. And with sharp natural instincts and writing skills as serious as his humor is sly, Steven M. Thomas shows as much promise as any author on the suspense scene.
The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poets, American
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Part I, "Life" (p.1-105) compiled from unpublished letters and personal recollections; cf. compilers preface.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poets, American
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Part I, "Life" (p.1-105) compiled from unpublished letters and personal recollections; cf. compilers preface.
Spaces of Aid
Author: Lisa Smirl
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1783603526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they’ve signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water. Spaces of Aid provides the first book-length analysis of what has colloquially been referred to as Aid Land. It explores in depth two high-profile case studies, the Aceh tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, in order to uncover a fascinating history of the objects and spaces that have become an endemic yet unexamined part of the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN: 1783603526
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with the goals they’ve signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while the intended beneficiaries walk barefoot through the heat, or checking emails from within gated compounds while surrounding communities have no running water. Spaces of Aid provides the first book-length analysis of what has colloquially been referred to as Aid Land. It explores in depth two high-profile case studies, the Aceh tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, in order to uncover a fascinating history of the objects and spaces that have become an endemic yet unexamined part of the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
The Paradoxes of Aid Work
Author: Silke Roth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317754093
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement in development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights work and tracing the pathways into and through Aidland, the book addresses working and living conditions in Aidland, gender relations and inequality among aid personnel and what impact aidwork has on the life-courses of aidworkers. In order to capture the trajectories that lead to Aidland a biographical perspective is employed which reveals that boundary crossing between development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights is not unusual and that considering these fields as separate spheres might overlook important connections. Rich reflexive data is used to theorize about the often contradictory experiences of people working in aid whose careers are shaped by geo-politics, changing priorities of donors and a changing composition of the aid sector. Exploring the life worlds of people working in aid, this book contributes to the emerging sociology and anthropology of aidwork and will be of interest to professionals and researchers in humanitarian and development studies, sociology, anthropology, political science and international relations, international social work and social psychology.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317754093
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
This book explores what attracts people to aidwork and to what extent the promises of aidwork are fulfilled. 'Aidland' is a highly complex and heterogeneous context which includes many different occupations, forms of employment and organizations. Analysing the processes that lead to the involvement in development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights work and tracing the pathways into and through Aidland, the book addresses working and living conditions in Aidland, gender relations and inequality among aid personnel and what impact aidwork has on the life-courses of aidworkers. In order to capture the trajectories that lead to Aidland a biographical perspective is employed which reveals that boundary crossing between development cooperation, emergency relief and human rights is not unusual and that considering these fields as separate spheres might overlook important connections. Rich reflexive data is used to theorize about the often contradictory experiences of people working in aid whose careers are shaped by geo-politics, changing priorities of donors and a changing composition of the aid sector. Exploring the life worlds of people working in aid, this book contributes to the emerging sociology and anthropology of aidwork and will be of interest to professionals and researchers in humanitarian and development studies, sociology, anthropology, political science and international relations, international social work and social psychology.
Dickinson: The Complete Works
Author: Emily Dickinson
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Emily Dickinson is the iconic American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends, and also explore aesthetics, society, nature and spirituality. This meticulously edited poetry collection includes her complete poetical works, as well as her letters and the biography of this powerful author: The Life and Legacy of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated Biography) Poems—First Series: Book I.—Life: Success Our share of night to bear Rouge et Noir Rouge gagne Glee! the storm is over If I can stop one heart from breaking Almost A wounded deer leaps highest The heart asks pleasure first In a Library Much madness is divinest sense I asked no other thing Exclusion The Secret The Lonely House To fight aloud is very brave Dawn The Book of Martyrs The Mystery of Pain I taste a liquor never brewed A Book I had no time to hate, because Unreturning Whether my bark went down at sea Belshazzar had a letter The brain within its groove Book II.—Love: Mine Bequest Alter? When the hills do Suspense Surrender If you were coming in the fall With a Flower Proof Have you got a brook in your little heart? Transplanted The Outlet In Vain Renunciation Love's Baptism Resurrection Apocalypse The Wife Apotheosis Book III.—Nature: New feet within my garden go May-Flower Why? Perhaps you 'd like to buy a flower The pedigree of honey A Service of Song The bee is not afraid of me Summer's Armies The Grass A little road not made of man Summer Shower Psalm of the Day The Sea of Sunset Purple Clover The Bee Presentiment is that long shadow As children bid the guest good-night Angels in the early morning So bashful when I spied her Two Worlds The Mountain A Day The butterfly's assumption-gown The Wind Death and Life 'T was later when the summer went Indian Summer Autumn Beclouded The Hemlock There's a certain slant of light Book IV.—Time and Eternity: One dignity delays for all Too late Astra Castra Safe in their alabaster chambers On this long storm the rainbow rose From the Chrysalis Setting Sail Look back on time with kindly eyes A train went through a burial gate I died for beauty, but was scarce Troubled about many things Real The Funeral I went to thank her I've seen a dying eye... Poems—Second Series (160+ poems) Poems—Third Series (160+ poems) The Single Hound (140+ verses) The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Emily Dickinson is the iconic American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends, and also explore aesthetics, society, nature and spirituality. This meticulously edited poetry collection includes her complete poetical works, as well as her letters and the biography of this powerful author: The Life and Legacy of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated Biography) Poems—First Series: Book I.—Life: Success Our share of night to bear Rouge et Noir Rouge gagne Glee! the storm is over If I can stop one heart from breaking Almost A wounded deer leaps highest The heart asks pleasure first In a Library Much madness is divinest sense I asked no other thing Exclusion The Secret The Lonely House To fight aloud is very brave Dawn The Book of Martyrs The Mystery of Pain I taste a liquor never brewed A Book I had no time to hate, because Unreturning Whether my bark went down at sea Belshazzar had a letter The brain within its groove Book II.—Love: Mine Bequest Alter? When the hills do Suspense Surrender If you were coming in the fall With a Flower Proof Have you got a brook in your little heart? Transplanted The Outlet In Vain Renunciation Love's Baptism Resurrection Apocalypse The Wife Apotheosis Book III.—Nature: New feet within my garden go May-Flower Why? Perhaps you 'd like to buy a flower The pedigree of honey A Service of Song The bee is not afraid of me Summer's Armies The Grass A little road not made of man Summer Shower Psalm of the Day The Sea of Sunset Purple Clover The Bee Presentiment is that long shadow As children bid the guest good-night Angels in the early morning So bashful when I spied her Two Worlds The Mountain A Day The butterfly's assumption-gown The Wind Death and Life 'T was later when the summer went Indian Summer Autumn Beclouded The Hemlock There's a certain slant of light Book IV.—Time and Eternity: One dignity delays for all Too late Astra Castra Safe in their alabaster chambers On this long storm the rainbow rose From the Chrysalis Setting Sail Look back on time with kindly eyes A train went through a burial gate I died for beauty, but was scarce Troubled about many things Real The Funeral I went to thank her I've seen a dying eye... Poems—Second Series (160+ poems) Poems—Third Series (160+ poems) The Single Hound (140+ verses) The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
A Naked Tree
Author: Joy Davidman
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802872883
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"The first comprehensive collection of Davidman's poetry, A Naked Tree includes the poems that originally appeared in her Letter to a Comrade (1938), forty other published poems, and more than two hundred previously unpublished poems that came to light in a remarkable 2010 discovery"--Publisher's description.
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 0802872883
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"The first comprehensive collection of Davidman's poetry, A Naked Tree includes the poems that originally appeared in her Letter to a Comrade (1938), forty other published poems, and more than two hundred previously unpublished poems that came to light in a remarkable 2010 discovery"--Publisher's description.