Author: Alan Howard
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820201316
Category : Proverbs, Rotuman
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Author: Unesco. Pacific States Office
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9789820201552
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Category : Linguistics
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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Author: Toon van Meijl
Publisher: Brill
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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This book examines how identities emerge, persist, and change in Pacific societies in pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial circumstances. Essays focus on topics including migration, myth, indigenous peoples in modern nation-states, tourism, economic development, global consumerism, and electronic communication.

Author: Mohit Prasad
Publisher:
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Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Author: Nermin Bezmen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781977698315
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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An instant best seller since its debut in 1992, Nermin Bezmen's Kurt Seyt & Shura is a classic of contemporary Turkish literature, a sweeping romantic drama set around the time as the splendor of Imperial Russia is obliterated in the wake of the Great War. Bezmen tells the story of two star-crossed lovers fleeing the wave of devastation wreaked by the Bolshevik Revolution-- and does so with great sensitivity: one half of this couple who sought refuge in the capital of the dying Ottoman Empire was her grandfather.Translated into 12 languages, Kurt Seyt & Shura inspired a sumptuous T.V. series that continues to enchant millions of viewers across the world.With the publication of this novel in the United States, English-speaking fans will now be able to read the true story of this great love affair, which triumphed over so much adversity yet failed to overcome human fallibility.Kurt Seyt: The son of a wealthy Crimean nobleman, is a dashing first lieutenant in the Imperial Life Guard. Injured on the Carpathian front and later sought by the Bolsheviks, he makes a daring escape across the Black Sea. Too proud to accept payment for the boatful of arms he hands over to the Nationalists, he faces years of struggle to make a new life in the Turkish Republic rising from the embers of the dying Ottoman Empire. All he has is his dignity and love.Shura: An innocent sixteen-year-old beauty enchanted by Tchaikovsky's music and Moscow's glittering lights, falls in love with Seyt. A potential victim of the Bolsheviks due to her family's wealth and social standing, she is determined to follow her heart and accompanies Seyt on his perilous flight over the Black Sea. Their love is the only solace to their crushing homesickness for a land and family they will never see again, two lovers among hundreds of thousands of White Russian �migr�s trying to eke out a living in occupied Istanbul.

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Category : Catalogs, Publishers'
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Author: San Francisco Bay Area Farah Strike Support Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Farah Manufacturing Company Strike, 1972-1974
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: David Unger
Publisher: Akashic Books
ISBN: 1617754552
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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Set in Guatemala and based on a true story, “this intriguing literary thriller will appeal to lovers of international crime fiction” (Booklist). Guillermo Rosensweig is a member of the Guatemalan elite, runs a successful law practice, has a wife and kids—and a string of gorgeous lovers. Then one day he crosses paths with Maryam, a Lebanese beauty with whom he falls desperately in love . . . to the point that when he loses her, he sees no other option than to orchestrate his own death. The Mastermind is based on the bizarre real-life story of Rodrigo Rosenberg, a Guatemalan attorney who, in 2009, planned his own assassination after leaving behind a video accusing Guatemalan president Álvaro Colom of his murder. This is a fascinating depiction of modern-day Guatemala and the corrupt, criminal, and threatening reality that permeates its society. “Engaging . . . Raw and unforgettable.” —Publishers Weekly “This is a compelling story that can easily be read in a single sitting. And, as in any good mystery, when things go wrong, the novel becomes that much more interesting. Even for readers with no interest in Guatemala per se, this is one worth reading for the sheer joy of the writing itself.” —Reviewing the Evidence “A riveting account of one man’s high-stakes journey to self-reckoning.” —Cristina García, author of Dreaming in Cuban

Author: Adam Brookes
Publisher: Redhook
ISBN: 031639985X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345

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Set in China, and ripped from today's headlines, comes a pulse-pounding debut that reinvents the spy thriller for the 21st century. A lone man, Peanut, escapes a labor camp in the dead of night, fleeing across the winter desert of north-west China. Two decades earlier, he was a spy for the British; now Peanut must disappear on Beijing's surveillance-blanketed streets. Desperate and ruthless, he reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction. But the secrets prove more valuable than Peanut or Mangan could ever have known. . . and not only to the British.