Author: Christine de Vedrines
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627036
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This is the story of how a family can be destroyed by a chain of events that begin when one member puts her trust in a conman. At the beginning of the 21st century, the de Vedrines were an ancient aristocratic Bordeaux family, educated and socially established. From the outside they had everything they could have wished for - wealth, love, friends, education and family. But the very closeness and trust they had with each other ended up splitting them apart. Exploiting a mix of family pride, historic roots, and personal identity, an outsider - a criminal called Thierry Tilly - stripped the family over ten years of their houses, their money and their personal dignity. It took the courage of Christine de Vedrines to break away from Tilly's iron grip. Her story of how she did that is simply told but moving and sometimes almost unbearable.
We Were Not Armed
Author: Christine de Vedrines
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627036
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This is the story of how a family can be destroyed by a chain of events that begin when one member puts her trust in a conman. At the beginning of the 21st century, the de Vedrines were an ancient aristocratic Bordeaux family, educated and socially established. From the outside they had everything they could have wished for - wealth, love, friends, education and family. But the very closeness and trust they had with each other ended up splitting them apart. Exploiting a mix of family pride, historic roots, and personal identity, an outsider - a criminal called Thierry Tilly - stripped the family over ten years of their houses, their money and their personal dignity. It took the courage of Christine de Vedrines to break away from Tilly's iron grip. Her story of how she did that is simply told but moving and sometimes almost unbearable.
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627036
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
This is the story of how a family can be destroyed by a chain of events that begin when one member puts her trust in a conman. At the beginning of the 21st century, the de Vedrines were an ancient aristocratic Bordeaux family, educated and socially established. From the outside they had everything they could have wished for - wealth, love, friends, education and family. But the very closeness and trust they had with each other ended up splitting them apart. Exploiting a mix of family pride, historic roots, and personal identity, an outsider - a criminal called Thierry Tilly - stripped the family over ten years of their houses, their money and their personal dignity. It took the courage of Christine de Vedrines to break away from Tilly's iron grip. Her story of how she did that is simply told but moving and sometimes almost unbearable.
We Will Shoot Back
Author: Akinyele Omowale Umoja
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814725244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Ranging from Reconstruction to the Black Power period, this thoroughly and creatively researched book effectively challenges long-held beliefs about the Black Freedom Struggle. It should make it abundantly clear that the violence/nonviolence dichotomy is too simple to capture the thinking of Black Southerners about the forms of effective resistance."—Charles M. Payne, University of Chicago The notion that the civil rights movement in the southern United States was a nonviolent movement remains a dominant theme of civil rights memory and representation in popular culture. Yet in dozens of southern communities, Black people picked up arms to defend their leaders, communities, and lives. In particular, Black people relied on armed self-defense in communities where federal government officials failed to safeguard activists and supporters from the violence of racists and segregationists, who were often supported by local law enforcement. In We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the efficacy of the southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the system of oppression in Mississippi and most of the Deep South. To overcome the system of segregation, Black people had to overcome fear to present a significant challenge to White domination. Armed self-defense was a major tool of survival in allowing some Black southern communities to maintain their integrity and existence in the face of White supremacist terror. By 1965, armed resistance, particularly self-defense, was a significant factor in the challenge of the descendants of enslaved Africans to overturning fear and intimidation and developing different political and social relationships between Black and White Mississippians. This riveting historical narrative relies upon oral history, archival material, and scholarly literature to reconstruct the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowerment from the early 1950s through the late 1970s. Akinyele Omowale Umoja is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University, where he teaches courses on the history of the Civil Rights, Black Power, and other social movements.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814725244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Ranging from Reconstruction to the Black Power period, this thoroughly and creatively researched book effectively challenges long-held beliefs about the Black Freedom Struggle. It should make it abundantly clear that the violence/nonviolence dichotomy is too simple to capture the thinking of Black Southerners about the forms of effective resistance."—Charles M. Payne, University of Chicago The notion that the civil rights movement in the southern United States was a nonviolent movement remains a dominant theme of civil rights memory and representation in popular culture. Yet in dozens of southern communities, Black people picked up arms to defend their leaders, communities, and lives. In particular, Black people relied on armed self-defense in communities where federal government officials failed to safeguard activists and supporters from the violence of racists and segregationists, who were often supported by local law enforcement. In We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement, Akinyele Omowale Umoja argues that armed resistance was critical to the efficacy of the southern freedom struggle and the dismantling of segregation and Black disenfranchisement. Intimidation and fear were central to the system of oppression in Mississippi and most of the Deep South. To overcome the system of segregation, Black people had to overcome fear to present a significant challenge to White domination. Armed self-defense was a major tool of survival in allowing some Black southern communities to maintain their integrity and existence in the face of White supremacist terror. By 1965, armed resistance, particularly self-defense, was a significant factor in the challenge of the descendants of enslaved Africans to overturning fear and intimidation and developing different political and social relationships between Black and White Mississippians. This riveting historical narrative relies upon oral history, archival material, and scholarly literature to reconstruct the use of armed resistance by Black activists and supporters in Mississippi to challenge racist terrorism, segregation, and fight for human rights and political empowerment from the early 1950s through the late 1970s. Akinyele Omowale Umoja is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University, where he teaches courses on the history of the Civil Rights, Black Power, and other social movements.
Violations of Free Speech and Rights of Labor
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1690
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil rights
Languages : en
Pages : 1690
Book Description
The Collected Works
Author: Ray Cummings
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Ray Cummings was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books. Cummings is identified as one of the "founding fathers" of the science fiction genre. His most highly regarded fictional work was the novel The Girl in the Golden Atom, which was a consolidation of a short story by the same name. For this novel Cummings combined the idea of Fitz James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens with H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. During the 1940s, Cummings anonymously scripted comic book stories for Timely Comics, the predecessor to Marvel Comics. He recycled the plot of The Girl in the Golden Atom
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
Book Description
Ray Cummings was an American author of science fiction literature and comic books. Cummings is identified as one of the "founding fathers" of the science fiction genre. His most highly regarded fictional work was the novel The Girl in the Golden Atom, which was a consolidation of a short story by the same name. For this novel Cummings combined the idea of Fitz James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens with H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. During the 1940s, Cummings anonymously scripted comic book stories for Timely Comics, the predecessor to Marvel Comics. He recycled the plot of The Girl in the Golden Atom
Cobbett's Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Senate documents
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
Book Description
Called to Serve
Author: Bruce D. Terpstra
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053513
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
While this book gives you a life in Mayberry feeling at its beginning, you must read on. It suddenly moves into more serious, sorrowful and sometimes humorous events. The author is the main character who takes you through the good times and the horrific. The graphically described sequence of events of his experiences in Vietnam, and the six major battles he takes part in, will have you grabbing for your seat belts. While you find humor in some parts, you will tear up in others. There are covert operations brought out here that you may not have ever read nor heard about until now. The many stories vividly described herein will take you around the globe to no less than 21 different countries of Europe and the Far East, not to mention the many states of the U.S. It takes you through American military bases that are not accessible to the average citizen. From coast to coast, from the Gulf of Mexico to the far reaches of Anchorage, Alaska, come along with us on this trip. I think you will enjoy the ride!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1449053513
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
While this book gives you a life in Mayberry feeling at its beginning, you must read on. It suddenly moves into more serious, sorrowful and sometimes humorous events. The author is the main character who takes you through the good times and the horrific. The graphically described sequence of events of his experiences in Vietnam, and the six major battles he takes part in, will have you grabbing for your seat belts. While you find humor in some parts, you will tear up in others. There are covert operations brought out here that you may not have ever read nor heard about until now. The many stories vividly described herein will take you around the globe to no less than 21 different countries of Europe and the Far East, not to mention the many states of the U.S. It takes you through American military bases that are not accessible to the average citizen. From coast to coast, from the Gulf of Mexico to the far reaches of Anchorage, Alaska, come along with us on this trip. I think you will enjoy the ride!
Interviews of Witnesses Before the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, Volume 8
Author: House, Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160935954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Each of these eleven (11) print volumes contains the transcripts of Congressional investigative questioning and testimony of with key personnel testimony as part of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terror Attack in Benghazi's investigation into the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September 2012 and related matters pursuant to House Resolution 567 of the 113th Congress and House Resolution 5 of the 114th Congress. A transcribed interview before this committee is not bound by the rules of evidence. Each person was informed that the individual may consult with their counsel during the interview and an official court reporter transcribed each interview. Some of the information in this report is "blacked out" as it may pertain to classified information or for protection of the person providing the testimony. Each person is asked the same questions relating to the handling of the situation as it pertains to former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and her role surrounding these events. Lastly, many of the interviews refer to specific Exhibits or documents that the person answering the questions is requested to provide background information. Each of these exhibits that serve as primary source and historical documents are included within each volume. Related products: Military Engagement and Forward Presence: Down But Not Out as Tools to Shape and Win is available for purchase here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01179-6 Gold, Blood, and Power: Finance and War Through the Ages can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01157-5 The Strategic Lessons Unlearned From Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan: Why the Afghan National Security Forces Will Not Hold, and the Implications for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01165-6 Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/security-defense-law-enforcement International & Foreign Affairs resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/international-foreign-affairs
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160935954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
Each of these eleven (11) print volumes contains the transcripts of Congressional investigative questioning and testimony of with key personnel testimony as part of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terror Attack in Benghazi's investigation into the attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi in September 2012 and related matters pursuant to House Resolution 567 of the 113th Congress and House Resolution 5 of the 114th Congress. A transcribed interview before this committee is not bound by the rules of evidence. Each person was informed that the individual may consult with their counsel during the interview and an official court reporter transcribed each interview. Some of the information in this report is "blacked out" as it may pertain to classified information or for protection of the person providing the testimony. Each person is asked the same questions relating to the handling of the situation as it pertains to former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and her role surrounding these events. Lastly, many of the interviews refer to specific Exhibits or documents that the person answering the questions is requested to provide background information. Each of these exhibits that serve as primary source and historical documents are included within each volume. Related products: Military Engagement and Forward Presence: Down But Not Out as Tools to Shape and Win is available for purchase here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01179-6 Gold, Blood, and Power: Finance and War Through the Ages can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01157-5 The Strategic Lessons Unlearned From Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan: Why the Afghan National Security Forces Will Not Hold, and the Implications for the U.S. Army in Afghanistan is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01165-6 Security, Defense, and Law Enforcement collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/security-defense-law-enforcement International & Foreign Affairs resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/international-foreign-affairs
Tea Leaves
Author: Francis S. Drake
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752317868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Tea Leaves by Francis S. Drake
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752317868
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: Tea Leaves by Francis S. Drake
Pharamond: Or, the History of France. A New Romance. In Four Parts. Written Originally in French, by the Author of Cassandra and Cleopatra: and Now Elegantly Rendred Into English. [A Translation of Pt. 1-4 of the Original Only. The Translator's Dedicatory Epistle Signed: J. D., I.e. John Davies.]
Author: Gautier de COSTES DE LA CALPRENÈDE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description