Author: Leon McCarron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639365087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
A fascinating journey down the Tigris River—the lifeblood of human civilization—in search of history and hope. Starting at the source of this storied river, where ancient Mesopotamians and Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, explorer Leon McCarron and his small team will journey through the Turkish mountains, across north-east Syria and into the heart of Iraq. Along the way, they will pass through historic cities like Diyarbakir, Mosul, and Baghdad. We will meet fishermen and farmers, along with artists, activists, and archaeologists, who rely on the flow of the river. Occasionally harassed by militias, often helped by soldiers, McCarron rode his luck in areas still troubled by ISIS and relied on the generosity of a network of strangers as he follows the river to its end in the Persian Gulf. For readers of Simon Winchester, Erika Fatland, and Kevin Fedarko, Wounded Tigris is the story of what humanity stands to lose with the death of a great river, and what can be done to try to save it.
Wounded Tigris
Author: Leon McCarron
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639365087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
A fascinating journey down the Tigris River—the lifeblood of human civilization—in search of history and hope. Starting at the source of this storied river, where ancient Mesopotamians and Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, explorer Leon McCarron and his small team will journey through the Turkish mountains, across north-east Syria and into the heart of Iraq. Along the way, they will pass through historic cities like Diyarbakir, Mosul, and Baghdad. We will meet fishermen and farmers, along with artists, activists, and archaeologists, who rely on the flow of the river. Occasionally harassed by militias, often helped by soldiers, McCarron rode his luck in areas still troubled by ISIS and relied on the generosity of a network of strangers as he follows the river to its end in the Persian Gulf. For readers of Simon Winchester, Erika Fatland, and Kevin Fedarko, Wounded Tigris is the story of what humanity stands to lose with the death of a great river, and what can be done to try to save it.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639365087
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
A fascinating journey down the Tigris River—the lifeblood of human civilization—in search of history and hope. Starting at the source of this storied river, where ancient Mesopotamians and Assyrian kings had their images carved into stone, explorer Leon McCarron and his small team will journey through the Turkish mountains, across north-east Syria and into the heart of Iraq. Along the way, they will pass through historic cities like Diyarbakir, Mosul, and Baghdad. We will meet fishermen and farmers, along with artists, activists, and archaeologists, who rely on the flow of the river. Occasionally harassed by militias, often helped by soldiers, McCarron rode his luck in areas still troubled by ISIS and relied on the generosity of a network of strangers as he follows the river to its end in the Persian Gulf. For readers of Simon Winchester, Erika Fatland, and Kevin Fedarko, Wounded Tigris is the story of what humanity stands to lose with the death of a great river, and what can be done to try to save it.
From the Wounded Banks of the Tigris
Author: Lamees Al Ethari
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Toilet Paper People
Author: Cherry Tigris
Publisher: Andante Pub.
ISBN: 9780983361749
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Toilet Paper People" is the unapologetic recounting of a young girl's battle against her mother's mental illness. Creating toilet paper people out of rolls of toilet paper, Cherry Tigris builds communities of dolls to distract her from hours of being left alone and in the process of doing so, develops a unique perspective on just what it will take to survive. Raw and vivid recollections are matched with a sarcastic tone that encourages victims of child abuse everywhere to consider new ways of reclaiming their futures. Show More Show Less --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Publisher: Andante Pub.
ISBN: 9780983361749
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
"Toilet Paper People" is the unapologetic recounting of a young girl's battle against her mother's mental illness. Creating toilet paper people out of rolls of toilet paper, Cherry Tigris builds communities of dolls to distract her from hours of being left alone and in the process of doing so, develops a unique perspective on just what it will take to survive. Raw and vivid recollections are matched with a sarcastic tone that encourages victims of child abuse everywhere to consider new ways of reclaiming their futures. Show More Show Less --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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The New navy list, compiled by C. Haultain [and] (J. Allen)
Author: Joseph Allen (of Greenwich hosp)
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Oil and the Creation of Iraq
Author: David E. McNabb
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317272900
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Off to the sidelines of the brutal western front of World War I was a nasty little campaign by British and India troops sent to secure Persian oil fields. Explaining what and how this happened in the early decades of the twentieth century goes beyond being just another history of a distant campaign in the 1914 to 1918 war. The highs and lows of what many British military planners in London considered to be a minor campaign in a distant theatre of operations proved to be a long, costly conflict the results of which still influence events today. Oil and the Creation of Iraq describes how the policies of allied military leaders of the time resulted in pushing the Ottoman government into partnership with Germany and Austria during World War I, resulting in its disintegration and loss of its Middle Eastern territories. The book then describes how the political and economic aims of the nations involved in the Mesopotamian campaign influenced the fighting and subsequent creation of Iraq, a new nation with few defensible boundaries, but one sitting atop an almost inexhaustible supply of oil and gas.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317272900
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Off to the sidelines of the brutal western front of World War I was a nasty little campaign by British and India troops sent to secure Persian oil fields. Explaining what and how this happened in the early decades of the twentieth century goes beyond being just another history of a distant campaign in the 1914 to 1918 war. The highs and lows of what many British military planners in London considered to be a minor campaign in a distant theatre of operations proved to be a long, costly conflict the results of which still influence events today. Oil and the Creation of Iraq describes how the policies of allied military leaders of the time resulted in pushing the Ottoman government into partnership with Germany and Austria during World War I, resulting in its disintegration and loss of its Middle Eastern territories. The book then describes how the political and economic aims of the nations involved in the Mesopotamian campaign influenced the fighting and subsequent creation of Iraq, a new nation with few defensible boundaries, but one sitting atop an almost inexhaustible supply of oil and gas.
Medical Services, General History
Author: Sir William Grant MacPherson
Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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The Independent
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Languages : en
Pages : 612
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London Gazette
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Languages : en
Pages : 16
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In Mesopotamia
Author: Maurice Nicoll
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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