Author: Anne Frank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671430290
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
Anne Frank
Author: Anne Frank
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671430290
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671430290
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Traces the life of a young Jewish girl who kept a diary during the two years she and her family hid from the Germans in an Amsterdam attic.
Kokoda
Author: Karl James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108101585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Courage. Endurance. Mateship. Sacrifice. These values, engraved in stone at the Isurava war memorial, have become synonymous with the Australian experience during the Kokoda campaign of 1942. The story of Kokoda and of the fighting in Papua has been told and retold in books, films and documentaries, but these popular narratives rarely explore beyond this one campaign. Kokoda: Beyond the Legend critically assesses not only the campaigns in Papua and their context in the wider lengthy Pacific war, but also the actions of senior Australian, American and Japanese military leaders. Moving beyond the legend, this book addresses the central question of why Kokoda holds such a significant place in Australian military history. In this book, Karl James brings together eminent military scholars to reassess the principal battles from both Allied and Japanese perspectives, providing readers with a more complete understanding of one of the major turning points in the Second World War.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108101585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Courage. Endurance. Mateship. Sacrifice. These values, engraved in stone at the Isurava war memorial, have become synonymous with the Australian experience during the Kokoda campaign of 1942. The story of Kokoda and of the fighting in Papua has been told and retold in books, films and documentaries, but these popular narratives rarely explore beyond this one campaign. Kokoda: Beyond the Legend critically assesses not only the campaigns in Papua and their context in the wider lengthy Pacific war, but also the actions of senior Australian, American and Japanese military leaders. Moving beyond the legend, this book addresses the central question of why Kokoda holds such a significant place in Australian military history. In this book, Karl James brings together eminent military scholars to reassess the principal battles from both Allied and Japanese perspectives, providing readers with a more complete understanding of one of the major turning points in the Second World War.
Facing Empire
Author: Kate Fullagar
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421426560
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Reid, Daniel K. Richter, Rebecca Shumway, Sujit Sivasundaram, Nicole Ulrich
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421426560
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Reid, Daniel K. Richter, Rebecca Shumway, Sujit Sivasundaram, Nicole Ulrich
The Choice of Books
Author: Frederic Harrison
Publisher: London : Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher: London : Macmillan
ISBN:
Category : Books and reading
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America
Author: Christopher Columbus
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Jungle Book
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Overthrowing the Queen
Author: Tom Mould
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253048052
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Examining the popular myths and unseen realities of welfare, this study reveals the political power of folklore and the possibilities of storytelling. In 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen. Overthrowing the Queen examines these legends of fraud and abuse while bringing to light personal stories of hardship and hope told by cashiers, bus drivers, and business owners; politicians and aid providers; and, most important, aid recipients themselves. Together these stories reveal how the seemingly innocent act of storytelling can create powerful stereotypes that shape public policy. They also showcase redemptive counter-narratives that offer hope for a more accurate and empathetic view of poverty in America today. Overthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extend far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253048052
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Examining the popular myths and unseen realities of welfare, this study reveals the political power of folklore and the possibilities of storytelling. In 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen. Overthrowing the Queen examines these legends of fraud and abuse while bringing to light personal stories of hardship and hope told by cashiers, bus drivers, and business owners; politicians and aid providers; and, most important, aid recipients themselves. Together these stories reveal how the seemingly innocent act of storytelling can create powerful stereotypes that shape public policy. They also showcase redemptive counter-narratives that offer hope for a more accurate and empathetic view of poverty in America today. Overthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extend far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.
Notebooks
Author: A.M. Klein
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442655690
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry. The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown. The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic form and technique and makes observations on the nature of poetry, thereby providing insights into his own concerns as a writer. In 'The Golem,' a profoundly ambiguous treatment of the act of creation, a self-portrait emerges of a storyteller who has lost faith in the power and value of his story. The volume includes a critical introduction, that places the material in the context of Klein's other works, as well as textual and explanatory notes.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442655690
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry. The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown. The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic form and technique and makes observations on the nature of poetry, thereby providing insights into his own concerns as a writer. In 'The Golem,' a profoundly ambiguous treatment of the act of creation, a self-portrait emerges of a storyteller who has lost faith in the power and value of his story. The volume includes a critical introduction, that places the material in the context of Klein's other works, as well as textual and explanatory notes.
An Iron Wind
Author: Peter Fritzsche
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465057748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
From a prize-winning historian, a vivid account of German-occupied Europe during World War II that reveals civilians’ struggle to understand
Publisher:
ISBN: 0465057748
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
From a prize-winning historian, a vivid account of German-occupied Europe during World War II that reveals civilians’ struggle to understand
United States Army Combat Forces Journal
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description