Author: B. A. James
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books
ISBN: 9780708935736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Any prisoner-of-war deep inside the Nazi Third Reich who attempted to escape deserved the highest praise for courage and determination. Remarkably, B.A "Jimmy" James took part in more than twelve attempts (including the Great Escape). Moonless Night describes, in the most graphic and gripping terms, James' experiences and emotions, both in captivity and on-the-run, as well as the successes of his fellow POWs. It is an inspiring, exciting and utterly compelling account.
Moonless Night
Author: B. A. James
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books
ISBN: 9780708935736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Any prisoner-of-war deep inside the Nazi Third Reich who attempted to escape deserved the highest praise for courage and determination. Remarkably, B.A "Jimmy" James took part in more than twelve attempts (including the Great Escape). Moonless Night describes, in the most graphic and gripping terms, James' experiences and emotions, both in captivity and on-the-run, as well as the successes of his fellow POWs. It is an inspiring, exciting and utterly compelling account.
Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print Books
ISBN: 9780708935736
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Any prisoner-of-war deep inside the Nazi Third Reich who attempted to escape deserved the highest praise for courage and determination. Remarkably, B.A "Jimmy" James took part in more than twelve attempts (including the Great Escape). Moonless Night describes, in the most graphic and gripping terms, James' experiences and emotions, both in captivity and on-the-run, as well as the successes of his fellow POWs. It is an inspiring, exciting and utterly compelling account.
Consequences of a Moonless Night
Author: Loueva Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680030938
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Consequences of a Moonless Night deepens its native primitivism through humor, surrealism, and soul-searching lyricism. These poems take the reader on a journey where a grandmother "walks with the Beast of the Apocalypse on a leash" into visions of grief, eroticism, and an indelibly reflective reticence that continues to unfold with each reading. "Indeed, these poems sing with a language born of experience, a life closely examined and fully lived."--Richard Foerster, Final Judge Message In A Bottle A green bottle washes up on a beach. It is very old. It is not glass but something the sea has made by erasure. The message inside is written in blackberry juice. No one knows how to translate its language except by the cardio-bleats that tremored in the hand that wrote it, the hand bent by the curve of the horizon, calculating a rescue, a possible escape.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680030938
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Consequences of a Moonless Night deepens its native primitivism through humor, surrealism, and soul-searching lyricism. These poems take the reader on a journey where a grandmother "walks with the Beast of the Apocalypse on a leash" into visions of grief, eroticism, and an indelibly reflective reticence that continues to unfold with each reading. "Indeed, these poems sing with a language born of experience, a life closely examined and fully lived."--Richard Foerster, Final Judge Message In A Bottle A green bottle washes up on a beach. It is very old. It is not glass but something the sea has made by erasure. The message inside is written in blackberry juice. No one knows how to translate its language except by the cardio-bleats that tremored in the hand that wrote it, the hand bent by the curve of the horizon, calculating a rescue, a possible escape.
Nights of the Moonless Sky
Author: N. S. Vishwanath
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 148089575X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
It is the sixteenth century in South India and the Vijayanagara Empire is in the throes of a succession struggle that threatens to disrupt the peace of the realm. Far away from the chaos, the splendorous estate of Madhuvana sits in relative heaven where its seventy-year-old patriarch, Rajanna, has just died. After elders decree that his widows are to perform an ancient ritual in which a widow is cremated alive, the lives of three people intersect. Aadarshini is Rajanna’s twenty-two-year-old third wife and mother of his heir. Azam Khan is Rajanna’s trusted bodyguard, left rudderless after the death of his master. Prabhakara Swami is the enigmatic temple priest who holds the strings that control the fates of others. When Aadarshini is thrust into a forbidding darkness, she discovers what it means to become the hero of her own story as destiny tosses her around like a straw in the wind. While events in the capital close in around her, she must seize her fate and overpower not just those who want to see her down, but also her inner demons. In this intriguing historical thriller, the widow of a South Indian patriarch embarks on a journey of self-discovery to take control of her destiny and survive in an uncertain world.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 148089575X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
It is the sixteenth century in South India and the Vijayanagara Empire is in the throes of a succession struggle that threatens to disrupt the peace of the realm. Far away from the chaos, the splendorous estate of Madhuvana sits in relative heaven where its seventy-year-old patriarch, Rajanna, has just died. After elders decree that his widows are to perform an ancient ritual in which a widow is cremated alive, the lives of three people intersect. Aadarshini is Rajanna’s twenty-two-year-old third wife and mother of his heir. Azam Khan is Rajanna’s trusted bodyguard, left rudderless after the death of his master. Prabhakara Swami is the enigmatic temple priest who holds the strings that control the fates of others. When Aadarshini is thrust into a forbidding darkness, she discovers what it means to become the hero of her own story as destiny tosses her around like a straw in the wind. While events in the capital close in around her, she must seize her fate and overpower not just those who want to see her down, but also her inner demons. In this intriguing historical thriller, the widow of a South Indian patriarch embarks on a journey of self-discovery to take control of her destiny and survive in an uncertain world.
The Moonless Night
Author: Joan Smith
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1610843045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Marie Boltwood shared the neighborhood excitement about Napoleon being imprisoned aboard ship just outside Plymouth harbor. When two dashing gentlemen—the thoughtful Mr. Benson and the arrogant Lord Sanford—arrived to stay at Bolt Hall, she knew one was a British agent. But who was the other? With intrigue heavy all around her, Marie desperately needed to find out. Regency Romance by Joan Smith writing as Jennie Gallant; originally published by Fawcett Coventry Romance
Publisher: Belgrave House
ISBN: 1610843045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Marie Boltwood shared the neighborhood excitement about Napoleon being imprisoned aboard ship just outside Plymouth harbor. When two dashing gentlemen—the thoughtful Mr. Benson and the arrogant Lord Sanford—arrived to stay at Bolt Hall, she knew one was a British agent. But who was the other? With intrigue heavy all around her, Marie desperately needed to find out. Regency Romance by Joan Smith writing as Jennie Gallant; originally published by Fawcett Coventry Romance
Once on a Moonless Night
Author: Sijie Dai
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099521326
Category : Historical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A young French woman in Peking in the late 1970s interprets between Chinese professors and Bertolucci for his film The Last Emperor. Afterwards, she follows a disgruntled old professor who tells her about a text believed to be taken directly from Buddha s
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0099521326
Category : Historical fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
A young French woman in Peking in the late 1970s interprets between Chinese professors and Bertolucci for his film The Last Emperor. Afterwards, she follows a disgruntled old professor who tells her about a text believed to be taken directly from Buddha s
A Moonless, Starless Sky
Author: Alexis Okeowo
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316382914
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD "A rich and urgently necessary book" (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316382914
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD "A rich and urgently necessary book" (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism. In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
Moonless Night
Author: John Ishola Olafenwa
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781535377492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Moonless night is a touching story that highlights the general experiences of youths and the exceptional events that make or mar their future. It began with beautiful scenes from an Island and gradually evolved to reflect different ways of life of both parents and youths, exemplified by the lives of Roslyn, Lola, Sarah (The gentle girl) and Matthew (The poor boy). The emotion and suspense gradually build up in intensity as the the world is about falling at the feet of Roslyn, the daughter of a corrupt, rich politician who believes money can buy everything. Things fall apart as her relationship with a man whose occupation she didn't know puts the family in deep trouble. As events draw near to an emotional and touching climax, only true love can save Roslyn from her abyss
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781535377492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Moonless night is a touching story that highlights the general experiences of youths and the exceptional events that make or mar their future. It began with beautiful scenes from an Island and gradually evolved to reflect different ways of life of both parents and youths, exemplified by the lives of Roslyn, Lola, Sarah (The gentle girl) and Matthew (The poor boy). The emotion and suspense gradually build up in intensity as the the world is about falling at the feet of Roslyn, the daughter of a corrupt, rich politician who believes money can buy everything. Things fall apart as her relationship with a man whose occupation she didn't know puts the family in deep trouble. As events draw near to an emotional and touching climax, only true love can save Roslyn from her abyss
Misty Mornings and Moonless Nights
Author: Norman Strung
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine
Author: Alan P. Lightman
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1101871865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1101871865
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
In this meditation on religion and science, Lightman explores the tension between our yearning for permanence and certainty, and the modern scientific discoveries that demonstrate the impermanent and uncertain nature of the world. As a physicist, he has always held a scientific view of the world. But one summer evening, while looking at the stars from a small boat at sea he was overcome by the sensation that he was merging with a grand and eternal unity, a hint of something absolute and immaterial. This is his exploration of these seemingly contradictory impulses, and the journey along the different paths of religion and science that become part of his quest. -- adapted from publisher info.
The Night of the Moon
Author: Hena Khan
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811860628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Yasmeen has a wonderful time celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with her family and friends.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811860628
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Yasmeen has a wonderful time celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with her family and friends.