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Black Lambs & Grey Falcons

Author : John B. Allcock
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 9781571817440
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Black Lambs & Grey Falcons written by John B. Allcock and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and Updated with a New Introduction During the 19th century the Balkan countries became the subject of a rather romantic fascination for the public at large. This vision of the area has been created in large measure by the writing of women travelers such as those represented in this volume. The achievements of these women are quite remarkable: in many cases their travels were adventurous, and even dangerous, reaching into parts of the countryside which were remote and hardly known to outsiders. Not only as travelers but also in the fields of medical and military service, scholarship and education, journalism and literature, did these women contribute in very significant ways to the expansion of women's horizons and to the attempt to gain greater freedom for women in society in general. Contents: Editorial Introduction: Black Lambs and Grey Falcons: Outward and Inward Frontiers - Two Victorian Ladies and Bosnian Realities, 1861-1875: G.M. MacKenzie and A.P. Irby - Edith Durham, Traveller and Publicist - Edith Durham as a Collector - Emily Balch: Balkan Traveller, Peace Worker and Nobel Laureate - The Work of British Medical Women in Serbia during and after the First World War - Captain Flora Sandes: A Case Study in the Social Construction of Gender in a Serbian Context - Rose Wilder Lane: 1886-1968 - Rebecca West, Gerda and the Sense of Process - Margaret Masson Hasluck - Louisa Rayner: An Englishwoman's Experiences in Wartime Yugoslavia - Mercia MacDermott: A Woman of the Frontier - An Anthropologist in the Village - Bucks, Brides and Useless Baggage: Women's Quest for a Role in their Balkan Travels - Constructing 'the Balkans' - Women Travellers in the Balkans: A Bibliographical Guide. John B. Allcock is head of the Research Unit in South East European Studies and is based in the Interdisciplinary Human Studies department at the University of Bradford; Antonia Young is a member of the Department for Sociology and Anthropology at Colgate University, New York

Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic, 1621-1982

Author : Bernard Schweizer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351126016
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic, 1621-1982 written by Bernard Schweizer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic has long been regarded as the exclusive domain of the male literary genius and as an incarnation of patriarchal values. This provocative collection of essays challenges such a hegemonic stereotype by demonstrating the ways in which women writers have successfully adapted the masculine epic tradition to suit their own aesthetic needs and to express their own heroic literary, social, and historical visions. Bringing the female epic out of the shadows, the contributors rethink generic boundaries to illuminate this heretofore hidden literary practice. The essays range from Mary Tighe to Rebecca West from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Gwendolyn Brooks, and from Frances Burney to Virginia Woolf. Bernard Schweizer's introduction, titled 'Muses with Pens,' connects the trajectory of ideas and influences in the individual essays to demonstrate how each participates in reclaiming for women writers a place in the development of a female epic tradition. The volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars working on issues related to genre, canon formation, and the evolution of female literary authority.

Balkan Ghosts

Author : Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466868309
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Balkan Ghosts written by Robert D. Kaplan and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the twentieth century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic. This new edition of Balkan Ghosts includes six opinion pieces written by Robert Kaplan about the Balkans between 1996 and 2000 beginning just after the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and ending after the conclusion of the Kosovo war, with the removal of Slobodan Milosevic from power.

The Return of the Soldier

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Return of the Soldier written by Rebecca West and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Survivors in Mexico

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453206779
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Survivors in Mexico written by Rebecca West and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A travelogue and historical exploration of Mexico from one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers Dame Rebecca West travels through Mexico and explores its people, history, religion, and culture in her unfinished work Survivors in Mexico, carefully stitched together by Bernard Schweizer in this posthumously published edition. West tackles the country’s broad historical legacy—the Spanish conquest and Mexican revolution, the muralist movement, race relations, and contemporary life—and delves into the personal, intimate lives of key figures such as Hernán Cortés, Montezuma, Dr. Atl, Diego Rivera, and Leon Trotsky. Conceived as a companion to West’s masterful classic Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, this book showcases the complexity of West’s character, addresses the paradoxes inherent in her work, and allows for a mature understanding of her ideology. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rebecca West featuring rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the Department of Special Collections and University Archives, McFarlin Library, at the University of Tulsa.

Another Fool in the Balkans

Author : Tony White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Another Fool in the Balkans written by Tony White and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the famous footsteps of Rebecca West's 1945 masterpiece "Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia," White's lively contemporaneous travelogue depicts the present-day Balkans in all its cultural glory.

A Country of Ghosts

Author : Margaret Killjoy
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849354499
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book A Country of Ghosts written by Margaret Killjoy and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dimos Horacki is a Borolian journalist and a cynical patriot, his muckraking days behind him. But when his newspaper ships him to the front, he’s embedded in the Imperial Army and the reality of colonial expansion is laid bare before him. His adventures take him from villages and homesteads to the great refugee city of Hronople, built of glass, steel, and stone, all while a war rages around him. The empire fights for coal and iron, but the anarchists of Hron fight for their way of life. A Country of Ghosts is a novel of utopia besieged and a tale that challenges every premise of contemporary society.

The Bridge on the Drina

Author : Ivo Andríc
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226020457
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Bridge on the Drina written by Ivo Andríc and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans ... stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it" and to the sufferings of the people of Bosnia.--Cover.

One Morning in Sarajevo

Author : David James Smith
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9781474623407
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book One Morning in Sarajevo written by David James Smith and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world. 'Outstanding' SPECTATOR 'A fine piece of political and literary detective work, which held this reader enthralled' TRIBUNE Young Gavrilo Princip arrived at the Vlajnic pastry shop in Sarajevo in Bosnia-Herzegovina on the morning of 28 June 1914. He was greeted by his fellow conspirators in the plot to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The Archduke, next in line to succeed as Emperor of Austria, was beginning a state visit to Sarajevo later that morning. Ferdinand was not a very popular character - widely thought of as bad-tempered and arrogant and perhaps even deranged. To the young students he embodied everything they loathed about imperial oppression. They planned to kill him at about 11 o'clock as he paraded down Appel Quay to the town hall in his open top car. What happened in those few hours - leading as it did to the First and Second World Wars - is as compelling as any thriller. Using newly available sources and older material, David James Smith brilliantly reinvestigates and reconstructs the events which subsequently determined the shape of the twentieth century.

Kingdom of Shadows

Author : Alan Furst
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0375758267
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Kingdom of Shadows written by Alan Furst and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-10-09 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Kingdom of Shadows must be called a spy novel, but it transcends genre, as did some Graham Greene and Eric Ambler classics.”—The Washington Post Paris, 1938. As Europe edges toward war, Nicholas Morath, an urbane former cavalry officer, spends his days working at the small advertising agency he owns and his nights in the bohemian circles of his Argentine mistress. But Morath has been recruited by his uncle, Count Janos Polanyi, a diplomat in the Hungarian legation, for operations against Hitler’s Germany. It is Morath who does Polanyi’s clandestine work, moving between the beach cafés of Juan-les-Pins and the forests of Ruthenia, from Czech fortresses in the Sudetenland to the private gardens of the déclassé royalty in Budapest. The web Polanyi spins for Morath is deep and complex and pits him against German intelligence officers, NKVD renegades, and Croat assassins in a shadow war of treachery and uncertain loyalties, a war that Hungary cannot afford to lose. Alan Furst is frequently compared with Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, and John le Carré, but Kingdom of Shadows is distinctive and entirely original. It is Furst at his very best. Praise for Kingdom of Shadows “Kingdom of Shadows offers a realm of glamour and peril that are seamlessly intertwined and seem to arise effortlessly from the author’s consciousness.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “Subtly spun, sensitive to nuances, generous with contemporary detail and information discreetly conveyed. . . . It’s hard to overestimate Kingdom of Shadows.”—Eugen Weber, Los Angeles Times “A triumph: evocative, heartfelt, knowing and witty.”—Robert J. Hughes, The Wall Street Journal “Imagine discovering an unscreened espionage thriller from the late 1930s, a classic black- and- white movie that captures the murky allegiances and moral ambiguity of Europe on the brink of war. . . . Nothing can be like watching Casablanca for the first time, but Furst comes closer than anyone has in years.”—Walter Shapiro, Time

Neues Museum

Author : Elke Blauert
Publisher : Nicholaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Gmbh
ISBN 13 : 9783894796747
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Neues Museum written by Elke Blauert and published by Nicholaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Gmbh. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavish publication presents the Neues Museum, badly damaged during the Second World War and recently restored and reopened, in all its glory. Numerous full-page photographs magnificently showcase both the museum's architecture and its collection One of the great museums of the 19th century, the Neues Museum in Berlin, built between 1843 to 1855 to a design by Friedrich August Stuler, was celebrated both for its important collections and its innovative integration of exhibition concept and magnificent interior designs. Badly damaged during the Second World War, the building has been sympathetically restored by the British architect David Chipperfield and his team, whose work skilfully combines a rigorous respect for the original architecture on the one hand, with a commitment to modern design and contemporary exhibition needs on the other. This lavish publication presents the reopened Neues Museum in all its glory. Numerous full-page photographs magnificently showcase both the museum's architecture and its collection. The famous Mythological Room, Roman Room and the Room of the Niobids, as well as the extensive wall paintings of Wilhelm von Kaulbach and the historic floors, are described in detailed individual chapters. Other chapters re-examine the museum's eventful history and detail the extensive programme of restoration. Historical and current illustrations and floorplans complete this comprehensive and beautifully illustrated work on one of the finest museums in the world.

Safari Style

Author : Natasha Burns
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9781556708596
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Safari Style written by Natasha Burns and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1998-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essence of the safari look is a blend of ethnic African and colonial European styles created by the expatriates who settled on the East African savanna. This compelling style of living is brilliantly captured in this exciting book, which showcases the architecture and interiors of the homes, safari lodges, and camps found in the vast eastern reaches of the African continent. 250 color photos.

The Black Penguin

Author : Andrew Evans
Publisher : Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Au
ISBN 13 : 9780299311407
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Black Penguin written by Andrew Evans and published by Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Au. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an awkward gay kid-bullied, bored, and eventually ejected from the Mormon Church-Andrew Evans escaped into the glossy pages of National Geographic and the wide promise of the world atlas. The Black Penguin chronicles his journey riding public transportation toward his ultimate goal: Antarctica. Part memoir, part travel tale, and part love story, with each new mile comes laughter, pain, unexpected friendships, true weirdness, and hair-raising moments that eventually lead to a singular discovery on a remote beach at the bottom of the world.

D. H. Lawrence

Author : Rebecca West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book D. H. Lawrence written by Rebecca West and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Extraordinary Life of Rebecca West

Author : Lorna Gibb
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1619023067
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Extraordinary Life of Rebecca West written by Lorna Gibb and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebecca West was a leading figure in the twentieth century literary scene. A passionate suffragist, socialist, fiercely intelligent, Rebecca West began her career as a writer with articles in The Freewoman and The Clarion. Her first book, a biography of Henry James, was published when she was only twenty–four, and her first novel followed just two years later. She had a notorious affair with H.G. Wells, and their illegitimate son, Anthony, was born at the beginning of the First World War. The author of several novels, she is perhaps best remembered for her classic account of pre–war Yugoslavia, Black Lamb, Grey Falcon (published by Macmillan in 1941 and as relevant today as it was sixty years ago) and for her coverage of the Nuremberg Trials. When she died in 1983 at the age of 90, William Shawn, then editor–in–chief of the New Yorker, said: "Rebecca West was one of the giants and will have a lasting place in English literature. No one in this century wrote more dazzling prose, or had more wit, or looked at the intricacies of human character and the ways of the world more intelligently." Formidably talented, West was a towering figure in the British literary landscape. Lorna Gibb's vivid and insightful biography affords a dazzling insight into her life and work.

The Literary Achievement of Rebecca West

Author : Harold Orel
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781349180400
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book The Literary Achievement of Rebecca West written by Harold Orel and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit

Author : P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409035107
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit written by P.G. Wodehouse and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Jeeves and Wooster novel The beefy 'Stilton' Cheesewright has drawn Bertie Wooster as red-hot favourite in the Drones club annual darts tournament - which is lucky for Bertie because otherwise Stilton would have beaten him to a pulp and buttered the lawn with him. Stilton does not, after all like men who he thinks are trifling with his fiancée's affections. Meanwhile Bertie has committed a more heinous offence by growing a moustache, and Jeeves strongly disapproves - which is unfortunate, because Jeeves's feudal spirit is desperately needed. Bertie's Aunt Dahlia is trying to sell her magazine Milady's Boudoir to the Trotter Empire and still keep her amazing chef Anatole out of Lady Trotter's clutches. And Bertie? Bertie simply has to try to hold onto his moustache and hope he gets to the end in one piece.