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Author : György Spiró
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632060493
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Captivity written by György Spiró and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-11-03 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This translation originally copyrighted in 2010.
Author : Daniel E. Williams
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820328014
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Liberty's Captives written by Daniel E. Williams and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishing variety of captivity narratives emerged in the fifty years following the American Revolution; however, discussions about them have usually focused on accounts of Native American captivities. To most readers, then, captivity narratives are synonymous with "godless savages," the vast frontier, and the trials of kidnapped settlers. This anthology, the first to bring together various types of captivity narratives in a comparative way, broadens our view of the form as it shows how the captivity narrative, in the nation-building years from 1770 to 1820, helped to shape national debates about American liberty and self-determination. Included here are accounts by Indian captives, but also prisoners of war, slaves, victims of pirates and Barbary corsairs, impressed sailors, and shipwreck survivors. The volume's seventeen selections have been culled from hundreds of such texts, edited according to scholarly standards, and reproduced with the highest possible degree of fidelity to the originals. Some selections are fictional or borrow heavily from other, true narratives; all are sensational. Immensely popular with American readers, they were also a lucrative commodity that helped to catalyze the explosion of print culture in the early Republic. As Americans began to personalize the rhetoric of their recent revolution, captivity narratives textually enacted graphic scenes of defiance toward deprivation, confinement, and coercion. At a critical point in American history they helped make the ideals of nationhood real to common citizens.
Author : Czesław Miłosz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (385 download)
Download or read book The Captive Mind written by Czesław Miłosz and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joe Vasicek
Publisher : Joe Vasicek
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1288 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Complete Sons of the Starfarers written by Joe Vasicek and published by Joe Vasicek. This book was released on 2022-12-03 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two brothers, one starship. A girl frozen in cryostasis. A galaxy on the verge of war. This omnibus edition contains the complete Sons of the Starfarers series, including: BROTHERS IN EXILE Isaac and Aaron are nothing if not survivors. Their homeworld lost and their people scattered, all they have left is each other. Then, in the Far Outworlds, they find a dead colony with a beautiful young woman frozen in cryostasis. She is also a survivor—and she needs their help. COMRADES IN HOPE Isaac and Aaron have joined the war effort, and not a moment too soon. The Imperials are poised to strike at the heart of the New Pleiades and obliterate the ragtag flotilla standing in their way. Aaron always wanted to prove himself, but he was never ready to make the ultimate sacrifice—until now. STRANGERS IN FLIGHT When Reva Starchild went into cryosleep, she wasn't prepared to be the sole survivor of a people that history never remembered. Isaac wants to help her, but he carries a secret that may decide the outcome of the war. Little does he know, the Imperials aren't the only ones hunting him. FRIENDS IN COMMAND The future of the Outworlds now lies in uncertain hands. The Imperials are back, and this time, a ragtag flotilla isn't going to stop them. But they aren't the only enemies of the new Outworld Confederacy. Together, Aaron and Mara must face a threat from within. CAPTIVES IN OBSCURITY Isaac and Reva are running out of time. Gulchina's cruelty knows no bounds, and on the edge of known space, no one can stop her. But an unexplored planet holds an ancient alien secret that may prove to be a game changer. PATRIOTS IN RETREAT Gulchina's betrayal has all but sealed the fate of the Outworld Confederacy. As world after world falls before the Gaian Imperial onslaught and the crew of the Merope-7 take losses of their own, a young Imperial agent must decide what she's truly fighting for. A QUEEN IN HIDING Reva may be the queen of an alien-human hive mind, but that doesn't mean the others trust her. With Gulchina personally hunting them and Star's End consumed by worldfire, they all must face the terrible truth: unite or be destroyed. AN EMPIRE IN DISARRAY The Outworlds have shattered, but the Empire is shattering faster. With Isaac's help and Reva's telepathic powers, only Mara can stop the would-be usurpers and stop the war from ending in disaster for them all. VICTORS IN LIBERTY As Gulchina's forces bombard Edenia II from orbit, Mara Soladze and the Deltana brothers rush to the planet's aid. Trapped on the surface, Reva finds an unlikely ally—one who proves to be a game changer for them all.
Author : T. Cole Jones
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812296559
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Captives of Liberty written by T. Cole Jones and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-10-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, the American Revolutionary War was not a limited and restrained struggle for political self-determination. From the onset of hostilities, British authorities viewed their American foes as traitors to be punished, and British abuse of American prisoners, both tacitly condoned and at times officially sanctioned, proliferated. Meanwhile, more than seventeen thousand British and allied soldiers fell into American hands during the Revolution. For a fledgling nation that could barely afford to keep an army in the field, the issue of how to manage prisoners of war was daunting. Captives of Liberty examines how America's founding generation grappled with the problems posed by prisoners of war, and how this influenced the wider social and political legacies of the Revolution. When the struggle began, according to T. Cole Jones, revolutionary leadership strove to conduct the war according to the prevailing European customs of military conduct, which emphasized restricting violence to the battlefield and treating prisoners humanely. However, this vision of restrained war did not last long. As the British denied customary protections to their American captives, the revolutionary leadership wasted no time in capitalizing on the prisoners' ordeals for propagandistic purposes. Enraged, ordinary Americans began to demand vengeance, and they viewed British soldiers and their German and Native American auxiliaries as appropriate targets. This cycle of violence spiraled out of control, transforming the struggle for colonial independence into a revolutionary war. In illuminating this history, Jones contends that the violence of the Revolutionary War had a profound impact on the character and consequences of the American Revolution. Captives of Liberty not only provides the first comprehensive analysis of revolutionary American treatment of enemy prisoners but also reveals the relationship between America's political revolution and the war waged to secure it.
Author : Simon Parkin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 198217854X
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)
Download or read book The Island of Extraordinary Captives written by Simon Parkin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “riveting…truly shocking” (The New York Times Book Review) story of a Jewish orphan who fled Nazi Germany for London, only to be arrested and sent to a British internment camp for suspected foreign agents on the Isle of Man, alongside a renowned group of refugee musicians, intellectuals, artists, and—possibly—genuine spies. Following the events of Kristallnacht in 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo’s roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England on a Kindertransport rescue, an effort sanctioned by the UK government to evacuate minors from Nazi-controlled areas.train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled. During Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, tens of thousands of German and Austrian Jews like Peter escaped and found refuge in Britain. After war broke out and paranoia gripped the nation, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered that these innocent asylum seekers—so-called “enemy aliens”—be interned. When Peter arrived at Hutchinson Camp, he found one of history’s most astounding prison populations: renowned professors, composers, journalists, and artists. Together, they created a thriving cultural community, complete with art exhibitions, lectures, musical performances, and poetry readings. The artists welcomed Peter as their pupil and forever changed the course of his life. Meanwhile, suspicions grew that a real spy was hiding among them—one connected to a vivacious heiress from Peter’s past. Drawing from unpublished first-person accounts and newly declassified government documents, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin reveals an “extraordinary yet previously untold true story” (Daily Express) that serves as a “testimony to human fortitude despite callous, hypocritical injustice” (The New Yorker) and “an example of how individuals can find joy and meaning in the absurd and mundane” (The Spectator).
Author : Michael Scott Moore
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006296867X
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)
Download or read book The Desert and the Sea written by Michael Scott Moore and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-28 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Scott Moore, a journalist and the author of Sweetness and Blood, incorporates personal narrative and rigorous investigative journalism in this profound and revelatory memoir of his three-year captivity by Somali pirates—a riveting,thoughtful, and emotionally resonant exploration of foreign policy, religious extremism, and the costs of survival. In January 2012, having covered a Somali pirate trial in Hamburg for Spiegel Online International—and funded by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting—Michael Scott Moore traveled to the Horn of Africa to write about piracy and ways to end it. In a terrible twist of fate, Moore himself was kidnapped and subsequently held captive by Somali pirates. Subjected to conditions that break even the strongest spirits—physical injury, starvation, isolation, terror—Moore’s survival is a testament to his indomitable strength of mind. In September 2014, after 977 days, he walked free when his ransom was put together by the help of several US and German institutions, friends, colleagues, and his strong-willed mother. Yet Moore’s own struggle is only part of the story: The Desert and the Sea falls at the intersection of reportage, memoir, and history. Caught between Muslim pirates, the looming threat of Al-Shabaab, and the rise of ISIS, Moore observes the worlds that surrounded him—the economics and history of piracy; the effects of post-colonialism; the politics of hostage negotiation and ransom; while also conjuring the various faces of Islam—and places his ordeal in the context of the larger political and historical issues. A sort of Catch-22 meets Black Hawk Down, The Desert and the Sea is written with dark humor, candor, and a journalist’s clinical distance and eye for detail. Moore offers an intimate and otherwise inaccessible view of life as we cannot fathom it, brilliantly weaving his own experience as a hostage with the social, economic, religious, and political factors creating it. The Desert and the Sea is wildly compelling and a book that will take its place next to titles like Den of Lions and Even Silence Has an End.
Author : Albert Barnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.L/5 ( download)
Download or read book Notes, Critical, Illustrative, and Practical, on the Book of Daniel written by Albert Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kenneth M. Baker
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0473451883
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (734 download)
Download or read book The Obscure Heroes of Liberty - The Belgian People who Aided Escaped Allied Soldiers During the Great War 1914-1918 written by Kenneth M. Baker and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most have heard of the French Resistance during World War Two. Few are aware of the Belgian Resistance movements during the First World War and the enormous role they played in the defeat of the enemy. This book tells the story of those underground organisations in Belgium during the Great War and in particular the Prisoner Help Network . A very large proportion of the network were women. Other resistance organisations were l Assistance Discr te (The Discreet Assistance) and La Dame Blanche (The White Lady). The author's in-depth research using as a base, the recollections of New Zealand soldier Bert Hansen in particular and other Allied soldiers, allowed the details to be revealed for the first time. Learn who were those brave resistance people, what they did, how they did it and where they lived. They hid and cared for escaped allied soldiers in the face of a brutal occupation and saw the soldiers across the frontier into Holland to fight again. They were the true Obscure Heroes of Liberty.
Author : Joel Berman
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1609113845
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Destiny Obscure written by Joel Berman and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mid-19th century: The Civil War is raging, as is racial tension. Abby is the young, recently widowed wife of a Northern Civil War surgeon, who encounters many wealthy and unscrupulous men as she mourns the death of her husband. Her adopted son, Michael, falls in love with a former slave, Manda. They want to escape to a place where the social climate is different, away from prying eyes that judge and condemn. Michael and Manda travel by railroad from New York to California, where Manda would be recognized as Michael's common-law wife. They hope to begin a new life and start a vineyard. But fate deals them a different hand when Manda is abducted, first by Mormons, then soldiers, and later by a Chinese group in San Francisco involved in enslaving young women and sending them as concubines to Asia. Abby, Michael, and an older former slave, Betty, band together to bring Manda back. Each will have to make a sacrifice and each will be forever changed by a series of events that takes them places they never expected. Joel Berman writes a thrilling saga set against the backdrop of historical events: the atrocities of the Civil War, medicine in the mid-19th century, emancipation, the suffrage movement, the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad, the conversion from sailing ships to steam ships, and the influx of the opium trade into the United States.
Author : Cristina Mejia Visperas
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479810800
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (798 download)
Download or read book Skin Theory written by Cristina Mejia Visperas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-07-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the intersections of incarceration, medical science, and race in postwar America In February 1966, a local newspaper described the medical science program at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, a “golden opportunity to conduct widespread medical tests under perfect control conditions.” Helmed by Albert M. Kligman, a University of Pennsylvania professor, these tests enrolled hundreds of the prison’s predominantly Black population in studies determining the efficacy and safety of a wide variety of substances, from common household products to chemical warfare agents. These experiments at Holmesburg were hardly unique; in the postwar United States, the use of incarcerated test subjects was standard practice among many research institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Skin Theory examines the prison as this space for scientific knowledge production, showing how the “perfect control conditions” of the prison dovetailed into the visual regimes of laboratory work. To that end, Skin Theory offers an important reframing of visual approaches to race in histories of science, medicine, and technology, shifting from issues of scientific racism to the scientific rationality of racism itself. In this highly original work, Cristina Mejia Visperas approaches science as a fundamentally racial project by analyzing the privileged object and instrument of Kligman’s experiments: the skin. She theorizes the skin as visual technology, as built environment, and as official discourse, developing a compelling framework for understanding the intersections of race, incarceration, and medical science in postwar America.
Author : Samuel Cox (Editor of The Expositor.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)
Download or read book An Expositor's Note-book: Or, Brief Essays on Obscure Or Misread Scriptures written by Samuel Cox (Editor of The Expositor.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frédéric T. BRIFFAULT
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Prisoner of Ham: Authentic Details of the Captivity and Escape of Prince Napoleon Louis written by Frédéric T. BRIFFAULT and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mary Butler Renville
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803243448
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity written by Mary Butler Renville and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity rescues from obscurity a crucially important work about the bitterly contested U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Written by Mary Butler Renville, an Anglo woman, with the assistance of her Dakota husband, John Baptiste Renville, A Thrilling Narrative was printed only once as a book in 1863 and has not been republished since. The work details the Renvilles’ experiences as “captives” among their Dakota kin in the Upper Camp and chronicles the story of the Dakota Peace Party. Their sympathetic portrayal of those who opposed the war in 1862 combats the stereotypical view that most Dakotas supported it and illumines the injustice of their exile from Dakota homelands. From the authors’ unique perspective as an interracial couple, they paint a complex picture of race, gender, and class relations on successive midwestern frontiers. As the state of Minnesota commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Dakota War, this narrative provides fresh insights into the most controversial event in the region’s history. This annotated edition includes groundbreaking historical and literary contexts for the text and a first-time collection of extant Dakota correspondence with authorities during the war.
Author : Marcel Proust
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Captive written by Marcel Proust and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immerse yourself in the intricate world of Marcel Proust's ""The Captive,"" a masterful exploration of obsession and desire. Set in the backdrop of early 20th-century Paris, this novel delves deep into the complexities of love and possession. As Proust's narrative unfolds, discover a tale where emotional entanglements and psychological depth intertwine. The story meticulously examines the nuances of captivity—both literal and metaphorical—creating a rich tapestry of human experience. But here's the question that will keep you pondering: How does one's own perception of freedom influence their grasp of love and control? Proust challenges readers to reflect on the very nature of their own emotional boundaries. Experience the layers of this profound narrative, where each page invites introspection and engagement. Proust's detailed character studies and introspective prose offer a compelling journey into the heart of human complexity. Are you ready to delve into the intricate dance of love and control in ""The Captive""? Engage with short, thought-provoking paragraphs that unravel the depths of human emotions and relationships. The novel's rich texture offers a glimpse into a world where freedom and captivity are intricately linked. Now is your chance to explore the profound themes woven throughout Proust's masterpiece. Dive into ""The Captive"" today and uncover the layers of a captivating literary experience. Don't miss out on this timeless exploration of love and desire. Purchase ""The Captive"" now, and embark on a journey through Proust's evocative prose.
Author : Thomas Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 762 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)
Download or read book The Cottage Bible and Family Expositor written by Thomas Williams and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small format bible designed for families and students of the working (or Cottager) class. The Authorized version with certain passages deemed "unsuitable for reading in families" printed in smaller type and with "a few words objectionable to females...exchanged for others" (see volume 1, page vii). Each passage of text is followed by exposition and extracts from commentators Hall, Horne, Henry, Doddridge, Scott, and others.
Author : Rubén G. Mendoza
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303136600X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)
Download or read book Ritual Human Sacrifice in Mesoamerica written by Rubén G. Mendoza and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
