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Hiroshima Joe

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1466853980
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Joe written by Martin Booth and published by Picador. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most powerful novels about the experience of war, first published in 1985 Captured by Hirohito's soldiers at the fall of Hong Kong and transferred to a Japanese slave camp outside Hiroshima, Captain Joe Sandingham was present when the bomb was dropped. Now a shell of a man, he lives in a cheap Hong Kong hotel, scrounging for food and the occasional bar girl. The locals call him "Hiroshima Joe" with a mixture of pity and contempt. But Joe—haunted by the sounds and voices of his past, debilitated by illness, and shattered by his wartime ordeal—is a man whose compassion and will to survive define a clear-eyed and unexpected heroism.

Hiroshima Joe

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780140097306
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Joe written by Martin Booth and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1987 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paperback publication of Booth's acclaimed novel about Lieutenant Joseph Sandingham, left behind in Hong Kong after World War II, too broken to return to England and too brave to give up hope.

Hiroshima Joe

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788370019259
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Joe written by Martin Booth and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hiroshima Joe Counter Display

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780147780997
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Joe Counter Display written by Martin Booth and published by . This book was released on 1987-04-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hiroshima

Author : John Hersey
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593082362
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima written by John Hersey and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima is the story of six people—a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest—who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize–winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atomic bomb ever dropped on a city, through the hours and days that followed. Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told, and his account of what he discovered is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of Hiroshima.

Hiroshima

Author : Takashi Thomas Tanemori
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781897303030
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima written by Takashi Thomas Tanemori and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of these memoirs witnessed the atomic bombing of his hometown and the deaths of his parents and sisters when he was eight. He emigrated to North America when he was 18, vowing to avenge his fathers death. Once in America however the author converted to Christianity, and found forgiveness, peace, and reconciliation.

The Columbia Guide to the Cold War

Author : Michael Kort
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231528396
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book The Columbia Guide to the Cold War written by Michael Kort and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-08 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War was the longest conflict in American history, and the defining event of the second half of the twentieth century. Since its recent and abrupt cessation, we have only begun to measure the effects of the Cold War on American, Soviet, post-Soviet, and international military strategy, economics, domestic policy, and popular culture. The Columbia Guide to the Cold War is the first in a series of guides to American history and culture that will offer a wealth of interpretive information in different formats to students, scholars, and general readers alike. This reference contains narrative essays on key events and issues, and also features an A-to-Z encyclopedia, a concise chronology, and an annotated resource section listing books, articles, films, novels, web sites, and CD-ROMs on Cold War themes.

New Waves

Author : Kevin Nguyen
Publisher : One World
ISBN 13 : 1984855255
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)

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Download or read book New Waves written by Kevin Nguyen and published by One World. This book was released on 2022-07-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wry and poignant debut novel about a man’s search for true connection that is “both knowing and cutting, a satire of internet culture that is also a moving portrait of a lost human being” (Los Angeles Times). “A knowing and thought-provoking exploration of love, modern isolation, and what it means to exist—especially as a person of color—in our increasingly digital age.”—Celeste Ng, bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—NPR, The New York Public Library, Parade, Kirkus Reviews Lucas and Margo are fed up. Margo is a brilliant programmer tired of being talked over as the company’s sole black employee, and while Lucas is one of many Asians at the firm, he’s nearly invisible as a low-paid customer service rep. Together, they decide to steal their tech startup’s user database in an attempt at revenge. The heist takes a sudden turn when Margo dies in a car accident, and Lucas is left reeling, wondering what to do with their secret—and wondering whether her death really was an accident. When Lucas hacks into Margo’s computer looking for answers, he is drawn into her private online life and realizes just how little he knew about his best friend. With a fresh voice, biting humor, and piercing observations about human nature, Kevin Nguyen brings an insider’s knowledge of the tech industry to this imaginative novel. A pitch-perfect exploration of race and startup culture, secrecy and surveillance, social media and friendship, New Waves asks: How well do we really know one another? And how do we form true intimacy and connection in a tech-obsessed world? Praise for New Waves “Nguyen’s stellar debut is a piercing assessment of young adulthood, the tech industry, and racism. . . . Nguyen impressively holds together his overlapping plot threads while providing incisive criticism of privilege and a dose of sharp humor. The story is fast-paced and fascinating, but also deeply felt; the effect is a page-turner with some serious bite.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A blistering sendup of startup culture and a sprawling, ambitious, tender debut.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

The Last Train from Hiroshima

Author : Charles Pellegrino
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805087963
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book The Last Train from Hiroshima written by Charles Pellegrino and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the voices of atomic-bomb survivors and the new science of forensic archaeology, Charles Pellegrino describes the events and aftermath of two days in August when nuclear devices detonated over Japan changed life on Earth forever Last Train from Hiroshima offers readers a stunning “you are there” time capsule, gracefully wrapped in elegant prose. Charles Pellegrino’s scientific authority and close relationship with the A-bomb’s survivors make his account the most gripping and authoritative ever written. At the narrative’s core are eyewitness accounts of those who experienced the atomic explosions firsthand—the Japanese civilians on the ground and the American flyers in the air. Thirty people are known to have fled Hiroshima for Nagasaki—where they arrived just in time to survive the second bomb. One of them, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, is the only person who experienced the full effects of the cataclysm at ground zero both times. The second time, the blast effects were diverted around the stairwell in which Yamaguchi had been standing, placing him and a few others in a shock coccoon that offered protection, while the entire building disappeared around them. Pellegrino weaves spellbinding stories together within an illustrated narrative that challenges the “official report,” showing exactly what happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki—and why.

The Decision to employ Nuclear Weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Author : Joe Majerus
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN 13 : 3954895609
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (548 download)

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Download or read book The Decision to employ Nuclear Weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki written by Joe Majerus and published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout human history there may hardly be found any other single decision that still causes such high amounts of scholarly debate as does the dropping of Atomic Bombs upon the Japanese city of Hiroshima in August 6th 1945, and respectively, three days later upon the city of Nagasaki. These events have caused close to 100 000 casualties in the civilian population, and yet, it does not include all of those persons who would later succumb to radiation sickness or severe birth deformations. Historians still debate the alleged plurality of motives underlying this momentous decision. The debate's result is a polarized scholarly discord which by now virtually abounds in a multitude of different theories, and competing suppositions. On the one hand, there are those scholars who argue that the decision rested solely on grounds of military expediency, foremost on the necessity to shorten a gruelling war, and to save the lives of American soldiers. On the other hand, historians offer the explanation that American policy makers above all wanted to exhibit their country's enormous military potency, and therefore, Hiroshima and Nagasaki should demonstrate the vast destructive potential which presently solely the United States had at its command, and so, counter post-war ambitions of the Soviet Union. The author of this study analyses the contextual circumstances in the spring and summer of 1945, and moreover, the principal motives of the key American government officials. Accordingly, the author offers his own substantive and conclusive answer to the question that concerns the primary factors and/or ostensibly ulterior motives that led American decision makers to issue the consequential order to detonate Atomic Bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki. First and foremost, the findings rest upon a critical and comprehensive engagement, and are based on the available documentary evidence from this time.

Hiroshima Joe, 1989 Oct. 9

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Joe, 1989 Oct. 9 written by Martin Booth and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1429980729
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The American written by Martin Booth and published by Picador. This book was released on 2010-09-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly: for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous--mornings spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafes, and evening talks with his friend the town priest over a glass of brandy. Yet there are other sides to this gentleman's life: Clara: the young student who moonlights in the town bordello. And another woman who arrives with $100,000 and a commission, but not for a painting of butterflies. With this assignment returns the dark fear that has dogged Signor Farfalla's mysterious life. Almost instantly, he senses a deadly circle closing in on him, one which he may or may not elude. Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, The American (A Very Private Gentleman) shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers.

Remaking Reality

Author : Sara Blair
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469638703
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Remaking Reality written by Sara Blair and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War II, U.S. documentarians engaged in a rigorous rethinking of established documentary practices and histories. Responding to the tumultuous transformations of the postwar era--the atomic age, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the emergence of the environmental movement, immigration and refugee crises, student activism, the globalization of labor, and the financial collapse of 2008--documentary makers increasingly reconceived reality as the site of social conflict and saw their work as instrumental to struggles for justice. Examining a wide range of forms and media, including sound recording, narrative journalism, drawing, photography, film, and video, this book is a daring interdisciplinary study of documentary culture and practice from 1945 to the present. Essays by leading scholars across disciplines collectively explore the activist impulse of documentarians who not only record reality but also challenge their audiences to take part in reality's remaking. In addition to the editors, the volume's contributors include Michael Mark Cohen, Grace Elizabeth Hale, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Jonathan Kahana, Leigh Raiford, Rebecca M. Schreiber, Noah Tsika, Laura Wexler, and Daniel Worden.

Cannabis: A History

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1409084892
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Cannabis: A History written by Martin Booth and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To some it's antisocial anathema, to others it is a harmless way to relax, or provides relief from crippling pain. Some fear it is a dangerous drug that leads to 'reefer madness' and addiction; to others still it is a legal anomaly and should be decriminalized. Whatever the viewpoint, and by whatever name it is known, cannabis - or marijuana, hashish, pot, dope, kif, weed, dagga, grass, ganja - incites debate at every level. In this definitive study, Martin Booth - author of the acclaimed OPIUM: A HISTORY - charts the history of cannabis from the Neolithic period to the present day. It is a fascinating, colourful tale of medical advance, religious enlightenment, political subterfuge and human rights; of law enforcement and customs officers, smugglers, street pushers, gang warfare, writers, artists, musicians, hippies and pot-heads. Booth chronicles the remarkable and often mystifying process through which cannabis, a relatively harmless substance, became outlawed throughout the Western world, and the devastating effect such legislation has had on the global economy. Above all, he demonstrates how the case for decriminalization remains one of the twenty-first century's hottest topics.

Golden Boy

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466818581
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Golden Boy written by Martin Booth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2006-11-14 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At seven years old, Martin Booth found himself with all of Hong Kong at his feet. His father was posted there in 1952, and this memoir is his telling of that youth, a time when he had access to the corners of a colony normally closed to a "Gweilo," a "pale fellow" like him. His experiences were colorful and vast. Befriending rickshaw coolies and local stallholders, he learned Cantonese, sampled delicacies such as boiled water beetles and one-hundred-year-old eggs, and participated in vibrant festivals. He even entered the forbidden Kowloon Walled City, wandered into a secret lair of Triads, and visited an opium den. From the plink-plonk man with his dancing monkey to the Queen of Kowloon (a crazed tramp who may have been a Romanov), Martin Booth saw it all---but his memoir illustrates the deeper challenges he faced in his warring parents: a broad-minded mother who embraced all things Chinese and a bigoted father who was enraged by his family's interest in "going native." Martin Booth's compelling memoir, the last book he completed before dying, glows with infectious curiosity and humor and is an intimate representation of the now extinct time and place of his growing up.

Islands of Silence

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466853999
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Islands of Silence written by Martin Booth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands of Silence is the story of the young Alec Marquand, who in the summer of 1914 has just graduated from college with a degree in archaeology. He has been hired by the lord of a remote country estate in the Scottish Highlands to survey the ancient Stone Age brochs that lie on his property. Once there Alec comes upon a small island which is called Eilean Tosdach--the Island of Silence. What Alec discovers on that island changes him forever. And just as Alec makes his amazing find, he is shipped off to war . . . a war he does not want to fight, but one in which he ends up as a medic aboard a ship ready to storm the beaches of Gallipoli. A brilliantly crafted novel in the tradition of All's Quiet on the Western Front and The Ghost Road, Islands of Silence is a tour through one man's hell in search of a path for redemption.

The Industry of Souls

Author : Martin Booth
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466843594
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Industry of Souls written by Martin Booth and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-05-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Industry of Souls is the story of Alexander Bayliss, a British citizen who was wrongfully arrested for espionage by the KGB in the 1950s and sentenced to twenty-five years of hard labor in the work camps of Siberia. Eventually freed in the 1970s, he decides not to return to the West--a world he barely remembers and to which he no longer belongs--and instead finds his way to a small Russian village where he becomes a much beloved schoolmaster. Now, on the day of his eightieth birthday, communism has evaporated and Russia is changed. This moving story alternates between this momentous day to his harrowing past in the camp and his life in the village. And in the end, he is presented with a choice, perhaps for the first time in his life. Martin Booth's brilliantly crafted novel is a celebration of life in the face of death, of humanity in the midst of a system that robs men of their dignity. It stands as a mature and profound exploration of the meaning and the essence of human friendship.