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Book Synopsis Is History Fiction? (16pt Large Print Edition) by : Ann Curthoys
Download or read book Is History Fiction? (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Ann Curthoys and published by . This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened? Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is - and might be - written. It traces History's doubleness and divided nature, beginning with its founding figures, Herodotus and Thucydides, right up to the key figures of historical reflection, such as Friedrich Nietzsche, Benedetto Croce, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault and Hayden White. The authors explore the challenges posed by postmodernism to history and the literary conventions of most historical writing. In this second edition they bring their history of history up to the present in their study of the History Wars and new approaches to world history and environmental history.
Book Synopsis A History of Books (16pt Large Print Edition) by : Gerald Murnane
Download or read book A History of Books (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Gerald Murnane and published by . This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new work by Gerald Murnane is a fictionalised autobiography told in thirty sections, each of which begins with the memory of a book that has left an image on the writer's mind. The titles aren't given but the reader follows the clues, recalling in the process a parade of authors, the great, the popular, and the now - forgotten. The images themselves, with their scenes of marital discord, violence and madness, or their illuminated landscapes that point to the consolations of a world beyond fiction, give new intensity to Murnane's habitual concern with the anxieties and aspirations of the writing life, in the absence of religious belief. A History of Books is accompanied by three shorter pieces of fiction which play on these themes, featuring the writer at different ages, as a young boy, a teacher, and an old recluse.
Book Synopsis Is History Fiction? by : Ann Curthoys
Download or read book Is History Fiction? written by Ann Curthoys and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between history and fiction has always been a controversial one. Can we ever know that a historical narrative is giving us a true account of what actually happened? Provocative and fascinating, this book is an original and insightful examination of the ways in which history is - and might be - written. It traces History's double...
Book Synopsis The Border of Truth: A Novel (Large Print 16pt) by : Victoria Redel
Download or read book The Border of Truth: A Novel (Large Print 16pt) written by Victoria Redel and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: what Kirkus called a powerful look into the instinct to both keep and reveal family secrets, the acclaimed author of Loverboy tells the stories of Sara Leader and her father, Richard. As he flees the Holocaust aboard the Quanza, we hear her ta...
Book Synopsis Ain't Nothing But a Man by : Scott Reynolds Nelson
Download or read book Ain't Nothing But a Man written by Scott Reynolds Nelson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Scott Reynolds Nelson recounts how he came to discover the real John Henry, an African-American railroad worker who became a legend in the famous song.
Book Synopsis A History of Iran (Large Print 16pt) by : Michael Axworthy
Download or read book A History of Iran (Large Print 16pt) written by Michael Axworthy and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although frequently vilified, Iran is a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and one of the oldest continuing civilizations in the world. Its political impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbors in the Middle East but also throughout the world. From the time of the prophet Zoroaster, to the powerful ancient Persian Empires, to the revolution of 1979, the hostage crisis, and the current standoff over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Michael Axworthy vividly narrates the nation's rich history. He explains clearly and carefully both the complex succession of dynasties that ruled ancient Iran and the surprising ethnic diversity of the modern country, held together by a common culture. With Iran again the focus of the world's attention, A History of Iran is an essential guide to understanding this volatile nation.
Book Synopsis Wulf (Large Print 16pt) by : Hamish Clayton
Download or read book Wulf (Large Print 16pt) written by Hamish Clayton and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early nineteenth century New Zealand ? the great chief Te Rauparaha has conquered tiny Kapiti Island, from where Ngati Toa launches brutal attacks on its southern enemies. Off the coast of Kapiti, English trader John Stewart seeks to trade with Te Rauparaha, setting off a train of events that forever change the course of New Zealand history. Nar...
Book Synopsis The Last Days of Jeanne D'Arc (16pt Large Print Edition) by : Ali Alizadeh
Download or read book The Last Days of Jeanne D'Arc (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Ali Alizadeh and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeanne is a young woman from rural France. She's a knight who wears men's clothing. The English call her Joan of Arc. Jeanne has led France to victory in epic battles. She hears ghostly voices and has unspeakable desires. The English want to burn her. Her king has abandoned her. Her heart has been broken. Her heart cannot be burnt. This is her story, and the story of her beloved. Ali Alizadeh's novel The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc is a provocative new portrait of the life of one of history's most fascinating figures. Countless books have been written about the young Frenchwoman who claimed to hear the voices of saints, led the armies of France in the war against England in the Middle Ages, and was captured and burnt for heresy by her enemies. Based on a rigorous study of the historical material, The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc provides the first serious dramatisation of Jeanne's sexuality. Alizadeh uses an innovative storytelling technique that weaves together multiple narrative perspectives to tell the story of a courageous young woman who, driven by a passion for justice and forbidden desire, changes the course of Western history.
Book Synopsis Black Diamonds (16pt Large Print Edition) by : Kim Kelly
Download or read book Black Diamonds (16pt Large Print Edition) written by Kim Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1914 and the coal town of Lithgow is booming. Daniel Ackerman is a serious young man, a miner, a socialist and German; Francine Connolly is the bourgeois, Irish-Catholic, too-good-for-this-place daughter of one of the mine owners. When a tragic accident forces them together, this class-crossed pair fall in love despite themselves. Before the signatures on their marriage certificate are dry, though, war erupts, and a much more terrifying obstacle confronts them. Against his principles but driven by a sense of solidarity, Daniel enlists; Francine, horrified, has no choice but to watch him go. Thrown into a daunting new world of separation and grief, they learn things about each other they might never have known in more certain times - hard lessons about heroism, sacrifice, and the thin line between bravery and stupidity. Told with freshness, verve and wit, Black Diamonds is the tale of a fierce young nation, Australia, and two fierce hearts who dare to discover what courage really means.
Download or read book Perseverance written by Asante Salam and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perseverance is designed to offer guidance, challenge, clarity and consolation to all the people doing their work day - by - day. The topics are not the usual inspiring, feel good, rah - rah messages. Instead, Wheatley focuses on the situations, feelings, and challenges that can, over time, cause us to give up or lose our way. Perseverance is a discipline - it's a day - by - day decision not to give up. Therefore, we have to notice the moments when we feel lost or overwhelmed or betrayed or exhausted and note how we respond to them. And we have to notice the rewarding times, when we experience the joy of working together on something hard but worthwhile, when we realize we've made a small difference. Each topic is a brief essay, meant to be read as needed. (The book is not intended to be read through all at once.) You can thumb through the book and find what you need or what attracts you in the moment. Every essay names a behavior or dynamic, puts it into a broader human or timeless perspective, and offers ways for the reader to either live with or transcend that dynamic. The reader is also challenged by the direct voice of the book. Wheatley wants people to be able to see themselves, their situation, and to assume responsibility for changing the situation or their reaction to it if it's one that troubles them. (There deliberately are no examples of other people - the reader is the example; their personal experience is the only case material.) The content (essays and quotes) is drawn from many spiritual traditions and diverse cultures. The book is deeply grounded spiritually and also quite inclusive - accessing human experience and wisdom from many sources. Both this grounding and inclusiveness support the essential message - human being throughout time and history have persevered. We're just the most recent ones to face these challenges.
Book Synopsis Stone Butch Blues by : Leslie Feinberg
Download or read book Stone Butch Blues written by Leslie Feinberg and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.
Book Synopsis Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench (Large Print 16pt) by : Jo Carson
Download or read book Liars, Thieves and Other Sinners on the Bench (Large Print 16pt) written by Jo Carson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunting and funny' full of folk wisdom and unflinching honesty. Publishers Weekly' on the work of Jo Carson She is a quintessential community artist with a true ear for the way people talk and what they really mean to say. Her work has inspired i...
Book Synopsis The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (Large Print 16pt) by : Gord Hill
Download or read book The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book (Large Print 16pt) written by Gord Hill and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book is a powerful and historically accurate graphic portrayal of Indigenous resistance to the European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006. Gord Hill spent two years unearthing images and researching historical information to create The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book, which presents the story of Aboriginal resistance in a far-reaching format. Other events depicted include the 1680 Pueblo Revolt in New Mexico; the Inca insurgency in Peru from the 1500s to the 1780s; Pontiac and the 1763 Rebellion and Royal Proclamation; Geronimo and the 1860s Seminole Wars; Crazy Horse and the 1877 War on the Plains; the rise of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s; 1973's Wounded Knee; the Mohawk Oka Crisis in Quebec in 1990; and the 1995 Aazhoodena/Stoney Point resistance. With strong, plain language and evocative illustrations, The 500 Years of Resistance Comic Book documents the fighting spirit and ongoing resistance of Indigenous peoples through 500 years of genocide, massacres, torture, rape, displacement, and assimilation; a necessary antidote to the conventional history of the Americas.
Book Synopsis In the Courts of the Conqueror (Large Print 16pt) by : Walter Echo-Hawk
Download or read book In the Courts of the Conqueror (Large Print 16pt) written by Walter Echo-Hawk and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Echo-Hawk reveals the troubling fact that American law has rendered legal the destruction of Native Americans and their culture. He analyzes ten cases that embody or expose the roots of injustice and highlight the use of nefarious legal doctrines.
Book Synopsis Finistre (Large Print 16pt) by : Fritz Peters
Download or read book Finistre (Large Print 16pt) written by Fritz Peters and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical gay coming-of-age story first published in 1951, acclaimed by Gore Vidal and The New York Times, about Matthew, a young American who moves to France with his mother following his parents divorce. As Matthew navigates his budding sexualit...
Book Synopsis To the Death (Large Print 16pt) by : Patrick Robinson
Download or read book To the Death (Large Print 16pt) written by Patrick Robinson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Robinson comes his most provocative international thriller and the much much-anticipated conclusion of his renowned series starring Admiral Arnold Morgan and his terrorist nemesis, General Ravi Rashood. The hunt begins when a bomb explodes in Boston's Logan Airport, and Admiral Arnold Morgan, ..
Book Synopsis The Ghost Trap: A Novel (Large Print 16pt) by : K. Stephens
Download or read book The Ghost Trap: A Novel (Large Print 16pt) written by K. Stephens and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephens gives the reader an unvarnished view of the subculture of lobster fishermen in small - town coastal Maine. - James Acheson' author of The Lobster Gangs of Maine Stephens has a wonderful clear eye for people' especially Maine people' and The Ghost Trap is populated with dozens from all walks of Maine life. - Bill Roorbach' author of Temple Stream A salty' tangy read. . . . Stephens plunges you into the back - breaking' heart - breaking life of one lobsterman. - Richard Grant' author of Another Green World Stephens nails harbor life down to the unwritten rules and defense of imaginary territory lines. . . . Peppered with dark humor and brutal honesty' The Ghost Trap gives it to you straight' the way life should be. - Ryan Post' fourth - generation lobsterman' creator of Mainebuggin.
