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Download or read book Cannibalism written by Hans Askenasy and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologist Hans Askenasy has put together the first comprehensive history of a subject combining violence, horror, and exotic customs. In Part One of his study, Dr. Askenasy gives a historical and geographic overview of humankind''s practice of and attitudes toward cannibalism. Part Two discusses motivational factors for cannibalism, including famines (natural and man-made), survival in extreme situations, magic, ritual, and madness. Among the people and events covered are the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis; the wreckage of the frigate Medusa; the Donner Party; the notorious nineteenth-century "Colorado Man-Eater," Alferd Packer; the Andes plane crash of 1972; Elizabeth Bathory (b. 1560), the "Vampire Lady of the Carpathians"; and Georg Haarmann, who ground up his victims and sold them as potted meat. In Part Three, "Cannibalism in Culture and Society," Askenasy addresses our continuing fascination with cannibals, man-eating witches, werewolves, and vampires in literature, myth, and the media, ranging from Francis Ford Coppola''s film version of Bram Stoker''s Dracula and Anne Rice''s Vampire Chronicles to the blood curdling events surrounding the cases of Issei Sagawa, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Russian schoolteacher-turned torturer, Andrei Romanovitsch Chikatilo.
Book Synopsis Haskell Institute: 19th Century Stories of Sacrifice and Survival by : Theresa Milk
Download or read book Haskell Institute: 19th Century Stories of Sacrifice and Survival written by Theresa Milk and published by Mammoth. This book was released on 2007-11-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Milk presents American Indian/Alaskan Native student stories from early days of Haskell, a federal boarding school founded in 1884. Their stories reveal the ordeals and successes of Native students as they struggle within a military, assimilationist educational environment.
Book Synopsis Connecticut in the American Civil War by : Matthew Warshauer
Download or read book Connecticut in the American Civil War written by Matthew Warshauer and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Serves as a model of what a state-level survey of the Civil War can achieve . . . a potent combination of description and analysis.” —The Civil War Monitor Connecticut in the American Civil War offers a remarkable window into the state’s involvement in a conflict that challenged and defined the unity of a nation. The arc of the war is traced through the many facets and stories of battlefield, home front, and factory. Matthew Warshauer masterfully reveals the varied attitudes toward slavery and race before, during, and after the war; Connecticut’s reaction to the firing on Fort Sumter; the dissent in the state over whether or not the sword and musket should be raised against the South; the raising of troops; the sacrifice of those who served on the front and at home; and the need for closure after the war. This book is a concise, amazing account of a complex and troubling war. No one interested in this period of American history can afford to miss reading this important contribution to our national and local stories.
Download or read book Cannibalism written by Hans Askenasy and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychologist Hans Askenasy has put together the first comprehensive history of a subject combining violence, horror, and exotic customs. In Part One of his study, Dr. Askenasy gives a historical and geographic overview of humankind's practice of and attitudes toward cannibalism. Part Two discusses motivational factors for cannibalism, including famines (natural and man-made), survival in extreme situations, magic, ritual, and madness. Among the people and events covered are the siege of Leningrad by the Nazis; the wreckage of the frigate Medusa; the Donner Party; the notorious nineteenth-century "Colorado Man-Eater," Alferd Packer; the Andes plane crash of 1972; Elizabeth Bathory (b. 1560), the "Vampire Lady of the Carpathians"; and Georg Haarmann, who ground up his victims and sold them as potted meat. In Part Three, "Cannibalism in Culture and Society," Askenasy addresses our continuing fascination with cannibals, man-eating witches, werewolves, and vampires in literature, myth, and the media, ranging from Francis Ford Coppola's film version of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles to the blood curdling events surrounding the cases of Issei Sagawa, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Russian schoolteacher-turned torturer, Andrei Romanovitsch Chikatilo.
Book Synopsis The Scars of Survival: A Collection of Suffering and Sacrifice by : Ally Trust
Download or read book The Scars of Survival: A Collection of Suffering and Sacrifice written by Ally Trust and published by Ally Trust. This book was released on 2017-05-19 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society can’t look away if we don’t let it. In this harrowing thriller, follow a brave young woman as she struggles to endure war, rape, and the trauma that comes with it. Debut Novelist Ally Trust presents a distressing tale of grief and grit that is not for the faint of heart, but resonates with those brave enough to open it. Even if you put the book down, your eyes will now be open to the real atrocities taking place in the world today that inspired The Scars of Survival: A Collection of Suffering and Sacrifice. While this book is only part one in a two-part series, the first entry alone may be too much for some readers. Ally will be the first to admit that her books are not for the faint of heart, but she’ll be as quick to point out how stories like these need to be told. Too many terrible things take place around the globe every day, and too many of us go out of our way to ignore them. However, the most compelling stories are often the ones based on the truths we try to distance ourselves from. It’s time for a change, it’s time for people to stop looking the other way, it’s time for us all to face what’s really wrong with the world so we can start to make things right. It won’t be easy, many will need to prepare themselves to learn how horrible life’s problems can be, and The Scars of Survival: A Collection of Suffering and Sacrifice is just the lesson they need.
Book Synopsis Miss Fortune's Last Mission by : Bill Boyce
Download or read book Miss Fortune's Last Mission written by Bill Boyce and published by Bright Sky Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When you were growing up, did you ever wonder why your father was the way he was? Did you ever take time to discover what he had been through? Bill Boyce did. In Miss Fortune's Last Mission he shares his search to discover how WWII affected his dad--and the extended family created from one plane's crew"--Publisher summary.
Download or read book Yellow Wife written by Sadeqa Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of House of Eve—a 2023 Reese’s Book Club Pick! *A Best Book of the Year by NPR and Christian Science Monitor* Called “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia. Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life. Shielded by her mother’s position as the estate’s medicine woman and cherished by the Master’s sister, she is set apart from the others on the plantation, belonging to neither world. She’d been promised freedom on her eighteenth birthday, but instead of the idyllic life she imagined with her true love, Essex Henry, Pheby is forced to leave the only home she has ever known. She unexpectedly finds herself thrust into the bowels of slavery at the infamous Devil’s Half Acre, a jail in Richmond, Virginia, where the enslaved are broken, tortured, and sold every day. There, Pheby is exposed not just to her Jailer’s cruelty but also to his contradictions. To survive, Pheby will have to outwit him, and she soon faces the ultimate sacrifice.
Book Synopsis Love in Civil War by : Jennifer Ring
Download or read book Love in Civil War written by Jennifer Ring and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the tumultuous backdrop of the Civil War, "Love in Civil War" is a stirring love storyncentered around Philena Colman, whose peaceful life on her family's farm is upended as the war engulfs the nation. Her brothers, George and Winfield, are compelled to join the Union Army, and her fiancé, Jim Wright, also leaves to serve, plunging Philena into a world devoid of the joy and warmth she once knew. Her days transform into an agonizing wait, filled with longing and the hope of their safe return, illustrating the poignant sacrifices made in times of war. As Philena grapples with her new reality, the story skillfully juxtaposes her emotional journey with the brutal experiences of her loved ones on the battlefield. The stark contrast between the calm of the farm and the chaos of war serves to amplify the depth of Philena's love and her unyielding hope. The arrival of news from the front brings a maelstrom of emotions, underscoring the resilience and strength of human bonds in the face of adversity. "Love in Civil War" is not just a tale of love and war; it is a heartfelt tribute to the Colman family, celebrating their enduring love and loyalty that triumphed over the hardships of one of America's darkest chapters.
Download or read book Teach Us to Count Our Days written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Vinctalin Legacy Survival: Book 2 Sacrifice by : Vanda Denton
Download or read book The Vinctalin Legacy Survival: Book 2 Sacrifice written by Vanda Denton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this dark hour the Earth needs a saviour. Only a few humans have survived the initial invasion and for the first time in the long history of the Vinctalin Tajats have fought back, even taking prisoner the fabulous humanoid agent of their cruellest tyranny: the Emperor, Pakow Lam Chenden. The clandestine masters of the invaders unleash their fury on the slave armies who have failed them. While those vast battalions of Guards are being annihilated in vicious punitive attacks the valiant little amateur corps of English men and women embark on a final battle that should see the truth carried forward by an intrepid few.
Book Synopsis To Life Stories of Sacrifice and Survival, Chasing History Forward by :
Download or read book To Life Stories of Sacrifice and Survival, Chasing History Forward written by and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 80 stories from the Holocaust as told by survivors, rescuers and liberators. All of the subjects lived or were from cities in southeastern Virginia or the region of Hampton Roads. The book also includes over 50 historical notes designed to add more context to each story.
Book Synopsis Immersion, Narrative, and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games by : Andrei Nae
Download or read book Immersion, Narrative, and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games written by Andrei Nae and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the narrativity of some of the most popular survival horror video games and the gender politics implicit in their storyworlds. In a thorough analysis of the genre that draws upon detailed comparisons with the mainstream action genre, Andrei Nae places his analysis firmly within a political and social context. In comparing survival horror games to the dominant game design norms of the action genre, the author differentiates between classical and postclassical survival horror games to show how the former reject the norms of the action genre and deliver a critique of the conservative gender politics of action games, while the latter are more heterogeneous in terms of their game design and, implicitly, gender politics. This book will appeal not only to scholars working in game studies, but also to scholars of horror, gender studies, popular culture, visual arts, genre studies and narratology.
Book Synopsis Sacrifice and Reward by : Robin Deeter
Download or read book Sacrifice and Reward written by Robin Deeter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Which will be the victor: hatred or love? Mid-18th century North America is a hotbed of unrest between many Native American tribes, who are feuding over territory. By this time, most of the Kiowa bands have been pushed west by the Lakota, who are on the move southward from the Great Lakes region. These invaders from the north want the game-rich, lush pasture lands of the territory for themselves. However, one small Kiowa band is determined to remain in their early homelands in the region of what will be one day known as eastern South Dakota. These two enemy tribes are brought face-to-face through the vision of a young Kiowa medicine man. Sky Dancer, a beautiful, Kiowa widow, and a proud Lakota warrior, Dark Horse, are forced to marry in order to create an alliance between their peoples. Right from the beginning they clash in a tests of wills, loathing each other on sight, making a happy marriage seem out of the question. Will the sacrifice that is asked of them save their tribes? Can these two enemies overcome their initial hatred to find love in an unlikely place or will distrust keep them from the reward they both crave?
Book Synopsis The Amazing Escapes of Kavalier & Clay by : Rachel Beitsch
Download or read book The Amazing Escapes of Kavalier & Clay written by Rachel Beitsch and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis East of the Jordan by : Michael David Rush
Download or read book East of the Jordan written by Michael David Rush and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sacrifice written by Charlie Higson and published by Puffin Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the dual storylines of Small Sam on his search for Ella and of Shadowman's discoveries about Saint George and the Disease itself.
Book Synopsis We're Not Leaving by : Benjamin J. Luft
Download or read book We're Not Leaving written by Benjamin J. Luft and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We're Not Leaving" is a compilation of powerful first-person narratives told from the vantage point of World Trade Center disaster workers-police officers, firefighters, construction workers, and other volunteers at the site. While the effects of 9/11 on these everyday heroes and heroines are indelible, and in some cases have been devastating, at the heart of their deeply personal stories-their harrowing escapes from the falling Towers, the egregious environment they worked in for months, the alarming health effects they continue to deal with-is their witness to their personal strength and renewal in the ten years since. These stories, shared by ordinary people who responded to disaster and devastation in extraordinary ways, remind us of America's strength and inspire us to recognize and ultimately believe in our shared values of courage, duty, patriotism, self-sacrifice, and devotion, which guide us in dark times.
