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Surviving Dresden

Author : James Kirby Martin
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 1642938629
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Dresden written by James Kirby Martin and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the ground that horrific night is a courageous young Jewish woman, Gisela Kauffmann. Having just received orders to be herded off to a concentration camp, Gisela will do anything to save herself and her family. In the air, RAF bomber Captain Wallace Campbell is torn between his sworn military duty to bomb an unarmed city crowded with refugees, and his growing conviction that total war is immoral. Surviving Dresden is told through the eyes of Gisela, Wallace, and a compelling cast of characters—a story of personal pain and suffering amid the hope, even as the bombs are falling, of restoring human sanity to a world torn apart. Masterfully sweeping, Surviving Dresden explores the depths of human courage in facing life and death, with human redemption triumphing. “An evocative, inventive tale of war and moral judgment. Surviving Dresden vividly brings to life one of the most controversial episodes of the Second World War.” —Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the World War II Liberation Trilogy “An incredibly suspenseful, powerful story with a redemptive ending. Deserves a wide reading audience, even serious consideration for the big screen. Happy to offer my highest recommendation.” —Frank Price, Former Chairman and CEO, Columbia Pictures, and Former President, Universal Pictures

Surviving Dresden

Author : James Kirby Martin
Publisher : Permuted Press
ISBN 13 : 9781642938616
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Surviving Dresden written by James Kirby Martin and published by Permuted Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surviving Dresden beautifully portrays the poignant and inspiring human struggle between good and evil in the search for peace during the last bloody days of World War II. On the ground that horrific night is a courageous young Jewish woman, Gisela Kauffmann. Having just received orders to be herded off to a concentration camp, Gisela will do anything to save herself and her family. In the air, RAF bomber Captain Wallace Campbell is torn between his sworn military duty to bomb an unarmed city crowded with refugees, and his growing conviction that total war is immoral. Surviving Dresden is told through the eyes of Gisela, Wallace, and a compelling cast of characters—a story of personal pain and suffering amid the hope, even as the bombs are falling, of restoring human sanity to a world torn apart. Masterfully sweeping, Surviving Dresden explores the depths of human courage in facing life and death, with human redemption triumphing.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Author : Jay Parini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0195156536
Total Pages : 2273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature written by Jay Parini and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 2273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This set treats the whole of American literature, from the European discovery of America to the present, with entries in alphabetical order. Each of the 350 substantive essays is a major interpretive contribution. Well-known critics and scholars provide clear and vividly written essays thatreflect the latest scholarship on a given topic, as well as original thinking on the part of the critic. The Encyclopedia is available in print and as an e-reference text from Oxford's Digital Reference Shelf.At the core of the encyclopedia lie 250 essays on poets, playwrights, essayists, and novelists. The most prominent figures (such as Whitman, Melville, Faulkner, Frost, Morrison, and so forth) are treated at considerable length (10,000 words) by top-flight critics. Less well known figures arediscussed in essays ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words. Each essay examines the life of the author in the context of his or her times, looking in detail at key works and describing the arc of the writer's career. These essays include an assessment of the writer's current reputation with abibliography of major works by the writer as well as a list of major critical and biographical works about the writer under discussion.A second key element of the project is the critical assessments of major American masterworks, such as Moby-Dick, Song of Myself, Walden, The Great Gatsby, The Waste Land, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Death of a Salesmanr, or Beloved. Each of these essays offers a close reading of the given work,placing that work in its historical context and offering a range of possibilities with regard to critical approach. These fifty essays (ranging from 2,000 to 5,000 words) are simply and clearly enough written that an intelligent high school student should easily understand them, but sophisticatedenough that a college student or general reader in a public library will find the essays both informative and stimulating.The final major element of this encyclopedia consists of fifty-odd essays on literary movements, periods, or themes, pulling together a broad range of information and making interesting connections. These essays treat many of the same authors already discussed, but in a different context; they alsogather into the fold authors who do not have an entire essay on their work (so that Zane Grey, for example, is discussed in an essay on Western literature but does not have an essay to himself). In this way, the project is truly "encyclopedic," in the conventional sense. These essays aim forcomprehensiveness without losing anything of the narrative force that makes them good reading in their own right.In a very real fashion, the literature of the American people reflects their deepest desires, aspirations, fears, and fantasies. The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature gathers a wide range of information that illumines the field itself and clarifies many of its particulars.

The Official Underground 2012 Doomsday Survival Handbook

Author : W.H. Mumfrey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440313768
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Official Underground 2012 Doomsday Survival Handbook written by W.H. Mumfrey and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-11-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End is Nigh! Nuclear holocaust, supervolcano, asteroid impact, mega tsunami, alien invasion, zombie outbreak? Will the world end with a whimper or a bang? W.H. Mumfrey covers it all. From doomsday predictions that have occurred throughout history, to how the Mayans might have really figured it out, to analysis of movies that offer tips on how to survive a variety of scenarios, he leaves no stone unturned. However the end arrives, Mumfrey prepares you for what to expect after the apocalypse. He provides valuable pointers on how to survive a litany of doomsday scenarios—and how to rebuild the earth if you're one of the survivors. Essential topics include foraging for food, looting 101, barricades and fortifications for beginners, dealing with cannibals, mutant identification, post-apocalyptic fashions, renovating your subterranean hideout, decoys and booby-traps for dummies, dating after doomsday and more. So as you stockpile your bottles of water, dig out your bunker, and finesse your plan for a brand new government, keep this book in hand. You won't be sorry.

The Hippie Narrative

Author : Scott MacFarlane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786481196
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book The Hippie Narrative written by Scott MacFarlane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hippie movement of the 1960s helped change modern societal attitudes toward ethnic and cultural diversity, environmental accountability, spiritual expressiveness, and the justification of war. With roots in the Beat literary movement of the late 1950s, the hippie perspective also advocated a bohemian lifestyle which expressed distaste for hypocrisy and materialism yet did so without the dark, somewhat forced undertones of their predecessors. This cultural revaluation which developed as a direct response to the dark days of World War II created a counterculture which came to be at the epicenter of an American societal debate and, ultimately, saw the beginnings of postmodernism. Focusing on 1962 through 1976, this book takes a constructivist look at the hippie era's key works of prose, which in turn may be viewed as the literary canon of the counterculture. It examines the ways in which these works, with their tendency toward whimsy and spontaneity, are genuinely reflective of the period. Arranged chronologically, the discussed works function as a lens for viewing the period as a whole, providing a more rounded sense of the hippie Zeitgeist that shaped and inspired the period. Among the 15 works represented are One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Crying of Lot 49, Trout Fishing in America, Siddhartha, Stranger in a Strange Land, Slaughterhouse Five and The Fan Man.

Artist's Path in 500 Walks

Author : Kath Stathers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1645173100
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Artist's Path in 500 Walks written by Kath Stathers and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find inspiration on the trails that influenced hundreds of artists, musicians, and writers from around the world. Step onto the trails in 500 Inspiring Walks, which takes readers around the world to the footpaths that inspired classic and contemporary works of art, music, and literature. Each walk is associated with a well-known artist, musician, or writer: the White Cliffs of Dover seen by Matthew Arnold, the landscapes of New Mexico through the eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, the streets of Vienna once trodden by Beethoven, and many more. Each walk includes a description of the landscape, helpful tips for navigating the route, and insight into how the walk inspired the artist.

The Song is Over

Author : Henny Brenner
Publisher : Fire Ant Books
ISBN 13 : 9780817355968
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (559 download)

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Download or read book The Song is Over written by Henny Brenner and published by Fire Ant Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "February, 1945. After heavy bombing by Allied air forces, Dresden was on fire and in ruins. Ironically; for the few Dresden Jews who had not yet been deported and murdered by the Nazis, this destruction meant rescue. With the Gestapo order for deportation still in hand, Henny Wolf Brenner and her parents ran for their lives and hid till the end of the war. When the Red Army liberated Dresden, instead of the desired release from terror and resumption of a peaceful, productive way of life, different forms of repression awaited Brenner and her parents. With heavy hearts, the family decided to abandon their beloved home and risk the dangers of flight from East Berlin to West Berlin." --Book Jacket.

Crossing Confessional Boundaries

Author : Mary E. Frandsen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019534636X
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Crossing Confessional Boundaries written by Mary E. Frandsen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an examination of the uneasy alliance of two confessions, Lutheran and Catholic, at the prominent seventeenth-century court of Dresden, and the implications of this alliance for the repertoire of sacred art music cultivated there, an influential repertoire that has received only scant attention from scholars.

Radiation and Reason

Author : Wade Allison
Publisher : YPD-BOOKS
ISBN 13 : 0956275613
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (562 download)

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Download or read book Radiation and Reason written by Wade Allison and published by YPD-BOOKS. This book was released on 2009 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a positive and accessible account of the effect of radiation on life that brings good news for the future of mankind. For more than half a century the view that radiation represents an extreme hazard has been accepted. This book challenges that view by facing the question "How dangerous is ionising radiation?" Briefly the answer is that radiation is about a thousand times less hazardous than suggested by current safety standards. For many this will come as a surprise and then quickly raise a second question "Why are people so worried about radiation?" This is the out-of-date result of Cold War politics combined with a concern about radiation that was appropriate in an earlier age when the scientific understanding was limited. In the book these answers are explained in accessible language and related directly to modern scientific evidence and understanding, for instance the high levels of radiation used to the benefit of health in every major hospital. Four facts illustrate the need for a new understanding. 1. The radiation levels in the nuclear waste storage hall at Sellafield, UK are so low (1 micro-sievert per hour) that anyone would have to stay there for a million hours to receive the same dose that any patient on a course of radiotherapy treatment receives to their healthy tissue in a single day (1 sievert or gray). 2. The radiation dose experienced by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs caused 0.6% to die of radiation-induced cancer between 1950 and 2000, that is about 1/20 of the chance of dying of cancer anyway and less than the chance of being killed on US highways in that period. 3. The wildlife at Chernobyl today is reported to be thriving, despite being radioactive. 4. The mortality of UK radiation workers before age 85 from all cancers is 15-20% lower than comparable groups. The case for a complete change in attitude towards radiation safety is unrelated to the effects of climate change. But the realisation that radiation and nuclear energy are much safer than is usually supposed is of extreme importance to the current discussion of alternatives to fossil fuels and their relative costs.

The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature

Author : Ileana Rodríguez
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131641910X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature written by Ileana Rodríguez and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature is an essential resource for anyone interested in the development of women's writing in Latin America. Ambitious in scope, it explores women's literature from ancient indigenous cultures to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Organized chronologically and written by a host of leading scholars, this History offers an array of approaches that contribute to current dialogues about translation, literary genres, oral and written cultures, and the complex relationship between literature and the political sphere. Covering subjects from cronistas in Colonial Latin America and nation-building to feminicide and literature of the indigenous elite, this History traces the development of a literary tradition while remaining grounded in contemporary scholarship. The Cambridge History of Latin American Women's Literature will not only engage readers in ongoing debates but also serve as a definitive reference for years to come.

Nazi Spymaster

Author : Michael Mueller
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1510717773
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Nazi Spymaster written by Michael Mueller and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Wilhelm Canaris was the head of the Abwehr?Hitler's intelligence service?from 1935 to 1944. Initially a supporter of Hitler, Canaris came to vigorously oppose his policies and practices and worked secretly throughout the war to overthrow the regime. Near the end of the war, secret documents were discovered that implicated Canaris and hinted at the extent of the activities conducted by Canaris's Abwehr against the Hitler regime, and in 1945 Canaris was executed as a national traitor. But Canaris left little in the way of personal documents, and to this day he remains a figure shrouded in mystery. Drawing on newly available archival materials, Mueller investigates the double life of this legendary and enigmatic figure in the first major biography of Canaris to be published in German.

After the Dresden Bombing

Author : A. Fuchs
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230359523
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book After the Dresden Bombing written by A. Fuchs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anne Fuchs traces the aftermath of the Dresden bombing in the collective imagination from 1945 to today. As a case study of an event that gained local, national and global iconicity, the book investigates the role of photography, fine art, architecture, literature and film in dialogue with the changing German socio-political landscape.

Surviving World War II

Author : Glenna Meckstroth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Surviving World War II written by Glenna Meckstroth and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Genesis of Science

Author : Stephen Bertman
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616142650
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book The Genesis of Science written by Stephen Bertman and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2011-12-29 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on 10 different branches of science, Bertman shows why the Greeks gravitated to each specialty and explains the fascinating theories they developed, the brilliant experiments they performed, and the practical applications of their discoveries.

Dresden

Author : Alan Russell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845209443
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (452 download)

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Download or read book Dresden written by Alan Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-04 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 13 February 1945 Dresden, one of the most beautiful and historic cities of Europe, was destroyed by British and American air raids. This book is the first comprehensive history in the English language of this important cultural and historical centre. The book traces the city's evolution from 1206 to its great baroque period under Augustus the Strong, and from the bombing to the present day. The story of Dresden supplies the reader with unique insights into the collapse of the old monarchic order, the resistance of citizens to the Nazi regime, as well as the reaction of the Church and the rise and fall of the GDR. It describes the post-war replanning of the city, from its ideological reshaping under Communism to the liberation of ideas and energies after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Experts in their fields tell the story of Dresden's great musical, artistic, architectural, literary and theatrical traditions, which are further illuminated by a series of personal memoirs from eye-witness accounts in 1945 to contemporary reflections by Lord Menuhin and others. Heavily illustrated and complete with a foreword from the Duke of Kent, Dresden: A City Reborn is an important text for all students of German history and art history.

The Mysterious Maya Civilization

Author : Emily Mahoney
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 1534561862
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (345 download)

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Download or read book The Mysterious Maya Civilization written by Emily Mahoney and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though Mayan culture has existed for more than 3,500 years, researchers and historians have only recently started unlocking some of the mysteries behind this Central American society. Thoroughly researched text guides readers through the gripping history of the Maya, including a detailed description of Maya culture. The main text is supplemented with engaging sidebars, full-color photographs, historical images, and expert, annotated analysis from leading scholars.

Music at German Courts, 1715-1760

Author : Alina Zorawska-Witkowska
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783270586
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Music at German Courts, 1715-1760 written by Alina Zorawska-Witkowska and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2015 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was musical life at German courts really like during the eighteenth century? Were musical ensembles as diverse as the Holy Roman Empire's kaleidoscopic political landscape? Through a series of individual case studies contributed by leading scholars from Germany, Poland, the United States, Canada, and Australia, this book investigates the realities of musical life at fifteen German courts of varied size (ranging from kingdoms to principalities), religious denomination, and geographical location. Significant shifts that occurred in the artistic priorities of each court are presented through a series of snapshots- in effect core sample years - which highlight both individualand shared patterns of development and decline. What emerges from the wealth of primary source material examined in this volume is an in-depth picture of music-making within the daily life of individual courts, featuring a cast ofmusic directors, instrumentalists, and vocalists, together with numerous support staff drawn from across Europe. Music at German Courts serves to illustrate the extraordinary diversity of eighteenth-century German court music establishments without losing sight of what these Kapellen had in common. SAMANTHA OWENS is Associate Professor in Musicology at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. BARBARA M. REUL is Associate Professor of Musicology at Luther College, University of Regina, Canada. JANICE B. STOCKIGT is a Principal Fellow of the University of Melbourne, Australia. Contributors: DIETER KIRSCH, URSULA KRAMER, MICHAEL MAUL, MARYOLESKIEWICZ, SAMANTHA OWENS, RASHID-S. PEGAH, BÄRBEL PELKER, BARBARA M. REUL, WOLFGANG RUF, BERT SIEGMUND, JANICE B. STOCKIGT, MICHAEL TALBOT, RÜDIGER THOMSEN-FÜRST, ALINA ZORAWSKA-WITKOWSKA, STEVEN ZOHN