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Download or read book Distant Voices written by John Pilger and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-09-02 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his distinguished career as a journalist and film-maker, John Pilger has looked behind the 'official' versions of events to report the real stories of our time. The centrepiece of this new, expanded edition of his bestselling Distant Voices is Pilger's reporting from East Timor, which he entered secretly in 1993 and where a third of the population has died as a result of Indonesia's genocidal policies. This edition also contains more new material as well as all the original essays - from the myth-making of the Gulf War to the surreal pleasures of Disneyland. Breaking through the consensual silence, Pilger pays tribute to those dissenting voices we are seldom permitted to hear.
Book Synopsis Distant Voices by : C. Leonard Allen
Download or read book Distant Voices written by C. Leonard Allen and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Distant Voices, Distant Rooms by : Ruth Bowley
Download or read book Distant Voices, Distant Rooms written by Ruth Bowley and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distant Voice, Distant Rooms is loosely based on my partner's many years spent behind the walls of mental institutions. It is factual in the humor that Megan, the main character, holds dear, and in the perseverance of strong women everywhere. The book talks of a woman's discovery of life outside of mental institutions. At forty, Megan begins to find that her disability can be her greatest ally, given the right direction. During Megan's journey through schizophrenia, she will open up to the voices held behind the walls of therapy. Her strong passion for life delves deep into the humor that saves her in the end. Megan is based on my spouse of eleven years. She has spent twenty-plus years in institutions and thirty-plus years in therapy. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, she deals with multiple voices in her head every second of every hour of every day of her life. She has inspired many to understand that being disabled does not mean you are not whole, and that being incarcerated by mental illness does not mean you cannot overcome.
Book Synopsis Distant Voices Drawing Near by : Antoinette Clark Wire
Download or read book Distant Voices Drawing Near written by Antoinette Clark Wire and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Distant voices drawing near is a tribute to the scholarly career of Antoinette Clark Wire, the Robert S. Dollar Professor of New Testament at the San Francisco Theological Seminary. In recognition of her work, the contributors to the volume have critically engaged the areas of Christian origins and the role of women in the biblical world, hermeneutics and feminist perspectives in biblical interpretation, and cross-cultural study of the Bible."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Book Synopsis In Search of a Distant Voice by : Taichi Yamada
Download or read book In Search of a Distant Voice written by Taichi Yamada and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2007 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman is trying to contact Kasama Tsuneo at a crisis point in his life. But she won't reveal her identity. Kasama is an immigration officer in Tokyo, struggling to live a 'normal' life after an event that happened eight years previously, when he lived in the USA. His arranged marriage is looming, and he's seized by a strange emotional fit. And then the disembodied voice begins. All Tsuneo can do is desperately chase this woman, and the mystery behind what happened eight years earlier over the sea.
Book Synopsis The Distant Voices by : William L. Stolley
Download or read book The Distant Voices written by William L. Stolley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The resonating metallic tone of the voice is a constant nuisance to Michael Tyler. As a boy, every time he hears it, he lashes out violently. By the age of ten, he's taking regular doses of medication, and it isn't long before he's institutionalized. But now, he's all grown up, out on his own and the phantom voice has returned. This time, it won't go away. It tells Michael it's an alien entity that is able to communicate with him through a portal in his own mind. Not everyone has these portals; he's one of a select few. Michael is happy for the first time in a long while, knowing that perhaps he isn't crazy after all. And with the help of the voice, he develops psychic abilities and uses them to win back control of a private trust that gains him access to a fortune. But now, the voice wants Michael to begin communicating with others who have portals as well. By linking with them, he can share his psychic abilities and they all can become powerful. Join Michael on a fantastic journey filled with adventure, unanswered questions and false appearances in The Distant Voices.
Download or read book Distant Voices written by Barbara Erskine and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her second volume of short stories, which follows the hugely successful 'Encounters', Barbara Erskine has created a compelling world of love, betrayal, suspense and grief.
Book Synopsis Voices of a Distant Star by : Makoto Shinkai
Download or read book Voices of a Distant Star written by Makoto Shinkai and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning director and author Makoto Shinkai offers a romantic sci-fi tale about young love and space adventure, based on his animated film. This new novel gives readers more insight into Mikako and Noboru's relationship. Fans of the original series will again be immersed in the beautiful world of Shinkai. The word, “world”... I vaguely thought it meant anywhere there was cell phone reception. It’s the year 2046. Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Terao are middle school classmates, tentatively sharing an unspoken first love—but unbeknownst to him, Mikako has been recruited into the UN Space Force, and instead of going on to high school, will join the spacecraft Lysithea to search for alien Tarsians. As she travels further and further to the outer reaches of the solar system, the time it takes for a text message to reach the Earth grows longer and longer. Back on Earth, time passes normally for Noboru, but as the years pass he still can’t forget the voice on the other side of the cell phone… Steeped in nostalgia and memory, Arata Kanoh brings to the page the award-winning OVA by acclaimed filmmaker Makoto Shinkai, director of She and Her Cat, The Place Promised in Our Early Days, Garden of Words, 5 Centimeters per Second, and the highest-grossing anime film of all time, Your Name. Arata Kanoh is a writer who has produced novelizations of Makoto Shinkai’s other works, including 5 Centimeters Per Second (also available from Vertical).
Book Synopsis Voices of a Distant Star by : Makoto Shinkai
Download or read book Voices of a Distant Star written by Makoto Shinkai and published by Kodansha Comics. This book was released on 2020 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikako Nagamine is recruited as a pilot to fight in the interstellar war against a force of alien invaders, leaving behind her one true love. Mikako’s only connection to Noboru Terao, who continues living the life of an ordinary student, is through cell phone text messages. As Mikako travels light years away, it takes longer and longer for Noboru to receive her messages, until finally one arrives eight years and seven months after she sent it…
Book Synopsis You Bring the Distant Near by : Mitali Perkins
Download or read book You Bring the Distant Near written by Mitali Perkins and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegant young adult novel captures the immigrant experience for one Indian-American family with humor and heart. Told in alternating teen voices across three generations, You Bring the Distant Near explores sisterhood, first loves, friendship, and the inheritance of culture--for better or worse. From a grandmother worried that her children are losing their Indian identity to a daughter wrapped up in a forbidden biracial love affair to a granddaughter social-activist fighting to preserve Bengali tigers, award-winning author Mitali Perkins weaves together the threads of a family growing into an American identity. Here is a sweeping story of five women at once intimately relatable and yet entirely new.
Download or read book Distant Voices written by John S. Haller and published by Swedenborg Foundation. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John S. Haller presents a series of essays on key figures in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries connected by their fascination with the philosopher, scientist, and mystic Emanuel Swedenborg. Highlighted figures include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Fourier, and D. T. Suzuki.
Download or read book Nahoway written by Donna G. Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Little Bighorn, Voices from a Distant Wind by : Steven C. Adelson
Download or read book Little Bighorn, Voices from a Distant Wind written by Steven C. Adelson and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the creative pen and narrative of Steve Adelson (author, historian, educator, and presenter), go back in time to June, 1876, and come face-to-face with the catastrophic confrontation between General George Custer and the 7th Cavalry and Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, as they desperately try to defend the last vestiges of their way of life against the onslaught of western migration and the U.S. Government¿s attempt to subdue their culture forever. Foreword by David P. Harrington, Former Acting Superintendent, Little Bighorn National Monument.Second Edition. 6×9. Soft cover, color, Illustrated with Annotated index and List of Illustrations. 134 pgs. Packaged with 'Contested Ground" documentary DVD containing new footage.
Book Synopsis Distant Voices by : Michael B. Colegrove
Download or read book Distant Voices written by Michael B. Colegrove and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Distant Voices: Listening to the leadership Lessons of the Past series is an invaluable resource to anyone who is a student of the Military History or wants to learn more about the fundamentals of leadership. Author Mike Colegrove brings over 30 years of experience in higher education and military service to compile and edit the works of some of history's greatest military and political leaders. The Distant Voices series is a real treasure for the serious student of leadership and the art of war. This collection is a worthwhile addition to any library. And will remain their value as long as nations engage in conflict. The Distant Voices series covers a diverse field of topics including: Military Strategy Tactics Discipline Motivation Developing vision Power and its effective use Distant Voices: Listening to the Leadership Lessons of the Past is a useful resource for those seeking to understand the fundamentals of good leadership through the writings of those who practiced it.
Book Synopsis The Distant Land of My Father by : Bo Caldwell
Download or read book The Distant Land of My Father written by Bo Caldwell and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ambitious man and his adoring daughter are separated and estranged by an ocean and by the tides of history in this “marvelous” novel (Los Angeles Times). For Anna Schoene, growing up in the magical world of Shanghai in the 1930s creates a special bond between her and her father. He is the son of missionaries, a smuggler, and a millionaire who leads a charmed but secretive life. When the family flees to Los Angeles in the face of the Japanese occupation, he chooses to stay, believing his connections and luck will keep him safe. He’s wrong—but he survives, only to again choose Shanghai over his family during the Second World War. Anna and her father reconnect late in his life, when she finally has a family of her own, but it is only when she discovers his extensive journals that she is able to fully understand him and the reasons for his absences. The Distant Land of My Father is a “beautiful” novel “for everyone who has ever felt himself in exile from any beloved place, or a time that can never return” (The Washington Post Book World). “Seamlessly weaves together Anna’s own memories with those of her father, gleaned from the journals . . . An elegant, refined story of families, wartime, and the mystique of memory.” —Kirkus Reviews “Vivid with details of prewar Shanghai and Los Angeles.” —Publishers Weekly “Lush and epic.” —San Jose Mercury News “Remarkable . . . A moving tale of love and the possibility of forgiveness.” —Library Journal
Book Synopsis Dreams of Distant Lives by : Lee K. Abbott
Download or read book Dreams of Distant Lives written by Lee K. Abbott and published by White Pine Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a writer whose language explores the range of life."--Bette Peretsky "Large in scope and meaning and unforgettable."--William Harrison
Download or read book The Distant Echo written by Val McDermid and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "cunningly plotted" (New York Times) thriller is coming to Britbox this October! Bestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet in The Distant Echo--an intricate, thought-provoking tale of murder and revenge. Four in the morning, mid-December, and snow blankets St. Andrews School. Student Alex Gilbery and his three best friends are staggering home from a party when they stumble upon the body of a young woman. Rosie Duff has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in the ancient Pictish cemetery. The only suspects are the four young students stained with her blood. Twenty-five years later, police mount a cold case review. Among the unsolved murders they're examining is that of Rosie Duff. But someone else has his own idea of justice. One of the original quartet dies in a suspicious house fire and soon after, a second is killed. Alex fears the worst. Someone is taking revenge for Rosie Duff. And it might just save his life if he can uncover who really killed Rosie all those years ago.
