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Download or read book Cannibal Island written by Nicolas Werth and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing historical account of a tragic episode of the Stalinist terror During the spring of 1933, Stalin’s police rounded up nearly one hundred thousand people as part of the Soviet regime’s “cleansing” of Moscow and Leningrad and deported them to Siberia. Many of the victims were sent to labor camps, but ten thousand of them were dumped in a remote wasteland and left to fend for themselves. Cannibal Island reveals the shocking, grisly truth about their fate. These people were abandoned on the island of Nazino without food or shelter. Left there to starve and to die, they eventually began to eat each other. Nicolas Werth, a French historian of the Soviet era, reconstructs their gruesome final days using rare archival material from deep inside the Stalinist vaults. Werth skillfully weaves this episode into a broader story about the Soviet frenzy in the 1930s to purge society of all those deemed to be unfit. For Stalin, these undesirables included criminals, opponents of forced collectivization, vagabonds, gypsies, even entire groups in Soviet society such as the “kulaks” and their families. Werth sets his story within the broader social and political context of the period, giving us for the first time a full picture of how Stalin’s system of “special villages” worked, how hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens were moved about the country in wholesale mass transportations, and how this savage bureaucratic machinery functioned on the local, regional, and state levels. Cannibal Island challenges us to confront unpleasant facts not only about Stalin’s punitive social controls and his failed Soviet utopia but about every generation’s capacity for brutality—including our own.
Book Synopsis Battle for Cannibal Island by : Marianne Hering
Download or read book Battle for Cannibal Island written by Marianne Hering and published by Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1 million sold in series! It’s 1852 and cousins Patrick and Beth sail to Fiji on the HMS Calliope under the command of Captain James E. Home. They arrive at the islands to find that the Christian Fijians are at war with the non-Christian Fijians. Missionary James Calvert is trying to make peace and suggests that the captain allow peace negotiations on board the British vessel. Patrick and Beth learn about sacrificial living when they observe Calvert’s determination to live on Fiji despite the dangers and impoverished conditions and that he is willing to risk his life to live as Jesus would.
Book Synopsis Boon Island by : Stephen A. Erickson
Download or read book Boon Island written by Stephen A. Erickson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wreck of the Nottingham Galley on Boon Island and the resultant rumors of insurance fraud, mutiny, treason, and cannibalism was one of the most sensational stories of the early 18th century. Shortly after departing England with Captain John Deane at the helm, his brother Jasper and another investor aboard, and a skeleton crew, the ship encountered French privateers on her way to Ireland, where she then lingered for weeks picking up cargo. They eventually headed into the North Atlantic later in the season than was reasonably safe and found themselves shipwrecked on the notorious Boon Island, just off the New England coast. Captain Deane offered one version of the events that led them to the barren rock off the coast of Maine; his crew proposed another. The story contains mysteries that endure to this day, yet no contemporary non-fiction account of the story exists. In the hands of skilled storytellers Andrew Vietze and Stephen Erickson, this becomes a historical adventure-mystery that will appeal to readers of South and The Perfect Storm.
Book Synopsis The Cannibal Islands by : R. M. Ballantyne
Download or read book The Cannibal Islands written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by LA CASE Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Cannibal Islands' is a historical novel by prolific author R.M. Ballantyne. In it, he gives some background to the world-wide explorations of the famous Captain Cook. Ballantyne uses detailed descriptions of the customs and habits of those who Captain Cook encountered to flesh out the adventures of the famous explorer. Ballantyne is particularly fascinated by the habit of cannibalism practised by some of the people that Cook encountered. Very much of it's time, this is nevertheless a fascinating and insightful read.
Book Synopsis Cannibal Island by : MR William J Schuchman
Download or read book Cannibal Island written by MR William J Schuchman and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: a story of two people; ayoung English gentry is shipwrecked on a desolate tropical island in the Solomons that is used by a pagan tribe of cannibals for sacrifices and human flesh feasts. his survival is contingent on his ability to adapt to a primitive life of cave dwelling, foraging, defense from wild animals, and avoiding discovery by the pagan trespassers. he becomes hardened and a killer. She is the daughter of a fierce tribal war chief with a secret of parentage. She is hated by the evil and torturous witchdoctor whose goal is after torturing her, to sacrifice her on a scared altar. she escapes and then is recaptured and rescued by the Englisman who discovers that she s a cannibal maiden schooled in a mission and fluent in the English language. Together with a puppy they rescue, unite for a common goal to defeat three men who wish to murder, take their heads and eat them.
Book Synopsis Sara of Sumatra the Virgin Slave Girl of Cannibal Island by : Cal Pflugrath
Download or read book Sara of Sumatra the Virgin Slave Girl of Cannibal Island written by Cal Pflugrath and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk about having a bad day. I'm kidnapped by rebels and sold to cannibals, for their full moon virgin sacrifice. Heading towards this dismal prospect, I discover my capture is no accident. These cannibals selected me, due to an incident ten years earlier, when my mother was brutally murdered. To save myself and others from the roasting grotto and butcher's block, I must solve this mystery.
Book Synopsis Cannibal Encounters by : Philip P. Boucher
Download or read book Cannibal Encounters written by Philip P. Boucher and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-05-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history and analysis of European colonizers’ relationship with and literary depiction of the aborigines of the Lesser Antilles. Philip Boucher analyzes the images—and the realities—of European relations with the people known as Island Caribs during the first three centuries after Columbus. Based on literary sources, travelers’ observations, and missionary accounts, as well as on French and English colonial archives and administrative correspondence, Cannibal Encounters offers a vivid portrait of a troubled chapter in the history of European-Amerindian relations. Winner of the French Colonial Historical Society’s Alf Andrew Heggoy Book Prize “A strong contribution to our understanding of the interplay not only between France and Britain in the struggle for the Antilles but also between the colonizers and the indigenous people fighting to maintain their independence from both European powers.” —American Historical Review “Welcome evidence that historians are willing to rewrite the history of the colonial era in the Caribbean with a clearer eye to the part the indigenous population played.” —Peter Hulme, William and Mary Quarterly “Boucher’s research is thorough and his contribution to the historiography of the Caribbean and of colonialism is valuable.” —Ethan Casey, Magill Book Reviews “An intelligent, well-informed discussion of French and English contacts with Island Caribs in the West Indies from the pre-colonial era until the end of the Seven Years War.” —Kenneth Morgan, English Historical Review “A new and important contribution to the efforts of historians and anthropologists to understand the history of the Caribs.” —Jalil Sued-Badillo, Journal of American History “A lucid and terse examination of direct interactions between Island Caribs and Europeans in the Lesser Antilles, and the indirect influence of literary images of Island Caribs (and other Native Americans) on the emergence of Western philosophical traditions.” —William F. Keegan, Journal of Interdisciplinary History “No one has mined the French National Archives to this extent on this topic. Boucher renders valuable information accessible to English readers.” —Robert A. Myers, Alfred University
Book Synopsis From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands by : Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw
Download or read book From Fiji to the Cannibal Islands written by Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Unknown Gulag written by Lynne Viola and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Stalin's most heinous acts was the ruthless repression of millions of peasants in the early 1930s, an act that established the very foundations of the gulag. Now, with the opening of Soviet archives, an entirely new dimension of Stalin's brutality has been uncovered.
Book Synopsis The Cannibal Islands by : R.M. Ballantyne
Download or read book The Cannibal Islands written by R.M. Ballantyne and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Cannibal Islands by R.M. Ballantyne
Book Synopsis Cannibal Island by : David Michael Zink
Download or read book Cannibal Island written by David Michael Zink and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Admiral Turner didn't make the decision to land on Nuku Hiva, a tsunami made it for him. Now stranded and captured by flesh eating cannibals, he must escape the island, only now his ship was damaged when it became washed ashore.
Book Synopsis Lady Mechatronic on the Cannibal Island by : Arabella Wyatt
Download or read book Lady Mechatronic on the Cannibal Island written by Arabella Wyatt and published by Devine Destinies. This book was released on 2012-06-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped on the infamous Cannibal Island of Bajea, Captain Hartwell must lead his evolving crew of cybernetic pirates through the cannibalsê jungle to safety. With danger all around, is this the time to be concerned with his relationship with the alien cyborg Lady Mechatronic? The adventures of the steampunked pirates take a turn to the dark side. Can Hartwell lead them all to the light?
Download or read book Cannibal Island written by Michael Faun and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1920's, a British expedition sets out to investigate a crater caused by a meteorite on an uninhabited island in the Zanzibar archipelago-a four-week-long journey by boat that culminates in a nightmare. But when they finally arrive at the island, no nightmare could compare to what they discover...
Book Synopsis The Sex Lives of Cannibals by : J. Maarten Troost
Download or read book The Sex Lives of Cannibals written by J. Maarten Troost and published by Crown. This book was released on 2004-06-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of twenty-six, Maarten Troost—who had been pushing the snooze button on the alarm clock of life by racking up useless graduate degrees and muddling through a series of temp jobs—decided to pack up his flip-flops and move to Tarawa, a remote South Pacific island in the Republic of Kiribati. He was restless and lacked direction, and the idea of dropping everything and moving to the ends of the earth was irresistibly romantic. He should have known better. The Sex Lives of Cannibals tells the hilarious story of what happens when Troost discovers that Tarawa is not the island paradise he dreamed of. Falling into one amusing misadventure after another, Troost struggles through relentless, stifling heat, a variety of deadly bacteria, polluted seas, toxic fish—all in a country where the only music to be heard for miles around is “La Macarena.” He and his stalwart girlfriend Sylvia spend the next two years battling incompetent government officials, alarmingly large critters, erratic electricity, and a paucity of food options (including the Great Beer Crisis); and contending with a bizarre cast of local characters, including “Half-Dead Fred” and the self-proclaimed Poet Laureate of Tarawa (a British drunkard who’s never written a poem in his life). With The Sex Lives of Cannibals, Maarten Troost has delivered one of the most original, rip-roaringly funny travelogues in years—one that will leave you thankful for staples of American civilization such as coffee, regular showers, and tabloid news, and that will provide the ultimate vicarious adventure.
Book Synopsis The Tropics Bite Back by : Valérie Loichot
Download or read book The Tropics Bite Back written by Valérie Loichot and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ubiquitous presence of food and hunger in Caribbean writing—from folktales, fiction, and poetry to political and historical treatises—signals the traumas that have marked the Caribbean from the Middle Passage to the present day. The Tropics Bite Back traces the evolution of the Caribbean response to the colonial gaze (or rather the colonial mouth) from the late nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Unlike previous scholars, Valérie Loichot does not read food simply as a cultural trope. Instead, she is interested in literary cannibalism, which she interprets in parallel with theories of relation and creolization. For Loichot, “the culinary” is an abstract mode of resistance and cultural production. The Francophone and Anglophone authors whose works she interrogates—including Patrick Chamoiseau, Suzanne Césaire, Aimé Césaire, Maryse Condé, Edwidge Danticat, Édouard Glissant, Lafcadio Hearn, and Dany Laferrière—“bite back” at the controlling images of the cannibal, the starved and starving, the cunning cook, and the sexualized octoroon with the ultimate goal of constructing humanity through structural, literal, or allegorical acts of ingesting, cooking, and eating. The Tropics Bite Back employs cross-disciplinary methods to rethink notions of race and literary influence by providing a fresh perspective on forms of consumption both metaphorical and material.
Book Synopsis Cannibal Island by : H. E. Lewis Priday
Download or read book Cannibal Island written by H. E. Lewis Priday and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Cannibal Islands by : Robert Michael Ballantyne
Download or read book The Cannibal Islands written by Robert Michael Ballantyne and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades in its original form. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
