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Book Synopsis Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War by : Gilly Carr
Download or read book Cultural Heritage and Prisoners of War written by Gilly Carr and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the numerous examples of creativity produced by POWs and civilian internees during their captivity, including: paintings, cartoons, craftwork, needlework, acting, musical compositions, magazine and newspaper articles, wood carving, and recycled Red Cross tins turned into plates, mugs and makeshift stoves, all which have previously received little attention. The authors of this volume show the wide potential of such items to inform us about the daily life and struggle for survival behind barbed wire. Previously dismissed as items which could only serve to illustrate POW memoirs and diaries, this book argues for a central role of all items of creativity in helping us to understand the true experience of life in captivity. The international authors draw upon a rich seam of material from their own case studies of POW and civilian internment camps across the world, to offer a range of interpretations of this diverse and extraordinary material.
Book Synopsis New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945 by : Yōji Akashi
Download or read book New Perspectives on the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-1945 written by Yōji Akashi and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information on the Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore is sparse, and Japanese-language materials are particularly difficult to find because the Japanese military systematically destroyed war-related documents when the war ended. The contributors to this volume participated in a Forum that spent four years locating surviving materials relating to the Occupation of Malaya. The group has three objectives: to collect primary sources, to interview Japanese military and civilian officials who took part in the military administration and people in Malaysia and Singapore who experienced the period, and to publish the results of the studies. Based on interviews with Japanese, Malaysians and Singaporeans who lived through the war years and materials gathered from archives and libraries in Britain, Malaysia, Singapore, USA, Australia, and India, the Forum has produced a number of Japanese-language publications. This book makes available some of their research findings in English. Topics covered include the Watanabe Military Administration, Japanese research activities in Malaya, Japan's Economic Policies, Malayan Communist Party Leaders and the Anti-Japanese Resistance, the Massacre of Chinese in Singapore, Railway Transportation during the Japanese Occupation Period, The Singapore internment Camp for Allied Civilian Women, and the Japanese Surrender. This volume is a revised version of Akashi Yoji, ed., Nippon Senryoka no Eiryo Maraya/Shingaporu (Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten Publishers, 2001). Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Jailbird Jottings by : Iris G. J. Parfitt
Download or read book Jailbird Jottings written by Iris G. J. Parfitt and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Giving Our Best by : Salma Nasution Khoo
Download or read book Giving Our Best written by Salma Nasution Khoo and published by Areca Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Taste of Longing by : Suzanne Evans
Download or read book The Taste of Longing written by Suzanne Evans and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Half a world away from her home in Manitoulin Island, Ethel Mulvany is starving in Singapore’s infamous Changi Prison, along with hundreds of other women jailed there as POWs during the Second World War. They beat back pangs of hunger by playing decadent games of make-believe and writing down recipes filled with cream, raisins, chocolate, butter, cinnamon, ripe fruit – the unattainable ingredients of peacetime, of home, of memory. In this novelistic, immersive biography, Suzanne Evans presents a truly individual account of WWII through the eyes of Ethel – mercurial, enterprising, combative, stubborn, and wholly herself. The Taste of Longing follows Ethel through the fall of Singapore in 1942, the years of her internment, and beyond. As a prisoner, she devours dog biscuits and book spines, befriends spiders and smugglers, and endures torture and solitary confinement. As a free woman back in Canada, she fights to build a life for herself in the midst of trauma and burgeoning mental illness. Woven with vintage recipes and transcribed tape recordings, the story of Ethel and her fantastical POW Cookbook is a testament to the often-overlooked strength of women in wartime. It’s a story of the unbreakable power of imagination, generosity, and pure heart.
Book Synopsis Jottings From Jail by : John William Horsley
Download or read book Jottings From Jail written by John William Horsley and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the reality of life behind bars with this fascinating collection of notes and papers on prison life. Written by former prison inspector John William Horsley, Jottings from Jail shines a light on a world that is usually hidden from view. From the routines of daily life to the psychology of criminal behavior, Horsley's insights are as relevant today as they were in the 19th century. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Book Synopsis Jottings to the End of His Days by : T. S. Matthews
Download or read book Jottings to the End of His Days written by T. S. Matthews and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jottings to the End of His Days" by T. S. Matthews began a few years before he turned 80. Since the last one appeared in 1990 only months before his death (12 days shy of his ninetieth birthday) they are, in the main, the jottings of an octogenarian. They don't seem so, except for those concerned with becoming and being old and those contemplating death. Most seem to have too much bite or juice to have come from the pen of an old man. They were almost invariably written down on little scraps of paper, never bigger than an old envelope, usually at night with some drink in him, though some were the product of the very early morning before anyone else was awake. Matthews then recorded the ones he liked into blue notebooks. In fact, these "jottings" reveal more about Matthews and his inner self than either of his autobiographical books. There are more intimate revelations, flashes of indecent exposure, if you will, than appeared in his earlier work. Rearranged and further screened, they paint an extraordinary portrait of T. S. Matthews than any biographer would find hard to match. What a portrait it is! About the Author Thomas Stanley Matthews was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the only son of an Episcopal clergyman who later became bishop of New Jersey. Matthews was educated at Princeton University and New College, Oxford. Although expected to follow his father into the church, he lost his faith as a young adult. More to his interest was poetry and writing. After Oxford he married Princeton town belle Juliana Stevens Cuyler and wrote for the "New Republic." A few years later he became a book reviewer for "TIME Magazine." Lifting the level of intellectual coverage "TIME" gave the literary world, Matthews was among the first to discover and give wider currency to such poets as Ezra Pound and T. S. Eliot, on whom he would later write a biography. By 1943 he landed the managing editor position at "TIME," which he held for the next seven years. To his fellow editors he was known as the toughest and the best editor in America. When Matthews resigned in 1953, he was offered a position establishing "TIME-in-Britain." Businesspeople found that "TIME-in-Britain" would be ready to make a profit after six months. Unfortunately, Luce & Company decided that "Sports Illustrated" would make more money, so "TIME-in-Britain" was scratched. Widowed five years earlier, Matthews felt no desire to return to Eisenhower's America, so he settled in England to do what he had always wanted to do: write poetry and books. While he visited the States many times, Matthews, in effect, became an expatriate. He did most of his writing in England where he died at his home in Cavendish, Suffolk, just twelve days short of his ninetieth birthday.
Book Synopsis British Civilians and the Japanese War in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45 by : Joseph Kennedy
Download or read book British Civilians and the Japanese War in Malaya and Singapore, 1941-45 written by Joseph Kennedy and published by Springer. This book was released on 1987-06-18 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945 by : Bernice Archer
Download or read book The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945 written by Bernice Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernice Archer's comparative study of the experiences of the Western civilians interned by the Japanese in mixed family camps and sexually segregated camps in the Far East, combines a wide variety of conventional and unconventional source material. This includes contemporary War, Foreign and Colonial Office papers, diaries, letters, camp newspapers and artefacts, post-war medical, engineering and educational reports, biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and over fifty oral interviews with ex-internees. Using contemporary personal accounts, the shock of the Japanese victories and the devastating experience of capture are highlighted. This book also covers wider issues such as the role of women in war, gender and war, children and war, colonial culture, oral history, and war and memory.
Book Synopsis Shakespeare in Singapore by : Philip Smith
Download or read book Shakespeare in Singapore written by Philip Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shakespeare in Singapore provides the first detailed and sustained study of the role of Shakespeare in Singaporean theatre, education, and culture. This book tracks the role and development of Shakespeare in education from the founding of modern Singapore to the present day, drawing on sources such as government and school records, the entire span of Singapore's newspaper archives, playbills, interviews with educators and theatre professionals, and existing academic sources. By uniting the critical interest in Singaporean theatre with the substantial body of scholarship that concerns global Shakespeare, the author overs a broad, yet in-depth, exploration of the ways in which Singaporean approaches to Shakespeare have been shaped by, and respond to, cultural work going on elsewhere in Asia. A vital read for all students and scholars of Shakespeare, Shakespeare in Singapore offers a unique examination of the cultural impact of Shakespeare, beyond its usual footing in the Western world.
Download or read book Priest in Prison written by John Hayter and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Jottings from Jail by : John William Horsley
Download or read book Jottings from Jail written by John William Horsley and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Book Synopsis Jottings From Jail by : John William Horsley
Download or read book Jottings From Jail written by John William Horsley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Jottings From Jail: Notes and Papers on Prison Matters I have to thank Miss Manville Fenn for the design for the cover. It represents a selection from my private collection of burglarious implements; some jemmies 0: sticks (anglice, crowbars), one of which was presented me by him whose autobiography opens this book because he thought it would be safer with me than with him 3. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis Completing a Stewardship by : Robert Heussler
Download or read book Completing a Stewardship written by Robert Heussler and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983-12-02 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completeing a Stewardship describes the process of British disengagement from Malaya and Singapore during the era of Asian nationalism. Heussler adds to previous studies of decolonization and disengagement a new and important perspective: the views and daily work of the members of the Malayan Civil Service who were at the center of affairs until the end of British rule. The book concentrates on the people and events that influenced administrative preparations for independence. The importance of Completing A Stewardship lies in its attention to the British management of preparations for self-government. By combining official records with diaries, letters, personal papers, and interviews with many important participants, Heussler offers a full and balanced view of the end of the British Empire in Southeast Asia.
Download or read book Jailbird written by Rebecca Lewis and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marla Evans is spiraling over the death of her Army Ranger husband in Afghanistan. Running from her grief, she begins to go afoul of the law, her kids, and a vengeful drug lord's enforcer. She wants no help from Army Ranger Mac Barelli, her husband's friend and her new potential love interest, or from no-nonsense Police Sergeant Angie Granger. Now jailhouse religion makes her believe she can bargain with God and keep the items she's stolen from Devon Lawson, a drug lord and her ex-lover. Her children are in danger. Will Marla's haphazard faith get everyone around her killed? Jailbird is a realistic ride into the dark side of a woman's struggle with her grief that drags her and those around her into places they don't want to go.
Book Synopsis The Syonan Years: Reflections & memories of war by : Geok Boi Lee
Download or read book The Syonan Years: Reflections & memories of war written by Geok Boi Lee and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Prisoners of the Japanese in World War II by : Van Waterford
Download or read book Prisoners of the Japanese in World War II written by Van Waterford and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narratives and facts on life in civilian internment centers and POW camps are presented here.