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Author : Alain Paris
Publisher : Humanoids Inc
ISBN 13 : 1594658609
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (946 download)
Download or read book Orphan of Antarcia written by Alain Paris and published by Humanoids Inc. This book was released on 2015-04-29 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heroic fantasy epic and rite of passage tale set in a mythical pre-glacial Antarctica.
Author : Zhuoliu Wu
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231137265
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)
Download or read book Orphan of Asia written by Zhuoliu Wu and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2008-03-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Taiwan, raised in the scholarly traditions of ancient China but forced into the Japanese educational system, Hu Taiming, the protagonist of Orphan of Asia, ultimately finds himself estranged from all three cultures. Taiming eventually makes his mark in the colonial Japanese educational system and graduates from a prestigious college. However, he finds that his Japanese education and his adoption of modern ways have alienated him from his family and native village. He becomes a teacher in the Japanese colonial system but soon quits his post and finds that, having repudiated his roots, he doesn't seem to belong anywhere. Thus begins the long journey for Taiming to find his rightful place, during which he is accused of spying for both China and Japan and witnesses the effects of Japanese imperial expansion, the horrors of war, and the sense of anger and powerlessness felt by those living under colonial rule. Zhuoliu Wu's autobiographical novel is widely regarded as a classic of modern Asian literature and a groundbreaking expression of the postwar Taiwanese national consciousness.
Author : Robert Buettner
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316040215
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Orphan's Alliance written by Robert Buettner and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Arthur C. Clarke Award-nominated author Ken MacLeod, an action-packed space opera told against a backdrop of interstellar drone warfare, virtual reality, and an A.I. revolution. In deep space, ruthless corporations vie for control of scattered mining colonies, and war is an ever-present threat. Led by Seba, a newly sentient mining reboot, an AI revolution grows. Fighting them is Carlos, a grunt who is reincarnated over and over again to keep the "freeboots" in check. But he's not sure whether he's on the right side. Against a backdrop of interstellar drone combat Carlos and Seba must either find a way to rise above the games their masters are playing or die. And even dying might not be the end of it. The Corporation WarsThe Corporation Wars: Dissidence The Corporation Wars: InsurgenceThe Corporation Wars: Emergence
Author : Linda Gordon
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674061713
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)
Download or read book The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction written by Linda Gordon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1904, New York nuns brought forty Irish orphans to a remote Arizona mining camp, to be placed with Catholic families. The Catholic families were Mexican, as was the majority of the population. Soon the town's Anglos, furious at this "interracial" transgression, formed a vigilante squad that kidnapped the children and nearly lynched the nuns and the local priest. The Catholic Church sued to get its wards back, but all the courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the vigilantes. The Great Arizona Orphan Abduction tells this disturbing and dramatic tale to illuminate the creation of racial boundaries along the Mexican border. Clifton/Morenci, Arizona, was a "wild West" boomtown, where the mines and smelters pulled in thousands of Mexican immigrant workers. Racial walls hardened as the mines became big business and whiteness became a marker of superiority. These already volatile race and class relations produced passions that erupted in the "orphan incident." To the Anglos of Clifton/Morenci, placing a white child with a Mexican family was tantamount to child abuse, and they saw their kidnapping as a rescue. Women initiated both sides of this confrontation. Mexican women agreed to take in these orphans, both serving their church and asserting a maternal prerogative; Anglo women believed they had to "save" the orphans, and they organized a vigilante squad to do it. In retelling this nearly forgotten piece of American history, Linda Gordon brilliantly recreates and dissects the tangled intersection of family and racial values, in a gripping story that resonates with today's conflicts over the "best interests of the child."
Author : Robert Buettner
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316052841
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Orphan's Triumph written by Robert Buettner and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason Wander is ready to lead the final charge into battle. After forty years of fighting the Slugs, mankind's reunited planets control the vital crossroad that secures their uneasy union. The doomsday weapon that can end the war, and the mighty fleet that will carry it to the Slug homeworld, lie within humanity's grasp. Since the Slug Blitz orphaned Jason Wander, he has risen from infantry recruit to commander of Earth's garrisons on the emerging allied planets. But four decades of service have cost Jason not just his friends and family, but his innocence. When an enemy counter stroke threatens to reverse the war and destroy mankind, Jason must finally confront not only his lifelong alien enemy, but the reality of what a lifetime as a soldier has made him.
Author : William Blau
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595381677
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)
Download or read book An Orphan's Chronicle written by William Blau and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few Americans living today have experienced and survived the ravages of the Great Depression, World War II, and all the "isms" in between: anti-Semitism, fascism, McCarthyism. Bill Blau, who found his secure middle class life abruptly coming to an end at age 12 during the Great Depression in 1937, did. He then faced life without a father, and was sent to an orphan home, far from his roots in Gary, Indiana. This is a chronicle of a young boy's struggle to make sense of his world and deal with the challenges of those chaotic times. Circumstances taught him that the unexamined life was not worth living. Following his Air Corps service in WW II he pursued a variety of educational, political, and work experiences. His politics, his loves, losses, and learning processes are all part of this story. What led him from the orphan home to a University of Chicago graduate degree; and to pursue classic great books at an early age? From the giant Carnegie-Illinois steel mills of Gary to the boardrooms of America's prestigious corporations, and the United Nations as a marketing consultant, Bill has experienced a life of diverse experience, whilst never forgetting whence he came.
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Publisher : Readers Digest (Australia) Pty Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Antarctica written by and published by Readers Digest (Australia) Pty Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly illustrated story of a unique continent--its history, wildlife, scientific discoveries and resources.
Author : Sinead Moriarty
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000262715
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Antarctica in British Children’s Literature written by Sinead Moriarty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century British authors have been writing about the Antarctic for child readers, yet this body of literature has never been explored in detail. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature examines this field for the first time, identifying the dominant genres and recurrent themes and tropes while interrogating how this landscape has been constructed as a wilderness within British literature for children. The text is divided into two sections. Part I focuses on the stories of early-twentieth-century explorers such as Robert F. Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature highlights the impact of children’s literature on the expedition writings of Robert Scott, including the influence of Scott’s close friend, author J.M. Barrie. The text also reveals the important role of children’s literature in the contemporary resurgence of interest in Scott’s long-term rival Ernest Shackleton. Part II focuses on fictional narratives set in the Antarctic, including early-twentieth-century whaling literature, adventure and fantasy texts, contemporary animal stories and environmental texts for children. Together these two sections provide an insight into how depictions of this unique continent have changed over the past century, reflecting transformations in attitudes towards wilderness and wild landscapes.
Author : Susana Castro-Sowinski
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030027864
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book The Ecological Role of Micro-organisms in the Antarctic Environment written by Susana Castro-Sowinski and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides up-to-date multidisciplinary information regarding microbial physiological groups in terms of their role in the Antarctic ecology. How do microorganisms shape the Antarctic environment? The book presents a thorough overview of the most important physiological microbial groups or microbial systems that shape the Antarctic environment. Each microbial model is described in terms of their physiology and metabolism, and their role in the Antarctic environmental sustainability. The individual chapters prepare readers for understanding the relevance of the microbial models from both an historical perspective, and considering the latest developments. This book will appeal to researchers and teachers interested in the Antarctic science, but also to students who want to understand the role of microbes in the ecology of extreme environments.
Author : Joanna Penglase
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458717429
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Orphans of the Living written by Joanna Penglase and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Antarctica Report, 1964 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William E. Lenz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317946529
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book The Poetics of the Antarctic written by William E. Lenz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thesis of this book is that the 19th-century interest in the Antarctic functions for modern scholars as an important index to American self-discovery and self-definition from the 1830s onward. According to the author, American hopes for confirming identity came to be focused on an unlikely goal, the discovery of the illusive Antarctic continent. By examining in detail one literary product of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) to Antarctica, James Croxall Palmer's epic poem Thulia: A Tale of the Antarctic (1843), and its revision, The Antarctic Mariner's Song (1868), and by locating these works within their cultural context, Lenz reveals the significance and changing meaning of exploration to emerging American concepts of nationhood. The volume also considers the tradition of American sea fiction in the works of such writers as James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville, arguing that for these writers the Antarctic was a locus of symbolic meaning while for Palmer it was a process of individual and collective perception. The 1868 version of the Palmer poem is attached here as an appendix. A useful bibliography follows that appendix.
Author : Sara Wheeler
Publisher : Modern Library
ISBN 13 : 080415242X
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Terra Incognita written by Sara Wheeler and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the coldest, windiest, driest place on earth, an icy desert of unearthly beauty and stubborn impenetrability. For centuries, Antarctica has captured the imagination of our greatest scientists and explorers, lingering in the spirit long after their return. Shackleton called it "the last great journey"; for Apsley Cherry-Garrard it was the worst journey in the world. This is a book about the call of the wild and the response of the spirit to a country that exists perhaps most vividly in the mind. Sara Wheeler spent seven months in Antarctica, living with its scientists and dreamers. No book is more true to the spirit of that continent--beguiling, enchanted and vast beyond the furthest reaches of our imagination. Chosen by Beryl Bainbridge and John Major as one of the best books of the year, recommended by the editors of Entertainment Weekly and the Chicago Tribune, one of the Seattle Times's top ten travel books of the year, Terra Incognita is a classic of polar literature.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Antarctic Treaty Protocol on Environmental Protection written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oceanography, Great Lakes, and the Outer Continental Shelf and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frederick Albert Cook
Publisher : London : W. Heinemann
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898-1899 written by Frederick Albert Cook and published by London : W. Heinemann. This book was released on 1900 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Claire Keegan
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802189717
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Antarctica written by Claire Keegan and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compassionate, witty, and unsettling, Antarctica is the debut collection of one of Ireland's most exciting and versatile new talents. Claire Keegan, winner of several prestigious awards including the William Trevor Prize, writes stories that have a razor-sharp narrative style and unembellished tone, and move from the cruel, hard life of rural Ireland to the hot landscape of the southern United States. From the title story about a married woman who takes a trip to the city with a single purpose in mind—to sleep with another man—Antarctica draws you into a world of obsession, betrayal, and fragile relationships. In "Love in the Tall Grass," Cordelia wakes on the last day of the twentieth century and sets off along the coast road to keep a date, with her lover, that has been nine years in the waiting. In "Passport Soup," Frank Corso mourns the curious disappearance of his nine-year-old daughter and tries desperately to reach out to his shattered wife who has gone mad with grief. Keegan's characters inhabit a world where dreams, memory, and chance can have crippling consequences for those involved. Moving in its quiet intensity, the award-winning Antarctica is a rare and arresting debut.
Author : Paul Rink
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781402736100
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Admiral Richard Byrd written by Paul Rink and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of Admiral Richard Byrd, the first man to fly over both the North and South Poles, centers on his expedition to Antarctica.
