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Mark Twain's Civil War

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813126711
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Mark Twain's Civil War written by Mark Twain and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Civil War halted steamboat travel on the Mississippi River in 1861, an unemployed riverboat pilot named Samuel Clemens enlisted in the Missouri militia. After two weeks of service, Clemens abandoned his post and fled westward to begin a writing career—a turn of events that precipitated the rise to fame of the man who would become known as Mark Twain. The circumstances surrounding his departure are unclear; some view Twain as a deserter, while others call into question the nature of his commitment from the beginning. Twain defended himself in speeches and in print, offering varying accounts—with varying degrees of truth—of his confusion upon enrollment, his ignorance of the moral and political forces behind the war, and his claim to have killed a man while hiding in a corncrib. Regardless of the reason for his desertion, his personal experiences and the Civil War in general are recurring topics in Twain's speeches, fiction, and nonfiction. In addition to broaching the issue in longer works, such as Life on the Mississippi and The Gilded Age, Twain directly addresses it in shorter pieces such as "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed" and "A Curious Experience." Editor David Rachels unites these selections in Mark Twain's Civil War, offering Twain fans and Civil War scholars the unprecedented opportunity to read the entire array of Twain's Civil War-influenced literature in one volume. In addition to Twain's own pieces, Rachels includes an account of Twain's war career by his official biographer as well as a story by Absalom C. Grimes, a Confederate mail runner who claims to have served with Twain early in the war. An introduction by Rachels completes the text, which analyzes Twain's military stint and assesses the war's profound influence on one of America's most celebrated authors.

Rachel's War

Author : Mark Wilson
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0734420129
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Rachel's War written by Mark Wilson and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2021-05-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up on a farm in country Victoria, all Rachel wants is to help people. When war comes, she travels to distant Europe and the Middle East, working tirelessly to care for wounded and sick soldiers from the battlefields of Gallipoli and the Western Front. Inspired by the life of Rachel Pratt, a World War I Australian army nurse who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery, this is an incredible story of bravery and sacrifice.

Out of This World

Author : Rachel S. Cordasco
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252052919
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Out of This World written by Rachel S. Cordasco and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and eleven other source languages feature an introduction by an expert in the language's speculative fiction tradition and its present-day output. Cordasco then breaks down each chapter by subgenre--including science fiction, fantasy, and horror--to guide readers toward the kinds of works that most interest them. Her discussion of available SFT stands alongside an analysis of how various subgenres emerged and developed in a given language. She also examines the reasons a given subgenre has been translated into English. An informative and one-of-a-kind guide, Out of This World offers readers and scholars alike a tour of speculative fiction's new globalized era.

Into Dust and Fire

Author : Rachel S. Cox
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101579978
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Into Dust and Fire written by Rachel S. Cox and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A moving, beautifully-written tale… Rachel Cox has produced a masterpiece of storytelling, infused with romance, danger, adventure, humor, and heartbreaking loss. It is, hands down, the best description of the transformation of untested young men into soldiers that I have ever read.” — Lynne Olson, New York Times Bestselling Author of Last Hope Island The untold story of five young American friends who left the ivory towers at Harvard and Dartmouth to take on Rommel's Panzers under the blazing sun of North Africa. In the spring of 1941, with Europe consumed by war and occupation, Britain stood alone against the Nazi menace. The United States remained wary of joining the costly and destructive conflict. But for five extraordinary young Americans, the global threat of fascism was too great to ignore. Six months before Pearl Harbor, these courageous idealists left their promising futures behind to join the beleaguered British Army. Fighting as foreigners, they were shipped off to join the Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Division of the British Eighth Army, who were battling Field Marshal Rommel’s panzer division. The Yanks would lead antitank and machine-gun platoons into combat at the Second Battle of El Alamein, the twelve-day epic of tank warfare that would ultimately turn the tide for the Allies. A fitting tribute to five men whose commitment to freedom transcended national boundaries, Into Dust and Fire is a gripping true tale of idealism, courage, camaraderie, sacrifice, and heroism. INCLUDES PHOTOS

Force Short of War in Modern Conflict

Author : Jai Galliott
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474444237
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Force Short of War in Modern Conflict written by Jai Galliott and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jai Galliott explores the overarching phenomenon of how force short of war is being used in modern conflict, and how it impacts just war theory. He shows that we need to bring the rules of war into alignment with increasingly digital means of conducting kinetic warfare through the force short of war paradigm. The use of force short of war is now commonplace, in large part owing to casualty averseness and the explosion of emerging technologies, most notably drones, autonomous robotics and cyberwarfare. It often involves the selective or limited use of military force to achieve political objectives and assumes many forms. These include targeted killing, assassination, special-forces raids, limited duration bombing campaigns or missile strikes, and 'low intensity' counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations.

Rachel's Secret

Author : Shelly Sanders
Publisher : Second Story Press
ISBN 13 : 1926920465
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Rachel's Secret written by Shelly Sanders and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rachel is a Jew living in Kishinev, Russia. At fourteen, she has dreams of being a writer. But everything is put on hold when a young man is murdered and Rachel is forced to keep the murderer's identity a secret. Tensions mount and Rachel watches as lies and anti-Jewish propaganda leap off the pages of the local newspaper, inciting many to riot against the Jews. Violence breaks out on Easter Sunday, 1903, and when it finally ends, Rachel finds that the person she loves most is dead and that her home has been destroyed. Her main support comes surprisingly from a young Christian named Sergei. With everything against them, the two young people find comfort in their growing bond, one of the few signs of goodness and hope in a time of chaos and violence.

The Fifth of March

Author : Ann Rinaldi
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 054735116X
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Fifth of March written by Ann Rinaldi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1993-11-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Carefully researched and lovingly written, Rinaldi’s latest presents a girl indentured to John and Abigail Adams during the tense period surrounding the 1770 Massacre. . . . Fortuitously timed, a novel that illuminates a moment from our past that has strong parallels to recent events. Bibliography.”—Kirkus Reviews

Leave It As It Is

Author : David Gessner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982105062
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Leave It As It Is written by David Gessner and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author David Gessner’s wilderness road trip inspired by America’s greatest conservationist, Theodore Roosevelt, is “a rallying cry in the age of climate change” (Robert Redford). “Leave it as it is,” Theodore Roosevelt announced while viewing the Grand Canyon for the first time. “The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Roosevelt’s pronouncement signaled the beginning of an environmental fight that still wages today. To reconnect with the American wilderness and with the president who courageously protected it, acclaimed nature writer and New York Times bestselling author David Gessner embarks on a great American road trip guided by Roosevelt’s crusading environmental legacy. Gessner travels to the Dakota badlands where Roosevelt awakened as a naturalist; to Yellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon where Roosevelt escaped during the grind of his reelection tour; and finally, to Bears Ears, Utah, a monument proposed by Native Tribes that is currently embroiled in a national conservation fight. Along the way, Gessner questions and reimagines Roosevelt’s vision for today’s lands. “Insightful, observant, and wry,” (BookPage) Leave It As It Is offers an arresting history of Roosevelt’s pioneering conservationism, a powerful call to arms, and a profound meditation on our environmental future.

Rachel's Legacy

Author : Julie Thomas
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1775490912
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Rachel's Legacy written by Julie Thomas and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the highly acclaimed The Keeper of Secrets, New York Times bestselling author Julie Thomas When Dr Kobi Voight is given a set of old letters by his mother, he has no inkling that they will lead him around the world and deep into his family's tragic past. Within the letters - written in Hebrew and filled with delicate illustrations - lie the reflections of a young Jewish woman, forced to give up her baby daughter while fighting with the Resistance in Berlin. Who is the author, known only as 'Ruby', and what became of her child? And how does a priceless work of art, stolen by the Nazis, form part of the unfolding mystery? From the Holocaust to the present day, across continents and oceans, Kobi's journey will ultimately lead him to the truth about his family - and his own identity. Julie Thomas returns with the much anticipated sequel to The Keeper of Secrets and the next episode in the dramatic fortunes of the Horowitz family, set in Australia, Europe and America, from World War II to the present. ***Now a USA Today Bestseller!***

Creative Morality

Author : Don MacNiven
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000946908
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Creative Morality written by Don MacNiven and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-21 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Morality is a philosophical study of moral dilemmas. Western moral thought has relied on two basic ethical perspectives - Utilitarianism and Kantianism - to resolve dilemmas. MacNiven argues that no real progress can be made with modern moral problems unless these tradtions are coherently synthesised. The book deals with diverse topics such as academic honesty, medical confidentiality, terrorism and euthanasia and the hypothetical dilemmas used are based on real life situations so that theory might be tested against reality. Yet the solutions are not definitive because, as MacNiven demonstrates, creativity is an intrinsic characteristic of moral thought.

Practical Pacifism

Author : Andrew Fiala
Publisher : Algora Publishing
ISBN 13 : 087586290X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Practical Pacifism written by Andrew Fiala and published by Algora Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has a unique responsibility and opportunity to use democracy to end war; but, after 9/11, many can no longer imagine pacifism in any form. Practical Pacifism argues for an approach to peace that aims toward a moral consensus that is developed pragmatically through dialogue aimed at overlapping consensus. Andrew Fiala is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Humanistic Studies at the University of Wisconsin. He has written many articles for Philosophy in the Contemporary World, Metaphilosophy, Res Publica, the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and The Humanist.

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 371152348X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book written by and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rachel Carson

Author : Linda Lear
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 054770755X
Total Pages : 691 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Rachel Carson written by Linda Lear and published by HMH. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative biography of the marine biologist and nature writer whose book Silent Spring inspired the global environmentalist movement. In a career that spanned from civil service to unlikely literary celebrity, Rachel Carson became one of the world’s seminal leaders in conservation. The 1962 publication of her book Silent Spring was a watershed event that led to the banning of DDT and launched the modern environmental movement. Growing up in poverty on a tiny Allegheny River farm, Carson attended the Pennsylvania College for Women on a scholarship. There, she studied science and writing before taking a job with the newly emerging Fish and Wildlife Service. In this definitive biography, Linda Lear traces the evolution of Carson’s private, professional, and public lives, from the origins of her dedication to natural science to her invaluable service as a brilliant, if reluctant, reformer. Drawing on unprecedented access to sources and interviews, Lear masterfully explores the roots of Carson’s powerful connection to the natural world, crafting a “fine portrait of the environmentalist as a human being” (Smithsonian). “Impressively researched and eminently readable . . . Compelling, not just for Carson devotees but for anyone concerned about the environment.” —People “[A] combination of meticulous scholarship and thoughtful, often poignant, writing.” —Science “A sweeping, analytic, first-class biography of Rachel Carson.” —Kirkus Reviews

Narratives of Dissent

Author : Rachel S. Harris
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 0814338046
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)

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Download or read book Narratives of Dissent written by Rachel S. Harris and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Students and teachers of Israeli studies will appreciate Narratives of Dissent.

Hearings

Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate Educational and Training Program under GI Bill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1580 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee to Investigate Educational and Training Program under GI Bill and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The War and its issues, 2 sermons

Author : John Cumming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The War and its issues, 2 sermons written by John Cumming and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Elements of Moral Philosophy

Author : James Rachels
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780877224051
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Elements of Moral Philosophy written by James Rachels and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates said that moral philosophy deals with 'no small matter, but how we ought to live'. Beginning with a minimum conception of what morality is, the author offers discussions of the most important ethical theories. He includes treatments of such topics as cultural relativism, ethical subjectivism, psychological egoism, and ethical egoism.