Nicaraguan Odyssey

Author : Richard Fred Trimble
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Air pilots
ISBN : 9780595357352

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Nicaraguan Odyssey by Richard Fred Trimble Pdf

Nicaraguan Odyssey is the story of an American Duster pilot who with his two pilot companions and their airplanes, make the journey to a very unstable country in Central America, Nicaragua, in 1953. The old adage of just getting there, is one half of the story. Tropical storms, revolutions in progress, holiday revelry and third world methods, slow the progress of the trip. However, after persevering through all of their trials and tribulations they arrive to find themselves welcomed by a very generous and loving group of people who make every effort possible to keep them happy and well entertained by the lovely girls and friends of the Plantation owners in the city of Leon. All of the work is not drudgery, there are some very hilarious activities, as well as a few close calls with the infamous riptide of Poneloya Beach. An attempted Assassination of the President in their presence reminds them of where they are. There are several brushes with hazards of the occupation. Nicaraguan Odyssey will keep you turning the page to discover what Pete Harberg does next.

Author : Richard Trimble
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1414044143

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Nicaraguan Odyssey by Richard Trimble Pdf

Author : D. C. R. A. Goonetilleke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137019301

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Salman Rushdie by D. C. R. A. Goonetilleke Pdf

This updated and expanded new edition reviews Rushdie's novels in the light of recent critical developments. It also features new chapters which examine the author's latest works including Fury (2001), Shalimar the Clown (2005) and The Enchantress of Florence (2008), bringing coverage of this important British author up to the present. This updated and expanded new edition reviews Rushdie's novels in the light of recent critical developments. It also features new chapters which examine the author's latest works including Fury (2001), Shalimar the Clown (2005) and The Enchantress of Florence (2008), bringing coverage of this important British author up to the present.

Author : William O. Walker III,William O. Walker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521518598

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National Security and Core Values in American History by William O. Walker III,William O. Walker Pdf

Drawing upon themes from the nation's past, William O. Walker III presents a new interpretation of the history of American exceptionalism.

Author : Clive Cussler
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0425199320

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Trojan Odyssey by Clive Cussler Pdf

In his first adventure since the revelation that he’s a parent, Dirk Pitt must uncover the truth behind the myth of another long-lost father-figure, Homer’s Odysseus, if he’s going to stop a dangerous cult from reshaping the earth in their own image. Fraternal twins, Summer Pitt and Dirk Pitt, Jr., are working to determine the origin of a strange brown tide infesting the ocean off the shore of Nicaragua when two startling things happen: Summer discovers an artifact, something strange and beautiful and ancient. And the worst storm in years boils up out of the sky, heading straight for them and a nearby floating luxury resort hotel called Ocean Wanderer. The peril for everybody concerned is incalculable. And now that Dirk Pitt has learned he’s a father, he will stop at nothing to protect his two children. He rushes into the chaos, only to find that what’s left in the storm’s wake makes the furies of nature pale in comparison. For there is an all-too-human evil at work in that part of the world, and Summer’s relic may be the only clue to the man calling the shots. Whoever he is, he’s connected to a cult that believes the Celts, also known as the Achaeans, reached the New World millennia before the accepted history suggests. If he’s right, his ancestors laid the foundation for the work he will soon complete—and our world will be a very different place. Though if Summer's discovery is to be believed, the world is already a very different place...

Author : Stephen Henighan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 775 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773582422

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Sandino's Nation by Stephen Henighan Pdf

Ernesto Cardenal and Sergio Ramírez are two of the most influential Latin American intellectuals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Addressing Nicaragua's struggle for self-definition from divergent ethnic, religious, generational, political, and class backgrounds, they constructed distinct yet compatible visions of national history, anchored in a reappraisal of the early twentieth-century insurgent leader Augusto César Sandino. During the Sandinista Revolution of 1979-90, Cardenal, appointed Nicaragua's minister of culture, became one of the most provocative and internationally recognized figures of liberation theology, while Ramírez, a member of the revolutionary junta, and later elected vice-president of Nicaragua, emerged as an authoritative figure for third world nationalism. But before all else, the two were groundbreaking creative writers. Through a close reading of the works by Nicaragua's best-known and most prolific modern authors, Sandino's Nation studies the construction of Nicaraguan national identity during three distinct periods of the country’s recent history - before, during, and after the 1979-90 revolution. Stephen Henighan offers rigorous textual analyses of poems, memoirs, essays, and novels, interwoven with a sharply narrated history of Nicaragua. The only comprehensive study of the careers of Cardenal and Ramírez, Sandino's Nation is essential to understanding transformations to both Nicaragua and the role of the writer in Latin America.

Author : Denis L. D. Heyck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136636257

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Life Stories of the Nicaraguan Revolution by Denis L. D. Heyck Pdf

Life Stories of the Nicaraguan Revolution delineates the human dimension of the Nicaraguan conflict, revealing what it is like to live in Nicaragua today. Through conversations with Denis Heyck, twenty Nicaraguans--powerful and powerless, rich and poor, government and oppostion, educated and illiterate--tell their fascinating stories. What emerges is the picture of a shattered society, capturing twin features of Nicaragua's revolutionary experience: idealism and suffering.

Author : Peter H. Russell
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487514488

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Canada's Odyssey by Peter H. Russell Pdf

150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation. In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. By focusing on what he calls the "three pillars" of English Canada, French Canada, and Aboriginal Canada, Russell advances an important view of our country as one founded on and informed by "incomplete conquests". It is the very incompleteness of these conquests that have made Canada what it is today, not just a multicultural society but a multinational one. Featuring the scope and vivid characterizations of an epic novel, Canada’s Odyssey is a magisterial work by an astute observer of Canadian politics and history, a perfect book to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.

Author : Michael Conroy
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781550923544

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Branded! by Michael Conroy Pdf

Why market campaigns and certification systems are actually working.

Author : Peter Davis
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1988-04-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780671657208

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Where is Nicaragua by Peter Davis Pdf

From Simon & Schuster, Where is Nicaragua? is Academy Award winner Peter Davis' "essential reading" as said by The New York Times. Recounting the author's visit to Nicaragua, this book offers a history of the years prior to the revolution and analyzes how a small, impoverished, unstrategic country has been transformed into the obsession of a major power's administration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1088 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Asia
ISBN : IND:30000124242623

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Asiaweek by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven F. White,Esthela Calderon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313087394

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Culture and Customs of Nicaragua by Steven F. White,Esthela Calderon Pdf

Throughout its history Nicaragua has been plagued by corruption, social and racial inequality, civil unrest, and foreign interference. Yet despite being the second poorest nation in South America, Nicaragua maintains a rich and vibrant culture that reflects its strong Catholic devotion, diverse indigenous roots, and overwhelming zest for life. Culture and Customs of Nicaragua introduces students and general readers to Nicaragua's unique blend of religious and traditional holidays, so numerous that the country is said to be in a constant state of celebration; its growing film industry; its many styles of dance, the popular street theatre open to all bystanders; important contributions to Spanish literature, local cuisines, architecture, social norms, and more. Readers learn what it is like to live in one of Latin America's most disillusioned countries but also discover the passionate culture that defines and sustains the Nicaraguan people.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies (1968?-1978)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : LOC:00172109652

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Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies (1968?-1978) Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2204 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : UCAL:B4292300

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Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Economic assistance, American
ISBN : UIUC:30112002121306

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Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1978: Special hearings. Testimony of public witnesses by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and Related Agencies Appropriations Pdf