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Author : William Wharton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0007513011
Presents a collection of tales detailing the late author's harrowing experiences during World War II and the events that influenced some of his greatest works
Author : William Wharton
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0062257374
Author of such classic wartime novels as Birdy and A Midnight Clear, William Wharton was one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. However, he was also a very private man—he wrote under a pseudonym and rarely gave interviews—so fans and critics could only speculate how much of his work was autobiographical and how much was fiction. Now, for the first time, we are able to read the author's own account of his experiences during World War II—events that went on to influence some of his greatest works. These are the tales that Wharton never wanted to tell his children. Together, they illuminate a deeply personal, transformative experience: of learning to kill, to "abandon my natural desire to live, survive, and to risk my life for reasons I often did not understand and sometimes did not accept." Moving and insightful, Shrapnel is a powerful, timeless work from an acclaimed American master.
Author : Becky Dale Alexander
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015080900494
Author : Philip Metres
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781619322219
Writing into the wounds and reverberations of the Israel/Palestine conflict, Philip Metres’ fourth book of poems, Shrapnel Maps, is at once elegiac and activist, an exploratory surgery to extract the slivers of cartography through palimpsest and erasure. A wedding in Toura, a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, uneasy interactions between Arab and Jewish neighbors in University Heights, the expulsion of Palestinians in Jaffa, another bombing in Gaza: Shrapnel Maps traces the hurt and tender places, where political noise turns into the voices of Palestinians and Israelis. Working with documentary flyers, vintage postcards, travelogues, cartographic language, and first person testimonies, Shrapnel Maps ranges from monologue sonnets to prose vignettes, polyphonics to blackouts, indices to simultaneities, as Palestinians and Israelis long for justice and peace, for understanding and survival.
Author : Stephanie Lawton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01
Category : Ghosts
ISBN : 1771302461
It's been six years since Dylanie and her family visited a Civil War site and the place came alive with cannon fire. Problem was, no one could hear it but her. Now she's sixteen, her dad's moved out, her mom's come out of the closet and Dylan's got a spot on Paranormal Teen, a reality TV show filming at historic Oakleigh Mansion. She'll spend a weekend with two other psychic teens-Jake and Ashley-learning how to control her abilities. None of them realized how much their emotional baggage would put them at the mercy of Oakleigh's resident spirits, or that they'd find themselves pawns in the 150-year-old battle for the South's legendary Confederate gold. Each must conquer their personal ghosts to face down Jackson, a seductive spirit who will do anything to protect the gold's current location and avenge a heinous attack that destroyed his family.
Author : Robert Swindells
Publisher : Random House
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781407047935
It's the height of World War Two. Britain is being ravaged by bombs and most young men are off fighting. Gordon wishes he was too. Maybe then he wouldn't get bullied for having a cowardly family . . . Gordon's dad didn't serve in World War One, and now his older brother Raymond isn't serving in World War Two - he's gone missing. When Gordon finds a revolver hidden in his house, he tracks Raymond down, but ends up involved in more than he'd bargined for. Raymond enlists Gordon's help to deliver and collect some 'packages'. But is the work actually for the government? And will it have terrible consequences?
Author : Laura Palmer
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1988-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780394759883
For the first time, one book gives voice to the haunting, painful, tender, and healing tales of those who lost so much in America's least popular war.
Author : Marie Manilla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1579660843
"Shrapnel explores the legacy of war in three generations of men from the Butler family. Bing Butler, a seventy-seven-year-old, right-wing widower and World War II veteran from Texas, reluctantly moves in with his feminist, antiwar daughter in West Virginia. Here he is forced to bury painful family secrets and stifle his tendencies toward racism, classism, and homophobia. His post-9/11 anxieties equally force him to grapple with these psychological foibles, as his daughter's only son rallies to enlist to serve overseas. Bing had once embraced such patriotic fervor, but after bullying his own son into going to Vietnam, he finds he must now muster a kind of emotional bravery he never knew he was capable of in order to keep the family together. At turns funny and at other turns frightening (and frighteningly honest), Shrapnel is surprising and ultimately greatly rewarding."--Amazon.com.
Author : Ellen Mayock
Publisher : Springer
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137508300
This book employs the image of “shrapnel,” bits of scattered metal that can hit purposeful targets or unwitting bystanders, to narrate the story of workplace power and gender discrimination. The project interweaves stories of gender shrapnel with an examination of national rhetoric surrounding business, education, and law to uncover underlying phenomena that contribute to discourse on privilege and gender in the academic workplace. Using concrete examples that serve as case studies for subsequent discussion of data about women in the workforce, language use and misuse, sexual harassment, silence and shutting up, and hiring, training, promotion, and the glass ceiling, Mayock explores the deeper implications of gender inequity in the workplace.
Author : Philip A. Lee, Ed.
Publisher : Catalyst Game Labs
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
THE DAY THE STAR LEAGUE DIED! Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine brings you more BattleMech action from the war-torn 31st century and beyond! Celebrate Star League Day with tales of a long-abandoned ’Mech rediscovered and pressed into service, a quest for vengeance in enemy territory, the resurgence of old ghosts, and the threat of bitter betrayal in the face of long odds. Charge headlong into technical readouts, assassin conspiracies, in-depth equipment articles, playable holiday-themed scenarios, and more—all from BattleTech veterans, fan favorites, and new authors: Michael A. Stackpole Loren L. Coleman Blaine Lee Pardoe Bryan Young Bryn Bills Charles Dalmas Chris Hussey Daniel Isberner Alex Kaempen Craig A. Reed, Jr. Eric Salzman Lance Scarinci David Smith Tom Stanley
Author : Richard Somner SETON
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1854
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0017598600
Author : Charles Bormann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Artillery
ISBN : ONB:+Z225210909
This "historico-technical sketch" provides readers a unique glimpse into a then-new technology which dramatically influenced the course of many battles during the Crimean Campaign: shrapnel shells. Dominance in this technology would ultimately spell victory for the Allies
Author : Philip A. Lee
Publisher : Catalyst Game Labs
Page : 1290 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Strap into the Cockpit! Proudly carrying the battle standard for BattleTech short fiction, the first year of Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine continues the tradition of explosive, hard-hitting stories set in the war-torn, BattleMech-dominated interstellar future of the 31st century. In this collection of issues #1–4, you will attempt to escape from a bandit king’s stronghold, ally with longtime enemies on the front lines of the swift and merciless Clan invasion, and fight brutal arena duels on the game world of Solaris VII. You will defend your home in the Deep Periphery from opportunistic invaders, share tales of victory and woe at a popular MechWarrior bar, and discover a long-abandoned ’Mech that helps build an idealistic young woman’s sense of purpose. Then go beyond the story and forge your own legend with in-universe articles, conspiracy theories, technical readouts, unit and planet digests, playable scenarios, role-playing adventures, weapons catalogs, social commentaries, and much, much more! This collection also includes the entire four-part Kell Hounds serial novel, If Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot… by New York Times-bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole. Tighten your safety harness, thumb off your weapon safeties, and march into battle to see where it all began, with heart-wrenching stories and powerful game features penned by long-time BattleTech luminaries and exciting new authors. Note: this is the same file that all Kickstarter Mercenaries backers have already received. If you backed the campaign at any level, you have already received this file as part of your pledge.
Author : Philip A. Lee, Ed.
Publisher : Catalyst Game Labs
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
CONTINUING THE FIGHT... Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine charges toward victory on the war-ravaged, BattleMech-dominated battlefields of 31st century! In these tales, a Republic of the Sphere operative undertakes a personal quest to track down a missing family member, a small, untested mercenary command faces off against vicious pirate raiders, an aging soldier strives to protect an idyllic village on a forgotten world, and Colonel Wayne Waco seeks to exact his revenge against the legendary commander of Wolf’s Dragoons. Configure your target-interlock circuits and hold the line with technical readouts, conspiracy theories, in-depth equipment and tactics articles, a planetary digest, and a glimpse into the future of the new ilClan era—all from BattleTech veterans and new authors: Michael A. Stackpole Tom Leveen Lance Scarinci Bryan Young Matt Alexander Craig A. Reed, Jr. Paul Sjardijn Aaron Cahall Michael J. Ciaravella Johannes Heidler Chris Hussey Daniel Isberner Mike Miller Eric Salzman Joel Steverson
Author : Philip A. Lee, Ed.
Publisher : Catalyst Game Labs
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
NEVER SURRENDER… Shrapnel: The Official BattleTech Magazine brings you more heavy-hitting action and heroism in the war-torn BattleMech-dominated future of the 31st century and beyond! A young Periphery volunteer struggles against marauding pirates who have long overstayed their welcome. A small-but-growing mercenary unit faces off against a formidable foe capable of destroying their dreams. A Star League MechWarrior wrestles with an exciting career opportunity on the eve of the war that will change the face of the Inner Sphere forever. Experience the costly Jade Falcon assault on Arc-Royal, return to an idyllic paradise haunted by a specter of the past, and follow a Clan Wolf bondsman’s quest to reunite with his son. Then lurk in the shadows with more cloak-and-dagger plots in the continuation of the four-part serial novel set on the game world of Solaris VII. Arm yourself with technical readouts, playable scenarios, an in-depth look at the weaponization of gift giving in the Draconis Combine, a glimpse into Clan Sea Fox’s customer service, an article on the importance of battlefield salvage, and more—all from elite BattleTech authors and recruits who have earned their stripes: Craig A. Reed, Jr. Tom Leveen Bryan Young Julian Michael Carver E. Stephenson Auerbach Charles Gideon J. D. Neal Curtis O. Thompson Aaron Cahall Étienne Charron-Willard Matthew Cross Jim Hauser Wunji Lau Eric Salzman Paul Sjardijn Tom Stanley Joel Steverson Chris Wheeler