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South Wind Changing

Author : Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSC:32106017814309

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South Wind Changing by Jade Ngoc Quang Huynh Pdf

"A Vietnamese refugee to the U.S. who was a young student in Saigon when the war ended tells movingly of surviving a Marxist re-education camp and escaping Vietnam by boat. His adventures in the U.S. includedearning a bachelors degree at Bennington College and learning the rhythms of English well enough to write this haunting, oddly pastoral memoir".--"Time".

South Wind

Author : Norman Douglas
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780486164113

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In this witty novel of ideas, an intellectual and sensual adventure of the rarest kind unfolds amid a picturesque Mediterranean island. Generations of readers have delighted in the tale of an English clergyman's visit to a "rambling and craggy sort of place," where whitewashed houses perch on sheer rock cliffs above a gleaming sea. But underneath its tranquil surface, the island seethes with volcanic activity. And behind the aristocratic discourse on life and love lies a tangle of nefarious activities, from art forgery to murder. A memorable cast of characters includes the genteel visiting bishop as well as an elderly diplomat, a devilish magistrate, a malevolent barkeeper, and a host of other expatriates, freethinkers, eccentrics, zealots, and ne'er-do-wells. Their interactions generate a volatile mixture of notions that prove as unsettling as the sirocco, the hot, damp wind from the south. Combining elegant prose with glittering epigrams, mordant satire, and memorable characterization, this story offers thought-provoking entertainment.

Winds of Change

Author : Louis A. Pérez Jr.
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807875650

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Winds of Change by Louis A. Pérez Jr. Pdf

The first book to establish hurricanes as a key factor in the development of modern Cuba, Winds of Change shows how these great storms played a decisive role in shaping the economy, the culture, and the nation during a critical century in the island's history. Always vulnerable to hurricanes, Cuba was ravaged in 1842, 1844, and 1846 by three catastrophic storms, with staggering losses of life and property. Louis Perez combines eyewitness and literary accounts with agricultural data and economic records to show how important facets of the colonial political economy--among them, land tenure forms, labor organization, and production systems--and many of the social relationships at the core of Cuban society were transformed as a result of these and lesser hurricanes. He also examines the impact of repeated natural disasters on the development of Cuban identity and community. Bound together in the face of forces beyond their control, Cubans forged bonds of unity in their ongoing efforts to persevere and recover in the aftermath of destruction.

The Shadow of the Wind

Author : Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101147061

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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Pdf

The New York Times bestseller “The Shadow of the Wind is ultimately a love letter to literature, intended for readers as passionate about storytelling as its young hero.” —Entertainment Weekly (Editor's Choice) “One gorgeous read.” —Stephen King Barcelona, 1945: A city slowly heals in the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, and Daniel, an antiquarian book dealer’s son who mourns the loss of his mother, finds solace in a mysterious book entitled The Shadow of the Wind, by one Julián Carax. But when he sets out to find the author’s other works, he makes a shocking discovery: someone has been systematically destroying every copy of every book Carax has written. In fact, Daniel may have the last of Carax’s books in existence. Soon Daniel’s seemingly innocent quest opens a door into one of Barcelona’s darkest secrets--an epic story of murder, madness, and doomed love.

South Wind

Author : Norman Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9361474812

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South Wind, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge

Author : Chanrithy Him
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393076165

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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge by Chanrithy Him Pdf

"A gut-wrenching story told with honesty, restraint, and dignity." —Ha Jin, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting Chanrithy Him felt compelled to tell of surviving life under the Khmer Rouge in a way "worthy of the suffering which I endured as a child." In a mesmerizing story, Chanrithy Him vividly recounts her trek through the hell of the "killing fields." She gives us a child's-eye view of a Cambodia where rudimentary labor camps for both adults and children are the norm and modern technology no longer exists. Death becomes a companion in the camps, along with illness. Yet through the terror, the members of Chanrithy's family remain loyal to one another, and she and her siblings who survive will find redeemed lives in America. A Finalist for the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize.

A Changing Wind

Author : Wendy Hamand Venet
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780820351360

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In 1845 Atlanta was the last stop at the end of a railroad line, the home of just twelve families and three general stores. By the 1860s, it was a thriving Confederate city, second only to Richmond in importance. A Changing Wind is the first history to explore what it meant to live in Atlanta during its rapid growth, its devastation in the Civil War, and its rise as a “New South” city during Reconstruction. A Changing Wind brings to life the stories of Atlanta’s diverse citizens. In a rich account of residents’ changing loyalties to the Union and the Confederacy, the book highlights the unequal economic and social impacts of the war, General Sherman’s siege, and the stunning rebirth of the city in postwar years. The final chapter focuses on Atlanta’s collective memory of the Civil War, showing how racial divisions have led to differing views on the war’s meaning and place in the city’s history.

The Wind of Change

Author : L. Butler,S. Stockwell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137318008

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The Wind of Change by L. Butler,S. Stockwell Pdf

Harold Macmillan's 'Wind of Change' speech, delivered to the South African parliament in Cape Town at the end of a landmark six-week African tour, presaged the end of the British Empire in Africa. This book, the first to focus on Macmillan's 'Wind of Change', comprises a series of essays by leading historians in the field.

Philosophical Magazine

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112118404794

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The Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume Two

Author : Aristotle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 1249 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400835850

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The Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume Two by Aristotle Pdf

Volume two of the acclaimed Oxford translation of Aristotle’s works—now fully revised and expanded Originally published in twelve volumes between 1912 and 1954, the Oxford translation of Aristotle is universally recognized as the standard English version of the great philosopher’s works. This revised edition has been fully updated in the light of modern scholarship while remaining faithful to the substance and vibrancy of the original translation. Now available in two volumes with three new translations and an enlarged selection of Fragments, The Complete Works of Aristotle makes the surviving writings of Aristotle readily accessible to a new generation of English-speaking readers.

Letter from the Secretary of War

Author : United States. Army. Signal Corps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Rain and rainfall
ISBN : HARVARD:HN4ZRX

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Letter from the Secretary of War by United States. Army. Signal Corps Pdf

On the Oscillations of the Barometer, with particular reference to the meteorological phænomena of November 1842 ... From the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, etc. [With plates.]

Author : William BROWN (Jun., of Preston near North Shields.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020352413

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On the Oscillations of the Barometer, with particular reference to the meteorological phænomena of November 1842 ... From the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, etc. [With plates.] by William BROWN (Jun., of Preston near North Shields.) Pdf