The Book Of Riga

Author : Pauls Bankovskis,Dace Ruksane,Sven Kuzmins,Gundega Repse,Andra Neiburga,Ilze Jansone,Arno Jundze,Vilis Lacitis,Juris Zvirgzdins,Kristine Zelve
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910974476

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The Book of Riga by Pauls Bankovskis,Dace Ruksane,Sven Kuzmins,Gundega Repse,Andra Neiburga,Ilze Jansone,Arno Jundze,Vilis Lacitis,Juris Zvirgzdins,Kristine Zelve Pdf

A suicide attempt, staged to attract as much attention as possible, from the top of St. Peter’s Church, quickly evolves into an outlandish and absurd, televised spectacle... When a PA is invited into her boss’s office one day to observe a protest unfold, just as he predicts, in the streets below, she begins to suspect his powers of foresight might extend beyond mere business matters... Finally moving into the house of her dreams, on the island of Kīpsala, a single mother discovers a strange affinity with the previous occupant... Riga may be over 800 years old as a city, but its status as capital of an independent Latvia is only a century old, with half of that time spent under Soviet rule. Despite this, it has established itself as a vibrant, creative hub, attracting artists, performers, and writers from across the Baltic region. The stories gathered here chronicle this growth and on-going transformation, and offer glimpses into the dark humour, rich history, contrasting perspectives, and love of the mythic, that sets the city’s artistic community apart. As its history might suggest, Riga is a work in progress; and for many of the characters in these stories, it is the possibilities of what the city might become, more than merely what it is now, that drives the imagination of its people. This book is published with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and The Latvian Writers Union. Foreword by former President of Latvia (1999-2007) Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga. Translated from the Latvian by Kaija Straumanis, Suzanne McQuade, Uldis Balodis, Ieva Lešinska, Mārta Ziemelis and Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini.

Author : Andrej Angrick,Peter Klein
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857456014

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The 'Final Solution' in Riga by Andrej Angrick,Peter Klein Pdf

Ghetto, forced labor camp, concentration camp: All of the elements of the National Socialists’ policies of annihilation were to be found in Riga. This first analysis of the Riga ghetto and the nearby camps of Salaspils and Jungfernhof addresses all aspects of German occupation policy during the Second World War. Drawing upon a broad array of sources that includes previously inaccessible Soviet archives, postwar criminal investigations, and trial records of alleged perpetrators, and the records of the Society of Survivors of the Riga Ghetto, the authors have produced an in-depth study of the Riga ghetto that never loses sight of the Latvian capital’s place within the overall design of Nazi policy and the all-of-Europe dimension of the Holocaust.

Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458731821

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The Dogs of Riga by Henning Mankell Pdf

When a life raft carrying the bodies of two Eastern European criminals washes up on the Swedish coastline, Inspector Kurt Wallender travels to Riga, Latvia, where he struggles against corruption and deceit and risks his own life to uncover the truth.

Author : Sibilla Hershey
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544196105

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The Girl from Riga by Sibilla Hershey Pdf

When Sibilla Hershey was eight years old, she and her family fled the Soviet troops and left their home in Riga, Latvia. She, her mother, her father, and her ten-year-old brother became refugees. They lived in camps, learned new languages, and yearned for the day when they would once again have a country to call their own. After spending six years displaced and moving from campsite to campsite, Hershey's family came to the United States to finally begin a new life. Hershey studied chemistry to earn a living and eventually social work to help others like herself. Hershey has always wanted to tell her story, but she felt held back by the linguistic challenges she faced. Over time, she began to write poetry about her life. Now, for the first time, she's written a memoir in prose detailing her early struggles and the journey that took her from refugee to immigrant to citizen.

Author : Carlota Gurt,Jordi Punti,Borja Bagunya,Empar Moliner,Llucia Ramis,Jordi Nopca,Marta Orriols,Gonzalo Torne
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 147 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910974056

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The Book of Barcelona by Carlota Gurt,Jordi Punti,Borja Bagunya,Empar Moliner,Llucia Ramis,Jordi Nopca,Marta Orriols,Gonzalo Torne Pdf

A slighted wife escapes her wealthy family for the evening and stumbles into the city's red-light district... The head of security at Barcelona's container port searches for a figure that only he has seen sneak in... An elderly woman brings home a machine that will turn her body into atoms, so she can leave behind a city that is no longer recognisable... Historically, Barcelona is a city of resistance and independence; a focal point for Catalan identity, as well as the capital of Spanish republicanism. Nestled between the Mediterranean coast and mountains, this burgeoning city has also been home to some of the greatest names in modern art and architecture, and attracts visitors and migrants from all over the world. As a result, the city is a melting-pot of cultures, and the stories gathered here offer a miscellany of form and genre, fittingly reminiscent of one of Gaudi's mosaics. From the boy-giant outgrowing his cramped flat on the city's outskirts, to the love affair that begins in a launderette, we meet characters who are reclaiming the independence of their city by challenging common misconceptions and telling its myriad truths.

Author : Ahmed Naji,Hassan Abdel Mawgoud,Eman Abdelrahim,Nael Eltoukhy,Areej Gamal,Hatem Hafez,Hend Ja'far,Nahla Karam,Mohamed Kheir,Mohamed Salah al-Azab
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781912697175

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The Book of Cairo by Ahmed Naji,Hassan Abdel Mawgoud,Eman Abdelrahim,Nael Eltoukhy,Areej Gamal,Hatem Hafez,Hend Ja'far,Nahla Karam,Mohamed Kheir,Mohamed Salah al-Azab Pdf

A corrupt police officer trawls the streets of Cairo on the most important assignment of his career: the answer to the truth of all existence… A young journalist struggles over the obituary of a nightclub dancer… A man slowly loses his mind in one of the city’s new desert developments... There is a saying that, whoever you are, if you come to Cairo you will find a hundred people just like you. For over a thousand years, the city on the banks of the Nile has welcomed travellers from around the world. But in recent years Cairo has also been a stage for expressions of short-lived hope, political disappointments and a violent repression that can barely be written about. These ten short stories showcase some of the most exciting, emerging voices in Egypt, guiding us through one of the world’s largest and most historic cities as it is today – from its slums to its villas, its bars and its balconies, through its infamous traffic. Appearing in English for the first time, these stories evoke the sadness and loss of the modern city, as well as its humour and beauty. Translated by Adam Talib, Raphael Cohen, Basma Ghalayini, Thoraya El-Rayyes, Raph Cormack, Andrew Leber, Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp, Elisabeth Jaquette, Kareem James Abu-Zeid & Yasmine Seale. One of World Literature Today's 75 Notable Translations of 2019. '[The Book of Cairo] has no need for camels or pyramids or an exaggeration of whatever the Western eye is looking for. Reading it feels like sitting in a cafe in Cairo with young literary men and women, listening to their stories that dig deep into what Cairo is and is not.' - Asymptote Journal 'Though each story in The Book of Cairo is unique – ten stories by ten writers, translated by ten translators – they feed into one another artfully, like a movie soundtrack, a concept album, or a full novel. The cogs of Cairo turn through this book, and they move faster and more erratically as the pages turn – just as life in Cairo itself does.' - Books and Bao

Author : Carla Larese Riga
Publisher : Cengage Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-24
Category : Italian language
ISBN : 049591486X

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Salve! by Carla Larese Riga Pdf

One audio CD (for purchase) contains all recorded material to accompany the dialogues, recorded readings, listening comprehension activities, as well as the end-of-chapter vocabulary lists. These culturally-rich and highly-contextualized materials help students polish their mastery of grammar structures while enriching their knowledge of Italian life. Audio segments are in mp3 format and located available for purchase on the Premium Website.

Author : Kevin C. O'Connor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501747700

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The House of Hemp and Butter by Kevin C. O'Connor Pdf

Founded as an ecclesiastical center, trading hub, and intended capital of a feudal state, Riga was Old Livonia's greatest city and its indispensable port. Because the city was situated in what was initially remote and inhospitable territory, surrounded by pagans and coveted by regional powers like Poland, Sweden, and Muscovy, it was also a fortress encased by a wall. The House of Hemp and Butter begins in the twelfth century with the arrival to the eastern Baltic of German priests, traders, and knights, who conquered and converted the indigenous tribes and assumed mastery over their lands. It ends in 1710 with an account of the greatest war Livonia had ever seen, one that was accompanied by mass starvation, a terrible epidemic, and a flood of nearly Biblical proportions that devastated the city and left its survivors in misery. Readers will learn about Riga's people—merchants and clerics, craftsmen and builders, porters and day laborers—about its structures and spaces, its internal conflicts and its unrelenting struggle to maintain its independence against outside threats. The House of Hemp and Butter is an indispensable guide to a quintessentially European city located in one of the continent's more remote corners.

Author : Boris Zemtzov
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122011971

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The Merry Baker of Riga by Boris Zemtzov Pdf

Author : Friðgeir Einarsson,Kristín Eiríksdóttir,Þórarinn Eldjárn,Einar Már Guðmundsson,Björn Halldórsson,Fríða Ísberg,Auður Jónsdóttir,Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir,Andri Snær Magnason,Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781912697557

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The Book of Reykjavik by Friðgeir Einarsson,Kristín Eiríksdóttir,Þórarinn Eldjárn,Einar Már Guðmundsson,Björn Halldórsson,Fríða Ísberg,Auður Jónsdóttir,Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir,Andri Snær Magnason,Ágúst Borgþór Sverrisson Pdf

Reluctant to observe a new family tradition, a boy finds himself stranded outside a graveyard on the night before Christmas... Three farming brothers, forced to relocate to the city by poor harvests, discover an unexpected demand for their green-fingered talents... Residents of a new apartment block are woken in the early hours by the eerie sound of a table saw that once operated on the building’s grounds... Iceland is a land of stories; from the epic sagas of its mythic past, to its claim today of being home to more writers, more published books and more avid readers, per head, than anywhere in the world. As its capital (and indeed only city), Reykjavik has long been an inspiration for these stories. But, as this collection demonstrates, this fishing-village-turned-metropolis at the farthest fringe of Europe has been both revered and reviled by Icelanders over the years. The tension between the city and the surrounding countryside, its rural past and urban present, weaves its way through The Book of Reykjavik, forming an outline of a fragmented city marked by both contradiction and creativity. Includes a foreword written by award-winning Icelandic author Sjón. Translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb, Philip Roughton, Lytton Smith, Meg Matich and Larissa Kyzer. Published with the support of the Icelandic Literature Center.

Author : Gertrude Schneider
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0935764003

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Journey Into Terror by Gertrude Schneider Pdf

There were 40,000 Jews in Riga in July 1941, when the Germans occupied Latvia. 33,000 of them were interned in the ghetto, and most of them (according to Schneider's estimate, 29,000) were killed in November-December 1941 in the Rumbuli forest. At the same time, numerous Jews from the Reich began to be deported to the ghetto of Riga. Ca. 20,000 German, Austrian, and Czech Jews arrived there during the winter of 1941-42; 800 of them survived the war, which is much greater than the numbers of German Jewish survivors from the ghettos of Łódź, Minsk, Kaunas, etc. Presents a story of life and death in the ghetto, focusing mainly on the "German" part of it; the story is largely based on testimonies of survivors, including Schneider's own (she was deported to the Riga ghetto from Vienna in February 1942). Many of the Jews were sent to the Jungfernhof camp near the city, rather than to the ghetto. Later, some were transferred from the ghetto to the Salaspils camp, and in August 1943, 7,874 Jews were sent from the ghetto to the Kaiserwald camp. The rest of the ghetto was liquidated in October 1943, and ca. 60 people were left to remove all traces of the former inhabitants, after which they were also transferred to Kaiserwald. Pp. 157-175 contain a list of survivors, and pp. 177-211 contain documents.

Author : Gela Chkvanava,Dato Kardava,Ina Archuashvili,Erekle Deisadze,Shota Iatashvili,Lado Kilasonia,Zviad Kvaratskhelia,Iva Pezuashvili,Bacho Kvirtia,Rusudan Rukhadze
Publisher : Comma Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781910974315

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The Book of Tbilisi by Gela Chkvanava,Dato Kardava,Ina Archuashvili,Erekle Deisadze,Shota Iatashvili,Lado Kilasonia,Zviad Kvaratskhelia,Iva Pezuashvili,Bacho Kvirtia,Rusudan Rukhadze Pdf

A rookie reporter, searching for his first big story, re-opens a murder case that once saw crowds of protestors surround Tbilisi's central police station... A piece of romantic graffiti chalked outside a new apartment block sends its residents into a social media frenzy, trying to identify the two lovers implicated by it.... A war-orphaned teenager looks after his dying sister in an abandoned railway carriage on the edge of town, hoping that someday soon the state will take care of them... In the 26 years since Georgia declared independence from the Soviet Union, the country and its capital, Tbilisi, have endured unimaginable hardships: one coup d'état, two wars with Russia, the cancer of organised crime, and prolonged periods of brutalising, economic depression. Now, as the city begins to flourish again – drawing hordes of tourists with its eclectic architecture and famous, welcoming spirit – it's difficult to reconcile the recent past with this glamorous and exotic present. With wit, warmth, heartbreaking realism, and a distinctly Georgian sense of neighbourliness, these ten stories do just that. 'Acts as an introduction to a literature quite neglected by the Anglophone world... the language consistently has the direct, clean and unadorned quality of great fiction.' – Luke Kennard. ‘A soaring, searing collection – important new stories that are sure to live long in the memory.’ – Eley Williams, author of Attrib. Published with the support of the Georgian National Book Center and the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia.

Author : Paige Cooper
Publisher : Biblioasis
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771962186

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Zolitude by Paige Cooper Pdf

WINNER OF THE 2018 QUEBEC WRITERS' FEDERATION CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FIRST BOOK PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2018 DANUTA GLEED LITERARY AWARD FINALIST FOR THE 2018 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR FICTION A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF 2018 A QUILL & QUIRE BOOK OF THE YEAR Fantastical, magnetic, and harsh—these are the women in Paige Cooper’s debut short story collection Zolitude. They are women who built time machines when they were nine, who buy plane tickets for lovers who won’t arrive. They are sisters writhing with dreams, blasé about sex but beggared by love—while the police horses have talons and vengeance is wrought by eagles the size of airplanes. Broken-down motorbikes and housebroken tyrannosaurs, cheap cigarettes and mail bombs—Cooper finds the beautiful and the disturbing in both the surreal and the everyday. Troubling, carnal, and haunting, these stories are otherworldly travelogues through banal, eco-fabulist dystopias. Zolitude is a gorgeous, sad, and sexy work of slipstream and an atlas of fantastic isolation. The monstrous is human here, and tender.

Author : Carla Larese Riga,RIGA PHILLIPS,Irene Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0357671074

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Ciao! Student Text by Carla Larese Riga,RIGA PHILLIPS,Irene Phillips Pdf

CIAO! continues to set the standard for interactive, flexible introductory Italian instruction with its state-of-the-art online technology package. Not only is this course entirely portable to accommodate the demands of a busy life, it features exciting new capabilities that allow students to share links, photos, and videos and to comment on those posted by their fellow classmates. The eighth edition is distinguished by several new resources and updates that promote the acquisition of Italian language and culture in accordance with the National Standards for Foreign Language Education. Communicative goals are established at the start of each chapter to provide students with clearly defined objectives as they work through the content, while skill-building strategies and interactive activities help them achieve those goals. The all-new "Regioni d'Italia" section establishes a thematic thread that is maintained throughout the chapter and provides plenty of opportunities to make cross-cultural comparisons even within the regions of Italy itself. CIAO!'S fully-updated authentic readings, cultural snapshots, videos, and activities engage students in deeper exploration of the vibrant life of modern-day Italy and the country's rich cultural heritage. Each chapter ends with a thorough "Ripasso" to ensure student success. Now more than ever, CIAO! provides an all-in-one grammar and vocabulary program that allows students to communicate in Italian with confidence and gives them a unique cultural perspective on an ever-changing Italy.

Author : Globetrotter
Publisher : Globetrotter
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-27
Category : Rīga (Latvia)
ISBN : 1847732046

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Riga by Globetrotter Pdf

This is a handy pocket guide to Raiga. The book features well-presented, to-the-point sections on the highlights of the city, places of interest, activities, accommodation, where to eat out, and much more."