The Forgotten Land

Author : Max Egremont
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781429969338

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Forgotten Land by Max Egremont Pdf

Until the end of World War II, East Prussia was the German empire's farthest eastern redoubt, a thriving and beautiful land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Now it lives only in history and in myth. Since 1945, the territory has been divided between Poland and Russia, stretching from the border between Russia and Lithuania in the east and south, and through Poland in the west. In Forgotten Land, Max Egremont offers a vivid account of this region and its people through the stories of individuals who were intimately involved in and transformed by its tumultuous history, as well as accounts of his own travels and interviews he conducted along the way. Forgotten Land is a story of historical identity and character, told through intimate portraits of people and places. It is a unique examination of the layers of history, of the changing perceptions and myths of homeland, of virtue and of wickedness, and of how a place can still overwhelm those who left it years before.

Author : Lisa Cooper
Publisher : Urim Publications
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789655242164

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A Forgotten Land by Lisa Cooper Pdf

Based on recorded conversations Lisa Cooper’s father had with his mother, Pearl, about her early life in Ukraine, A Forgotten Land is the story of one Jewish family in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, set within the wider context of pogroms, World War I, the Russian Revolution, and civil war. The book weaves personal tragedy and the little-known history of the period together as Pearl finds her comfortable family life shattered first by the early death of her mother and later by the Bolshevik Revolution and all that follows.

Author : Randa Lee
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Cambodia
ISBN : 9781619045323

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Miracles in the Forgotten Land and Beyond by Randa Lee Pdf

Author : Keith McArdle
Publisher : Keith McArdle
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781465776105

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The Forgotten Land by Keith McArdle Pdf

Author : Gordon Hunt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Burma
ISBN : UOM:39015035040313

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The Forgotten Land by Gordon Hunt Pdf

The Author Is A Natural Story-Teller And His Account Of Animal Life And Often Strage Human Behaviour In The Now Forgotten Land Of Burma Sustains The Reader`S Interest From The Day He First Set Foot In The Country To When His Forest Career Ended There.

Author : Erin Entrada Kelly
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062238665

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The Land of Forgotten Girls by Erin Entrada Kelly Pdf

In this acclaimed novel from Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly, two sisters from the Philippines, abandoned by their father and living in impoverished circumstances in Louisiana, fight to make their lives better. School Library Journal called The Land of Forgotten Girls “A charming and affecting novel about sisterhood, the magic of imagination, and perseverance.” For readers of Pam Muñoz Ryan, Rita Williams-Garcia, and anyone searching for the true meaning of family. Winner of a Parents’ Choice Gold Award. Soledad has always been able to escape into the stories she creates. Just like her mother always could. And Soledad has needed that escape more than ever in the five years since her mother and sister died, and her father moved Sol and her youngest sister from the Philippines to Louisiana. After her father leaves, all Sol and Ming have is their evil stepmother, Vea. Sol has protected Ming all this time, but then Ming begins to believe that Auntie Jove—their mythical, world-traveling aunt—is really going to come rescue them. Can Sol protect Ming from this impossible hope? Acclaimed and award-winning author Erin Entrada Kelly writes masterfully about the challenges of finding hope in impossible circumstances, in this novel that will appeal to fans of Cynthia Kadohata and Thanhha Lai. Booklist said, “Kelly’s sophomore novel is both hopeful and heartfelt, but strong emotions are only part of the successful equation here. Told in Sol’s true voice, the direct dialogue brings the diverse characters to vivid life.”

Author : Goumou Kellie Guinot
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737582805

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Liman Prince of Kemet - the Forgotten Land by Goumou Kellie Guinot Pdf

Author : Richard Shaw
Publisher : Massey University Press
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780995146525

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The Forgotten Coast by Richard Shaw Pdf

&‘You approach family stories with caution and care, especially when a thing long forgotten is uncovered in the telling.'In this deft memoir, Richard Shaw unpacks a generations-old family story he was never told: that his ancestors once farmed land in Taranaki which had been confiscated from its owners and sold to his great-grandfather, who had been with the Armed Constabulary when it invaded Parihaka on 5 November 1881.Honest, and intertwined with an examination of Shaw's relationship with his father and of his family's Catholicism, this book's key focus is urgent: how, in a decolonizing world, Pakeha New Zealanders wrestle with, and own, the privilege of their colonial pasts.

Author : Lindsey Pogue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1638481482

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Dust and Shadow by Lindsey Pogue Pdf

Sandstorms. Scandal. Secrets. It's been two centuries since the boom of the Industrial Revolution sent the Victorian world into a devastating climatic shift. Now, chivalry is dead and the frills and frivolities of the romantic era are no more than a fading memory. In Sagebrush Canyon, thirst rules, ignorance is power, and nothing is as it seems. Jo has kept to the safety of her family's farm, desperate to forget the horrific day that took her mother and left Jo battered and broken. But the marshal of Sagebrush is everywhere--he controls everything--and for years Jo has had to stomach the false pleasantries and knowing glint in the eyes of the man who killed her mother. When Jo discovers how deep the marshal's seedy dealings run, she decides that fear will no longer keep her silent. But just when Jo plans to expose him for what he really is, the marshal plays a card of his own-his notoriously scandalous son, Clayton. As Jo and Clayton are thrust together, lines become blurred, truths are revealed, and Jo must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in exchange for retribution. Dust and Shadow is a post-apocalyptic love story and Victorian adventure set in a devastated and forgotten world of the American wild west.

Author : Lindsey Pogue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798888626993

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Borne of Sand and Scorn by Lindsey Pogue Pdf

Death favors no one.In the bustling industrial cities of Victorian America, soot clouds darken the skies, plaguing citizens with black lung. Rich or poor, young or old, no matter their station, no one is able to escape the life-threatening disease, and the West family is no exception.Overcome by death and sickness, the Wests flee to the New Territories for refuge, only to discover more devastation. Wind and drought ravage the land, burgeoning love and friendships are tested, and no one is safe. No place on earth is untouched by the Shift.

Author : Signe Pike
Publisher : Atria Books
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982160906

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The Forgotten Kingdom by Signe Pike Pdf

The story continues in The Forgotten Kingdom, the second book in the epic Lost Queen trilogy, already hailed as “Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of Things We Say in the Dark) and “The Mists of Avalon for a new generation” (Linnea Hartsuyker, author of The Golden Wolf). AD 573. Imprisoned in her chamber, Languoreth awaits news in torment. Her husband and son have ridden off to wage war against her brother, Lailoken. She doesn’t yet know that her young daughter, Angharad, who was training with Lailoken to become a Wisdom Keeper, has been lost in the chaos. As one of the bloodiest battles of early medieval Scottish history scatters its survivors to the wind, Lailoken and his men must flee to exile in the mountains of the Lowlands, while nine-year-old Angharad must summon all Lailoken has taught her and follow her own destiny through the mysterious, mystical land of the Picts. In the aftermath of the battle, old political alliances unravel, opening the way for the ambitious adherents of the new religion: Christianity. Lailoken is half-mad with battle sickness, and Languoreth must hide her allegiance to the Old Way to survive her marriage to the next Christian king of Strathclyde. Worst yet, the new King of the Angles is bent on expanding his kingdom at any cost. Now the exiled Lailoken, with the help of a young warrior named Artur, may be the only man who can bring the Christians and the pagans together to defeat the encroaching Angles. But to do so, he must claim the role that will forever transform him. He must become the man known to history as “Myrddin.” Bitter rivalries are ignited, lost loves are found, new loves are born, and old enemies come face-to-face with their reckoning in this compellingly fresh look at one of the most enduring legends of all time.

Author : C. A. Brebbia
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845640613

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Patagonia, a Forgotten Land by C. A. Brebbia Pdf

This book describes the history of Patagonia from its discovery by Magellan to recent times. Since its early exploration Patagonia has been associated with conditions of extreme hardship and suffering. Men and ships were lost in the dangerous waters of the Straits of Tierra del Fuego, giving rise to tales of mysterious cities populated by the shipwrecked sailors, survivors of the many failed expeditions. Early Spanish attempts to colonize Patagonia ended in failure and the region remained largely uninhabited until the arrival of the Welsh in 1865. Their peaceful coexistence with the natives ended abruptly when the Argentine Army entered Patagonia and took over the Indian lands, which were promptly distributed to new settlers. As a new frontier society, Patagonia could not fail to attract its share of desperadoes and adventurers, the most notorious of whom are described in the book, including gold prospectors, hunters and bandits such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The volume also narrates the anarchist’s struggles that took place in Patagonia at the beginning of the 1900s and the unsuccessful attempt by Perón’s government to convert Argentina into a nuclear power. In the early 1800’s the French traveller and explorer D’Orbigny said, " Perhaps there is no region within the world of which so much has been said, but so little is known." Patagonia is still a largely unknown and uninhabited place, but it does have a rich history as described in this book.

Author : Michael A. Robidoux,Courtney W. Mason
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780887555152

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A Land Not Forgotten by Michael A. Robidoux,Courtney W. Mason Pdf

Food insecurity takes a disproportionate toll on the health of Canada’s Indigenous people. "A Land Not Forgotten" examines the disruptions in local food practices as a result of colonization and the cultural, educational, and health consequences of those disruptions. This multidisciplinary work demonstrates how some Indigenous communities in northern Ontario are addressing challenges to food security through the restoration of land-based cultural practices. Improving Indigenous health, food security, and sovereignty means reinforcing practices that build resiliency in ecosystems and communities. As this book contends, this includes facilitating productive collaborations and establishing networks of Indigenous communities and allies to work together in promotion and protection of Indigenous food systems. This will influence diverse groups and encourage them to recognize the complexity of colonial histories and the destructive health impacts in Indigenous communities. In addition to its multidisciplinary lens, the authors employ a community based participatory approach that privileges Indigenous interests and perspectives. "A Land Not Forgotten" provides a comprehensive picture of the food security and health issues Indigenous peoples are encountering in Canada’s rural north.

Author : David Baldacci
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780446573047

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The Forgotten by David Baldacci Pdf

When Army Special Agent John Puller finds his aunt dead in Florida, he suspects it's no accident . . . and as local police dismiss the case, the cracks begin to show in a picture-perfect town. Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case--but this time, the crime is personal: His aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida. A picture-perfect town on Florida's Gulf Coast, Paradise thrives on the wealthy tourists and retirees drawn to its gorgeous weather and beaches. The local police have ruled his aunt's death an unfortunate, tragic accident. But just before she died, she mailed a letter to Puller's father, telling him that beneath its beautiful veneer, Paradise is not all it seems to be. What Puller finds convinces him that his aunt's death was no accident...and that the palm trees and sandy beaches of Paradise may hide a conspiracy so shocking that some will go to unthinkable lengths to make sure the truth is never revealed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015*
Category : Railroads
ISBN : OCLC:946756205

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A Forgotten Land by Anonim Pdf