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Bamboo Promise
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Author : Vicheara Houn
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2012-03-22
Bamboo Promise written by Vicheara Houn and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is the autobiography of a woman who grew up as the sheltered and privileged only child of a wealthy, prominent Cambodian family. In her young life, she was oblivious of the impoverished lives of the underclass in Cambodia, and of the politics and world events that were sweeping her and her country toward one of the great catastrophes of the 20th century. The rich Cambodian culture and all the competing Western influences are vividly displayed in her descriptions of her life with her father as he tries to mold her into a highly educated and independent woman who still exemplifies all the virtues of the idealized, traditional Cambodian woman. The political tides that enveloped Southeast Asia in the 1970s began to become real to Vicheara when her fathers responsibilities in the Lon Nol government caused him to personally negotiate with a group of Khmer Rouge insurgents, including inviting them to a dinner at his home. On April 17, 1975, Pol Pot - the monstrous leader of the communist guerrilla organization transformed Cambodia, the country of his birth, into a Prison Without Walls. This was one week before the fall of Saigon, Vietnam. This extreme form of radical communism eliminated religion, culture, currency, personal property, hospitals, schools, the banking system, and every other vestige of modern urban life. They committed class genocide against Cambodians educated urban citizens through starvation, execution, and forced labor. Nearly half the population of Cambodia died in the four years that followed, many in the Killing Fields, and as Toul Sleng Prison, the slaughterhouse in Phnom-Penh. When Vicheara, near death from starvation, staggered out of the Pol Pot Time in 1979, she was alone, an orphan, a stranger in a world forever changed. The Cambodia of her childhood was gone as were most of her family and friends. Her journey through horror, privation and humiliation finally led her to the United States in 1984.
Bamboo Promise
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Author : Vicheara Houn
language : en
Publisher: Abbott Press
Release Date : 2012-11-20
Bamboo Promise written by Vicheara Houn and has been published by Abbott Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
http://jsaaea.coehd.utsa.edu/index.php/JSAAEA/article/view/186/175 Cambodia is a country with beautiful temples and art, and steeped in the Buddhist religion. Despite this, the once-civilized society turned to violence and proceeded to destroy itself. People betrayed their parents, their children, and their friends. In the process, they extinguished everything that represented the truth and beauty of Cambodia. How does an individual withstand such experiences and resume life after having fought for a single grain of rice and witnessed unbelievable cruelties, such as mothers crushing their babies, young children willing to kill for a morsel of food, and the entire decimation of normal urban life? Bamboo Promise is author Vicheara Houns story of her survival. This is the remarkable and intensely personal autobiography of a woman raised as the sheltered and privileged only child of a prominent Cambodian family. As a young bride, she and her entire family were swept up in the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Houn recounts how she adapted and survived in the harsh killing fields of the Khmer Rouge terrorists in this compelling narrative. Although the author survived many horrors, Bamboo Promise is not a horror story. It is the story of the evolution of a human spirit as she endured a tumultuous upbringing and an unspeakable tragedy. The insights into life after Pol Pots defeat and Cambodias subjection by the Communist Vietnamese are particularly unique. Bamboo Promise is also a story of hope, as Houn found lasting happiness in the United States.
Bamboo Promise
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Author : Vicheara Houn
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2017-02-23
Bamboo Promise written by Vicheara Houn and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Vicheara Houn began sharing her battle with post-traumatic stress disorder in Bamboo Promise: Prison without Walls. In this second volume of her story, she delves deeper into the traumas that have seared her soul and left her with invisible wounds. With so many worldwide tragedies, readers of all cultures and ages will appreciate her story. Despite a traumatic childhood in Cambodia, she thought shed founded happiness after getting married in 1975, but then the Khmer Rouge forced her and her family from their homes. For four years, she endured starvation, illness, and the agony of losing all of her loved onesincluding her young husband. While she would survive, escape Cambodia, and find love again in the United States, the horrors of the genocideas well as her second husbands alcoholism and abusewould threaten to destroy her life. This raw and remarkable story is complemented by the insights of Dr. R. Russ, a licensed psychologist, who provides a medical framework to understand how PTSD progresses at the end of each chapter, giving the authors story more value to anyone who is struggling or helping a loved one struggle with PTSD.
Bamboo Gridshells
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Author : David Rockwood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-05-08
Bamboo Gridshells written by David Rockwood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-08 with Architecture categories.
This highly illustrated text brings together two areas which have both grown in popularity in recent years: gridshells and bamboo. Bamboo is a fast-growing, naturally available, renewable resource which is quite strong and lends itself to structural applications. In this unique text, David Rockwood demonstrates the viability of bamboo as a building material and considers the advantages – as well as the challenges – of working with bamboo. Its properties, workability, connections, assembly, erection processes, structural behavior, and final use are explored in detail through a series of design-build experiments and case studies from Hawai’i and Vietnam. The only book available on the subject, Bamboo Gridshells provides a comprehensive introduction to this emerging technology which will be of interest to anyone working in the areas of sustainable or environmental design, ecological construction, low technology strategies, or alternative materials.
Yearbook Of Agriculture
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Yearbook Of Agriculture written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Agriculture categories.
Seven Promises Of A Promise Keeper
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Author : Jack W. Hayford
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 1999-06-05
Seven Promises Of A Promise Keeper written by Jack W. Hayford and has been published by Thomas Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-06-05 with Religion categories.
This best selling book has been completely revised and expanded with new author insights and stories on each of the Promise Keeper's seven promises. Men will find practical ways to deepen their Christian walk with encouraging chapters from Bill Bright, James Dobson, Gary Smalley and Luis Palau and many others.
Foreign Commerce Weekly
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944
Foreign Commerce Weekly written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with Consular reports categories.
India Perspectives
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
India Perspectives written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with India categories.
Shining Princess Of The Slender Bamboo
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Author : Sylvia Ashby
language : en
Publisher: I. E. Clark Publications
Release Date : 1976
Shining Princess Of The Slender Bamboo written by Sylvia Ashby and has been published by I. E. Clark Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A Daughter S Promise
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Author : Ann Bennett
language : en
Publisher: Echoes of Empire
Release Date : 2023-10-14
A Daughter S Promise written by Ann Bennett and has been published by Echoes of Empire this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-14 with categories.
From award-winning author, Ann Bennett, comes a captivating story of love and loss set in Burma during WWII and the 1988 pro-democracy uprising.Tragic events from WW2 echo down through three generations of women ... Ninety-year old Grace has lived a long life, a life filled with memories of marriage to Jack... a man whose world had been torn apart by war. She receives a sketch of a beautiful Indian woman made by her husband. Who is she? Twenty-seven years ago, Grace's daughter, Louise, made a promise to Jack on his death-bed, a promise which took her to Burma where she became caught up in events with tragic consequences. Today, Louise and her daughter, Eve, are retracing Louise's steps to Myanmar, to search for the girl in Jack's sketch. But they are unprepared for the long-buried secrets their journey will unearth...