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Commission Of Tears
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Author : Antonio Lobo Antunes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-11-30
Commission Of Tears written by Antonio Lobo Antunes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with categories.
Commission Of Tears
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Author : Antonio Lobo Antunes
language : en
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Release Date : 2024-07-30
Commission Of Tears written by Antonio Lobo Antunes and has been published by Deep Vellum Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-07-30 with Fiction categories.
António Lobo Antunes’s twenty-fifth novel, Commission of Tears (2011, Comissão das Lágrimas) is set during the Angolan Civil War (1975-2002). Angola attained official independence on November 11, 1975 and, while the stage was set for transition, a combination of ethnic tensions and international pressures rendered Angola’s hard-won victory problematic. As with many post-colonial states, Angola was left with both economic and social difficulties which translated into a power struggle between the three predominant liberation movements. The People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), formed in December of 1956 as an offshoot of the Angolan Communist Party, had as its support base the Ambundu people and was largely supported by other African countries, Cuba, and the Soviet Union. In this novel, Lobo Antunes delves into this traumatic period of Angola's history through the fragmented memories and dreams of a broken woman. The author drew from the story of the commander of the female battalion MPLA (Popular movement for the liberation of Angola) who was tortured and killed following the state coup of May 1977. It is said that while they tortured her she did not stop singing. This is the story of Cristina, admitted in to a psychiatric clinic in Lisbon. In her torrent of memories, dialogues and traumatic episodes, Cristina remembers her early childhood in Africa, at the time when everything inside her head was intertwined with her father ́s voice, who was a former Black priest and became one of the torturers of the “Commission of Tears.” Cristina’s white mother, a cabaret dancer imported from Lisbon to entertain Portuguese farmers in Angola, marries the Black ex-priest because she finds herself pregnant with Cristina by her the man who exploits her, the cabaret manager. The long, twisting narrative weaves together the three voices of daughter, father, and mother as they recall the terrors of their life in Angola, and their own suffering. Their personal tragedies, scarred by racism and abuse, mirror those of the country that is being torn asunder around them.
The Warren Commission Report
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Author : U.S. Government
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2023-11-13
The Warren Commission Report written by U.S. Government and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-13 with Social Science categories.
Warren Commission Report is the result of the investigation regarding the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy. The U.S. Congress passed Senate Joint Resolution 137 authorizing the Presidential appointed Commission to report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, mandating the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence. After eleven months of the investigation the Commission presented its findings in 888-page final report. The key findings presented in this report were that President Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, that Oswald acted entirely alone and that Jack Ruby also acted alone when he killed Oswald two days later. The Commission's findings have proven controversial and have been both challenged and supported by later studies.
Razorblade Tears
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Author : S. A. Cosby
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Razorblade Tears written by S. A. Cosby and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Fiction categories.
A BLACK FATHER. A WHITE FATHER. TWO MURDERED SONS. A QUEST FOR VENGEANCE. *SUNDAY TIMES THRILLER OF THE MONTH* FINANCIAL TIMES CRIME BOOKS OF THE YEAR* 'Superb...Cuts right to the heart of the most important questions of our times.' MICHAEL CONNELLY 'The very definition of a white-knuckle ride' IAN RANKIN 'As close to a thriller masterpiece as it is possible to get' DAILY MAIL Ike Randolph left jail fifteen years ago, with not so much as a speeding ticket since. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid. Ike is devastated to learn his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah's white husband, Derek. Though he never fully accepted his son, Ike is broken by his death. Derek's father Buddy Lee was as ashamed of Derek being gay as Derek was of his father's criminal past. But Buddy Lee - with seedy contacts deep in the underworld - needs to know who killed his only child. Desperate to do better by them in death than they did in life, two hardened ex-cons must confront their own prejudices about their sons - and each other - as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys. A provocative revenge thriller and an achingly tender story of redemption, this novel is a ferocious portrait of grief; for those loved and lost, and for mistakes than can never truly be undone. 'Cosby's talents for pungent dialogue and Chandler-esque phrase-making were praised in his previous novel,.. and they're evident again in this pulsating follow-up' Sunday Times THRILLER OF THE MONTH 'A stellar performance' Sunday Times Crime Club 'Cosby's prose barrels along like a pick-up still angry it's not a Ferrari, and his phrase-making is up there with the great artists of noir' The Times BEST THRILLERS OF THE MONTH 'It's a rare trick to combine violence with social commentary, but Cosby pulls it off' Daily Mail 'Raw, powerful and pacey, Razorblade Tears more than fulfils the promise of Cosby's superb debut' The Guardian 'Every once in a while a writer comes along with an incredible voice...add S. A. Cosby to that list.' STEVE CAVANAGH 'Utterly brilliant....Beautiful, violent, operatic, relevant, poignant, gripping & important. This book is a mirror. It shows us our world as it is. Masterful' WILL DEAN Praise for S. A. Cosby: 'Sensationally good' LEE CHILD 'I loved BLACKTOP WASTELAND' STEPHEN KING 'Stunning. Can't remember the last time I read such a powerful crime novel' MARK BILLINGHAM 'S. A. Cosby is a welcome, refreshing new voice in crime literature.' DENNIS LEHANE
Journal Of The Executive Proceedings Of The Senate Of The United States Of America
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1932
Journal Of The Executive Proceedings Of The Senate Of The United States Of America written by United States. Congress. Senate and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1932 with Legislative journals categories.
The Weekly Reporter
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The Weekly Reporter written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
Politics And The European Commission
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Author : Andy Smith
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-08-02
Politics And The European Commission written by Andy Smith and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-02 with Law categories.
The European Commission is an organization which has come to fascinate or repulse a range of national politicians, journalists and social scientists. This book investigates this organization's relationship to politics.
The Bengal Law Reports Of Decisions Of The High Court At Fort William Civil And Criminal In Its Original And Appellate Jurisdictions
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Author : Louis Arthur Goodeve
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Bengal Law Reports Of Decisions Of The High Court At Fort William Civil And Criminal In Its Original And Appellate Jurisdictions written by Louis Arthur Goodeve and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with Law reports, digests, etc categories.
Vol. 6-9 include also acts of the Supreme Council; v. 6-8, acts of the Bengal Council.
Investigation Of The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy September 18 19 20 And 21 1978
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Assassinations
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Investigation Of The Assassination Of President John F Kennedy September 18 19 20 And 21 1978 written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Assassinations and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with categories.
Sacred Tears
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Author : Fred Kaplan
language : en
Publisher: Open Road Media
Release Date : 2013-04-23
Sacred Tears written by Fred Kaplan and has been published by Open Road Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-23 with Literary Criticism categories.
An absorbing study of the evolution of sentiment in Victorian life and literature What is sentimentality, and where did it come from? For acclaimed scholar and biographer Fred Kaplan, the seeds were planted by the British moral philosophers of the eighteenth century. The Victorians gained from them a theory of human nature, a belief in the innateness of benevolent moral instincts; sentiment, in turn, emerged as a set of shared moral feelings in opposition to both scientific realism and the more ego-driven energies of Romanticism. Sacred Tears investigates the profound ways in which seminal writers Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Thomas Carlyle were influenced by the philosophies of David Hume and Adam Smith, and by novelists of the same period. Exploring sentiment in its original context—one often forgotten or overlooked—Kaplan’s study is a stimulating fusion of intellectual history and literary criticism, and holds no small importance for questions of art and morality as they exist today.