Dinner For Dissidents
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Dinner With The Dissidents
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Author : John Tesarsch
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2018-08-28
Dinner With The Dissidents written by John Tesarsch and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-28 with Fiction categories.
It is 1970, and the Kremlin is struggling to quell dissent. Though censored at home, Alexander Solzhenitsyn is lauded in the West for exposing the underbelly of communism. Now the Nobel laureate is rumoured to be writing his most devastating work yet. The KGB turns to Leonid Krasnov, an aspiring young writer. It promises to make him Moscow’s next literary star if he can infiltrate Solzhenitsyn’s inner circle and uncover what the great author is hiding. At first Leonid complies, but when he falls in love with Klara, a dissident musician, his allegiances waver. By then he is enmeshed in a plot that is more sinister than he could ever have imagined. Many years later, Leonid is a recluse living in Canberra under an assumed name. Haunted by his past, he seeks one last, desperate chance to make amends. Dinner with the Dissidents is a gripping portrayal of tumultuous times, and a thrilling story of love, courage and deception.
Dinner For Dissidents
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Author : Norman Nawrocki
language : en
Publisher: Brain Food Trilogy
Release Date : 2011
Dinner For Dissidents written by Norman Nawrocki and has been published by Brain Food Trilogy this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Poetry categories.
More rabble-rousing poems, songs and lyrical musings from Montreal's celebrated rebel wordsmith. This third volume in Nawrocki's 'Brain Food Trilogy' also contains new original, compelling art by Caro Caron, Gord Hill, Matta, Tournesol Plante, Poderiu, Jesse Purcell, Toma Sickart, Maurice Spira, Tania Willard--and a recipe. Includes poems about racial profiling, repression in China, war resisting, Cub Scouts, globalization casualties, on-the-job direct action and more. A book for anyone craving new ways of thinking towards a world without rulers and ruled.
Dinner With The Dissidents Reading Copy
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Author : John Tesarsch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-08-28
Dinner With The Dissidents Reading Copy written by John Tesarsch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-28 with categories.
Dinner With The Dissidents Copy Pack
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Author : Affirm Press
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-08-28
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Written Here Published There
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Author : Friederike Kind-Kovács
language : en
Publisher: Central European University Press
Release Date : 2014-11-01
Written Here Published There written by Friederike Kind-Kovács and has been published by Central European University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-01 with History categories.
Written Here, Published There offers a new perspective on the role of underground literature in the Cold War and challenges us to recognize gaps in the Iron Curtain. The book identifies a transnational undertaking that reinforced détente, dialogue, and cultural transfer, and thus counterbalanced the persistent belief in Europe's irreversible division. It analyzes a cultural practice that attracted extensive attention during the Cold War but has largely been ignored in recent scholarship: tamizdat, or the unauthorized migration of underground literature across the Iron Curtain. Through this cultural practice, I offer a new reading of Cold War Europe's history . Investigating the transfer of underground literature from the 'Other Europe' to Western Europe, the United States, and back illuminates the intertwined fabrics of Cold War literary cultures. Perceiving tamizdat as both a literary and a social phenomenon, the book focuses on how individuals participated in this border-crossing activity and used secretive channels to guarantee the free flow of literature.
Moore S Law
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Author : Arnold Thackray
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-05-05
Moore S Law written by Arnold Thackray and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Our world today -- from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the strategy of the Pentagon -- has been shaped irrevocably by the technology of silicon transistors. Year after year, for half a century, these tiny switches have enabled ever-more startling capabilities. Their incredible proliferation has altered the course of human history as dramatically as any political or social revolution. At the heart of it all has been one quiet Californian: Gordon Moore. At Fairchild Semiconductor, his seminal Silicon Valley startup, Moore -- a young chemist turned electronics entrepreneur -- had the defining insight: silicon transistors, and microchips made of them, could make electronics profoundly cheap and immensely powerful. Microchips could double in power, then redouble again in clockwork fashion. History has borne out this insight, which we now call "Moore's Law", and Moore himself, having recognized it, worked endlessly to realize his vision. With Moore's technological leadership at Fairchild and then at his second start-up, the Intel Corporation, the law has held for fifty years. The result is profound: from the days of enormous, clunky computers of limited capability to our new era, in which computers are placed everywhere from inside of our bodies to the surface of Mars. Moore led nothing short of a revolution. In Moore's Law, Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, and Rachel Jones give the authoritative account of Gordon Moore's life and his role in the development both of Silicon Valley and the transformative technologies developed there. Told by a team of writers with unparalleled access to Moore, his family, and his contemporaries, this is the human story of man and a career that have had almost superhuman effects. The history of twentieth-century technology is littered with overblown "revolutions." Moore's Law is essential reading for anyone seeking to learn what a real revolution looks like.
A Dissident Liberal
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Author : Peter Baume
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
A Dissident Liberal written by Peter Baume and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Political Science categories.
In the ‘broad church’ of the Australian Liberal Party, rarely has there been a maverick so unrelenting in his commitment to personal principles as Senator Peter Baume. Over a parliamentary career spanning 17 years, three ministerial portfolios and five party leaders, Baume was increasingly pitted against his own party room. In A Dissident Liberal: The Political Writings of Peter Baume, we learn of personal threats, crises, constitutional confrontation and the tension between conservatism and classical liberalism—and between ideology and toeing the party line. This collection of personal observations, speeches and commentaries on contentious policy issues presents a valuable resource for students of Australian political history.
Dissident
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Author : J. M. Ferranto
language : en
Publisher: Dissident
Release Date : 2007-11
Dissident written by J. M. Ferranto and has been published by Dissident this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-11 with categories.
A Scathing, Thrill-filled Offering JM Ferranto's new mystery thriller spews out a scathing social commentary on modern society. As a college student ten years ago, JM Ferranto laid the groundwork of a grand, deeply personal project; a multi-dimensional, thrill-filled mystery novel that would also serve as a scathing social commentary on modern society Dissident, is a mystery thriller that deeply explores some of human society's most pressing issues: the abortion debates, the theory of "Nature vs. Nurture", and of life's most critical choices; the ones that send ripples of impact throughout a person's existence. Set in the fictional eastern Pennsylvanian town of Revolution, Ferranto's masterfully-written work follows the trail of Isabella Esposito, and her long, strange journey of self-discovery. After a three-year search for her biological parents, Isabella finds herself facing the barrel of a 9MM handgun and then passes out from a blow to the head. In her unconscious state, every decision that led her to this point plays out in her mind and unravels a riveting, thought-provoking story. A powerful tale of family, right and wrong, and the choices we make in life, Ferranto's novel is a thought-provoking mystery thriller that tackles a myriad of pressing social issues and bitingly asks: If a child is unwanted at conception, can it ever truly be wanted?
A Ransomed Dissident
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Author : Igor Golomstock
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-25
A Ransomed Dissident written by Igor Golomstock and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-25 with History categories.
In 1939, a ten-year-old Igor Golomstock accompanied his mother, a medical doctor, to the vast network of labour camps in the Russian Far East. While she tended patients, he was minded by assorted 'trusty' prisoners – hardened criminals – and returned to Moscow an almost feral adolescent, fluent in obscene prison jargon but intellectually ignorant. Despite this dubious start he became a leading art historian and co-author (with his close friend Andrey Sinyavsky) of the first, deeply controversial, monograph on Picasso published in the Soviet Union. His writings on his 43 years in the Soviet Union offer a rare insight into life as a quietly subversive art historian and the post-Stalin dissident community. In vivid prose Golomstock shows the difficulties of publishing, curating and talking about Western art in Soviet Russia and, with self-deprecating humour, the absurd tragicomedy of life for the Moscow intelligentsia during Khruschev's thaw and Brezhnev's stagnation. He also offers a unique personal perspective on the 1966 trial of Sinyavsky and Yuri Daniel, widely considered the end of Khruschev's liberalism and the spark that ignited the Soviet dissident movement. In 1972 he was given 'permission' to leave the Soviet Union, but only after paying a 'ransom' of more than 25 years' salary, nominally intended to reimburse the state for his education. A remarkable collection of artists, scholars and intellectuals in Russia and the West, including Roland Penrose, came together to help him pay this astronomical sum. His memoirs of life once in the UK offer an insider's view of the BBC Russian Service and a penetrating analysis of the notorious feud between Sinyavsky and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Nominated for the Russian Booker Prize on its publication in Russian in 2014, The Ransomed Dissident opens a window onto the life of a remarkable man: a dissident of uncompromising moral integrity and with an outstanding gift for friendship.
Barbara Bush
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Author : Barbara Bush
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Barbara Bush written by Barbara Bush and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The classic #1 New York Times bestselling memoir, celebrating the life and legacy of First Lady Barbara Bush—updated with new forewords from her five children, including reflections from George W. and Jeb, as featured on A&E’s Biography. Barbara Bush endures as one of America’s most popular First Ladies. She has won worldwide acclaim for her wit, compassion, and candor as both a presidential wife and mother. In this fascinating memoir, Mrs. Bush offers a heartfelt portrait of her life in and out of the White House, from her small-town schoolgirl days in Rye, New York, to her fateful union with George H.W. Bush, to her role as First Lady of the United States. Here, she writes candidly about her early years with George Bush in West Texas and the tragic death of their young daughter, Pauline. She also discusses the world of Washington politics and the famous figures she’s met, as well as the disappointment of the 1992 presidential campaign—and the mixed blessing of regaining her private life, including her role as the nation’s leading literacy champion. Filled with entertaining anecdotes, thirty-two pages of personal photographs, and a healthy dose of introspection, this memoir is “a book of good grace and humor—written in a style that, like the author herself, is straightforward, unembellished, generous, good-hearted, and wise…A pleasure” (The Washington Times).