Ghosts Of Revolution
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Ghosts Of Revolution
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Author : Shahla Talebi
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-14
Ghosts Of Revolution written by Shahla Talebi and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-14 with History categories.
"Opening the enormous metal gate, the guard suddenly took away my blindfold and asked me, tauntingly, if I would recognize my parents. With my eyes hurting from the strange light and anger in my voice, I assured him that I would. Suddenly I was pushed through the gate and the door was slammed behind me. After more than eight years, here I was, finally, out of jail . . . ." In this haunting account, Shahla Talebi remembers her years as a political prisoner in Iran. Talebi, along with her husband, was imprisoned for nearly a decade and tortured, first under the Shah and later by the Islamic Republic. Writing about her own suffering and survival and sharing the stories of her fellow inmates, she details the painful reality of prison life and offers an intimate look at a critical period of social and political transformation in Iran. Somehow through it all—through resistance and resolute hope, passion and creativity—Talebi shows how one survives. Reflecting now on experiences past, she stays true to her memories, honoring the love of her husband and friends lost in these events, to relate how people can hold to moments of love, resilience, and friendship over the dark forces of torture, violence, and hatred. At once deeply personal yet clearly political, part memoir and part meditation, this work brings to heartbreaking clarity how deeply rooted torture and violence can be in our society. More than a passing judgment of guilt on a monolithic "Islamic State," Talebi's writing asks us to reconsider our own responses to both contemporary debates of interrogation techniques and government responsibility and, more simply, to basic acts of cruelty in daily life. She offers a lasting call to us all. "The art of living in prison becomes possible through imagining life in the very presence of death and observing death in the very existence of life. It is living life so vitally and so fully that you are willing, if necessary, to let that very life go, as one would shed chains on the legs. It is embracing, and flying on the wings of death as though it is the bird of freedom."
Ghosts Of The American Revolution
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Author : Sam Baltrusis
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Ghosts Of The American Revolution written by Sam Baltrusis and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
The American Revolution is stained with blood and its ghosts are still lurking in the shadows seeking postmortem revenge. Come explore the haunts associated with the colonial rebels' fight for independence, from an aura of disaster lingering from the “shot heard round the world” in Concord, Massachusetts, to the battle cries of our forefathers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Using a paranormal lens, Baltrusis breathes new life into the ghosts of the American Revolution that include both unknown patriots and familiar names.
Ghosts Of The Revolutionary War
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Author : Christopher E. Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Ghosts Of The Revolutionary War written by Christopher E. Wolf and has been published by Schiffer Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Battlefields categories.
The Revolutionary War has sparked legends, ghost stories, and tales of haunted battlefields. Explore the ghostly side of the fight for American independence with stories collected for the first time in one volume, from all thirteen of the original American colonies that rebelled against England. Find out how a group of boy scouts got more than they bargained for after camping at the haunted Spy House in New Jersey. Cross paths with the Headless Horseman of Paoli and pray that you don't gaze into his guilty eyes. Travel to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, where George Washington had his lowest moment in the war and was visited by an angel that may have changed the course of history. Ride with General " Mad Anthony" Wayne on his annual quest to retrieve his missing bones. These stories and more are why you'll want to get caught up in the Spirits of 76'.
Scattered Ghosts
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Author : Nick Barlay
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-17
Scattered Ghosts written by Nick Barlay and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-17 with History categories.
When two Hungarian Jewish refugees landed by accident in Britain in the winter of 1956, they had little idea what the future would hold. But they carried with them the traces of their turbulent past, just enough to provide the clues to their past. Scattered Ghosts combines memoir, investigation and travel to resurrect 200 years of wars and revolutions, from the Austro-Hungarian Empire via two totalitarianisms to contemporary Britain. It is the story of an all but disappeared world told through the eyes of a single family ruptured by great forces, and occasionally brought together by cherry strudel. Through haphazard and fragmented possessions - a blunt-pencilled letter; a final photograph; a hastily typed certificate; a protecting document; a farewell postcard from a distant place; a recipe - Nick Barlay retraces the footsteps of the vanished. There is the death march of a grandfather, the military manoeuvres of a great uncle, the final weeks and moments of a great grandmother deported to Auschwitz, two boys' survival of an untold massacre, and codenamed spies operating in Cold War Britain. The ordinary mysteries and emotional legacies still resonate today in the parallel lives of far-flung family members. Diaspora, division and cultural identity form the backdrop to the story of ancestors who walked barefoot from Eastern Europe to experience Communism and Nazism, and to outlive them both. Scattered Ghosts is a family history that explores the events, great and small, on which a family's existence hinges. How did one person survive and another die? How did a Soviet tank shell cause a revolution between sisters? How did two refugees escape an invading army? Where did successive generations end up? And, ultimately, where did the recipe for cherry strudel come from?
Spirits Of 76
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Author : Daniel W. Barefoot
language : en
Publisher: Blair
Release Date : 2009
Spirits Of 76 written by Daniel W. Barefoot and has been published by Blair this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Ghosts categories.
The Revolutionary War yielded the first truly "national" ghosts of the United States. Arranged geographically from Maine to Georgia, 44 full-length stories offer ghostly lore of the 13 original American colonies as well as that of Virginia and Maine. In addition to the 44 stories, there is a directory of haunted Revolutionary War sites for each geographic area.
Ghosts Of The Revolution In Mexican Literature And Visual Culture
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Author : Erica Segre
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Release Date : 2013
Ghosts Of The Revolution In Mexican Literature And Visual Culture written by Erica Segre and has been published by Peter Lang Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Arts, Mexican categories.
The official centenary commemorating the Mexican Revolution of 1910 led to this specially commissioned volume, which explores notions such as 'revisitation', haunting and memorialization through a detailed examination of Mexican art, photography, film, narrative fiction, periodicals, travel-testimonies and poetry.
City Of Ghosts
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Author : Bali Rai
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-07-28
City Of Ghosts written by Bali Rai and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-28 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
It's 1919 and Amritsar is a city on the brink of rebellion. Riots, violence and tension spill onto the streets . . . Bissen Singh fought bravely for the British Empire during World War One. Now he waits patiently for news from England. Gurdial, a young orphan, is desperate to marry Sohni, the daughter of a rich and evil man. And Jeevan, Gurdial's oldest friend, is swept up in the revolution and changing beyond all recognition. Bissen, Gurdial and Jeevan are looking to the future whilst trying to escape ghosts from the past. But as the fight for Amritsar reaches a terrifying climax, their lives will be changed for ever. An epic story of love and life, war and death from multi-award-winning author Bali Rai.
Khomeini S Ghost
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Author : Con Coughlin
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2010
Khomeini S Ghost written by Con Coughlin and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This title shows how an impoverished young student from a remote area of southern Iran came to be the political and the spiritual leader of his country.
Istanbul
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Author : Orhan Pamuk
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2011-07-21
Istanbul written by Orhan Pamuk and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-21 with Travel categories.
Istanbul, through the mind of its most celebrated writer ** PRE-ORDER NIGHTS OF PLAGUE, THE NEW NOVEL FROM ORHAN PAMUK ** Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 'A declaration of love.' Sunday Times 'A fascinating read for anyone who has even the slightest acquaintance with this fabled bridge between east and west.' The Economist 'An irresistibly seductive book' Jan Morris, Guardian In a surprising and original blend of personal memoir and cultural history, Turkey's most celebrated novelist, Orhan Pamuk, explores his home of more than fifty years. What begins as a portrait of the artist as a young man becomes a shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world's greatest cities. Beginning in the family apartment building where he was born, and still lives, Pamuk uses his family secrets to show how they were typical of their time and place. He then guides us through Istanbul's monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways, and introduces us to the city's writers, artists and murderers. Like Joyce's Dublin and Borges' Buenos Aires, Pamuk's Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.
The Ghosts Of Martyrs Square
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Author : Michael Young
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-04-13
The Ghosts Of Martyrs Square written by Michael Young 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 2010-04-13 with Political Science categories.
NOT SINCE THOMAS FRIEDMAN’SFROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM IN 1989 HAS A JOURNALIST OFFERED SUCH A POIGNANT AND PASSIONATE PORTRAIT OF LEBANON—A UNIQUELY PLURALIST ARAB COUNTRY STRUGGLING TO DEFEND ITS VIABILITY IN A TURBULENT AND TREACHEROUS MIDDLE EAST. Michael Young, who was taken to Lebanon at age seven by his Lebanese mother after the death of his American father and who has worked most of his career as a journalist there for American publications, brings to life a country in the crossfire of invasions, war, domestic division, incessant sectarian scheming, and often living in fear of its neighbors. Young knows or has known many of the players, politicians, writers, and religious leaders. A country riven by domestic tensions that have often resulted in assassinations, under the considerable sway of Hezbollah (in alliance with Iran and Syria), frequently set upon by Israel and Syria, nearly destroyed by civil war, Lebanon remains an exception among Arab countries because it is a place where liberal instincts and tolerance struggle to stay alive. An important and enduring symbol, Lebanon was once the outstanding example of an (almost) democratic society in an inhospitable, dangerous region—a laboratory both for modernity and violence, as a Lebanese intellectual who was later assassinated once put it. Young relates the growing tension between a domineering Syria and a Lebanese opposition in which charismatic leader and politician Rafiq al-Hariri was assassinated and the Independence Intifada—the Cedar Revolution—broke out. His searing account of his country’s confrontation with its domestic and regional demons is one of hope found and possibly lost. In this stunning narrative, Young tells us what might have been his country’s history, and what it may yet be.