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Hope Dies Last
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Author : Studs Terkel
language : en
Publisher: New Press/ORIM
Release Date : 2012-03-20
Hope Dies Last written by Studs Terkel and has been published by New Press/ORIM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-20 with History categories.
America’s most inspirational voices, in their own words: “If you’re looking for a reason to act and dream again, you’ll find it in the pages of this book” (Chicago Tribune). Published when Studs Terkel was ninety-one years old, this astonishing oral history tackles one of the famed journalist’s most elusive subjects: Hope. Where does it come from? What are its essential qualities? How do we sustain it in the darkest of times? An alternative, more personal chronicle of the “American century,” Hope Dies Last is a testament to the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, and an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today. A former death row inmate who served nearly twenty years for a crime he did not commit discusses his never-ending fight for justice. Tom Hayden, author of The Port Huron Statement, contemplates the legacy of 1960s student activism. Liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith reflects on the enduring problem of corporate malfeasance. From a doctor who teaches his young students compassion to the retired brigadier general who flew the Enola Gay over Hiroshima, these interviews tell us much about the power of the American dream and the force of individuals who advocate for a better world. With grace and warmth, Terkel’s subjects express their secret hopes and dreams. Taken together, this collection of interviews tells an inspiring story of optimism and persistence, told in voices that resonate with the eloquence of conviction. “The value of Hope Dies Last lies not in what it teaches readers about its narrow subject, but in the fascinating stories it reveals, and the insight it allows into the vast range of human experience.” —The A.V. Club “Very Terkelesque—by now the man requires an adjective of his own.” —Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Review of Books “An American treasure.” —Cornel West
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Author : Alexander Dubcek
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
Release Date : 1995-01-01
Hope Dies Last written by Alexander Dubcek and has been published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-01 with categories.
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Author : Alexander Dubček
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Hope Dies Last written by Alexander Dubček and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Czechoslovakia categories.
Like my parents, I sought only the modest goal of a safe job and a small house where my wife and I could raise our children. But that, I think, was almost everybody's little dream, and for most people it still is ... When Alexander Dubcek died on November 1, 1992, people on all continents mourned the loss of a hero. While global leaders paid respect and homage to the man from 1968, the common people knew they had lost one of the strongest voices in the ongoing struggle to build democracy and autonomy for all smaller nations. It was Dubcek's ill-fated experiment in "socialism with a human face," known abroad as the Prague Spring, that destroyed most of the world's illusions about the Soviet system and his vindication in the Velvet Revolution of 1989 provided the new Czechoslovakia with a living democratic tradition. Alexander Dubcek was the son of two Slovak-American idealists. Born in the same village house as the founder of Slovak nationalism a century earlier, he was raised on a socialist commune in Soviet Central Asia. Dubcek's story leads readers through the guerrilla battles of World War II and the tangled modern history of the Slovak people. The climactic chapters of the book unroll in a tension-filled point counterpoint of negotiations, threats, and maneuvers, as Dubcek and his reformers scramble to secure their changes before the Soviets and their allies can counter-attack. When the attack did come - a brutal invasion and a bungled palace coup in the early morning of August 21, 1968 - Dubcek found himself kidnapped by the KGB and hijacked to the Kremlin. Paratroopers burst into my office and closed and blocked the windows and connecting doors. It was like an armed robbery. Without thinking I made a move toward a telephone on my desk, but one of the soldiers aimed his tommy gun at me, grasped the phone, and tore the cable out of the wall. After the death of the Prague Spring we follow Dubcek's life in exile as a forestry worker, to his role as a catalyst for Eastern European liberation in the early days of perestroika. Alexander Dubcek finished compiling his memoirs only a month before a car in which he was riding plunged down a ravine in Bohemia. In the weeks before, he had been picked repeatedly in public opinion polls as the over-whelming favorite for president of the emerging Slovak Republic. Known to the world as the conscience of Czechoslovakia, he seemed poised to become the voice of the youngest nation in Europe. That voice lives on in these memoirs, bearing witness to the hopes and heartbreaks of a man, and the twin causes of social justice and self-determination.
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Author : J. D. Oliver
language : en
Publisher: Jones Harvest Pub
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Hope Dies Last written by J. D. Oliver and has been published by Jones Harvest Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with Fiction categories.
"Hope precedes faith, but when faith is dead, hope dies last. As long as you have breath of life in your lungs, you have hope." Hope Dies Last, is a compelling look at just how full of adventure and danger one life can be. With twists and turns of literary genius, this novel takes the reader through multiple genres of literature; it is the tale of one man's life and his hope for a better tomorrow.Dave Hunter is an ex-Navy Seal and a Private Detective, whose personal life is just as stimulating as his professional life. When Dave finds out there is a hit out on him and his two worlds get crossed; he has no choice but to take his new wife, Danita, along for the ride. Fortunate for him she is more than prepared to take on the challenge. This Book delves into the possibilities of government plots, unexplained extraterrestrial beings, and the spirit world. The combination of love, family, and trust holds his world together.
Hope Dies Last
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Author : Studs Terkel
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books (Uk)
Release Date : 2005
Hope Dies Last written by Studs Terkel and has been published by Granta Books (Uk) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Hope categories.
For Terkel, hope is born of activism, engagement, and a stubborn determination to improve the world. In Hope Dies Last, he talks with a wide range of politically-engaged Americans, musing on fundamental questions: where does hope spring from? How can it sustain us? How does one instil it in others? As well as talking to well-known figures, including Paul Tibbets (pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima), Sixties activist Tom Hayden and economist John Kenneth Galbraith, Terkel talks to ordinary citizens, such as a death-row inmate pardoned after serving nearly 20 years for a crime he did not commit and a schoolteacher in a tough inner-city high school. Throughout, he encourages these fascinating people to speak passionately on their life's work. Hope Dies Last is a celebration of hope in troubled times, an inspiring book about political engagement in the face of indifference.
Hope In Ancient Literature History And Art
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Author : George Kazantzidis
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2018-07-09
Hope In Ancient Literature History And Art written by George Kazantzidis and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-09 with History categories.
Although ancient hope has attracted much scholarly attention in the past, this is the first book-length discussion of the topic. The introduction offers a systematic discussion of the semantics of Greek elpis and Latin spes and addresses the difficult question of whether hope -ancient and modern- is an emotion. On the other hand, the 16 contributions deal with specific aspects of hope in Greek and Latin literature, history and art, including Pindar's poetry, Greek tragedy, Thucydides, Virgil's epic and Tacitus' Historiae. The volume also explores from a historical perspective the hopes of slaves in antiquity, the importance of hope for the enhancement of stereotypes about the barbarians, and the depiction of hope in visual culture, providing thereby a useful tool not only for classicist but also for philosophers, cultural historians and political scientists.
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Author : Studs Terkel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Hope Dies Last written by Studs Terkel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Hope categories.
These interviews--with congressmen and cooks, union organizers and CEOs, students, immigrants, activists, veterans, priests and lawyers--constitute an alternative history of the American century. They form a legacy of the indefatigable spirit that Studs has always embodied, an inheritance for those who, by taking a stand, are making concrete the dreams of today.--From publisher description.
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Author : Eleni Zoe
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Hope Dies Last written by Eleni Zoe and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Family & Relationships categories.
Hope Dies Last is the true story of twenty-something Eleni Zoe's pursuit of love, a boy who will sit still with her for a while and the perfect mantra. As a self-confessed perpetual singleton, she shares her tragicomic stories as if she's whispering her heart out to you over a girly dinner. From first kisses and what sex is really like to bruised egos and broken hearts, Eleni asks the questions we each have on our quest for love. The difference is, she's also got some answers.
Star Wars Vol 9
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Author : Kieron Gillen
language : en
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Release Date : 2018-12-12
Star Wars Vol 9 written by Kieron Gillen and has been published by Marvel Entertainment this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-12 with Comics & Graphic Novels categories.
Collects Star Wars (2015) #50-55 and Star Wars Annual (2015) #4. A New Hope led here! A secret rebel base. A secret rebel fleet. A chance of victory but now, Darth Vader has found it. There is no escape. The Empire first strikes back here and now! Can the Millennium Falcon stand alone against the entire Imperial Fleet? Not to mention a TIE Advanced Starfighter with a certain Sith Lord as its pilot?! As the rebels plans crumble, Princess Leia must discover the cause of this disaster before its too late! Her mission leads her aboard Darth Vaders personal Dreadnought but he always seems to know when his enemies are near. If the Rebellion is to live on, sacrifice is needed but if hope dies, what survives? Plus: Luke Skywalker and smuggler Sana Starros attend a high-stakes podracing event but why? Place your bets!
The Grace Year
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Author : Kim Liggett
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-02-06
The Grace Year written by Kim Liggett and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-06 with Fiction categories.
‘An incredibly important and empowering read’ Natasha Ngan, author of Girls of Paper and Fire A New York Times bestselling dark speculative feminist thriller, perfect for fans of The Power and The Handmaid's Tale. _____________________________________________ THE RESISTANCE STARTS HERE. No one speaks of the grace year. It's forbidden. We're told we have the power to lure grown men from their beds, make boys lose their minds, and drive the wives mad with jealousy. That's why we're banished for our sixteenth year, to release our magic into the wild before we're allowed to return to civilisation. But I don't feel powerful. I don't feel magical. Tierney James lives in an isolated village where girls are banished at sixteen to the northern forest to brave the wilderness - and each other - for a year. They must rid themselves of their dangerous magic before returning purified and ready to marry - if they're lucky. It is forbidden to speak of the grace year, but even so every girl knows that the coming year will change them - if they survive it... A critically acclaimed page-turning feminist dystopia about a young woman trapped in an oppressive society, fighting to take control of her own life.