Land Of A Thousand Sorrows
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Land Of A Thousand Sorrows
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Author : François Maurice Lepailleur
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 1980
Land Of A Thousand Sorrows written by François Maurice Lepailleur and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada in 1837 and 1838 left manylegacies. Few accounts of those who took part record the plight of thePatriotes who for their actions were exiled to penal colonies inAustralia. One of these was Francois-Maurice Lepailleur, a baliff fromChateauguay. Condemned to death by a court-martial of dubious legality,his sentence was commuted to transportation for life, and he sailedwith 57 other Patriotes for New South Wales in September 1839. Morethan five years were to pass before they left the "Land of aThousand Sorrows" for home. Written secretly at Longbottom prison, Lepailleur's day-to-dayjournal is a unique document. As a camp sentry he observed conditionsboth inside and outside the prison. His daily record comments onbeatings, thefts, marital relations, wages and prices. A detailedacount is given of corrupt officialdom and police brutality, of thehatred inspired by collaborators and the solace brought by religion andthe kindliness of neighbours and the clergy. Above all, Lepailleurconveys the emotional dimensions of the experience and the gradualdegeneration of the human spirit. More than a moving testimony of prison life, the Journal givesunusual insight into the intimate concerns, character and mentality ofthe 19th century Canadien. It also reveals much about the personalitiesof the "popular" leaders of the Rebellions - a little knowngroup in Canadian history.
A Deep Sense Of Wrong
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Author : Beverley Boissery
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 1995-01-11
A Deep Sense Of Wrong written by Beverley Boissery and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-01-11 with History categories.
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried by court martial. Convicted of treason, their properties forfeited to the crown, they paid a heavy price for rebellion. And as convicts in Australia, they were considered the lowest of a bad lot. During their years there, however, they earned the respect of Sydney’s citizens.
Ten Thousand Joys Ten Thousand Sorrows
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Author : Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-09-30
Ten Thousand Joys Ten Thousand Sorrows written by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-30 with Health & Fitness categories.
"Ten Thousand Sorrows & Ten Thousand Joys offers a vision of lives well-led, and of love in the thick of crisis and loss. Beyond inspiring."-Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence "This beautiful book is unlike any other personal account of living with Alzheimer's disease that I have ever read . . . it offers patients and families practical insights into how they can live their lives more fully amidst the heartbreak of a mind-robbing illness."- Paul Raia, Director of Patient Care and Family Support, Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter "A story of courage, love, and growing wisdom in the face of Alzheimer's."-Joseph Goldstein, author of One Dharma, Founder / Director of Insight Meditation Society In this profound and courageous memoir, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle describes how her husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis at the age of seventy-two challenged them to live the spiritual teachings they had embraced during the course of their life together. Following a midlife career shift, Harrison Hobliztelle, or Hob as he was called, a former professor of comparative literature at Barnard, Columbia, and Brandeis University, became a family therapist and was ordained a Dharmacharya (senior teacher) by Thich Nhat Hanh. Hob comes to life in these pages as an incredibly funny and brilliant man who never stopped enjoying a good philosophical conversation-even as his mind, quite literally, slipped away from him. And yet when they first heard the diagnosis, Olivia and Hob's initial reaction was to cling desperately to the life they had had. But everything had changed, and they knew that the only answer was to greet this last phase of Hob's life consciously and lovingly. Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows provides a wise and compassionate vision for maintaining hope and grace in the face of life's greatest challenges. (This memoir was originally self-published as The Majesty of Your Loving.)
A Song To Wake A Thousand Sorrows
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Author : Michelle Manus
language : en
Publisher: Seclusion Publishing
Release Date :
A Song To Wake A Thousand Sorrows written by Michelle Manus and has been published by Seclusion Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Fiction categories.
A woman with unimaginable power. A king hellbent on ruling the world. An ancient force that could mean salvation or destruction. The survivor of a brutal childhood, Clare Brighton craves the kind of wealth and notoriety that will mean the horrors of her past can never again touch her. With nothing but a battered guitar and a Songweaver’s talent, she comes to the capital of the Faelhorn Provinces, determined to gain her place. But there is another, more dangerous power that dwells within Clare. An entity she calls the Song, it is ancient and fathomless…and no longer content to be held in the cage she has trapped it in. It is a power the ruthless Jackal King has long been searching for, and should he discover she possesses it, the cost will be far greater than her life. Clare has sworn that she will never again let anyone control her. But escaping the Jackal King’s notice will require the one thing she never wanted to need: help. It will come first from the two lords who have taken her under their wing. Next from the second prince of Faelhorn, who Clare alone knows is not what he seems. And finally, from the Song itself. The Song has the strength to save her—if it doesn’t destroy her first
Who We Are
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Author : Rudyard Griffiths
language : en
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Release Date : 2009
Who We Are written by Rudyard Griffiths and has been published by Douglas & McIntyre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
Faced with yet another minority government, Canadians clearly cannot decide who we want as a leader. In Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto, Rudyard Griffiths injects a welcomed passion into the future of Canadian politics and what it means to be Canadian. He explains the notion of a national identity at a time when Canadian nationalism and unity are a government priority, following the Harper government's creation of a sub-ministerial cabinet portfolio with the title Canadian Identity. Clearly and thoughtfully, Griffiths addresses global warming, immigration and an aging population, and argues that the "Canada lite" model leads to a dead end: irrelevancy on the world stage and divisive strife at home. He reminds us of who we are, what we've accomplished and why a loyalty beyond the local and personal is essential for Canada's survival.
The Europeans In Australia
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Author : Alan Atkinson
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2016-07-01
The Europeans In Australia written by Alan Atkinson and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-01 with History categories.
'It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative - using moral imagination above all – and even-handed.' - Alan Atkinson The second of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking that began during the 1780s, a decade of extraordinary creativity and the climax of the European Enlightenment. Volume Two, Democracy, takes the story from around 1815 to the early 1870s. By exploring the nineteenth-century ‘communications revolution’ Atkinson casts new light on the way Australia first found its place in a ‘global’ world. This volume is more than a story of geography and politics. It describes the way people thought and felt. Throughout the trilogy Atkinson traces subtle and sudden shifts of ‘common imagination’ by analysing the lives of both powerful and ordinary Australians. He sets out the ideas and the imagery that moved and marked the people. This book, like all his work, is grounded in thorough and rigorous scholarship yet imbued with compassion and insight. Written ‘from the inside’, it is – as he says – history ‘caught up with the flesh and memory it describes’. The culmination of an extraordinary career in the writing and teaching of Australian history,The Europeans in Australia grapples with the Australian historical experience as a whole from the point of view of the settlers from Europe. Ambitious and unique, it is the first such large, single-author account since Manning Clark’s A History of Australia.
Ten Thousand Sorrows
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Author : Elizabeth Kim
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-10-31
Ten Thousand Sorrows written by Elizabeth Kim and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-31 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
I don't know how old I was when I watched my mother's murder, nor do I know how old I am today.' The illegitimate daughter of a peasant and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim spent her early years as a social outcast in her village in the Korean countryside. Ostracized by their family and neighbours, she and her mother were regularly pelted with stones on their way home from the rice fields. Yet there was a tranquil happiness in the intense bond between mother and daughter. Until the day that Elizabeth's grandfather and uncle came to punish her mother from the dishonour she had brought on the family, and executed her in front of her daughter. Elizabeth was dumped in an orphanage in Seoul. After some time, she was lucky enough to be adopted by an American couple. But when she arrived in America she found herself once again surrounded by fanaticism and prejudice. Elizabeth's mother had always told her that life was made up of ten thousand joys as well as ten thousand sorrows, and, supported by her loving daughter, and by a return to her Buddhist faith, she finally found a way to savour those joys, as well as the courage to exorcise the demons of her past.
From Hunting To Drinking
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Author : David McKnight
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-09-02
From Hunting To Drinking written by David McKnight and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-09-02 with Social Science categories.
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork this is a vital addition to the literature on alcohol use and problem drinking, social change and postcolonialism.From Hunting to Drinking reveals the social change witnessed over a period of 30 years by an anthropologist on Mornington Island, off the North Queensland Coast, Australia, most notably the devastating effects that alcohol has had on this community.
Sophie S Exile
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Author : Beverley Boissery
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-07-11
Sophie S Exile written by Beverley Boissery and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-11 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
2009 Word Guild Award — Winner, Young Adult Fiction In the aftermath of the 1838 rebellion in Lower Canada, Sophie Mallory’s father is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment in Australia. But there is no question about what Sophie should do: with her guardian, Lady Theodosia Thornleigh, and Luc Moriset, she sets sail for Sydney. She finds Australia an outside-down country. The water goes down the drain the opposite way, half the population are (or have been) convicts. In one notorious incident, her father, Benjamin, and the Canadian convicts arrest police. Lady Theo even finds herself renting a house from her own servants. Shortly after they settle in Sydney, Sophie and Luc make friends with the Hendricks twins. Luc quickly chums with Billy, but Sophie astonishes everyone. She loathes, despises, and abominates Polly. Luc despairs of her, and Lady Theo compounds the problem by sending Sophie to Polly’s boarding school. When the school closes temporarily, due to an outbreak of scarlet fever, the girls rashly decide to make their own way to Polly’s house in the country. Not surprisingly, they’re kidnapped by bush rangers. During their escape, Polly’s feet become dangerously infected when she jumps onto an oyster bed. Trying to avoid recapture, Sophie must make her way across Port Stephens in a one-oared rowboat to save Polly. When her father and Luc’s brother are pardoned, Sophie faces the biggest decision of her life to that point – whether or not her place of exile will be her home.
The Dublin University Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1833
The Dublin University Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1833 with categories.