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Author |
: Wojciech Jagielski |
Publisher |
: Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages |
: 206 |
Release |
: 2020-11-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781644210178 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1644210177 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis All Lara's Wars by : Wojciech Jagielski
The true story of one woman's struggle to save her sons from radicalization by Chechen partisans, as told by a seasoned war reporter. In All Lara's Wars, the great events of the last half-century--the realignment of Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the rise in the Middle East of ISIS and its quest for a new Caliphate--converge in this account of a Chechen-Georgian family whose two sons become radicalized, and how their mother--Lara--travels to Syria by bus and at great risk, not to join them but to bring them home. By then, the older son is a high level commander and the younger son a respected soldier in ISIS's army. The story is told with a sense of wonder at the contemporary world and all the ways it resembles a primitive and violent land where all struggles are to the death, and there is an epic battle going on between forces of good and evil that cannot be understood other than as mythic and larger than life. Lara is a Kist--one of a tiny ethnicity that crossed the Caucasus mountains a century ago to settle in the remote Pankisi Gorge in northern Georgia, a peaceful and isolated paradise. She married a Chechen, moved to Grozny, and became the mother of two sons. When war came to Chechnya, she took her children home to the safe Georgian valley, and later sent them to Western Europe to live with their father--to protect them from the influence of the radical Islamic freedom fighters who had come to the Pankisi Gorge as refugees from the Chechnyan wars. As in all of Wojciech Jagielski's books, he tells here the story of any modern war, how the individual lives of civilians and combatants are obliterated in the sweep of the larger narrative--and how the humanity of these individual lives is revealed, and the price paid in human endurance and persistence and loss. Jagielski observes, listening to Lara and letting her story emerge through the filter of his literary skill. This unusual reportage tells us the facts of the Chechnyan wars and the reality of the Syrian war from the viewpoint of ISIS recruits, but it is also the true account of one ordinary family that became part of the larger tragedy that has claimed so many victims in recent years.
Author |
: Gregory J. Wallance |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 326 |
Release |
: 2018-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612349435 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612349439 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Woman Who Fought an Empire by : Gregory J. Wallance
"The Woman Who Fought an Empire" tells the improbable odyssey of a spirited young woman--the daughter of Romanian-born Jewish settlers in Palestine--and her journey from unhappy housewife to daring leader of a notorious Middle East spy ring.
Author |
: Michael A. Stackpole |
Publisher |
: Del Rey |
Total Pages |
: 3722 |
Release |
: 2012-07-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780345541086 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0345541081 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The X-Wing Series: Star Wars Legends 9-Book Bundle by : Michael A. Stackpole
The X-Wing/Wraith Squadron adventures are one of the most popular series in the Star Wars universe. Through nine thrilling novels, this handy eBook bundle features the action, the intrigue, and the entire evolving story of these unique space corps—units that are comprised of a diverse group of pilots determined to fight the good fight. This bundle includes the following titles: ROGUE SQUADRON WEDGE’S GAMBLE THE KRYTOS TRAP THE BACTA WAR WRAITH SQUADRON IRON FIST SOLO COMMAND ISARD’S REVENGE STARFIGHTERS OF ADUMAR
Author |
: Wojciech Jagielski |
Publisher |
: Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2012-02-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781609803612 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1609803612 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (12 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Night Wanderers by : Wojciech Jagielski
Fleeing the aggressive reach of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and their brutal leader Joseph Kony, on an average night in northern Uganda tens of thousands of children head for the city centers to avoid capture. They find refuge on the floors of aid agencies or in the streets. In recent years, the civil society was almost completely destroyed by the LRA, itself made up almost entirely of kidnapped children. Piecing together what has been broken is proving to be a nearly impossible task. Polish journalist Wojciech Jagielski inserts himself into this hellish landscape and finds a way to speak of these children and their wounded world. In The Night Wanderers, Jagielski shows his readers the horror of children who have been abducted from their homes and forced to kill their own family members; children who, even after they have escaped the LRA, carry the weight of their own acts of murder on their young shoulders. Jagielski portrays Uganda through their eyes as well as his own. Carrying on the rich tradition of Ryszard Kapuściński, Jagielski digs himself deep into the Ugandan landscape and emerges with a compassionate, incisive, painful, magisterial account of a world that is just starting to pull itself out of the horrors of war. The original Polish edition of The Night Wanderers is shortlisted for the Nike Prize, considered to be the most prestigious literary award in Poland.
Author |
: Lara Kriegel |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 365 |
Release |
: 2022-02-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781108842228 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1108842224 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Crimean War and its Afterlife by : Lara Kriegel
Rescuing the Crimean War from the shadows, Lara Kriegel demonstrates the centrality of a Victorian war to the making of modern Britain.
Author |
: Lara Starr |
Publisher |
: Chronicle Books |
Total Pages |
: 73 |
Release |
: 2018-01-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452167015 |
ISBN-13 |
: 145216701X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Star Wars Cookbook: BB-Ate by : Lara Starr
Awaken your inner Force with 29 intergalactic breakfast recipes. Fuel up with Hans Soloatmeal, battle hunger with Admiral Ackbars, and so much more! These easy-to-make, mouthwatering recipes feature characters and scenes from Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as from the upcoming film Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And photographs featuring Star Wars figurines re-creating epic moments from the films provide an extra helping of humor. © and TM Lucasfilm Ltd. Used Under Authorization
Author |
: Alan Fleishman |
Publisher |
: Lulu.com |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2015-01-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781312836273 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131283627X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Lara's Shadow by : Alan Fleishman
Eli Schneider hates Germans as hard as anyone can hate. And for good reason. Then he falls in love with one of them. LARA'S SHADOW is told against the backdrop of post-World War II Germany and the tensest moments of the Cold War. Eli is a young lieutenant in the U.S. Army, a Jew expected to defend the perpetrators of the Holocaust. While he struggles to protect his aging alcoholic company commander from a mutinous junior officer, he meets fraulein Lara Kohler. He initially pursues her just for sex, but it's her quirky personality and fascinating mind that ensnare him. In a country filled with former Nazis, there are bound to be secrets. He uncovers one layer of Lara's secrets after another until he must ask how much he can be expected to forgive. And how much responsibility she must carry? Lara's Shadow is a love story full of perplexities that strain the limits of atonement and forgiveness. It probes the mixture of good with evil, and the visitation of parents' guilt on their children.
Author |
: Danielle L. Jensen |
Publisher |
: Random House |
Total Pages |
: 449 |
Release |
: 2024-10-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780593975183 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0593975189 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Bridge Kingdom by : Danielle L. Jensen
“The Bridge Kingdom is heart-pounding romance and intense action wrapped in a spellbinding world. I was hooked from the first page!”—Elise Kova, author of A Deal with the Elf King The iconic Bridge Kingdom series begins: a sweeping, sizzling fantasy romance filled with political intrigue and passionate love, from the New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood. A warrior princess trained in isolation, Lara is driven by two certainties. The first is that King Aren of the Bridge Kingdom is her enemy. And the second is that she’ll be the one to bring him to his knees. The only route through a storm-ravaged world, the Bridge Kingdom of Ithicana enriches itself and deprives its rivals, including Lara’s homeland. So when she’s sent there as a bride under the guise of peace, Lara is prepared to do whatever it takes to fracture its impenetrable defenses—and the defenses of its king. Yet as she infiltrates her new home and gains a deeper understanding of the war to possess the bridge, Lara begins to question whether she’s the hero or the villain. As her feelings for her husband transform from frosty hostility to fierce passion, Lara must choose which kingdom she’ll save . . . and which she’ll destroy. Includes two bonus chapters, “The Wedding” from Ahnna’s point of view and “The Capture” from Jor’s point of view Don’t miss any of Danielle L. Jensen's Bridge Kingdom series: THE BRIDGE KINGDOM • THE TRAITOR QUEEN • THE INADEQUATE HEIR • THE ENDLESS WAR • THE TWISTED THRONE (April 8, 2025)
Author |
: Christopher G. Peña |
Publisher |
: AuthorHouse |
Total Pages |
: 265 |
Release |
: 2014-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781491863411 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1491863412 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Peña-Lara Story by : Christopher G. Peña
After discovering additional information pertaining to his paternal side of the family, author Christopher G. Pea revised his original book to provide the reader with a richly detailed account of each member of the Pea-Lara family, along with their respective spouses. Both highly informative and engaging, The Pea-Lara Story: Revisited retraces the familys roots that began in New Spain (Mexico), including the military exploits of the familys patriarch, Lt. Col. Jos Emeterio Pozas, who served under Spain and Mexico. In addition, the story includes an account of the familys life in Monterrey, Nuevo Len, Mexico, the Pea-Laras forced evacuation of the city during the height of the 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution, the familys assimilation into the United States, including the military service of six of the Pea-Lara sons during the Second World War and, finally, the familys postwar years. It is a family chronicle that includes almost two centuries of history telling. The Pena-Lara Story: Revisited provides the reader with a wealth of new and detailed information about the familys origins, some of which was recently discovered during an exhaustive search through Mexican Civil and Church archival records, as well as many United States civil and religious documents. This information now enlightens and contradicts long-held beliefs about the origins and lives of the Pea-Lara lineage.
Author |
: Benjamin Lessing |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 357 |
Release |
: 2018 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107199637 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107199638 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis Making Peace in Drug Wars by : Benjamin Lessing
State crackdowns on drug cartels often backfire, producing entrenched 'cartel-state conflict'; deterrence approaches have curbed violence but proven fragile. This book explains why.