From the Ashes of 1947

From the Ashes of 1947
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 277
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ISBN-10 : 9781108428118
ISBN-13 : 1108428118
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis From the Ashes of 1947 by : Pippa Virdee

Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), this book explores the partition of undivided Punjab.

Land of Snow and Ashes

Land of Snow and Ashes
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Publisher : Pushkin Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9781782277378
ISBN-13 : 1782277374
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis Land of Snow and Ashes by : Petra Rautiainen

The haunting, gripping story of Lapland's buried history of Nazi crimes during World War II, perfect for fans of Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius “A beautifully written novel and a thriller that will keep readers turning the page to find out the truth about this disgraceful chapter of Finnish history” – Harvard Review Finnish Lapland, 1944: a young soldier is called to work as an interpreter at a Nazi prison camp. Surrounded by cruelty and death, he struggles to hold onto his humanity. When peace comes, the crimes are buried beneath the snow and ice. A few years later, journalist Inkeri is assigned to investigate the rapid development of remote Western Lapland. Her real motivation is more personal: she is following a lead on her husband, who disappeared during the war. Finding a small community riven with tension and suspicious of outsiders, Inkeri slowly begins to uncover traces of disturbing facts that were never supposed to come to light. From this starkly beautiful polar landscape emerges a story of silenced histories and ongoing oppression, of human brutality and survival.

Report

Report
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1778
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ISBN-10 : CORNELL:31924064633823
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

Synopsis Report by : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers

Ashes of Izalco

Ashes of Izalco
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Publisher : CreateSpace
Total Pages : 190
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ISBN-10 : 1508569126
ISBN-13 : 9781508569121
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Ashes of Izalco by : Claribel Alegra

A novel that blends politics, history and romance with unfailing gentleness, unforeseeable, explosive events determine the actions of the characters but never interrupt the work's lyrical structure. Carmen Rojas, the heroine, was a child when, in 1932, she witnessed the brutality of the El Salvadoran National Guard, who murdered 30,000 rioting peasants. The tragedy shapes her political consciousness, and, although she marries an American and lives in Washington, D.C., she cannot escape its memory. Thirty years later, she returns home to attend her mother's funeral and to care for her sickly father, and discovers a diary kept by her mother's American lover in the months before the 1932 uprisings.

Bar Harbor's Gilded Century

Bar Harbor's Gilded Century
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Publisher : Down East Books
Total Pages : 676
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ISBN-10 : 9780892728893
ISBN-13 : 0892728892
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Bar Harbor's Gilded Century by : Lydia Vandenberg

Maine's premier tourist destination, Bar Harbor has many historic buildings. The area was once a shipbuilding and farming hamlet that became a Gilded Age resort of the highest order-until a fire in 1947 destroyed many of its buildings. This pictorial history takes Bar Harbor from its origins to the fire. It also offers intriguing curiosities, including insights on the upstairs-downstairs aspects of resort life. The book's captions are packed with fascinating information.

Risen from the Ashes

Risen from the Ashes
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Publisher : University Press of America
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 0761832831
ISBN-13 : 9780761832836
Rating : 4/5 (31 Downloads)

Synopsis Risen from the Ashes by : Hans Cohn

Risen from the Ashes is one man's memoir of hope and survival during the Holocaust. Having cheated death four times through perseverance, hope, faith, and humor, Hans Cohn vividly narrates his experience from the horrors of the past to spiritual renewal.

Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1880
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015024479381
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers

Includes the Report of the Mississippi River Commission, 1881-19 .

Rising From the Ashes of Bengal's Partition: Untold Story of a 'Phoenix' Aspiring to Live a New Life

Rising From the Ashes of Bengal's Partition: Untold Story of a 'Phoenix' Aspiring to Live a New Life
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Publisher : Notion Press
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 1645871665
ISBN-13 : 9781645871668
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Rising From the Ashes of Bengal's Partition: Untold Story of a 'Phoenix' Aspiring to Live a New Life by : Jiban Mukhopadhyay

Usually books on partition are sob stories, but not this one. 'Rising from the Ashes of Bengal's Partition' is an untold story of the journey of a child born around the time of partition, who battled many hurdles and aspired to lead a new life - like a Phoenix. This is a story of his - and his generation's - unflinching determination to move ahead. This is the story of the real people who did not curse their fate and sit idle shedding tears. It covers a child's - and his generations - torturous journey from refugee camps and colonies to the world above the sky. The story covers a span of seven decades of time and space - people and events, politics and economics, corporates and their leaders and above all the kaleidoscopic panorama across the journey through Bengal and India. The book opens up several untraveled terrains - personal experiences, a person's struggle, sufferings, tears, joys and smiles. It documents people's perception about critical contemporary events, which conventional history does not cover. The author writes from the ringside, for example on how it was to work for the most reputed corporate of the country and, what happened in the business and economy when the 'Tiger' was 'Uncaged.' Sure, readers would like to run through the author's experiences. The author has poured his heart and soul out into writing this story.

The Indian Army and the End of the Raj

The Indian Army and the End of the Raj
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 9780521899758
ISBN-13 : 0521899753
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis The Indian Army and the End of the Raj by : Daniel Marston

A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India in the run-up to Partition. Daniel Marston draws upon extensive archival research and interviews with veterans of the events of 1947 to provide fresh insight into the final days of the British Raj.