Author: Jorge Klapproth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3756208001
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Across Europe on two wheels. It's a dream - a breath of freedom. This indescribable feeling of being alive takes hold of you especially when you are at one with the elements of nature. Jorge Klapproth fulfils a long-cherished dream and tours Europe on his motorbike. The first leg of this journey leads from western Germany to the northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway. From there, the second leg leads to the southern tip of the continent, to Cape Tripiti on the small Greek island of Gavdos. The third stage then goes along the Adriatic Sea, over the Alps back home. A great tour that takes the author as a solo traveller over 13,000 kilometres and through 23 countries in Europe. He reports about countless encounters, experiences and valuable lessons learned in this exciting motorbike travelogue: from the idea to the planning to the implementation - in the midst of the worldwide pandemic.
A Breath of Freedom
Author: Jorge Klapproth
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3756208001
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Across Europe on two wheels. It's a dream - a breath of freedom. This indescribable feeling of being alive takes hold of you especially when you are at one with the elements of nature. Jorge Klapproth fulfils a long-cherished dream and tours Europe on his motorbike. The first leg of this journey leads from western Germany to the northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway. From there, the second leg leads to the southern tip of the continent, to Cape Tripiti on the small Greek island of Gavdos. The third stage then goes along the Adriatic Sea, over the Alps back home. A great tour that takes the author as a solo traveller over 13,000 kilometres and through 23 countries in Europe. He reports about countless encounters, experiences and valuable lessons learned in this exciting motorbike travelogue: from the idea to the planning to the implementation - in the midst of the worldwide pandemic.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3756208001
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Across Europe on two wheels. It's a dream - a breath of freedom. This indescribable feeling of being alive takes hold of you especially when you are at one with the elements of nature. Jorge Klapproth fulfils a long-cherished dream and tours Europe on his motorbike. The first leg of this journey leads from western Germany to the northernmost point of Europe, the North Cape in Norway. From there, the second leg leads to the southern tip of the continent, to Cape Tripiti on the small Greek island of Gavdos. The third stage then goes along the Adriatic Sea, over the Alps back home. A great tour that takes the author as a solo traveller over 13,000 kilometres and through 23 countries in Europe. He reports about countless encounters, experiences and valuable lessons learned in this exciting motorbike travelogue: from the idea to the planning to the implementation - in the midst of the worldwide pandemic.
A Breath of Freedom
Author: Maria Höhn
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Based on an award-winning international research project and photo exhibition, this poignant and beautifully illustrated book examines the experiences of African American GIs in Germany and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Thanks in large part to its military occupation of Germany after World War II, America’s unresolved civil rights agenda was exposed to worldwide scrutiny as never before. At the same time, its ambitious efforts to democratize German society after the defeat of Nazism meant that West Germany was exposed to American ideas of freedom and democracy to a much larger degree than many other countries. As African American GIs became increasingly politicized, they took on a particular significance for the Civil Rights Movement in light of Germany’s central role in the Cold War. While the effects of the Civil Rights Movement reverberated across the globe, Germany represents a special case that illuminates a remarkable period in American and world history. Digital archive including videos, photographs, and oral history interviews available at www.breathoffreedom.org
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Based on an award-winning international research project and photo exhibition, this poignant and beautifully illustrated book examines the experiences of African American GIs in Germany and the unique insights they provide into the civil rights struggle at home and abroad. Thanks in large part to its military occupation of Germany after World War II, America’s unresolved civil rights agenda was exposed to worldwide scrutiny as never before. At the same time, its ambitious efforts to democratize German society after the defeat of Nazism meant that West Germany was exposed to American ideas of freedom and democracy to a much larger degree than many other countries. As African American GIs became increasingly politicized, they took on a particular significance for the Civil Rights Movement in light of Germany’s central role in the Cold War. While the effects of the Civil Rights Movement reverberated across the globe, Germany represents a special case that illuminates a remarkable period in American and world history. Digital archive including videos, photographs, and oral history interviews available at www.breathoffreedom.org
The Breath of Freedom
Author: Salavtore (Sam) Paolucci
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462067115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Gerog Yakov, in 1915, was a 19 year old young man who was raised in the bosom of a loving family. He attended a small college. There he became aware of the horrible poverty that existed among the serf farmers of Russia. During his first year of school he joined the Bolshevik Revolutionary party. Together they were going to change the lives of the peasants by giving them a share in the farms that would be run by the party. In 1917, after a violent revolution the Bolsheviks became the supreme rulers in all of Russia. For 20 years Gerog served his party at a low level job that was his reward for his loyalty. By 1937 his ferver had changed to fear. Nothing had changed for the poor. But the changes that occurred within the party were appalling. Anyone who questioned the party were eliminated. Thousands of people simply disappeared. No one was safe. Not even Gerog or his family. And to make matters worse the army was controlled by the Communists. During the year of 1937 Gerog began developing a plan to get his son, his wife, and their 5 year old child out of Russia to where the breath of freedom was enjoyed by millions of Americans. By 1938 his plan is ready. He gathers his family and explains it to them. Gerog and his wife will not be going with them. If anything goes wrong they know they will all be killed. As the plan proceeds an unfortunate event occurs. Gerog has to improvise. At the last moment, totally unexpected, he is helped by a complete stranger.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462067115
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Gerog Yakov, in 1915, was a 19 year old young man who was raised in the bosom of a loving family. He attended a small college. There he became aware of the horrible poverty that existed among the serf farmers of Russia. During his first year of school he joined the Bolshevik Revolutionary party. Together they were going to change the lives of the peasants by giving them a share in the farms that would be run by the party. In 1917, after a violent revolution the Bolsheviks became the supreme rulers in all of Russia. For 20 years Gerog served his party at a low level job that was his reward for his loyalty. By 1937 his ferver had changed to fear. Nothing had changed for the poor. But the changes that occurred within the party were appalling. Anyone who questioned the party were eliminated. Thousands of people simply disappeared. No one was safe. Not even Gerog or his family. And to make matters worse the army was controlled by the Communists. During the year of 1937 Gerog began developing a plan to get his son, his wife, and their 5 year old child out of Russia to where the breath of freedom was enjoyed by millions of Americans. By 1938 his plan is ready. He gathers his family and explains it to them. Gerog and his wife will not be going with them. If anything goes wrong they know they will all be killed. As the plan proceeds an unfortunate event occurs. Gerog has to improvise. At the last moment, totally unexpected, he is helped by a complete stranger.
Shades of Freedom
Author: A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198028679
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Few individuals have had as great an impact on the law--both its practice and its history--as A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. A winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, he has distinguished himself over the decades both as a professor at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard, and as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals. But Judge Higginbotham is perhaps best known as an authority on racism in America: not the least important achievement of his long career has been In the Matter of Color, the first volume in a monumental history of race and the American legal process. Published in 1978, this brilliant book has been hailed as the definitive account of racism, slavery, and the law in colonial America. Now, after twenty years, comes the long-awaited sequel. In Shades of Freedom, Higginbotham provides a magisterial account of the interaction between the law and racial oppression in America from colonial times to the present, demonstrating how the one agent that should have guaranteed equal treatment before the law--the judicial system--instead played a dominant role in enforcing the inferior position of blacks. The issue of racial inferiority is central to this volume, as Higginbotham documents how early white perceptions of black inferiority slowly became codified into law. Perhaps the most powerful and insightful writing centers on a pair of famous Supreme Court cases, which Higginbotham uses to portray race relations at two vital moments in our history. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 declared that a slave who had escaped to free territory must be returned to his slave owner. Chief Justice Roger Taney, in his notorious opinion for the majority, stated that blacks were "so inferior that they had no right which the white man was bound to respect." For Higginbotham, Taney's decision reflects the extreme state that race relations had reached just before the Civil War. And after the War and Reconstruction, Higginbotham reveals, the Courts showed a pervasive reluctance (if not hostility) toward the goal of full and equal justice for African Americans, and this was particularly true of the Supreme Court. And in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which Higginbotham terms "one of the most catastrophic racial decisions ever rendered," the Court held that full equality--in schooling or housing, for instance--was unnecessary as long as there were "separate but equal" facilities. Higginbotham also documents the eloquent voices that opposed the openly racist workings of the judicial system, from Reconstruction Congressman John R. Lynch to Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan to W. E. B. Du Bois, and he shows that, ironically, it was the conservative Supreme Court of the 1930s that began the attack on school segregation, and overturned the convictions of African Americans in the famous Scottsboro case. But today racial bias still dominates the nation, Higginbotham concludes, as he shows how in six recent court cases the public perception of black inferiority continues to persist. In Shades of Freedom, a noted scholar and celebrated jurist offers a work of magnificent scope, insight, and passion. Ranging from the earliest colonial times to the present, it is a superb work of history--and a mirror to the American soul.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198028679
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Few individuals have had as great an impact on the law--both its practice and its history--as A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. A winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, he has distinguished himself over the decades both as a professor at Yale, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard, and as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals. But Judge Higginbotham is perhaps best known as an authority on racism in America: not the least important achievement of his long career has been In the Matter of Color, the first volume in a monumental history of race and the American legal process. Published in 1978, this brilliant book has been hailed as the definitive account of racism, slavery, and the law in colonial America. Now, after twenty years, comes the long-awaited sequel. In Shades of Freedom, Higginbotham provides a magisterial account of the interaction between the law and racial oppression in America from colonial times to the present, demonstrating how the one agent that should have guaranteed equal treatment before the law--the judicial system--instead played a dominant role in enforcing the inferior position of blacks. The issue of racial inferiority is central to this volume, as Higginbotham documents how early white perceptions of black inferiority slowly became codified into law. Perhaps the most powerful and insightful writing centers on a pair of famous Supreme Court cases, which Higginbotham uses to portray race relations at two vital moments in our history. The Dred Scott decision of 1857 declared that a slave who had escaped to free territory must be returned to his slave owner. Chief Justice Roger Taney, in his notorious opinion for the majority, stated that blacks were "so inferior that they had no right which the white man was bound to respect." For Higginbotham, Taney's decision reflects the extreme state that race relations had reached just before the Civil War. And after the War and Reconstruction, Higginbotham reveals, the Courts showed a pervasive reluctance (if not hostility) toward the goal of full and equal justice for African Americans, and this was particularly true of the Supreme Court. And in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which Higginbotham terms "one of the most catastrophic racial decisions ever rendered," the Court held that full equality--in schooling or housing, for instance--was unnecessary as long as there were "separate but equal" facilities. Higginbotham also documents the eloquent voices that opposed the openly racist workings of the judicial system, from Reconstruction Congressman John R. Lynch to Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan to W. E. B. Du Bois, and he shows that, ironically, it was the conservative Supreme Court of the 1930s that began the attack on school segregation, and overturned the convictions of African Americans in the famous Scottsboro case. But today racial bias still dominates the nation, Higginbotham concludes, as he shows how in six recent court cases the public perception of black inferiority continues to persist. In Shades of Freedom, a noted scholar and celebrated jurist offers a work of magnificent scope, insight, and passion. Ranging from the earliest colonial times to the present, it is a superb work of history--and a mirror to the American soul.
Free Book
Author: Brian Tome
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1418584037
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN: 1418584037
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
The Breath of Dawn (A Rush of Wings Book #3)
Author: Kristen Heitzmann
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 144126051X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Kristen Heitzmann Delivers Powerful New Romantic Suspense Morgan Spencer has had just about all he can take of life. Following the tragic death of his wife, Jill, he retreats to his brother's Rocky Mountain ranch to heal and focus on the care of his infant daughter, Olivia. Two years later, Morgan begins to make plans to return to his home in Santa Barbara to pick up the pieces of his life and career. Quinn Riley has been avoiding her past for four years. Standing up for the truth has forced her into a life of fear and isolation. After a "chance" first meeting and a Thanksgiving snowstorm, Quinn is drawn into the Spencer family's warm and loving world, and she begins to believe she might find freedom in their friendship. The man Quinn helped put behind bars has recently been released, however, and she fears her past will endanger the entire Spencer family. As the danger heightens, she determines to leave town for the sake of the people who have come to mean so much to her. Fixing problems is what Morgan Spencer does best, and he is not willing to let Quinn run away, possibly into the clutches of a man bent on revenge. But Morgan's solution sends him and Quinn on an unexpected path, with repercussions neither could have anticipated.
Publisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 144126051X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
Kristen Heitzmann Delivers Powerful New Romantic Suspense Morgan Spencer has had just about all he can take of life. Following the tragic death of his wife, Jill, he retreats to his brother's Rocky Mountain ranch to heal and focus on the care of his infant daughter, Olivia. Two years later, Morgan begins to make plans to return to his home in Santa Barbara to pick up the pieces of his life and career. Quinn Riley has been avoiding her past for four years. Standing up for the truth has forced her into a life of fear and isolation. After a "chance" first meeting and a Thanksgiving snowstorm, Quinn is drawn into the Spencer family's warm and loving world, and she begins to believe she might find freedom in their friendship. The man Quinn helped put behind bars has recently been released, however, and she fears her past will endanger the entire Spencer family. As the danger heightens, she determines to leave town for the sake of the people who have come to mean so much to her. Fixing problems is what Morgan Spencer does best, and he is not willing to let Quinn run away, possibly into the clutches of a man bent on revenge. But Morgan's solution sends him and Quinn on an unexpected path, with repercussions neither could have anticipated.
Breathe Freedom
Author: John McNeil
Publisher: John Garrett McNeil
ISBN: 9780578481913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In 2005, in an upscale Atlanta suburb, John McNeil found it necessary to use deadly force to defend himself from a man wielding a knife. The police found John committed no crime, and no charges were filed. Nine months later, he was arrested for murder. But from loss and darkness, John emerged with an understanding of forgiveness and healing.
Publisher: John Garrett McNeil
ISBN: 9780578481913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
In 2005, in an upscale Atlanta suburb, John McNeil found it necessary to use deadly force to defend himself from a man wielding a knife. The police found John committed no crime, and no charges were filed. Nine months later, he was arrested for murder. But from loss and darkness, John emerged with an understanding of forgiveness and healing.
The First Breath of Freedom
The Insecurity of Freedom
Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374177007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374177007
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Insecurity of Freedom
Author: Abraham Joshua Heschel
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374506086
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374506086
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Insecurity of Freedom is a collection of essays on Human Existence by one of the foremost Jewish thinkers of our time, Abraham Joshua Heschel.