Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Oba, the Last Samurai
Author: Don JonesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In July 1944 the Americans took the island of Saipan, but Captain Sakae Oba of the Japanese Army refused to acknowledge defeat.
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Author: Oba EcunCorrespondence Between the Government Agent with Oba and the Civic Commissioner of Alice, Etc., Etc., Etc
Author: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Eastern Cape (South Africa)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
A Library of Lemons
Author: Jo CotterillPublisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
ISBN: 1848125399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
A poignant story about dealing with grief through the magic of reading and friendship. Calypso's mum died a few years ago and her emotionally incompetent Dad can't, or won't, talk about Mum at all. Instead he throws himself into writing his book A History of the Lemon. Meanwhile the house is dusty, there's never any food in the fridge, and Calypso retreats into her own world of books and fiction. When a new girl, Mae, arrives at school, the girls' shared love of reading and writing stories draws them together. Mae's friendship and her lively and chaotic home - where people argue and hug each other - make Calypso feel more normal than she has for a long time. But when Calypso finally plucks up the courage to invite Mae over to her own house, the girls discover the truth about her dad and his magnum opus - and Calypso's happiness starts to unravel. 'A story of great warmth and emotional wisdom' LINDA NEWBERY
Nomads in the Shadows of Empires
Author: Gufu ObaPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004255222
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
In Nomads in the Shadows of Empires Gufu Oba presents accounts of why the legacies of banditry and ethnic conflicts have proved so difficult to resolve along the southern Ethiopian and northern Kenyan frontier. Using interpretative and comparative methods to dialogue the relationships between different political actors on both sides of the frontier, the work captures the dynamics of political events related to imperial contests over borders and trans-frontier treaty. A complex evolution of inter-societal relations, as well as the relations between partitioned nomads and the imperial states had resulted in persistent conflicts. This work improves the understanding why frontier pastoralists continue to experience conflict over land, even after the transfer of the tribal territories to the imperial and postcolonial states. Please click here to watch an interview with the author in Oromo.
Nothing But the Truth
Author: Marie HeneinPublisher: Signal
ISBN: 0771039360
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A critically acclaimed, intimate and no-holds-barred memoir by Canada’s top defence lawyer, Nothing But the Truth weaves Marie Henein’s personal story with her strongly held views on society’s most pressing issues. Marie Henein, arguably the most prominent lawyer in the country, has written a memoir that is at once raw, beautiful, and altogether unforgettable. Her story, as an immigrant from a tight-knit Egyptian-Lebanese family, demonstrates the value of strong role models—from her mother and grandmother, to her brilliant uncle Sami who died of AIDS. She learned the value of hard work, being true to herself and others, and unapologetically owning it all. Marie Henein shares here her unvarnished view on the ethical and practical implications of being a criminal lawyer, and how the job is misunderstood and even demonized. Ironically, her most successful cases made her a “lightning rod” in some circles, confirming her belief that much of the public’s understanding of democracy and the justice system is based on popular culture and social media, and decidedly not the rule of law. As she turns fifty and struggles with the corrosive effect becoming invisible has on women, Marie doubles down on being even more highly visible and opinionated as she deconstructs, among other things, the otherness of the immigrant experience (Where are you really from?), the pros and cons of being a household name in this country, opening her own boutique law firm, and the commoditization of women’s previously unpaid labour popularized by the likes of Martha Stewart. Nothing But the Truth is refreshingly unconstrained and surprising—an account by a woman at the top of her game in a male-dominated world.
Scrap Easy
Author: Aisha LumumbaPublisher:
ISBN: 9780991130511
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Scrap Easy is a fun and sassy way to create an art quilt with little measuring and no stress. This pattern offers the quilter a chance to use saved scraps and possibly empty that scrap bag/box.
Soil Survey of ... [various Counties, Etc.].
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Author: The Female King of Colonial Nigeria
Author: Nwando AchebePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253222486
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
While providing critical perspectives on women, gender, sex and sexuality, and the colonial encounter, she considers how it was possible for this woman to take on the office and responsibilities of a traditionally male role.
Aministrative Control of Appropriations
Author: United States. Department of the Air ForcePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description