Author: Dawit Wolde Giorgis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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War, Famine and Revolution in Ethiopia.

Author: David Two Bears
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595304273
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Today of all days is the time to see and feel the RED TEARS and allow them to touch your heart and soul. Yet to bring a newness of life with warmth, love, peace and humor.

Author: Joanna Kenrick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780571234837
Category : Self-injurious behavior
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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Emily seems to have it all, friends, family and good grades. But beneath the surface lies a wretched secret.

Author: Katherine H. Nguyen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781625501042
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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"This totally captivating and emotionally charged true story of a 'boat person' will satisfy your need for proof of the dominance of good over evil, and will provide inspiration for all." -Rev. Donald Williamson, author of No Nonsense Christianity When she was five, Kathy Nguyen was sold into slavery. When she was seven, she tried to kill herself. When she was fourteen, and the Americans pulled out of Vietnam, leaving her country in chaos, she became a prostitute. From losing her baby to escaping the country, her story spares no one: not the mother who sold her, not the men and women who used her, and especially not herself. Others may be concerned with what they're missing, but Kathy is now, and has always been, concerned with how she can help. Grateful for even the smallest blessings, Kathy has turned herself into a guiding light. Her rise from poverty shows us all how far we can go with nothing but gratitude, courage, a kind heart, and a relentless willingness to work hard. Kathy Nguyen came to the U. S. under the Refugee Acceptance Program following the Vietnam War. Escaping her homeland by boat, she was one of the survivors. She still wonders whether it was luck or fate that brought her to America. Unlike many refugees, Kathy grabbed every chance to improve herself, turning from a nobody to a somebody in just three and a half years. Kathy now resides in California, where she battles cancer, but will not give up on her dream of becoming a valuable, helpful person. Contact Kathy Nguyen at [email protected].

Author: Hari Kunzru
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101973218
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • GQ • Time • The Economist • Slate • HuffPost • Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.

Author: Gail W. Sullivan
Publisher: gailandjoesullivan
ISBN: 9780977265602
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Tears & Tiers is both a touching and disturbing fifty year mosaic depicting the Life & Times of Joseph "Mad Dog" Sullivan, Bank Robber, Escape Artisit (the only man to escape the infamous Attica prison) and notorious Hitman. While this never boring saga delves into his youthful years and forty-five years in prison to date, a hideous portrait of life within the walls. It also touches on his involvement with some past icons of our times such as Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Hoffa, and anothony "Fat Tony" Salerno, Boss of New York's Genovese crime family. Writen by Gail Sullivan his wife of over thirty years, while a great read Sullivan's life as such is not one you would wish upon anyone you hold dear.

Author: J.M. Triplett
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1984555324
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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This is a novel for you. These episodes are in the past and future times of the lives of mystical ones that are destined to earth as the children of achievement. Although they are scenes for Bloodlines, the video game, they can be enjoyed as a family’s fictional story.

Author: Michael Cassutt
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312874405
Category : Astronauts
Languages : en
Pages : 381

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Yuri Ribko grows from engineering student to Cosmonaut under the secret control of his KGB uncle. This fascinating thriller takes the reader deep into the heart of the Soviet space program--its successes and its heart-breaking failures--and shows the human face on the other side of the Iron Curtain.

Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004229205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 800

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The history of anatomy has been the subject of much recent scholarship. This volume shifts the focus to the many different ways in which the function of the body and its fluids were understood in pre-modern European thought. Contributors demonstrate how different academic disciplines can contribute to our understanding of ‘physiology’, and investigate the value of this category to pre-modern medicine. The book contains individual essays on the wider issues raised by ‘physiology’, and detailed case studies that explore particular aspects and individuals. It will be useful to those working on medicine and the body in pre-modern cultures, in disciplines including classics, history of medicine and science, philosophy, and literature. Contributors include Barbara Baert, Marlen Bidwell-Steiner, Véronique Boudon-Millot, Rainer Brömer, Elizabeth Craik, Tamás Demeter, Valeria Gavrylenko, Hans L. Haak, Mieneke te Hennepe, Sabine Kalff, Rina Knoeff, Sergius Kodera, Liesbet Kusters, Karine van ‘t Land, Tomas Macsotay, Michael McVaugh, Vivian Nutton, Barbara Orland, Jacomien Prins, Julius Rocca, Catrien Santing, Daniel Schäfer, Emma Sidgwick, Frank W. Stahnisch, Diana Stanciu, Michael Stolberg, Liba Taub, Fabio Tutrone, Katrien Vanagt, and Marion A. Wells.

Author: David Dougald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8

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