The Island That Dared

Author : Dervla Murphy
Publisher : Eland Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Island that Dared written by Dervla Murphy and published by Eland Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a three-generation family holiday in Cuba as they trek into the hills and coasts as a family, camping out on empty beaches beneath the stars and relishing in Cuban hospitality.

Author : Barbara Delinsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1416548041
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Summer I Dared written by Barbara Delinsky and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only survivors of a devastating boating accident off the coast of Maine, Julia, Noah, and Kim struggle with their brush with death, their feelings of guilt, and their changed perspectives on their lives.

Author : Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338214314
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Boy Who Dared written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Honor Book author has written a powerful and gripping novel about a youth in Nazi Germany who tells the truth about Hitler. Susan Campbell Bartoletti has taken one episode from her Newbery Honor Book, Hitler Youth, and fleshed it out into thought-provoking novel. When 16-year-old Helmut Hubner listens to the BBC news on an illegal short-wave radio, he quickly discovers Germany is lying to the people. But when he tries to expose the truth with leaflets, he's tried for treason. Sentenced to death and waiting in a jail cell, Helmut's story emerges in a series of flashbacks that show his growth from a naive child caught up in the patriotism of the times , to a sensitive and mature young man who thinks for himself.

Author : Howard Hughes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772150X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Eagles Dared written by Howard Hughes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Eagles Dared is a salute to the men and women who participated in World War II and the filmmakers who have immortalised their stories on screen. It tells both the story of the historical events of this first truly 'world war' and of the films that have depicted these events - comparing the cinematic myth with the historical reality - as a guide to history through cinema. When Eagles Dared portrays the people who participated in the war, from the evacuation of the Allied forces from France at Dunkirk through to the battle for Berlin and beyond. Each chapter discusses a theatre of war, an event, a campaign or battle by explaining the historical events as they unfold and then examines how filmmakers have represented them. Chapters discuss the war in the skies (Battle of Britain and The Dam Busters), the sea (Sink the Bismarck! and The Cruel Sea) and the North African desert (The Battle of El Alamein and Tobruk). There are 'special mission' movies including Where Eagles Dare and The Dirty Dozen, classic tales of ingenuity (The Great Escape), valour (Saving Private Ryan), and human endurance (The Bridge on the River Kwai). Offering a unique view of war through the lenses of over 150 diverse films that have shaped our perceptions of the conflict, When Eagles Dared is illustrated with rare stills and posters from this ever popular genre.

Author : William M. Drew
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081319685X
Total Pages : 825 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Woman Who Dared written by William M. Drew and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2023-03-07 with total page 825 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early days of motion pictures—before superstars, before studio conglomerates, before even the advent of sound—there was a woman named Pearl White (1889–1938). A quintessential beauty of the time, with her perfectly tousled bob and come-hither stare, White's rise to stardom was swift; her assumption of the title of queen of American motion picture serials equally deserved. Born the youngest of five children in a small, rural Missouri farm town, White first began performing in high school. She would eventually make the decision to cut her education short, dropping out to go on the Trousdale Stock Company. A bit player in the early years of her career, she was eventually spotted by the Powers Film Company in New York. She made her film debut in 1910 and soon set herself apart from her female colleagues with her reputation for fearless performances that often involved her own stunt work. It was that same daring attitude that would put her on the map internationally as an actress. From flying airplanes to swimming across rapid rivers, to racing cars in serials like The Perils of Pauline (1914), White was undaunted by the demands of her onscreen career. She went on to star in popular serial classics such as The New Exploits of Elaine (1915), The Iron Claw (1916), The Fatal Ring (1917), and The Lightning Raider (1919). As active socially as she was professionally, White would also lend her audacious spirit to activism as she took part in the early feminist movement. Her bravery and mastery of her craft made her a positive role model for suffragettes who battled for women's rights in the United States. The Woman Who Dared: The Life and Times of Pearl White, Queen of the Serials, is the first full-length biography of this pioneering star. In this study of film history and female agency, Drew delves into the cultural impact of White's work and how it evolved along a concurrent trajectory with the social upheavals of the Progressive Era.

Author : Dady Chery
Publisher : News Junkie Post Press
ISBN 13 : 9780996653503
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Have Dared to Be Free written by Dady Chery and published by News Junkie Post Press. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dady Chery's We Have Dared to Be Free was written between 2010 and 2015. This book is based on a lifelong wealth of knowledge, and it is essential to understand Haiti's complex and extraordinary journey. Dady Chery was born and raised in Haiti and, as such, is proud to call herself natif natal. Before the 2010 earthquake, her professional life was wholly dedicated to science. Like so many Haitians, either still living on the island or from the diaspora, the quake turned her life upside down. It was a wake-up call for Chery. Since then she has given a voice to the voiceless and worked to make Haitians proud of their rich culture and unique history. In her lexicon, Haiti should not be called the poorest nation of the Western hemisphere but, rather, the only republic from a successful slave revolution. Before Chery came on the scene in 2010, the English-language journalistic narrative about Haiti was mainly controlled by a few Western journalists, whom she calls colonists of the mind, or often took the form of frustrated rants from the diaspora. Much of Dady Chery's information is unavailable in English anywhere else. She offers a crisp, beautifully written discourse that allows us to connect the dots to see the bigger picture. Haiti has been a runaway experiment in humanitarian imperialism since 2004. Chery points out that the methods refined there by the United States and its collaborators in the United Nations mission and non-governmental organizations are already coming home to roost. We Have Dared to Be Free is a five-year literary journey through destruction, pain, occupation, corruption and death, from which Dady Chery brings her compatriots and all people who are oppressed the tools to overcome adversity and the sense that adversity can and must be overcome. - Gilbert Mercier, News Junkie Post

Author : Gearoid O'Dowd
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1844689999
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book He Who Dared and Died written by Gearoid O'Dowd and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brought up in poverty in the West of Ireland, Chris ODowd ran away to join the Irish Guards aged 18. In no time he tasted bitter action in Norway, but hungry for more he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos. After intensive training he sailed for Egypt, serving with Churchills son Randolph, novelist Evelyn Waugh and, most significantly, David Stirling.When Stirling got the go-ahead to form the SAS, his handpicked team included the young Chris ODowd. After his part in the early SAS behind-the-lines raids on enemy airfields, ODowd was promoted to Lance-Sergeant and awarded the Military Medal.When Colonel David Stirling was captured, the SASs future was in danger (it was always threatened by enemies within the Army) but Ulsterman Major Paddy Mayne managed to keep it alive. ODowds courage and toughness typified the spirit of the SAS and he became a key member of this elite band.The SAS spearheaded the invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and then was ordered to the Italian mainland. Tragically Chris ODowd was killed in action along with fourteen others in October 1943.

Author : William II Black
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Macleod of Dare written by William II Black and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Overton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Son of a Hundred Fathers, Or, Daring Deeds in Dangerous Days written by Robert Overton and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Juliana Dresvina
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9401200416
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Medieval Chronicle VII. written by Juliana Dresvina and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are several reasons why the chronicle is particularly suited as the topic of a yearbook. In the first place there is its ubiquity: all over Europe and throughout the Middle Ages chronicles were written, both in Latin and in the vernacular, and not only in Europe but also in the countries neighbouring on it, like those of the Arabic world. Secondly, all chronicles raise such questions as by whom, for whom, or for what purpose were they written, how do they reconstruct the past, what determined the choice of verse or prose, or what kind of literary influences are discernable in them. Finally, many chronicles have been beautifully illuminated, and the relation between text and image leads to a wholly different set of questions. The yearbook The Medieval Chronicle aims to provide a representative survey of the on-going research in the field of chronicle studies, illustrated by examples from specific chronicles from a wide variety of countries, periods and cultural backgrounds. The Medieval Chronicle is published in cooperation with the "Medieval Chronicle Society".