The Stolen Village

Author : Des Ekin
Publisher : The O'Brien Press
ISBN 13 : 1847174310
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stolen Village written by Des Ekin and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1631 pirates from Algiers and armed troops of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, led by the notorious pirate captain Morat Rais, stormed ashore at the little harbour village of Baltimore in West Cork. They captured almost all the villagers and bore them away to a life of slavery in North Africa. The prisoners were destined for a variety of fates -- some would live out their days chained to the oars as galley slaves, while others would spend long years in the scented seclusion of the harem or within the walls of the Sultan's palace. The old city of Algiers, with its narrow streets, intense heat and lively trade, was a melting pot where the villagers would join slaves and freemen of many nationalities. Only two of them ever saw Ireland again. The Sack of Baltimore was the most devastating invasion ever mounted by Islamist forces on Ireland or England. Des Ekin's exhaustive research illuminates the political intrigues that ensured the captives were left to their fate, and provides a vivid insight into the kind of life that would have awaited the slaves amid the souks and seraglios of old Algiers. The Stolen Village is a fascinating tale of international piracy and culture clash nearly 400 years ago and is the first book to cover this relatively unknown and under-researched incident in Irish history. Shortlisted for the Argosy Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year Award

Author : Camilla Sten
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1250249260
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Village written by Camilla Sten and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2021-03-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER FOR THE YEAR* for NPR "Come for the mounting horror and scares, but stay for a devastating examination of the nature of family secrets." - New York Times book review "[A] scary, highly entertaining debut...that pays homage to Shirley Jackson." - South Florida Sun Sentinel A Most Anticipated Book Goodreads * Publishers Weekly * Crime Reads * Popsugar * Bookish * #1 Loanstar Pick in Canada An Indie Next pick! A Library Reads Pick! The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from Camilla Sten, an electrifying new voice in suspense. Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed “The Lost Village,” since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother’s entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left—a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn—have plagued her. She’s gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village to make a film about what really happened. But there will be no turning back. Not long after they’ve set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice: They are not alone. They’re looking for the truth... But what if it finds them first? Come find out. "RELENTLESSLY CREEPY." —Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger (An NPR Best Horror Novel) "IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING." —Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Island "Readers will revel in the chills." - Booklist

Author : Des Ekin
Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788492668
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ireland's Pirate Trail written by Des Ekin and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-03 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bloodthirsty buccaneers and buried treasure, fierce sea battles and cold-blooded murders, Barbary ducats and silver pieces of eight. Des Ekin embarks on a roadtrip around the entire coast of Ireland, in search of our piratical heritage, uncovering an amazing history of swashbuckling bandits, both Irish-born and imported. Ireland's Pirate Trail tells stories of freebooters and pirates from every corner of our coast over a thousand years, including famous pirates like Anne Bonny and William Lamport, who set off to ply their trade in the Caribbean. Ekin also debunks many myths about our most well-known sea warrior, Granuaile, the 'Pirate Queen' of Mayo. Thoroughly researched and beautifully told. Filled with exciting untold stories.

Author : Bree Galbraith
Publisher : Owlkids
ISBN 13 : 9781771472760
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usha and the Stolen Sun written by Bree Galbraith and published by Owlkids. This book was released on 2020-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A courageous girl brings down a dividing wall with her words

Author : Burma
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Burma Village Manual written by Burma and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jay Neugeboren
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815605362
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stolen Jew written by Jay Neugeboren and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nathan Malkin returns to New York from premature retirement in Israel, he comes bearing a heavy baggage of memory-insistent recollections of his parents' bitter marriage, of the tragic deaths of his wife and only son, and of his strange, guiltridden relationship with a deranged, now deceased brother, Nachman. Central to Malkin's schemes is The Stolen Jew, a famous novel he wrote many years back that tells the luminous, wonderfully melodramatic tale of a Jewish boy in Imperial Russia kidnapped from a shtetl to fulfill another boy's term of service in the czar's army.

Author : Scott Hamilton
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 0947518126
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stolen Island written by Scott Hamilton and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘What had happened to the stolen islanders? Had any survived slavery?’ One day in 1863 a strange ship stopped at ‘Ata, a tiny island in the wild seas between Tonga and New Zealand, and sailed away with one hundred and forty-four men, women and children. The ‘Atans were never heard from again, and in Tonga their fate became the subject of legends and superstitions. Uncovering the tragedy of ‘Ata takes Scott Hamilton on a journey to the kava circles and caves of Tonga and back to the streets of Auckland. The Stolen Island is a twenty-first century true sea story revealing slavers, mutinies, castaways, pirates and a cruel streak in Pacific history that is often overlooked but not forgotten.

Author : India. Police Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Police Organization in India and Indian Village Police written by India. Police Commission and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the International Commission to Inquire Into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars written by International Commission to Inquire into the Causes and Conduct of the Balkan Wars and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of Intercourse and Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Publication written by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Division of Intercourse and Education and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: