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Humanity Amidst Insanity: Hope During and after the Indo-Pak Partition
Tridivesh Singh Maini, Tahir Malik, ...
Ubspd, 2009
Personal accounts during the partition, also useful on Sikhs, Muslims, Hindus, and communalism
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What Really Matters: Living a Moral Life amidst Uncertainty and Danger 5 reviews
Arthur Kleinman M.D.
Oxford University Press, USA, 2007
Wisdoms on every page
This is a beautiful book, and a bold and affecting one. Kleinman works miracles with a breadth of information and with bushels of compassion; he has wisdoms to offer up on every page. Fully delivers on the sterling promise of its title, and then some.
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The Kennedys Amidst the Gathering Storm: A Thousand Days in London, 1938-1940 6 reviews
Will Swift
Smithsonian, 2008
An Engrossing Account of Tumultous Diplomacy
Dr. Swift has constructed through prodigious research a fascinating composite of information which he presents as a highly engrossing narrative of the role of Joseph P. Kennedy as U.S. ambassador to Great Britain on the eve of World War II.
Swift's keen appraisal of Ambassador Kennedy's actions and motivations and the reprecussions thereof, along with a fresh look at the challenges and ...
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Amidst a Storm of Bullets: The Diary of Lt. Henry Prince in Florida, 1836-1842 (Contribution (Seminole Wars ... 1 review
Henry Prince, Frank Laumer
University of Tampa Press, 1998
Valuable eyewitness account of the 2nd Seminole War.
Not since Dr. Motte's "Journey Into Wilderness" have we had such a valuable eyewitness account of the 2nd Seminole War. Lt. Henry Prince was in the 4th Artillery, and saw some of the major actions of the war. He was at Camp Izard with General Gaines in early 1836. Although we have plenty accounts of that action, Prince gives a lot of details that are not mentioned in other accouts, like ...
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Teaching Amidst the Neon Palm Trees11 reviews
Lee Ryan Miller
1st Books Library, 2004
Miller Tells The Stuff That They Want Covered Up Forever
Lee Ryan Miller's Book is a perfect text book to clean up waste and what is ineffective about our Comunity College System. I can see that a henchman was sent to discredit.... but read it for yourself and see the patterns of the "underbelly." I could add book # II to his list and maybe we're redy for the recepie. This book takes you into the bowels of the system and tells you where the next ...
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Diaspora: Jews amidst Greeks and Romans 1 review
Erich S. Gruen
Harvard University Press, 2004
3.4 stars; Exile can be fun
Erich Gruen's book on the Diaspora offers a major new reinterpretation of the Jewish experiences from Alexander the Great to the Jewish rebellion of 66 CE. Historically, both Othodox and Zionist Jews view the diaspora as a curse, whose denizens are perenially threatened by anti-Semitism. Gruen argues a rather different case. Jews, the vast majority of whom lived outside of Palestine, thrived in ...
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Left To Tell (1st); Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust [Left to Tell]
Immaculee (Author); Ilibagiza
H-House, 2008
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculees family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped ...
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust429 reviews
Immaculee Ilibagiza
Hay House, 2007
Spectacularly interesting and insightful.
The story line is fascinating but the real strength is the insights into man inhumanity to man and the process of forgiveness and it's importance. The book caused me re-examine evil done by men and our responsibility to stop it and deal with it's consequences.
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Amidst the Fray: My Life in Politics, Culture, And Mississippi1 review
William D. Mounger, Joe Maxwell
Quail Ridge Press, 2006
Book Report of AMIDST THE FRAY by WD Mounger
And now we know the rest of the story. . .
Thesaurus, unabridged, one each, in hand, I embarked on a most unusual but enjoyable trek into this autobiographical masterpiece confidant that I could master whatever the illustrious Potentate and his faithful scribe, Maxwell, could muster. It did not occur to me until midway thru the body of the book that the 'wortebuch' was useless since the ...
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Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat: Stillness Amidst the World: A Book and 2 DVD Set64 reviews
Eckhart Tolle
New World Library, 2006
I am definitely an Eckhart Tolle fan...
I have read two books by Eckart Tolle- "Stillness", and "The Power of Now". I also watched a DVD series set besides this one. I like the Findhorn Retreat. You get Eckhart Tolle at a good price. I liked how he talked about how that it's easy for us to complain, and that we often complain, so we can have a story to tell. He also talks about how people complain about their situations, but do ...
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Ethnicity and Culture Amidst New "Neighbors": The Runa of Ecuador's Amazon Region (Part of the Cultural ...
Theodore Macdonald
Allyn & Bacon, 1998
This book provides the reader with a story that has been many years in the making. It is the story of the Runa, a Quichua-speaking Indian population in Ecuador's Amazon region. It offers a window onto another culture, an illustration of the relationship between ethnicity and culture, and a story of the mobilization of an indigenous group. And when the reader arrives at the book's end, he or she will understand why the story is not merely ...
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Soul Storm, Finding God Amidst Disaster, Reflections from a Hurricane Katrina Survivor (With Music CD)1 review
Bruce Smith
Pelican Publishing, 2006
Inspirational Read
Bruce Smith takes readers through his life's journey of ups and downs and draws parallels between his personal experiences and the events that so devastated his native New Orleans. His writing gives hope to those who may be going through trials of their own as he clearly shows how God's grace and mercy are evident even in the midst of storms. I highly recommend this book.
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Oracle Of The Phoenix: Discovering A Tree Of Life Of Life Amidst The End Time Signs And Wonders Of The ...3 reviews
Steven Blonder
Gnostic Tree Publishing, 2008
Captivating insights into the history ahd future of humankind
Steven Blonder's book presented to the this reader facts as well as his interpretations and connections. He goes even further as he looks at those historical events and connections to prophesies expressed by past civilizations as to the future of this planet. This book is so informative and gave me so much to think about and ponder. It reads like a mystery novel rather than cold historical ...
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Amidst the Gold Dust: Women Who Forged the West5 reviews
Julie Danneberg
Fulcrum Publishing, 2001
Amidst the Gold Dust
The compelling stories in AMIDST THE GOLD DUST bring to life the exciting and difficult stories of five fascinating women - a welcome departure from typical Wild West histories which usually consider the era in terms of its famous men. Ms. Danneberg's use of a 'fictional narrative' style is an effective and accessible approach for middle and upper grade readers. Telling the women's stories from ...
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A Boy Amidst The Rubble4 reviews
George W. Porter-Young
Xlibris Corporation, 2007
A Boy - and a Family - Amidst the Rubble
War stories as told by the innocent victims of madness make for compelling reading - as long as the story is told well. And George Porter-Young has succeeded wonderfully in telling the story of the London Blitz through his own eyes as a 10-year-old boy. One can almost hear his Cockney accent in his retelling of the tale as he brings to life all the members of his family, who are described in rich ...
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Amidst the Shadows of Trees
Miriam M. Brysk
Yellow Star Press, 2007
A Holocaust child's survival in the Partisans. Miriam Brysk's story of ghetto life in Lida in Belarus and partisan life in the nearby Lipiszanska forest sheds light on Jewish activism during the Nazi Holocaust. It also tells the story of a lost childhood and of challenging years spent disguised as a partisan "boy" accompanying her father and mother in the resistance. Dr. Chaim Miasnik. Miriam's father, was chief of staff and lead surgeon in a ...
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Interpreter of Shadows: Stories of Courage, Compassion and Inspiration amidst Illness1 review
Bernard Laya
Trafford Publishing, 2009
A Radiologist's Perspective
I would call this, "Chicken Soup for Imagers" just like the famous New York Times best-selling series. This is however not merely a feel good book for radiologists, radiologic technologists and all those involved in medical imaging but also for patients undergoing such studies, the physicians who request them and for all others involved in healthcare. One would be enlightened about the importance ...
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