The Lottery and Other Stories
Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Shirley Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 1991
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Author : Tom Segev
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 24,45 MB
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1982102071
Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel’s foundation. “Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict…the best analysis…of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body” (The New York Times Book Review). Historian and journalist Tom Segev stirred up controversy in Israel upon the first publication of 1949. It was a landmark book that told a different story of the country’s early years, one that wasn’t taught in schools or shown in popular culture. Rather than painting the idealized picture of the Israel’s founding in 1948, after the wreckage of the Holocaust, Segev reveals gritty underside behind the early years. The new country of Israel faced challenges on all sides. Day-to-day life was severe, marked by austerity and food shortages; Israeli society was fractured between traditional and secular camps; Jewish immigrants from Middle-Eastern countries faced discrimination and second-class treatment; and clashes between settlers and the Arabs would set the tone for relations for the following decades, hardening attitudes and creating a violent cycle of retaliation. Drawing on journal entries, letters, declassified government documents, and more, 1949 is a richly detailed look at the friction between the idealism of the Zionist movement and the cold realities of history. Decades after its publication in the United States, Segev’s groundbreaking book is still required reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel’s past and future.
Author : Hot Rod Magazine
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,89 MB
Release : 2003-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760313176
HOT ROD Magazine has defined more than one generation of car and racing enthusiast in its 50-plus years of existence. This reprint of the best from the decade 1949 to 1959 is a unique look back to the great old days of hot rodding and dry-lake racing. Includes all original advertising and editorial material for a nostalgic visit to the beginnings of American racing and hot rod culture. Also features Stroker McGurk cartoons, Hot Rod of the Month articles, Parts with Appeal features, articles about Bonneville, the Indy 500, and other historic races, and much more. A nostalgic look at one of the richest eras in hot rodding history from the leading magazine of the time.
Author : John Chapman
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Page : 437 pages
File Size : 19,16 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Drama
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Author : John Arthur Chapman
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Page : 437 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 1950
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Author : Dizzy Gillespie
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 34,35 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN : 0816665478
Originally published: New York: Doubleday, 1979.
Author : Scott Eyman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,5 MB
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1439199590
This revelatory biography shows how both the facts and fictions about John Wayne illuminate his singular life.
Author : Kevin Peraino
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 12,28 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 0307887235
"A compelling year-long narrative of America's response to the fall of Chiang Kai-shek and Nationalist China in 1949, and Mao Zedong and the Communist Party's rise to power, forever altering the world's geopolitical map"--Provided by publisher.
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 27,55 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Casualty insurance
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Author : Thomas P. Bernstein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780739142226
In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate rejection of Soviet models and practices in economic, cultural, social, and other realms.