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In engaging, direct prose, Gene Jacobsen chronicles his three-and-a-half-year experience as a prisoner of war, during which time he endured the Bataan death march and subsequent horrors in the Philippines and Japan.
Author : Gene Samuel Jacobsen
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
In engaging, direct prose, Gene Jacobsen chronicles his three-and-a-half-year experience as a prisoner of war, during which time he endured the Bataan death march and subsequent horrors in the Philippines and Japan.
Author : Koigi Wa Wamwere
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 49,81 MB
Release : 2003-11-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781583226155
An extraordinary account of how a laborer's son rose to challenge the power of despots, I Refuse to Die is both the autobiography of one gifted man who rose above the horrors of colonization, and an uncensored history of modern Kenya. The book is infused with the freedom songs of the Kenyan people, as well as dream prophecy and folk tales that are part of Kenya's rich storytelling tradition. Tracing the roots of the Mau Mau rebellion, wa Wamwere follows the evolution and degeneration of Jomo Kenyatta and the rise of Daniel arap Moi. In 1979, wa Wamwere won a seat in the parliament, where he represented the economically depressed Nakuru district for three years. An outspoken activist and journalist, wa Wamwere was framed and detained on three separate instances, spending thirteen years in prison, where he was tortured but not broken. His mother and others led a hunger strike to free him and fellow political prisoners. Their efforts brought about a show trial at which Koigi was sentenced to four more years in prison and "six strokes of the cane," and escaped Kenya—and probably execution—only through the exertions of human rights groups and the government of Norway.
Author : Elton Mackin
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 25,87 MB
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0307547620
In the tradition of All Quiet on the Western Front, Elton E. Mackin’s memoirs are a haunting portrayal of war as seen through the eyes of a highly decorated Marine who fought in every Marine Brigade battle from Belleau Wood to the crossing of the Meuse on the eve of the Armistice. Praise for Suddenly We Didn't Want to Die “This beautifully written and truly gripping war memoir is a significant addition to battlefield literature. A minor classic . . . An altogether remarkable job [comparable] to Crane, Remarque and Mailer. Deserves the widest possible audience.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer “This immediate, eloquent report merit[s] comparison with Thomas Boyd’s Marine Corps [1923] classic Through the wheat.”—Publishers Weekly “A real curiosity: a highly mannered World War I diary, published nearly 80 years after being written and 20 years after its author’s death. Bright snapshots abound…sometimes a young man’s lyricism takes over [but] the horror of war never departs. The diary has the faults one expects, and the promise one prays for. A fine addition to WWI literature.”—Kirkus Reviews “A forthright, eloquent, and powerful memoir certain to become an enduring testament to the drama and tragedy of World War I. Threaded with no small measure of poetry, this superb memoir is sure to become a classic.”—Great Battles “A plain but powerful tale . . . [in] vivid prose loaded with details that bring the horrors of World War I to life, he tells an exceptional new version of the old story of battle transforming a boy into a veteran.”—American Library Association Booklist “To the ranks of Erich Maria Remarque, E.E. Cummings, John Dos Passos and Siegfried Sassoon, we must now add Elton Mackin . . . who, in a terse style reminiscent of Hemingway, [succeeds] in making someone unfamiliar with war truly now the frightfulness of the trenches and the greatness of the many men who fought in them.”—Marine Corps Gazette
Author : Paul Nixon
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 2012-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0829819428
Paul Nixon does it again with this groundbreaking follow-up to his bestseller "I Refuse to Lead a Dying Church!" "We Refused to Lead a Dying Church!" shares the miracles of God’s transformative power in dying churches that decided to choose life with real examples of ordinary pastors and lay leaders who inspired church growth. Nixon shares the stories of fifteen churches from the United Church of Christ, United Methodist Church, and Presbyterian Church (USA) that decided giving up, dying, was not an option.
Author : Sidney Finkel
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 23,81 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN : 9780976356202
A Holocaust survivor tells his story, including how he lived in a cramped and disease-ridden ghetto, saw his family murdered, endured the horrors of the Treblinka death camp, ate grass for survival in the final days before reaching freedom, and, finally, resumed his education in a foreign country after a six-year lapse.
Author :
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 0595289940
Author : Anne Budgell
Publisher :
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 20,95 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919
ISBN : 9781894725545
A harrowing account of loss and survival during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, and its devastating impact on Labrador.
Author : Bill Reilly
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 2014-05-02
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1499008856
Who Cares They Are Only Animals The true, shocking story of an animal rescue that took 14 months and the death of three of the characters will show you what Humane Law Officers really go thru. Everyone knows there are laws to protect children, the elderly, the disadvantaged, spouses and even those charged with crimes... But how about animals? Who protects them and what are they protected against? They are only animals. The majority of this story takes place on a 12 acre piece of property that formed a small mountain. Nothing that happened could be seen from any roads. The animals were owned by a hermit who needed help almost as much as they did. If you are interested in animals, suspense or drama and believe that human nature and abuse do not discriminate, you must read what happened. At the end you will read about a few other cases where human nature prevailed when the animal owners also needed help. Each one contains its own intrigue. By the time you are finished, you will learn how animals should be cared for and why they must be protected.
Author : Anthony Ray Hinton
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,40 MB
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1250124719
"A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit"--
Author : David Howarth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 33,58 MB
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1599215802
We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance. But they were betrayed and the Nazis ambushed them. Only one man survived--Jan Baalsrud. This is the incredible and gripping story of his escape. Frostbitten and snowblind, pursued by the Nazis, he dragged himself on until he reached a small arctic village. He was near death, delirious, and a virtual cripple. But the villagers, at mortal risk to themselves, were determined to save him, and--through impossible feats--they did. We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit.