Castles Burning

Castles Burning

Author: Magda Denes

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780393039665

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When her family goes into hiding from the fascist Arrow-Cross, she is torn from the "castle" of intimacies shared with her adored and adoring older brother and plunged into a world of incomprehensible deprivation, separation, and loss. Her rage, and her ability to feel devastating sorrow and still to insist on life, will reach every reader at the core.


Castles Burning

Castles Burning

Author: Keith Wayne McCoy

Publisher: Champagne Book Group

Published: 2014-10-04

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Wil Warner is a tormented son tossed about by the waves of both parents. His father is a beautiful but simple father and husband, and his mother is a narcissistic woman obsessed with the art of acquisition and the relentless climb to the top of society. After his father’s death, an adult Wil is left to face the ultimate horror of his mother’s mental illness.


A Woman in a War Zone

A Woman in a War Zone

Author: Wecacepahala Weha

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2011-05-25

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1426958935

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Women enduring and surviving on a planet run by men in the many different war-zones.


Catastrophe and Meaning

Catastrophe and Meaning

Author: Moishe Postone

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2003-11-15

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0226676110

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How should we understand the relation of the Holocaust to the broader historical processes of the century just ended? How do we explain the bearing of the Holocaust on problems of representation, memory, memorialization, and historical practice? These are some of the questions explored by an esteemed group of scholars in Catastrophe and Meaning, the most significant multiauthored book on the Holocaust in over a decade. This collection features essays that consider the role of anti-Semitism in the recounting of the Holocaust; the place of the catastrophe in the narrative of twentieth-century history; the questions of agency and victimhood that the Holocaust inspires; the afterlife of trauma in literature written about the tragedy; and the gaps in remembrance and comprehension that normal historical works fail to notice. Contributors: Omer Bartov, Dan Diner, Debòrah Dwork, Saul Friedländer, Geoffrey Hartman, Dominick LaCapra, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Anson Rabinbach, Frank Trommler, Shulamit Volkov, Froma Zeitlin


The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

Author: Jeannette Walls

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-01-02

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1416544666

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A triumphant tale of a young woman and her difficult childhood, The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience, redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and wonderfully vibrant. Jeannette Walls was the second of four children raised by anti-institutional parents in a household of extremes.


Syria Burning

Syria Burning

Author: Charles Glass

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2016-03-22

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 1784785172

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Since the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civil war has claimed in excess of 200,000 lives, with an estimated 8 million Syrians, more than a third of the country's population, forced to flee their homes. Militant Sunni groups, such as ISIS, have taken control of large swathes of the nation. The impact of this catastrophe is now being felt on the streets of Europe and the United States. Veteran Middle East expert Charles Glass combines reportage, analysis, and history to provide an accessible overview of the origins and permutations defining the conflict. He also gives a powerful argument for why the West has failed to get to grips with the consequences of the crisis.