Out of the Past
Author: Barry Gifford
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781617034497
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Author: Barry Gifford
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781617034497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kalinda Vazquez
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Published: 2015-04-01
Total Pages: 125
ISBN-13: 1302479989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Lockley
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-04-30
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 1488098751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography of the first foreign-born samurai and his journey from Africa to Japan is “a readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life” (The Washington Post). When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, with whom he traversed India and China learning multiple languages as he went. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before, and many of them saw him as the embodiment of the black-skinned Buddha. Among those who were drawn to his presence was Lord Nobunaga, head of the most powerful clan in Japan, who made Yasuke a samurai in his court. Soon, he was learning the traditions of Japan’s martial arts and ascending the upper echelons of Japanese society. In the four hundred years since, Yasuke has been known in Japan largely as a legendary, perhaps mythical figure. Now African Samurai presents the never-before-told biography of this unique figure of the sixteenth century, one whose travels between countries and cultures offers a new perspective on race in world history and a vivid portrait of life in medieval Japan. “Fast-paced, action-packed writing. . . . A new and important biography and an incredibly moving study of medieval Japan and solid perspective on its unification. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (starred review) “Eminently readable. . . . a worthwhile and entertaining work.” —Publishers Weekly “A unique story of a unique man, and yet someone with whom we can all identify.” —Jack Weatherford, New York Times–bestselling author of Genghis Khan
Author: Carol Matas
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Published: 2013-02-01
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1443124567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA young Jewish girl recounts her experiences during a horrifying time in recent history. As Rose begins her diary, she is in her third home since coming to Winnipeg. Traumatized by her experiences in the Holocaust, she struggles to connect with others, and above all, to trust again. When her new guardian, Saul, tries to get Rose to deal with what happened to her during the war, she begins writing in her diary about how she survived the murder of the Jews in Poland by going into hiding. Memories of herself and her mother being taken in by those willing to risk sheltering Jews, moving from place to place, being constantly on the run to escape capture, begin to flood her diary pages. Recalling those harrowing days, includingwhen they stumbled on a resistance cell deep in the forest and lived underground in filthy conditions, begins to take its toll on Rose. As she delves deeper into her past, she is haunted by the most terrifying memory of all. Will she find the courage to bear witness to her mother's ultimate sacrifice?
Author: Lary May
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter Turchin
Publisher: The Economist
Published: 2020-11-17
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1541736761
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover the world records that define our history and jump headfirst into the past using scientific data that reveals accurate and insightful answers to life’s biggest questions. What was history's biggest empire? Or the tallest building of the ancient world? What was the plumbing like in medieval Byzantium? The average wage in the Mughal Empire? Where did scientific writing first emerge? What was the bloodiest ever ritual human sacrifice? We are used to thinking about history in terms of stories. Yet we understand our own world through data: cast arrays of statistics that reveal the workings of our societies. In Figuring Out the Past, radical historians Peter Turchin and Dan Hoyer dive into the numbers that reveal the true shape of the past, drawing on their own Seshat project, a staggeringly ambitious attempt to log every data point that can be gathered for every society that has ever existed. This book does more than tell the story of humanity: it shows you the big picture, by the numbers.
Author: Mark C. Carnes
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1996-11-15
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780805037609
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEssays that consider how classic movies have reflected history include the writings of such noted historians as Paul Fussell, Antonia Fraser, and Gore Vidal.
Author: James A. Percoco
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames Percoco demonstrates how, using applied history, you can bring to life the people, places, and events of our nation's history, inspiring in your students a passion for the past.
Author: David Wills
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2013-11-05
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0062265555
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Author: James Layton
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780935398229
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Traces the first two decades of the Technicolor Corporation and the development of its two-color motion picture process, using such resources as corporate documents, studio production files, contemporary accounts, and unpublished interviews. Includes annotated filmography of all two-color Technicolor titles produced between 1915 and 1935"--