Survival as Victory

Survival as Victory

Author: Oksana Kis

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 0674258282

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Survival as Victory is the first anthropological study of daily life in the Soviet forced labor camps as experienced by Ukrainian women prisoners. Oksana Kis pulls from the written and oral histories of over 150 survivors to bring to life the gendered strategies of survival, accommodation, and resistance to the dehumanizing effects of the Gulag.


Victory

Victory

Author: Carla Jablonski

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2012-07-17

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1596432934

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A pair of siblings' bucolic French town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII. When their friend goes into hiding and his Jewish parents disappear, they realize they must take a stand.


The Winter at Valley Forge

The Winter at Valley Forge

Author: James E. Knight

Publisher: Troll Communications

Published: 1999-02-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780816749751

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A soldier chronicles the harsh winter colonial soldiers, led by General George Washington, spend at Valley Forge during the American Revolution.


The Climb of My Life

The Climb of My Life

Author: Laura Evans

Publisher: Harper San Francisco

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780062586582

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After a mighty struggle against breast cancer, Laura Evans "climbed to the summit of the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere, leading sixteen other breast cancer survivors in a heroic demonstration of the power of the human spirit to overcome adversity."--Jacket.


The Art of Victory

The Art of Victory

Author: Gregory R. Copley

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-09-04

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1416524789

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From historian and strategic analyst Copley comes a charter for personal business success based on the "28 Maxims of Victory"--lessons from history on how civilizations and societies have evolved.


Last Days Survival Guide

Last Days Survival Guide

Author: Rick Renner

Publisher: Destiny Image Publishers

Published: 2020-08-18

Total Pages: 682

ISBN-13: 1680314165

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God Wants You Prepared for These Perilous Times! The Holy Spirit warned that perilous times would come in the very last of the last days. Were in that time frame right now, and it is imperative that we know how to survive victoriously. Scripture prophesies that spiritual tempests will spread across the world with far-reaching consequences. But we do not have to be a casualty of these storms! In this eye-opening survival guide, Rick Renner covers prophetic scriptures about the end times and how to prepare for them. He teaches: What the word perilous really means and why God is alerting you. What exact characteristics will mark society in the very last days. What actions to take to protect yourself and those you love. Strategies to stop the devil from attacking you and your loved ones. If youre concerned about what you are witnessing in society and even in the Church the answers you need to maintain your victory are in this book! Its a survival guide for thriving in these perilous last days.


Victory in Defeat

Victory in Defeat

Author: Gregory J. W. Urwin

Publisher: Naval Inst Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 9781591148999

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In a book that draws on interviews with American POWs, as well as their Japanese captors, and diaries secretly kept by prison-camp inmates, the author of Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island offers a moving history of the incarceration of the American defenders of Wake Island after their surrender to the Japanese during World War II.


Touching the Void

Touching the Void

Author: Joe Simpson

Publisher: Direct Authors

Published: 2012-12-12

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 0957519303

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The 25th Anniversary ebook, now with more than 50 images. 'Touching the Void' is the tale of two mountaineer’s harrowing ordeal in the Peruvian Andes. In the summer of 1985, two young, headstrong mountaineers set off to conquer an unclimbed route. They had triumphantly reached the summit, when a horrific accident mid-descent forced one friend to leave another for dead. Ambition, morality, fear and camaraderie are explored in this electronic edition of the mountaineering classic, with never before seen colour photographs taken during the trip itself.