The Tent Pegs Of Heaven A Journey Through Afghanistan Illustrated
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Women Into the Unknown
Author | : Marion Tinling |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1989-01-23 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
Tinling has written a book about the exploration and derring-do of 42 women who, individually or with another, ventured forth to parts unknown or little known in the 19th and 20th centuries. . . . The accomplishment of each is sketched in biographical form that will variously intrigue, interest, and fascinate readers of varied persuasions. Choice Despite social restraints and limited financial resources, women have traveled in the past two centuries to virtually every unexplored region of the earth, sometimes with a male companion and often leading their own expeditions. In this book, Tinling offers portraits of some forty-five enterprising and intrepid women who have explored uncharted territory investigating the lives and customs of remote human societies, study rare plants and wild animals, or excavating the ruins of ancient civilizations. The subjects include English, American, and continental European women. In addition to detailed biographical essays, the author presents comprehensive bibliographical data on the published and unpublished works of the subjects and the articles and books that have been written about them. The explorations of these women have yielded impressive contributions to many areas of knowledge, including geography, archaeology, botany, zoology, and anthropology, as well as sensitive accounts of travel and discovery. Each of the biographical sketches supplies a chronological listing of the subject's writings and a list of chief bibliographical sources. The volume concludes with an annotated list of travel books by women in the English language, a general bibliography, and an index. This book is an appropriate resource for studies in women's history, geography, social history, and anthropology, and an appealing choice for women readers with an interest in travel and biography.
Recent Books about Afghanistan
Author | : Asia Society. Afghanistan Council |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Afghanistan |
ISBN | : |
The Bookseller
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 828 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Bibliography |
ISBN | : |
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
The British National Bibliography
Author | : Arthur James Wells |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1378 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Bibliography, National |
ISBN | : |
A Ride Through Islam: Being a Journey Through Persia and Afghanistan to India, Via Meshed, Herat and Kandahar
Author | : Hippisley Cunliffe Marsh |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1877 |
Genre | : Afghanistan |
ISBN | : |
Praying Drunk
Author | : Kyle Minor |
Publisher | : Sarabande Books |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 2014-01-13 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1936747715 |
“I finished this book with my heart pounding and grateful, my coffee cold and my smile wide and crying like a baby.” —Daniel Handler The characters in Praying Drunk speak in tongues, torture classmates, fall in love, abandon their children, keep machetes beneath passenger seats, and collect porcelain figurines. Ranging from Kentucky to Florida to Haiti, these stories enact the struggle to remain physically and spiritually alive throughout an untamable, turbulent world. Described as an author whose “voice lands somewhere between William Faulkner and Stephen King” (New Pages), Kyle Minor presents a dark, compelling collection of fiction showcasing the talent that has earned him multiple literary honors.
Brothers Forever
Author | : Tom Sileo |
Publisher | : Da Capo Press |
Total Pages | : 314 |
Release | : 2014-05-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0306822385 |
Recounts the personal story of how two Naval academy roommates--US Marine Travis Manion and US Navy SEAL Brendan Looney--defined a generation's sacrifice after 9/11, and how their loved ones carry on in their memory Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, the President of the United States stood in Arlington National Cemetery. In his Memorial Day address, he extolled the courage and sacrifice of the two young men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen US Marine, and Brendan Looney, a fallen US Navy SEAL. Although they were killed three years apart, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan, these two best friends and former roommates were now buried together--"brothers forever." Award-winning journalist Tom Sileo and Travis's father, former Marine colonel Tom Manion, come together to tell thisd intimate story, from Travis's incredible heroism on the streets of Fallujah to Brendan's anguished Navy SEAL training in the wake of his friend's death and his own heroism in the mountains of Afghanistan. Brothers Forever is a remarkable story of friendship, family, and war.