Author: Donna Oliver Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 030018283X Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 372
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This textbook allows instructors to deliver in obe academic year a full first-year Russian language curriculum. It consists of ten lessons that cover all major grammar topics and provide an ample amount of essential vocabulary on a variety of themes.
Author: Irina Dimitric Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1684719518 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 135
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Young Bogdan, a medical student at Graz University, finds himself conscripted into the Austro-Hungarian Army at the outbreak of WWI. Will he escape to neutral Switzerland to avoid having to fight against his own people? This is just one of the tough decisions he will have to make during the four years of war. In this memoir, the author invites her father to talk about his experiences as a young Serb patriot eager to put his life on the line for his people. His love of adventure takes him to Russia, where he witnesses the Revolution of 1917. The book is illustrated with photos of both personal and historic value.
Author: Olga Kharitidi Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062514172 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 244
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Olga Kharitidi's debut book is a remarkable account of her spiritual adventure in snowbound Siberia. Joining an ailing friend on a spontaneous trip to the Atai Mountains, Dr. Kharitidi is taken into apprenticeship by a native Shaman who guides her through bizarre, magical, and often terrifying experiences that open her eyes to a wellspring of deeper learning. On the road to Belovedia, a fabled civilization of highly evolved beings, she encounters revolutionary mystical teachings while discovering ancient secrets of magic and healing. At once a modern odyssey and a timeless dreamscape, Entering the Circle is an inspiring story of personal growth and an insightful work about the limitless potential of human spirit.
Author: Mark Tufts Publisher: PageFree Publishing, Inc. ISBN: 9781589610422 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 316
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When Allison McGrath, a pretty young prostitute working Hollywood Boulevard, encounters an old bag lady, she foolishly dismisses the hag's ranting as mere drunken babble. Months later, long after Allison has forgotten the chance encounter, the ancient powers of the Druid curse cast upon her by the old hag, begin to set in motion a tragic chain of events that span some thirty years. In death, Allison gives birth to identical twin boys. The curse doesn't end however, and in fact, it has really just begun. Her bastard sons, separated at their orphan birth are not aware of one another and live parallel to one another on opposite sides of the law, until their lives violently come 'Full Circle.'
Author: Nicholas J. Brown Publisher: Circassian ISBN: 9780140120417 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 532
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This updated version of the Penguin Russian Course introduces the learner, through translation extracts, to the culture and life of the modern (post Glasnost) Soviet Union that was, as well as to the Russian language.
Author: Deirdre McNamer Publisher: ISBN: 9780345439512 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 308
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An American woman on holiday in Greece flies home, booking into a hotel not far from where her son and husband await her return. From there she proceeds to spy on her former life.
Author: Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn Publisher: ISBN: 9780810115903 Category : Historical fiction Languages : en Pages : 592
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Gleb Nerzhin, a brilliant mathematician, lives out his life in post-war Russia in a series of prisons and labor camps where he and his fellow inmates work to meet the demands of Stalin.
Author: Saul Silas Fathi Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1465333371 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 634
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AWARDS RECEIVED In addition to being selected a finalist in Foreword Magazine, the book also won the "2005 Distinguished Honor Award" from the Military Writers Society of America. The link can be viewed at www.militarywriters.com/awards.htm Introduction Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad and the Return chronicles a prominent Iraqi Jewish familys escape from persecution, through the journey of one family member, a young boy, who witnesses public hangings and the 1941 Krystallnacht (Farhood) in Baghdad. After a dangerous escape from Iraq akin to a Sephardic Schindlers List, this ten-year-old begins a lifelong search for meaning and his place in the world. This journey takes him to the newly-formed nation of Israel, then to Brazil, and eventually to the United States, where he serves in the US Army in Korea, works in top level positions with three Fortune 500 companies, starts several businesses, and volunteers to assist the FBI after September 11, 2001. This chronicle strives to explore questions of meaning such as: Does hardship taint the lure of adventure for any young man? What sustains hope? Does a persecuted Jew ever feel at home anywhere? This young mans journey and subsequent identity crisis interfaces with historical happenings in the world and brings an understanding of the culture and contributions of Sephardic Jews. There has been much written about the Jewish population in Germany and Europe and what they suffered, but little is known about Sephardic Jews who have also been persecuted in other countries, especially in Iraq, a country of which we as Americans have some familiarity, but know very little about. PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Saul Silas Fathi (631) 232-1638 [email protected] Full Circle: Escape From Baghdad and The Return Published Author by Saul Silas Fathi December 5, 2005 (Central Islip, NY) Historical conflicts, persecution and social unrests have always forced people to leave their homeland and move towards uncertainty. And because of these, the search for meaning only becomes more difficult and sometimes impossible. One man however overcame great odds and found meaning at last when he completed his great journey of life, and readers can experience it all by reading author Saul Silas Fathis amazing new book Full Circle: Escape From Baghdad and The Return. Epic in proportion, Full Circle tells the full life journey of the author who witnessed public executions as a young boy and escaped with his Iraqi Jewish family from certain persecution in Iraq during the mid twentieth century. At the age of ten, the author began an ambitious personal journey to find the meaning of life as well as his place in the world. Through the years, he traveled to the newly-formed Israel, to Brazil and eventually to the United States of America and in each country he learned and experienced a lot about life, culture, knowledge and survival. Determined to excel, Saul completed his education, joined the U.S. Army and ultimately he became an American citizen as well as a high-level executive working with Fortune-500 companies. Aside from his struggles and achievements, Sauls book explores the depths of mans search for meaning, which includes his insights about hope, his Sephardic Jewish heritage, the impacts of 9/11 and the Gulf War, identity crisis, and more. Readers will be astonished with the great
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