383 Ergebnisse für: recounts
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Innocence Lost: Ethan McCord recounts aftermath of Iraqi civilian massacre | UNPC 7/24/2010 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ihPGtcHjNk
NEWS FLASH! See also: WikiLeaks' Collateral Murder: U.S. Soldier Ethan McCord's Eyewitness Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelmEZe8whI http://mediasanct...
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For Those in Peril: Civil Decorations and Lifesaving Awards at the National ... - Edward Besly - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=QNkkpeqW0X4C&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false
Commemorating extraordinary gallantry shown at sea and on land, in fires, earthquakes and industrial disasters, this picture book recounts the events behind the awards, stories of astonishing courage shown by men, women and even children as they risked and…
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Taming the Atom: The Emergence of the Visible Microworld - Hans Christian Von Baeyer - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=q37Ytybbp1sC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=1/299,792,458+%22October+20%22+1983+-Wikipedia&source=bl&ots=
Fascinating, accessible study recounts the process of discovery, from atomism of the Greeks to quantum revolutions of the 1920s and the theories and conjectures of today. Topics include components of the atom, quantum mechanics, atomic landscape, atoms in…
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The Cruise of the German Raider Atlantis - Joseph P. Slavick - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=9CJmvN0KYTMC&pg=PA146#v=onepage
Slavick, a captain with the US Air Force, recounts the adventures and victories of one of Germany's warships that, disguised as a merchant vessel, captured or sank 22 merchant ships, broke enemy codes, and got hold of valuable intelligence material from…
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Cuba's Wild East: A Literary Geography of Oriente - Peter Hulme - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=8KV4-NAHiLQC&pg=PA64&dq=%22%09Jos%C3%A9+de+la+Luz-Le%C3%B3n%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=iz2FUo3tKsnMswbwgoG
Cuba's Wild East: A Literary Geography of Oriente recounts a literary history of modern Cuba that has four distinctive and interrelated characteristics. Oriented to the east of the island, it looks aslant at a Cuban national literature that has sometimes…
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Groundhog Day - Don Yoder - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=eFKO9FKPjOwC
Explores the national phenomenon of Groundhog Day, opening with a look at the annual celebration in Punxsutawney. The author investigates the holiday's European origins, recounts the history of the groundhog as weather prognosticator in America -- from…
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Murphy - Samuel Beckett - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=R-QkDxkqbJoC&dq=Murphy+beckett&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=Isgq902nDL&sig=sthucDPUfxYOuOiw
'Murphy', Samuel Beckett's first published novel, was written in English and published in London in 1938; Beckett himself subsequently translated the book into French, and it was published in France in 1947. The novel recounts the hilarious but tragic life…
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The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=_jn79DlTR1QC&pg=PA43&dq=Francesco+Squarcione&hl=de&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3lJ3pze7XAhXG7RQKHcBVDgIQ6A
The Renaissance was a fantastic period of rebirth in terms of art and culture. This book recounts the struggles and victories of the most celebrated artists who lived and worked at this time. The masterpieces of Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Bruegel, Sandro…
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Indian Wars - Robert M. Utley, Wilcomb E. Washburn - Google Books
https://books.google.de/books?id=cc3l29gVaHkC&pg=PA186
An absorbing and comprehensive work, INDIAN WARS recounts the violent conflicts between Native Americans and white settlers that lasted more than three hundred years, the effects of which still resonate today. Here, the widely respected historians Robert…
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Old Families of Staten Island - J. J. Clute - Google Books
http://books.google.de/books?id=tEQmCTl-o9MC&pg=PA51&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
John Wayland here recounts the Washington family history by taking us on a tour of the legendary homesteads they inhabited. There are chapters on "Wakefield," the birthplace of George Washington, "The Rose of Epping Forest," the historic homestead of…