Kempowski, W: Homeland

An evocative novel of the legacy of World War Two and uncovered family history, raising devastating questions about ordinary Germans' complicity in...

Reducere. Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany through more than 1, 000 extracts from letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts, written by...

Publisher: Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbHAuthor(s): Walter KempowskiPublication date: 2018Dimensions: 119 x 187 x 33Cover type: Paperback / softba...

An atmospheric novel about the delusion and indecision of a wealthy family in the last days of the Third Reich as the Russians advance from the east.

In Cory Doctorow's wildly successful "Little Brother, " young Marcus Yallow was arbitrarily detained and brutalized by the government in the wake o...

Reducere. All Americans, whether they live in the city or country, whether they lean politically left or right, whether they prize open space for the view or...

Reducere. This "beautiful novel . . . has echoes of The Great Gatsby": an immigrant father and his son search for belonging--in post-Trump America, and with ...

An epic and heartbreaking story of two best friends whose families are divided by the conflicting loyalties of terrorism.

This book introduces students to the dynamic and complex enterprise that is homeland security. Using a broad lens, the authors explore key operatio...

Reducere. From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of North and South The first in a saga about a German immigrant and his family's rise in 20th-century...

Since 2001 the U.S. government has been engaged in the delicate balancing act of seeking to protect the country against terrorism, both foreign-con...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

The second, edge-of-your-seat prequel novel based on Showtime's hit series, HOMELAND, 'the best thriller on American television' New York PostPubli...

Reducere. AN ECONOMIST, NEW YORK TIMES AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR'Outstanding... it is hard to convey the breadth and brilliance of this work' Obse...

Collection of twelve, often heartrending and sometimes comic, tales in which the central themes are family ties and life choices. By a leading Amer...

DescriptionThe ninth of a new, well-received, and highly acclaimed series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, Defense Industrial Base...

Immigrant Anders Alhom ki, introduced to readers in Munger's best selling novel Suomalaiset, returns in this prequel. Why did Anders leave his home...

Home/Land: Women, Citizenship, Photographies demonstrates how women have used photographic practices to find places for themselves to belong as cit...

Reducere. What if somebody finally wrote to his high school alumni bulletin and told...the truthHere is an update from hell, and the most brilliant work to d...

Reducere. Frank immigrated to America at age ten. Now twenty-eight years old, he wants to visit his homeland to see his childhood friends.He was not yet a US...

An American son and his immigrant father search for belonging - in post-Trump America, and in their relationship with each other

Publisher: Key Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Kaminski, TomIllustration(s): Over 120Number of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 173 x 243 x 9Cov...

The poet of the medieval Muslim world who is the best-known figure from four centuries of Arab-Islamic civilisation on the island of Sicily

A collection of both deeply personal reflections and carefully researched studies that explore the New Mexico homeland through the experiences and ...

Reducere. AwardsNew Mexico-Arizona Book AwardsDescriptionUn lugar sagrado, a sacred place where two or more are gathered in the name of community, can be fou...

Provocative and prolific, Boots Riley has written lyrics as the frontman of underground favorites The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club, as well ...

A groundbreaking look inside the controversial field of deradicalization, told through the stories of former militants and the people working to br...

Reducere. DescriptionFormer Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offers an insightful analysis of American security at home and ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

For much of her life like many Westerners most of what Pamela Olson knew of the Middle East was informed by headlines and stereotypes. But when she...

DescriptionThe United States has poured over a billion dollars into a network of interagency intelligence centers called "fusion centers." These ce...

Ideas defer to no border--least of all the idea of belonging. So where does one belong, and what does belonging even mean, when a border inscribes ...

A moving reflection on the complicated nature of home and homeland, and the heartache and adventure of leaving an adopted country in order to retur...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Cynthia Miller-IdrissNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 233 x 161 x 23Cover type...

Reducere. Powerfully written from the perspective of the Navajos and illustrated with deeply personal interpretations of historic events, this book sheds fre...

Reducere. Critical Issues in Homeland Security: A Casebook encourages analytical and careful examination of practical homeland security problems through the ...

Reducere. Since the first edition of this book was published in 2009, significant changes have occurred in the security landscape, both domestically and inte...

Reducere. "... we were going to West Harbor to hear Negro Bennett preach in 1854 ... Bennett was about sixty years old at the time. I think the largest negro...

Reducere. A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people Hate crimes. Misinformation and conspiracy theories. Foile...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Before their relocation to the Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma, the Kanza Indians spent twenty-seven years on a reservation near Council G...

Reducere. Uncovering a history buried by different nationalist narratives (Jewish, Israeli, Arab and Palestinian) this book looks at how the late Ottoman era...

Publisher: Indiana University PressAuthor(s): Anat PlockerNumber of pages: 240Collection: The Modern Jewish ExperiencePublication date: 2022Dimensi...

Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas is the first book to analyse the recent upsurge in museums on Chinese diasporas in China. Examining her...

One of the world's foremost writing teachers invites readers on a joyful journey into the reading and origins of haiku A haiku is three simple line...

Reducere. Drawing on the riches of Persian culture and her own dramatic experience of loss of a homeland, Guli Francis-Dehqani offers memorable and perceptiv...