Tag: Accounts

Free Download David Fletcher, "Tanks and Trenches: First Hand Accounts of Tank Warfare in the First World War"
English | ISBN: 0752449362 | 2009 | 192 pages | PDF | 48 MB
The vivid accounts in this book are taken from the early days of tank warfare and give an idea of the crucial role that tanks played in breaking the murderous stalemate on the Western Front. This influence was acknowledged by friend and foe alike and, while not decisive, it certainly hastened the end of that dreadful conflict, saving thousands of Allied lives and ushering in a new era of mechanised warfare. David Fletcher, the editor, draws his material exclusively from the archives of the world famous Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset. His linking narrative guides us through the war, battle-by-battle, from 15 September 1916 to the Armistice, using first hand accounts of the tank actions. A wealth of original photographs showing the tanks and their crews, both in action and at rest, support these vivid accounts.

Free Download Betrayal of Poland: First-hand accounts from the Second World War
by Simon Rees
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1036112098 | 232 Pages | True ePUB | 15.4 MB

Free Download Various, "Through the Eyes of a Slave – Written Accounts of American Slavery"
English | ISBN: 1528718054 | 2020 | 755 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
"Through the Eyes of a Slave" contains a carefully-selected collection of famous, influential and moving American slave narratives from a variety of authors including Solomon Northup’s "Twelve Years a Slave", which was adapted into the 2013 blockbuster film of the same name. These compelling, inspirational, and often harrowing real-life stories offer a unique insight into the travails of slave life in nineteenth-century America, and are highly recommended for those with an interest in this dark chapter of American history. Contents include: "Thirty Years a Slave, by Louis Hughes", "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, by Frederick Douglass", "Twelve Years a Slave, by Solomon Northup", "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, by William Craft and Ellen Craft", and "Twenty-Two Years a Slave, and Forty Years a Freeman, by Austin Steward". Read & Co. History is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic memoirs now for the enjoyment of a new generation of readers.

Free Download The Augustow Roundup of July 1945: Accounts of the Brutal Soviet Repression of Polish Resistance by Teresa Kaczorowska, Bożena U. Zaremba, Halina Koralewski
English | April 18, 2023 | ISBN: 1476689040 | 185 pages | EPUB | 11 Mb
In 1945, remnants of the Polish Home Army re-formed to counter brutal Soviet repressions. In July of that year, more than 7,000 HA freedom fighters were arrested in the northeastern Augustow region and held in barns, pigsties and warehouses where they were beaten and tortured. Two thousand of them were never seen again-their whereabouts remain a mystery. Seventy-five years later, their relatives still search for answers and the location of their mass burial. This book examines the fateful events of the Augustow Roundup (a.k.a. "little Katyn") through eyewitness testimonies.

Free Download Anita C. Galuschek, "Selfhood and Recognition: Melanesian and Western Accounts of Relationality "
English | ISBN: 1785336495 | 2017 | 198 pages | PDF | 1377 KB
The disciplines of philosophy and cultural anthropology have one thing in common: human behavior. Yet surprisingly, dialogue between the two fields has remained largely silent until now. Selfhood and Recognition combines philosophical and cultural anthropological accounts of the perception of individual action, exploring the processes through which a person recognizes the self and the other. Touching on humanity as porous, fractal, dividual, and relational, the author sheds new light on the nature of selfhood, recognition, relationality, and human life.

Free Download Soe Tjen Marching, "The End of Silence: Accounts of the 1965 Genocide in Indonesia "
English | ISBN: 9462983909 | 2017 | 220 pages | PDF | 1011 KB
In the late 1960s, between one and two million people were killed by Indonesian president Suharto’s army in the name of suppressing communism-and more than fifty years later, the issue of stigmatisation is still relevant for many victims of the violence and their families. The End of Silence presents the stories of these individuals, revealing how many survivors from the period have been so strongly affected by the strategy used by Suharto and his Western allies that these survivors, still afraid to speak out, essentially serve to maintain the very ideology that led to their persecution.

Free Download Wendy J. Reardon, "The Deaths of the Popes: Comprehensive Accounts, Including Funerals, Burial Places and Epitaphs"
English | ISBN: 0786461160 | 2010 | 320 pages | PDF | 21 MB
The traditions associated with a pope’s death have changed from when they were buried in the catacombs of Rome. Various ceremonies, rites and rituals developed over time, but a formal procedure was not initiated until the early 1300s and even then was not always strictly followed.

Free Download ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA, "SIMPLE TRUTH, THE: PERSONAL UNTOLD ACCOUNTS OF THAILAND’S 2009-2010 POLITICAL CRISES"
English | ISBN: 9742281270 | 2013 | 240 pages | PDF | 8 MB
Synopsis : Prologue Throughout my twenty years in politics, both in the government and in the opposition, I have always been truthful to myself and to the public. I have also always taken responsibility for all my actions. Just before taking office in December 2008, I said, "Whatever happens going forward, I have come to the final phase of my political life," and truly meant it. One year after having stepped down as Prime Minister, my political career is now even nearer to the end. As for how long I have on this earth, no one knows. I had the honour of serving my country as Prime Minister for over two years, during one of the worst crises in our nation’s history. Those were by far the most difficult two years out of my twenty in politics. They were years with the greatest responsibility, the most immense pressure, the most extreme physical threats, and the most damaging slander, especially concerning the political unrests. Since then, we have heard plenty of lies-I now ask for the opportunity to tell the truth. The plain truth; the earnest truth; and the unwavering truth. Abhisit Vejjajiva September 2012

Free Download Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues-then and Now by Timothy Ballard
English | September 4, 2018 | ISBN: 162972484X | 256 pages | PDF | 12 Mb
Told in alternating chapters from perspectives spanning more than a century apart of two people who fought one of the most shockingly persistent evils of the world: slave trafficking and sexual exploitation of slaves— told from the of both 19th century perspective of Harriet Jacobs and modern-daystory of Timothy Ballard.

Free Download Ivana Dolejsova, "Accounts of Hope: A Problem of Method in Postmodern Apologia"
English | 2001 | pages: 339 | ISBN: 0820456268, 390676754X | PDF | 1,4 mb
This book addresses fundamental questions in systematic theology and philosophy of religion. How can the Christian story remain relevant in a postmodern pluralistic society? How can it draw on its traditional sources without reverting to fundamentalism? How can dialogue be maintained with contemporary culture without recourse to forms of religious reductionism or syncretism?