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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, and he recorded them with matchless power. Now, this landmark volume brings together Hemingway's most important writings on war. Edited and with an introduction by Hemingway's grandson Sean and featuring a personal foreword by the author's only living son, Patrick, this volume includes selections from Hemingway's first book of short stories, In Our Time, as well as...
9) Gaelan's war
Author
Publisher
[Patrick Glynn]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Gaelan Kelly is a high school student with loving parents, a devoted girlfriend and a promising future. When he answers the call to duty, combat leaves him emotionally and physically scarred. He comes home to a girlfriend that has moved on, and is haunted by a self-hatred - unable to forgive himself for the actions he took after his friend was killed. Gaelan's parents are brutally taken from him during what should have been a time of healing, and...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In every American conflict from the Revolution to the Persian Gulf War, American military men and women have captured the horror, pathos and intensity of battle by writing letters home. Collecting 50,000 war letters, using the most compelling and enlightening of the missives and newly discovered home movies, this tells the story of American wars from the viewpoint of the men and women on the frontlines and those who waited at home.
Author
Publisher
Collins Design
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The first book to examine this genre of comics in depth, tracing the development of warfare--from Thermopylae to the Napoleonic Wars; the American Revolutionary and Civil Wars to World Wars I and II; and from the Korean and Vietnam Wars to modern day conflicts--through the eyes of some of comics' greatest creators. This lush and exciting visual compilation explores the history of global conflict--from the Alamo to Pearl Harbor, from Dunkirk to Iraq...
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"These stories aren't pretty and they aren't for the faint of heart. They are realistic, haunting and shocking. And they are all unforgettable. Television reports, movies, newspapers and blogs about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have offered images of the fighting there. But this collection offers voices-powerful voices, telling the kind of truth that only fiction can offer. What makes the collection so remarkable is that all of these stories are...
Publisher
Greenhaven Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
This collection of critical essays on Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms" discusses the background to the novel, characters, major themes, and the novelist's technique. The volume also includes a biographical sketch of Hemingway.
Series
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
When first published in 1929, Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms was decried as a vulgar novel, and was actually banned in Boston. In his extensive introduction, Scott Donaldson explains this initial reception, and then traces the change in perception toward the novel. The essays in this collection show that Farewell was a revolutionary novel that has only now begun to be understood - sixty years after publication. Sandra Spanier demonstrates how...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Shortlisted for the international prize for Arabic fiction 2018. For fans of The Kite Runner comes this remarkable debut, the number one bestselling title in Iraq, Dubai and the UAE. Baghdad, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbours in an air raid shelter. There, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war, sharing their dreams,...
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