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Publisher: HeadStart Publishing
ISBN: 0933239033
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Author: Jan Tomasz Gross
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190614536
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the crops scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? The starting pointof Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's Golden Harvest, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--diggers--atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some 800,000 Jews were gassed and cremated. The diggers are searching for gold and precious stones that Nazi executioners may have overlooked. The story captured in this grainy black-and-white photograph symbolizes the vast, continent-wide plunder of Jewish wealth that went hand-in-hand with the Holocaust. The seizure of Jewish assets during World War II occasionally generates widespread attention when Swiss banks are challenged to produce lists of dormant accounts, or national museums are forced to return stolen paintings. But the theft of Europe's Jewish population was not limited to conquering armies, leading banks, or museums. It was perpetrated also by local people, such as those pictured in the photograph. Lyrical and often heartbreaking, A Golden Harvest takes readers across Europe as it exposes the economic ravaging of an entire society. Beginning with a simple group shot, the authors have written a moving book that evokes the depth and range, as well as the intimacy, of the Final Solution.

Author: Andrew Tompsett
Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers
ISBN: 9780906720462
Category : Daffodils
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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This publication provides a history of daffodil growing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the modern industry of the early twenty-first century.

Author: Arnab Chatterjee
Publisher: BecomeShakespeare.com
ISBN: 9388942361
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 69

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The book is yet another addition to the many volumes of poetry that the author has penned. Working on multifarious themes ranging from Nature, God, love, separation, the mechanics of existence and time, the poet ponders on the issues that confront mankind daily. Contemplative and yet not sermonizing, these poems try to capture the very essence of existence and being. The poems are fresh, sensitive and it is the reader who is ultimately called upon to judge so. They are the “golden harvest” of the poet’s mind and soul.

Author: Yvonne Tasker
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136919465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 494

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Fifty Contemporary Film Directors examines the work of some of today’s most popular and influential cinematic figures. It provides an accessible overview of each director’s contribution to cinema, incorporating a discussion of their career, major works and impact. Revised throughout and with twelve new entries, this second edition is an up-to-date introduction to some of the most prominent film makers of the present day. The directors, from differing backgrounds and working across a range of genres, include: Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Sofia Coppola Julie Dash Shane Meadow Michael Moore Peter Jackson Guillermo Del Toro Tim Burton Jackie Chan Ang Lee Pedro Almodóvar. With further reading and a filmography accompanying each entry, this comprehensive guide is indispensable to all those studying contemporary film and will appeal to anyone interested in the key individuals behind modern cinema’s greatest achievements.

Author: Calestous Juma
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199831432
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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African agriculture is currently at a crossroads, at which persistent food shortages are compounded by threats from climate change. But, as this book argues, Africa faces three major opportunities that can transform its agriculture into a force for economic growth: advances in science and technology; the creation of regional markets; and the emergence of a new crop of entrepreneurial leaders dedicated to the continent's economic improvement. Filled with case studies from within Africa and success stories from developing nations around the world, The New Harvest outlines the policies and institutional changes necessary to promote agricultural innovation across the African continent. Incorporating research from academia, government, civil society, and private industry, the book suggests multiple ways that individual African countries can work together at the regional level to develop local knowledge and resources, harness technological innovation, encourage entrepreneurship, increase agricultural output, create markets, and improve infrastructure.

Author: 盧子英
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Film posters
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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本画册中英对照, 选录了从五十年代到九十年代的香港电影海报以及许多其他电影宣传品等, 共彩色图版190余帧.

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Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Bruce Thomas
Publisher: Frog Books
ISBN: 9781883319250
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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This is the only independent biography of Bruce Lee, and it is complete in terms of both the martial arts and the movies.

Author: Blake Bridges Brantley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 22

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