Strike Fear in the Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strike Fear in the Land write by W. George Lovell. This book was released on 2020-05-07. Strike Fear in the Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The conquest of Guatemala was brutal, prolonged and complex, fraught with intrigue and deception, and not at all clear-cut. Yet views persist of it as an armed confrontation whose stakes were evident and whose outcomes were decisive, especially in favor of the Spaniards. A critical reappraisal is long overdue, one that calls for us to reconsider events and circumstances in the light of not only new evidence but also keener awareness of indigenous roles in the drama. While acknowledging the prominent role played by Pedro de Alvarado (1485–1541), Strike Fear in the Land reexamines the conquest to give us a greater appreciation of indigenous involvement in it, and sustained opposition to it. Authors W. George Lovell, Christopher H. Lutz, and Wendy Kramer develop a fresh perspective on Alvarado as well as the alliances forged with native groups that facilitated Spanish objectives. The book reveals, for instance, that during the years most crucial to the conquest, Alvarado was absent from Guatemala more often than he was present; he relied on his brother, Jorge de Alvarado, to act in his stead. A pact with the Kaqchikel Maya was also not nearly as solid or long-lived as previously thought, as Alvarado’s erstwhile allies soon turned against the Spaniards, fomenting a prolonged rebellion. Even the story of the K’iche’ leader Tecún Umán, hailed in Guatemala as a national hero who fronted native resistance, undergoes significant revision. Strike Fear in the Land is an arresting saga of personalities and controversies, conveying as never before the turmoil of this pivotal period in Mesoamerican history.
Land of Childhood's Fears - Faith, Friendship, and the Vietnam War
Land of Childhood's Fears - Faith, Friendship, and the Vietnam War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Land of Childhood's Fears - Faith, Friendship, and the Vietnam War write by David Todeschini. This book was released on 2005-04-30. Land of Childhood's Fears - Faith, Friendship, and the Vietnam War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The author's experience with the Medical Civic Action Program, and the corruption and evil aspects of the war. Operation Phoenix, drugs, My Lai, and a new theory on the assassination of John F Kennedy - Transcripts of Vet's Rap Sessions, heart-breaking and heart-warming poetry, PTSD, and the decline of morality in American society since that war.
Fear Stalks the Land!
Fear Stalks the Land! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fear Stalks the Land! write by Thom Yorke. This book was released on 2021-11-11. Fear Stalks the Land! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In which the writings of the authors Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood are gathered together. This commonplace book includes faxes, notes, fledgling lyrics, sketches, lists of all kinds and scribblings towards nirvana, as were sent between the two authors during the period 1999 to 2000 during the creation of the Radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac. This is a document of the creative process and a mirror to the fears, portents and fantasies invoked by the world as its citizens faced a brave new millennium.
Fear Land
Fear Land - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fear Land write by Anderson. This book was released on 2015-07. Fear Land available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Rolynn Anderson's writing is tight and stays on point to the nail-biting climax." -Best-selling author, Melissa Snark **** Tally hates hearing rants from people's brains. What does she do when those mind-screams threaten the man she loves? **** Tally Rosella, an acclaimed psychiatrist who helps children fraught with anxiety, avoids adults because their brains rant at her. But the chance to start a second child study and connect her findings to PTSD, sets her squarely among devious colleagues at a big California university. Army Major Cole Messer, Tally's new neighbor, won't admit that trauma from combat tours in Afghanistan, destroyed his marriage and hampered his ability to lead. As a teacher of college ROTC and single parent, he's focused on enrolling his highly anxious son in Tally's study and getting back to active duty. Someone is dead set against Tally's presence at the university, and blowback from her battles with co-workers put Cole and his boy in jeopardy. Watch what happens when people struggling with shades of anxiety collide with corrupt, revengeful foes.
Beautiful Country
Beautiful Country - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beautiful Country write by Qian Julie Wang. This book was released on 2022-09-27. Beautiful Country available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world—an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent • A TODAY SHOW #READWITHJENNA PICK In Chinese, the word for America, Mei Guo, translates directly to “beautiful country.” Yet when seven-year-old Qian arrives in New York City in 1994 full of curiosity, she is overwhelmed by crushing fear and scarcity. In China, Qian’s parents were professors; in America, her family is “illegal” and it will require all the determination and small joys they can muster to survive. In Chinatown, Qian’s parents labor in sweatshops. Instead of laughing at her jokes, they fight constantly, taking out the stress of their new life on one another. Shunned by her classmates and teachers for her limited English, Qian takes refuge in the library and masters the language through books, coming to think of The Berenstain Bears as her first American friends. And where there is delight to be found, Qian relishes it: her first bite of gloriously greasy pizza, weekly “shopping days,” when Qian finds small treasures in the trash lining Brooklyn’s streets, and a magical Christmas visit to Rockefeller Center—confirmation that the New York City she saw in movies does exist after all. But then Qian’s headstrong Ma Ma collapses, revealing an illness that she has kept secret for months for fear of the cost and scrutiny of a doctor’s visit. As Ba Ba retreats further inward, Qian has little to hold onto beyond his constant refrain: Whatever happens, say that you were born here, that you’ve always lived here. Inhabiting her childhood perspective with exquisite lyric clarity and unforgettable charm and strength, Qian Julie Wang has penned an essential American story about a family fracturing under the weight of invisibility, and a girl coming of age in the shadows, who never stops seeking the light.
