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Ambrose Bierce Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War
In "Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War: Bits of Autobiography," Bierce recounts some of his experiences as a soldier. At the outset of the American Civil War, Bierce enlisted in the Union Army's 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment. In February 1862 he was commissioned First Lieutenant, and served on the staff of General William Babcock Hazen as a topographical engineer, making maps of likely battlefields. Bierce fought at the Battle of Shiloh (April 1862), a terrifying experience that became a source...
Engels | 1 uur 39 minuten (73 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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R. J. Belle After
Meet eight combat-injured men who sustained life-altering injuries. Hear eight inspiring stories of heroism and the re-building of independent, productive and fulfilling lives after seemingly impossible circumstance. Hear how these incredible men manage to reshape their lives after combat. It also sets these stories within the context of current veteran healthcare, and injury, suicide, and disability statistics, and looks briefly at the impacts on the caregivers who support these men. R. J. Belle...
Engels | 3 uur 41 minuten (160 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Rudyard Kipling American Notes
"In American Notes", the Anglo-Indian Rudyard Kipling visits the USA, and the travel-diary that came out of it offers an interesting view of the America of the 1880's. Kipling affects a wide-eyed innocence and expresses astonishment at features of American life that differ from his own, not least the freedom (and attraction) of American women. However, he scorns the political machines that make a mockery of American democracy, and whilst exhibiting the racist attitude that has made him controversial...
Engels | 2 uur 45 minuten (119 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Charles Rivers The Earp Brothers
"The Earp Brothers" weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful characters that inhabited the West during the 19th century, the most famous of them all is Wyatt Earp (1848-1929), who has long been regarded as the embodiment of the Wild West. Charles Rivers (Editors) in an independant publisher, which had created...
Engels | 2 uur 46 minuten (123 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2020
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Allan Pinkerton The Expressman and the Detective
"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world‘s first private detective agency. Recounting true events, `The Expressman and the Detective‘ (1874) tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person‘s...
Engels | 7 uur 14 minuten (334 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Jaap van Ginneken Exotisch Hollywood
de verbeelding van andere culturen in recente succesfilms
Een communicatiepsycholoog onderzoekt de stereotyperingen van niet-westerse culturen in Hollywood-films.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 286 pagina's | Boom, Amsterdam | 2006
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Michael Moore Het officiële Fahrenheit 9/11-boek
Filmscript, achtergrondinformatie, bewijsvoering en reacties op de documentaire Fahrenheit 9/11.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 403 pagina's | De Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam [etc.] | 2004
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Thomas Leeflang Black Hollywood
Historisch overzicht van de rol van zwarte Amerikanen in de door blanken overheerste film- en televisiebranche in de Verenigde Staten.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | 143 pagina's | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2003
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The last great American picture show
new Hollywood cinema in the 1970s
The American cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s has remained a Golden Age. As the old studio system gave way to a new generation of American auteurs, directors such as Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Rafelson, Martin Scorsese and Robert Altman helped create an independent cinema. The protests against the Vietnam War, the Civiel Rights movement and feminism saw the emergence of an entirely different political culture.
Non-fictie
Engels | 391 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2004
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Lawrence Webb The cinema of urban crisis
seventies film and the reinvention of the city
Studie over hoe de politieke en sociale crisis in Amerikaanse en West-Europese steden tijdens de jaren zeventig weerspiegeld werd in speelfilms uit diezelfde periode.
Non-fictie
Engels | 423 pagina's | Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam | 2014
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