Author: B. H. Farmer
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: asia, south, introduction
Number of Pages: 197
Published: 1993-11-01
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415056950
ISBN-13: 9780415056953

One in every five people in the world comes from the vast subcontinent known as South Asia. Each of its countries - including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhula and the Maldives - has its own political, social and economic problems. Each has sought its own solutions with varying results. "An Introduction to South Asia" presents the geographical and historical background to the diversities of the region. From the legacy of the colonial period, and the controversies that surrounded partition and independence, the book traces the consequences of social divisions - particularly o

Author: Tim Couzens
Publisher: David Philip
Keywords: africa, south, battles
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2004-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0864866216
ISBN-13: 9780864866219

There are any number of books on battles in South Africa, particularly the Anglo-Zulu and Anglo-Boer Wars, and on certain individual battles or campaigns. Surprisingly there is no general work describing a wide range of them. This book aims to plug the gap. It tells the stories of 26 battles between 1725 and 1927, written in a lively, personal style. It brings to life these battles, some critical, some curious, and recreates battles whose names are now unknown or, if known, their details forgotten. Who, for instance, knows that there was a significant battle fought in what is now the Kruger Na

Author: Brian Antoni
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Keywords: novel, beach, south
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2008-01-21
List price: $14.00
ISBN-10: 0802170439
ISBN-13: 9780802170439

Gabriel Tucker is a globe-trotting, trust fund–endowed twenty-nine-year-old who suddenly finds himself penniless and alone in the world, except for an old Miami Beach apartment building named the Venus De Milo Arms, the last thing of value left to him by his now-vanished family. Lacking skills or resources, he heads to Miami Beach to reconstruct his life, finding himself neighbors with an unlikely mix of tenants: an elderly Holocaust survivor, a lip-synching drag queen, a cynical two-bit gossip columnist, and a rebellious young performance artist who will eventually capture his heart. Within

Author: Warren French
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Keywords: film, south
Number of Pages: 258
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1604731893
ISBN-13: 9781604731897

Will the South rise again--this time cinematically? The answer to this question is among the subjects considered in this collection of essays. Though the South has provided the setting for outstanding and controversial films such as Gone With the Wind and The Birth of a Nation, these did not foster a genre of imitative films, and there never was a "Southern" as there was a "Western." This may have changed, however, in 1969-70 with the appearance of a film that suggested a set of stereotypes particularly congenial to films with southern settings. In Easy Rider, the characters departed not for t

Author: Charles Fredeen
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
Keywords: usa, carolina, south
Number of Pages: 84
Published: 2002-02
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0822507943
ISBN-13: 9780822507949

Introduces the geography, history, people, industries, and other highlights of South Carolina.

Author: Jacob Stroyer
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: south, life
Number of Pages: 104
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $18.75
ISBN-10: 1110556365
ISBN-13: 9781110556366

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author: Jack London
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: tales, sea, south
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-09-04
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 0486419126
ISBN-13: 9780486419121

Set against the natural beauty of south sea islands and alive with the hazards of headhunters, sharks, storms and disease, these eight powerful short stories include "Mauki," which tells of a young Melanesian sold into slavery; as well as "The Terrible Solomons," "The House of Mapuhi," "The Whale Tooth," "Yah! Yah! Yah!," "The Heathen," "The Inevitable White Man," and "The Seed of McCoy." Pure entertainment for lovers of adventure tales and Jack London fans.