From The Land Of Green Ghosts

Download or read book From the Land of Green Ghosts written by Pascal Khoo Thwe and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life of a former Burma student rebel leader who won a Human Rights Watch award in 2002, describing his tribal upbringing, experiences with political turmoil and poverty, participation in the insurrection of 1988, and flight to England, where he attended college.

Download or read book Green Ghosts written by W. Floyd and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal accounts of reconnaissance in the DMZ by the Marines and corpsmen who daily bet their lives in the most dangerous combat environment in Vietnam.

Download or read book Than Shwe's Burma written by Diane Zahler and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The harsh dictatorship that Burma has endured for many years is explored, and Than Shwe's human rights abuses are highlighted.

Download or read book No Time for Dreams written by Carolyn Wakeman and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compelling images of cinnamon-robed monks confronting the guns and clubs of Burma's military junta outraged the world in September 2007. Then communications links were cut, and curfews, interrogations, midnight raids, beatings, and arrests crushed the remnants of defiance. Tragically, it had all happened before. No Time for Dreams narrates a remarkable woman's search over four decades for independence and purpose as repression spreads throughout her country, once known as the Golden Land. Inspired by the legacy of her father, Ba Tin's struggle against British colonialism beginning in the 1930s, San San Tin infuses her journey from school girl to journalist and, briefly, to businesswoman with an unbroken spirit of resistance. Offering a compassionate insider's view of politics, culture, religion, and family during nearly half a century of unrelenting dictatorship, this riveting personal story traces an arc of decline to reveal the bitter fate of a once-prosperous and cosmopolitan society.

Download or read book Writing to Change the World written by Mary Pipher, PhD and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, Another Country, and The Shelter of Each Other comes an inspirational book that shows how words can change the world. Words are the most powerful tools at our disposal. With them, writers have saved lives and taken them, brought justice and confounded it, started wars and ended them. Writers can change the way we think and transform our definitions of right and wrong. Writing to Change the World is a beautiful paean to the transformative power of words. Encapsulating Mary Pipher's years as a writer and therapist, it features rousing commentary, personal anecdotes, memorable quotations, and stories of writers who have helped reshape society. It is a book that will shake up readers' beliefs, expand their minds, and possibly even inspire them to make their own mark on the world.

Download or read book A Myanmar Miscellany: Selected Articles, 2007-2023 written by Andrew Selth and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2024-09-30 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Selth has been watching Myanmar for 50 years. During this time, he has published 10 books and more than 400 other works about the country. In 2020, he released a collection of almost 100 articles that had been posted on the Lowy Institute’s Interpreter website. This second anthology brings together another 72 articles, written for a range of outlets between 2007 and 2023. This period saw the installation of a “disciplined democracy” under Aung San Suu Kyi, the 2021 military coup, and the country’s descent into a bitter civil war. Many of the articles in the book deal with international relations and security issues, but there are also works on Myanmar’s history, politics and culture, as well as some personal reminiscences. Together, they make a unique contribution from an Old Myanmar Hand with wide ranging interests and insights.

Download or read book MYANMAR: A Memoir of Loss and Recovery written by Judyth Gregory-Smith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myanmar: a Memoir of Loss and Recovery traces two journeys: a geographical journey and an inner journey. The author travels alone around Myanmar over several years and gradually comes to terms with the illness and subsequent death of her husband, Richard. Though painfully sad at times, these journeys of discovery and recovery celebrate their life together. Not speaking the language in Myanmar prompts many humorous incidents and her grief dispels as she finds ways to regain happiness.