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For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question

For Us Surrender Is Out of the Question ab 14.99 € als epub eBook: A Story from Burma's Never-Ending War. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,

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The Lady and the Generals

The Lady and the Generals ab 11.99 € als epub eBook: Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma's struggle for freedom. Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Fachthemen & Wissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft,

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The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2137min

The story of France from the Renaissance to the 19th century, as Dumas vibrantly retold it in his numerous enormously popular novels, has long been absent one vital, richly historical era: the Age of Napoleon. But no longer. Now dynamically, in a tale of family honor and undying vengeance, of high adventure and heroic derring-do, The Last Cavalier fills that gap. The last cavalier is Count de Sainte-Hermine, Hector, whose elder brothers and father have fought and died for the Royalist cause during the French Revolution. For three years Hector has been languishing in prison when, in 1804, on the eve of Napoleon's coronation as emperor of France, he learns what is to be his due. Stripped of his title, denied the honour of his family name as well as the hand of the woman he loves, he is freed by Napoleon on the condition that he serve in the imperial forces. So it is in profound despair that Hector embarks on a succession of daring escapades as he courts death fearlessly. Yet again and again he wins glory, against brigands, bandits, the British, boa constrictors, sharks, tigers and crocodiles. At the Battle of Trafalgar, it is Hector's bullet that fells Nelson. But however far his adventures take him, from Burma's jungles to the wilds of Ireland, his destiny lies always with his father's enemy, Napoleon. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Simon Prebble. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/003514/bk_blak_003514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Last Sea Nomads: Guardian Shorts, Book 20 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 126min

There is a village that sits at the edge of lush rainforest, its stilted huts face the ocean, its children plunge below the water's surface with spears to learn the ways of their elders. This is the Surin Islands, on Thailand's Andaman coast, and home to the Moken, the world's last sea nomads. For centuries, the Moken roamed Burma's Mergui archipelago, diving for shellfish to trade for rice, taking shelter on land only during the monsoon season. They have been hunted by pirates and slave traders, and exploited by the Japanese, Malays, Burmese, Chinese, Thais and British. They have survived through the ages, scattering to flee danger and then coming together again, a fragile existence that has largely kept the outside world at bay. But the modern world has caught up with them. The authorities on both sides of the Burmese-Thai border have curtailed their freedom, pushing the population on to land over the past 30 years. Policies of assimilation have left many Moken people without citizenship or access to public services, living on the margins along with other Chao Ley ("sea gypsy") populations on Thailand's southern shores. This is the story of the last tribe to live as their ancestors did - the Moken who settled the isolated Surin group of islands have clung on to aspects of their culture. In 2004, when the Indian Ocean tsunami came, that traditional wisdom saved every one of them. The wave wasn't a problem: the Moken knew it was coming. An oral tradition had passed tales of laboon (the seventh wave) down through the centuries, elders read the signs and led the people uphill to safety. But then came the 'second tsunami'. Suddenly, the Moken were celebrities, and news teams, aid organisations and reality television crews flocked to Surin. All would play a part in the erosion of their lifestyle. Mass tourism followed. For the shy Moken, it has been a painful journey from maritime nomads to living museum exhibits. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Joanna Daniel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/025055/bk_adbl_025055_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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