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“john dryden kuser”

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  • Haiti: Its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution

    by John Dryden Kuser ...
    "Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress After Years in a Night of Revolution" by John Dryden Kuser explores the complex history and resilience of Haiti following its tumultuous past. The book delves into the socio-political landscape of the nation, highlighting the struggles and triumphs of its people as they navigate the aftermath of revolution. Kuser's insightful analysis sheds light on the cultural ... Read more

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  • Haiti: Its dawn of progress after years in a night of revolution

    A Journey Through Haiti's Post-Revolutionary Progress

    by John Dryden Kuser ...
    In "Haiti: Its Dawn of Progress After Years in a Night of Revolution," John Dryden Kuser meticulously chronicles the tumultuous history of Haiti, examining the social, political, and economic intricacies that have shaped the nation post-revolution. Kuser'Äôs literary style is characterized by a blend of analytical rigor and evocative narrative, bringing to life the resilience of the Haitian people ... Read more

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    Haiti: Its Dawn Of Progress After Years In A Night Of Revolution (Unabridged)

    by JOHN DRYDEN KUSER ...
    Narrated by Linda Baker ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 29 min

    This book is part history and part travelogue, an account of a brief visit by a wealthy, white U.S. politician during a lamentable time in Haiti’s history of its invasion and occupation by the U.S. military. Dryden offers his views of elements of Haitian culture such as education, religion and commerce, with some optimism but with the shallow understanding of a casual observer who has not been ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • Hong Kong

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  • Vermeer's Hat

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    by Timothy Brook ...
    In this critical darling Vermeer's captivating and enigmatic paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought-from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the 17th century, when the world first became global.A Vermeer painting shows a military officer in a Dutch sitting room, talking to a laughing girl. In another canvas, fruit spills from a blue-and-white porcelain bowl. Familiar ... Read more

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  • The Traveller's Tree

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    by Patrick Leigh Fermor ...
    In the late 1940s Patrick Leigh Fermor, now widely regarded as one of the twentieth century’s greatest travel writers, set out to explore the then relatively little-visited islands of the Caribbean. Rather than a comprehensive political or historical study of the region, The Traveller’s Tree, Leigh Fermor’s first book, gives us his own vivid, idiosyncratic impressions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, ... Read more

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  • Lost Colony

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    by Tonio Andrade ...
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    Until the early twentieth century, Taiwan was one of the wildest places in Asia. Its coastline was known as a mariners’ graveyard, the mountainous interior was the domain of headhunting tribes, while the lowlands were a frontier area where banditry, feuding, and revolts were a way of life. Formosan Odyssey captures the rich sweep of history through the eyes of Westerners who visited and lived on ... Read more

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  • The Immobile Empire

    by Alain Peyrefitte ...
    In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see eye to eye, and the trade talks failed. The ... Read more

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    by Dr Stephen Turnbull ...
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    It has been said in China that a city without a wall would be as inconceivable as a house without a roof.Even the smallest village invariably had some form of defensive wall, while the Great Wall of China was an attempt to build a barrier along the most vulnerable border of the entire country. Yet the finest examples of walled communities were China's walled cities, whose defensive architecture ... Read more

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