Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449-1066: With visitor information (Trade Editions)

Book Description

The collapse of Roman rule in Britain was not so much a sudden catastrophe as a long and drawn-out decline. The 'Celtic' Britons retreated gradually to the highland areas of Wales, Cornwall and the south-west of Scotland. Control of the fertile eastern lowlands was lost to warriors of Germanic origin who migrated from the Continent. These Germanic conquerors have become known to history as the 'Anglo-Saxons'. They were to dominate the lowland zone of Britain until their final defeat at Hastings in 1066. This title gives an insight into the everyday life, equipment, dress, battle tactics and life on campaign of the typical Anglo-Saxon warrior of this period - the thegn.

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The first warrior elite of England
Nice compendium of basic information
Illustrated text book brings interesting period to life.

Anglo-Saxon Thegn AD 449-1066 (Warrior)
Mark Harrison
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1855323494
Release Date: 1993-11-25

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The first warrior elite of England.......2007-08-24

This title examines the gear, tactics, training, and lifestyle of the elite warrior of the ancient and early medieval Saxon armies-the thegn. This book has the same author and illustrator as the Viking Hersir title, and resembles that book greatly.

Nice compendium of basic information.......2005-03-25

As with all of the Osprey books, I find the combination of hard fact and imaginative reconstruction drawings very helpful. This Osprey is especially useful in conjunction with two other Osprey Warrior volumes that cover other military men of the period, namely, Norman Knight and Viking Hersir.

Illustrated text book brings interesting period to life........1999-01-20

This title served well my research on the historical origins of the Arthurian myths. This title focused on the main enemies of Arthur in the fifth century, but it also covered later periods up to just before the Norman conquest.

What I like about the Osprey military books is how they provide a good ballace of text and illustration. This conveys information in a way which is both efficient and entertaining. This is far preferable to books which offer plenty of text but lack sufficient illustrations to show what the text is talking about; it is also far preferable to books which contain plenty of illustrations but lack sufficient text to explain them. My only complaint is that the photographs of manuscript illustations and archaeological artifacts are printed in black & white, so the reader misses much of the spectacular color and detail of this wonderful Anglo-Saxon art. Of course, printing everything in color will make a book more expensive, but it still may be worth doing. The great thing about all the Opsprey titles, though, is that each has a section in the middle made up of beautiful full color illustrations which portray the appearance and activities of the troops under study.

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This one has been around for a long time.......2004-05-18

but that's because it's a lucid little book. It reaches a general audience, particularly useful for high school and undergraduate college students.

The #1 'Must Read' For Any Serious U.S. Genealogist.......2002-05-23

If you want to feel what your ancestors felt after they landed, this is the book for you.
I have read many, many books of this type, and Handlin's is still the best.
He looks at the Great Migration from the point of the impact on the immigrants and their children, rather than the impact on Canadian and United States cultures.
This book goes into areas that the documentaries that we've all seen, do not. This should be the primer for anyone who is going to read about conditions in the countries that their ancestors came to the US and Canada from. Without this piece, what went before won't make as much sense.
Dispells the theory that we were taught in the 60s and 70s, that the immigrants came because they wanted to, and this was to them, the land of rags to riches. Handlin points out that if their very lives had nott been at stake, the vast majority would never have made the move.

Uprooted: A HITLER LEGACY: VOICES OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED BEFORE "FINAL SOLUTION"

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INSPIRING, AGAINST-ALL-ODDS TALES OF TENACITY
A TOUR DE FORCE!
a review on The Uprooted
BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN SURVIVAL STORIES!

Uprooted: A HITLER LEGACY: VOICES OF THOSE WHO ESCAPED BEFORE "FINAL SOLUTION"
DORIT WHITEMAN
Manufacturer: Plenum Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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INSPIRING, AGAINST-ALL-ODDS TALES OF TENACITY.......2002-02-26

This book is for you if you have ever wondered why more Jews didn't simply leave Austria and Germany before Hitler seized power of shortly afterwards.

A TOUR DE FORCE!.......2001-12-13

With a survivor's first-hand knowledge and a psychologist's insights, Whiteman describes the incredible experiences of escapees of Hitler's tyranny.

a review on The Uprooted.......2001-12-10

The Uprooted is story a that features other stories of 190 escapees. This was also written by an escapee herself. The stories are about the escapee's lives and how they lived during the Holocaust, in their own words. I think the book was very interesting to hear what it was like for different people and their experiences. It was surprising to see how much kinder (children) that were taken away from their to parents to hide from the Nazis and escaped. Overall this book was very good at getting a good understanding of what the Holocaust was like.

BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN SURVIVAL STORIES!.......2001-11-12

This inspiring, ground-breaking book has rapidly become a classic in the Holocaust literature. It explains how some daring, resourceful and lucky Jews slipped the Nazi noose and what the aftermath of their harrowing experiences were. It makes excellent reading for students of all ages, Holocaust survivors, lay people and historians alike. Compelling human drama at its best!

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Uprooting the roots of the Holocaust
Very beautifuly written book, and yet...
did not understand, but how could I?
A deeply moving meditation on hope and despair
excellent but desolate look at humanity

The Time of the Uprooted: A Novel
Elie Wiesel
Manufacturer: Schocken
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0805211772
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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Gamaliel Friedman is only a child when his family flees Czechoslovakia in 1939 for the relative safety of Hungary. For him, it will be the beginning of a life of rootlessness, disguise, and longing. Five years later, in desperation, Gamaliel’s parents entrust him to a young Christian cabaret singer named Ilonka. With his Jewish identity hidden, Gamaliel survives the war. But in 1956, to escape the stranglehold of communism, he leaves Budapest after painfully parting from Ilonka.

Gamaliel tries, unsuccessfully, to find a place for himself in Europe. After a failed marriage, he moves to New York, where he works as a ghostwriter, living through the lives of others. Eventually he falls in with a group of exiles, including a rabbi––a mystic whose belief in the potential for grace in everyday life powerfully counters Gamaliel’s feelings of loss and dispossession. When Gamaliel is asked to help draw out an elderly, disfigured Hungarian woman who may be his beloved Ilonka, he begins to understand that a real life in the present is possible only if he will reconcile with his past.

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Uprooting the roots of the Holocaust.......2006-06-24

From May 25-28 2006 a pope from Germany, Benedict XVI, visited Poland, in part to honor the memory of his predecessor, John Paul II, in part to call upon the religious faith of this largely Roman Catholic nation to revitalize the Christian roots of Europe. During his visit to Auschwitz -- which called forth memories of my own visit on October 31, 1987 -- the pope noted that the Holocaust was an attempt to slay the God of Abraham.

Truly this is "The Time of the Uprooted." Any endeavor to identify the Christian roots of Europe must begin by uprooting the historic roots of that which renders us oblivious to the obvious, the three faiths of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. How do we at once recognize and acknowledge one another's sameness and otherness? Is each faith set "apart from" the others for its own sake? Or is each faith "a part of" a Divine Providence to which Abraham chose to respond?

Apart from an uprooting of all that which sets us apart from one another, we are refugees on fragile planet that offers no refuge.

Pondering the "silence" of God during the Holocaust, I find refuge, during this, his centennial year, in the thought of Emmanuel Levinas, noting that both Wiesel and Levinas studied under Mordechai Chouchani. One-anothered into existence, we never cease one-anothering one another into the fullness of our humanity, a one-anothering that entrusts us with the responsibilities of Historical Providence.

Very beautifuly written book, and yet..........2006-01-05

I find that this novel is about a loser in life and I cannot stand reading about losers. Simply, the main character Gamliel had a "mild" experience as compared to others who survived the war. And yet for some reason Elie enjoys writing about losers in life who are searching for love, never happy, busy or accomplished. There is more to life than that and certainly more to Judaism.

Elie is at his best when he writes non fiction about real people such as in Souls on fire, Sages and Dreamers. It is a real shame that he wrote more novels than non fiction works and yet there is still time to rectify that... and yet...

BG

did not understand, but how could I?.......2005-10-31

This book is one that will make you think. I cannot understand the history of the author, I was born in 1951. Because of that, I can also not understand the history of the characters as much as I would like... I can only imagine, and I don't always like what I see.

Gamaleil, the protagonist (sp?) speaks of what it means to be a refugee, and a stateless person. His words are powerful.

He also speaks of other persons who he met....some funny, some tragic and some religious. And, most important to me in this book, he spoke of where he did not belong.

Something I took from this book, and the reason that I would recommend it is...well...two things

first, and foremost....we must try do do the best we can, especially if we can do so with a sense of humor (after all, Gamaliel and friends named their group with humor, macabre though it was).

But also, we need to work together for good. The past is horrific, let's all work on the future.

Mr. Wiesel's book gave understated hope for our future.

It is a book well worth reading.... take your time... your time will be well spent.

A deeply moving meditation on hope and despair.......2005-08-18

Elie Wiesel's THE TIME OF THE UPROOTED shouldn't work. With its sudden shifts in point of view, disturbingly eloquent children, truncated storylines and generally convoluted, if scanty, plot, the book should be a disappointment. But the Nobel Prize winner's meditation on despair and hope in the face of both the unthinkable and the mundane is deeply moving.

Wiesel (and his translator, David Hapgood) skillfully controls the mood of the work, immersing the reader in the sadness of Gamaliel Friedman, a man whose life has been a series of struggles. A childhood spent in hiding from the Nazis and an adulthood spent in unhappy romances have left Gamaliel irreparably harmed.

Spiritual issues are pervasive in this book. A ghostwriter, Gamaliel is at work on a story of his own centered on a conflict between a rabbi and a priest. He is also enamored of a rabbi seeking to force the arrival of the Messiah. And he is preoccupied with a woman, near death, who he imagines might be the woman who protected him as a child. Each interlocking piece of his life adds heft to the book's spiritual themes.

Gamaliel's relationships with women, central to the story, are almost cursorily described. Each seems a rich vein of material that Wiesel barely mines. Indeed, the same could be said of many of the plot points.

THE TIME OF THE UPROOTED often feels like a slimmed down version of a potentially more ornately layered tale. Ultimately, however, Wiesel stirs the reader's emotions with economy and power.

--- Reviewed by Rob Cline ([...])

excellent but desolate look at humanity.......2005-08-12

In 1939, Germany is cleansing Czechoslovakia of the Jewish problem forcing the Friedmans to flee their home for Hungary. The Nazis soon march into Budapest where they continue to implement the final solution. Hoping to keep their son safe, the Friedmans leave their child Gamaliel with a young Christian cabaret singer Ilonka. She keeps him safe until the war ends. Gamaliel ultimately leaves Hungary and settles in New York.

Though residing in America for decades, Gamaliel feels displaced, a man without a country. Family life failed him as his wife committed suicide and his daughters hate him and he lost all contact with Ilonka years ago when she seems to have vanished. Work is unfair as he ghost writes for others to gain accolades. He has five fellow lost souls, who can tell interchangeable survival tales and only having to substitute names because their stories are identical. His only solace is the manuscript he has written Secret Book; life is miserable as he feels like a drifting refugee with no place to call home until a doctor asks him to talk with an ailing elderly woman who only speaks Hungarian.

Nobel Prize winning Elie Wiesel provides a well written but bleak look at the plight of the nation-less displaced people who once removed from their roots never find homes. Gamaliel is terrific as he reflects back on his melancholy life as a symbolism of all the refugees dislocated and relocated at the whims of the powerful and never knowing when if ever to settle in anticipation of the next dislocation. This is a desolate look at humanity even with a somewhat uplifting climax.

Harriet Klausner

Uprooted And Transplanted From Africa To America

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Uprooted And Transplanted From Africa To America
Lillian H. McGuire
Manufacturer: Vantage Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0533129168

The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People

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A moving narrative of migrations and settlements

The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations That Made the American People
Oscar Handlin
Manufacturer: University of Pennsylvania Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0812217888

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"Oscar Handlin was the scholar most responsible for establishing the legitimacy of immigration history."--Gary Gerstle, author of American Crucible "This book offers a historical perspective on international migrations dealing with a wide range of issues that are still very relevant. It is a worthwhile read and improves our understanding of the link between migration and the liberal shift occurring worldwide from the early days of capitalism until today."--Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Awarded the 1952 Pulitzer Prize in history, The Uprooted chronicles the common experiences of the millions of European immigrants who came to America in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries--their fears, their hopes, their expectations. The New Yorker called it "strong stuff, handled in a masterly and quite moving way," while the New York Times suggested that "The Uprooted is history with a difference--the difference being its concerns with hearts and souls no less than an event." The book inspired a generation of research in the history of American immigration, but because it emphasizes the depressing conditions faced by immigrants, focuses almost entirely on European peasants, and does not claim to provide a definitive answer to the causes of American immigration, its great value as a well-researched and readable description of the emotional experiences of immigrants, and its ability to evoke the time and place of America at the turn of a century, have sometimes been overlooked. Recognized today as a foundational text in immigration studies, this edition contains a new preface by the author. Oscar Handlin is Emeritus Professor of History, Harvard University. Among his many books are The American People in the Twentieth Century, Race and Nationality in American Life, and Boston's Immigrants, 1790-1880.

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A moving narrative of migrations and settlements.......2005-09-28

This book talks about a critical factor that shaped America - the large scale migrations of people from Europe in eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The author starts with the causes of migrations - unemployement, famine, devastation of rural Europe, population pressure for arable land, etc., and moves to describe the ordeal of sea voyages of those times, the shock of the new land for survivors of the journey, settlement, lack of privacy and the shaping of the culture of migrants.

He narrates this history not like a historian narrating names and dates but as an able story teller. He is smart enough to weave causal explanations into a narrative mode. He does not name individual migrants, ships, dates of migration, quotes of Historians or cities of Europe and America. His history is not about individuals. It narrates the story of 'people' - that is migrants in a collective sense.

This book is written with a rare sensitivity. The descriptions of the ordeal of 'uprooting' and finding new roots are deeply moving. Some of most moving passages deal with the struggle to be able to afford a sea voyage; disease, starvation and death in over-crowded decks/cabins; and utter helplessness on landing in a new land.

The Uprooted: Improving Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration (Program in Migration and Refugee Studies)

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The Uprooted: Improving Humanitarian Responses to Forced Migration (Program in Migration and Refugee Studies)
Patricia Weiss Fagen , Andrew Schoenholtz , Susan F. Martin , and Lydia Mann-Bondat
Manufacturer: Lexington Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Catching Fire: Containing Forced Migration in a Volatile World (Program in Migration and Refugee Studies)

ASIN: 0739110837

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The Uprooted is the first volume to methodically examine the progress and persistent shortcomings of the current humanitarian regime. The authors, all experts in the field of forced migration, describe the organizational, political, and conceptual shortcomings that are creating the gaps and inefficiencies of international and national agencies to reach entire categories of forced migrants. They make policy-based recommendations to improve international, regional, national, and local responses in areas including organization, security, funding, and durability of response.

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Transitory Gardens, Uprooted Lives
Margaret Morton , and Diana Balmori
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartime

ASIN: 0300057725

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In this remarkable book a landscape architect and a photographer show us, in word and pictures, gardens built by homeless or impoverished New York City inhabitants. Like traditional gardens, these spaces are designed for pleasure, social activity, or private retreat. Unlike traditional gardens, they are connected to an active and ephemeral use of the land. By focusing on what homeless people make not for material comfort but from social and spiritual need, the book offers insight into both the meaning of landscape and the place of a garden in the life of an individual under duress.

Uprooted: Growing a Parable Life from the Inside Out

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Fantastic Illustrations

Uprooted: Growing a Parable Life from the Inside Out
Michelle Van Loon
Manufacturer: FaithWalk Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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Parable Life: Living the Stories of Jesus in Real Time

ASIN: 1932902627

Book Description

A contemporary retelling of ten of Jesusrsquo;s parables. The second in author Michelle Van Loonrsquo;s series Parable Life FaithWalk 2005 that share the parables as told in the Bible and then retells the same parable through the stories of real life people living today. Thoughts and questions are included in each chapter to help readers connect with God while sparking dialogue with others. A powerful look at thenbsp; process of spiritual growth not as a ldquo;how tordquo; but as a ldquo;why to.rdquo;

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Fantastic Illustrations .......2007-07-17

Michelle brings old parables to life. No new meanings, no trickery. Just modern-day stories to help today's youth understand what Jesus was saying when he wrote those parables so long ago. I found this a great devotional and Bible study rolled into one.

The Wild Children of the Urals The Odyssey of 800 children uprooted during the Russian Revolution

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The Wild Children of the Urals The Odyssey of 800 children uprooted during the Russian Revolution
Floyd (General Alfred Gruenther, Foreword) Miller
Manufacturer: E.P. Dutton & Co.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000J0NCUQ

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The Uprooted: The Epic Story of the Great Migrations that Made the American People
Oscar Handlin
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
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