Sentences with phrase «fascinating world war»
Delve into the region's fascinating World War II history in Unalaska, visit the incredible wildlife sanctuaries of Alaska's Pribilof Islands, and spy brown bears on the Alaska Peninsula.
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It's fascinating to see controversy stirred up over an old blog post by NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice in which he called World War I «a purely capitalist war» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.&raqWar I «a purely capitalist war» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.&raqwar» and lamented how, at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 9, 1917, «thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill.»
A fascinating recent book by historian Darren Dochuk, From Bible Belt To Sunbelt, shows how a vast migration of «plain - folk» religious migrants from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas flocked to Southern California during World War II, winning the region for Christ and the modern Republican right.
The title of this fascinating biography of Billy Graham sets the theme and tone of the entire book: Graham is not a charlatan, a demagogue, or marketeer, but ultimately an honest proponent and worldwide symbol of the New Evangelicalism that emerged in the United States after World War II.
Thomas Weber wrote a fascinating book on Hitler's First World War experiences and his soldiering in the List Regiment.
Accompanying the programme of its name in 2014 he wrote The World's War a fascinating and disturbing account of the millions of mainly men of the British and French colonial empires who fought and worked for the allied war effoWar a fascinating and disturbing account of the millions of mainly men of the British and French colonial empires who fought and worked for the allied war effowar effort.
It is fascinating to consider the fact that the Cabinet Secretariat owed its existence to the formation of the Lloyd George government in December 1916 and to first secretary, the hardworking and feline Maurice Hankey, who held the post down until just before the Second World War.
It is a fascinating contrast to the politics of alien invasion films such as Independence Day and War of the Worlds (original and remake).
In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's animated adaptation of Satrapi's graphic - novel autobiography about a young girl growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and Iran's war with Iraq, episodic stories give Western readers and many others a glimpse into a fascinating world during a tumultuous era, and the author's illustrations express the caricatured, exaggerated impressions of a young child.
Lord Of War drops the hammer slowly, laying out the fascinating parameters of Cage's world before opening up its argument in an astonishing denouement.
Other rarities I've recently found include Chekhov's Motifs (aka Chekhovian Motifs), one of the craziest features by the Russian eccentric Kira Muratova (it's on a Russian label with optional English subtitles and available in the U.S.); a fascinating collection of animated World War II propaganda from Disney, some of it unavailable since that time; a splendid French letterboxed copy of Anthony Mann's Man of the West; Charles Burnett's To Sleep With Anger and two Kenji Mizoguchi films (released on the British labels BFI and Artificial Eye, respectively); and Louis Feuillade's stunning 1916 French serial Judex on an American label.
The story looks fascinating: Louis Zamperini is a 1930s athletics star who fought in World War II and was shot down over the Pacific, is then taken prisoner by the Japanese.
As the World War II housewife who works at an airplane manufacturing plant, Hawn vacillates between impressive dramatics and whiny mélo: it's both her best and worst performance, lending the film a fascinating, schizoid quality.
«I now have a much deeper understanding of that time and what it was like to live between World War One and World War Two — especially as a woman — it was fascinating.»
And that's really the fascinating thing that the film dabbles into but is too afraid to explore with much depth: what if humanity had the capability of actually creating «God» — all - seeing, all - knowing, with the capability to heal and protect people, and to rid the world of hunger, strife, war and pollution?
A moving and finely observed look at race relations and oppression in the World War II - era South, «Mudbound» also functions as a fascinating, almost Marxist allegory within its constructed community.
While To Be Takei delves into Takei's fascinating journey from a World War II internment camp to Hollywood, we also receive an unprecedented look into the life of the affable, eccentric man... Read more
Director Marc Forster has carved out a very unusual career, moving from Oscar - winner «Monster's Ball» to blockbusters like «Quantum of Solace» and «World War Z.» His latest looks more character - driven and less CGI - heavy, and it stars two often - fascinating actors in Jason Clarke and Blake Lively.
Loot boxes and a sexy Shelob aside Shadow of War is an impressive game in a franchise that whilst takes liberties with lore of the land produces a fascinating world full of captivating experiences.
The seemingly innocuous structure of Kiarostami's film, a series of apparently mundane conversations with wildly spinning depths that over time accumulate such weight, such possibility, that builds to a crescendo with the year's most shattering momentum, wins out over Boal's screenplay that is more than just the effective distillation of a decade of history, but a radical (for Hollywood at least) rethinking of character and a fascinating, open - ended exploration of what counts as evidence and certainty in the post-Iraq War world.
School projects are specific to the local area and children have uncovered some fascinating stories: from discovering their school was used as a military hospital during the First World War; to finding out how local women battled for the vote a hundred years ago; to how the mining, fishing or cotton industry shaped their town.
Louisiana in World War II Teacher Professional Development Webinar November 8, 2017 Teacher Programs & Curriculum Specialist Joshua Goodman, PhD, explores fascinating stories, primary sources, and teaching tools to enhance your curriculum about this critical time in Louisiana's history.
Jo Baker dares to take us beyond the drawing rooms of Jane Austen's classic - into the often overlooked domain of the stern housekeeper and the starry - eyed kitchen maid, into the gritty daily particulars faced by the lower classes in Regency England during the Napoleonic Wars - and, in doing so, creates a vivid, fascinating, fully realized world that is wholly her own.
A fascinating «you - are - there» look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, told on a day - by - day, even hour - by - hour basis, affording unparalleled insights into parallel actions.
A fascinating «you - are - there» look at World War II through the lives of Hitler, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin.
- Nicholas Meyer, New York Times Best Seller and Screenplay Academy Award nominee for The Seven Percent Solution; screenwriter, The Human Stain; director of Star Trek II — The Wrath of Khan «Juliana Maio's City of the Sun belongs in the «one percent» of new novels to read, not only because of the way she weaves suspense to keep you turning pages, but because she has married it all to a fascinating point in World War Two history with Middle East setting descriptions that will have you swearing you've been there.
This highly - readable account of life in World War I was a fascinating and fast read for me.
It's fascinating to see the small variations in the lives of characters we have come to know and love, and Atkinson portrays British country life on the eve of World War I and the horrors of the London Blitz with equal skill.
No reader interested in twentieth - century history and the Second World War will want to miss this collection of fascinating essays.
Particularly fascinating are his shots of London ruins during World War II (sometimes with a model in their midst) and portraits of Pablo Picasso in his studio.
Sue shares some of the fascinating stories and rare photographs that she uncovered during her research of the incredible animals that served in World War I.
Encounter relics of Europe's greatest empires — from the Romans and Austro - Hungarians to the Dutch — and delve into World War II history in fascinating cities like Nuremberg, Salzburg, and Budapest.
This is a fascinating site that serves as a great educational outing for kids interested in learning about World War history and about how life was in the old days.
The ship, which is now a hotel, has a fascinating history as a luxury ocean liner and as a U-boat dodging, high - speed troop carrier during the Second World War.
Here you'll get deep drop - offs, steep banks, coral ridges and sunken world war wrecks, along with fascinating underwater landscapes of volcanic crops and seagrass beds.
Add to the whale sharks, several World War 2 wrecks and some fascinating muck diving and you can see the attraction.
Whether you have close or distant relatives who fought in the conflict, you want to pay your respects to the sacrifices of those that lost their lives, or simply have an interest in the history of the war, our battlefields tours offer a fascinating insight into this dark period of world history for every visitor.
The French city was damaged due to the fighting that took place, but is now one of France's prettiest towns, with its fascinating «underground city» built during the First World War.
Again, these are entirely optional, but I found myself searching high and low for them just to learn more about World War I. It's fascinating stuff.
The Seven Years» War is actually a rather fascinating topic, as it was possibly the first true «world war,» taking place across four continents with almost every major European power involvWar is actually a rather fascinating topic, as it was possibly the first true «world war,» taking place across four continents with almost every major European power involvwar,» taking place across four continents with almost every major European power involved.
Shortly after Christmas, a friend and fellow researcher Doug Thomas sent me a link to a fascinating and moving fan - made video by Javier — marking his decision to leave the massively multiplayer game world, Star Wars Galaxies, and commenting on the mass migration of hard core fans and players from this space.
(A fascinating catalog essay, by Lisa Saltzman, mentions World War II cryptography and the effort to decipher clay tablets at Knossos as possible influences.)
Although the show is international, there is a preponderance of British and US artists that enables some fascinating considerations, especially thinking of the cross-currents between the UK, Europe and the US in the years around the Second World War.
The book starts with the fascinating history of the orange industry in florida; it was not a juice industry until after World War II, when processors finally figured out how to make frozen concentrated juice that actually tasted good.
Reporters on the ground in Iraq as well as news organizations throughout the world are maintaining blogs devoted to war coverage, such as the fascinating text, photo and audio blog by CNN correspondent Kevin Sites.