The hungry steppe, Cameron, Sarah

Автор: Bryant Sue, Cameron Sarah
Название: Caribbean Cruises
ISBN: 1780050216 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780050218
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Insight Guide Caribbean Cruises is your comprehensive guide book to cruising the Caribbean, with full-color photos throughout combining with the lively narrative.
Our inspirational "Best of Caribbean Cruising" section outlines top attractions and activities not to be missed, while features by local writers cover not just the cruising angle but the cultural one too. Get to grips with the world of cruising: from choosing the right cruise for you and planning onboard activities vs shore excursions, to glimpses behind the scenes, cruiseship cuisine and pampering, and even tips on how to make your Caribbean cruising as environmentally friendly as possible. We cover the history and culture of this region in more detail than any other Caribbean cruises book on the market - our cultural information on the Caribbean people and the region's history, along with colorful features on subjects such as Carnival, Architecture and the Underwater World, give you the full picture of cruising in the Caribbean.
Twenty-nine Places chapters then visit Florida, Mexico and Central America before heading for the Caribbean, with the cruise lines' private islands also included. A Main Attractions panel helps you get the most from each chapter, while plentiful full-color maps show you the way around, with dotted sights highlighting areas of interest. Finally, the Travel Tips cover all your practical needs, with a wealth of information to take you from Planning the Trip to Life on Board - including on-shore transportation and listings for where to eat, and even where to stay should you wish to extend your trip.

Автор: Cameron, Sarah I.,
Название: The hungry steppe :
ISBN: 1501730436 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501730436
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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The Hungry Steppe examines one of the most heinous crimes of the Stalinist regime, the Kazakh famine of 1930–33. More than 1.5 million people perished in this famine, a quarter of Kazakhstan's population, and the crisis transformed a territory the size of continental Europe. Yet the story of this famine has remained mostly hidden from view. Drawing upon state and Communist party documents, as well as oral history and memoir accounts in Russian and in Kazakh, Sarah Cameron reveals this brutal story and its devastating consequences for Kazakh society.

Through the most violent of means the Kazakh famine created Soviet Kazakhstan, a stable territory with clearly delineated boundaries that was an integral part of the Soviet economic system; and it forged a new Kazakh national identity. But this state-driven modernization project was uneven. Ultimately, Cameron finds, neither Kazakhstan nor Kazakhs themselves were integrated into the Soviet system in precisely the ways that Moscow had originally hoped. The experience of the famine scarred the republic for the remainder of the Soviet era and shaped its transformation into an independent nation in 1991.

Cameron uses her history of the Kazakh famine to overturn several assumptions about violence, modernization, and nation-making under Stalin, highlighting, in particular, the creation of a new Kazakh national identity, and how environmental factors shaped Soviet development. Ultimately, The Hungry Steppe depicts the Soviet regime and its disastrous policies in a new and unusual light.

Автор: Sarah Cameron
Название: The Red Chair
ISBN: 1474249345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474249348
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Let us tell you a strange tale that did unfold someplace in the glum north o'the warld, where there lived a Man who could not stop eating, a Woman doomed to cook his meals and one 'inveesible child'. Told in a rich and saucy Scots dialect with physical verve, a wee dram of whisky to oil the way and a musical score that rolls in like mist over the hills, The Red Chair sees acclaimed Scottish performer Sarah Cameron steer us through a landscape of twisted reason, extreme compulsion and eye-watering complacency, where domestic drudgery happens on an operatic scale and a father's dereliction of duty reaches epic proportions. The Red Chair is based on Sarah's original book that had its first public reading as part of The House of Fairytales at the Port Eliot Festival. It lies somewhere between a Grimm's Tale, an absurdist ghost story and a parent's guide on how not to bring up children.