The thrilling true story of a field surgical unit in World War II. With no helicopters to move wounded soldiers to operating tables, they moved the surgeons to the wounded!
Author: Ian Robertson
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
ISBN: 9781425135126
Category: Fiction
Page: 346
View: 372
The thrilling true story of a field surgical unit in World War II. With no helicopters to move wounded soldiers to operating tables, they moved the surgeons to the wounded!... and make the local background and arena curiously effective , as we picture
the flying soldiers crushed by pianos thrown upon their heads , rushing under old
archways or up barricades , while bullets fly through the air , beggars ' brains are
...
Author: Jared Sparks
Publisher:
ISBN: CHI:21507117
Category: American fiction
Page:
View: 157
Vols. 277-230, no. 2 include Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930.... and make the local background and arena curiously effective , as we picture
the flying soldiers crushed by pianos thrown upon their heads , rushing under old
archways or up barricades , while bullets fly through the air , beggars ' brains are
...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: BSB:BSB10540484
Category:
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In one of the more ridiculous moments in the film, an old woman continues to
pray in the church while bullets fly and mayhem continues all around her. When
she finishes with her prayers, she rises to leave the church. All of the fighters
cease ...
Author: Stewart Brewer
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781317413479
Category: History
Page: 166
View: 585
Latin American History Goes to the Movies combines the study of the rich history of Latin America with the medium of feature film. In this concise and accessible book, author Stewart Brewer helps readers understand key themes and issues in Latin American history, from pre-Columbian times to the present, by examining how they have been treated in a variety of films. Moving chronologically across Latin American history, and pairing historical background with explorations of selected films, the chapters cover vital topics including the Spanish conquest and colonialism, revolution, religion, women, U.S.-Latin American relations, and more. Through films such as City of God, Frida, and Che, Brewer shows how history is retold, and what that retelling means for public memory. From Apocalypto to Selena, and from Christopher Columbus to the slave trade, Latin American History Goes to the Movies sets the record straight between the realities of history and cinematic depictions, and gives readers a solid foundation for using film to understand the complexities of Latin America’s rich and vibrant history.I remember the lake and gypsy girls , how you waded out into the water , and
when we finally left that night , the lake was golden . I remember the red ... mines
explode . The seyis lugs round shot up and down the gritty slopes while bullets fly
...
Author: Jeremy James
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811701557
Category: Sports & Recreation
Page: 347
View: 873
Of the three horses that were the ancestors of the modern thoroughbred, the first and greatest was undoubtedly the Byerley Turk. This book gives an account of the life of this breed, extending from the palaces of the Ottoman Empire to the streets of London and beyond, and featuring a cast of historical figures. It begins in 1679 in a remote Balkan village, where a seyis - a penniless groom - finds himself caring for a remarkable young foal. Believing it destined for greatness, and seeing a chance to escape his own humble circumstances, he begins schooling the animal in the disciplines of war. Hewing closely to the historical record, the author goes on to trace the fortunes of the Turk and its new master: In 1682, they arrived in Istanbul, where the horse was selected for the Ottoman Empire's renowned cavalry. Ridden as a battle charger in the Turkish sieges on Vienna and Buda, it was captured, along with its groom, by a party of adventuring British aristocrats and taken back to England in 1686. In London, it was bought by Captain Robert Byerley, who rode the Turk to Ireland to take on the Jacobite forces in several pivotal encounters, including the Battle of the Boyne. Eventually, the Turk was put to stud, initiating what was to become its greatest legacy: first foundation sire of the thoroughbred line.--Publisher's description.It requires , obviously , the same force to start each bullet from its place . Hence ,
when the two first bullets fly off , while those nearer to the centre are still in their
place , we may conclude that , other circumstances being equal , the centrifugal ...
Author: Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold
Publisher:
ISBN: HARVARD:HNYCSV
Category: Physics
Page: 851
View: 875
I tell my students, Stand in your strength from a place of openness... but none of
us has fallen from the sky, or borne the cheetah marks of urban warfare training,
or stanched a wound while bullets fly. A knot of broadshouldered brothers, they ...
Author: Frances Richey
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781101024690
Category: Poetry
Page: 96
View: 625
A "heart-rending"(Anna Quindlen, Newsweek) memoir-in-verse that speaks to a mother's love for her son When Frances Richey's only child, Ben, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Green Beret, went on the first of his two deployments to Iraq, she began to write the twenty-eight unflinching poems that make up The Warrior. This urgent and intensely personal collection describes the world of those who wait while their loved ones are in combat or perilous situations; it is universal in its expression of the longing, anguish, love, and hope that constitute close relationships.... they're wrists. time flies fast like a young man running when bullets fly and guns
blast . . . trying to dodge the inevitable all the while still trying to be viewed as
credible in the eyes of the law. honest man of today is the mastermind of
tomorrow, ...
Author: Terrance H Barnes
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450015174
Category: Poetry
Page: 109
View: 231
Life and its experiences are something that we can all look at and no matter what the experience, relate it to ourselves. Doing this helps us to cope and deal with the things that we have going on in our minds and are unsure what to think about them. A Breath Of Fresh Ayr is a collection of writings and thoughts, my way of expressing my troubles, trials, and tribulations, as well as my triumphs, testaments, and tutelage. Everyone in life loves, has felt love, and has felt the pain from the love once it’s gone. Everyone has lost someone, found someone, lost themselves, and somewhere along the journey, regained their mentality peace by piece. Within these pages are the pieces of mentality, and while I still search for my peace of mind, I hope you enjoy these pieces of it.While all other animals domesticated by man give something in return, dogs only
give love and loyalty and that is the ... They are generally the first ones to detect
an attempted enemy infiltration or penetration and when the real bullets fly, they ...
Author: SUNITA BALI
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN: 9788184301892
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 135
View: 989
Laughing in the Shadow of Bullets is almost a four decades long ring side as also the grand stand view of the Army Life as seen, heard and experienced by a lady married to an Army OfficerÑan Infantry Soldier. She recounts and recapitulates various hilarious incidents along with their manifestations and that apart from making you laugh bring to fore the unmistakable spirit to do or die that can be vividly seen only among these men of arms who are always ready to Ôslay or sacrificeÕ when the trumpet blows and duty calls. These pages in your hands thus afford you an introduction; a familiarisation to your Army. The narratives are primarily aimed at making you smile and are an attempt to dilute the adverse impact of contemporary interminable assault of tension on our collective life style.Let the Bullets Fly utilises this trinary structure within the form of the revolutionary
Western. Part of its fascination lies in this distinction while the other half lies in its
rich reserves of material for allegorical readings; and it will be our task in this ...
Author: Stephen Teo
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781317592266
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 272
View: 632
The western, one of Hollywood’s great film genres, has, surprisingly, enjoyed a revival recently in Asia and in other parts of the world, whilst at the same time declining in America. Although the western is often seen as an example of American cultural dominance, this book challenges this view. It considers the western from an Asian perspective, exploring why the rise of Asian westerns has come about, and examining how its aesthetics, styles and politics have evolved as a result. It analyses specific Asian Westerns as well as Westerns made elsewhere, including in Australia, Europe, and Hollywood, to demonstrate how these employ Asian philosophical and mythical ideas and value systems. The book concludes that the western is a genre which is truly global, and not one that that is purely intrinsic to America.Likewise there folks don't git hungry ; So good people , when they dies , Finds
themselves well fixed forever Joe , my boy ... Harry , when the bullets fly , And hot
saltpetre flames and smokes , While whole battalions lie afield , One's apt to think
...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: CORNELL:31924077746851
Category: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Page:
View: 647
The irony of the teahouse being “the real magistracy” or the notion that courtroom
trials are highly orchestrated and manipulated in China as Let the Bullets Fly
suggests was not lost on Chinese audiences. When audiences were asked to
give ...
Author: Nicole Talmacs
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781315393971
Category: Performing Arts
Page: 202
View: 452
China’s commercial film industry can be used as a map to understand how class is interwoven into the imaginations that inform and influence social change in Chinese society. Film consumption is important in this process, particularly for young adult urbanites that are China’s primary commercial cinema patrons. This book investigates the web between the representation of class themes in Chinese film narratives, local audience reception to these films, and the socialisation of China’s contemporary class society. Bringing together textual analyses of narratives from five commercially exhibited films: Let the Bullets Fly (Jiang: 2010), Lost on Journey (Yip: 2011), Go Lala Go! (Xu: 2011), House Mania (Sun: 2011) and The Piano in the Factory (Zheng: 2011); and the reception of 179 Chinese audiences from varying class positions, it investigates the extent to which fictional narratives inform and reflect current class identities in present-day China. Through group discussions in Beijing, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Lanzhou and Taiyuan, the author searches for audiences beyond major cities that are typically the focus of film consumption studies in China. As such, the book reveals not only how deeply and widespread the socialisation of China’s class society has become in the imaginations of Chinese audiences, but also what appears to be a preference of both audiences and filmmakers for the continuation of China’s new class society. Revealing the extent to which cinema continues to play a key role in the socialisation of class structures in contemporary Chinese society, this book will be important for students and scholars of Chinese Studies, Film Studies, Communication Studies, as well as observers of China’s film industry.A Complete Narrative of Events, Military, Naval, Political and Congressional, that
Occurred During the War for the Union, ... I was used to having bullets fly near me
, but they came at random , for in the heat of battle bullets fly for no man ; only ...
Author: George B. Herbert
Publisher:
ISBN: NWU:35556035213743
Category: United States
Page: 552
View: 851
called because the Nivelles and Charleroi quarters , as there was no shelter for
us whilst THE LITERARY WORLD . roads cross at right angles . During | dressing
the wounded ; shot , shell , and bullets flying about in all directions . Indeed , that
...
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: PRNC:32101064463159
Category:
Page:
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He says he doesn't want to worry me, but he also wants to be honest and to
involve me in his life while he is over there. He tells me of going to the bathroom
across camp with his gun. He tells me of hearing bullets fly overhead while
walking, ...
Author: Melissa Seligman
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN: 9781602392946
Category: Biography & Autobiography
Page: 276
View: 743
A wife of a soldier stationed in Iraq describes the heartache she experienced when saying goodbye to him and her endeavor to put on a brave face at home while worrying about her husband and raising their children alone.WHEN BANNERS ARE WAVING . HEN banners are waving , And lances a -
pushing ; When captains are shouting , And war - horses rushing ; When cannon
are roaring , And hot bullets flying , He that would honor win , Must not fear dying
.
Author: James Rankin Young
Publisher:
ISBN: PSU:000024464949
Category: Manila Bay, Battle of, Philippines, 1898
Page: 665
View: 838
WHE ED is the setting sun , sod ; WHEN BANNERS ARE WAVING . THEN
banners are waving , And lances a - pushing ; When captains are shouting , And
war - horses rushing ; When cannon are roaring , And hot bullets flying , He that
would ...
Author: James Rankin Young
Publisher:
ISBN: UIUC:30112004218993
Category: Spanish-American War, 1898
Page: 715
View: 473
Although a good offense can certainly be an effective tactic, I believe that the best
defense is simply being somewhere else when the bullets fly. If you're not there,
you don't get hurt. That being said, there are certainly times, whether it's a ...
Author: Christopher Duncan
Publisher: Apress
ISBN: 1430201193
Category: Computers
Page: 544
View: 333
The crucial wisdom-guide to surviving within the programming industry in 2006. Provides raw material for surviving and thinking smart in today's industry. Delivered with the wit and aplomb to make a serious topic entertaining and palatable TE Conquer Master self-defense techniques to shield yourself, your project, and your code from corporate politics, arbitrary management decisions, and marketing-driven deadlines Explains how the individual programmer or project manager can work within the existing system to solve deadline problems and regain control of the development processThe spin makes (handgun) that was adopted as the US guard the bullet fly in a
straighter path military's official sidearm in ... A fully automatic weapon can make
the rifle a very accurate firearm. fire repeated shots while the trigger is pressed ...
Author: DK Publishing
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780756643638
Category: Juvenile Nonfiction
Page: 72
View: 873
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects witha unique integration of words and pictures. A fascinating look at the tools and techniques used by forensic scientists in solving crimes-from fingerprint analysis to DNA testing.Likewise there folks don't git hungry ; So good people , when they dies , Finds
themselves well fixed foreverJoe , my boy ... Harry , when the bullets fly , And hot
saltpetre flames and smokes , While whole battalions lie afield , One's apt to think
...
Author: Frances Putnam Pogle
Publisher:
ISBN: OSU:32435079183091
Category: Calisthenics
Page: 452
View: 978
