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Western Armenian Dictionary & Phrasebook. by Awde, Nicholas.(CARDINAL)747264;
Subjects: Armenian dictionary.; Armenian language.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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English-Armenian and Armenian-English dictionary romanized / by Yacoubian, Adour H.;
Subjects: Dictionaries.; Armenian language; English language;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Four years in the mountains of Kurdistan, 1915-1919 : an Armenian boy's memoir of survival / by Haykaz, Aram,1900-1986,author.(CARDINAL)744338; Chekenian, Iris Haigaz,translator.;
Our cross, 1915 -- My first master -- Life as a shepherd -- A new home, 1916 -- Crime and punishment -- A hero falls, 1917 -- To Bey Punar, 1918 -- The last year, 1918-1919.An extraordinary coming-of-age story and survival story of an Armenian teenager forced to live in a tribal culture among Kurdish peasants and Turkish beys. He rose from "infidel" servant to trusted secretary and escaped captivity, the only person in his adoptive tribe who could read and write.The Armenian language edition of this book was the recipient of the Kevork Melidinetsi Literary Award, Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia, Antelias, Lebanon
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Haykaz, Aram, 1900-1986.; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Genocide survivors; Kurds; World War, 1914-1918;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The sandcastle girls [sound recording] / by Bohjalian, Chris,1960-; Campbell, Cassandra.(CARDINAL)347921; Fraser, Alison.(CARDINAL)732963;
Read by Cassandra Campbell and Alison Fraser.When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents' ornate Pelham home was affectionately nicknamed the "Ottoman Annex," Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura's grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family's history that reveals love, loss, and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Audiobooks.; Historical fiction.; Armenians; Armenian Americans; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Americans; Refugees; Family secrets; Women novelists; Genealogy;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 11
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The sandcastle girls : a novel / by Bohjalian, Chris,1962-(CARDINAL)351966;
In his fifteenth book, the author brings us on a very different kind of journey. This tale travels between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915 and Bronxville, New York, in 2012, a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author's Armenian heritage, making it his most personal novel to date. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents' ornate Pelham home was affectionately nicknamed the "Ottoman Annex," Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura's grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family's history that reveals love, loss, and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Romance fiction.; Armenians; Armenian Americans; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923;
Available copies: 43 / Total copies: 48
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Peace be upon you : the story of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish coexistence / by Karabell, Zachary.(CARDINAL)266584;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-326) and index.Introduction -- In the name of the Lord -- At the court of the caliph -- The sacrifice of Isaac -- The crusades -- Saladin's jihad? -- The philosopher's dream -- The lord of two lands -- The tide begins to turn -- Brave new worlds -- The age of reform -- Hope and despair -- In an otherwise turbulent world -- Coda : is Dubai the future? Maps -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.Includes information on Abbasid caliphate, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Alexandria, Andalusia, Antioch, Arabic language, Armenians, Baghdad, Balkans, Beirut, Berbers, Byzantine Empire, Cairo, Christianity, Christians, Constantinople, Cordoba, Crusades, Damascus, Egypt, England, Europe, Fatimid dynasty, France, Franks, Greek Orthodox Church, ancient Greeks, Habsburgs, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, Hebrew language, Heraclius (Byzantine Emperor), Hezbollah, Holy Land, Hospitallers, Sharif Husayn ibn Ali, Iberian Peninsula, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Istanbul, Janissaries, Jerusalem, Jesus Christ, Jews, jihad, Judaism, Latin language, Lebanon, Moses Maimonides, Maronite Christian Church, Mecca, Medina, Mediterranean Sea, Sultan Mehmed II, monks, monasteries, Morocco, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (Prophet), Muslims, mysticism, nationalism, North Africa, Ottoman Empire, Pakistan, Palestine, Paris, People of the Book, People of the Pact, Persia, poetry, Quran (Koran), Quraysh tribe, reform movements, Roman Catholic Church, Rome, Russia, Saladin, Salonica, Seljuk dynasty, September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, Spain, sultan Suleyman I, Syria, Templars, Torah, Turkey, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, World War I, World War II, Zionism, Zoroastrians, etc.
Subjects: Religions;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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There was and there was not : a journey through hate and possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and beyond / by Toumani, Meline.(CARDINAL)407660;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-286).Diaspora. When we talk about what happened ; Summer camp, Franklin, Massachusetts, 1989 ; "How did they kill your grandparents?" ; A real Armenian ; False assumptions ; "With this madness, what art could there be? -- "Alternate realities. "So you are a bit mixed up now" ; "Armenians are killers of children" ; January 19, 2007 -- Turkey. Paradoxes ; Language ; Knowing and not knowing ; How to be a Turk ; Official history -- Armenia. Country on maps ; Hello, Homeland! ; Reunions -- Power. The narcissism of small similarities ; Excess baggage ; Soccer diplomacy ; Terms.A young Armenian-American goes to Turkey in a 'love thine enemy' experiment that becomes a transformative reflection on how we use-- and abuse-- our personal histories.
Subjects: Toumani, Meline.; Toumani, Meline; Armenian Americans; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Genocide; Social change;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Proto : how one ancient language went global / by Spinney, Laura,author.(CARDINAL)350938;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-304) and index.Introduction: Ariomania -- Genesis: Lingua obscura -- Sacred spring: Proto-Indo-European -- First among equals: Anatolian -- Over the range: Tocharian -- Lark rising: Celtic, Germanic, Italic -- The wandering horse: Indo-Iranian -- Northern idyll: Baltic and Slavic -- They came from Steep Wilusa: Albanian, Armenian, Greek -- Conclusion: shibboleth."Daughter. Duhitár-. Dustr. Dukte. Listen to these English, Sanskrit, Armenian and Lithuanian words, all meaning the same thing, and you hear echoes of one of history's most unlikely journeys. All four languages-along with hundreds of others, from French and Gaelic, to Persian and Polish-trace their origins to an ancient tongue spoken as the last ice age receded. This language, which we call Proto-Indo-European, was born between Europe and Asia and exploded out of its cradle, fragmenting as it spread east and west. Its last speaker died thousands of years ago, yet Proto-Indo-European lives on in its myriad linguistic offspring and in some of our best loved works of literature, including Dante's Inferno and the Rig Veda, The Lord of the Rings and the love poetry of Rumi. How did this happen? Acclaimed journalist Laura Spinney set out to answer that question, retracing the Indo-European odyssey across continents and millennia. With her we travel the length of the steppe, navigating the Caucasus, the silk roads and the Hindu Kush. We retrace the epic journeys of nomads and monks, warriors and kings - the ancient peoples who carried these languages far and wide. In the present, Spinney meets the scientists on a thrilling mission to retrieve the lost languages and their speakers: the linguists, archaeologists and geneticists who have reconstructed that ancient diaspora. What they have learned has profound implications for our modern world, because people and their languages are on the move again. Proto is a revelatory portrait of world history in its own words."-- Publisher.
Subjects: Proto-Indo-European language.; Indo-European languages; Historical linguistics.; Language and languages.; Language spread.; Linguistic change.; World history.; Linguistics.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Armenia / by Hintz, Martin.(CARDINAL)513601;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Hello to Armenia -- Majestic mountain land -- Blossoms and bears -- A long, long history -- A new look at government -- Armenia hard at work -- The amazing Armenians -- A nation of saints and churches -- A cradle of art and beauty -- Life in Yerevan.Describes the geography, plants and animals, history, economy, language, religions, culture, sports, arts, and people of Armenia.Accelerated Reader AR
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 15
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The wounded age, and, Eastern tales / by Edgü, Ferit,1936-author.(CARDINAL)871873; Aji, Aron,1960-translator,writer of afterword.(CARDINAL)871990; Edgü, Ferit,1936-Yaralı zaman.English.; Edgü, Ferit,1936-Doğu öyküleri.English.;
The wounded age -- Eastern tales."The Wounded Age begins with a conversation between an unnamed couple, referred to as the Man and the Woman: "I'm leaving soon, he says. / Where, she asks. / East. The mountains." We are given no names, barely any punctuation, just the barest trail of dialogue set as verse: this is the spare style and austere language of the canonical Turkish author Ferit Edgü, a master of distillation. In the two books paired here and translated into English for the first time, Edgü represents complex social and political realities with startling lyricism and economy. The Wounded Age features a newspaper reporter, assigned to write about ethno-national violence in the mountainous region of eastern Turkey. Like the narrators in Eastern Tales who are teachers and writers from Istanbul, he is a stranger in a region that both confounds and attracts; language in this place, especially his own language, cannot be trusted. In the unsettled and desperate atmosphere of "the East," a buried and unspoken history of violence carries over uninterrupted into the present. Each tale of death, dispossession, and exile echoes catastrophes in the past, forming an increasingly resonant ledger of a tragic history. The state's denial and justification of violence against its ethnic communities--the genocide of the Armenians and massacres of the Greeks and Assyrians in the last century--carries over into its continuing subjugation of the Kurds, and ongoing internecine warfare along the border. In the story "Interview" in Eastern Tales an old villager tells the narrator, "Make our photograph," and adds, "send us the pictures. No need to write letters." The minimal tales Edgu tells are vivid pictures of life in the East-a house in ruins, an empty crib, wolves howling on the hills, human corpses--and transcriptions of living voices. The reporter in The Wounded Age has no illusions that his story will stop the bloodletting; instead, he goes east because he knows he must open his eyes and unstop his ears"--
Subjects: Prose poems.; Poetry.;
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