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1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Busyness Trap; Chapter 2: Resolution; Chapter 3: Into the Unknown; Chapter 4: Casa Quatro; Chapter 5: Oil or Diamonds?; Chapter 6: Daily Life; Chapter 7: Patient Patients; Chapter 8: Death's Precipice; Chapter 9: Flattery for Inanities; Chapter 10: Music and Dark Thoughts; Chapter 11:170,000 Needles; Chapter 12: Nourishing News; Chapter 13: First Breath, Last Gasp; Chapter 14: Domestic Dynamics; Chapter 15: A Growing Aversion; Chapter 16: Egg and Tomato Sandwiches; Chapter 17: Absurdity; Chapter 18: Atlantic Romance; Chapter 19: Kuito Calm |
| Summary |
Set in central Angola during the final stages of the country's thirty-year civil war, No One Can Stop the Rain is the true story of two ordinary M©♭decins Sans Fronti©·res volunteers - a surgeon and his wife, leaving behind their comfortable lives in mid-career. In doing so they are confronted by both the best and worst aspects of humanity. Based on correspondence and diary entries, the book chronicles the couple's journey to Kuito, deep in the heart of Angola. The remnants of this provincial capital had the unenviable reputation of being one of the world's most heavily landmined cities. The eve |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-285) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Moorhouse, Karin, 1961-
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Cheng, Wei, 1958-
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Cheng, Wei, 1958- fast |
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Moorhouse, Karin, 1961- fast |
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Civilian war relief
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Military participation -- Cuban
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Angola -- History -- South African Invasion, 1975-1976.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005115
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Angola -- History -- South African Incursions, 1978-1990.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005118
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Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Personal narratives, Australian
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Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Participation, Cuban.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005117
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Angola -- History -- Civil War, 1975-2002 -- Civilian relief
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Angola
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Personal narratives
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cheng, Wei, 1958- author.
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| ISBN |
1897414900 |
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9781897414903 |
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