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Theft of a Nation, Romania since Communism. (Furtul unei Natiunai)

November 11th, 2004 · Comments Off on Theft of a Nation, Romania since Communism. (Furtul unei Natiunai) · Books

http:www.hurstpub.co.uk/ THEFT OF A NATION, ROMANIA SINCE COMMUNISM TOM GALLAGHER Paperback 320 pages (November 1, 2003) £16-50 Publisher: C. Hurst & Co ISBN: 1850657165 Hardback: xxii, 424pp. (Jan. 2005),£45.00 Romanian Publication (in Translation ) Humanitas Publishing House, Bucharest November 2004 ‘This is a unique work on an important, but neglected, subject. It deals with the […]

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“Moving Here” – a Story of Migration to England

August 27th, 2003 · Comments Off on “Moving Here” – a Story of Migration to England · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE, Reviews

“MOVING HERE” “Moving Here” is the ultimate database of digitised photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years of migrations to England. Contributed by: Constantin Roman http://www.movinghere.org.uk/stories/story12/story12.htm I had started to study English as my fourth foreign language after German and French, which were both spoken in the […]

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Voices and Shadows of the Carpathians – an Antholgy of Romanian Thought

August 26th, 2003 · Comments Off on Voices and Shadows of the Carpathians – an Antholgy of Romanian Thought · Books, PEOPLE

“Voices & Shadows of the Carpathians.” …………………………………………………………………………………….. An Anthology of Romanian Thought – selected and introduced by Constantin Roman . Postface: A Conspiracy of Silence. “Now, I am a person who likes simple words. It is true, I had realised before this journey that there was much evil and injustice in the world that I […]

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“Continental Drift – Colliding Continents, Converging Cultures” – Constantin Roman

February 19th, 2003 · Comments Off on “Continental Drift – Colliding Continents, Converging Cultures” – Constantin Roman · Books, Diaspora, PEOPLE

IOP Publishers (Bristol & Philadelphia) 2000. pp. 211 – ISBN 0-7503-0686-6 – – – – – – – – – – – – – Constantin Roman is Romanian Honorary consul in the English university town of Cambridge where he was awarded a PhD for pioneering work in the field of geophysics in 1974. For over […]

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Anita Nandris-Cudla (1904–1984)

February 19th, 2003 · Comments Off on Anita Nandris-Cudla (1904–1984) · Books, PEOPLE, Reviews

[b]Bucovina 1920’s Match-making:[/b] “So it was decided that I should marry the young man from our village. My father was was not all satisfied. When the engagement was announced, the bridegroom sent, as was the custom, two men called match-makers. When the marriage was decided, the parents of the bride put out some wine and […]

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Poetry in Translation (X): Gabriela Melinescu – “Birth of Constellations”

February 18th, 2003 · Comments Off on Poetry in Translation (X): Gabriela Melinescu – “Birth of Constellations” · Books, PEOPLE, Poetry, Translations

“Others are born here on Earth, In a fresh scent of salt and milk. The buds burst out biting the twigs With the silky movement of the serpent. O, would my birth Be repeated again? With dilated pupils, o, breeze of pain, With white clouds will you pass over my face? Would you, one evening, […]

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