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Author: Greg Stekelman
Publisher: Friday Project
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart novel, part journal, part snippets of conversation overheard on the tube, part collection of drawings of Kevin Spacey and Condaleeza Rice, this diary tells a year in the life of The Man Who Fell Asleep - artist, thinker, writer, North Londoner, and alter-ego of Greg Stekelman.
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 1963
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9788125021766
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
Author: Father Henry C. Schmid
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2010-04-16
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1450062571
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Pastors Sandal Path relates my envisioning of God in nature. I was privileged to grow up with my sister and five brothers on a farm where our parents instilled in us the presence of God in our daily lives, as well as in the majesty of Gods nature. My early schooling took place in a one-room country school where our fantastic teacher incorporated the beauty of God and nature in the classroom and on field trips. In the upper grades, the Dominican sisters assisted my parents in laying a solid faith foundation. After graduation, I entered St. Mary of the Lake Seminary Mundelein where my faith was deepened, my love of Jesus increased, and Gods presence in nature more keenly perceived. I hope my perceptions of God in nature will help the reader to encounter God in their ordinary experiences of life.
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Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
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Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 3385150752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ronald Wright
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2014-05-20
Total Pages: 372
ISBN-13: 1466871679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA masterly epic that weaves a contemporary search for a missing father with a vivid story from the heyday of the British Empire. Liv, a Canadian filmmaker, is writing from a Tahitian jail, piecing together her troubled past and her family's buried history for the unknown daughter she gave up at birth. The search for her own father, a pilot missing since the Korean War, has brought her to the South Seas and landed her behind bars on a trumped-up murder charge. In the stillness of her cell, Liv ponders the secret journal of her ancestor Frank Henderson, who came to these same waters a century before on an extraordinary three-year voyage with Queen Victoria's grandsons--Prince George (later George V) and Prince Eddy, who would die young and disgraced, linked by the gutter press to the Ripper killings and many other scandals. Through unforgettable characters and a mesmerizing story, Henderson's Spear traces two tales of obsession, intrigue, and loss--from the 1890s and the 1990s. These stories reach around the world from Africa, England, and North America to converge with compelling effect in the Polynesian islands. With a deep understanding of the landscape and culture of the South Sea Islands, Ronald Wright's Henderson's Spear explores the patterns of history and the accidents of love.
Author: Daniela Airlie
Publisher: Daniela Airlie
Published: 2023-12-14
Total Pages: 95
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDelve into an anthology of true crime stories you've not heard of. From child killers to twisted matriarchs, Unbelievable Crimes Volume Eight dives into the most twisted crimes carried out by the most depraved individuals. In this volume, I'll cover a shocking case that took place in Iowa in 2012. A young boy decided to murder his mother - for taking away his video game. I'll also tell the story of a teenage girl tortured to death by a sadistic family. It is a tragic case that is as heartbreaking as it is infuriating. Then there's the case of a man who sought revenge on the person who had abused his son for over a year. This story will have you questioning your thoughts on vigilante justice. Learn more about these crimes, as well as other lesser-known cases, in Unbelievable Crimes Volume Eight. Please bear in mind that this book describes real-life accounts of violence, assaults of a sexual nature, and murder. For those new to the series, the premise is that I cover true tales that evaded headline news (for the most part) despite the barbarity of the crime.
Author: Paddy Ashdown
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2010-09-25
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1845136470
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaddy Ashdown’s autobiography was hailed as one of the most readable and exciting political life stories ever written of all – precisely because it was so very much more. This is the autobiography of an old-fashioned Man of Action, an adventurer, to be compared more readily to Fitzroy Maclean than David Steel. Ashdown’s years as MP for Yeovil and leader of the Liberal Democrats pale alongside his time as a Royal Marine Commando, in the Special Boat squadron, as a spy, on military service in Northern Ireland and Indonesia, and then subsequently – perhaps his finest and most heroic role, as the UN’s High representative in war-torn Bosnia. As one reviewer remarked: “This must be the first political memoir to offer advice on the best way to execute a jungle ambush and on how to treat an open wound using red ants.” Ashdown’s appeal – which explains this books’s hardback bestseller status – is that he transcends party political allegiances, and is seen as a genuinely honest and decent man unafraid to take on the hardest challenges.
Author: Merritt Roe Smith
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1994-06-02
Total Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780262691673
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese thirteen essays explore a crucial historical questionthat has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent,and by what means, does a society's technology determine itspolitical, social, economic, and cultural forms? These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society's technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms? Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist," and a classic article by Robert Heilbroner (reprinted here) renewed the debate within the context of the history of technology. This book clarifies the debate and carries it forward.Marx's position has become embedded in our culture, in the form of constant reminders as to how our fast-changing technologies will alter our lives. Yet historians who have looked closely at where technologies really come from generally support the proposition that technologies are not autonomous but are social products, susceptible to democratic controls. The issue is crucial for democratic theory. These essays tackle it head-on, offering a deep look at all the shadings of determinism and assessing determinist models in a wide variety of historical contexts. Contributors Bruce Bimber, Richard W. Bulliet, Robert L. Heilbroner, Thomas P. Hughes, Leo Marx, Thomas J. Misa, Peter C. Perdue, Philip Scranton, Merritt Roe Smith, Michael L. Smith, John M. Staudenmaier, Rosalind Williams
