The Handbook of Reparations
The Handbook of Reparations

Author: Pablo De Greiff

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2006-03-30

Total Pages: 1020

ISBN-13: 0191537659

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This Handbook is provides a broad range of essential information about past experiences with massive reparations programs as well as normative guidance for future practice. It examines in detail reparations programs in different parts of the world; includes thematic papers on topics that frequently come about in the design and implementation of reparations programs; and, finally, reproduces key documents on reparations, including national legislation. In addition to providing a wealth of factual information about a wide range of reparations programs (some of them previously unexamined), the thematic papers break new ground, tackling issues that have not been sufficiently addressed (if at all) in the literature, including the very notion of justice in reparations for the massive cases, the relationship between material compensation and other symbolic measures of reparations, and the complicated set of questions around how to provide reparations to victims of sexual violence. Finally, the book makes available fundamental documents on reparations, including national legislation. These documents - which are either difficult to find or have never been translated into English before - are both directly relevant to the case studies and the thematic papers, and illuminating to those thinking prospectively about the design and implementation of reparations programs.

The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida
The Prayers and Tears of Jacques Derrida

Author: John D. Caputo

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1997-09-22

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 0253112842

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"Caputo's book is riveting. . . . A singular achievement of stylistic brio and impeccable scholarship, it breaks new ground in making a powerful case for treating Derrida as homo religiosis. . . . There can be no mistaking the importance of Caputo's work." —Edith Wyschogrod "No one interested in Derrida, in Caputo, or in the larger question of postmodernism and religion can afford to ignore this pathbreaking study. Taking full advantage of the most recent and least discussed writings of Derrida, it offers a careful and comprehensive account of the religious dimension of Derrida's thought." —Merold Westphal

Christian Faith
Christian Faith

Author: Peter Crafts Hodgson

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780664224172

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Addresses three issues including the struggle for justice, cultural and religious pluralism, and ecological and cosmological awareness, arguing for the necessity of revising Christian faith in order to handle changing circumstances. Original.

Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit
Bruce Lee: Fighting Spirit

Author: Bruce Thomas

Publisher: Frog Books

Published: 1994-11-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781883319250

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This is the only independent biography of Bruce Lee, and it is complete in terms of both the martial arts and the movies.

Nonviolent Revolutions
Nonviolent Revolutions

Author: Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Publisher: OUP USA

Published: 2011-07-28

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 0199778205

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In the spring of 1989, Chinese workers and students captured global attention as they occupied Tiananmen Square, demanded political change, and were tragically suppressed by the Chinese army. Months later, East German civilians rose up nonviolently, brought down the Berlin Wall, and dismantled their regime. Although both movements used tactics of civil resistance, their outcomes were different. Why? In Nonviolent Revolutions, Sharon Erickson Nepstad examines these and other uprisings in Panama, Chile, Kenya, and the Philippines. Taking a comparative approach that includes both successful and failed cases of nonviolent resistance, Nepstad analyzes the effects of movements' strategies along with the counter-strategies regimes developed to retain power. She shows that a significant influence on revolutionary outcomes is security force defections, and explores the reasons why soldiers defect or remain loyal and the conditions that increase the likelihood of mutiny. She then examines the impact of international sanctions, finding that they can at times harm movements by generating new allies for authoritarian leaders or by shifting the locus of power from local civil resisters to international actors. Nonviolent Revolutions offers essential insights into the challenges that civil resisters face and elucidates why some of these movements failed. With a recent surge of popular uprisings across the Middle East, this book provides a valuable new understanding of the dynamics and potency of civil resistance and nonviolent revolt.

TERENCE IN TRANCE
TERENCE IN TRANCE

Author: Akṣapāda

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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Terence in Trance: 696 Synoptic Notes of Terence McKenna Terence Kemp McKenna, a man of many facets, was an American ethnobiologist, mystic, psychonaut, lecturer, an author who acquired fame with his advocacy for responsible use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants. His knowledge encompasses a variety of subjects ranging from philosophy, language, culture, technology, environmentalism to shamanic arts, metaphysics, alchemy, and deep studies into the origins of human consciousness. His devotion to shamanism leads him to be called the Timothy Leary of the 90s who was one of the leading authorities of the ontological foundations of shamanism. This book has the best collection of quotes of Terence McKenna on various subjects. Spare your time to grab this one…

The Gayety & Other Stories
The Gayety & Other Stories

Author: Thomas McCavour

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published:

Total Pages: 139

ISBN-13: 1525575600

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The Gayety & Other Stories is a fourth collection of short stories by Thomas McCavour. The Gayety is a story about two singers modelled after the lives of Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. Robo is a story about artificial intelligence and robots. Milly and Sandy is about a mother daughter relationship. Bones Among the Dunes is a story about hostage taking. Dudley George is a true story about a dispute over indigenous land. Love Triangle Lost is about infidelity and its reward. Eight Ball is a lesbian love story. The 6th Sense is a story about a clairvoyant boy who phorsaw the destruction of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the end of World War II. The Star is a story about a tree ornament that relates what it has seen. G-Men & G-Strings is a murder story. Yes I Remember It Well is about an Alzheimer victim who becomes an inspirational speaker. A Twin's Tale is a story about a mother that seduces her twin daughter's boyfriend. I Learned to Walk is another inspirational story about a paraplegic learning to walk. Stranded is a story about a female astronaut who is temporarily stranded on the moon. Billy Bee tells about the lives of two bees. The Trinity Carving is about a retired dentist who becomes wood carver. The Impossible Dream is a story about a handicapped boy who becomes a famous percussionist. The Mole is a story about an Auschwitz Nazi who is discovered, charged and sentenced to death. Klepto is a story about a kleptomaniac and finally Pulling Petals is a story about a mortician that falls in love with a florist.