Nowhere To Go But Down?
Nowhere To Go But Down?

Author: Andrew S. MacDonald

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-07-26

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1000866513

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Originally published in 1989, this book is a unique examination of subsistence farming in the developing world, and its potential for development. The author writes from the conviction that the farming system is limited in its potential for development by the energy value of manpower and that unless the plight of developing world communities is understood and the importance of manpower constraint recognized, inputs of development funds will be wasted. Clarifying the strengths and limitations of the subsistence farming system, the book makes clear the complexities and difficulties encountered in achieving agricultural development in the poorest countries – providing an informed insight into the inevitability of future famine.

All Music Guide to Country
All Music Guide to Country

Author: Michael Erlewine

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780879304751

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Reviews and rates the best recordings of country artists and groups, provides biographies of the artists, and charts the evolution of country music

Money of the Mind
Money of the Mind

Author: James Grant

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1994-05

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0374524017

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The 1980s witnessed a lemming-like rush into the sea of debt on the part of the American industrial and financial communities, with consequences we are only beginning to appreciate. But the speculative frenzy of the eighties didn't just happen. It was the culmination of a long cycle of slow relaxation of credit practices--the subject of James Grant's brilliant, clear-eyed history of American finance. Two long-running trends converged in the 1980s to create one of our greatest speculative booms: the democratization of credit and the socialization of risk. At the turn of the century, it was almost impossible for the average working person to get a loan. In the 1980s, it was almost impossible to refuse one. As the pace of lending grew, the government undertook to bear more and more of the creditors' risk--a pattern, begun in the Progressive era, which reached full flower in the "conservative" administration of Ronald Reagan. Based on original scholarship as well as firsthand observation, Grant's book puts our recent love affair with debt in an entirely fresh, often chilling, perspective. The result is required--and wickedly entertaining--reading for everyone who wants or needs to understand how the world really works. "A brilliantly eccentric, kaleidoscopic tour of our credit lunacy. . . . A splendid, tooth-gnashing saga that should be savored for its ghoulish humor and passionately debated for its iconoclastic analysis. It is a fitting epitaph to the credit binge of the '80s."--Ron Chernow, The Wall Street Journal.

I Had Nowhere to Go
I Had Nowhere to Go

Author: Jonas Mekas

Publisher:

Published: 2017-04

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 9783959051460

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Jonas Mekas has worked together with Andy Warhol, George Maciunas, John Lennon, and many others. In New York he was an influential figure in the New American Cinema, although he came to film-making relatively late. In 1944 Mekas and his younger brother Adolfas had to flee from the Nazis for copying leaflets. They were interned for eight months in a labour camp in Elmshorn. The Soviet occupation prevented him from returning to his native Lithuania after the war and, classed as a ?displaced person?, he lived in DP camps in Wiesbaden and Kassel. Towards the end of 1949 he and his brother emigrated to New York. In his autobiography 'I Had Nowhere to Go' he describes his survival in the camps and his arrival in New York. Mekas tells a universal story, that of an émigré who can never go back, whose loneliness in his new world is emblematic of human existence.

New York Magazine
New York Magazine

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1995-12-18

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13:

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

How We Healed
How We Healed

Author: Melody Fowler

Publisher: Poetic Gems Publishing

Published: 2022-08-24

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1738647005

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2023 SPEAK UP TALK RADIO FIREBIRD BOOK MULTI-AWARD WINNER 2022 RED RIBBON WINNER Wishing Shelf Awards 2022 BEST BOOK AWARD FINALIST for American Book Fest "A compelling family drama. A RED RIBBON WINNER and highly recommended." The Wishing Shelf Book Awards "An often vivid family saga, centered on a satisfyingly complex matriarch." - Kirkus Reviews "This book did an excellent job of teaching essential life lessons.” - OnlineBookClub.org Review "An original, thought-provoking, memorable and poignant story of healing from emotional injuries." - MBR (MidWest Book Review) Small Press Book Watch General Fiction There is nothing ordinary about the journey we take in life or the people in it. A tale of starting over and an unforgettable odyssey of healing. Embark on an extraordinary journey through the segregated South of 1957 with Drunetta Brown, a woman determined to rewrite her story of struggle and heartbreak. Fleeing her shattered dreams and an alcoholic husband, Drunetta takes her children to New York City for a fresh start. There, she finds unexpected allies in Raycie, a talented bar singer, and Rose, a devoted church secretary. As Drunetta navigates the challenges of her new life, her friendships become her lifeline, offering the strength she needs to carve her own path in a changing world. With echoes of "The Color Purple," this raw and emotional tale promises an unforgettable odyssey of healing and resilience.

Space Ends: The Complete Series
Space Ends: The Complete Series

Author: Odette C. Bell

Publisher: Odette C. Bell

Published:

Total Pages: 742

ISBN-13:

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When the shadow of an old enemy rises, the Coalition is plunged into chaos. They’ll need a savior to have a chance. What they’ll get is a pirate dedicated to one thing – lying to squeeze as much out of the galaxy as he can. Jerr’n Taal never signed up to be anything other than a crim. His father laid out a path of piracy for him from birth, and Jerr’n’s faithfully followed it, never deviating off course to help anyone other than himself. He intends to stay as crooked as possible. Then she comes along. Naomi Ringwald is running from a past that should kill her. A research assistant to the brilliant if eccentric scientist Ruben Stalz, one mistake ruins her budding career. When things go wrong, she runs. She’s always done it and always will. But running this time leads her straight into the arms of Jerr’n and drags both of them into a twisted plot to undermine the Coalition from within. Soon, Naomi, Jerr’n, and his crew are thrown into a galactic plot that could end everything. Can a self-professed crooked crim and a woman running from her destiny save the galaxy? Or are the Coalition’s days finally numbered? …. Space Ends follows a hidden superweapon and a charming pirate fighting a rogue scientist before he condemns the Coalition. If you love your space operas with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab Space Ends: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell series. Space Ends is the 23rd Galactic Coalition Academy series. A sprawling, epic, and exciting sci-fi world where cadets become heroes and hearts are always won, each series can be read separately, so plunge in today.

The Missionaries
The Missionaries

Author: D G Compton

Publisher: Gateway

Published: 2013-07-25

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 0575118032

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The spaceship landed on the planet Earth to bring it the message of a new religion and a new way of life that would fit the terrestrial barbarians to take their place in the great community of the Galaxy. Their motives were beyond reproach. Their objectives were honourable. It was not their fault that humanity distrusted their motives, repudiated their objectives - and did its best to drive the missionaries back into space . . .

Merryll Manning: The Health Farm Murders
Merryll Manning: The Health Farm Murders

Author: John Howard Reid

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-09-16

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0557010063

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A mystery thriller, set against the spectacular scenic backdrop of an imaginary health farm in the small mountain township of Blackheath in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, west of Sydney, Australia, this is the second suspense novel featuring Sergeant Merryll Merry Manning of the Miami Police Department. Sergeant Manning debuted in Merryll Manning: Trapped on Mystery Island in 2008. Although the characters are entirely fictitious, the plot itself was adapted from several factual incidents that occurred in Mexico, Chile, Peru and other mountainous areas of South America. The geographical details relating to Blackheath and Govett's Leap are accurate in every detail, although the atmosphere attributed to the town is purely imaginary. The health ideas touted in the book, however, are based on the advice of several highly respected nutritionists, including Mary C. Hogle and C.E. Clinkard.