Being Up For Grabs

Author : Thomas Urquhart
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608936878

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Up for Grabs by Thomas Urquhart Pdf

Each year thousands of men and women and families recreate on Maine’s Public Reserved Lands. Most of these visitors know only that the large green areas on the map promise them access to some of the state’s most magnificent places. Very few have any idea how Maine acquired them. Or that, as a conservation success, their acquisition (600,000 acres) rivals the celebrated purchase and gift to Maine people of Baxter State Park (210,000 acres) by Governor Percival Baxter. Maine’s two hundredth anniversary is an appropriate moment to celebrate the largest land conservation triumph in its history. The story of the state’s Public Reserved Lands and how we got them speak to the very essence of Maine’s identity. With dramatic moments and colorful characters, the book weaves its way from 1820 to the present, providing an engaging and informative overview of conservation and preservation in Maine.

Author : Hilan Bensusan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1785420283

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Being Up for Grabs by Hilan Bensusan Pdf

This is a book on contingency. More than claiming that chaos reigns, it spells out the details of its governance in a metaphysics of accident. It looks at what is up for grabs in terms of fragments, doubts and rhythms, engaging with Alfred North Whitehead, Gilles Deleuze, Bruno Latour, Quentin Meillassoux among others in the process.

Author : John Anthony Allan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781857436693

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Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa by John Anthony Allan Pdf

Four other themes will addressed: politics, economics, the environment and the history of land investments in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : John Rothchild
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0813018293

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Up for Grabs by John Rothchild Pdf

"Grand reading. Rothchild's scenario deliciously underscores the bizarre quality of Florida."--Publishers Weekly "A story of rapacity and gall told with bemused admiration for the waves of visionaries and scamps who have left their mark on the Sunshine State . . . a tale of the wild, wild South in which motives, loyalties, and identities are lost in a tangle of crime and counterinsurgency."--Time A wandering Floridian who made his way home in the early 1970s, John Rothchild writes about the state with the savvy of a native and the perspective of an outsider. His personal and historical travelogue reads alternately like a litany of 20th-century ills and a Monty Python rendering of the Great American Dream. In Florida, both versions are true. Settled through the chicanery of a few enterprising brokers and real estate wizards, Rothchild's Florida is a civilization built from scratch, out of the most unusual ingredients. While much of the state seems younger than many of its inhabitants, he observes, it hosts all the modern demographic, economic, and social problems. Still, those ills don't dispel the magic of its sunshine, beaches, and exotic fauna or undermine its status as a great American myth. Told within the framework of Rothchild's travels from Miami to the Everglades, around the state and back again, Up for Grabs is part history, part travelogue, part journalism, part autobiography--a humorous and appreciative tour of a society fabricated from a state of mind and erected on land that was "ninety percent underwater ninety percent of the time." John Rothchild , a former editor of Washington Monthly, columnist for Time and Fortune, and contributor to Esquire, Rolling Stone, Harper's Magazine, and the New York Times Magazine, is author or coauthor of nine books, including A Fool and His Money and Voice of the River, the autobiography of Marjory Stoneman Douglas. He lives in Miami Beach, Florida.

Author : Jeffrey Church
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271050768

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Infinite Autonomy by Jeffrey Church Pdf

G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche are often considered the philosophical antipodes of the nineteenth century. In Infinite Autonomy, Jeffrey Church draws on the thinking of both Hegel and Nietzsche to assess the modern Western defense of individuality&—to consider whether we were right to reject the ancient model of community above the individual. The theoretical and practical implications of this project are important, because the proper defense of the individual allows for the survival of modern liberal institutions in the face of non-Western critics who value communal goals at the expense of individual rights. By drawing from Hegelian and Nietzschean ideas of autonomy, Church finds a third way for the individual&—what he calls the &“historical individual,&” which goes beyond the disagreements of the ancients and the moderns while nonetheless incorporating their distinctive contributions.

Author : Jennie Lucas,Caitlin Crews,Tara Pammi,Louise Fuller
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488084171

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Harlequin Presents November 2018 - Box Set 2 of 2 by Jennie Lucas,Caitlin Crews,Tara Pammi,Louise Fuller Pdf

Harlequin® Presents brings you a collection of four new titles! This Presents box set includes: THE BABY THE BILLIONAIRE DEMANDS Secret Heirs of Billionaires by Jennie Lucas When Rodrigo discovers Lola’s secret, he’s determined his child will take his name! Their desire is undeniable, and Lola will show Rodrigo that their son—and their connection—is worth fighting for! SHEIKH’S SECRET LOVE-CHILD Bound to the Desert King by Caitlin Crews Sheikh Malak assumed he’d never inherit the throne, but when his brother unexpectedly abdicates, he finds himself king! Now past indiscretions must be put aside. Until he uncovers the hidden consequence of one delicious seduction… SICILIAN’S BRIDE FOR A PRICE Conveniently Wed! by Tara Pammi To counter a business threat, ruthless Dante must get married! Free-spirited Alisha will do anything to save her mother’s charity—even marry Dante. But the price of their marriage is more than they bargained for… REVENGE AT THE ATLAR by Louise Fuller Nothing gives Max more satisfaction than hearing Margot say “I do.” Though he was rejected by her family once before, this time, Max holds all the cards! But their wedding night tempts Max to forget revenge… Be sure to collect Harlequin® Presents’ November 2018 Box Set 1 of 2! Join HarlequinMyRewards.com to earn FREE books and more. Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Consolidation and merger of corporations
ISBN : UCR:31210006523433

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Hostile Takeovers by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Pdf

Author : Allen C. Guelzo
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101912225

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Robert E. Lee by Allen C. Guelzo Pdf

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the award-winning historian and best-selling author of Gettysburg comes the definitive biography of Robert E. Lee. An intimate look at the Confederate general in all his complexity—his hypocrisy and courage, his inner turmoil and outward calm, his disloyalty and his honor. "An important contribution to reconciling the myths with the facts." —New York Times Book Review Robert E. Lee is one of the most confounding figures in American history. Lee betrayed his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose. He was a traitor to the country he swore to serve as an Army officer, and yet he was admired even by his enemies for his composure and leadership. He considered slavery immoral, but benefited from inherited slaves and fought to defend the institution. And behind his genteel demeanor and perfectionism lurked the insecurities of a man haunted by the legacy of a father who stained the family name by declaring bankruptcy and who disappeared when Robert was just six years old. In Robert E. Lee, the award-winning historian Allen Guelzo has written the definitive biography of the general, following him from his refined upbringing in Virginia high society, to his long career in the U.S. Army, his agonized decision to side with Virginia when it seceded from the Union, and his leadership during the Civil War. Above all, Guelzo captures Robert E. Lee in all his complexity--his hypocrisy and courage, his outward calm and inner turmoil, his honor and his disloyalty.

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Stabilization,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Energy,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on International Economics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Budget
ISBN : NWU:35559007402732

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Financing Municipal Needs by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Stabilization,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Energy,United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on International Economics Pdf

Author : Jeffrey Spike,Thomas Cole
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780985485825

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The Brewsters by Jeffrey Spike,Thomas Cole Pdf

An edgy, creative and fun approach to learning health professional ethics: a choose-your-own adventure story about three generations of an American family getting their health care ... from you. The Brewsters is an innovative way to learn health professional ethics: a choose-your-own-adventure novel where *you* play the roles of health care provider, scientific researcher, patient and their family. Storylines branch based on choices you make as you read. The immersive story is interwoven with in-depth didactic chapters on health professional ethics, clinical ethics and research ethics. The author/editors are longtime medical educators.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Petroleum
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006912351

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Quarterly Journal of Technical Papers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andreas Neef
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000381559

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Tourism, Land Grabs and Displacement by Andreas Neef Pdf

This book examines the global scope of tourism-related grabbing of land and other natural resources. Tourism is often presented as a peaceful and benevolent sector that brings people from different cultural backgrounds together and contributes to employment, poverty alleviation, and global sustainable development. This book sheds light on the lesser known and much darker side of tourism as it unfolds in the Global South. While there is no doubt that tourism has been an engine of economic growth for many so-called developing countries, this has often come at the cost of widespread dispossession and displacement of Indigenous and non-indigenous communities. In many countries of the Global South, tourism development is increasingly prioritised by governments, businesses, international financial institutions and donors over the legitimate land and resource rights of local people. This book examines the actors, drivers, mechanisms, discourses and impacts of tourism-related land grabbing and displacement, drawing on more than thirty case studies from Latin America and the Caribbean, sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Southwest Pacific. The book provides solid grounds for an informed debate on how different actors are responsible for the adverse impacts of tourism on land rights infringements, what forms of resistance have been deployed against tourism-related land grabs and displacement, and how those who have violated local land and resource rights can be held accountable. Tourism, Land Grabs and Displacement will be essential reading for students and scholars of land and resource grabbing, tourism studies, development studies and sustainable development more broadly, as well as policymakers and practitioners working in those fields.

Author : V. Warikandwa,Artwell Nhemachena
Publisher : African Books Collective
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : LAW
ISBN : 9789956763474

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Transnational Land Grabs and Restitution in an Age of the (De-)Militarised New Scramble for Africa: A Pan African Socio-Legal by V. Warikandwa,Artwell Nhemachena Pdf

One of the fundamental challenges in deconstructing, rethinking and remaking the world from a Pan African vantage point is that some captives have tended to delight in the warmth of the [imperial] predators mouth. In other words, some captives forget that the imperial predators mouth gets warm because empire is eating and heating up from prey on the continent. (De-)Militarisation, Transnational Land Grabs and Restitution in an Age of the New Scramble for Africa: A Pan African Socio-Legal Perspective is a book that knocks on key aspects relating to land, militarisation, a PostAfrican World Order and a chaotic Post-God World Order, which require critical scholarly and policy attention in the quest to free Africa from centuries-old imperial depredations. The book carefully navigates the imperial entrapments which are designed to focus African attention only on decolonising African minds without also engaging in the [imperially more unsettling] decolonisation of African materialities.

Author : Gerald Rogo
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557531035

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An Inconvenient DEADline by Gerald Rogo Pdf

Author : Nhamo, Godwell,Chekwoti, Caiphas
Publisher : Africa Institute of South Africa
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780798304771

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Land Grabs in a Green African Economy by Nhamo, Godwell,Chekwoti, Caiphas Pdf

This book focuses on profiling, from both literature-based and primary research points of orientation, instances of land grabs and/or acquisitions with a focus on the implications of land grabs for trade, investment and development policy in Africa under the global green economy transition agenda. In many instances, case studies and examples paint a picture that could be of use to policy-makers. Overall, the book advocates a 'satisfy-satisfy' orientation when land deals are made, as well as total transparency from key actors, building grassroots negotiation capacity and awareness. To illustrate some of the emerging issues in terms of land-grabs, acquisition and their implications for trade, investment and development policies, the sixth Trade Policy Training Centre in Africa (trapca) conference took place in Arusha, Tanzania on 24 and 25 November 2011. The conference had two objectives: (1) to come up with concrete policy interventions and recommendations that would harness foreign investment in land on the continent; and (2) to publish this edited book of selected papers presented at the conference that met the rigorous specifications laid down by the editors and publishers. One of the major revelations to emerge from the Conference was that 'there is no vacant land in Africa'. In addition, participants took the view that land deals in Africa needed to be done on a 'satisfy-satisfy-satisfy' rather than a 'win-win-win' basis. This book is jointly published by trapca and the Africa Institute of South Africa (AISA).