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Bill Moyers Journal

Author : Bill Moyers
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781595586889

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A companion volume to the Emmy Award–winning PBS® series—interviews with “an essential voice in our national conversation” (Brian Williams, MSNBC anchor). This “provocative” and “absorbing” (Star Tribune) companion book to Bill Moyer’s acclaimed PBS series invites readers into conversations with some of the most captivating voices on the scene today, in what Kirkus Reviews calls “a glittering array of discussions.” From Jon Stewart on politics and media to Michael Pollan on food, The Wire creator David Simon on the mean streets of our cities, James Cone and Shelby Steele on race in the age of Obama, Robert Bly and Nikki Giovanni on the power of poetry, Barbara Ehrenreich on the hard times of working Americans, and Karen Armstrong on faith and compassion, Moyer’s own intelligence and insight match that of his guests and their discussions animate many of the most salient issues of our time. With extensive commentary from Moyers, marked by his customary “respect, intelligence, curiosity, humor, and graciousness,” here are the debates; cultural currents; and, above all, lively minds that shape the conversation of democracy (Booklist). “In an era of much instant and ephemeral talk, it is a pleasurable thing to hold this ‘book of ideas.’” —Publishers Weekly “[Moyers] has always been about something beyond the moment. Or put another way, while everyone else in the media has been exploring topography, Moyers has been exploring geology.” —Los Angeles Times

Moyers on Democracy

Author : Bill Moyers
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780307387738

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People know Bill Moyers from his many years of path-breaking journalism on television. But he is also one of America's most sought-after public speakers. In this collection of speeches, Moyers celebrates the promise of American democracy and offers a passionate defense of its principles of fairness and justice. Moyers on Democracy takes on crucial issues such as economic inequality, our broken electoral process, our weakened independent press, and the despoiling of the earth we share as our common gift.

Moyers on America

Author : Bill Moyers
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781595587817

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Moyers on America by Bill Moyers Pdf

The Peabody Award–winning journalist shares stories and insights into our country and the crises we face in an “eloquent selection of . . . commentaries” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Millions of Americans have invited Bill Moyers into their homes over the years. With television programs covering topics from American history, politics, and religion to the role of media and the world of ideas, he has become one of America’s most trusted journalists. Now Moyers presents, for the first time, a powerful statement of his own personal beliefs—political and moral. Combining illuminating forays into American history with candid comments on today’s politics, Moyers delivers perceptive and trenchant insights into the American experience. From his early years as a Texas journalist to his role as a founding organizer of the Peace Corps, top assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, publisher of Newsday, senior correspondent and analyst for CBS News, and producer of many of public television’s groundbreaking series, Moyers has been actively engaged in some of the most volatile episodes of the past fifty years. Drawing from these experiences, he shares his unique understanding of American politics and an enduring faith in the nation’s promise and potential. Whether reflecting on today’s media climate, corporate scandals, or religious and political upheavals, Moyers on America recovers the hopes of the past to establish their relevance for the present. “Not only a good reporter . . . a first-rate storyteller.” —The Boston Globe

A World of Ideas

Author : Bill D. Moyers
Publisher : Doubleday Books
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 0385263465

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In his bestseller The Power of Myth, Moyers introduced us of the most outstanding minds of our time, Joseph Campbell. Now, he brings us provocative one-on-one interviews with leading scientists, writers, artists, philosophers, and historians, based on a popular PBS series. 40 photos.

Healing and the Mind

Author : Bill Moyers
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307816931

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Healing and the Mind by Bill Moyers Pdf

At last, the paperback edition of the monumental best-seller (almost half a million copies in print!) that has changed the way Americans think about sickness and health -- the companion volume to the landmark PBS series of the same name. In a remarkably short period of time, Bill Moyers's Healing And The Mind has become a touchstone, shaping the debate over alternative medical treatments and the role of the mind in illness and recovery in a way that few books have in recent memory. With almost half a million copies in print, it is already a classic -- the most widely read and influential book of its kind. In a series of fascinating interviews with world-renowned experts and laypeople alike, Bill Moyers explores the new mind/body medicine. Healing And The Mind shows how it is being practiced in the treatment of stress, chronic disease, and neonatal problems in several American hospitals; examines the chemical basis of emotions, and their potential for making us sick (and making us well); explores the fusion of traditional Chinese medicine with modern Western practices in contemporary China; and takes an up-close, personal look at alternative healing therapies, including a Massachusetts center that combines Eastern meditation and Western group therapy, and a California retreat for cancer patients who help each other even when a cure is impossible. Combining the incisive yet personal interview approach that made A World Of Ideas a feast for the mind and the provocative interplay of text and art that made The Power Of Myth a feast for the imagination, Healing And The Mind is a landmark work.

Bill Moyers' Journal

Author : Bill D. Moyers,Charles Rose,Archibald MacLeish
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:24902017

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The Cross and the Lynching Tree

Author : James H. Cone
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608330010

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The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone Pdf

A landmark in the conversation about race and religion in America. "They put him to death by hanging him on a tree." Acts 10:39 The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the African American community. In this powerful new work, theologian James H. Cone explores these symbols and their interconnection in the history and souls of black folk. Both the cross and the lynching tree represent the worst in human beings and at the same time a thirst for life that refuses to let the worst determine our final meaning. While the lynching tree symbolized white power and "black death," the cross symbolizes divine power and "black life" God overcoming the power of sin and death. For African Americans, the image of Jesus, hung on a tree to die, powerfully grounded their faith that God was with them, even in the suffering of the lynching era. In a work that spans social history, theology, and cultural studies, Cone explores the message of the spirituals and the power of the blues; the passion and of Emmet Till and the engaged vision of Martin Luther King, Jr.; he invokes the spirits of Billie Holliday and Langston Hughes, Fannie Lou Hamer and Ida B. Well, and the witness of black artists, writers, preachers, and fighters for justice. And he remembers the victims, especially the 5,000 who perished during the lynching period. Through their witness he contemplates the greatest challenge of any Christian theology to explain how life can be made meaningful in the face of death and injustice.

The Limits of Power

Author : Andrew Bacevich
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781429929684

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The Limits of Power by Andrew Bacevich Pdf

"Andrew Bacevich speaks truth to power, no matter who's in power, which may be why those of both the left and right listen to him."—Bill Moyers An immediate New York Times bestseller, The Limits of Power offers an unparalleled examination of the profound triple crisis facing America: an economy in disarray that can no longer be fixed by relying on expansion abroad; a government transformed by an imperial presidency into a democracy in name only; and an engagement in endless wars that has severely undermined the body politic. Writing with knowledge born of experience, conservative historian and former military officer Andrew J. Bacevich argues that if the nation is to solve its predicament, it will need the revival of a distinctly American approach: the neglected tradition of realism. In contrast to the multiple illusions that have governed American policy since 1945, he calls for respect for power and its limits; aversion to claims of exceptionalism; skepticism of easy solutions, especially those involving force; and a conviction that Americans must live within their means. Only a return to such principles, Bacevich eloquently argues, can provide common ground for fixing America's urgent problems before the damage becomes irreparable.

The Age of American Unreason

Author : Susan Jacoby
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400096381

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The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby Pdf

A scathing indictment of American modern-day culture examines the current disdain for logic and evidence fostered by the mass media, religious fundamentalism, poor public education, a lack of fair-minded intellectuals, and a lazy, credulous public, condemning our addiction to infotainment, from TV to the Web, and assessing its repercussions for the country as a whole. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Broken

Author : William Cope Moyers,Katherine Ketcham
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0143112457

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Broken by William Cope Moyers,Katherine Ketcham Pdf

Candid, shocking, and unforgettable, Broken is a haunting and clear-eyed tale that offers hope for all those wrestling with addiction Unlike some popular memoirs that have fictionalized and romanticized the degradations of drug addiction, Broken is a true-life tale of recovery that stuns and inspires with virtually every page. The eldest son of journalist Bill Moyers, William Cope Moyers relates with unforgettable clarity the story of how a young man with every advantage found himself spiraling into a love affair with crack cocaine that led him to the brink of death-and how a deep spirituality allowed him to conquer his shame, transform his life, and dedicate himself to changing America's politics of addiction. "William Cope Moyers's lucid, measured tale of his own plunge into crack-addled hell [is] frightening in its very realism." -USA Today

The Devil's Highway

Author : Luis Alberto Urrea
Publisher : Back Bay Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 031604928X

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The author of "Across the Wire" offers brilliant investigative reporting of what went wrong when, in May 2001, a group of 26 men attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona. Only 12 men came back out. "Superb . . . Nothing less than a saga on the scale of the Exodus and an ordeal as heartbreaking as the Passion . . . The book comes vividly alive with a richness of language and a mastery of narrative detail that only the most gifted of writers are able to achieve.--"Los Angeles Times Book Review."

The Power of Myth

Author : Joseph Campbell,Bill Moyers
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307794727

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The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell,Bill Moyers Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war. The Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work. A preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher, he has had a profound influence on millions of people—including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.” With Bill Moyers, one of America’s most prominent journalists, as his thoughtful and engaging interviewer, The Power of Myth touches on subjects from modern marriage to virgin births, from Jesus to John Lennon, offering a brilliant combination of intelligence and wit. From stories of the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and Rome to traditions of Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity, a broad array of themes are considered that together identify the universality of human experience across time and culture. An impeccable match of interviewer and subject, a timeless distillation of Campbell’s work, The Power of Myth continues to exert a profound influence on our culture.

Talking about Genesis

Author : Bill D. Moyers,Public Affairs Television (Firm)
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0385485808

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Talking about Genesis by Bill D. Moyers,Public Affairs Television (Firm) Pdf

Offers guidelines for organizing and conducting a Genesis discussion group, and presents essays and commentary by leading scholars, with accompanying questions and activities

Moyers

Author : Bill D. Moyers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000004234808

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Transformations of Myth Through Time

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060964634

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Transformations of Myth Through Time by Joseph Campbell Pdf

The renowned master of mythology is at his warm, accessible, and brilliant best in this illustrated collection of thirteen lectures covering mythological development around the world.