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In Dubious Battle

John Steinbeck
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Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101118665

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A riveting novel of labor strife and apocalyptic violence, now a major motion picture starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Selena Gomez, and Zach Braff A Penguin Classic At once a relentlessly fast-paced, admirably observed novel of social unrest and the story of a young man's struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country, where a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control, as a principled defiance metamorphoses into blind fanaticism. Caught in the upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who find himself in the course of the strike, briefly becomes its leader, and is ultimately crushed in its service. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Dubious Battles: Aggression, Defeat, And The International System

John Arquilla
Dubious Battles Aggression Defeat And The International System Book PDF

Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135845186

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First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In Dubious Battle

John Steinbeck
In Dubious Battle Book PDF

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0143039636

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A riveting novel of labor strife and apocalyptic violence, now a major motion picture starring James Franco, Bryan Cranston, Selena Gomez, and Zach Braff A Penguin Classic At once a relentlessly fast-paced, admirably observed novel of social unrest and the story of a young man's struggle for identity, In Dubious Battle is set in the California apple country, where a strike by migrant workers against rapacious landowners spirals out of control, as a principled defiance metamorphoses into blind fanaticism. Caught in the upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who find himself in the course of the strike, briefly becomes its leader, and is ultimately crushed in its service. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Comedy in a Minor Key

Hans Keilson
Comedy in a Minor Key Book PDF

Author : Hans Keilson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429980241

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Comedy in a Minor Key by Hans Keilson Pdf

A penetrating study of ordinary people resisting the Nazi occupation—and, true to its title, a dark comedy of wartime manners—Comedy in a Minor Key tells the story of Wim and Marie, a Dutch couple who first hide a Jew they know as Nico, then must dispose of his body when he dies of pneumonia. This novella, first published in 1947 and now translated into English for the first time, shows Hans Keilson at his best: deeply ironic, penetrating, sympathetic, and brilliantly modern, an heir to Joseph Roth and Franz Kafka. In 2008, when Keilson received Germany's prestigious Welt Literature Prize, the citation praised his work for exploring "the destructive impulse at work in the twentieth century, down to its deepest psychological and spiritual ramifications." Published to celebrate Keilson's hundredth birthday, Comedy ina Minor Key—and The Death of the Adversary, reissued in paperback—will introduce American readers to a forgotten classic author, a witness to World War II and a sophisticated storyteller whose books remain as fresh as when they first came to light.

John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72)

John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck Novels and Stories 1932 1937 LOA 72 Book PDF

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Library of America John Steinb
Page : 936 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015053543057

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John Steinbeck: Novels and Stories 1932-1937 (LOA #72) by John Steinbeck Pdf

(Of mice and men is accelerated reader).

Complete Works of John Steinbeck (Illustrated)

John Steinbeck
Complete Works of John Steinbeck Illustrated Book PDF

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
Page : 5351 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000063417

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Complete Works of John Steinbeck (Illustrated) by John Steinbeck Pdf

John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. has been called "a giant of American letters”. During his writing career, he authored 33 books, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. His magnum opus ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ (1939), which epitomises the harrowing events of the Clutch Plague era, stirred widespread sympathy for the plight of migrant workers. Many of Steinbeck's works are set in the Salinas Valley of his childhood and they frequently explore themes of fate and the injustices suffered by their everyman protagonists. Fashioned with rich symbolic structures, they convey archetypal qualities in enduring characters, winning for Steinbeck the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The major works of Steinbeck are In Dubious Battle, Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, Travels with Charley.

Steinbeck in Vietnam

John Steinbeck
Steinbeck in Vietnam Book PDF

Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813932705

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Steinbeck in Vietnam by John Steinbeck Pdf

Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depression-era works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he often wrote passionate accounts of America’s wars based on his own firsthand experience. Vietnam was no exception. Thomas E. Barden’s Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Steinbeck saw in Newsday a unique opportunity to put his skills to use. Between December 1966 and May 1967, the sixty-four-year-old Steinbeck toured the major combat areas of South Vietnam and traveled to the north of Thailand and into Laos, documenting his experiences in a series of columns titled Letters to Alicia, in reference to Newsday publisher Harry F. Guggenheim’s deceased wife. His columns were controversial, coming at a time when opposition to the conflict was growing and even ardent supporters were beginning to question its course. As he dared to go into the field, rode in helicopter gunships, and even fired artillery pieces, many detractors called him a warmonger and worse. Readers today might be surprised that the celebrated author would risk his literary reputation to document such a divisive war, particularly at the end of his career. Drawing on four primary-source archives—the Steinbeck collection at Princeton, the Papers of Harry F. Guggenheim at the Library of Congress, the Pierpont Morgan Library’s Steinbeck holdings, and the archives of Newsday—Barden’s collection brings together the last published writings of this American author of enduring national and international stature. In addition to offering a definitive edition of these essays, Barden includes extensive notes as well as an introduction that provides background on the essays themselves, the military situation, the social context of the 1960s, and Steinbeck’s personal and political attitudes at the time.

Dubious Battles: Aggression, Defeat, And The International System

John Arquilla
Dubious Battles Aggression Defeat And The International System Book PDF

Author : John Arquilla
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135845254

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Dubious Battles: Aggression, Defeat, And The International System by John Arquilla Pdf

First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Rich Media, Poor Democracy

Robert W. McChesney
Rich Media Poor Democracy Book PDF

Author : Robert W. McChesney
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781620970706

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Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert W. McChesney Pdf

An updated edition of the “penetrating study” examining how the current state of mass media puts our democracy at risk (Noam Chomsky). What happens when a few conglomerates dominate all major aspects of mass media, from newspapers and magazines to radio and broadcast television? After all the hype about the democratizing power of the internet, is this new technology living up to its promise? Since the publication of this prescient work, which won Harvard’s Goldsmith Book Prize and the Kappa Tau Alpha Research Award, the concentration of media power and the resultant “hypercommercialization of media” has only intensified. Robert McChesney lays out his vision for what a truly democratic society might look like, offering compelling suggestions for how the media can be reformed as part of a broader program of democratic renewal. Rich Media, Poor Democracy remains as vital and insightful as ever and continues to serve as an important resource for researchers, students, and anyone who has a stake in the transformation of our digital commons. This new edition includes a major new preface by McChesney, where he offers both a history of the transformation in media since the book first appeared; a sweeping account of the organized efforts to reform the media system; and the ongoing threats to our democracy as journalism has continued its sharp decline. “Those who want to know about the relationship of media and democracy must read this book.” —Neil Postman “If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book.” —Bill Moyers

Critical Companion to John Steinbeck

Jeffrey D. Schultz,Luchen Li
Critical Companion to John Steinbeck Book PDF

Author : Jeffrey D. Schultz,Luchen Li
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781438108506

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Critical Companion to John Steinbeck by Jeffrey D. Schultz,Luchen Li Pdf

Celebrates the American writer who in his works confronted and explored the social fabric of the United States in the early 20th century. More than 500 entries include synopses of his novels, short stories, and nonfiction; descriptions of his characters, details about family, friends, and associates.

Dubious Conceptions

Kristin Luker
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Author : Kristin Luker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0674217039

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Traces the way popular attitudes came to demonize young mothers and examines the profound social and economic changes that have influenced debate on the issue, especially since the 1970s. --From publisher description.

The Lords of the Realm

John Helyar
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Author : John Helyar
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780307801425

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"The ultimate chronicle of the games behind the game."—The New York Times Book Review Baseball has always inspired rhapsodic elegies on the glory of man and golden memories of wonderful times. But what you see on the field is only half the game. In this fascinating, colorful chronicle—based on hundreds of interviews and years of research and digging—John Helyar brings to vivid life the extraordinary people and dramatic events that shaped America's favorite pastime, from the dead-ball days at the turn of the century through the great strike of 1994. Witness zealous Judge Landis banish eight players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, after the infamous "Black Sox" scandal; the flamboyant A's owner Charlie Finley wheel and deal his star players, Vida Blue and Rollie Fingers, like a deck of cards; the hysterical bidding war of coveted free agent Catfish Hunter; the chain-smoking romantic, A. Bartlett Giamatti, locking horns with Pete Rose during his gambling days of summer; and much more. Praise for The Lords of the Realm "A must-read for baseball fans . . . reads like a suspense novel."—Kirkus Reviews "Refreshingly hard-headed . . . the only book you'll need to read on the subject."—Newsday "Lots of stories . . . well told, amusing . . . edifying."—The Washington Post

John Steinbeck

Tetsumaro Hayashi
John Steinbeck Book PDF

Author : Tetsumaro Hayashi
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780817312862

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John Steinbeck by Tetsumaro Hayashi Pdf

Ten essays by the North American delegates to an international Steinbeck Congress in Honolulu, May 1990. They cover the period during which the American writer grew from a struggling regional writer to an international figure with immense production, focusing on his women characters and his well known worker trilogy. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings

Founding Fathers
The U S Constitution and Other Key American Writings Book PDF

Author : Founding Fathers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781626864085

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The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings by Founding Fathers Pdf

“We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . ” — The U.S Constitution The U.S. Constitution and Other Key American Writings is part of the Word Cloud Classics series and a collection of the crucial documents that established the United States. In addition to the Constitution, readers can study supplementary texts like the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Federalist Papers, and even important speeches by early presidents. The Founding Fathers’ inspirational and revolutionary ideals are all included in these doctrines, and this is a perfect volume for anyone who finds the history of America to be a fascinating and enlightening journey.

Dubious Alliance

John Earl Haynes
Dubious Alliance Book PDF

Author : John Earl Haynes
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816613243

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Dubious Alliance was first published in 1984. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The formation of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party of Minnesota took place in a context of intense factional struggle that lasted from the death of Governor Floyd B. Olson in 1936 to the election of Hubert Humphrey to the U.S. Senate in 1948. Dubious Alliance, the first full account of this critical chapter in the state's political history, has wider significance not only because many of the leading figures in the story have played a role in national politics, but also because it deals with issues—chief among them, the origins of Cold War liberalism— that matter far beyond the boundaries of a single state. John Haynes follows the struggle from its inception to the postwar battle within the new DFL between Popular Front adherents and anti-Communist liberals led by Minneapolis Mayor Hubert Humphrey. He makes clear that the struggle with the Popular Front was the formative political experience of Humphrey's generation; those who fought with him, and who became active in national politics—Orville Freeman, Eugene McCarthy, Walter Mondale, Donald Fraser—did not seriously question Cold War foreign policy till well into the Vietnam era. Thorough and dispassionate, this book will help today's readers better understand the DFL's birth and the struggle that surrounded it—complex events long obscured by Cold War fears and political myth-making. John Earl Haynes is a historian by training—he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota—and also a specialist in tax policy. He was an adviser to Governor Wendell Anderson and later served as a congressional aide to Anderson and to Representative Martin Sabo. Haynes is now Director of Tax and Credit Analysis for the state of Minnesota.