Author : Jim Roche
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSD:31822035509132
Jim Roche
Jim Roche
Jim Roche
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All Our Relations
Winona LaDuke
Author : Winona LaDuke
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608466610
All Our Relations by Winona LaDuke Pdf
How Native American history can guide us today: “Presents strong voices of old, old cultures bravely trying to make sense of an Earth in chaos.” —Whole Earth Written by a former Green Party vice-presidential candidate who was once listed among “America’s fifty most promising leaders under forty” by Time magazine, this thoughtful, in-depth account of Native struggles against environmental and cultural degradation features chapters on the Seminoles, the Anishinaabeg, the Innu, the Northern Cheyenne, and the Mohawks, among others. Filled with inspiring testimonies of struggles for survival, each page of this volume speaks forcefully for self-determination and community. “Moving and often beautiful prose.” —Ralph Nader “Thoroughly researched and convincingly written.” —Choice
The Pornography of Power
Robert Scheer
Author : Robert Scheer
Publisher : Twelve
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780446537445
The Pornography of Power by Robert Scheer Pdf
In the course of his forty-year-career as one of America's most admired journalists, Robert Scheer's work has been praised by Gore Vidal, Susan Sontag, and Joan Didion, who deems him "one of the best reporters of our time." Now, Scheer brings a lifetime of wisdom and experience to one of the most overlooked and dangerous issues of our time - the destructive influence of America's military-industrial complex. Scheer examines the expansion of our military presence throughout the world, our insane nuclear strategy, the immorality of corporations profiting in Iraq, and the arrogance of our foreign policy. Although Scheer is a liberal, his view echoes that of former Republican president General Dwight Eisenhower, who, in his farewell speech to the American people, spoke prophetically about need to guard against the growing influence of the military-industrial complex. In George W. Bush's America, politicians like Ike and Richard Nixon seem like prudent centrists. The views of libertarians, liberals, and pacifists are often overlooked or ignored by America's mainstream media. The Pornography of Power is the culmination of a respected journalist's efforts to change the terms of debate. At a time when many are exploiting fears of terrorist attacks and only a few national leaders are willing to advocate cuts in defense spending, nuclear disarmament, and restrained use of American force, Robert Scheer has written a manifesto for enlightened reform.
Wexford Folk Tales
Brendan Nolan
Author : Brendan Nolan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780752491912
Wexford Folk Tales by Brendan Nolan Pdf
Wexford has a rich heritage of myths and legends which is uniquely captured in this collection of traditional tales from across the county.Discover the remarkable story of the 140-year-old-man who died a premature death, the arrival of the antichrists (six of them) in Wexford and the dangers of love potions, together with tales of lurechan mischief, mermaids, grave robbing and buried treasure.Their origins are lost in the mists of time, but these stories, illustrated with twenty line drawings, bring to life Wexford’s dramatic landscape and are sure to appeal to both locals and tourists alike.
Staying Red
Norman Harding
Author : Norman Harding
Publisher : Indexreach Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1871518253
Staying Red by Norman Harding Pdf
Clay Lancaster's Kentucky
James D. Birchfield
Author : James D. Birchfield
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813185514
Clay Lancaster's Kentucky by James D. Birchfield Pdf
"Clay Lancaster was infected by a love of architecture at an early age, a gentle madness from which he never cared to recover."—From the Foreword, by Roger W. Moss It is easy to take for granted the visual environment that we inhabit. Familiarity with routes of travel and places of work or leisure leads to indifference, and we fail to notice incremental changes. When a dilapidated building is eliminated by new development, it is forgotten as soon as its replacement becomes a part of our daily landscape. When an addition is grafted onto the shell of a house fallen out of fashion or function, onlookers might notice at first, but the memory of its original form is eventually lost. Also forgotten is the use a building once served. From historic homes to livestock barns, each structure holds a place in the community and can tell us as much about its citizens as their portraits and memoirs. Such is the vital yet intangible role that architecture plays in our collective memory. Clay Lancaster (1917-2000) began during the Great Depression to document and to encourage the preservation of America's architectural patrimony. He was a pioneer of American historic preservation before the movement had a name. Although he established himself as an expert on Brooklyn brownstones and California bungalows, the nationally known architectural historian also spent four decades photographing architecture in his native Kentucky. Lancaster did not consider himself a photographer. His equipment consisted of nothing more complex than a handheld camera, and his images were only meant for his own personal use in documenting memorable and endangered structures. He had the eye of an artist, however, and recognized the importance of vernacular architecture. The more than 150 duotone photographs in Clay Lancaster's Kentucky preserve the beauty of commonplace buildings as well as historic mansions and monuments. With insightful commentary by James D. Birchfield about the photographs and about Lancaster's work in Kentucky, the book documents the many buildings and architectural treasures—both existing and long gone—whose images and stories remain a valuable part of the state's heritage.
No Greater Love
Karin M. Burke
Author : Karin M. Burke
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781669862383
No Greater Love by Karin M. Burke Pdf
Father John Patrick Wessel was a dynamic young Roman Catholic parish priest and a charismatic spiritual teacher and leader of youth. Born in 1939 in Mount Holly, New Jersey, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1965 in the Diocese of Trenton. His first assignment was Blessed Sacrament Church, Trenton, until his transfer in September 1971 to St. Joseph ́s Church, Toms River. In December 1971, Father Wessel was shot by a distraught young man whom, with priestly concern, he was attempting to assist. He was proposed for canonization shortly after his death. This book recounts the dramatic events leading up to Father Wessel ́s shooting and death, while celebrating his exemplary and joyous life. It is wonderful, inspirational reading for those of all faiths. This book contains a Foreword by Father Andrew Apostoli, C.F.R., well-known Catholic writer, speaker and television communicator, and co-founder, with Father Benedict Groeschel, of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, and an Introduction by Rev. Msgr. Joseph C. Shenrock, P.A., a close friend of Father John Wessel ́s family and former Archivist of the Diocese of Trenton. father john p. wessel Pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France may find this book at "The Book Shop - Lourdes," 13, rue du Bourg, 65100 Lourdes, France, tel/fax: +33(0)5 62 42 27 94, the largest English-language Catholic bookstore in France. Say hello to owners Nicole and Barry Griffin.
Cypress Nights
Stella Cameron
Author : Stella Cameron
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426820069
Cypress Nights by Stella Cameron Pdf
Roche Savage is a dedicated, talented psychiatrist with a life-shattering secret: his sexuality isn't just vibrant, it's over-the-top. He's always avoided gentle, reserved women because he knows that if he lets himself get out of control he could frighten them—or worse. Unfortunately, he can't seem to stop thinking about Bleu Labeau, a reticent teacher who has come to Toussaint to start a new school in St. Cecil's parish. Bleu suffers the psychological consequences of being the widow of a man who taught her that sex was dirty, wrong and best performed in the dark. Father Cyrus Payne, the priest at St. Cecil's, is busy with his new school project, but still can't keep his assistant Madge Pollard off his mind. He has decided to push her into dating other men. The results only deepen Father Cyrus's struggle to choose between the church and the woman he loves. The new school project has also brought to Toussaint an evil, violent presence. When a man is killed in St. Cecil's church, panic spreads. More murders follow, and the victims are all significant contributors to the church's new school. With little help from the FBI, the local sheriffand the townspeople are left to fend for themselves. Taking the lead, Roche Savage and Bleu Labeau race to unravel the mystery before another person is forced to have the school pamphlet as their last meal. But when it is revealed that all the victims are former patients of Roche, Bleu and the rest of the town realize that they may not be looking for a stranger…but one of their very own.
The Last Chapter
Jake Bussolini
Author : Jake Bussolini
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781496951731
The Last Chapter by Jake Bussolini Pdf
It was July 2, 1962, when Jake Bussolini first walked through the doors of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation as their newest electrical engineer. As he was escorted to a plain gray desk that resembled the hundreds of other desks that cluttered the third floor, Bussolini never dreamed that over the next thirty-two years, he would not only help design and build the Lunar Module that delivered astronauts to the moon, but also climb the corporate ladder to become an integral part of an assignment that would lead Grumman in a startlingly different direction. As he leads others behind closed doors of both executive offices and the corporate board room during challenging times in the defense industry in the early 1990s, Bussolini discloses never-before-revealed details about how a friendly merger created to survive budget cuts slowly transformed into a hostile acquisition. While describing the tense events before, during, and after the acquisition, Bussolini divulges how activities initiated by an investment banker minutes before a final decision was to be made by the Board of Directors to approve the merger changed the course of the company’s history, and the lives of its loyal employees forever. The Last Chapter shares the fascinating inside story of the 1994 acquisition of Grumman from a former company executive determined to document the final chapter in the history of a great corporation.
Unbidden Persuaders
John Doyle
Author : John Doyle
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780595368013
Unbidden Persuaders by John Doyle Pdf
My Century in History
Thomas D. Clark
Author : Thomas D. Clark
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2006-08-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813171388
My Century in History by Thomas D. Clark Pdf
When Thomas D. Clark was hired to teach history at the University of Kentucky in 1931, he began a career that would span nearly three-quarters of a century and would profoundly change not only the history department and the university but the entire Commonwealth. His still-definitive History of Kentucky (1937) was one of more than thirty books he would write or edit that dealt with Kentucky, the South, and the American frontier. In addition to his wide scholarly contributions, Clark devoted his life to the preservation of Kentucky's historical records. He began this crusade by collecting vast stores of Kentucky's military records from the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. His efforts resulted in the Commonwealth's first archival system and the subsequent creation of the Kentucky Library and Archives, the University of Kentucky Special Collections and Archives, the Kentucky Oral History Commission, the Kentucky History Center (recently named for him), and the University Press of Kentucky. Born in 1903 on a cotton farm in Louisville, Mississippi, Thomas Dionysius Clark would follow a long and winding path to find his life's passion in the study of history. He dropped out of school after seventh grade to work first at a sawmill and then on a canal dredgeboat before resuming his formal education. Clark's earliest memories—hearing about local lynch-mob violence and witnessing the destruction of virgin forest—are an invaluable window into the national issues of racial injustice and environmental depredation. In many ways, the story of Dr. Clark's life is the story of America in the twentieth century. In My Century in History, Clark offers vivid memories of his journey, both personal and academic, a journey that took him from Mississippi to Kentucky and North Carolina, to leadership of the nation's major historical organizations, and to visiting professorships in Austria, England, Greece, and India, as well as in universities throughout the United States. An enormously popular public lecturer and teacher, he touched thousands of lives in Kentucky and around the world. With his characteristic wit and insight, Clark now offers his many admirers one final volume of history—his own.
The Guard and Reserve in the Total Force
United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Author : United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081231560
The Guard and Reserve in the Total Force by United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) Pdf
The Last Warrior
Andrew F Krepinevich,Barry D Watts
Author : Andrew F Krepinevich,Barry D Watts
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780465080717
The Last Warrior by Andrew F Krepinevich,Barry D Watts Pdf
Andrew Marshall is a Pentagon legend. For more than four decades he has served as Director of the Office of Net Assessment, the Pentagon's internal think tank, under twelve defense secretaries and eight administrations. Yet Marshall has been on the cutting edge of strategic thinking even longer than that. At the RAND Corporation during its golden age in the 1950s and early 1960s, Marshall helped formulate bedrock concepts of US nuclear strategy that endure to this day; later, at the Pentagon, he pioneered the development of "net assessment" -- a new analytic framework for understanding the long-term military competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Following the Cold War, Marshall successfully used net assessment to anticipate emerging disruptive shifts in military affairs, including the revolution in precision warfare and the rise of China as a major strategic rival of the United States. In The Last Warrior, Andrew Krepinevich and Barry Watts -- both former members of Marshall's staff -- trace Marshall's intellectual development from his upbringing in Detroit during the Great Depression to his decades in Washington as an influential behind-the-scenes advisor on American defense strategy. The result is a unique insider's perspective on the changes in US strategy from the dawn of the Cold War to the present day. Covering some of the most pivotal episodes of the last half-century and peopled with some of the era's most influential figures, The Last Warrior tells Marshall's story for the first time, in the process providing an unparalleled history of the evolution of the American defense establishment.
The Kendall Family: My Family's Stories in Print
Mary Kendall Hope
Author : Mary Kendall Hope
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781312730328
The Kendall Family: My Family's Stories in Print by Mary Kendall Hope Pdf
The Kendall Family: My Family's Stories in Print is a written documentary. The book records a collection of photographs and stories from the Kendall Family of Southwest Virginia, North Carolina, & Pennsylvania. Many descendants of our family live throughout the United States. Our origins date back to Northern England. Our first ancestor in America was Thomas Kendall "Senior" who was born in England in the 1600's and first documented here in Chester, Pennsylvania Friends Meeting in 1709.
Solidarity Stories
Harvey Schwartz
Author : Harvey Schwartz
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780295997926
Solidarity Stories by Harvey Schwartz Pdf
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, born out of the 1934 West Coast maritime and San Francisco general strikes under the charismatic leadership of Harry Bridges, has been known from the start for its strong commitment to democracy, solidarity, and social justice. In this collection of firsthand narratives, union leaders and rank-and-file workers - from the docks of Pacific Coast ports to the fields of Hawaii to bookstores in Portland, Oregon - talk about their lives at work, on the picket line, and in the union. Workers recall the back-breaking, humiliating conditions on the waterfront before they organized, the tense days of the 1934 strike, the challenges posed by mechanization, the struggle against racism and sexism on the job, and their activism in other social and political causes. Their stories testify to the union's impact on the lives of its members and also to its role in larger events, ranging from civil rights battles at home to the fights against fascism and apartheid abroad. Solidarity Stories is a unique contribution to the literature on unions. There is a power and immediacy in the voices of workers that is brilliantly expressed here. Taken together, these voices provide a portrait of a militant, corruption-free, democratic union that can be a model and an inspiration for what a resurgent American labor movement might look like. The book will appeal to students and scholars of labor history, social and economic history, and social change, as well as trade unionists and anyone interested in labor politics and history.
