The Edge Of Paradise

Author : Paul Frederick Kluge
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 082481567X

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The Edge of Paradise by Paul Frederick Kluge Pdf

In 1967 the Peace Corps sent P. F. Kluge to paradise - or so the American possessions in Micronesia seemed. His assignment was as noble as it was adventurous: to help the people of those half-forgotten Pacific islands move from old to new, so that paradise would have prosperity and freedom as well as physical beauty. He immersed himself in the lives of the diverse peoples of the islands. He composed speeches for their leaders. He wrote a stirring manifesto that became the Preamble to the Constitution of Micronesia. He began a friendship with a man who would one day be president of Palau. And then, a generation later, P. F. Kluge went back. . . . The result is a book the New Yorker called "remarkably effective," the Economist deemed "terrific"; a book Smithsonian Magazine found to be "written from the heart." The Edge of Paradise shows the impact and ironies of America's presence in an undeveloped part of the world, how perhaps there's no way "a big place can touch a little one without harming it."

Author : Martin De Lange,Belinda Lamprecht
Publisher : Monarch Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857212306

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The Edge of Paradise by Martin De Lange,Belinda Lamprecht Pdf

Martin de Lange was happily married, enjoying his job as a photographer in South Africa's police force. But stirredwith passion for the spiritually lost in Turkey, he uprooted his little family and headed north to Turkey. A land where, hediscovered, people ask obtrusive questions, the government watches every move, and men think his wife is a prostitute.

Author : John Wehrheim
Publisher : Serindia Publications
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Communal living
ISBN : 1932476466

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Taylor Camp by John Wehrheim Pdf

This title documents the history of Taylor Camp, a clothing-optional, pot-friendly, tree house village set up in 1969 on Kauai, Hawaii by Howard Taylor, brother of Elizabeth. The book features photographs accompanied by moving texts and interviews with the principal protagonists (and antagonists).

Author : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775414834

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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald Pdf

This Side of Paradise is a novel about post-World War I youth and their morality. Amory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.

Author : Kenneth Little
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789206470

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On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise by Kenneth Little Pdf

There are beastly forces in Belize. Forces that are actively involved in making paradise impossible. On the Nervous Edge of an Impossible Paradise is a collection of seven stories about local lives in the fictional village of Wallaceville. They turn rogue in the face of runaway forces that take the form and figure of a Belize beast-time, which can appear as a comic mishap, social ruin, tragic excess, or wild guesses. Inciting the affective politics of life in the region, this fable of emergence evokes the unnerving uncertainties of life in the tourist state of Belize.

Author : Joseph James
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06
Category : Bahamas
ISBN : 9780595386352

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Falling Off the Edge of Paradise by Joseph James Pdf

Sex with multiple females, the abuse of drugs from marijuana to mushrooms, and ecstasy to tobacco, and cocaine to alcohol, and prescription pills to paradise was probably the reason why our relationship was facing pure pandemonium. We rode the surf; this getaway took its toll. I knew, in retrospect, this would happen the moment we planned the trip (except we didn't remember planning it), but I didn't think drugs and alcohol would spoil a good buzz this quickly. Grabbing the phone from my hands with a smile, Mr. Edwards-the blame for half of my mistakes-said, "Its over," and fell on the floor after he unplugged the phone from its outlet. Paradise Island, Bahamas, January 2005: Joseph James and Jeffrey Edwards are two men who push life to the edge. But they're on the verge of going overboard. Traveling to Paradise Island from Detroit, Michigan, the two cousins disrespect and destroy the tourist haven in an attempt to break the paradox between total control and reckless abandon. From mixing with happy families, high-stakes gambling, and nightlife with upper society to sharing a pint of rum with a homeless local and sleeping with random women, the pair's contribution to the Bahamas is nothing more than an abuse of free will and destiny.

Author : David Newsome
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226577422

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On the Edge of Paradise by David Newsome Pdf

Author : Steven Layne
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-17
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1589808487

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This Side of Paradise by Steven Layne Pdf

When his father relocates the family to Paradise to work for the mysterious Eden Corporation, Jack Barrett uncovers a sinister plot that threatens everyone he loves.

Author : Peggy Webb
Publisher : Loveswept
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0553442007

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The Edge of Paradise by Peggy Webb Pdf

When David Kelly rents a house next door to Rosalie Brown, he finds himself drawn to the window--and to the woman across the way. Soon the two lost souls share a tender and beautiful passion, nurture each other's spirits, and discover the path that leads to their dreams.

Author : Britt Gillette
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595264544

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Conquest of Paradise by Britt Gillette Pdf

September 11th, 2001 marks the beginning of a world-wide war on terror. Unbeknownst to the citizens of the Western Powers, their governments are working on a modern-day Manhattan Project to create a weapon so potent, it will defeat the terrorists of the world once and for all. In an era when the very survival of liberty and the global economic system are daily threatened by weapons of mass destruction, the Western democracies ardently push the limits of the known universe to unleash a weapon of unrivaled omnipotence a self-replicating assembler. Amidst these troubled times, a god-like figure rises to power. As leader of the newly created United Europe, Raphael Vicente sets out on a bold quest to exterminate disease, eliminate poverty, and destroy the world s oppressors. The ascendance of this new breakthrough technology sets the stage for realizing his dream a world entrenched in democratic social justice for all peoples of the world. But in Raphael s world of black and white, the dream of eradicating injustice proves to be a formidable task, and in the end, man s elusive pursuit of perfection drives him to the edge of never-before imagined consequences. decisions must be made, and they leave the world teetering on the brink of annihilation

Author : Alessandro Scafi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226106083

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Maps of Paradise by Alessandro Scafi Pdf

Where is paradise? It always seems to be elsewhere, inaccessible, outside of time. Either it existed yesterday or it will return tomorrow; it may be just around the corner, on a remote island, beyond the sea. Across a wide range of cultures, paradise is located in the distant past, in a longed-for future, in remote places or within each of us. In particular, people everywhere in the world share some kind of nostalgia for an innocence experienced at the beginning of history. For two millennia, learned Christians have wondered where on earth the primal paradise could have been located. Where was the idyllic Garden of Eden that is described in the Bible? In the Far East? In equatorial Africa? In Mesopotamia? Under the sea? Where were Adam and Eve created in their unspoiled perfection? Maps of Paradise charts the diverse ways in which scholars and mapmakers from the eighth to the twenty-first century rose to the challenge of identifying the location of paradise on a map, despite the certain knowledge that it was beyond human reach. Over one hundred illustrations celebrate this history of a paradox: the mapping of the unmappable. It is also a mirror to the universal dream of perfection and happiness, and the yearning to discover heaven on earth.

Author : Lesley Blanch
Publisher : Tauris Parke Paperbacks
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1850434034

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The Sabres of Paradise by Lesley Blanch Pdf

The Caucasus--a region of supreme natural beauty and fiercely proud warriors--has throughout history been characterized by violence and turmoil. During the Great Caucasus War of 1834-1859, the warring mountain tribes of Daghestan and Chechnya united under the charismatic leadership of the Muslim chieftain Imam Shamyl, the "Lion of Daghestan", and held at bay the invading Russian army for nearly 25 years. Lesley Blanch vividly recounts the epic story of their heroic and bloody struggle for freedom and the life of a man still legendary in the Caucasus.

Author : Catherine Banner
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385686297

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The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner Pdf

A sweeping, propulsive family saga set on a romantic and beautiful Italian island, for fans of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Beautiful Ruins. On the tiny, idyllic island of Castellamare, off the coast of Sicily, lies The House at the Edge of Night, an ancient bar run by the Esposito family. There, over the course of three generations--from the eve of World War One to the aftershocks of the 2008 financial crisis--the Esposito women will fight to hold their family together against the threats that break across their shores. As lush and magical as the island at its centre, The House at the Edge of Night is a story of love and secrets, endurance, loss and, ultimately, triumph.

Author : Jonis Agee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062413499

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The Bones of Paradise by Jonis Agee Pdf

The award-winning author of TheRiver Wife returns with a multigenerational family saga set in the unforgiving Nebraska Sand Hills in the years following the massacre at Wounded Knee—an ambitious tale of history, vengeance, race, guilt, betrayal, family, and belonging, filled with a vivid cast of characters shaped by violence, love, and a desperate loyalty to the land. Ten years after the Seventh Cavalry massacred more than two hundred Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee, J.B. Bennett, a white rancher, and Star, a young Native American woman, are murdered in a remote meadow on J.B.’s land. The deaths bring together the scattered members of the Bennett family: J.B.’s cunning and hard father, Drum; his estranged wife, Dulcinea; and his teenage sons, Cullen and Hayward. As the mystery of these twin deaths unfolds, the history of the dysfunctional Bennetts and their damning secrets is revealed, exposing the conflicted heart of a nation caught between past and future. At the center of The Bones of Paradise are two remarkable women. Dulcinea, returned after bitter years of self-exile, yearns for redemption and the courage to mend her broken family and reclaim the land that is rightfully hers. Rose, scarred by the terrible slaughters that have decimated and dislocated her people, struggles to accept the death of her sister, Star, and refuses to rest until she is avenged. A kaleidoscopic portrait of misfits, schemers, chancers, and dreamers, Jonis Agee’s bold novel is a panorama of America at the dawn of a new century. A beautiful evocation of this magnificent, blood-soaked land—its sweeping prairies, seas of golden grass, and sandy hills, all at the mercy of two unpredictable and terrifying forces, weather and lawlessness—and the durable men and women who dared to tame it. Intimate and epic, The Bones of Paradise is a remarkable achievement: a mystery, a tragedy, a romance, and an unflagging exploration of the beauty and brutality, tenderness and cruelty that defined the settling of the American West.

Author : Dorothy Vernon
Publisher : Chivers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0754089290

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Edge of Paradise by Dorothy Vernon Pdf

Catherine was shocked to find that film director Paul Hebden had hired her solely to save face in front of his former flame. Her hardest role came at night, when she had to pretend not to be in love with Paul.