The Next New World

Author : Bob Shacochis
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780802191779

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The Next New World by Bob Shacochis Pdf

The “chameleon-like” ABA–winning author of Easy in the Islands offers a new collection of eight “surprising [and] memorable” short stories (Publishers Weekly). The haunting stories in Shacochis’s second collection combine comic wit and carnal certainty with an aura of history. Each of the eight tales here feature outrageously original characters who, through Shacochis’s ability to inhabit a spectacular range of voices, become eerily familiar. Two elderly sisters share a phantom lover; a Virginia patriarch, haunted by ghosts of Confederate soldiers, is buried with their bones; a family celebrates the Fourth of July in the shadow of the father’s Alzheimer’s syndrome; and a musician’s thunderous love turns him into a cannibal. From renaissance England to Cape Hatteras to the Caribbean islands, readers will find themselves submerged in exquisitely crafted fictions “charged with wit and style . . . intelligent, engaging, and richly realized.” (The New York Times Book Review). “Shacochis is a master of voices. . . . In The Next New World he roams about through history and across the globe, tethering his wit to a sense of political conscience. . . . Sometimes more is more.” —The Miami Herald “If we are in the golden age of the short story, Bob Shacochis is one of the writers who got us here.” —Providence Journal

Author : Judith Weisenfeld
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479865857

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New World A-Coming by Judith Weisenfeld Pdf

"When Joseph Nathaniel Beckles registered for the draft in the 1942, he rejected the racial categories presented to him and persuaded the registrar to cross out the check mark she had placed next to Negro and substitute "Ethiopian Hebrew." "God did not make us Negroes," declared religious leaders in black communities of the early twentieth-century urban North. They insisted that so-called Negroes are, in reality, Ethiopian Hebrews, Asiatic Muslims, or raceless children of God. Rejecting conventional American racial classification, many black southern migrants and immigrants from the Caribbean embraced these alternative visions of black history, racial identity, and collective future, thereby reshaping the black religious and racial landscape. Focusing on the Moorish Science Temple, the Nation of Islam, Father Divine's Peace Mission Movement, and a number of congregations of Ethiopian Hebrews, Judith Weisenfeld argues that the appeal of these groups lay not only in the new religious opportunities membership provided, but also in the novel ways they formulated a religio-racial identity. Arguing that members of these groups understood their religious and racial identities as divinely-ordained and inseparable, the book examines how this sense of self shaped their conceptions of their bodies, families, religious and social communities, space and place, and political sensibilities. Weisenfeld draws on extensive archival research and incorporates a rich array of sources to highlight the experiences of average members."--Publisher's description.

Author : John Wilkins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1684
Category : Astronomy
ISBN : DMM:057002490105

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A Discovery Of A New World Or A Discourse Tending to Prove that 'tis Probable There May be Another Habitable World in the Moon by John Wilkins Pdf

Author : Dr. Henry G. Covert
Publisher : Masthof Press & Bookstore
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781601268211

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Journey to the Next World: Understanding Death & Resurrection by Dr. Henry G. Covert Pdf

Death and the afterlife speak to everyone. Dr. Covert examines our life journey from different perspectives, including the biblical understanding of death and resurrection and the events leading to the Second Advent of Jesus. He reminds us of the many obstacles and destructive forces that are encountered as we journey to our heavenly home. The reader is urged to make preparation by nourishing the inner life with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. This book is educational, spiritually motivating, and encouraging. (139pp. Masthof Press, 2022.)

Author : David Horner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 695 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521765879

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Australia and the New World Order by David Horner Pdf

Comprehensive study of Australia's role in the peace enforcement operations that developed at the end of the Cold War.

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher : PM Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781629638928

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A New World in Our Hearts by Noam Chomsky Pdf

An interview with Noam Chomsky is a bit like throwing batting practice to Babe Ruth. What you lob in, he will hammer out. This conversational interview by Michael Albert, who has been close to Chomsky for roughly half a century and talked with him many hundreds of times, spans a wide range of topics including journalism, science, religion, the racist foundations of American society, education as indoctrination, issues of class and resistance, colonialism, imperialism, and much more. The thread through it all is that every topic—and the list above takes us just about halfway through this book—reveals how social systems work, what their impact on humanity is, and how they are treated by the elite, mainstream intellectuals, and leftists. It gets personal, theoretical, and observational. The lessons are relevant to all times, so far, and pretty much all places, and Chomsky’s logical scalpel, with moral guidance, is relentless.

Author : Aaron M. Shatzman
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857283375

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The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 14001650 by Aaron M. Shatzman Pdf

“The Old World, the New World, and the Creation of the Modern World, 1400–1650: An Interpretive History” provides a unique look at the early years of European discovery and colonization, examining the impact of this period on the historical development of both the New and Old Worlds. The text is enhanced by the incorporation of a wide variety of original source material, allowing readers to benefit from a more first-hand experience of the historical events of the period. Providing the essential facts in conjunction with expert analysis, the volume poses a number of important questions to enable readers to construct their own analysis of the evidence presented. Uniquely, the volume goes beyond the standard textbook formula of “what, when and where” to delve more deeply into the specific (as well as the wider) significance of historical developments, thereby providing the platform for a textured, interpretive understanding of the history of the Atlantic world.

Author : Robert M. Keane
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532653728

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A New World by Robert M. Keane Pdf

Jim Meagher’s world as a young man in the Irish-American neighborhood of Riverdale, New York, in the 1950s was a familiar and comfortable one, defined by family, church, school, and friendship. But was there something more to experience from life that could only be found outside those friendly confines? What if he could be a great man, with power and influence and riches? Life would soon take him beyond Riverdale—far beyond it—and teach him valuable lessons about duty, honor, and responsibility. Along the way, laughter and love would also be companions as Jim Meagher discovered the new world awaiting him beyond Brush Avenue—and also discovered that power and influence and riches are not always what a young man wants or needs.

Author : Martyn Bone
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780820351858

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Where the New World Is by Martyn Bone Pdf

Where the New World Is assesses how fiction published since 1980 has resituated the U.S. South globally and how earlier twentieth-century writing already had done so in ways traditional southern literary studies tended to ignore. Martyn Bone argues that this body of fiction has, over the course of some eighty years, challenged received readings and understandings of the U.S. South as a fixed place largely untouched by immigration (or even internal migration) and economic globalization. The writers discussed by Bone emphasize how migration and labor have reconfigured the region’s relation to the nation and a range of transnational scales: hemispheric (Jamaica, the Bahamas, Haiti), transatlantic/Black Atlantic (Denmark, England, Mauritania), and transpacific/global southern (Australia, China, Vietnam). Writers under consideration include Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, John Oliver Killens, Russell Banks, Erna Brodber, Cynthia Shearer, Ha Jin, Monique Truong, Lan Cao, Toni Morrison, Peter Matthiessen, Dave Eggers, and Laila Lalami. The book also seeks to resituate southern studies by drawing on theories of “scale” that originated in human geography. In this way, Bone also offers a new paradigm in which the U.S. South is thoroughly engaged with a range of other scales from the local to the global, making both literature about the region and southern studies itself truly transnational in scope.

Author : Jim Rugg
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-02-22
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302944414

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Hulk by Jim Rugg Pdf

Collects Hulk: Grand Design - Monster and Hulk: Grand Design - Madness. The acclaimed Grand Design franchise continues with the Monster…and the Madness! Writer/artist Jim Rugg follows in the tradition of Ed Piskor and Tom Scioli by unfurling the full saga of the Incredible Hulk, from the very beginning to the present day! From Bruce Banner's volatile upbringing to the fateful gamma bomb detonation that changed everything - to years of anger, smashing and just wanting to be left alone! He's been a hero…a hate figure…even a world-breaker. Now witness the biggest moments in the Hulk's history - through the eyes of a single visionary storyteller! You'll never look at Bruce Banner the same way again!

Author : Kristen A. Hite,John L. Seitz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781119014201

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Global Issues by Kristen A. Hite,John L. Seitz Pdf

Now reorganized and updated throughout, the fifth edition of this well-regarded introductory global issues text continues to reflect the most important aspects of an increasingly globalized world. Reorganized into more accessible chapters better suited to semester-long courses, with new sections covering development, climate change, pollution, and governance The only survey-level text in the field to unite the perspectives of geography, political science, sociology, ecology, international relations, economics, and development studies Moves beyond the international to be truly global in focus, with coverage of topics such as wealth and poverty, population, food, energy, natural resources, and technology Incorporates new case studies and examples, including the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the effects of changing water supply on migration, natural gas fracking, and smart grid technology Offers a dynamic and accessible narrative with many student-friendly features, such as chapter boxes, a glossary of terms, guides to further reading, media and Internet resources Discover up-to-date related news articles for inspiring discussion and research at https://www.facebook.com/GlobalIssuesHiteSeitz.

Author : P. C. Cast
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250100740

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Moon Chosen by P. C. Cast Pdf

The first book in an epic series. Five months on the bestseller list. Read the book that started the blockbuster bestselling series by #1 New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast. #1 New York Times bestselling author P.C. Cast brings us Moon Chosen, a new epic fantasy set in a world where humans, their animal allies, and the earth itself has been drastically changed. A world filled with beauty and danger and cruelty... Mari is an Earth Walker, heir to the unique healing powers of her Clan; but she has cast her duties aside, until she is chosen by a special animal ally, altering her destiny forever. When a deadly attack tears her world apart, Mari reveals the strength of her powers and the forbidden secret of her dual nature as she embarks on a mission to save her people. It is not until Nik, the son of the leader from a rival, dominating clan strays across her path, that Mari experiences something she has never felt before... Now, darkness is coming, and with it, a force, more terrible and destructive than the world has ever seen, leaving Mari to cast the shadows from the earth. By forming a tumultuous alliance with Nik, she must make herself ready. Ready to save her people. Ready to save herself and Nik. Ready to embrace her true destiny...and obliterate the forces that threaten to destroy them all.

Author : Rebecca M. Seaman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598847772

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Conflict in the Early Americas by Rebecca M. Seaman Pdf

This detailed study is the only reference work of its kind to address Spain's conquest of Central and South America, providing in-depth coverage of native and European ideologies, political motivations, and cultural practices of the region. As the study of world history evolves from a Eurocentric perspective to a more global viewpoint, formerly marginalized groups are now the focus of discussion, revealing a background rich with important military, political, social, and economic achievements. This book examines the once prosperous and powerful native civilizations in Central and South America, discussing the key individuals, strategies, and politics that made these countries strong and indomitable. In spite of this, the author shows how, in only a few generations, Spain defeated these mini-empires, eventually dominating much of the Western Hemisphere. Conflict in the Early Americas: An Encyclopedia of the Spanish Empire's Aztec, Incan, and Mayan Conquests focuses primarily on the defeat of the Aztec, Incan, and Mayan civilizations, but also includes Spanish interactions with lesser-known native groups. Supporting documents including primary sources, maps, and visual aids provide necessary context to this once-untold story.

Author : Colin G. Calloway
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 080185959X

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New Worlds for All by Colin G. Calloway Pdf

Although many Americans consider the establishment of the colonies as the birth of this country, in fact Early America already existed long before the arrival of the Europeans. From coast to coast, Native Americans had created enduring cultures, and the subsequent European invasion remade much of the existing land and culture. In New Worlds for All, Colin Calloway explores the unique and vibrant new cultures that Indians and Europeans forged together in early America. The journey toward this hybrid society kept Europeans' and Indians' lives tightly entwined: living, working, worshiping, traveling, and trading together—as well as fearing, avoiding, despising, and killing one another. In the West, settlers lived in Indian towns, eating Indian food. In Mohawk Valley, New York, Europeans tattooed their faces; Indians drank tea. And, a unique American identity emerged.

Author : A. Ralph Epperson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Christianity and politics
ISBN : 0961413514

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The New World Order by A. Ralph Epperson Pdf

This book by A. Ralph Epperson purports to uncover hidden and sinister meanings behind all the symbols found on the Great Seal of the United States, committing America to "A Secret Destiny.