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Author : Kelley Puckett
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545913249
The mystery of how Bruce Wayne became Batman, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Jon J Muth!
Author : Cormac O'Brien
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1931686572
What your teachers never told you about the men of the white house.
Author : John Maszka
Publisher : Potomac Books
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781640121119
As a scholar of terrorism, John Maszka has examined how politics, the media, and the War on Terror play off one another. His most startling claim is that the War on Terror is a war for natural resources—and that terrorism has little to do with it. Once the military became mechanized, oil quickly became the most sought-after commodity on the planet, and the race for energy was eventually framed as a matter of national security. Ironically, Maszka argues, the true threats to national security are the massive oil conglomerates themselves. Maszka delves into the repercussions of a government that capitalizes on an us versus them mentality, such as the demonizing of an entire religion, sensationalizing “radical” violent attacks, and loosely applying the word “terrorism.” Because the United States’ current approach to terrorism has led to the politicization and abuse of the term, Maszka suggests a need for a standardized definition of terrorism. Currently, too many acts of violence can be labeled terrorism, resulting in state and nonstate actors labeling their enemies as “terrorists,” yet claiming their own acts of violence as legitimate and retributive. Maszka argues that much of the violence labeled as terrorism today is not terrorism at all. In an ambitious attempt to connect seemingly unrelated events in politics and the media, Maszka offers an unflinching portrayal of the hypocrisy underlying our foreign policy.
Author : Betty Lynne Hull
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781475936834
The moment Martha Jefferson discovers that a few drops of Negro blood course through her aristocratic veins, she knows she will do anything to keep this terrible secret from her politically ambitious husband, Thomas. When fire strikes Monticello, the resulting repairs to Thomas Jefferson's historic home reveal a human skeleton, and the questions begin. . . the "when" is easily discovered, but the "who" and the "why" weave a tantalizing mystery that is Monticello's dark secret. In this well-researched novel, which successfully melds historical fact with an intriguing 'what if', we are led back in time to the gripping tale of two women, Martha Jefferson and Betty Hemings, mother of infamous Sally Hemings, both forgotten threads in the rich tapestry of America's history. Nothing about them save their names has survived the centuries-- not a likeness nor a personal letter. We know both belonged to the same man, Thomas Jefferson, one through the vows of marriage and the other through the laws of slavery, and that both lived, dreamed and died in Virginia at a time in our new Nation when fact was more exciting than fiction. Now, we can finally know and understand them as they might have been.
Author : Donald A. Ritchie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199839094
Donald Ritchie offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson --as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson to the two green Washington Post reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of Meet the Press, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more. From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. Reporting from Washington offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century.
Author : Alan Wycheck,Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811744221
• Most notorious Bigfoot sightings • UFO reports and cover-ups • Lake Okanagan's famous serpent Ogopogo • Ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and Bing Crosby • Odd phenomena at Grand Coulee Dam, Olympic National Park, and Fort Vancouver
Author : Chad V. Johnson,Harris L. Friedman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 958 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781440803796
By introducing and explaining the intersection of two exciting and important areas of study, this landmark work unleashes their potential to address some of the most complex and globally relevant challenges of our time. In this unique handbook, experts team up to explain the many innovative ways psychology is being applied to promote social justice. The wide-ranging, three-volume work addresses such significant issues as social justice ideology and critical psychology, war and trauma, poverty and classism, environmental justice, and well-being and suffering. It showcases approaches for integrating social justice into psychology, and it examines psychology's application of social justice within special populations, such as sexual minorities, youth, women, disabled persons, prisoners, older adults, people of color, and many others. Chapter authors represent a diversity of perspectives, making the handbook an ideal resource for those who want information on a specific concern as well as for those looking for an introduction to the subject as a whole. Combining the practical with the theoretical, the work provides culturally sensitive tools that can effectively combat injustices locally and globally.
Author : Phillip Finch
Publisher : Jove Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0515092517
Joseph Sherk knows the darkness of loss, the pain of a father whose daughter is dead. He wants his Margaret back, and he's going to get her. A teenager whose father has just died, Sarah Stannard also knows the darkness of loss, but she doesn't know Sherk, nor does she know Margaret, or the twist of fate that binds them.
Author : Michael Dawson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781040092989
This book explores how societies deal with the effects of war on the historic environment. Written by historians, archaeologists, and conservation professionals, it offers a dramatic perspective on the war in Ukraine. It reveals the truth behind the Kremlin’s ‘just war’ narrative and touches on the complex relationship between war, society and the historic environment with examples of heritage conservation, archaeology and political expediency from Europe to Namibia. Prompted by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the first section ‘Frontline Ukraine’ examines the manipulation of history, the use of propaganda, and the decolonisation of Russian memorials in former Soviet states. It highlights how illegal archaeological excavations, looting and the removal of museum collections beginning from seizure of Crimea in 2014 until the present day have contributed to an increasingly implausible Russian narrative which attempts to represent an imperial land grab as a ‘just war’. In the second section ‘Aspects of War’, the authors provide a wider perspective, with chapters on the influence of film, the effect of war on conservation, forensic archaeology, the reconstruction of damaged or destroyed museums as well as the relationship between America and the Hague Convention. Topical and lucid, this volume will be beneficial to students and researchers of history, archaeology, politics and international relations. The chapters in this book were originally published in The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice and are accompanied by an updated introduction and a new conclusion.
Author : Edith Powell
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781588385352
Author : Garry Mulholland
Publisher : Orion
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781409122517
Acclaimed writer of This is Uncool and Popcorn turns his attention to the (first ever) look at the teen movie Everyone undergoes some kind of teenage trauma, and a fundamental way of coping, or rite of passage, is the teen movie. Yet until now there has been no book that explores this successful movie sub-genre with any depth. Step forward Garry Mulholland, who, taking his cue from his previous, hugely acclaimed pop culture list books (This is Uncool and Fear of Music), seeks to create a pantheon of the very finest teen movies, or in Garry Mulholland's words: 'I'll be doing what film critics have been loathe to do since the 1950s, and taking the entire subculture of teen movies seriously, making a constant and compelling argument that Grease and A Nightmare on Elm Street tell us a great deal more about modern life and human nature than Citizen Kane and The Godfather.' From Kes to Fame, Badlands to the Breakfast Club, and National Lampoon's Animal House to Twilight, Garry Mulholland re-evaluates a much maligned genre, and brings it all back again: the good, the bad and the traumatic.
Author : Ben Jackson,Harriet Lamb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781538141335
From Anger to Action tells the stories of the citizens' movements charting new paths to tackle the big global challenges that lie behind the political upheavals of our times. Drawing on candid insights from citizens, activists, and innovators, and their own experiences as leaders of internationally recognized advocacy organizations, the authors give an insider account of the battle for change and how it can be won – as well as trenchant criticism of where traditional civil society has lost its way and needs renewal. While unflinching on the dangers of the current political crises, the book offers hard-edged hope and a vision for citizen-led change to reshape our fractured politics. We meet communities in economically-battered towns welcoming refugees and Syrian peacebuilders reaching across impossible divides, go behind the scenes with Fairtrade banana farmers and hear of frenzied climate campaigners pushing divestment from oil companies and using social media to drive change. Lamb and Jackson explore how citizens’ movements are transforming our global politics, refashioning internationalism and fighting back against narrow nationalism. The book analyses why some movements secure lasting change – and others fail. And they show how these insights could shape a wider strategy for grassroots-up transformation. From Anger to Action will be of interest to social activists and anyone interested in social movements, global change, and civil society.
Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology (2007)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000063519716
Author : Lauren Holland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135594374
First Published in 1997. In an effort to find the validity of middle ground, this book offers a comprehensive analysis that looks further than the House Committee on National Security's actions on the B-2 bomber, President Clinton's campaign promise to support the Seawolf submarine, and the Pentagon's use of a concurrent and risky management strategy for the $71.6 billion F-22 fighter aircraft program. It provides a dissection of the decision-making process for a representative sample of major weapons systems to invalidate the claims that pork and malfeasance are both pervasive and determinate.
Author : United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : World politics
ISBN : OSU:32435064984719
