When The Truckers Roared A Tale Of Freedom The Fight For Human Rights

Author : Z. S. Ahmed
Publisher : Zaramina Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1778292151

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When The Truckers Roared: A Tale of Freedom & The Fight for Human Rights by Z. S. Ahmed Pdf

The Freedom Convoy of 2022 started in Canada and instantly sparked similar movements across the globe. Author Z.S. Ahmed immortalizes this inspiring global phenomenon through this poetic and historical account for children and parents, alike. It takes readers through the the trials and tribulations of the preceding months, as well as the funding and media challenges facing the truckers and their supporters after the campaign was well underway. Commemorate this important historic event for yourself and your children by purchasing a copy today - and always remember the time 'When The Truckers Roared!'

Author : Z. S. Ahmed
Publisher : Zaramina Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1778292151

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When The Truckers Roared: A Tale of Freedom & The Fight for Human Rights by Z. S. Ahmed Pdf

The Freedom Convoy of 2022 started in Canada and instantly sparked similar movements across the globe. Author Z.S. Ahmed immortalizes this inspiring global phenomenon through this poetic and historical account for children and parents, alike. It takes readers through the the trials and tribulations of the preceding months, as well as the funding and media challenges facing the truckers and their supporters after the campaign was well underway. Commemorate this important historic event for yourself and your children by purchasing a copy today - and always remember the time 'When The Truckers Roared!'

Author : Dave Eggers
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345808608

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The Circle by Dave Eggers Pdf

LONGLISTED 2015 – International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, bestselling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.

Author : George N. Katsiaficas
Publisher : South End Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 089608227X

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The Imagination of the New Left by George N. Katsiaficas Pdf

"The Imagination of the New Left" brings to life the social movements and events of the 1960s that made it a period of world-historical importance: the Prague Spring; the student movements in Mexico, Japan, Sri Lanka, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Spain; the Test Offensive in Vietnam and guerilla movements in Latin America; the Democratic Convention in Chicago; the assassination of Martin Luther King; the near-revolution in France of May 1968; and the May 1970 student strike in the United States. Despite its apparent failure, the New Left represented a global transition to a newly defined cultural and political epoch, and its impact continues to be felt today.

Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780547750330

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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Pdf

An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755379927

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American Gods by Neil Gaiman Pdf

AN ACCLAIMED, EMMY-NOMINATED TV SERIES ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO WINNER OF THE HUGO, LOCUS AND BRAM STOKER AWARDS 'To give him his full title: Neil Gaiman, Architect of Worlds, Svengali of Plot, Shaman of Character, Exploder of Cliché, Master Craftsman of Style, Dreamer Laureate of the Republic of Letters' DAVID MITCHELL 'Original, engrossing, and endlessly inventive' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Brilliant and unique' GUARDIAN --- 'This is about the soul of America, the idea that everyone came here from somewhere' NEIL GAIMAN --- After three years in prison, Shadow Moon is free to go home. But hours before his release, his beloved wife is killed in a freak accident. Numbly, he boards a plane where he meets an enigmatic stranger who seems to know Shadow and claims to be an ancient god - and king of America. Together they embark on a profoundly strange road trip across the USA, encountering a kaleidoscopic cast of characters along the way. But all around them a storm of unnatural proportions is gathering. War is coming, an epic struggle for the very soul of America. And Shadow is standing squarely in its path. NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.

Author : Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061179225

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On Point by Gregory Fontenot,E. J. Degen,David Tohn Pdf

Den amerikanske hærs første officielle historiske beretning om operationerne i den anden Irakiske Krig, "Operation Iraqi Freedom", (OIF). Fra forberedelserne, mobiliseringen, forlægningen af enhederne til indsættelsen af disse i kampene ved Talil og As Samawah, An Najaf og de afsluttende kampe ved Bagdad. Foruden en detaljeret gennemgang af de enkelte kampenheder(Order of Battle), beskrives og analyseres udviklingen i anvendte våben og doktriner fra den første til den anden Golf Krig.

Author : Roger Thurow
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781458767332

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Enough by Roger Thurow Pdf

For more than thirty years, humankind has known how to grow enough food to end chronic hunger worldwide. Yet while the ''Green Revolution'' succeeded in South America and Asia, it never got to Africa. More than 9 million people every year die of hunger, malnutrition, and related diseases every year - most of them in Africa and most of them children. More die of hunger in Africa than from AIDS and malaria combined. Now, an impending global food crisis threatens to make things worse. In the west we think of famine as a natural disaster, brought about by drought; or as the legacy of brutal dictators. But in this powerful investigative narrative, Thurow & Kilman show exactly how, in the past few decades, American, British, and European policies conspired to keep Africa hungry and unable to feed itself. As a new generation of activists work to keep famine from spreading, Enough is essential reading on a humanitarian issue of utmost urgency.

Author : Bryan D. Palmer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789004254862

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Revolutionary Teamsters by Bryan D. Palmer Pdf

Minneapolis in the early 1930s was anything but a union stronghold. An employers' association known as the Citizens' Alliance kept labour organisations in check, at the same time as it cultivated opposition to radicalism in all forms. This all changed in 1934. The year saw three strikes, violent picket-line confrontations, and tens of thousands of workers protesting in the streets. Bryan D. Palmer tells the riveting story of how a handful of revolutionary Trotskyists, working in the largely non-union trucking sector, led the drive to organise the unorganised, to build one large industrial union. What emerges is a compelling narrative of class struggle, a reminder of what can be accomplished, even in the worst of circumstances, with a principled and far-seeing leadership.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Theology
ISBN : IOWA:31858030334951

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The Christian Century by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leslie Feinberg
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459608450

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Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg Pdf

Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence. Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.

Author : John A. Cash
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781568065632

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Seven Firefights in Vietnam by John A. Cash Pdf

Based on official army records, these eyewitness accounts of seven hellacious battles serve as a brief history of the Vietnam conflict. From a fierce fight on the banks of the Ia Drang River in 1965 to a 1968 gunship mission, this illustrated report conveys the heroism and horror of warfare.

Author : Richard E. Killblane
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782893394

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Convoy Ambush Case Studies by Richard E. Killblane Pdf

When the enemy adopts a policy to attack convoys, truck drivers become front line troops. Convoy commanders must then become tacticians. How to study war? The student of tactics studies previous fights and mentally places himself in the position of the participants. Knowing what they knew, how would he have reacted? In hind sight, what was the best course of action, remembering that there is no one perfect solution? Any number of actions would have succeeded. The tactician must learn what would have worked best for him. For this reason, I have pulled together all the examples of convoy ambushes. The 20th century, Vietnam War, and current war in Iraq provide a wealth of examples of convoy ambushes from which to study. Unfortunately, the US Army did not record many good accounts of ambushes during the Vietnam War. Much of what is presented in this text is based upon oral interviews of the participants, sometimes backed by official record, citations or reports. For this reason, some of the ambush case studies present only the perspective of a crew member of a gun truck or the convoy commander. Since this academic study works best when one mentally takes the place of one of the participants, this view of the ambush serves a useful purpose. After my own review of the ambushes, I have drawn my own conclusion as to what principles apply to convoy ambushes.

Author : Ty Phillips
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466859173

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Blacktop Cowboys by Ty Phillips Pdf

A fascinating account of the world of competitive steer wrestling and the talented, live-fast, bruise-hard rodeo cowboys who do it. Ty Phillips's Blacktop Cowboys chronicles the 2004 rodeo season through the eyes of several steer wrestlers trying to make it back to rodeo's version of the Super Bowl, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. Steer wrestling is an adventure that entails riding into an arena at 25 mph, sliding off a horse while taking hold of a 500-pound steer, and then throwing the animal to the ground. The best cowboys often accomplish all this in less than four seconds. The two main characters of Blacktop Cowboys are Luke Branquinho, a young carefree cowboy on a quest for his first title, and his best friend, Travis Cadwell, a veteran trying to make the NFR one last time. Much of Blacktop Cowboys unfolds in trucks, trailers, arenas, behind the chutes, casinos, beds and everywhere else cowboys spend their time. By taking the reader deep into the cowboys' lives, Blacktop Cowboys offers a true and intimate portrait of men having the time of their lives while living on the road in pursuit of the dream to be the best.

Author : Harry M. Claudill
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786252005

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Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area by Harry M. Claudill Pdf

“At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia. Caudill’s study begins in the violence of the Indian wars and ends in the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. Two hundred years ago, the Cumberland Plateau was a land of great promise. Its deep, twisting valleys contained rich bottomlands. The surrounding mountains were teeming with game and covered with valuable timber. The people who came into this land scratched out a living by farming, hunting, and making all the things they need-including whiskey. The quality of life in Appalachia declined during the Civil War and Appalachia remained “in a bad way” for the next century. By the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Appalachia had become an island of poverty in a national sea of plenty and prosperity. Caudill’s book alerted the mainstream world to our problems and their causes. Since then the ARC has provided millions of dollars to strengthen the brick and mortar infrastructure of Appalachia and to help us recover from a century of economic problems that had greatly undermined our quality of life.”-Print ed.