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The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education: George
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Roger L., PUBLISHER: Penn State University Press, The Origins of Federal Support for Higher Education revises the traditional interpretation of the land-grant college movement, whose institutions were brought into being b the Morrill Act to provide for "the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes." Rather than being the inevitable consequence of the unfolding dynamic of institutional and socioeconomic forces, Williams argues, it was the active intervention and initiate of a handful of educational leaders that secured the colleges' future---above all, the activities of George W. Atherton. For nearly three decades, Atherton, who was the seventh president of the Pennsylvania State University, worked to secure consistent federal financial support for the colleges, which in their early years received little assistance from the states they were designed to benefit. He also helped to develop the institutions as comprehensive "national" universities grounded in the liberal arts and sciences---a conception that countered the prevailing view of the colleges as mainly agricultural schools.Atherton became the prime mover in the campaign to enact the Hatch Act, which encouraged the establishment of agricultural experiment stations at land-grant colleges. The act marked the federal government's first effort to provide continuous funding to research units associated with higher education institutions. At the same times, Atherton played a key role in the formation of the first association of such institutions: The Associations of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. It was the Association that provided the critical mass needed to lobby Congress successively and to approach the many opportunities andthreats the land-grant colleges faced during the period. Atherton was also deeply involved in the campaign for the Morrill Act of , which provided long-sought annual appropriations to land-grant colleges for a broad range of academic programs and encouraged steady growth in state support during the s. Roger Williams traces the motives and tactics behind a series of laws that made the federal government irreversibly committed to funding higher education and scientific research and provides rich new insights into the complexities, polarities, and inherent contradictions of the history of the American land-grant movement.
Stampante card DATACARD SP25 Plus
Vendo, causa inutilizzo, stampante Datacard SP25 Plus. Usata pochissimo (200 card stampate), e perfettamente tenuta. CARATTERISTICHE: possiede una combinazione unica di tecnologie per la stampa monocromatica, a colori e riscrivibile, che è ideale per un’ampia varietà di applicazioni da sportello, inclusa la stampa di foto a colori, funzioni riscrivibili e carte che usano entrambe le tecnologie. Inoltre racchiude tutte le caratteristiche di affidabilità e robustezza di cui hanno bisogno le università, i college e le società per massimizzare la qualità delle carte e migliorare l’efficienza di ogni programma di identificazione. CARATTERISTICHE GENERALI • Operazioni facilitate di sostituzione nastro • Pulizia automatica delle carte • Sistema di raffreddamento testina che riduce i tempi di fermo macchina • Testina di stampa sostituibile dall’operatore • Sistema operativo: Windows 8, XP, Server , Datacard® Open Platform per operare in ambienti non-Windows • Nuovo driver di stampa con funzioni avanzate: anteprima di stampa, ampia varietà colori ed ottimizzazione per la stampa, auto diagnostica, help on-line • Messaggi audio e visivi • Dimensioni HW PxLxA: x 19,8 x 22,9 cm [P = 41,9 cm nella versione con carico automatico] • Peso HW: 3,5 - 4 kg (in funzione delle opzioni) • Interfaccia: USB • Certificazioni: CE, UL, RoHS, cUL • Garanzia 24 mesi sulla stampante e sulla testina di stampa (passaggi illimitati) SPECIFICHE DI STAMPA • Advanced Imaging Technology™ • Stampa di foto, testi alfanumerici, barcode, loghi; a colori, monocromatica e/o personalizzazione di carte riscrivibili (cancellazione e scrittura) • Modalità: stampa singolo lato • Alimentazione card: manuale • Risoluzione: 300 DPI • Velocità di stampa a colori: 1 card in 30 secondi • Velocità di stampa in monocromatico: 1 card in 7,2 secondi • Ciclo cancellazione e scrittura di 1 card riscrivibile 12,4 secondi OPZIONI • Cassetto di carico card capacità 100 card (non espandibile) • Modulo di codifica magnetica IAT o NTT • Lettore Smart card contact / contactless all-in-one MATERIALI CERTIFICATI DATACARD ® • Intelligent Supply Technology™ • Riconoscimento automatico del nastro e sua validazione • Impostazione automatica del nastro e degli offset • Avviso di esaurimento nastro • Funzione di ottimizzazione del nastro
Collezione cd (punk, metal, rock.) PARTE 1
Vendo collezione di cd tutti originali, prezzi da 1 euro in su (li trovate di fianco a titolo). Generi vari, dal metal al rock, dal punk alla classica. Scrivetemi per info e foto. AA.VV - BRANSJEVELTER 5 - 1 AA.VV - BRANSJEVELTER 6 - 1 AA.VV - BRANSJEVELTER 7 - 1 AA.VV - FANTASTIC SERIES 6 - 1 AA.VV - DJ LIPS PRESENTS NOTES VOL.1 - 1 AA.VV - OUR IMPACT WILL BE FELT A TRIBUTE TO SICK OF IT ALL - 1 AA.VV - PUNK-O-RAMA VOL.2 - 4 AA.VV - PUNK-O-RAMA VOL.6 - 4 AA.VV - SUPERNOVA RECORDS AA.VV - TAL MONT DE LUNE - 4 AA.VV - THE FAST SIDE OF ITALY - 1 AA.VV - TIBETAN BUDDHIST RITES FROM THE MONASTERIES OF BHUTAN (DOPPIO CD) - 15 AA.VV - WITHIN THE CHURCH OF THEE OVERLORDS II - 1 A SHORT APNEA -...JUST ARRIVED - 5 ACCEPT DEATH - ACCEPT DEATH - 5 ADAMENNON - ADES - 4 AGATHOCLES - HUNT HUNTERS - 4 AGNOSTIC FRONT - LAST WARNING - 5 AGNOSTIC FRONT - RIOT RIOT UPSTART - 5 AKRONIA - OMNIS OBSCURITAS (CD 3") - 4 ALABAMA THUNDERPUSSY - OPEN FIRE - 1 ALEXANDER TUCKER - FURROWED BROW - 6 ALEXANDER TUCKER - OLD FOG - 6 ALICE COLTRANE - UNIVERSAL CONSCIOUSNESS - 8 ANATHEMA - ETERNITY - 8 ANDREA MARUTTI - THE SUBLIMINAL RELATION BETWEEN PLANETS - 5 ANDREA MARUTTI & TOMMASO COSCO - TURRA - 5 ANDREA MARUTTI & FAUSTO BALBO - 5 ANGELO BADALAMENTI - MUSIC FROM TWIN PEAKS - 5 ASCANIO BORGA - XENOMORPHIC - 4 APART - ACROSS THE EMPTY NIGHT - 4 APPLEYARD COLLEGE - LOOK AT ME - 2 ARABROT - SOLAR ANUS - 1 ARABROT - THE GOSPEL - 1 ARVO PART - TRIODION ODE VII I AM THE TRUE VINE - 5 ASBESTOSDEATH - DEJECTION UNCLEAN - 7 ASSUCK - MISERY INDEX - 10 ASSUMPTION - THE THREE APPEARANCES - 5 AT THE DRIVE-IN - ACROBATIC TENEMENT - 8 AT THE DRIVE-IN - VAYA - 8 ATRITAS - CELESTIAL DECAY - 1 BANCALI IN PIETRA - BANCALI IN PIETRA - 2 BATTLE OF MICE - A DAY OF NIGHTS - 5 BE MALEDETTO NOW! - ABISSO DEL PASSATO 2 - 5 BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME - THE SILENT CIRCUS - 5 BEYOND DESCRIPTION/JILTED - SPLIT - 2 BHAVA - DOUBLE JUMP CARPIATO - 4 BHOPAL - WHERE MORALITY FAILS - 2 BIG BUSINESS - HERE COME THE W - 1
A Guide to Canadian Architectural Styles, Second Edition
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ricketts, Shannon / Maitland, Leslie / Hucker, Jacqueline, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, In the ten years since the first edition of A Guide to Canadian Architectural Styles was published, the heritage movement has gained strength, sensitizing many to the value of our architectural legacy. This new edition reflects an enriched understanding of architecture that focuses more on the visual and cultural setting of the built environment and less on individual works seen in isolation. Today, we cherish the buildings that characterize the original "Main Street / rue Principale" - the bank building, the shops, the old hotel, the post office, the city hall. There is more recognition for older inner-city neighbourhoods, with their row housing, churches, and community halls as well as for our often romantic attachment to vernacular rural architecture. This interest in more ordinary-looking architecture marks both the democratization of Canada's heritage movement and its coming of age, for the value of these more modest structures lies in their unique ability to sustain a sense of identity. This Guide provides an essential profile of the origins and development of the many architectural styles across Canada, from early settlement to the postmodern period, and discusses special forms such as religious, civic, domestic, commercial, and industrial design. While remaining true to the accessible format of the first edition, the second offers updated and considerably expanded text, as well as many more illustrations. A Guide to Canadian Architectural Styles, second edition is an invaluable reference tool for heritage activists and planners; university and college courses in Canadian architecture, history, and cultural resource management; and the interested general reader. Comments: "A thoughtful, elegantly written and easy-to-read guide to over three hundred years of architectural style in Canada." - Kelly Crossman, Carleton University Shannon Ricketts is an architectural historian working with Parks Canada in Ottawa. She has researched and published on Canadian architectural history and on the history of the heritage movement in Canada. Leslie Maitland is an architectural historian and planner with Parks Canada in Ottawa. She has published several books and articles on Canadian architectural history. Jacqueline Hucker is an architectural historian working with Parks Canada in Ottawa.
CD PACK1 7 CD veramente singolari
CD PACK1 7 CD veramente singolari. ASSOLUTAMENTE ORIGINALI. Non si tratta ne di copie ne di contraffazioni o altro di simile. Sono i miei CD, acquistati da me diverso tempo fa e che ora voglio rivendere. SUZANNE VEGA 99.9 F°. 8 Magnifiche canzoni per il quarto album della cantate USA, la mia preferita è Bad Wisdom. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL La Légende de CREEDENCE. I migliori 17 pz. della loro produzione (con questo CD hai il meglio della loro storia). Li amo da tanto e sò che non devi perderti Suzie Q. JOHN LEE HOOKER Hobo Blues. La miglior chitarra blues mai esistita. 22 pezzi incredibili per la quarta delle sue raccolte fra i suoi migliori brani di Delta Blues (il genere preferito dal blues man USA). Non bisogna scegliere, vanno ascoltate tutte. NATALIE COLE Unforgettable With Love. La figlia del grande Nat King Cole qui si produce in duetto virtuale con il padre. 22 brani stupendi per la cantate USA che produce questo suo decimo album (il migliore, quello che la tramanda ai posteri). Se ancora non hai questo CD, non puoi perderlo! Belle tutte. MEAT PUPPETS Forbiden Place. Il grande trio USA di Hardcore Punk, con due fratelli Kirkwood componenti della band. Questi sono i loro 11 brani più College Rock della loro produzione per il loro settimo album. RADIOHEAD Pablo Honey. 12 brani, per la band Inglese, che mostrano una ineccepibile maturità musicale nonostante questo sia il loro primo album ufficiale. Ne varrebbe la pena di averlo, fosse solo per Creep. U2 Boy. Un suono magnifico grazie al re-mastered audio per questi 11 brani della famosissima band di successo ormai globale, ma che ebbe origine in Irlanda...... e questo, signori, è il loro PRIMO album! Tutti in ottimo stato, non graffiati e custodie ancora integre. In caso di spedizione a distanza, accetto solo pagamento ANTICIPATO a mezzo Pay Pal (con richiesta di pagamento PayPal su vs. e-mail); è possibile accordarsi sulle spese di spedizione.
AP U.S. History
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Armstrong, Stephen / McBride, Edward, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5 AP Spanish Language
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: LaVoie, Dennis / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5: AP Calculus AB
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ma, William / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
Hiking Washington's History
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bentley, Judy, PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press, "Hiking Washington's History" reveals the stories embedded in Washington's landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Every region in the state is included, from the northwesternmost tip of the continental United States at Cape Flattery to the remote Blue Mountains in the southeast. Each chapter begins with a brief overview of the region's history followed by individual trail narratives and historical highlights. Quotes from diaries, journals, letters, and reports, as well as contemporary and historic photographs, describe sites and trails from Washington's past. Each trail description includes a map and provides directions, so hikers can follow the historic route. Judy Bentley tells readers how to get there, what to expect, and what to look for. Despite Washington State's rapid growth, a remarkable number of historic trails have been preserved in national parks, restored by cities and towns, returned to public use by the railroads, or opened to hikers by Native American tribes. Some trails, such as the Iron Goat Trail, have been fully restored and interpreted. Others, such as the Naches Pass Trail, have been abused but survive. Some are easily accessible, such as the Duwamish River Trail in Seattle and the Spokane House trails near Spokane. Others, such as Chief Joseph's Summer Trail, require a half-day journey just to reach the trailhead. "Hiking Washington's History" is for hikers, amateur historians, newcomers unfamiliar with the state's history, and Northwest natives who know only part of that history. Savor the vicarious experience of a hike from a cozy chair on a rainy winter day, or put your boots on and hit the trail when the sun shines. Judy Bentley, who teaches at South Seattle Community College, is an avid hiker and the author of fourteen books for young adults. "This book samples the landscape and history of the entire state, and is well organized, well researched, and well written. Its pages add a new dimension to hikes by linking our footfalls with those of the past." -Ruth Kirk
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Literature
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Barbara / Rankin, Estelle / Freedson, Grace, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents of the most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, andfrequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
5 Steps to a 5: AP English Language
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murphy, Barbara / Freedson, Grace / Rankin, Estelle, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, ENGLISH LANGUAGE ENGLISH LITERATURE Grace Freedson, Series Editor An exciting new series of study guides that lets each student design a course of study pitched to his or her individual needs and learning style Each year, more than one million U.S. high school students take one or more advanced placement (AP) exams, and, according to official projections, that number will continue to rise in the years ahead. That is because AP exams confer important benefits on those who do well on them. High AP scores are indispensable to gaining admission to most elite colleges. They provide students with a competitive edge when competing for grants and scholarships. And they allow students to bypass required university survey courses, saving on skyrocketing tuition fees. Designed to coincide perfectly with the most current AP exams, Five Steps to a 5 on the Advanced Placement Examinations guides contain several advanced features that set them above all competitors. Each guide is structured around an ingenious Five-Step Plan. The first step is to develop a study plan, the second builds knowledge, the third and fourth hone test-taking skills and strategies, and the fifth fosters the confidence students need to ace the tests. This flexible study tool is also tailored to three types of students. For the more structured student there is a "Month-by-Month" approach that follows the school year and a "Calendar Countdown" approach that begins with the new year. For students who leave studying to the last minute "Basic Training" covers the basics in just four weeks. Other outstanding features include: Sample tests that closely simulate real exams Review material based on the contents ofthe most recent tests Icons highlighting important facts, vocabulary, and frequently-asked questions Boxed quotes offering advice from students who have aced the exams and from AP teachers and college professors Websites and links to valuable online test resources, along with author e-mail addresses for students with follow-up questions Authors who are either AP course instructors or exam developers
A doppio taglio, CANDIA McWILLIAM, Prima edizione .
CANDIA McWILLIAM A doppio taglio EDITORE BOLLATI BORINGHIERI Prima edizione Un thriller psicologico, un doppio gioco portato alle estreme conseguenze, un'arma a doppio taglio. Pagine 280, copertina morbida con sovracoperta, formato cm. 13,5X22 Condizioni: ottimo pari al nuovo Candia McWilliam (nato il 1 luglio , Edimburgo) è una scrittrice scozzese. Suo padre era lo scrittore e accademico di architettura Colin McWilliam. McWilliam è stato educato al Girton College di Cambridge, dove ha ottenuto gli onori di prima classe. Il suo primo romanzo, Un caso di coltelli, pubblicato nel , è stato il vincitore del Betty Trask Prize. Il suo secondo romanzo, A Little Stranger, fu pubblicato nel . Entrambi i libri vinto Scottish Arts Council Book Award. Discutibile Land, pubblicato nel , ha vinto il Guardian Fiction Prize e nel la sua traduzione in italiano ha vinto il Premio Grinzane Cavour per il miglior romanzo straniero dell'anno. Candia McWilliam è stato uno dei giudici del Man Booker Prize . Nel Candia McWilliam ammessi ad un pubblico all'Edinburgh International Book Festival che aveva problemi di alcolismo. Nei primi mesi del , McWilliam cominciò a soffrire gli effetti del blefarospasmo e diventa gravemente ipovedenti di conseguenza. Questa malattia ha causato le palpebre per essere definitivamente chiuso, anche se i suoi occhi erano ancora perfetti. Nel lei ha parlato dell'esperienza della cecità all'Edinburgh International Book Festival, e nel scrisse un articolo sulla sua situazione scozzese per la revisione dei libri. Nel ha subito un'operazione che tendini raccolte dalla sua gamba, al fine di sospendere le palpebre aperte, in modo da curare la sua cecità. In un articolo su The Times Domenica, McWilliam descritto i suoi due anni di cecità e l'intervento chirurgico pionieristico che restaurata la vista. Andò cieco, ha aggiunto, dopo anni di blocco dello scrittore - il suo ultimo romanzo apparso nel - ma ha ritrovato la sua voce mentre lei era cieca e dettato a una sorta giovane amico che si rivelò essere un memoriale, Che cosa cercare in inverno, che sarà pubblicato nel . Ora è al lavoro su un romanzo. Il suo primo matrimonio con Quentin Wallop, conte di Portsmouth, una figlia e un figlio, visconte Lymington, ma ha finito con un divorzio. Il suo secondo matrimonio, ha portato in un altro figlio.
The Liberal Ideal and the Demons of Empire: Theories of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Semmel, Bernard, PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, As Great Britain and other Western nations built empires--both formal and informal--writers on economic and social questions developed theories to explain why and how advanced industrial states exercised control over colonial regions. Different schools of thought emerged: some anticipated the growth of a cosmopolitaneconomic order, others believed in a brutal imperialism necessary for an expanding capitalism, still others saw evil precapitalist forces at work. In The Liberal Ideal and the Demons of Empire, noted historian Bernard Semmel traces the evolution of the ideas about imperialism and discusses four major schools of thought: the classical economists, the social theorists, the national economists, and the Marxists. From Adam Smith to Lenin, the subject of colonialism--and then imperialism--remained controversial. Although classical economists offered visions of a prosperous world economy based on free trade, and liberal idealists argued that rational self-interest would eliminate aggressive mercantilism and wars of conquest, such "utopian" ideals proved elusive. Even defenders of capitalism noted contradictions between the harsh realities of the emerging industrial system and the optimistic economic theories that attempted to describe it. In the end the critics--including liberal sociologists, national economists, and Marxists--would win the day by defining imperialism in terms of historic demons: feudal aristocrats, medieval usurers, and evil empires. These ideas, Semmel concludes, became props of the liberal, socialist, and fascist ideologies of our time. "A generation ago, Richard Koebner traced the changing meanings of the word imperialism from its rather surprisingNapoleonic beginnings. Now, building on a succession of books with which he has enriched the literature, Bernard Semmel addresses the wider question of the evolution in thought to which the evolution of the word was, so to speak, an index. Semmel's book will beunquestionably useful to historians--particularly those outside the confines of European expansion--and will be valuable as supplemental reading in college courses. One wonders if it will have the effect one would most like to see--on politicians, publicists, and praters who continue to use the word imperialism so inappropriately."--Robert K. Webb, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Bernard Semmel is Distinguished Professor of History at the Graduate School of the City University of New York. His studies of imperialism include Imperialism and Social Reform, Jamaican Blood and Victorian Conscience, and The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism. He has also written on Methodism, John Stuart Mill, and naval strategy.
Puspajute (Fashionable eco-friendly Beach bags exporter in
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Murray - Le streghe nell'Europa Occidentale - Tattilo
Margaret A. Murray Le streghe nell'Europa Occidentale Tattilo Editrice Collana Le Controguide n° 2 Copertina rigida illustrata, 21x11,5 cm, 389 pagine. "E' ' troppo facile ridere di una moda, di un interesse che coinvolge milioni di persone, come una improvvisa ventata di irrazionalismo in un mondo che apparentemente ha decretata la divinità della scienza. La passione, l'autentica, violenta passione, che suscita nelle masse tutto ciò che muove e sommuove le nostre ben celate inquietudini, dalla parapsicologia alla demonologia, dalla stregoneria al satanismo, è qualche cosa di più di un fenomeno passeggero, legato al successo di un film come "L'' 'esorcista'. E' la parte oscura, ma non per questo meno reale, di noi, che tenta di farsi strada in questo "secolo di troppi lumi". In quest''ambito, dunque, va visto il senso della pubblicazione di un'opera ormai classica, come questa di Margaret Murray, famosa antropologa inglese. Quando apparve, circa quarant'anni fa, "Il culto delle streghe nell'Europa Occidentale" suscitò scandalo, polemiche, dissensi. Eppure, questo volume ricco di Intuizioni felici, di scoperte inattese, di spiegazioni sorprendenti (secondo l''autrice, infatti, il culto delle streghe non rappresenta niente altro che la sopravvivenza di una religione precristiana, sorta probabilmente in Egitto, che lei chiamò "culto di Diana"), conserva ancora oggi tutto il suo fascino, e ci ripropone in maniera piacevole ma non certo superficiale, interrogativi cui avevamo creduto di aver risposto da tempo. Un classico, dunque; ma un classico da leggere e da meditare, senza preconcetti razionalistici e senza prevenzioni fantascientifiche. Perché qualcosa è certo. La Murray non parla di qualcosa che non ci appartiene più: che lo vogliamo o no. le streghe sono fra noi", dalla quarta di copertina. "Margaret Murray ha cominciato la sua fortunata carriera, studiando all'University College di Londra, dove si distinse presto per il suo interesse nei confronti dei problemi archeologici connessi all'archeologia. Divenuta un'affermata egittologa. si dedicò in seguito a quella che sarebbe divenuta la passione dominante della sua vita: la stregoneria e le sue connessioni storiche, sociali, morali. Abbandonato l'insegnamento nel , divenne negli anni fra il e il presidentessa della Folklore Society. Morì nel . pochi giorni dopo il suo centesimo compleanno, lasciando numerosi saggi sulla stregoneria che, ancora oggi, sono considerati dei classici, dei punti di partenza fondamentali per ogni ulteriore ricerca", dalla quarta di copertina. Libro ricercato, conservato in maniera impeccabile.
Beaches, Blood, and Ballots: A Black Doctor's Civil Rights
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mason, Gilbert R. / Smith, James Patterson, PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi, This book, the first to focus on the integration of the Gulf Coast, is Dr. Gilbert R. Mason's eyewitness account of harrowing episodes that occurred there during the civil rights movement. Newly opened by court order, documents from the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission's secret files enhance this riveting memoir written by a major civil rights figure in Mississippi. He joined his friends and allies Aaron Henry and the martyred Medgar Evers to combat injustices in one of the nation's most notorious bastions of segregation. In Mississippi, the civil rights struggle began in May with "wade-ins." In open and conscious defiance of segregation laws, Mason led nine black Biloxians onto a restricted spot along the twenty-six-mile beach. A year later more wade-ins on beaches reserved for whites set off the bloodiest race riot in the state's history and led the U.S. Justice Department to initiate the first-ever federal court challenge of Mississippi's segregationist laws and practices. Simultaneously, Mason and local activists began their work on the state's first school desegregation suit. As the coordinator of the strategy, he faced threats to his life. Mason's memoir gives readers a documented journey through the daily humiliations that segregation and racism imposed upon the black populace -- upon fathers, mothers, children, laborers, and professionals. Born in in the slums of Jackson, Mason acknowledges the impact of his strong extended family and of the supportive system of institutions in the black neighborhood. They nurtured him to manhood and helped fulfill his dream of becoming a physician. His story recalls the great migration of blacks to the North, of family members who remained in Mississippi, of family ties in Chicago and other northern cities. Following graduation from Tennessee State and Howard University Medical College, he set up his practice in the black section of Biloxi in and experienced the restrictions that even a black physician suffered in the segregated South. Four years later, he began his battle to dismantle the Jim Crow system. This is the story of his struggle and hard-won victory. Gilbert R. Mason, M.D., continues as a practicing physician in Biloxi. Although a life-long Democrat, he served as a school-desegregation adviser to the Republican administration of President Nixon, as well as a friend, adviser, and appointee of several Mississippi governors. James Patterson Smith is an associate professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. He has published in numerous periodicals, including the "Journal of Negro History" and the "Journal of Mississippi History."
NEL BIANCO, Ken Follett, DA LIBRERIA, Ed. Mondolibri
KEN FOLLETT NEL BIANCO Ed. Mondolibri Edizione su licenza Arnoldo Mondadori Editore trad. di A. Raffo pagg. ) formato cm. 15,5 X 24 rileg. ed. in tela con titolo al dorso e sovrac. Stato: ottimo (nuovo da aprire) ancora nella sua pellicola Ken Follett (Cardiff, 5 giugno ) è uno scrittore britannico. Usa nei suoi primi romanzi gli pseudonimi Simon Myles, Bernard L. Ross, Zachary Stone e Martin Martinsen. Nasce a Cardiff nel Galles, dove vive fino a quando la famiglia si trasferisce a Londra dieci anni più tardi. Nel viene ammesso allo University College di Londra, dove studia filosofia. Si sposa con Mary nel . Dopo la laurea nell'autunno del intraprende un corso post-laurea di giornalismo e inizia a lavorare come apprendista reporter a Cardiff nel South Wales Echo. Dopo tre anni passati nella città ritorna a Londra per lavorare nell'Evening Standard. Dopo qualche anno lascia il giornalismo e diventa vicedirettore della Everest Books. Inizia inoltre a scrivere narrativa la sera e nei fine settimana. Il successo arriva lentamente, ma con la pubblicazione di La cruna dell'ago (Eye of the Needle) nel ], un romanzo ambientato durante la seconda guerra mondiale, riscuote un enorme successo. Il libro ha vinto l'Edgar Award ed è divenuto un film per il grande schermo che vede Kate Nelligan e Donald Sutherland come protagonisti. Nel conosce la sua seconda moglie, Barbara Broer, deputato del Parlamento nelle file dei laburisti. La coppia vive tra Londra e Stevenage (Hertfordshire), insieme a una vasta schiera di figli avuti nei matrimoni precedenti. Lo scrittore britannico è un grande amante di Shakespeare, e spesso è possibile incontrarlo alle rappresentazioni tenute dalla Royal Shakespeare Company di Londra. Adora la musica e suona il basso in una band dal nome "Damn Right I Got the Blues". Nel gennaio , in occasione della presentazione di Mondo senza fine a Vitoria in Spagna, Ken Follett ha scoperto il velo su una statua che lo ritrae a grandezza naturale, opera dello scultore basco Casto Solana. Ha fatto una breve apparizione nella mini-serie televisiva I pilastri della Terra (The Pillars of the Earth), tratta dal suo omonimo romanzo, come membro della famiglia di Jack Shareburg. Spese di spedizione € 2 con posta prioritaria "piego di libri" opportunamente protetto in busta di cellofan e inviato dentro apposita busta postale imbottita.
The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Emerson, Ralph Waldo / Robinson, David M., PUBLISHER: Beacon Press (MA), The first collection of Emerson's spiritual writings, published for the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth Matthew Arnold once described Ralph Waldo Emerson as "the friend and aider of all those who would live in the spirit." Arnold's comment captured the impact that Emerson had as a teacher of a new form of spirituality in the nineteenth century. Emerson proposed a new religious vision that made the spiritual life freshly accessible to people. In our current era, Emerson continues to speak with a compelling voice. Known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, Emerson's writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson brings together the essays and lectures that best articulate Emerson's spiritual vision, and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. Compiled and introduced by David M. Robinson, one of the leading authorities on Emerson, The Spiritual Emerson will be both a portrait of Emerson as a spiritual teacher and a sourcebook for all those who find his ideas and convictions useful in their own efforts to live in the spirit. "This collection brings together for the first time Emerson's most important writings on spiritual themes, along with a discerning and eminently readable introduction by one of the foremost authorities on Emerson's religious thought." --Lawrence Buell, Harvard University, author of LITERARY TRANSCENDENTALISM and EMERSON "Simply the best selection ever made from the spiritual writings of America's most influential sage. Combining familiar essays with the oft-neglected, from both the early and the laterEmerson, Robinson reveals the paradoxes that shaped one soul then and continue to shape many today. For all who still care for the soul, essential reading." --John Buehrens, author of UNDERSTANDING THE BIBLE "THE SPIRITUAL EMERSON is a superb and timely collection, one that will help to elucidate and consolidate our understanding of Emerson's spirituality on the occasion of his 200th birthday celebration. Accessibly framed and introduced by David Robinson, our premier scholar of the religious context and character of Emersonian Transcendentalism, this elegantly appointed volume will help open the way to a fuller understanding of the heart of Emerson's thought. Drawn together chronologically from every period of Emerson's long and productive career, the essays contained here provide a sound basis for a better understanding of the life-long evolution of his religious and moral philosophy." --Alan Hodder, Hampshire College "David Robinson is our leading interpreter of the later Emerson's pragmatic turn toward an 'ever greater conviction that ethical action is] not a by-product of religious belief, but the very core of religion itself.' Robinson has for years been calling attention to Emerson as a religious figure, not just a
The Winters in Bloom
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Lisa, PUBLISHER: Atria Books, Kyra and David have been married for almost a decade and consider themselves happy - their home is comfortable, their jobs are stable, and their five year-old son, Michael, is simply perfect. Yet for reasons they've never fully shared with each other, the Winters have always been afraid that something will happen to the life they've created, and more importantly, to their little boy. David is a historian - he knows the past is inescapable, and yet he has spent fifteen years trying to escape the tragedy that ended his first marriage; trying to convince himself that if only he works hard enough, his new family will be safe. Kyra writes questions for a math textbook company; she loves puzzles and worships logic, yet she lives in fear of karma punishing her for the way she betrayed her sister, Amy, in college. After all, Amy was more than a sister - she was Kyra's only real family since their mother abandoned them as young children - and their estrangement weighs heavily on her conscience. So when Michael mysteriously disappears from his backyard one ordinary summer day, Kyra and David feel like the mistakes of their past have finally caught up to them. Each is convinced they know who has their son, but to find him, the Winters must embark upon an odyssey through time and memory. Their journey will involve David's mother, Sandra, who offers both her son and her daughter-in-law a path to understanding, and David's ex-wife Courtney, who lives just across town but in a universe away, where she struggles with the demons that caused her to lose everything she loved that fateful night fifteen years ago. It's only when a mysterious stranger enters their lives that they will discover it's not too late to become the kind of family they've always wanted to be--if only they can find a way to forgive themselves, and believe in the gift of a second chance. Lisa Tucker's most optimistic work since "Once Upon a Day, The Winters in Bloom "is a wise, life-affirming tale that is both poignant and surprisingly funny. Though the fast-paced, captivating story will keep readers turning pages, the novel's true power lies in its profound engagement with what it means to be alive: the mistakes we make, the price we pay, the fragility of human happiness but also the stubborn strength of the human heart.
The Yale Younger Poets Anthology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradley, George, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, "An important and elegant history of American poetry -- how it has been written, received, and read over the course of the century. It is a fascinating survey of the shifting tides in this country's literary tastes". -- J. d. McClatchy "Like most editors the Yale series has had, Auden had no sooner taken the job than he began to worry about the amount of work involved.... He complained vigorously about the introduction requirement he had agreed to only a week before: 'Personally, I am very much against the critical estimate business and would like to see the policy changed. These introductions always sound awful, and the whole idea that a new poet should be introduced by an older one as if he were a debutante or a new face cream, deplorable and false.' The Press held its ground, though. If Benet and MacLeish could do it, so could the new editor. And so, over his objections, Auden was brought to doa task he would accomplish spectacularly well". -- from the Introduction In Yale University Press inaugurated the Yale Series of Younger Poets, designed to "afford a public medium for the work of young men and women who have not vet secured a wide public recognition". This anthology of the longest-running poetry series in the United States tells the story of American poetry in this century. At first a forum for a conservative taste in parochial college verse, the Younger Poets Series soon opened up to unconventional but profound young talents from across the country -- such as James Agee, Muriel Rukeyser, Margaret Walker, William Meredith, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery John Hollander, James Tate, Carolyn Forche, and Robert Hass. This anthology includes poems from the first book by eachof the 92 winners of the annual Younger Poets contest. The selections are accompanied by an introduction by George Bradley, the winner of the contest. Bradley charts the course of the series under the aegis of such contest judges as Stephen Vincent Benet, W. H. Auden, and James Merrill, lacing his narrative with anecdotes about the judges and winners. He also establishes the series' vital role in the development of American poetry and American publishing. The anthology is divided into two sections: "The Early Years", which briefly presents the first 31 winners of the contest, and "The Modern Series", which gives ample room to display the early work of some of America's finest poets. All poets are introduced by a biographical headnote, and in the second section Bradley has added a brief commentary directing the reader to the salient features of each poet's work.
When God Stood Up: A Christian Response to AIDS in Africa
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cantelon, James, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, THE VICTIMS OF THE AIDS PANDEMIC IN AFRICA ARE FAR MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE DEAD AND DYING. MILLIONS OF ORPHANS AND WIDOWS ARE TRYING TO SURVIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY AND SOCIAL OPRESSION. JAMES CANTELON, A CANADIAN PASTOR, HAS CHALLENGED CHURCHES IN AFRICA-AND IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES-TO UNITE IN A COMMON CAUSE TO BRING RELIEF TO SUFFERING OF INTOLERABLE MAGNITUDE. When God Stood Up is the story of a remarkable journey that affirms God's presence in the most ravaged places on Earth. Millions of our fellow human beings are depending on just to be "God's hand extended." Read about their stories and be humbled. "The book puts HIV/AIDS into terrifying perspective. Jim and Kathy Cantelon are the face of God's love to so many who are so desperate." --Deborah Grey, MP (ret'd). "As Jim narrates his accelerated response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, it reminds one of the image G.K. Chesterton captured of St. Francis: always running.' Within a matter of weeks, the author catapults out of Vancouver to the Durban colloquium, to hospitals and church events across the sub-Sahara-you sometimes look for a page to catch your breath Come to think of it, with the awesome destruction of human life described here, what could be mode appropriate? When God Stood Up carries a sense of that which it issues a call for: breathless haste." --John & Ruth Kerr, Trans-Africa Theological College, Kitwe, Zambia "Posturing God as standing up sends readers a signal: beware. Coddled for years by an image of a benign and permissive deity, Cantelon gives a yank on our leash of grace. Human tragedy, he reminds us, isn't just unfortunate-it's the stuff of life that strikes at the very heart of faith, a fait he asserts that should neither be smug nor comfortable. This God of justice makes it clear that those who call themselves by his name are to do no less than embrace justice." --Brian Stiller, President, Tyndale University & Seminary, Toronto "This is more than the story of the calling of a man to a god-sized mission. It is an informative, unfolding drama of perhaps the most critical issue of our time-AIDS in Africa. As Jim has cast and recast his vision, people all over the world have been caught and reeled in to unexpected roles, in response to the pandemic. My husband and I are in that number. Be warned as you read, you too may be stirred to action " --Moira Brown, Co-host, 100 Huntley Street, CTS-TV
Frank G. Slaughter Affinché nessuno muoia Garzanti
Frank G. Slaughter Affinché nessuno muoia Garzanti I Garzanti n. 323 Traduzione: Sergio Varini Introduzione: - Anno: 14 settembre I edizione Pagine: 399 Codice ISBN: - Copertina: cartoncino editoriale. Stato: Buono stato. Peso del libro: gr. 250 Misure del libro: cm x cm La fotografia riproduce il libro. NOTA: Richiedete il catalogo per usufruire della promozione. Contenuto: Il protagonista, Randolph Warren, considera la sua professione come un sacerdozio: il medico e il chirurgo sono al servizio degli ammalati: giorno e notte, remunerati o gratuitamente, andranno dovunque il dovere li chiamerà, in qualunque condizione e qualunque rischio. Intransigente prima di tutto verso se stesso, urterà contro egoismi, cupidige, vanità e incompetenze. Dovrà lottare duramente. Il suo stesso amore si troverà a cimento; a repentaglio la sua vita. Ma vincerà. Slaughter, attraverso le vicende drammatiche del suo protagonista, insorge contro persone e sistemi non raramente avidi e foschi della professione medica e con le sue rivelazioni. L'Autore: Frank Gill Slaughter, noto con lo pseudonimo di C.V. Terry (Washington, 25 febbraio – Jacksonville, 17 maggio ), è stato uno scrittore statunitense, autore di numerosi bestseller del genere del thriller medico, grazie ai quali ha incassato un minimo di 60 e un massimo di 100 milioni di copie. Sui suoi romanzi ha scritto sulla propria esperienza come medico e ha fatto riflettere il suo interesse per la storia e il mondo biblico. Ha spesso introdotto i lettori a risultati entusiasmanti nella ricerca medica e sulle nuove invenzioni della tecnologia tecnologia medica. Slaughter è nato a Washington, figlio di Stephen Lucious Slaughter e Sallie Nicholson Gill. Quando ebbe cinque anni, la sua famiglia si trasferì ad una fattoria vicino a Berea, Carolina del Nord che è a ovest di Oxford, Carolina del Nord. Guadagnò la sua laurea al Trinity College (ora Duke University) a 17 e andò alla scuola medica della Johns Hopkins University di Baltimora. Slaughter ha iniziato a scrivere nel . Ha riscritto il manoscritto That None Should Die. Molti dei suoi romanzi sono diventati film; ad esempio The Warrior, Sangaree e Doctors' Wives. Altri importanti romanzi sono Plague Ship, The Purple Quest, Surgeon, USA, The Mapmaker, Tomorrow's Miracle e The Scarlet Cord' Affinché nessuno muoia. L'ultimo romanzo di Slaughter fu No Greater Love, pubblicato nel . Prezzo: euro 2,00 + spese di spedizione (euro 2,00 piego di libri ordinario, euro 4,00 raccomandata piego di libri). Si fanno spedizioni multiple e, si ricorda, che la merce viaggia a carico del destinatario. Richiedendo il catalogo nel formato excel hai le promozioni 4 x 3, 20 x 13. I più economici sono in omaggio. Per avere il catalogo indicate il vostro indirizzo e-mail personale.
Effect of a Whisper
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Shea, J. Scott, PUBLISHER: Dog Ear Publishing, In, Effect of a Whisper, Josh Greeley has made his decision on the next step in this life-fate chose otherwise. When the chaos of the world quiets down you can begin to truly listen to what is being said. What follows is one man's fight to remember any memories that may give him a future. It took Josh 29 years to get to today, but a single phone call and bad timing changed it all in an instant. It was in this instant, precisely, that a vibrant, intelligent, young man would lose so much. Life is frail, even for a mature man who has overcome life's challenges, and poor timing, only to succumb to another's actions. With the news of a dear uncle's plight and his own bizarre, violent, car crash, Josh's spirituality tells him there are no accidents. Caught between personal suffering, and the mourning of another, Josh must find his way. From out of the darkness to the confines of bed, there come dreams, visions, and ultimately, a realization there is a deeper reasoning for his fate, one that medicine cannot disguise, nor explain. More appropriately, reasoning may lie within a vow, or a prayer with his fading uncle. Or.was it God? Josh walks away from his accident unscathed, but has a gift bestowed upon him that will grow in strength. Coming to terms with this burden, he pieces profound visions and insights together, and so, discovers the purpose of his pain, and finally-his existence. Hesitantly, he learns to listen to the thoughts coming from beyond him to make sense of it all, as death waits for him to weaken. Careful Something that you ask for can come true by unimaginable ways. J. Scott O'Shea currently resides in Kansas City alongside some of his immediate family. Scott was born inthe small town of Westmoreland, Kansas in . He was thereafter raised in Paxico, Kansas during the remainder of his childhood. He went on to attend Washburn University in the City of Topeka, Kansas, where he lived during the development of this work. Aimlessly searching for his calling through college and beyond, he frequented various careers, aside from ending up a wandering, nervous actor, and a short-lived entrepreneur. As it ended up, the last two endeavors took him to where this story began. Effect of a Whisper is the first book in J. Scott O'Shea's promising writing career. It is a story he was first reluctant to write then hesitant to share. The events, which he conveys, began only as a record for his voided memories. Consequently, he struggled with the reason, and the push to unleash his story onto others. It is his sincerest wish that others amongst us can gain an understanding, and find hope where they could not find it before.
Where Are You Now?
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Mary Higgins, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, From America's Queen of Suspense comes a gripping tale of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy -- a quest with terrifying repercussions. It has been ten years since twenty-one-year-old Charles MacKenzie Jr. ("Mack") went missing. A Columbia University senior, about to graduate and already accepted at Duke University Law School, he walked out of his apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side without a word to his college roommates and has never been seen again. However, he does make one ritual phone call to his mother every year: on Mother's Day. Each time, he assures her he is fine, refuses to answer her frantic questions, then hangs up. Even the death of his father, a corporate lawyer, in the tragedy of 9/11 does not bring him home or break the pattern of his calls. Mack's sister, Carolyn, is now twenty-six, a law school graduate, and has just finished her clerkship for a civil court judge in Manhattan. She has endured two family tragedies, yet she realizes that she will never be able to have closure and get on with her life until she finds her brother. She resolves to discover what happened to Mack and why he has found it necessary to hide from them. So this year when Mack makes his annual Mother's Day call, Carolyn interrupts to announce her intention to track him down, no matter what it takes. The next morning after Mass, her uncle, Monsignor Devon MacKenzie, receives a scrawled message left in the collection basket: "Uncle Devon, tell Carolyn she must not look for me." Mack's cryptic warning does nothing to deter his sister from taking up the search, despite the angry reaction of her mother, Olivia, and the polite disapproval of Elliott Wallace, Carolyn's honorary uncle, who is clearly in love with Olivia. Carolyn's pursuit of the truth about Mack's disappearance swiftly plunges her into a world of unexpected danger and unanswered questions. What is the secret that Gus and Lil Kramer, the superintendents of the building in which Mack was living, have to hide? What do Mack's old roommates, the charismatic club owner Nick DeMarco and the cold and wealthy real estate tycoon Bruce Galbraith, know about Mack's disappearance? Is Nick connected to the disappearance of Leesey Andrews, who had last been seen in his trendy club? Can the police possibly believe that Mack is not only alive, but a serial killer, a shadowy predator of young women? Was Mack also guilty of the brutal murder of his drama teacher and the theft of his taped sessions with her? Carolyn's passionate search for the truth about her brother -- and for her brother himself -- leads her into a deadly confrontation with someone close to her whose secret he cannot allow her to reveal.
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McBride, James, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, Make this your next book club selection and everyone saves. Get 15% off when you order 5 or more of this title for your book club. Simply enter the coupon code MCBRIDECOLOR at checkout. This offer does not apply to eBook purchases. This offer applies to only one downloadable audio per purchase. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, "The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother." The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion--and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain. In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April . Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college--and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University. Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a ly