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Off Balance: A Memoir
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moceanu, Dominique / Williams, Paul / Williams, Teri, PUBLISHER: Touchstone Books, An unflinchingly honest memoir from Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu that reveals the often dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics as only an insider can--and the secrets she learned about the past that nearly tore apart her family.At fourteen years old, Dominique Moceanu was the youngest member of the U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastic team, the first and only American women's team to take gold at the Olympics. Her pixie-like appearance, passion for the sport, and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of media darling. But behind the fame, the flawless floor routines, and the million-dollar smile, her life was a series of challenges and hardships. From her stubborn father and long-suffering mother, to her acclaimed Svengali-like coach, Bela Karolyi, "Off Balance" reveals how each of the dominating characters contributed to Moceanu's rise to the top. Here, Moceanu finally shares the haunting stories of competition, her years of hiding injuries and pain out of fear of retribution from her coaches, and how she hit rock bottom after being publicly scorned by her father. But medals, murder plots, drugs, and daring escapes aside (all of which figure into Moceanu's incredible journey), the most unique aspect of her life is the family secret that Moceanu discovers, opening a new and unexpected chapter in her adult life, just as she reclaims the love of the sport that had defined so much of her life. A multilayered memoir that transcends the world of gymnastics and sport, "Off Balance "will touch anyone who has ever dared to dream of a better life.
Wonder Show
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnaby, Hannah, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, friends and neighbors, allow me to change your lives Step inside Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show You've read about them in magazines, these so-called human curiosities, this tribe of misfits--now come and seefor yourselves. We've got a gent as tall as a tree, a lady with a beard, and don't miss your chance to see the Wild Albinos of Bora Bora Ask Madame Doula to peer into your future (only two dollars more if you want to know how you're going to die). And between these covers behold the greatest act of our display--Portia Remini, the strangest of the menagerie because she's a 'normal' among the freaks, searching for a new beginning on the bally, far away from McGreavey's Home for Wayward Girls, where Mister watches and waits. He said he would always find Portia, said she could never leave... Oh, it's not for the faint of heart folks. If you're prone to nightmares or you've got a weak ticker, you'd best move on. Within these pages lies a tale of abandonment, loss, misfortune for the rich and glory for the poor (and a little murder doesn't hurt). It's a story for the ages, but be warned: once you enter the Wonder Show you will never be the same.
Xbox 360 grande collezione
Vendo per xbox 360 tutti ORIGINALI: Giochi usati ma in ottime condizioni e completi: Prezzo indicativo, sconti per acquisti multipli 05 euro Truth or Lies (pal-uk) 05 euro You are in the movies 06 euro Gears of war edizione digitale (posso inviare anche il solo codice senza spedire il cartoncino) 08 euro Gears of war 2 (uk) 08 euro Halo 3 (uk) 09 euro Perfect Dark Zero 10 euro Mirror's Edge 10 euro Duke Nukem Forever (uk) 12 euro Bayonetta 12 euro Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction 12 euro Dead Island Special Edition 12 euro Resident Evil 5 12 euro Rage: Anarchy Edition 13 euro Brutal Legend 13 euro Fight Night Round 3 13 euro Battlefield 3 14 euro Battlefield 3 Limited Edition: Physical Warfare Pack 14 euro Mass Effect 14 euro Dead Space 15 euro Call of duty 4 modern warfare 15 euro L.A. Noire 15 euro Fight Night Round 3 16 euro Gears of war 2 16 euro Bioshock 2 16 euro Red Dead Redemption 21 euro Red Dead Redemption game of the year edition (GOTY) Accessori: 15 euro Cavo xbox alta definizione & ottico originale Microsoft Spedizione in prioritaria (3 euro) o corriere assicurato (6 euro). Per maggiori informazioni sui giochi e foto, contatto via mail oppure guardate il mio sito. Disponibile ad eventuali scambi con giochi e accessori xbox, wii, ps3.. Tutti i giochi sono originali. Quelli presenti in foto e non descritti sono stati venduti.
Cd dei " finley" dal titolo " adrenalina" nuovo e ancora
Vendo cd dei " finley" dal titolo " adrenalina" nuovo e ancora imbustato! posso spedire con posta ordinaria non tracciabile al costo di euro 3,50. pagamento tramite bonifico bancario o servizi postali da concordare.contattatemi pure via email. adrenalina è il secondo album del gruppo musicale italiano finley, pubblicato il 15 giugno . sono stati pubblicati tre singoli di questo cd: adrenalina, domani e questo sono io. niente da perdere è stato suonato per la prima volta come anticipazione dell'album adrenalina agli mtv trl awards , che si sono svolti a milano il 14 aprile, in piazza duomo, seguito da un medley tra fumo e cenere, tutto è possibile e diventerai una star. a trl on tour a bari e a roma hanno suonato la canzone domani, secondo singolo dell'album. venerdì 28 settembre per la prima volta è stato trasmesso il loro secondo video domani in esclusiva alla trasmissione televisiva trl. inoltre, mtv ha scelto i finley con il loro video domani per inaugurare dal 1 ottobre mtv pulse italia, nuovo canale digitale. il 1 dicembre hanno suonato live ai kids' choice awards italiani il loro terzo singolo, questo sono io. tracce: 1. niente da perdere - . adrenalina - . c'è qualcosa che non va - . ad occhi chiusi - . qui per voi - . veleno - . questo sono io - . domani - . mai più - . voglio - . lies are all around me . satisfied - 3:13
Lotto 20 MIX Deep House - Classic - Garage 90
Tutti i dischi sono di stampa originale e in formato MIX 12" per DJ. Questa è la lista: DJ Duke - The Unreleased Dubs Pal Joey / Reynald Deschamps - DJ Grooves Vol. 1 Vitamino - What I've Got - Joey Negro Remixes Jamie Principle - I'm Gonna Make You Scream The Heclectic Featuring Latasha P. Jordan - Found A Cure - 2x12" - Bobby D'Ambrosio Remixes Reggie Hall - Privately JEEK! - Give Her What She Wants Gene King Featuring T-Wan - Lies And Alibis Ira Levi - We Came To Work It Out Cooly's Hot Box - We Don't Have To Be Alone - 2x12" Raw Instinct - De La Bass Anthony Thomas - Don't Say Goodbye Cyclone - Love & Happiness Jeremy Jordan - My Love Is Good Enough - Jamie Principle Remix Urban Soul - Until We Meet Again - 2x12" - Mike Delgado Remixes Eddie, Santonio - Turn Me Out Xana - Take Me Away Nexus 1 Featuring Steve Simmons - 'Yo Body Phuture Scope - Plastic / Hands Of Time Victor Simonelli Presents International Connection - I Can't Help Myself Tutti i dischi sono tenuti in ottime condizioni: sui vinili segni di utilizzo minimi. Vendo in blocco a 35 euro esclusa eventuale spedizione (12 euro). Altre info tramite mail oppure contatto diretto al 324- (anche whatsapp). NO SMS. N.B. i dischi sono quelli che potete vedere nella foto.
Living in Space: From Science Fiction to the International
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caprara, Giovanni, PUBLISHER: Firefly Books, Living in space is no longer just a dream. In a few short years, international cooperation between the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, Canada and Brazil has resulted in man's first successful attempt to live in space. And after many projects and some experimental space stations, like the Russian Salyut and Mir or the American Skylab, we are almost ready to launch the Great International Base, a stable space station geared towards the future. As large as a football field, this engineering masterpiece is scheduled for completion in . It will host six people, and astronauts of every nationality are expected to do extensive traveling to and from the station in orbit. Many scientific studies will be conducted on board and even more eagerly anticipated are the preparations for the great journey to Mars that will begin soon after. "Living in Space" tells the story of the orbital pioneers of the past and the fascinating future that now lies open before us. It narrates this century old story that combines science fiction stories, scientific and technological breakthroughs, political intrigue and imaginative ideas where fantasy, imagination and adventure are basic ingredients for every past and future endeavor. With the aide of numerous pictures, some published for the first time, we have the full story of the successes and disasters, of how courageous astronauts lived and, above all, what future living conditions will be like in the near future.
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BASTA SEGRETI BASTA BUGIE UNA GUIDA AL RISVEGLIO PLANETARIO AUTORE: PATRICIA CORI EDITORE: NEXUS EDIZIONI IN COEDIZIONE CON LIGHT WORKS PRESS GENERE: ESOTERISMO PRIMA EDIZIONE ITALIANA OTTOBRE TRADUZIONE DI MAURIZIO BAIATA TITOLO ORIGINALE: NO MORE SECRETS NO MORE LIES. A HANDBOOK TO STARSEED AWAKENING 259 PAGINE ISBN ISBN-13 VOLUME BROSSURATO CON COPERTINA MORBIDA ILLUSTRATA DIMENSIONI 15X21 CM OTTIME CONDIZIONI IN ITALIANO Questo libro smaschera le oscure élite che controllano il mondo e i loro perversi meccanismi, coi quali cercano disperatamente ma inutilmente di mantenere soggiogata l'umanità e di impedire che si compia la meravigliosa trasmutazione di Gaia e di tutti i suoi abitanti. Un imperdibile inno al futuro radioso che ci attende, se sapremo coglierlo. Costi della spedizione: 3 euro con posta normale 5 euro con raccomandata E' previsto il ritiro a mano Io consiglio la spedizione per raccomandata perche' tracciabile. Per la spedizione normale non ne garantisco l'arrivo. Se l'acquirente la vuole comunque scegliere lo fa a suo rischio, non mi carico di nessuna responsabilita'. Accetto come pagamento Bonifico e altro. Per Paypal addebito in piu' il costo delle commissioni. A spedizione effettuata informero' il compratore, tramite mail, dell'avvenuto invio. Non effettuo scambi, sconti o permute quindi evitate di chiedere non avrete risposta! Preferisco un contatto diretto sul mio cellulare, non invio SMS. Non si accettano reclami a posteriori.
Lotto 62 Vinili 45 Giri Italo Disco - Dance 80
I dischi sono in formato 7" (45 Giri - dischi "piccoli"). Questi sono alcuni titoli: Duran Duran - Notorious Buffalo Chavan - El Bimbo '89 Silver Pozzoli - Pretty Baby Bolland - Ten American Girls Joy Michael - Dancin' Eddy Huntington - Hey Senorita Gary Numan - We Are Glass Decoupage - Puerto Rico Mandy - Victim Of Pleasure Taffy - Once More Spandau Ballet - How Many Lies ? Howard Jones - Things Only Get Better Wham! - Bad Boys ABC - Be Near Me Donna Rouge - Fake Patty Brard - You Stole A Little Piece Of My Heart Bruce & Bongo - The Best Disco (In The World) Riò - Te Gusta L'Aragosta Patrick Hernandez - Tallulah Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style Matt Bianco - More Than I Can Bear Kamillo - Buenas Noches Passengers - Rhapsody Alberto Camerini - Rock n Roll Robot Koto - Japanese War Game Hotline - Feel So Strong George Michael - A Different Corner gli altri dischi che compongono il lotto sono tutti Italo Disco e Dance anni 80 per un totale complessivo di 62 dischi. tutti i dischi sono usati ma tenuti in buone condizioni, sia i vinili che le copertine (tutte originali) vendo in blocco a 30 euro esclusa eventuale spedizione (10 euro). altre info tramite mail oppure contatto diretto al 324- (anche whatsapp) NO SMS. N.B. i dischi sono quelli che potete vedere nella foto.
Creating the American State: The Moral Reformers and the
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stillman, Richard Joseph, II, PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press, Whether renewing a driver's license, traveling on an airplane, or just watching in fascination as a robot probes Mars, we all participate in the everyday workings of the modern administrative state. As Stillman demonstrates in this study, however, we have not, until now, fully investigated or appreciated this administrative state's origins or its evolution into the entity that so affects our lives today. Stillman reveals that this modern enterprise emerged from a complex foundation of ideas and ideals rather than as a result of a simple, rational plan or cataclysmic event, as previously contended. In fact, he finds that the basis for our current administrative state lies in the lives of the seven individuals who, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, invented its various elements. Stillman also finds that although they lived at different times, these seven founders -- George William Curtis, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., Emory Upton, Jane Addams, Frederick W. Taylor, Richard Childs, and Louis Brownlow -- had much in common: all were products of intensely Protestant, small-town America, and all were motivated by strong moral idealism. Indeed, Stillman finds that state making in the United States has been a continuation of the Protestant goal to "protest and purify". Some names are more recognizable than others, but all, through remarkable moral fervor and exceptional leadership skills, invented the administrative practices and procedures so familiar today.
Trumpet in the Wadi
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Michael, Sami / Lotan, Yael, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Leading Israeli novelist Sami Michael shares his gift for navigating the cultural conflicts in modern Israel with "A Trumpet in the Wadi," a novel that transcends its Middle Eastern setting with an honest and heartbreaking story of impossible love and the strength of family. Set in the months preceding the Israeli-Arab conflict in Lebanon, this beautifully written tale is the coming-of-age story of two fatherless Christian Arab sisters, Huda and Mary, who live in the wadi -- the Arab quarter in the Jewish city of Haifa on the northern coast of Israel. An extraordinary bond of love and mutual respect unites the sisters -- polar opposites from their appearances to their tempers. Huda, the narrator of the story, is thin and withdrawn and, after abandoning her chance at marriage a few years back, has prematurely resigned herself to the monotonous life of an old maid. Her younger sister, Mary, is voluptuous, carnal, and perennially unemployed. Wrapped in the love of their sometimes bitter mother, their iconoclast grandfather, and the cheerful and omnipresent neighbor Jamilla, the sisters' lives change when a peculiar young Russian Jewish immigrant, Alex, moves into the upstairs flat. The melodies of the soulful trumpet player become the intoxicating theme music for Huda's unexpected reawakening -- and for Mary's dangerous foray into a love triangle with the heir of the local Muslim mob and her country cousin. Michael's internationally acclaimed novel is a major achievement, illuminating the vast range of interlocking relationships between Jews and Arabs, Muslims and Christians, men and women. "A Trumpet in the Wadi" is an honest, witty, and ultimately heartbreaking story -- onethat draws on the conflicts in the Middle East, but one whose insights into love and family can cross all cultural and political boundaries.
Fragile X, Fragile Hope: Finding Joy in Parenting a Special
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Griffin, Elizabeth, PUBLISHER: Emerald Books, For the multitudes of parents facing the challenge of raising a child with special needs, Fragile X, Fragile Hope affirms that they can survive the devastation of the unexpected diagnosis, the lost dreams, the confusion of treatment options, the sleep deprivation, the painful misunderstandings of friends and family--and that more than survive, they can find a way through this chronic stress and grief back to hope and joy. Elizabeth Griffin's stunning, honest book shows how parents can move from profound grief to embracing parenting a special needs child. Elizabeth's son Zack is a Fragile X child with autistic tendencies. Like most families, the Griffin family's prayers were not answered with a cure for their child, but rather with the miracle of God's sustaining grace that carries them through each day. Elizabeth says, We experience so much joy in parenting Zack, despite our heartache over his limitations.... I have to admit that prior to Zack's entrance into my life, I viewed children with special needs as a tragic burden. I remember hearing a speaker on the radio say they wouldn't trade the experience of having a special needs child for anything. I thought, "Liar You're just saying that to be positive. You don't really mean it " Now that I've worked through the initial grief, anger, and fear that Zack's diagnosis brought, I have to agree with the man on the radio. There is a deep sense of love and joy that I've found in parenting a special needs child that I never expected, and that I am grateful to have in my life. Fragile X, Fragile Hope helps all of us grapple with our faith in the midst of adversity.
Ashenden
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilhide, Elizabeth, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Perfect for fans of "Downton Abbey," a beautifully atmospheric novel about an English country house and the people who inhabit it, upstairs and downstairs, over the course of 240 years. ""The house contains time. Its walls hold stories. Births and deaths, comings and goings, people and events passing through. For now, however, it lies suspended in a kind of emptiness, as if it has fallen asleep or someone has put it under a spell. This silence won't last: can't last. Something will have to be done." "When brother and sister Charlie and Ros discover that they have inherited their aunt's much-loved house, they must decide if they should sell it. Moving back in time, in an interwoven narrative spanning two and a half centuries, we meet those who have built the house, lived in it and loved it, worked in it, and those who would subvert it to their own ends, including the original architect as he directs the building of the house, the big Victorian family who happily live there for forty years, the maid who thinks her problems will be solved if she steals a small bibelot, the soldiers who are billeted there during World War I, the speculator who holds a treasure hunt there during the Roaring Twenties, the young couple who restores it during the s, and the house's final owner. A novel about people, architecture, and living history, "Ashenden" is an evocative portrait of a house that becomes a character as compelling as the people who inhabit it.
Just One Look
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Coben, Harlan, PUBLISHER: Large Print Press, A New York Times Bestseller A Main Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club, Doubleday Book Club, Literary Guild, and Mystery Guild Harlan Coben, author of the coast-to-coast bestseller "No Second Chance," delivers an emotionally powerful thrill-ride of a novel that asks the question: How far would you go to protect your family? An ordinary snapshot causes a suburban mother's world to unravel in an instant. When Grace Lawson picks up a newly developed set of family photographs, there is a picture that doesn't belong - a photo from at least twenty years ago. In the photo are five people: four Grace can't recognize and one that looks strikingly like her husband, Jack. When Jack sees the photo, he denies he's the man in it. But later that night, while Grace lies in bed, he drives away without explanation, taking the photograph with him. In the days that follow, Grace struggles with doubts and unanswered questions, along with the realization that others are looking for Jack - including one fierce, silent killer who will not be stopped. About the author: Winner of the Edgar Award, the Shamus Award, and the Anthony Award, Harlan Coben is the author of ten previous novels, including the New York Times bestsellers "No Second Chance, Gone for Good," and "Tell No One," and his highly popular Myron Bolitar series. Harlan Coben lives in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with his wife and their four children.
The Downfall and Rise of Steven Leroy Zienner
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dampier, Jerry, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, Steven Leroy Zienner is a hard-working, hard-driving, hard-headed, economic materialist. Money, because of the influence it has over people and because of the things it buys, is the highest value he places on life. Unrestrained ambition in the pursuit of accumulating large profits, Mr. Zienner believes, lies at the heart of success and, at the same time, he believes wealth is the key to complete happiness. As a result of his genius in the affairs of business, (that, and the willingness to exploit his employees to maximum effect) Mr. Zienner became a multimillionaire before his 30th birthday. The story takes place in the 195O''s in Cleveland, Ohio; Vicksburg, Mississippi; and Paris, France. At this point, it should be noted that this story, The Downfall and Rise of Steven Leroy Zienner, is not merely a story about a man''s company, or the products that he sells, or even his rise from humble beginnings to wealth and privilege. It is a story about a choice a person ultimately makes between personal growth or self destruction when faced with personal tragedies and financial ruin. It is about the stubbornness as well as the willingness to see different points-of-view; it is about the desire to live in accordance with certain values and principles, or the lack thereof; it is also about the importance of family and friends; and the discovery, examination, and triumph over some of the most unattractive and malevolent elements within human nature. All-in-all, it''s about a man''s downfall; but more importantly, his struggle to rise in the pursuit of the ethics of Happiness.
Vari libri thriller, gialli, horror
Libri Gialli, Thriller, Horror a vari prezzi. Posso anche spedirli: +5euro di spese di spedizione con piego libri raccomandato e tracciabile. Oppure +2euro di spedizione con piego libri ordinario. Disponibile per info e foto su ogni singolo libro, anche su whatsapp. SCONTI su acquisti multipli. oStephen King, Robert R. McCammon, Ramsey Campbell e altri - Il libro dei morti viventi 4euri oCandace Robb - Il borgo insanguinato (Thriller medioevale) 5euri oPaul Lindsay - Sadico 4euri oStephen King - La bambina che amava Tom Gordon 3euri oStephen King - Gli occhi del Drago 4euri oStephen King - Mucchio d'ossa 5euri oStephen King - La metà oscura 3euri oStephen King - Colorado Kid 5euri oStephen King - I lupi della calla 8 euri oStephen King - Tutto è fatidico, 14 storie nere 8euri oGreg Lies - L' uomo che rubava la morte 4euri oChuck Driskell - Diari di sangue 4euri oPaul Begg - Jack lo squartatore: la vera storia 12euri oMarcello Simoni - Il mercante di libri maledetti 5euri oRex Stout _ Nero Wolfe il profumo del delitto 5euri oMatthew Pearl - L'ombra di Edgar Allan Poe 6euri oDiego Cugia - Un amore all'inferno 7euri oGlenn Cooper - Il marchio del diavolo 9euri oUmberto Eco - Il cimitero di Praga 9euri oTim Willocks - Il fine ultimo della creazione 5euri oNeil Cross - I resti di lei 5euri oThomas Harris - Hannibal Lecter le origini del male 9euri oOlle Lönnaeus - Cuore nazista 6euri oJohn Grisham - Il ricatto 6euri oJohn Grisham - L'ultimo giurato 4euri oJohn Grisham - I contendenti 10euri oHugh Laurie - Il venditore di armi 4euri oEdgar Alla Poe - Racconti del terrore 2euri
Only Time Will Tell
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Archer, Jeffrey, PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, From the internationally bestselling author of "Kane and Abel" and "A Prisoner of Birth" comes "Only Time Will Tell," the first in an ambitious new series that tells the story of one family across generations, across oceans, from heartbreak to triumph. The epic tale of Harry Clifton's life begins in , with the words "I was told that my father was killed in the war." A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he's left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys' school, and his life will never be the same again. As he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line? This introductory novel in Archer's ambitious series The Clifton Chronicles includes a cast of colorful characters and takes us from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take up a place at Oxford or join the navy and go to war with Hitler's Germany. From the docks of working-class England to the bustling streets of New York City, "Only Time Will Tell" takes readers on a journey through to future volumes, which will bring to life one hundred years of recent history to reveal a family story that neither the reader nor Harry Clifton himself could ever have imagined.
Small Wonder: Worlds in a Box
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Levinthal, David / Corey, David, PUBLISHER: Zzdap Publishing, In the general introduction to these first two books in the National Museum of American Art's new series, "American Scene," the series editor and series curator express a hope to "present the evolving portrait of America" in a time when "the myth of the melting pot' has given way to a social fabric woven into a coat of many colors.'" While that noble dream is well on its way to being realized here, the reality still does not quite feel like art. The work of Bernice Abbott and Robert Frank, referred to in the introduction, provides insights into American life but is also characterized by a particular way of seeing. These books have less the effect of art than of photojournalism-though perhaps the best sort, one encouraging contemplation rather than sensationalism. Unfortunately, the problem lies largely in the nature of series, the constraints of size and format and introduction, which here places as much weight on the editors' vision as the individual photographer's ability to see. That said, these are nonetheless valuable documents of today's middle America, by turns pleasant and disturbing, honest, and mythical. Pratt focuses on the county fairs of the Midwest, the traditions they maintain, and, most importantly, the people who attend them. Arndt photographs men, mostly working class, mostly in crumbling cities, establishing a sense of unity among his subjects that makes it the more successful of the books. In these two multiple-image portraits, public libraries will find a moving record of fading people and their traditions.-Eric Bryant Library Journal
Hidden Addictions
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McKeever, Bridget Clare / Dayringer, Richard L., PUBLISHER: Routledge, In Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs, you'll find that beneath the gruesome, more public face of illegal drug abuse lies another less hideous, but just as destructive, layer of addiction--the addiction to prescribed drugs. In this revealing study, you'll learn how you can confront the hidden malady of legal drug dependency in individuals and ultimately break its chokehold on a world already ravaged by complacency and social-systemic dysfunction.The only book of its kind, Hidden Addictions is a concise, readable pastoral perspective on the creeping epidemic of legal drug abuse. Its illuminating case vignettes show you the social roots of addiction and give you the spiritual and religious resources necessary to put you and your loved ones on the road to holistic recovery. Specifically, you'll read about: groups most at risk--girls, young women, and older women types of drugs, including tranquilizers, sedatives, antidepressants, and painkillers over-the-counter drugs and look-alike drugs women and the pharmaceutical industry recovery methods, including detoxification, family therapy, and couple counseling spiritual resources and systemic reformIn a society already addicted to power, pleasure, and possession, you don't always see the "warning buttons" being pushed. But this book shows that you can turn back the quiet tide of spiritual sickness and psychochemical dependency that's sweeping the globe. So whether you're a pastor whose congregation is suffering, a social worker administering to addicted clientele, or a campus minister, Hidden Addictions will give you the pragmatism and awareness you need to heal the wounded soul.
Understanding Karma and Rebirth: A Buddhist Perspective
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: St Ruth, Diana, PUBLISHER: Buddhist Pub Group, Understanding Karma and Rebirth A Buddhist Perspective Rebirth and reincarnation are generally accepted realities in the East and have been since ancient times. What the next life will be is usually the question rather than whether it will be. In the West, on the other hand, we have our own religious and secular beliefs which usually do not include living another life, or at least not in this world or in this way. A common idea amongst Westerners is that annihilation is an unavoidable fact: 'When you're dead you're dead ' But unless one wakes up to the truth of it - East or West - one is caught in cultural conditioning and personal beliefs. Buddhism is about becoming aware of what life actually is rather than being blinded by beliefs and conditioning. The Buddha saw life as a changing procession of conditions, events, and circumstances, one thing leading to another without beginning or end, timeless and limitless. And he recognised that the part of ourselves which is aware, which sees and knows, is never born and never dies. He spoke of a direct 'seeing' into the nature of existence beyond words, beyond the intellect. Understanding the cause and effect process - the nature of karma and rebirth - and what lies behind it is the underlying message of this book. Diana St Ruth points out that Buddhism is a personal journey of discovery which involves seeing through one's own delusions. She leads us by degrees to a place of awareness, clarity of mind, and understanding.
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Policy Design for Democracy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Schneider, Anne Larason / Ingram, Helen, PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas, How can democracy be improved in an age when people are profoundly disenchanted with government? Part of the answer lies in the design of public policy that unmistakenly works to advance citizenship by listening to, educating, and involving ordinary people. Rather than serve mainly the narrow interests of powerful groups who are socially constructed as "deserving" or issuing discipline and punishment to powerless people socially constructed as "undeserving", public policy needs to advance citizenship, solve problems, pursue justice, and balance the interests of individuals with a concern for the collective good. Policy Design for Democracy is a theoretically sophisticated work that draws examples from a wide array of public policy arenas. It summarizes four current approaches to policy theory -- pluralism, policy sciences, public choice, and critical theory -- and shows how none offers more than a partial view of the policy design characteristics that support and perpetuate democracy. Schneider and Ingram then develop a theory of public policymaking predicated on understanding how differences in policy designs are related to differences in the contexts from which they emerge and how these designs have an impact on democracy. One of the first books to examine systematically the substantive aspects of public policy, Policy Design for Democracy is written clearly and with sufficient examples to make it easily understandable by undergraduates. Its linkage of public policy to citizenship is an important antidote to the overly technical and goal-driven orientation adopted by the policy sciences and public choice, and to the overly self-interested and strategic political games found inpluralist theory. Schneider and Ingram close by recommending a series of reforms that will improve policy designs and help restore citizen confidence in government.
Hitler's U-Boat Fortresses
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bradham, Randolph, PUBLISHER: Lyons Press,.".. A most unexpected gift to our nation. I know veterans will want to read this; but I hope all Americans, especially the children, will read it so they understand the sacrifices their grandparents made..." --Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-South Carolina The French naval bases at St. Nazaire and Lorient, occupied by the Germans in June , quickly became the homes of massive U-boat fortresses--nearly indestructible submarine pens, built mostly by slave labor. From these bases, the U-boats struck merchant shipping at will from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. Thousands of vessels were lost, along with vital war material from the U.S. destined for Britain and the Soviet Union. The Royal Air Force began an all-out bombardment of the two ports. Despite their extensive efforts--and those of the Americans who joined them in --the fortresses would survive, surrounded by decimated French towns and countryside. The desperate battle was waged on land, air, and sea. Because the dock at St. Nazaire could house and repair Hitler's powerful warship, the "Tirpitz," British commandos carried out a daring raid to destroy it in March of . They succeeded, but with a great loss of life, and the Germans were able to quickly repair much of the damage. The defenses of these fortresses were so strong that General Eisenhower would ultimately decide to seek containment rather than destruction. The U.S. Army's 66th Infantry Division, on its way to take up the task, lost its troopship "Leopoldville" to a German torpedo, with 802 men going down with the ship. The French underground movement in the area would spawn a fighting force of men to fight alongside the Allies, and thesubsequent German reprisals would devastate many families in Brittany. Yet, the bases stood--and they continue to stand today.
Bush in Babylon Bush in Babylon: The Recolonisation of Iraq
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ali, Tariq, PUBLISHER: Verso, The assault and capture of Iraq -- and the resistance it has provoked -- will shape the politics of the twenty-first century. In this passionate and provocative book, Tariq Ali provides a history of Iraqi resistance against empires old and new, and argues against the view that sees imperialist occupation as the only viable solution to bring about regime-change in corrupt and dictatorial states. Like the author's previous work, The Clash of Fundamentalisms, this book presents a magnificent cultural history. Detailing the longstanding imperial ambitions of key figures in the Bush administration and how war profiteers close to Bush are cashing in, Bush in Babylon is unique in moving beyond the corporate looting by the US military government to offer the reader an expert and in-depth analysis of the extent of resistance to the US occupation in Iraq. On 15 February , eight million people marched on the streets of five continents against a war that had not yet begun. A historically unprecedented number of people rejected official justifications for war that the secular Ba'ath Party of Iraq was connected to al-Qaeda or that "weapons of mass destruction" existed in the region, outside of Israel. More people than ever are convinced that the greatest threat to peace comes from the center of the American empire and its satrapies, with Blair and Sharon as lieutenants to the Commander-in-Chief. Examining how countries from Japan to France eventually rushed to support US aims, as well as the futile UN resistance, Tariq Ali proposes a re-founding of Mark Twain's mammoth American Anti-Imperialist League (which included William James, W.E.B. DuBois, William Dean Howells, and John Dewey) to carry forward the antiwar movement. Meanwhile, as Iraqis show unexpected hostility and independence, rather than gratitude, for "liberation," Ali is unique is uncovering the depth of the resistance now occurring inside occupied Iraq.
The Marriage Plot
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eugenides, Jeffrey, PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers, The long-awaited new novel from the Pultizer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides. "There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel." -- Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers Madeleine Hanna was the dutiful English major who didn't get the memo. While everyone else in the early s was reading Derrida, she was happily absorbed with Jane Austen and George Eliot: purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. Madeleine was the girl who dressed a little too nicely for the taste of her more bohemian friends, the perfect girlfriend whose college love life, despite her good looks, hadn't lived up to expectations. But now, in the spring of her senior year, Madeleine has enrolled in a semiotics course "to see what all the fuss is about," and, for reasons that have nothing to do with school, life and literature will never be the same. Not after she falls in love with Leonard Morten--charismatic loner, college Darwinist and lost Oregon boy--who is possessed of seemingly inexhaustible energy and introduces her to the ecstasies of immediate experience. And certainly not after Mitchell Grammaticus--devotee of Patti Smith and Thomas Merton--resurfaces in her life, obsessed with the idea that Madeleine is destined to be his mate. The triangle in this amazing and delicious novel about a generation beginning to grow up is age old, and completely fresh and surprising. With devastating wit, irony and an abiding understanding and love for his characters, Jeffrey Eugenides resuscitates the original energies of the novel while creating a story so contemporary that it reads like the intimate journal of our own lives.
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hayes, Christopher, PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group (NY), A powerful and original argument that traces the roots of our present crisis of authority to an unlikely source: the meritocracy. Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another - from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball - imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters. How did we get here? With "Twilight of the Elites," Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer. Since the s, as the meritocracy elevated a more diverse group of men and women into power, they learned to embrace the accelerating inequality that had placed them near the very top. Their ascension heightened social distance and spawned a new American elite--one more prone to failure and corruption than any that came before it. Mixing deft political analysis, timely social commentary, and deep historical understanding, "Twilight of the Elites" describes how the society we have come to inhabit - utterly forgiving at the top and relentlessly punitive at the bottom - produces leaders who are out of touch with the people they have been trusted to govern. Hayes argues that the public's failure to trust the federal government, corporate America, and the media has led to a crisis of authority that threatens to engulf not just our politics but our day-to-day lives. Upending well-worn ideological and partisan categories, Hayes entirely reorients our perspective on our times. "Twilight of the Elites" is the defining work of social criticism for the post-bailout age.