Download or read book Wages Against Artwork written by Leigh Claire La Berge and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-23 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last twenty years have seen a rise in the production, circulation, and criticism of new forms of socially engaged art aimed at achieving social justice and economic equality. In Wages Against Artwork Leigh Claire La Berge shows how socially engaged art responds to and critiques what she calls decommodified labor—the slow diminishment of wages alongside an increase in the demands of work. Outlining the ways in which socially engaged artists relate to work, labor, and wages, La Berge examines how artists and organizers create institutions to address their own and others' financial precarity; why the increasing role of animals and children in contemporary art points to the turn away from paid labor; and how the expansion of MFA programs and student debt helps create the conditions for decommodified labor. In showing how socially engaged art operates within and against the need to be paid for work, La Berge offers a new theorization of the relationship between art and contemporary capitalism.

Download or read book Hard Place written by Ernie Lindsey and published by Ernie Lindsey. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Parker's world is quickly coming unhinged. As the #2 contract assassin for an ultra-secret organization called The Company, he's already a possible target for elimination after an ill-fated job went horribly wrong in Morocco. Another mistake could be his last. As if that wasn't enough, his dying wife isn't responding to her experimental treatments and his next mark, a brilliant doctor who may have discovered a universal cure for cancer, disappears. Things aren't what they seem as he scrambles to ensure the mission's success, but he faces a monumental decision; complete his assignment like a good employee should, or spare the doctor's life and ultimately risk the unforgiving wrath of The Company. Keywords: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Assassin, Hitman, Medical, Free, Freebie, free mystery books

Download or read book Rock and a Hard Place written by Stephen J. Martin and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a rock star was all Jimmy ever wanted, but it was supposed to happen when he was seventeen, not in his thirties. Now it's happening and Jimmy doesn't know what to do - it's wrecking his head.

Download or read book A Soft Spot in a Hard Place written by Zachary Gough and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Playing with words written by Kaptain Obvious and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wise old bartender Had cleaned every glass From the lips that would listen As their footprints would pass He learned about 'talkers' And the things they'd drink in While by nature and wisdom What we've learned in our skin He spoke very little As he'd wipe them all dry Not only the outside But their insides that cry... "I'm empty and lonely And need something with proof" ....That's when he'd open up And serve the hardest drink - 'Truth'

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Download or read book Hard Knocks Soft Spots written by Paddy Doherty and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I fight hard and love strong. I'm a traveller.' Paddy Doherty loves his life as an Irish traveller, but as a child he felt like an outsider. He was different to his siblings. On the rare occasions he went to school, he was bullied for being a gypsy boy. And beyond the gates of the camp he found nothing but hostility. Slowly, Paddy's hurt turned into anger and by the age of 11 he had started out on an illustrious career in bare-knuckle fighting. This earned him a position as one of the most well-respected (and feared) men in the travelling community. Yet while he won countless contests in the ring, the real battles he faced were very much outside. In this deeply honest autobiography, he tells of how he has loved and lost five children; plummeted to seven stone while battling depression, drink and drugs. He describes how it feels to be shot point-blank in the head and the lengths he'll go to to protect his people, as well as life since My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding and Big Brother. Told with all the warmth and humour he is famed for, Paddy's rich and colourful story is one that will stay with you for a long time to come.

Download or read book tween a Rock and a Hard Place written by Wm. E. Bobb and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jake Leggs didn't know when he walked into his favorite watering hole that his life was going to change on a dime, and not for the better. A drug courier—a young woman—abandons a suitcase of drugs in Jake's truck behind the bar. He only finds out about it after he rescues her from her minders. Normally he'd turn it over to the cops, but a certain judge has a hard-on for him, and he's not sure he trusts anyone in law enforcement. He's forced by events to negotiate a trade for the girl's life with a drug lord while evading the cops. Throw in high-level corruption, a breakaway polygynous cult's involvement, the mob, and you have a recipe for disaster.

Download or read book A Rock And A Hard Place written by Shane Townsend and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the collective set of circumstances that drove the main character, Nathan, to make the choice to begin robbing banks. Nathan is an ex-con who is doing his best to live a square life and follow the rules. Along the way, he meets a vibrant, sexy lady named Brandy, and she has his nose wide open. Eventually they move in together. For this handsome couple, the future looks bright. But an unexpected and sudden bout with a recurring illness causes Nathan to lose his job and puts a serious strain on both his finances and his relationship. Feeling like less than a man because of his inability to contribute to his household financially and due to the constant nagging and negativity and disrespect by Brandy, Nathan decides to rob just one bank to remedy his situation. But Nathan is an addict and was instantly addicted to the thrill and adrenaline rush caused by robbing that bank. Once he got started, stopping was never really an option.

Download or read book Limbodeswill s Wain written by M. F. Dail and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 1157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dickey Tonking, a favorite student of troubled professor Barry Richter, is called upon to deliver a paper to an assembly of peers during Richter's illness. In doing so, he radically distorts the original text and almost unconsciously includes ideas of his own. But when the professor dies in a fire that looks suspiciously like a suicide, his protégé is left to face the academic consequences. Worse yet, when Dickey unwittingly becomes involved in an attempted murder of a girl by a jealous lover, he shoots the villain during a scuffle. As the girl, Cissy, flees the scene, both she and Dickey have no idea they will soon begin a rocky relationship with unforeseen consequences. To escape the police after the shooting, Dickey travels to South Africa, where he hopes to rekindle a liaison with a doctor; however, she soon terminates the relationship. Just as Dickey finds himself intrigued by a nurse, the police finally catch up with him. He is flown home under guard, tried, and sentenced to several years in jail. Visited by Cissy in prison, Dickey is relieved when his innocence is finally acknowledged. But now only time will tell whether their relationship will last-or whether he will ever be able to shake his obsession with the nurse he left behind. Limbodeswill's Wain shares the tale of a young man's coming-of-age journey as he faces many challenges, learns to love, and discovers his destiny.

Download or read book Tarot written by Georgelle Hirliman and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-01-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarot cards offer ancient wisdom and modern guidance for your growth and progress in living a life of awarenessand you can learn to use them meaningfully as soon as you have the deck in your possession. In her third book, Tarot: A Crones ViewInsights and Instruction, author and astrologer Georgelle Hirliman presents a digest of a lifetimes study of the Tarot and the systems that are expressed through it: astrology, numerology, Tree of Life, I Ching, eastern philosophies, and metaphysics in general. She shares the meanings of the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana, and the elements that relate to each of the four suitsCups, Wands, Swords, and Discs. She also reveals how to weave cards together into a layout and make sense of what the cards are telling you. This methods considers all cards in light of their total message, positive and negative, as the surrounding cards frame the meaning; Tarot teaches that all the negatives are merely fertilizer for future growth. Based on more than fifty years of research of astrology and Tarot, this guide engages the Tarot with intellect, wisdom, and humor, offering a method for anyone to use.

Download or read book Ordinary Cruelty written by Amber Flame and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her debut poetry collection, Ordinary Cruelty, Amber Flame spells out rituals in everyday decisions to hold on or let go. While questioning the role of elder, mentor, mother in the face of losing those figures, Flame details the unrelenting nature of parenthood through the cycles of grief. Her poems exuberantly rejoice in the brown skin of the female body, while soberly acknowledging the societal dangers of claiming such skin as home. Flame takes the reader through a visceral examination of the body's processes of both dying and continuing to live and the joy to be found while we do.

Download or read book Book of Earth written by Heidi Gustafson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2023-05-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art meets science in this guide to creating color with earth’s extraordinary pigments and exploring their fascinating uses today and throughout history Part anthropological study, part art book, and part how-to, Book of Earth immerses you in the world of ochre, a naturally occurring mineral used to make pigment. Each chapter delves into author Heidi Gustafson’s rare pigment archive and provides a thorough exploration of natural color, while challenging our notions of the inanimate world. The book includes practical advice and techniques for creating your own pigments and applying these skills in everyday life. Called the “ochre whisperer” by American Craft, and noted as the “woman archiving the world’s ochre,” in the New York Times, her personal collection of more than 600 pigments from around the planet is a unique treasure, and her passion and field experience will captivate you from the first page to the last.

Download or read book Turning Points In Qualitative Research written by Lincoln and published by AltaMira Press. This book was released on 2004-09-08 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book of signposts, of key turning points, of Gregory Bateson's 'knots tied in a handkerchief.' Each article reproduced in this volume, edited by leading qualitative methodologists Lincoln and Denzin, represents one of these turning points in qualitative research, a revolution in the way research is conceptualized and practiced. Authority, representation, legitimation, ethics, methods, presentation, even the purpose of qualitative research, have all been transformed by these articles and the authors who penned them. Bringing together the work of scholars from Haraway to Geertz, Mead to Mishler, Clifford to Conquergood, Laurel Richardson to Miles Richardson, the editors are able trace the changes in the discipline over the past five decades. A necessary addition to the shelf of all researchers, it will also be a key textbook for training the next generation of scholars in the history and trajectory of qualitative research.

Download or read book I Have Stories to Tell written by Amira Ahmed and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-12-27 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have stories to tell is about encouraging women to believe in themselves. We are stronger than we think and feel. As i was going through situations in my life, i kept asking myself "Does this only happen to me?" It truly does not. I believe positive things happen when you put faith in yourself. I want to inspire other woman to be proud of who they are. The road ahead of us isn't straight, there are curves and obstacles. They are there for a reason. This is just a chapter, not your whole story.

Download or read book Rethinking Rhetorical Theory Criticism and Pedagogy written by Antonio de Velasco and published by MSU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What distinguishes the study of rhetoric from other pursuits in the liberal arts? From what realms of human existence and expression, of human history, does such study draw its defining character? What, in the end, should be the purposes of rhetorical inquiry? And amid so many competing accounts of discourse, power, and judgment in the contemporary world, how might scholars achieve these purposes through the attitudes and strategies that animate their work? Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy: The Living Art of Michael C. Leff offers answers to these questions by introducing the central insights of one of the most innovative and prolific rhetoricians of the twentieth century, Michael C. Leff. This volume charts Leff ’s decades-long development as a scholar, revealing both the variety of topics and the approach that marked his oeuvre, as well as his long-standing critique of the disciplinary assumptions of classical, Hellenistic, renaissance, modern, and postmodern rhetoric. Rethinking Rhetorical Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy includes a synoptic introduction to the evolution of Leff ’s thought from his time as a graduate student in the late 1960s to his death in 2010, as well as specific commentary on twenty-four of his most illuminating essays and lectures.