Download or read book The Railroad Trainman written by Daniel L. Cease and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Blood Brothers written by B. Lintner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pirates singing Ricky Martin to mob hits carried out with samurai swords, Bertil Lintner offers a fascinating look at organized crime in the Asia Pacific. Both Western and Asian pundits assert that shady deals are an Asian way of life. Some argue that corruption and illicit business ventures - gambling, prostitution, drug trafficking, gun running, oil smuggling - are entrenched parts of the Asian value system. Yet many Asian leaders maintain that their cities are safer than Sydney, Amsterdam, New York, and Los Angeles. Making use of expertise gained from twenty years of living in Asia, Lintner exposes the role crime plays in the countries of the Far East. In Blood Brothers , he takes you inside the criminal fraternities of Asia, examining these networks and their past histories in order to answer one question: How are civil societies all over the world to be protected from the worst excesses of increasingly globalised mobsters?
Download or read book Under Fire written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Written Into History written by Anthony Lewis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of articles from "The New York Times" which profile significant historical events.
Download or read book Emptying The Soul from A to Z With A Twist of Poetry written by Uganda Reed and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work of non-fiction was written to help others bring closure to their pass in order to step into the now. It is a story about a unique and gifted young lady leaving the street life and stepping into spirituality. It also talks about the true blood line and finding your true father. It is a very touching story on not giving up despite of your environment or circumstances!
Download or read book The Princeton Anthology of Writing written by John McPhee and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1957--long before colleges awarded degrees in creative nonfiction and back when newspaper writing's reputation was tainted by the fish it wrapped--Princeton began honoring talented literary journalists. Since then, fifty-nine of the finest, most dedicated, and most decorated nonfiction writers have held the Ferris and McGraw professorships. This monumental volume harbors their favorite and often most influential works. Each contribution is rewarding reading, and collectively the selections validate journalism's ascent into the esteem of the academy and the reading public. Necessarily eclectic and delightfully idiosyncratic, the fifty-nine pieces are long and short, political and personal, comic and deadly serious. Students will be provoked by William Greider's pointed critique of the democracy industry, eerily entertained by Leslie Cockburn's fraternization with the Cali cartel, inspired by David K. Shipler's thoughts on race, unsettled by Haynes Johnson's account of Bay of Pigs survivors, and moved by Lucinda Frank's essay on a mother fighting to save a child born with birth defects. Many of the essays are finely crafted portraits: Charlotte Grimes's biography of her grandmother, Blair Clark's obituary for Robert Lowell, and Jane Kramer's affecting story of a woman hero of the French Resistance. Other contributions to savor include Harrison Salisbury on the siege of Leningrad, Landon Jones on the 1950s, Christopher Wren on Soviet mountaineering, James Gleick on technology, Gloria Emerson on Vietnam, Gina Kolata on Fermat's last theorem, and Roger Mudd on the media. Whether approached chronologically, thematically, randomly, or, as the editors order them, more intuitively, each suggests a perfect evening reading. Designed for students as well as general readers, The Princeton Anthology of Writing splendidly attests to the elegance, eloquence, and endurance of fine nonfiction.
Download or read book In The Name of a Traitor 2 written by ZHANG RAN and published by EWAYBOOK. This book was released on with total page 2078 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a world of dualities, where an astrologer apprentice, burdened by the prophecy of Seglais, struggles through chaos to find the trajectory of the world machine's gears. Meanwhile, revolutionaries with ultimate dreams fight their way through the intangible web woven by quantum computers. As their personalities draw closer, secrets buried deep within the genesis core of quantum computing begin to surface, leading to unprecedented changes in both worlds. No harems, no stallions, no time travel, no cockroaches. This is a literary feast crafted by an author who writes with heart for readers who read with intent. Reading is not fast food; please take your time to experience these two real worlds. You might not grasp everything in the first few chapters, but don’t worry—keep going, and the story will gradually become clear.
Download or read book What No Eye Has Seen written by David M. Crampton and published by David Crampton. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia waved to the regular as he walked in the door. He waved back, smiling for all he was worth. While he was picking a pool cue, she set a drink menu on his favorite table. Her boss waved her over to the bar. “Listen, about those ghosts you cleared out…” “Pat, don’t even worry about it. Happy to help.” “Thanks. These drinks need to go to table three.” Julia loved her little corner of Detroit, and did whatever she could to take care of it. Then Coll walked in, right as her shift ended, with a look on his face she’d never seen before. He brought in that gun, and everything fell apart.
Download or read book The Redwood Stumper 2010 written by Paul Feist and published by Paul Feist. This book was released on 2012-07-21 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Newsletter of the Redwood Gun Club in Humboldt County California. A newsletter dedicated to sharing the activities, interests, and knowledge of the membership of the club with our community. This is every issue of the "Redwood Stumper" from 2010
Download or read book Diversity in the Classroom written by Judith H. Shulman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This casebook is part of a nationwide effort to capture and use practitioner knowledge to better prepare teachers for the reality of today's classrooms, given a student population vastly different from that of even a decade ago. Consciously designed to provoke engaging and demanding discussion, the cases presented here are candid, dramatic, highly readable accounts of teaching events or series of events. Set in three of the nation's most diverse cities -- San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix -- the cases offer problem-based snapshots of on-the-job dilemmas. The teacher-authors discuss topics that generate heated interchange and run the risk of polarizing opinions and creating defensive assumptions, particularly those dealing with bias, race, and class. These issues, plus cultural behaviors and socioeconomic circumstances have important implications for classroom practices. By examining such issues, the editors hope that educators will see -- and act on -- the need for a greater variety of teaching styles, distribution of opportunities, and educational access for all students.
Download or read book Alternative Alices written by and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1997 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Straight Talk on Tough Topics written by Chris Jackson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 1996 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tough topics. They stare young adults in the face every day. Racism. Crack cocaine. Babies having babies. Gansta rappers glorifying mindless violence and loveless sex. These are just a few of the pieces of a shattered society--pieces sharp enough to cut the young people you work with. Reverend Chris Jackson knows about the touch topics youth face. For over a decade, he's helped young African-American adults work through the temptations, decisions, heartbreaks, and obstacles posed by today's culture. In Straight Talk on Tough Topics, he gives frank answer that can make the difference in young lives. Packed with pointed information, questions to get your young people thinking and talking, and Scripture references that will help them build a solid foundation on God's Word, this is a handbook for wise, fruitful, and satisfying living. Turn to it when the topic your kids are dealing with is tough--for wisdom you can count on to steer them in the right directions.
Download or read book Magical Doctor of Life written by Tie BeiLe and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Li Yifan, with the Nine Yin Meridians on his body, was able to reach the world with just his hands alone. He had stolen the hearts of countless young girls, and facing the women around him, Li Yifan chuckled and waved his hand, "Come ... Let this Divine Doctor treat your illnesses. "
Download or read book The Bathhouse at Midnight written by William Francis Ryan and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. The Bathhouse at Midnight, by one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, surveys all forms of magic, both learned and popular, in Russia from the fifth to the eighteenth century. While no book on the subject could be exhaustive, The Bathhouse at Midnight does describe and assess all the literary sources of magic, witchcraft, astrology, alchemy, and divination from Kiev Rus and Imperial Russia, and to some extent Ukraine and Belorussia. Where possible, Ryan identifies the sources of the texts (usually Greek, Arabic, or West European) and makes parallels to other cultures, ranging from classical antiquity to Finnic. He finds that Russia shares most of its magic and divination with the rest of Europe. Subjects covered include the Evil Eye, the Number of the Beast, omens, dreams, talismans and amulets, plants, gemstones, and other materials thought to possess magic properties. The first chapter gives a historical overview, and the final chapter summarizes the political, religious, and legal aspects of the history of magic in Russia. The author also provides translations of some key texts. The Bathhouse at Midnight will be invaluable for anyone&—student, teacher, or general reader&—with an interest in Russia, magic, or the occult. It is unique in its field and is set to become the definitive study of Russian magic.
Download or read book The Politics of Power written by Denise Leith and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-10-31 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as Major General Suharto consolidated his power in the bloodletting of the mid-sixties, Freeport-McMoRan, the American transnational mining company, signed a contract with the new military regime, the first foreign company to do so. Today, in the isolated jungles of West Papua, a region that is increasingly restive under Indonesian rule, Freeport lays claim to the world's largest gold mine and one of its richest and most profitable copper mines. This volume is the first major analysis of the company's presence in Indonesia. It takes a close and detailed look at the changing nature of power relations between Freeport and Suharto, the Indonesian military, the traditional landowners (the Amungme and Kamoro), and environmental and human rights groups. It examines how and why an American company, despite such rigorous home-state laws, was able to operate in West Papua with impunity for nearly thirty years and adapt to, indeed thrive in, a business culture anchored in corruption, collusion, and nepotism.
