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Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Elaine Tyler May
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2008-09-23
  • ISBN : 0786723467
  • Pages : 322 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Elaine Tyler May and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, the term "containment" referred to the foreign policy-driven containment of Communism and atomic proliferation. Yet in Homeward Bound May demonstrates that there was also a domestic version of containment where the "sphere of influence" was the home. Within its walls, potentially dangerous social forces might be tamed, securing the fulfilling life to which postwar women and men aspired. Homeward Bound tells the story of domestic containment - how it emerged, how it affected the lives of those who tried to conform to it, and how it unraveled in the wake of the Vietnam era's assault on Cold War culture, when unwed mothers, feminists, and "secular humanists" became the new "enemy." This revised and updated edition includes the latest information on race, the culture wars, and current cultural and political controversies of the post-Cold War era.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Emily Matchar
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2013-05-07
  • ISBN : 145166544X
  • Pages : 281 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Emily Matchar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation into the societal impact of intelligent, high-achieving women who are honing traditional homemaking skills traces emerging trends in sophisticated crafting, cooking and farming that are reshaping the roles of women.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Harry Turtledove
  • Publisher : Del Rey
  • Release : 2005-12-27
  • ISBN : 0345458478
  • Pages : 658 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Harry Turtledove and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2005-12-27 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twentieth century was awash in war. World powers were pouring men and machines onto the killing fields of Europe. Then, in one dramatic stroke, a divided planet was changed forever. An alien race attacked Earth, and for every nation, every human being, new battle lines were drawn. . HOMEWARD BOUND With his epic novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove shares a stunning vision of what might have been–and what might still be–if one moment in history were changed. In the WorldWar and Colonization series, an ancient, highly advanced alien species found itself locked in a bitter struggle with a distant, rebellious planet–Earth. For those defending the Earth, this all-out war for survival supercharged human technology, made friends of foes, and turned allies into bitter enemies. For the aliens known as the Race, the conflict has yielded dire consequences. Mankind has developed nuclear technology years ahead of schedule, forcing the invaders to accept an uneasy truce with nations that possess the technology to defend themselves. But it is the Americans, with their primitive inventiveness, who discover a way to launch themselves through distant space–and reach the Race’s home planet itself. Now–in the twenty-first century–a few daring men and women embark upon a journey no human has made before. Warriors, diplomats, traitors, and exiles–the humans who arrive in the place called Home find themselves genuine strangers on a strange world, and at the center of a flash point with terrifying potential. For their arrival on the alien home world may drive the enemy to make the ultimate decision–to annihilate an entire planet, rather than allow the human contagion to spread. It may be that nothing can deter them from this course. With its extraordinary cast of characters–human, nonhuman, and some in between–Homeward Bound is a fascinating contemplation of cultures, armies, and individuals in collision. From the novelist USA Today calls “the leading author of alternate history,” this is a novel of vision, adventure, and constant, astounding surprise.

Book Homeward Bound

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Peter Ames Carlin and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory account of the life of beloved American music icon, Paul Simon, by the bestselling rock biographer Peter Ames Carlin To have been alive during the last sixty years is to have lived with the music of Paul Simon. The boy from Queens scored his first hit record in 1957, just months after Elvis Presley ignited the rock era. As the songwriting half of Simon & Garfunkel, his work helped define the youth movement of the '60s. On his own in the '70s, Simon made radio-dominating hits. He kicked off the '80s by reuniting with Garfunkel to perform for half a million New Yorkers in Central Park. Five years later, Simon’s album “Graceland” sold millions and spurred an international political controversy. And it doesn’t stop there. The grandchild of Jewish emigrants from Galicia in the Austro-Hungarian empire, the 75-year-old singer-songwriter has not only sold more than 100 million records, won 15 Grammy awards and been installed into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame twice, but has also animated the meaning—and flexibility—of personal and cultural identity in a rapidly shrinking world. Simon has also lived one of the most vibrant lives of modern times; a story replete with tales of Carrie Fisher, Leonard Bernstein, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Shelley Duvall, Nelson Mandela, drugs, depression, marriage, divorce, and more. A life story with the scope and power of an epic novel, Carlin’s Homeward Bound is the first major biography of one of the most influential popular artists in American history.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Robin Pascoe
  • Publisher : Expatriate Press Limited
  • Release : 2000-03-01
  • ISBN : 9780968676042
  • Pages : 212 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Robin Pascoe and published by Expatriate Press Limited. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Homeward Bound

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Ellen G. White and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Richard H. Taylor
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2007-02-28
  • ISBN : 0313024510
  • Pages : 225 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Richard H. Taylor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of veterans coming home from wars has not been concisely recorded to highlight the major problems they've faced. Having gone to war and survived, they have expectations, hopes, and dreams of a better life. In Homeward Bound, Taylor chronicles their struggles to realize all of those expectations by tracing the experiences of American veterans from the Revolutionary War through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In doing so, he connects pieces of a longer, larger story that has traditionally been told only in individual parts. Homeward Bound delves into personal memoirs, dusty diaries, and teary interviews to link veterans' hopes for the future with the ways in which their dreams were fulfilled—or died. It shows how war changed these men and women, how they lived with their experiences despite the odds, and how alone they can be. Accompanying photographs relate still other stories—those written on our veterans' gallant faces.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Sandra Riley
  • Publisher : RILEY HALL
  • Release : 2000-12
  • ISBN : 9780966531022
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Sandra Riley and published by RILEY HALL. This book was released on 2000-12 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supporters of the British Crown found life in the Colonies rigorous in the years prior to, during, and after the Revolutionary War. The hazards of war and the inequities of peace forced many American Loyalists into Bahamian exile.

Book Stoking the Fire of Democracy

Download or read book Stoking the Fire of Democracy written by Stephen Noble Smith and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Smith is a voice from and for the next generation of fighters for social justice, giving his colleagues an introduction to grassroots organizing based on his own experiences in places as diverse as Harvard University, Botswana and Chicago. For four years, he was the lead organizer of PACT, a grassroots organization for young adults affiliated with the Industrial Areas Foundation. Stoking the Fire of Democracy explains how organizations are built and sustained, how they go into action around issues of common concern, how they exercise power, and how they learn from their successes and failures. For young people who want to know what comes next, this book will help them become what Saul Alinksy called "the fire under the boiler of democracy."

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Sonali Fry
  • Publisher : Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
  • Release : 2005
  • ISBN : 9781416904571
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Sonali Fry and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dora, Boots and Diego have to take Baby Llama back to his home on top of High Mountain, but they need some help! Little explorers can use the magnets in this interactive play book to complete the picture in each scene, taking Dora and her friends through the waterfall and over the stream, on the train and up the mountain, until Baby Llama is safe back with his family again.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Richard Smith
  • Publisher : Troubador Publishing Ltd
  • Release : 2020-01-28
  • ISBN : 1838598065
  • Pages : 360 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Richard Smith and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George is a recently widowed seventy-nine-year-old. He nearly made it as a rock star in the 1960s and he’s not happy. Tara is his teenage granddaughter and she’s taken refuge from her bickering parents by living with George. Toby is George’s son-in-law and he wants George in a care home.

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : James Axler
  • Publisher : Gold Eagle
  • Release : 1997
  • ISBN : 9780373485994
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by James Axler and published by Gold Eagle. This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homeward Bound by James Axler released on Oct 24, 1997 is available now for purchase.

Book Not by Chance

Download or read book Not by Chance written by Tim Thayne and published by Advantage Media Group. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your struggling teenager is going to a residential or wilderness treatment program. Their addictions, learning disabilities, or emotional/behavioral issues have brought you to a moment of decision. Heartsick, anxious, and exhausted, questions bounce endlessly around your mind, “Will this work? Was this really necessary? Will she ever forgive me? Can we handle him at home when the time comes?” Dr. Tim Thayne delivers the answers in his groundbreaking book Not by Chance. As an owner/therapist of wilderness and residential programs, Thayne was frustrated when young people made monumental progress, only to return home where things quickly unraveled. His mission became to vastly improve long-term success by crafting and proving a model to coach parents on their power to lead out through full engagement during treatment and management of the transition home. Not by Chance engages readers through solid research, simple exercises, and captivating stories taken from Thayne’s own life and the living rooms of hundreds of American homes. This book serves up concrete tools, hope, confidence, and stamina for families, professionals and mentors. Topics include: • Why good programs work • How to boost—not undermine—treatment • Nine dangers waiting after discharge • How to identify natural mentors for your teen • What to do when the testing begins • When and how to grant back privileges and freedoms • How to ease your young adult’s transition from treatment to independent living • When you know you’ve succeeded If you are even considering out-of-home treatment for your teen, do not gamble with the outcomes. Not by Chance should claim its rightful place on your nightstand.

Book Homeward Bound

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Amy Ziettlow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction -- The new normal in American family caregiving -- Caregiving begins -- The costs of care -- Decision-making: with advance direction -- Decision-making: looking for direction -- Mourning rubrics and burial -- The intricacies of wealth transfer -- 21st century caregiving

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Hj Welch
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2019-09-20
  • ISBN : 9781916027268
  • Pages : 342 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Hj Welch and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-20 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micha's in trouble with the law. Swift discovers he has a fiver year old daughter. Micha's been in love with Swft since he was a teenager. Could they somehow make a family?

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Phillip D. Jensen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781876326173
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Phillip D. Jensen and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Homeward Bound

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  • Author : Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc
  • Publisher : Al Anon Family Group Headquarters
  • Release : 1993-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780910034852
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Homeward Bound written by Al-Anon Family Group Headquarters, Inc and published by Al Anon Family Group Headquarters. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Al-Anon gently touches the heart of all who have been affected by another's alcoholism, & with this series, offers readers positive ways of dealing with sobriety & sex in relationships with alcoholics. Series: 0-910034-88-5, 150 pages, $7.50. Includes these booklets: 0-910034-85-0, 50 pages, $2.50; 0-910034-58-3, 50 pages, $2.50; 0-910034-87-7, 50 pages, $2.50. HOMEWARD BOUND - "I'm frightened...he's coming home for treatment," "Our relationship is a mess. Will we ever be able to put it back together again?" "Did the treatment work? What if she drinks again?" HOMEWARD BOUND guides family members into their own recovery process by responding to their basic concerns & sharing how the Al-Anon Twelve Step program offers new alternatives. ISBN 0-910034-85-0, 50 pages, $2.50. LIVING WITH SOBRIETY: ANOTHER BEGINNING - Here are the very personal experiences of individuals, who after waiting & praying for the sobriety of their loved ones, found themselves coming to terms with sobriety's joys, surprises & challenges. ISBN 0-910034-58-3, 50 pages, $2.50. SEXUAL INTIMACY & THE ALCOHOLIC RELATIONSHIP - Sexual Intimacy & alcohol? Find out how others face this personal problem--the pain & the obstacles, as well as the healing & growth possible when applying the Al-Anon program. ISBN 0-910034-87-7, 50 pages, $2.50.