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Book The Human Jungle

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  • Author : Cho Chongnae
  • Publisher : Chin Music Press Inc.
  • Release : 2016-09-05
  • ISBN : 1634059115
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book The Human Jungle written by Cho Chongnae and published by Chin Music Press Inc.. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal parts muckraking novel, transnational love story, and socially engaged panorama, Cho Chongnae’s The Human Jungle portrays China on the verge of becoming the world’s dominant economic force. Against a backdrop of rapidly morphing urban landscapes, readers meet migrant workers, Korean manufacturers out to save a few bucks, high-flying venture capitalists, street thugs, and shakedown artists. The picture of China that emerges is at turns unsettling, awe-inspiring, and heart-breaking. Chongnae deftly portrays a giant awakening to its own raw, volatile, and often uncontrollable power. Translators Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton have condensed three of Chongnae’s Korean novels, each of which sold more than one million copies in South Korea, into this single English-language edition. Cho Chongnae is one of Korea’s most important living writers. He is best known for a trio of massive historical novels: the ten-volume T’aebaek Mountains (1989), the twelve-volume Arirang (1995), and the ten-volume Han River (2002). Cho lives in Seoul, South Korea. Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton are the translators of numerous volumes of modern Korean fiction, including the award-winning women’s anthologies Words of Farewell and Wayfarer, and, with Marshall R. Pihl, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction. They have received two National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships, including the first ever given for a translation from the Korean language, and the first residency at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre awarded to translators from any Asian language. Bruce Fulton is the inaugural holder of the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia.

Book The Human Jungle

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  • Author : Mehran Vajdi
  • Publisher : Associated University Presse
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN : 9780845348338
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book The Human Jungle written by Mehran Vajdi and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1991 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle

Download or read book 1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle written by Vernon Linwood Howard and published by . This book was released on 1978-08-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Jungle Book

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  • Author : Rudyard Kipling
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1920
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 334 pages

Download or read book The Jungle Book written by Rudyard Kipling and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Dark Place in the Jungle

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  • Author : Linda Spalding
  • Publisher : Algonquin Books
  • Release : 1999-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781565122260
  • Pages : 296 pages

Download or read book A Dark Place in the Jungle written by Linda Spalding and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recounts Spalding's journey to locate Birute Galdikas in Borneo's threatened jungles, where Galdikas has been working to study and protect the endangered orangutans

Book The Middleman

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  • Author : Mani Shankar Mukherji
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2013-12-15
  • ISBN : 9351185869
  • Pages : 200 pages

Download or read book The Middleman written by Mani Shankar Mukherji and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-12-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1970s Calcutta. The city is teeming with thousands of young men in search of work. Somnath Banerjee "1970s Calcutta. The city is teeming with thousands of young men in search of work. Somnath Banerjee spends his days queuing up at the employment exchange. Unable to find a job despite his qualifications, Somnath decides to go into the order–supply business as a middleman. His ambition drives him to prostitute an innocent girl for a contract that will secure the future of Somnath Enterprises. As Somnath grows from an idealistic young man into a corrupt businessman, the novel becomes a terrifying portrait of the price the city extracts from its youth. Sankar’s The Middleman is the moving story of a man torn between who he is and what he wants to be. Stark and disquieting, the novel deftly exposes the decaying values and rampant corruption of a metropolis that is built on broken dreams and morbid reality. The evocative prose and vivid imagery in this first-ever translation successfully capture the textures of the Bengali original.

Book Canine Cognition and the Human Bond

Download or read book Canine Cognition and the Human Bond written by Jeffrey R. Stevens and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-12 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dogs are a valued part of millions of households worldwide. They also serve many functions in human societies from herding livestock to detecting drugs, explosives, or illegal wildlife to providing physical assistance or emotional support to those in need. Yet, in terms of behavior and cognition, dogs have only become a serious subject of scientific study in the last 20 years. Similarly, we have recently witnessed a sharp increase in studies of canine-human interaction, exploring the motivational, emotional, cognitive, physiological, and neural mechanisms of dogs on human psychology and well-being. This book is a collection of chapters stemming from the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, which focused on Canine Cognition and the Human Bond. The primary goal of this symposium was to bring together researchers from psychology, biology, neuroscience, and anthropology to delve deeper into the canine-human bond. These chapters describe the current state of knowledge from international experts in the fields of canine cognition and canine-human interaction. Bridging these two areas can help us better understand the canine-human bond, potentially improving the lives of both dogs and people.

Book When Culture Overrules God and Reason

Download or read book When Culture Overrules God and Reason written by S. N. Duru and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over two thousand years, civilization has failed to live up to the expectations expounded by the Christian religion. The last century alone saw two world wars, a cold war, and numerous other politically and racially motivated conflicts. Where was Christianity amidst all that turmoil? It was also believed that the end of colonial rule in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean would usher in an era of peace and prosperity, but the result has been decades of civil war, genocide, and corruption in those regions. Author S.N. Duru theorizes that the cause of this leap-frogging from crisis to crisis is that society has allowed culture to take precedence over faith and reason. When Culture Overrules God and Reason addresses the issues that form the foundation of Duru's theory, and provides a workable resolution for the nations of the world. It is an impassioned call to action to correct civilization's current state of being....

Book From Blitz to Glitz

Download or read book From Blitz to Glitz written by Jess Conrad and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jess Conrad is a name that will be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with 1960s pop culture. Emerging from the decade as one of Britain's most versatile stars, Jess has sung on hit records, starred in cult movies, headlined stage shows... and hasn't stopped ever since! In this fascinating autobiography we are given unparalleled access to Jess's entire life story, from his childhood in London during the Blitz to his time as a Teddy Boy on the wrong side of the tracks, from being discovered by legendary music producer Jack Good to his work with peers such as Billy Fury and Cliff Richard, from starring in dozens of movies to wowing live theatre audiences all over the world... and so much more! Even in his eighties, Jess Conrad OBE remains one of the entertainment world's most sought-after figures, recently starring in ITV's hit reality series Last Laugh in Vegas, featuring on the BBC's much-loved quiz show Pointless and playing Batman actor Adam West in a critically-acclaimed biopic. As he has done throughout his life, Jess continues to raise funds for numerous good causes and was even voted 'King Rat' - the head of charitable showbiz institution The Grand Order of Water Rats, an organisation that has counted Laurel & Hardy, Bob Hope and Charlie Chaplin amongst its members. With anecdotes that will have you crying out with laughter and amazing revelations about some of the world's biggest stars that will surely leave you open-mouthed, From Blitz to Glitz is one of the year's must-read biographies. Co-written with TV producer and long-time friend Simon Withington, this is one book that you won't be able to put down.

Book The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to American Realism and Naturalism written by Donald Pizer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion examines a number of issues related to the terms realism and naturalism. The introduction seeks both to discuss the problems in the use of these two terms in relation to late nineteenth-century fiction and to describe the history of previous efforts to make the terms expressive of American writing of this period. The Companion includes ten essays which fall into four categories: essays on the historical context of realism and naturalism by Louis Budd and Richard Lehan; essays on critical approaches to the movements since the early 1970s by Michael Anesko, essays on the efforts to expand the canon of realism and naturalism by Elizabeth Ammons; and a full-scale discussion of ten major texts, from W. D. Howell's The Rise of Silas Lapham to Jack London's The Call of the Wild, by John W. Crowley, Tom Quirk, J. C. Levenson, Blanche Gelfant, Barbara Hochman, and Jacqueline Tavernier-Courbin.

Book Voices from the  Jungle

Download or read book Voices from the Jungle written by Africa and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often called the Calais Jungle, the refugee camp in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty, and violence that characterizes the lives of many refugees in Europe today. Migrants from ravaged countries, such as Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Eritrea, arrive by the hundreds every day hoping for sanctuary from their war-torn homelands and a chance to settle in Europe. Going beyond superficial media reports, Voices from the "Jungle" gives voice to the unique individuals living in the camp--people who have made the difficult journey from devastated countries simply looking for peace. In this moving collection of individual testimonies, Calais refugees speak directly in powerful and vivid stories, offering their memories up with stunning honesty. They tell of their childhood dreams and struggles for education; the genocides, wars, and persecution that drove them from home; the simultaneous terror and strength that filled their extraordinary journeys; the realities of living in the Calais refugee camp; and their deepest hopes for the future. Through their stories, these refugees paint a picture of a different kind of Jungle--a powerful sense of community that has grown despite evictions and attacks and a solidarity that crosses national and religious boundaries. Interspersed with photos taken by the camp's inhabitants, taught by award-winning photographers Gideon Mendel and Crispin Hughes, original artwork by inhabitants, and powerful poems, Voices from the "Jungle" must be read by anyone seeking to understand the human consequences of our current world crisis.

Book Introduction to Global Health Promotion

Download or read book Introduction to Global Health Promotion written by Rick S. Zimmerman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-16 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Global Health Promotion addresses a breadth and depth of public health topics that students and emerging professionals in the field must understand as the world's burden of disease changes with non-communicable diseases on the rise in low- and middle-income countries as their middle class populations grow. Now more than ever, we need to provide health advocacy and intervention to prevent, predict, and address emerging global health issues. This new text from the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) prepares readers with thorough and thoughtful chapters on global health promotion theories, best practices, and perspectives on the future of the field, from the individual to the global level. The world's biggest health care challenges—including HIV, malaria, heart disease, smoking, and violence, among others—are explored in detail in Introduction to Global Health Promotion. The state of the science, including the latest empirical data, is distilled into 19 chapters that update readers on the complex issues surrounding a variety of illnesses and conditions, and disease epidemics and individual, social, institutional, and governmental barriers to preventing them. Expert authors bring to the fore human rights issues, new uses of technology, and practical application of theory. These perspectives, along with the book's multidisciplinary approach, serve to create a well-rounded understanding of global health today. Learn more from the Editors of Introduction to Global Health Promotion here.

Book Rhythms  Lyrics   Echoes of Glory

Download or read book Rhythms Lyrics Echoes of Glory written by Samphrey Alli and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-05-18 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhythms, Lyrics & Echoes of Glory (Poems of Divine Beauty & Grace) is the second in a Trilogy of poetry, celebrating the awesomeness and yet tenderness of God; His holiness and yet compassion; His immensity and yet intimacy to us ward. Distilled in this volume are aspects of the all-embracing; all-sufficient and eternal attributes that is epitomised by the Triune God – Father, Son & Holy Spirit. Also available are volumes 1 & 3 of this Trilogy titled: Unity, Purity & Holy Trinity (Poems of Serenity & Reflection) Time, Space & Eternity (Poems of Timeless Horizon & Great Vistas)

Book jungle book

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  • Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 46 pages

Download or read book jungle book written by and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Vampyre Magick

Download or read book Vampyre Magick written by Father Sebastiaan and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the dawn of civilization, the vampire has danced through the dreams and nightmares of every culture, expressed in folklore, literature, and art. Today, this fascination resonates in pop-culture through hit television shows, movies, and bestselling books. In Vampyre Magick, Father Sebastiaan reveals the hidden rituals and spells of the Living Vampires. This companion volume to Sebastiaan’s Vampyre Sanguinomicon, is intended for initiates of the Stigoii Vii, but will appeal to any scholar of magickal arts, The Golden Dawn, or other Western Mystery Traditions.

Book Land of Exile  Contemporary Korean Fiction

Download or read book Land of Exile Contemporary Korean Fiction written by Marshall R. Pihl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of contemporary Korean fiction including: "The Wife and Children"; "The Post Horse Curse"; "Mountains"; "Kapitan Ri"; "The Winter"; and "A Dream of Good Fortune".

Book Source

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  • Author : John L. McKenzie
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2009-03-01
  • ISBN : 1725223813
  • Pages : 234 pages

Download or read book Source written by John L. McKenzie and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While it is true that today's civilization presents all sorts of questions about which the Bible had nothing to say directly, in many instances there are passages which, when properly understood, can lead us toward the right answer for modern Christians. And in many instances the Bible addresses itself explicitly to moral and spiritual concerns that are just as relevant today as they were thousands of years ago. But discerning the true intent of the scriptures is not as simple as many people have tried to make it. There are seeming (and sometimes actual) contradictions to be reconciled, there is the cloud of historical context to be clarified, the inaccuracies of translators, the findings of modern biblical criticism, research and archaeological discoveries to be considered. Expert guidance is indeed required. Father McKenzie tackles death, marriage, divorce, suffering, sexual morality, life after death, violence, love of neighbor, faith, the institutional church, prejudice and bigotry, prayer and personal holiness, the role of women in the church, priesthood and varieties of ministry, sin and radical evil. Chapters on these subjects are thought provoking, and readers will appreciate their journey through the scriptures with McKenzie as their perfect guide.