Download or read book Scoundrels and Shirkers written by Jim Silver and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-11T00:00:00Z with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scoundrels and Shirkers examines the deep relationship between capitalism and poverty in England since the 12th century. It exposes the dynamics of capitalism, from its origins in the long transition from feudalism to its current crisis under neoliberal capitalism, in producing poverty. The book, unique in the historical breadth of its focus, shows conclusively that poverty is an inevitable consequence of capitalism. In the search for profits and control of society’s economic surplus, capitalism expands, adapts and innovates, producing not only commodities and wealth but also, and necessarily, poverty. With the partial but important exception of the 1945–51 period, and to a lesser extent the time between 1906 and 1914, there has never been a serious attempt to solve poverty. Efforts have always been to manage and control the poor to prevent them from starving or rebelling; to punish and blame them for being poor; and to force them into poverty-level jobs. Any real solution would require the logic of capitalism to be deeply disrupted. While possible in theory, such a change will require massive social movements.
Download or read book The Man Eaters of Tsavo written by John Henry Patterson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a railroad bridge in what would become Kenya. It is titled after a pair of lions which killed his workers, and which he eventually killed. Following the death of the lions, the book tells of the bridge's completion in spite of additional challenges (such as a fierce flood) as well as many stories concerning local wildlife (including other lions), local tribes, the discovery of the maneaters' cave, and various hunting expeditions. An appendix contains advice to sportsmen visiting British East Africa. The book also includes photographs taken by Patterson at the time which include the railway construction; the workers; local tribes; scenery and wildlife; and the man-eaters. Several publications about and studies of the man-eating lions of Tsavo have been inspired by Patterson's account. The book has been adapted to film three times: a monochrome, British film of the 1950s, a 1952 3-D film titled Bwana Devil, and a 1996 color version called The Ghost and the Darkness, where Val Kilmer played the daring engineer who hunts down the lions of Tsavo.
Download or read book The Seven Lives of Colonel Patterson written by Denis Brian and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first-ever biography of Colonel John Patterson, Denis Brian reveals his subject to be a diverse composite of identities. An Irishborn soldier, lion hunter, bridge builder, East African game warden, author, and Zionist, Patterson’s life is a fascinating story, and Brian’s well-researched account gives a revealing look into the ebb and flow of circumstances that produced such a colorful character. Brian begins the narrative with Patterson’s assignment in East Africa,where lion attacks are terrorizing workers on a railroad project. With a storyteller’s breathtaking tone, he details accounts of Patterson quelling the rebellion and killing the lions himself. The colonel’s indomitable energy and courage become a consistent theme in the book as the author traces Patterson’s life from his days as a British socialite to his recruitment of the Jewish Legion of volunteers who helped drive the Turks out of Palestine. Patterson spent most of his later years as an ardent Zionist,working for the creation of a Jewish homeland until his death in 1947, a year before the birth of the state of Israel. Drawing on an impressive range of sources, Brian’s biography of this “Righteous Gentile” is an incisive portrait of a key figure in both Israeli and colonial British history.
Download or read book The Man Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures written by J. H. Patterson and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-02-11 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.
Download or read book The Man eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures written by John Henry Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Man Eaters of Tsavo written by John Henry Patterson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Complete Works of Demosthenes Delphi Classics written by Demosthenes and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2015-11-28 with total page 4964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Athenian statesman Demosthenes is now recognised as the greatest of the Greek orators, who roused Athens to oppose Philip and the might of Macedonia. Demosthenes’ speeches offer valuable information on the political, social and economic life of ancient Athens, providing a masterful demonstration of oratorical grace. The Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Demosthenes’ complete extant works, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Demosthenes’ life and works * Features the complete extant works of Demosthenes, in both English translation and the original Greek * Concise introductions to the famous orations * Includes translations previously appearing in Loeb Classical Library editions of Demosthenes’ works * Images of famous paintings that have been inspired by Demosthenes’ works * Excellent formatting of the texts * Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students * Features three bonus biographies, including Plutarch’s Parallel Life – discover Demosthenes’ ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: some Kindle software programs cannot display Greek characters correctly; however the characters do display correctly on Kindle devices. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations ON THE NAVY BOARDS FOR THE PEOPLE OF MEGALOPOLIS FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE RHODIANS FIRST PHILIPPIC THE OLYNTHIACS FIRST OLYNTHIAC SECOND OLYNTHIAC THIRD OLYNTHIAC ON THE PEACE SECOND PHILIPPIC ON HALONNESUS ON THE CHERSONESE THIRD PHILIPPIC FOURTH PHILIPPIC ANSWER TO PHILIP’S LETTER PHILIP’S LETTER ON ORGANIZATION ON THE TREATY WITH ALEXANDER ON THE FALSE EMBASSY ON THE CROWN AGAINST LEPTINES AGAINST MEIDIAS AGAINST ANDROTION AGAINST ARISTOCRATES AGAINST TIMOCRATES AGAINST ARISTOGEITON 1 AGAINST ARISTOGEITON 2 AGAINST APHOBUS 1 AGAINST APHOBUS 2 AGAINST APHOBUS 3 AGAINST ONETOR 1 AGAINST ONETOR 2 AGAINST ZENOTHEMIS AGAINST APATURIUS AGAINST PHORMIO AGAINST LACRITUS FOR PHORMIO AGAINST PANTAENETUS AGAINST NAUSIMACHUS AND XENOPEITHES AGAINST BOEOTUS 1 AGAINST BOEOTUS 2 AGAINST SPUDIAS AGAINST PHAENIPPUS AGAINST MACARTATUS AGAINST LEOCHARES APOLLODORUS AGAINST STEPHANUS 1 APOLLODORUS AGAINST STEPHANUS 2 AGAINST EVERGUS AND MNESIBULUS AGAINST OLYMPIODORUS APOLLODORUS AGAINST TIMOTHEUS APOLLODORUS AGAINST POLYCLES ON THE TRIERARCHIC CROWN APOLLODORUS AGAINST CALLIPUS APOLLODORUS AGAINST NICOSTRATUS AGAINST CONON AGAINST CALLICLES AGAINST DIONYSODORUS AGAINST EUBULIDES AGAINST THEOCRINES APOLLODORUS AGAINST NEAERA THE FUNERAL SPEECH THE EROTIC ESSAY The Greek Texts LIST OF GREEK TEXTS The Dual Texts DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXTS The Biographies PARALLEL LIVES: DEMOSTHENES by Plutarch INTRODUCTION TO DEMOSTHENES by Arthur Wallace DEMOSTHENES by T. W. Lumb Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
Download or read book The Lunatic Express written by Charles Miller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1895, George Whitehouse arrived at the east African post of Mombasa to perform an engineering miracle: the building of the Mombasa-Nairobi-Lake Victoria Railway – a 600-mile route that was largely unmapped and barely explored. Behind Mombasa lay a scorched, waterless desert. Beyond, a horizonless scrub country climbed toward a jagged volcanic region bisected by the Great Rift Valley. A hundred miles of sponge-like quagmire marked the railway's last lap. The entire right of way bristled with hostile tribes, teemed with lions and breathed malaria. What was the purpose of this 'giant folly' and whom would it benefit? Was it to exploit the rumoured wealth of little-known central African kingdoms? Was it to destroy the slave trade? To encourage commerce and settlement? THE LUNATIC EXPRESS explores the building of this great railway in an earlier Africa of slave and ivory empires, of tribal monarchs and the vast lands that they ruled. Above all, it is the story of the white intruders whose combination of avarice, honour and tenacious courage made them a breed apart.
Download or read book The Man eating lions of Tsavo written by Luit. Col. J. H. Patterson and published by Safari Media Africa. This book was released on with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man-eating lions of Tsavo
Download or read book Railway Empire written by Anthony Burton and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British were at the forefront of railway development for the first fifty years of the nineteenth century. Railway Empire tells the story of how the British gave railways to the world, not only in the empire, but also in other countries outside areas of direct influence. It is often forgotten today that the British were responsible for the construction and management of a large proportion of the railways constructed in Africa, South America and Australasia not to mention many thousands of miles of mileage in Asia, India, Malaya, Burma, China and Japan. This book looks at the political, economic and technical aspects of this development, which made Britain a country at the forefront of this form of transport.
Download or read book The Veterans Tale written by Frances Houghton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-10 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reveals how memoirs are rich repositories of information about the ways in which veterans remembered, understood, and recounted their war.
Download or read book Hinterland written by Arno Geiger and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2022-08-04 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 1944 and Veit Kolbe, a young German soldier, injured fighting in Russia, is recovering in a small village below Drachenwand mountain in Austria. Here he meets Margot and Margarete, two young women who share his hope that sometime, sooner or later, life will begin again. The war is lost but how long will it take before it finally comes to its end? Arno Geiger’s Hinterland, translated from the German by Jamie Bulloch, tells of Veit’s nightmares and the strangely normal life of the village, of the Brazilian who dreams of returning to Rio de Janeiro, of the landlady and her rallying calls, of Margarete the teacher with whom Veit falls in love, but who doesn’t return his affection. But when Veit’s wounds are healed his next call-up orders arrive. The military outlook for Germany and Austria looks increasingly grim and Veit’s luck has run out . . .
Download or read book What Global Economic Crisis written by P. Arestis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2001-07-11 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economics has become an excessively esoteric discipline. Opportunities to bridge the gap between theorizing and policymaking are becoming increasingly limited. One issue of great importance to modern policymakers is the relationship between globalization and economic crisis. With unprecedented trends towards globalization (in part propelled by developments in information technology), the repercussions of economic crisis are more profound than ever before, particularly for developing countries. What Global Economic Crisis? bridges the gap between theory and policy by examining the destabilising effects of financial crises on economic growth, stability and development. It also presents some innovative ideas intended to inform the design of institutions able to foster more effective international policy coordination.
Download or read book Interpreting Keynes for the 21st Century written by P. Davidson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 4th volume of Davidson's major contributions to the economics and policy debates of our times, this book contains articles, newspaper columns and papers that explain why Keynes's General Theory , as developed by Post Keynesian theorists, provides important policy implications for the economic problems of the 21st century global economy.
Download or read book Swords and Scoundrels written by Julia Knight and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two siblings. Outcasts for life. . .. together. What could possibly go wrong? Vocho and Kacha are champion duelists: a brother and sister known for the finest swordplay in the city of Reyes. Or at least they used to be-until they were thrown out of the Duelist's Guild. As a last resort, they turn reluctant highwaymen. But when they pick the wrong carriage to rob, their simple plans to win back fame and fortune go south fast. After barely besting three armed men and a powerful magician, Vocho and Kacha make off with an immense locked chest. But the contents will bring them much more than they've bargained for when they find themselves embroiled in a dangerous plot to return an angry king to power. . .. Swords and Scoundrels is the first book in The Duelist's Trilogy -- a tale of death, magic, and family loyalty.
Download or read book About Canada written by Jim Silver and published by About Canada. This book was released on 2014 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a country as wealthy as Canada, poverty is utterly unnecessary. In About Canada: Poverty, Jim Silver illustrates that poverty is about more than a shortage of money: it is complex and multifaceted and can profoundly damage the human spirit. At the centre of this analysis are Canada's neoliberal economic policies, which have created conditions that make a growing number of people vulnerable to low income, vanishing public services and poor physical health. Silver also highlights the ways in which poverty is intimately connected to colonialism and racial and gender discrimination, and finds that the political and economic policies enacted by the Canadian government serve only a powerful minority, while producing a range of negative outcomes for the rest of us, especially the poor. Silver points out that the costs of poverty -- relating to health care, crime, education and unemployment -- are higher than the costs of solving poverty, and he lays out an achievable strategy for its dramatic reduction in Canada. When poverty is understood as resulting from political choices, its elimination requires putting pressure on governments to ensure that different choices are made.
Download or read book 101 Best Adventure Stories written by David Irish and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
