Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Martin A. Lee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book the author, an investigative journalist, traces the social history of marijuana from its origins to its emergence in the 1960s as a defining force in an ongoing culture war. He describes how the illicit marijuana subculture overcame government opposition and morphed into a multibillion-dollar industry. In 1996, Californians voted to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Similar laws have followed in several other states, but not without antagonistic responses from federal, state, and local law enforcement. The author draws attention to underreported scientific breakthroughs that are reshaping the therapeutic landscape: medical researchers have developed promising treatments for cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, diabetes, chronic pain, and many other conditions that are beyond the reach of conventional cures. This book is an examination of the medical, recreational, scientific, and economic dimensions of the world's most controversial plant.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Joanna Hearne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke Signals is a historical milestone in Native American filmmaking. Released in 1998 and based on a short-story collection by Sherman Alexie, it was the first wide-release feature film written, directed, coproduced, and acted by Native Americans. The most popular Native American film of all time, Smoke Signals is also an innovative work of cinematic storytelling that demands sustained critical attention in its own right. Embedded in Smoke Signals’s universal story of familial loss and renewal are uniquely Indigenous perspectives about political sovereignty, Hollywood’s long history of misrepresentation, and the rise of Indigenous cinema across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Joanna Hearne’s work foregrounds the voices of the filmmakers and performers—in interviews with Alexie and director Chris Eyre, among others—to explore the film’s audiovisual and narrative strategies for speaking to multiple audiences. In particular, Hearne examines the filmmakers’ appropriation of mainstream American popular culture forms to tell a Native story. Focusing in turn on the production and reception of the film and issues of performance, authenticity, social justice, and environmental history within the film’s text and context, this in-depth introduction and analysis expands our understanding and deepens our enjoyment of a Native cinema landmark.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Perfection Learning Corporation and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in Arizona, Smoke Signals is the story of two Native American boys on a journey. Victor is the stoic, handsome son of an alcoholic father who has abandoned his family. Thomas is a gregarious, goofy young man who lost both his parents in a fire at a very young age. Through storytelling, Thomas makes every effort to connect with the people around him: Victor, in contrast, uses his quiet countenance to gain strength and confidence. When Victor's estranged father dies, the two men embark on an adventure to Phoenix to collect the ashes. Along the way, Smoke Signals illustrates the ties that bind these two very different young men and embraces the lessons they learn from one another.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Ashley Dun and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a chronicle of life, seasons, heartbreak, and healing. Poems to make you feel less alone, loved, understood. The light fades and sometimes seems so far away, but spring will always come. The sun is always just behind the clouds. We hold on together and these words create the rope that can lift us out of the hole that so easily catches us. Grab on. Let it lift you.
Download or read book Smoke Signals for the Gods written by F. S. Naiden and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal sacrifice has been critical to the study of ancient Mediterranean religions since the 18th century. Two leading views on sacrifice have dominated the subject: the psychological approach of Walter Burkert and the sociological one by Jean-Pierre Vernant and Marcel Detienne. These two perspectives have argued that the main feature of sacrifice is allaying feelings of guilt at the slaughter of sacrificial animals. Naiden redresses the omission of these salient features to show that animal sacrifice is an attempt to make contact with a divine being, and that it is so important for the worshippers that it becomes subject to regulations of unequaled extent and complexity.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Jim Poling and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2012-11-24 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and current state of tobacco from its Native origins in South America's Andes through its checkered history in North America as a "miracle" drug, powerful narcotic, friend of government revenue departments, and law-enforcement target as contraband and tax diversion are traced.
Download or read book A Baker s Year written by Tara Jensen and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2018-02-13 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Baker's Year takes readers month-by-month through the seasons at Smoke Signals for porridge and waffles in winter, crusty bread in spring, pies and pizza in the summer, and celebration cakes for end-of-the-year holidays"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book The Mystery of Mrs Christie written by Marie Benedict and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER! "A stunning story... The ending is ingenious, and it's possible that Benedict has brought to life the most plausible explanation for why Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926."—The Washington Post The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926. In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away. The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries. What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators? Agatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all. Fans of The Secrets We Kept, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, and The Alice Network will enjoy this riveting saga of literary history, suspense, and love gone wrong. Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Marie Benedict: Lady Clementine The Only Woman in the Room Carnegie's Maid The Other Einstein
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Simon Chapman and published by DARLINGTON PRESS. This book was released on 2016-11-30 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smoke Signals gathers 71 of Professor Simon Chapman’s authoritative, acerbic and often heretical essays written in newspapers, blogs and research journals across his 40-year career. They cover major developments and debates in tobacco control, public health ethics, cancer screening, gun control and panics about low risk agents like wi-fi, mobile phone towers and wind turbines. This collection is an essential guide to the landscape of many key debates in contemporary public health. It will be invaluable to public health students and practitioners, while remaining compelling reading for all interested in health policy. When is Simon Chapman the academic, intellectual, self-appointed chief wowser of the nanny state gunna leave us alone? Steve Price, Australian radio broadcaster His insane wibblings are worrying yes, but still bloody funny to read. Christopher Snowdon, Institute of Economic Affairs, London Simon Chapman is emeritus professor in public health at the University of Sydney. He has won the World Health Organization’s medal for tobacco control (1998), the American Cancer Society’s Luther Terry Award for outstanding individual leadership in tobacco control (2003), and was NSW Premier’s Cancer Researcher of the Year medal (2008). In 2013 he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for his contributions to public health and named 2013 Australian Skeptic of the Year. In 2014, the Australian right-wing think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs, named him as one of Australia’s Dirty Dozen all-time “opponents of freedom”.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by M. John Fayhee and published by Ravens Eye Press LLC. This book was released on 2012 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fayhee's wayward wanderings have been recounted in his monthly "Smoke Signals" column for the "Mountain Gazette, " of which he is the editor. In this volume he distills his favorite tales.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Judith Vaknin and published by Popular Culture. This book was released on 2007 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the intriguing story of tobacco advertising--from the beginning of the 20th century to the final years when tobacco companies were forced to stop advertising and look for alternative ways of promoting their products. A complete history, this compendium shows how tobacco companies have battled fiercely to reach new markets, rejected claims of a link between tobacco and fatal illnesses, and finally fought against the implementation of advertising restrictions. The inclusion of more than eighty bold advertisements reflect the social and cultural changes seen in these turbulent years and show the fascinating development of 20th-century tobacco advertising.
Download or read book Ancient Communication Technology written by Michael Woods and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the evolution of communication from ancient times, describing the development of writing, the alphabet, paper, writing instruments, and scrolls in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, India, and the Middle East.
Download or read book Cigarettes are Sublime written by Richard Klein and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Klein wanted to find out what was so alluring about smoking that for all his good sense and determination and the intense public pressure, he had to struggle so hard to quit. The result is a survey of the meaning and significance of cigarettes in literature, films, war, sex, and other realms throughout the world. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Roselyn Ogden Miller and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is based on a memory from my childhood. As a seven year old I often stood on the fence surrounding our family home facing the street in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. It ran north past our home and provided entertainment for a inquisitive seven year old. One day in 1944 during World War II I noticed an older American Indian driving the then traditional team of horses and wagon. He was slouched down as he passed me. Later as I continued to view the daily activity I saw him return. This time a young soldier in uniform sat beside him proud and tall towering over his companion. As I watched the two riding toward me I could see the older man slowly beginning to straighten up and before they were out of my view he was sitting as tall and proud as the young soldier. I always thought of it as a father who came to town to meet the local bus to pick up his son who was home on leave. For seventy years this memory was kept alive in my heart. Now I give it back to the great grandchildren of the men and women who served their country. The stories of the service men and women are based on the history of those who served but all characters are fictitious. Not all battles of World War II are covered in this book. This is a telling of what the Native Americans who served shared with the students. May God bless them and their descendants who keep their memories alive.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by M. John Fayhee and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From illegally entering a closed area in rural China with a pack full of pot to paddling across a crocodile-infested lake in a leaky Zodiac in the Dominican Republic to crash landing in a hot-air balloon in the most-redneck part of Appalachia, Fayhee juxtaposes highly improbable misadventures with tender tales about losing his beloved dog, about the scars that define people in the High Country and about the friendships forged in the most remote parts of the American West.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by George Kiser and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is for anyone who wants to give themselves the best chance to buy that new car at the best price with the least anxiety. It is also for anyone who wants to buy a new home, or win that business contract, or settle a dispute. Smoke signals were used by indigenous peoples to communicate without actually talking because they did not have instant messaging or texting on their phones; how primitive! Smoke signals can also describe the un-spoken rules and mores of negotiation. Whether we are buying a home, selling a home, making a business deal or settling a lawsuit – we negotiate. This book reveals the un-spoken rules that seasoned negotiators use to make deals, and they apply to virtually every situation. Smoke Signals, The Eleven Unwritten Rules of Negotiation shows you how to put yourself in the best position to close the deal – whatever that deal is.
Download or read book Smoke Signals written by Janet Auster and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-02-12 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have never been prouder of anything than writing Smokes Signals. Our lives are never over, and working on something that we dont like about ourselves becomes a spiritual journey, where we discover something good and beautiful about ourselves that lasts forever.
