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Book The Whips

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  • Author : C. Lawrence Evans
  • Publisher : University of Michigan Press
  • Release : 2018-08-03
  • ISBN : 0472123874
  • Pages : 369 pages

Download or read book The Whips written by C. Lawrence Evans and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The party whips are essential components of the U.S. legislative system, responsible for marshalling party votes and keeping House and Senate party members in line. In The Whips, C. Lawrence Evans offers a comprehensive exploration of coalition building and legislative strategy in the U.S. House and Senate, ranging from the relatively bipartisan, committee-dominated chambers of the 1950s to the highly polarized congresses of the 2000s. In addition to roll call votes and personal interviews with lawmakers and staff, Evans examines the personal papers of dozens of former leaders of the House and Senate, especially former whips. These records allowed Evans to create a database of nearly 1,500 internal leadership polls on hundreds of significant bills across five decades of recent congressional history. The result is a rich and sweeping understanding of congressional party leaders at work. Since the whips provide valuable political intelligence, they are essential to understanding how coalitions are forged and deals are made on Capitol Hill.

Book The Whip

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  • Author : Karen Kondazian
  • Publisher : Hansen Fiction Series
  • Release : 2012
  • ISBN : 9781601823021
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Whip written by Karen Kondazian and published by Hansen Fiction Series. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Whip is inspired by the true story of a woman, Charlotte "Charley" Parkhurst (1812-1879) who lived most of her extraordinary life as a man. As a young woman in Rhode Island, she fell in love and had a child. Her husband was lynched and her baby killed. The destruction of her family drove her west to California, dressed as a man, to track down the murder. Charley became a renowned stagecoach driver. She killed a famous outlaw, had a secret love affair, and lived with a housekeeper who, unaware of her true sex, fell in love with her. Charley was the first woman to vote in America (as a man). Her grave lies in Watsonville, California.

Book Whips in the Dungeon  Singletail Techniques for Play

Download or read book Whips in the Dungeon Singletail Techniques for Play written by Dex and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whips in the Dungeon: Singletail Techniques for Play explores the edgy and sensuous art of throwing and receiving the power of a singletail whip in the dungeon. Though beginner and advanced techniques are covered, the author guides the novice whip thrower through the basics, using an education learning theory that will get the whip out of the toybag and into dungeon play easier and quicker than might be expected. The author includes descriptions of various types of whips and their construction; deciphers whip cracks; offers valuable tips for targeting; and provides an in-depth look at safety concerns and consent issues. Beyond the basics, the whip thrower will learn about blending their whip scenes with the dungeon environment and dynamic throwing and footwork. There is a discussion of energy and the woo of the bullwhip, and something the experienced whip thrower will recognize: bullwhip magick. A variety of whip catchers candidly discuss intimate and detailed memories of their whip experiences on the receiving end.

Book How to Be a Government Whip

Download or read book How to Be a Government Whip written by Helen Jones and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most misunderstood and oft-caricatured jobs in British politics whips are the unseen unsung heroes of the parliamentary system without whom governments would doubtless crumble and legislative business would almost certainly grind to a halt. Whips are shrouded in mystery however often portrayed in the media and by colleagues as a brutish bullying bunch of thugs with a reputation for using blackmail and torture to achieve party discipline and get legislation through the House. How to Be a Government Whip is a frank and light-hearted guide to the forgotten engine room of Parliament perfect for those who aspire to be amongst their ranks as well as those just hoping to avoid them. From the mind-numbing tedium of debates to the dark arts of dealing with rebellious or disaffected members of their 'flock' former whip Helen Jones reveals how they really get business done - and what they say about their colleagues behind the closed door of the Whips' Office.

Book Whips and Whipmaking

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  • Author : David W. Morgan
  • Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780870335570
  • Pages : 219 pages

Download or read book Whips and Whipmaking written by David W. Morgan and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whipmaking is the highest refinement of the art of leather braiding. This revised edition introduces another major category of whipsthose made in the Mongol tradition. Braiding details are shown in an extensive selection of photographs that also serve to document the geographic distribution of the whips; their historic use and characteristics are explained in detailed captions. A new chapter describes the evolution of a whip design that became world famous through its association with Hollywood. The whips used by Indiana Jones were all made by the author, David W. Morgan, and the films prompted an immediate revival of interest in whips for performance and sport use.

Book How to Make Whips

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  • Author : Ron Edwards
  • Publisher : Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers
  • Release : 2009-07
  • ISBN : 9780870335136
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book How to Make Whips written by Ron Edwards and published by Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ron Edwards was born in Australia in 1930 and brought up in the country where small farmers still plowed with horses and harvested their half acres with sickles and scythes, and larger properties relied on the annual visit of the steam-driven threshing machines. By the 1940s all this had vanished, and Edwards had realized that the country's traditional crafts also were disappearing. He began making drawings and notes of them and published these materials in his native country. How to Make Whips is the American edition of his ninth book. The first section gives instructions for a basic eight-strand whip; the second deals with the making of fine kangaroo hide whips. Other chapters explain the making of bullwhips, snake whips, and whips made from precut lace. Also included are instructions on plaiting names in whips and using plaiting designs for whip handles.

Book The Whip

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  • Author : Juliet Gilkes Romero
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2020-02-01
  • ISBN : 1786828669
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book The Whip written by Juliet Gilkes Romero and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2020 Alfred Fagon Award. As the 19th Century dawns in London, politicians of all parties gather to abolish the slave trade once and for all. But the price of freedom turns out to be a multi-billion pound bailout for slave owners rather than those enslaved. As morality and cunning compete amongst men thirsty for power, two women navigate their way to the true seat of political influence, challenging members of parliament who dare deny them their say. In this provocative new play by Juliet Gilkes Romero, the personal collides with the political to ask, what is the right thing to do and how much must it cost?

Book The Bullwhip Book

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  • Author : Andrew Conway
  • Publisher : Greenery Press (CA)
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9781890159184
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Bullwhip Book written by Andrew Conway and published by Greenery Press (CA). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lash LaRue to Indiana Jones, the glamour of the bullwhip has excited and fascinated audiences for centuries. Now, Andrew John Conway, an accomplished bullwhip performer and educator, explains exactly how to accomplish those thrilling throws, cracks and patterns. Extensively illustrated with easy-to-follow diagrams, "The Bullwhip Book" is an essential resource for the performer, the hobbyist, and anybody else who's ever been fascinated by the sinuous beauty of the bullwhip.

Book In Praise of the Whip

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  • Author : Niklaus Largier
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2007-05-18
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book In Praise of the Whip written by Niklaus Largier and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-18 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Praise of the Whip: A Cultural History of Arousal is a new history of voluntary flagellation in Europe, from its invention in medieval relgious devotion to its use in the modern pornographic imagination. Working with a wide range of religious, literary, and medical texts and images, Niklaus Largier explores the emotional and sensual, religious and erotic excitement of the whip, a crucial instrument of stimulation in devotional and sexual practices. From early modern pornography to the Marquis de Sade and the fantasies of Swinburne and Joyce, the erotic and devotional imagination drew on the whip. Largier explores how the Reformation and Counter-Reformation problematized the medieval culture of arousal. The stimulating qualities of medieval visual displays, especially flagellant practices, processions, and spectacles, were subjected to a criticsm that sought to control the imagination. In modern bourgeois life the practice, effects, and imagery of flagellation became a central site of the investigation into concerns and anxieties about exercising emotional self-control and censoring fantasy. Modern references to flagellant practice in the works of Swinburne, Proust, and Joyce testified not only to a “decadent” fascination with “medieval” cultures or “perverse sexuality,” but also to a fascination that nineteenth-century censorship, informed by psychopathological discourse, had obliterated. Such histories of flagellation, Largier explains, were attempts to recover a culture of stimulation and imagination — both erotic and devotional — that transcended the modern boundaries of sexuality.

Book Let s Get Cracking   Second Edition

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  • Author : Robert Dante
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2016-09-02
  • ISBN : 9781537458021
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Let s Get Cracking Second Edition written by Robert Dante and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this second edition of his widely read book, bullwhip expert (and 4-time Guinness World Record holder) Robert Dante teaches whip cracking for beginners to advanced performers, from A to Z, covering the dynamics of safe bullwhip handling, basic cracks, elementary tricks and stunts, advanced whip cracking routines and flashes, performing, whips as exercise for fitness, whip maintenance, teaching, two-handed whips, blacklight nylon whips, and much more. Includes photos of some superstars of the world-wide bullwhip community. With Sylvia Rosat. Illustrated, with appendices.

Book The Whip

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  • Author : Richard Parker
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1913
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 332 pages

Download or read book The Whip written by Richard Parker and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Western New England

Download or read book Western New England written by Edwin W. Newdick and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago for the Year

Download or read book Annual Report of the Department of Health of the City of Chicago for the Year written by Chicago. Department of Health and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Wax  Whips and My Hairy Bits

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  • Author : S J Carmine
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2020-06-26
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 104 pages

Download or read book Wax Whips and My Hairy Bits written by S J Carmine and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-26 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann has spent a lifetime reading safe, charming romantic novels leading to a series of dull, unexciting relationships where the sex has been uninspiring and her needs and desires have come second place to a quick shag and a pint of Guinness. After experiencing an awakening she decides things have to change and she embarks on an erotic adventure. Join her in her quest for sexual liberation as she unleashes the passion within her and goes on a journey to find her very own Mr Uninhibited.You'll be rooting for Ann as her desire to emulate the erotica she has read develops into a comedy of erotic errors. From hair remover cream to handcuffs, nothing turns out as she hopes and she soon begins to realise that not everything or everyone is as they seem. Ann appears to be on an never ending learning curve but will she actually learn anything or is she destined for erotic mediocrity.

Book Whip Smart

Download or read book Whip Smart written by Melissa Febos and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dark, wild, powerful memoir about a young woman's transformation from college student to professional dominatrix While a college student at The New School, Melissa Febos spent four years working as a dominatrix in a midtown dungeon. In poetic, nuanced prose she charts in Whip Smart how unchecked risk-taking eventually gave way to a course of self-destruction. But as she recounts crossing over the very boundaries that she set for her own safety, she never plays the victim. In fact, the glory of this memoir is Melissa's ability to illuminate the strange and powerful truths that she learned as she found her way out of a hell of her own making. Rest assured; the reader will emerge from the journey more or less unscathed.

Book Parliamentary Papers

Download or read book Parliamentary Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 1008 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Seamanship

Download or read book Seamanship written by Wilfred Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: