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Book Lights Out

Download or read book Lights Out written by Mark Steyn and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes the author's Maclean's columns which provoked lawsuits from the Canadian Islamic Congress, as well as other essays in response to the legal action.

Book The Contemporary American Monologue

Download or read book The Contemporary American Monologue written by Eddie Paterson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Talk-show confessions, online rants, stand-up routines, inspirational speeches, banal reflections and calls to arms: we live in an age of solo voices demanding to be heard. In The Contemporary American Monologue Eddie Paterson looks at the pioneering work of US artists Spalding Gray, Laurie Anderson, Anna Deavere Smith and Karen Finley, and the development of solo performance in the US as a method of cultural and political critique. Ironic confession, post-punk poetry, investigations of race and violence, and subversive polemic, this book reveals the link between the rise of radical monologue in the late 20th century and history of speechmaking, politics, civil rights, individual freedom and the American Dream in the United States. It shows how US artists are speaking back to the cultural, political and economic forces that shape the world. Eddie Paterson traces the importance of the monologue in Shakespeare, Brecht, Beckett, Chekov, Pinter, O'Neill and Williams, before offering a comprehensive analysis of several of the most influential and innovative American practitioners of monologue performance. The Contemporary American Monologue constitutes the first book-length account of US monologists that links the tradition of oratory and speechmaking in the colony to the appearance of solo performance as a distinctly American phenomenon.

Book Twilight of the Elites

Download or read book Twilight of the Elites written by Christopher Hayes and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes scandals in high-profile institutions, from Wall Street and the Catholic Church to corporate America and Major League Baseball, while evaluating how an elite American meritocracy rose throughout the past half-century before succumbing to unprecedented levels of corruption and failure. 75,000 first printing.

Book Midnight Sun

    Book Details:
  • Author : Stephenie Meyer
  • Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2020-08-04
  • ISBN : 0316592250
  • Pages : 727 pages

Download or read book Midnight Sun written by Stephenie Meyer and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 727 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, fans have heard only Bella's side of the story. At last, readers can experience Edward's version in the long-awaited companion novel, Midnight Sun. This unforgettable tale as told through Edward's eyes takes on a new and decidedly dark twist. Meeting Bella is both the most unnerving and intriguing event he has experienced in all his years as a vampire. As we learn more fascinating details about Edward's past and the complexity of his inner thoughts, we understand why this is the defining struggle of his life. How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger? In Midnight Sun, Stephenie Meyer transports us back to a world that has captivated millions of readers and brings us an epic novel about the profound pleasures and devastating consequences of immortal love. An instant #1 New York Times BestsellerAn instant #1 USA Today BestsellerAn instant #1 Wall Street Journal BestsellerAn instant #1 IndieBound BestsellerApple Audiobook August Must-Listens Pick "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- New York Times

Book The Adversary First Amendment

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martin H. Redish
  • Publisher : Stanford University Press
  • Release : 2013-06-12
  • ISBN : 0804786348
  • Pages : 251 pages

Download or read book The Adversary First Amendment written by Martin H. Redish and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Adversary First Amendment presents a unique and controversial rethinking of modern American democratic theory and free speech. Most free speech scholars understand the First Amendment as a vehicle for or protection of democracy itself, relying upon cooperative or collectivist theories of democracy. Martin Redish reconsiders free speech in the context of adversary democracy, arguing that individuals should have the opportunity to affect the outcomes of collective decision-making according to their own values and interests. Adversary democracy recognizes the inevitability of conflict within a democratic society, as well as the need for regulation of that conflict to prevent the onset of tyranny. In doing so, it embraces pluralism, diversity, and the individual growth and development deriving from the promotion of individual interests. Drawing on previous free speech scholarship and case studies of controversial speech, Redish advances a theory of free expression grounded in democratic notions of self-promotion and controlled adversary conflict, making a strong case for its application across such areas as commercial speech, campaign spending, and anonymous speech.

Book Twilight of the Money Gods

Download or read book Twilight of the Money Gods written by John Rapley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine one day you went to a cash-machine and found your money was gone. You rushed to your branch, where a teller said that overnight people had stopped believing in money, and it all vanished. Seem incredible? It happened, and it could happen again. Twilight of the Money Gods is the story of economics, told not as the science it strove to be, but as the religion it became. Over two centuries, it searched for the hidden codes which would reveal the path to a promised land of material abundance. While its prophets, from Adam Smith to John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman, concerned themselves with the human condition, its priesthood gradually grew remote from its followers, until it lost sight of their tribulations. Today, amid a crisis of faith in their expertise, we must re-imagine an economics for a new era - one filled with both danger and opportunity.

Book The Bijak of Kabir

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2002-04-18
  • ISBN : 0199882029
  • Pages : 268 pages

Download or read book The Bijak of Kabir written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2002-04-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kabir was an extraordinary oral poet whose works have been sung and recited by millions throughout North India for half a millennium. He may have been illiterate and he preached an abrasive, sometimes shocking, always uncompromising message that exhorted his audience to shed their delusions, pretentions, and empty orthodoxies in favor of an intense, direct, and personal confrontation with the truth. Thousands of poems are popularly attributed to Kabir, but only a few written collections have survived over the centuries. The Bijak is one of the most important, and is the sacred book of those who follow Kabir.

Book Twilight s Last Gleaming

Download or read book Twilight s Last Gleaming written by Richard Haddock and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The war in Iraq and the Presidential campaign of 2008 provide the backdrop for this fictional account of where these two tumultuous events might lead. Filled with suspense, intrigue and a cast of larger-than-life characters, the story reveals the behind-the-scenes events in Washington that will surprise, shock and anger you. But the book's strongest feature is the objective portrayal of the differing perspectives and ideas that have polarized the American public and heightened their awareness of issues and the political process. Before you cast your next ballot, Twilight's Last Gleaming is a must read.

Book Twilight s Last Gleaming

Download or read book Twilight s Last Gleaming written by Todd Starnes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Todd Starnes is a fierce defender of freedom and a great patriot. He has seen, and understands, what is happening to our country like few others—his book is absolutely terrific, a must read!” —President Trump President Biden ushered in a dark winter of malaise across our great nation. He snuffed out Lady Liberty’s bright beacon of hope and brought despair to the land. And now we stand at a time of great choosing. Do we choose the path that leads to freedom or the path that leads to tyranny? We face difficult days, but not hopeless days. Together, we can restore the Republic and reclaim our standing in the world. But first, we must remember our roots and return to the values that made our nation great. A deep and abiding desire for freedom and liberty, girded by faith in God, is the essence of who we are. Those are the precepts that must be reaffirmed if America is to be saved.

Book The Gospel of Mark

    Book Details:
  • Author : John P. Keenan
  • Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Release : 2005-02-03
  • ISBN : 1725213249
  • Pages : 432 pages

Download or read book The Gospel of Mark written by John P. Keenan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Keenan's 'The Gospel of Mark' is a radically new reading of this most intriguing of the Synoptic gospels - a remarkable feat in the face of the explosion of Markan scholarship over the last twenty years. Keenan accomplishes this by approaching Mark as no other scholar has done: through the lens of Mahayana-Buddhist philosophy. This view stresses the emptying of all preconceived notions of how to begin reading as well as reclamation of such notions in terms of dependent co-arising and Jesus' assault on the validity of conventional religiosity. 'The Gospel of Mark' displays an alternative hermeneutical procedure, one generated by the Mahayana understanding of the function of text and doctrine, and informed by Mahayana philosophy. Part One of 'The Gospel of Mark' provides an overview of different interpretive techniques in Markan scholarship. It describes and argues for the validity of a Buddhist approach to this charter document of the Christian Gospel. Here the author demonstrates a profound grasp not only of scriptural scholarship but of Mahayana philosophy. Keenan discusses themes such as Mark's elliptical style and the journeying that provides the impetus for the narrative, and explores them through the lens of emptiness and dependent co-arising which are the focal points of a Mahayana reading. In Part Two Keenan gives the reader truly fresh insights into the paradoxical world of Mark's Jesus. Through a Buddhist lens, the text offers startling and new perspectives on Jesus himself, the experience of the Kingdom, miracle stories and parables, the passion and death, the resurrection and return.

Book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates

Download or read book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates written by Joseph W. Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates

Download or read book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates written by John Wesley Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates

Download or read book Modern Jury Trials and Advocates written by Joseph Wesley Donovan and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Harper s New Monthly Magazine

Download or read book Harper s New Monthly Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 884 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Harper s New Monthly Magazine

Download or read book Harper s New Monthly Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important American periodical dating back to 1850.

Book India and the Occult

Download or read book India and the Occult written by G. Djurdjevic and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-21 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc.

Book Yoga FAQ

    Book Details:
  • Author : Richard Rosen
  • Publisher : Shambhala Publications
  • Release : 2017-02-28
  • ISBN : 1611801737
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book Yoga FAQ written by Richard Rosen and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise and readable answers to the most commonly asked questions about yoga, and illuminating little-known facts and esoteric aspects of the philosophy and practice--by renowned yogi Richard Rosen. Here are answers to all the questions that come up in your yoga practice and study! Renowned yoga teacher Richard Rosen has asked—and been asked—nearly every yoga-related question that there is, and his wonderfully practical, helpful answers will give you a thorough explanation of the tradition’s key concepts, and the nuts and bolts of yoga philosophy and practice, including: • Yoga’s main texts, including the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutra, among others • Yamas and niyamas • The subtle body—what it means and what it looks like in practice • The evolution of asanas • Pranayama • Mudras and bandhas • And much more