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Download or read book Bittersweet Battle written by Eric Jensen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Jensen is a retired computer programmer who taught a computer to read aloud, automated newspaper offices, and designed robot control systems. He enjoys puttering in the garden and watching the ocean. What is a computer programmer doing writing poetry? Having fun. I hope you enjoy reading these verses as much as I have enjoyed writing them.
Book Synopsis The Bittersweet Science by : Gerald Horne
Download or read book The Bittersweet Science written by Gerald Horne and published by International Publishers. This book was released on 2021 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon exhaustive research in court records, memoirs, the files of the New York State Athletic Commissions and related bodies from Nevada to New Jersey - not to mention the gangster venues from garish Las Vegas to venal South Philadelphia, this pioneering work tells the untold story of the grimy intersection of racism and racketeering in boxing. Revealing previously unrecorded stories of punchers from Jack Johnson to Joe Louis to Sugar Ray Robinson to Muhammad Ali, Horne also details a fascinating story of the waxing and waning of anti-Semitism. Toxic masculinity and other offshoots (including homophobia) are a major theme of this book and the author does not neglect women boxers--and wrestlers too---whose skills were honed in day-to-day battles with the pestilence that is male supremacy. An intriguing chapter concerns--ironically--the mob's chief executive in boxing in the 1950s, when profits piled up because of television broadcasts: Truman Gibson, a Negro, became the "fall guy", however, when a scapegoat was needed to take the blame for the fixed fights, the murderous attacks on those who refused to cooperate and the broken lives of what amounted to desperate workers eager to make a buck to support their starving families. This book traces the story of Black dominance in the sport, from fighting enslavers in Africa, through the brutal "battle royals" of slavery when enslaved men were placed in a ring blindfolded and forced to fight until one man was left standing, while, at the same time, it exposes the gross exploitation of fighters and the gargantuan profits garnered by the likes of Don King, Bob Arum--and a former Atlantic City casino poseur named Donald J. Trump.
Book Synopsis Bitter Ocean by : David Fairbank White
Download or read book Bitter Ocean written by David Fairbank White and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-05-15 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative chronicle of the lesser-known World War II Battle of the Atlantic documents the costly battles fought by U.S., Canadian, British, and German forces for control over the Atlantic sea lanes, in an account that draws on archival research and veteran interviews to tally the casualties suffered on both sides of the conflict. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
Download or read book Bittersweet written by Helen Nebeker and published by Acacia Publishing. This book was released on 2006-02 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet is a love story full of pathos and joy. It reveals the heart and experiences of two people, Helen and Neb, who must struggle with the demands of marriage, illness, a long World War II separation, and, finally, the realities of a difficult post war world.
Book Synopsis Eros the Bittersweet by : Anne Carson
Download or read book Eros the Bittersweet written by Anne Carson and published by Deep Vellum Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-14 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Carlos Williams's Spring and All and William H. Gass's On Being Blue. Epigrammatic, witty, ironic, and endlessly entertaining, Eros is an utterly original book.
Book Synopsis Bittersweet Ecstasy by : Janelle Taylor
Download or read book Bittersweet Ecstasy written by Janelle Taylor and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOLLOW THE WIND. . . FOREVER ECSTASY. . . WHISPERED KISSES. . . Janelle Taylor's historical romances are alive with thrilling passion and enthralling adventure. With BITTERSWEET ECTASY, she continues the spellbinding Savage Ecstasy series with the unforgettable love story of Sun Cloud, the second son of Gray Eagle, and the beautiful Sioux maiden who steals his heart. . . Bittersweet Ecstasy Impetuous and willful, daring and free, ebon-haired Singing Wind had always been mistress for her fate. But when she set eyes on the virile Sun Cloud, she felt herself losing control of her destiny. She was the daughter of a chief, and by rights should wed Bright Arrow, the elder brother of Sun Cloud who would someday lead their people. But whenever Sun Cloud was near, she could not stop her pulse from racing, her skin from burning, or her very soul from aching for her beloved's caress!
Download or read book Bittersweet written by Chris Feudtner and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2004-01-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent transformation of the disease from a fatal condition into a chronic illness is a story of success tinged with irony, a revealing saga that illuminates the complex human consequences of medical intervention. Bittersweet chronicles this history of diabetes through the compelling perspectives of people who lived with this disease. Drawing on a remarkable body of letters exchanged between patients or their parents and Dr. Elliot P. Joslin and the staff of physicians at his famed Boston clinic, Feudtner examines the experience of living with diabetes across the twentieth century, highlighting changes in treatment and their profound effects on patients' lives. Although focused on juvenile-onset, or Type 1, diabetes, the themes explored in Bittersweet have implications for our understanding of adult-onset, or Type 2, diabetes, as well as a host of other diseases that, thanks to drugs or medical advances, are being transformed from acute to chronic conditions. Indeed, the tale of diabetes in the post-insulin era provides an ideal opportunity for exploring the larger questions of how medicine changes our lives.
Download or read book Medieval written by Dallas S. Paskell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-01-07 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starius Duro is forced to leave his home after a duel for his sister's honor ends badly and the family and adventuring team of the nobleman he fought are out for revenge. He, along with his two best friends Taj Xavier and Gunnar Holt, flee their beloved city of Eternis in the middle of the night joined by a priest named Callenleigh Virgo. The four start on a dangerous adventure, fighting bands of lizardfolk and meeting both friends and enemies along the way; including the legendary father of all vampires. The team is joined by an outcast half-breed, a master of all disguises, and a talented wizard as they take on more challenging, dangerous missions. Taj, the son of a legendary adventurer and the lover of Starius' sister Destiny, begins a life he's always dreamed about as an adventurer who gains fortune and fame, but as friends are made and lost as the team continues to travel further and further away from their beloved homeland, Taj begins to wonder if this is truly the life for him. When the team is hired by a mysterious moon elf named Silverleaf, they begin a mission that takes them all over the world and lands them in more trouble than what they bargained for. Unbeknownst to them, they are being followed by another team set out for revenge against Starius for killing their leader. As they face down the team in a bloody bittersweet battle, the rest of the world is being threatened by a creature more volatile and more powerful than any they could have ever imagined. The team is soon divided into heroes and cowards as some choose to fight a losing battle to save their world while others watch as Thedia's apocolypse approaches.
Book Synopsis Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction by : N. Jones
Download or read book Gay and Lesbian Historical Fiction written by N. Jones and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-05-28 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first extensive study of gay and lesbian historical fiction, this book demonstrates how the highly popular sub-genre helps us understand gay and lesbian history. It shows not only why the sub-genre should be taken more seriously by historians but also how it implicitly works to ameliorate divisions between Christianity and homosexuality.
Book Synopsis The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible by : Gordon D. Fee
Download or read book The Eerdmans Companion to the Bible written by Gordon D. Fee and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide to the Bible will help readers navigate unfamiliar biblical terrain and deepen their knowledge of already familiar areas. Articles by well-established experts offer in-depth insights into the Bible's people, places, and main ideas.
Download or read book What about war ... written by Ilie Al. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quotes about warWar is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states and/or non-state actors. It is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, human suffering, and economic destruction.In 2003, Nobel Laureate Richard E. Smalley identified war as the sixth (of ten) biggest problem facing the society of mankind for the next fifty years.In the 1832 treatise On War, Prussian military general and theoretician Carl von Clausewitz defined war as follows: "War is thus an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will."Nations customarily measure the 'costs of war' in dollars, lost production, or the number of soldiers killed or wounded. Rarely do military establishments attempt to measure the costs of war in terms of individual human suffering. Psychiatric breakdown remains one of the most costly items of war when expressed in human terms.This book contains thoughts of many remarkable personalities, and will give you a closer view of what war means.
Book Synopsis Dispatches from Bitter America by : Todd Starnes
Download or read book Dispatches from Bitter America written by Todd Starnes and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fox News reporter takes a satirical look at serious culture war issues--everything from religion and healthcare to whoopee pie vs. sweet potato pie--getting input from celebrities and everyday folks along the way.
Download or read book Battle Scars written by Catherine Clinton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a decade ago, the publication of Divided Houses ushered in a new field of scholarship on gender and the Civil War. Following in its wake, Battle Scars showcases insights from award-winning historians as well as emerging scholars. This volume depicts the ways in which gender, race, nationalism, religion, literary culture, sexual mores, and even epidemiology underwent radical transformations from when Americans went to war in 1861 through Reconstruction. Examining the interplay among such phenomena as racial stereotypes, sexual violence, trauma, and notions of masculinity, Battle Scars represents the best new scholarship on men and women in the North and South and highlights how lives were transformed by this era of tumultuous change.
Author :Janette Thomas Greenwood Publisher :Univ of North Carolina Press ISBN 13 :9780807849569 Total Pages :340 pages Book Rating :4.8/5 (495 download)
Book Synopsis Bittersweet Legacy by : Janette Thomas Greenwood
Download or read book Bittersweet Legacy written by Janette Thomas Greenwood and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2001-02-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet Legacy is the dramatic story of the relationship between two generations of black and white southerners in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1850 to 1910. Janette Greenwood describes the interactions between black and white business and p
Download or read book Oblivion written by Kelly Creagh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “romantic, hard-fought” (Kirkus Reviews) conclusion to the Nevermore trilogy takes one last trip to the dream world of Edgar Allan Poe to reveal the intertwined fates of Isobel and Varen. The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? —Edgar Allan Poe The fine line between life and death blurred long ago for Isobel Lanley. After a deadly confrontation with Varen in the dreamworld, she’s terrified to return to that desolate and dangerous place. But when her nightmares resume, bleeding into reality, she is left with no choice. Varen’s darkness is catching up to her. To everything. Threatening to devour it all. Isobel fears for her world. For her sanity and Varen’s—especially after a fresh and devastating loss. To make matters worse, the ghostly demon Lilith wants Varen for her own, and she will do anything to keep him in her grasp—anything. Can Isobel ever find her happy ending? Worlds collide and fates are sealed in this breathtaking finale to the Nevermore trilogy.
Download or read book David Mamet written by Janice A. Sauer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete record of a contemporary American dramatist available, David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook is the result of ten years' research by a widely published drama and theatre scholar and a university bibliographic specialist. Presenting a complete overview of all reviews and scholarshp on Mamet, the authors challenge assumptions about the playwright, such as the charge that he is an antifeminist writer. This comprehensive sourcebook is an essential purchase for Mamet scholars and students of American drama alike. David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook reflects the revolution underway in the study of drama, in which not only previous scholarship but performance reviews are a necessary part of research. It gives a complete listing and overview of over 250 scholarly articles and chapters of books on Mamet's plays. It also presents the complete production history of each play, including review excerpts. The authors have produced an invaluable guide to research into this key contemporary dramatist.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to David Mamet by : C. W. E. Bigsby
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to David Mamet written by C. W. E. Bigsby and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of specially written essays offers both student and theatregoer a guide to one of the most celebrated American dramatists working today. Readers will find the general and accessible descriptions and analyses provide the perfect introduction to Mamet's work. The volume covers the full range of Mamet's writing, including now classic plays such as American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross, and his more recent work, Boston Marriage, among others, as well as his films, such as The Verdict and Wag the Dog. Additional chapters also explore Mamet and acting, Mamet as director, his fiction, and a survey of Mamet criticism. The Companion to David Mamet is an introduction which will prepare the reader for future work by this important and influential writer.
