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Herding Donkeys

Author : Ari Berman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429977418
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Herding Donkeys written by Ari Berman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the 2004 election, the Republican Party held the White House, both houses of Congress, twenty-eight governorships, and a majority of state legislatures. One-party rule, it seemed, was here to stay. Herding Donkeys tells the improbable tale of the grassroots resurgence that transformed the Democratic Party from a lonely minority to a sizable majority. It chronicles the inside story of Howard Dean's visionary yet deeply controversial fifty-state strategy, charting his unpredictable journey from insurgent presidential candidate, to front-running flameout, to chairman and conscience of the Democratic Party in an unexpected third act. Ari Berman reveals how the Obama campaign built upon Dean's strategy when others ridiculed it, expanding the ranks of the party and ultimately laying the groundwork for Obama's historic electoral victory—but also sowing the seeds of dissent that would lead to legislative stalemate and intraparty strife. Revelatory and entertaining, in the vein of Timothy Crouse's The Boys on the Bus and Rick Perlstein's Nixonland, Herding Donkeys combines fresh reportage with a rich and colorful cast of characters. It captures the untold stories of the people and places that reshaped the electoral map, painting a vivid portrait of a shifting country while dissecting the possibility and peril of a new era in American politics.

Donkey Work

Author : Patrick Andelic
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700638091
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Donkey Work written by Patrick Andelic and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2024-11-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happened to the Democratic Party after the 1960s? In many political histories, the McGovern defeat of 1972 announced the party’s decline—and the conservative movement’s ascent. What the conventional narrative neglects, Patrick Andelic submits, is the role of Congress in the party’s, and the nation’s, political fortunes. In Donkey Work, Andelic looks at Congress from 1974 to 1994 as the Democratic Party’s stronghold and explores how this twenty-year tenure boosted and undermined the party’s response to the conservative challenge. If post-1960s America belongs to the conservative movement, Andelic asks, how do we account for the failure of so much of the conservative agenda—especially the shrinking of the federal government? Examining the Democratic Party’s unusual durability in Congress after 1974, Donkey Work disrupts the narrative of inexorable liberal decline since the 1970s and reveals the ways in which liberalism and conservatism actually developed in tandem. The book traces the evolution of ideologies within the Democratic Party, particularly the emergence of “neoliberalism,” suggesting that this political philosophy was as much an anticipation of America’s “right turn” as a reaction to it; as factions vied for control of the party, Congress itself both strengthened and weakened liberal resistance to the conservative movement. By putting the focus on Congress and legislative politics, in contrast to the “presidential synthesis” that dominates US political history, Andelic’s book offers a new, deeply informed perspective on two turbulent decades of American politics—a perspective that alters and expands our understanding of how we arrived at our present political moment.

The Masai

Author : Sir Alfred Claud Hollis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Masai written by Sir Alfred Claud Hollis and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Animal Handling and Physical Restraint

Author : C. B. Chastain
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351649345
Total Pages : 499 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Animal Handling and Physical Restraint written by C. B. Chastain and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key features: Stresses safety in handling, restraint, and containment of animals Covers handling and restraint of all domestic and common tamed animals and provides information on normal animal behavior and welfare Discusses how to recognize signs in animals of poor handling and containment Reviews zoonotic disease risks to animal handlers, particularly from normal-appearing animals, and how to avoid transmission of disease Features over 200 informative line drawings for clarity and simplicity of illustration Explains how to tie useful knots and hitches and when to use them for restraint Includes basic ethical considerations and legal liabilities of animal handling and containment Presents steps to prevent animal escapes, barn fires, and problems with transport Authored by an experienced veterinary educator in clinical medicine for veterinarians, veterinary students, pre-veterinary students, veterinary technicians and technologists, animal scientists, and animal owners Proper handling and restraint are essential to the welfare of captive animals, allowing them to be examined, groomed and treated in ways that contribute to their optimum quantity and quality of life. The aim of the book is to prepare future or current veterinarians and veterinary technologists, technicians/nurses, and assistants to be able to handle animals more safely and gain the confidence of animals and their owners. In turn, they will be able to instruct owners in proper animal handling methods, reducing the risk of physical injury or mutual infectious diseases. Throughout the book, the author emphasises that each animal is an individual and each handling environment provides its own advantages and disadvantages: handling an animal safely, humanely and efficiently requires practical knowledge of the species’ normal behaviour. This is explored in detail in each of the species-based chapters, which cover proper handling of domestic household and laboratory animals, as well as farm and ranch animals where safe handling aids the producer in both humane practice and greater profitability. After reading this book, the practitioner or student will be versed in the most basic part of the art of veterinary medicine: the safe handling of animals.

Storytelling around the World

Author : Jelena Cvorovic
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440872953
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Storytelling around the World written by Jelena Cvorovic and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides students, instructors, and lay-readers with a cross-cultural understanding of storytelling as an art form that has existed for centuries, from the first spoken and sung stories to those that are drawn and performed today. This book serves as an indispensable resource for students and scholars interested in storytelling and in multicultural approaches to the arts. By taking an evolutionary approach, this book begins with a discussion of origin stories and continues through history to stories of the 21st century. The text not only engages the stories themselves, it also explains how individuals from all disciplines, from doctors and lawyers to priests and journalists, use stories to focus their readers' and listeners' attention and influence them. This text addresses stories and storytelling across both time (thousands of years) and geography, including in-depth descriptions of storytelling practices occurring in more than 40 different cultures around the world. Part I consists of thematic essays, exploring such topics as the history of storytelling, common elements across cultures, different media, lessons stories teach us, and storytelling today. Part II looks at more than 40 different cultures, with entries following the same outline: Overview, Storytellers: Who Tell the Stories, and When, Creation Mythologies, Teaching Tales and Values, and Cultural Preservation. Several tales/tale excerpts accompany each entry.

Taking Root

Author : Marjorie Agosín
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0896804259
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Taking Root written by Marjorie Agosín and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Taking Root, Latin American women of Jewish descent, from Mexico to Uruguay, recall their coming of age with Sabbath candles and Hebrew prayers, Ladino songs and merengue music, Queen Esther and the Virgin of Guadalupe. Rich and poor, Sephardi and Ashkenazi, Jewish immigrant families searched for a new home and identity in predominantly Catholic societies. The essays included here examine the religious, economic, social, and political choices these families have made and continue to make as they forge Jewish identities in the New World. Marjorie Agosín has gathered narratives and testimonies that reveal the immense diversity of Latin American Jewish experience. These essays, based on first- and second-generation immigrant experience, describe differing points of view and levels of involvement in Jewish tradition. In Taking Root, Agosín presents us with a contemporary and vivid account of the Jewish experience in Latin America. Taking Root documents the sadness of exile and loss but also a fierce determination to maintain Jewish traditions. This is Jewish history but it is also part of the untold history of Brazil, Argentina, El Salvador, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, and all of Latin America.

Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia

Author : Jill Goulder
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000763862
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia written by Jill Goulder and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Donkeys in 4th-3rd Millennium BC Mesopotamia: Insights from Modern Development Studies is a reassessment of the role and impact of working-animal adoption in antiquity, focusing on 4th-3rd millennium BC Mesopotamia but applicable to other periods and regions. This book is driven by a novel interdisciplinary process of analogy with modern use of working donkeys and cattle in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. The author uses close qualitative analysis of nearly 400 published official and NGO development studies of the complex practicalities of adoption of working animals in developing regions worldwide, in particular of the invisible and under-appreciated donkey. This material, little-used as yet in Ancient Near Eastern archaeology, sheds light on the day-to-day practicalities of working-animal adoption and management – breeding, training, husbandry, hiring and lending. While archaeology will always have need of large-scale anthropological models, the author argues for a parallel bottom-up ethological approach, envisaging the 4th and 3rd millennia BC in Mesopotamia from a viewpoint explicitly acknowledging the major presence of working animals and their daily impact on human activity and the consequent archaeological record. This innovatory investigation of the role and impact of the donkey in the Ancient Near East and today is an essential handbook for Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and zooarchaeology researchers and students, as well as historians, anthropologists and ethnographers examining the impact of working animals on past and present societies. Wider audiences include the growing sector of human-animal relationship studies, and NGOs concerned with the use of working donkeys worldwide.

Nomad

Author : Lois Beck
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520074958
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (749 download)

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Download or read book Nomad written by Lois Beck and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-12-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During 1970 to 1971, Borzu and his people were faced with many difficulties. When the expected winter rains did not fall, pastures and crops shriveled. Unable to sell their starving livestock for any profit, Borzu's people saw their debts to urban merchants and moneylenders increase. At the same time, Iran exercised more bureaucratic control over the Qashqa'i by applying new policies over migratory schedules and the allocation of scarce pastures, and by introducing non-Qashqa'i agriculturalists and livestock investors as legitimate land users. All these measures threatened the nomad's way of life and eventually undermined the role of headmen such as Borzu. Lois Beck details the vicissitudes endured by Borzu's people and the strategies he devised to cope with them.

We Are Poor But So Many

Author : Ela R. Bhatt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195169840
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book We Are Poor But So Many written by Ela R. Bhatt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

The Pyramid Builder's Handbook

Author : Derek Hitchins
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1445751658
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (457 download)

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Download or read book The Pyramid Builder's Handbook written by Derek Hitchins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The designs of the pyramids of ancient Egypt evolved over time; they had connections with the ancient myths, legends, and with the stars as they were in ancient times. When pyramid dimensions are converted to 'cubits' and 'seked,' revealing relationships emerge that were obscured by using using modern units. All of the energy of building came from manpower, courtesy of the energy consumed in the workers' food and drink. The mathematics of ramp construction, and of the use of ramps to convey stones at the phenomenal rates apparently achieved, challenge pet theories of construction. Most captivating is a study of the culture of the builders, evidenced in models of villages and farms, scenes of food preparation, toys, statues, magic, and tomb art.

Transvaal Agricultural Journal

Author : Transvaal (Colony). Department of Agriculture
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 982 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transvaal Agricultural Journal written by Transvaal (Colony). Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hundred-Year Walk

Author : Dawn Anahid MacKeen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544582926
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book The Hundred-Year Walk written by Dawn Anahid MacKeen and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist and New York Post Must-Read. “An emotionally poignant work” of survival during the Armenian genocide (Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan’s Inheritance). Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million people—half the Armenian population—were killed. In The Hundred-Year Walk, MacKeen alternates between Stepan’s courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself. “This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know . . . MacKeen’s excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present.”—Ari Shapiro, NPR “I am in awe of what Dawn MacKeen has done here . . . Her sentences sing. Her research shines. Her readers will be rapt—and a lot smarter by the end.”—Meghan Daum, author of The Problem with Everything “Harrowing.”—Us Weekly “This previously untold story of survival and personal fortitude is on par with Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken.”—Library Journal (starred review)

American Resistance

Author : Dana R. Fisher
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231547390
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book American Resistance written by Dana R. Fisher and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-05 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Donald Trump’s first day in office, a large and energetic grassroots “Resistance” has taken to the streets to protest his administration’s plans for the United States. Millions marched in pussy hats on the day after the inauguration; outraged citizens flocked to airports to declare that America must be open to immigrants; masses of demonstrators circled the White House to demand action on climate change; and that was only the beginning. Who are the millions of people marching against the Trump administration, how are they connected to the Blue Wave that washed over the U.S. Congress in 2018—and what does it all mean for the future of American democracy? American Resistance traces activists from the streets back to the communities and congressional districts around the country where they live, work, and vote. Using innovative survey data and interviews with key players, Dana R. Fisher analyzes how Resistance groups have channeled outrage into activism, using distributed organizing to make activism possible by anyone from anywhere, whenever and wherever it is needed most. Beginning with the first Women’s March and following the movement through the 2018 midterms, Fisher demonstrates how the energy and enthusiasm of the Resistance paid off in a wave of Democratic victories. She reveals how the Left rebounded from the devastating 2016 election, the lessons for turning grassroots passion into electoral gains, and what comes next. American Resistance explains the organizing that is revitalizing democracy to counter Trump’s presidency.

Livestock Guardians

Author : Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher : Storey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 158017695X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Livestock Guardians written by Janet Vorwald Dohner and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep sheep, goats, and other livestock safe from attack with guardian dogs, donkeys, and llamas. Highly effective, economical, and nonviolent, livestock guardians can be the perfect solution to your predation problems. With in-depth advice on promoting the special bond between guardian animal and livestock, Janet Vorwald Dohner covers everything from selecting an appropriate breed for your needs to advanced training techniques. Enjoy the peace of mind that comes from knowing your livestock has a guardian’s protection.

Oral Literature of the Maasai

Author : Kipuri, Naomi
Publisher : East African Educational Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9966461736
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book Oral Literature of the Maasai written by Kipuri, Naomi and published by East African Educational Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oral Literature of the Maasai offers an extensive collection of types of oral literature: oral narratives; proverbs; riddles; and a variety of songs for different occasions. The versions in this book were collected by the author from a specific Maasai community in Kajiado County of Kenya. The author listened to many of the narratives and participated in many proverb and riddle telling sessions as she grew up in her Ilbissil village of Kajiado Central Sub-county. However, she recorded most of the examples of oral literature in the early seventies with the help of her mother, who performed the role of the oral artist. Many songs were recorded from live performances. The examples ring with individuality, while also revealing a comprehensive way of life of a people. The images in the literature reveal the concrete life of the Maasai – people living closely with their livestock and engaged in constant struggle with the environment. But like all important literature, the materials here ultimately reveal a people with its moral and spiritual concerns, grappling with questions of human values and relations, struggling for a better social order. This book recommends itself to the general reader. However, the book is more than this: it includes stimulating discussions of examples, as well as review questions and exercises. The book is highly recommended to students of oral literature at secondary school level and at the university.

Conscientious Rhapsodies

Author : Sarah Dadson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426987498
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Conscientious Rhapsodies written by Sarah Dadson and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Sarah Dadson has drawn inspiration for Conscientious Rhapsodies from her personal experiences. Her life's journey has catapulted her into the world of prose and thought-provoking poetry. Dadson grew up in a culture where the language is spiced with a plethora of metaphors, similes, hyperboles, parables rich literary menu of sumptuous literature. In this collection of rhapsodies in prose and verse, she considers the buzzing bee as it zips from flower to flower and the fluttering butterfly in the flower garden as this collection considers the beauty of the world around us. She also considers the social, physical, and political issues encountered in the present and anticipated for the future. Intended for all ages, Conscientious Rhapsodies examines the emotional core of the author's existence. One Day at a Time Rome was certainly not built in one day. It was only a brick at a time that did it. Stay on task and build a stack. Understand a word and read a book. Read out loud and give a speech. Act it out and appear on screen. Hem your pants and walk in style. Plant a rose and cultivate a garden. Clean your house and breathe clean air. Show respect and be respected. Be a lady and attract a gentleman. Choose the right and be alright. One day at a time.

Herding Dogs

Author : Christine Hartnagle Renna
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1593786530
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (937 download)

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Download or read book Herding Dogs written by Christine Hartnagle Renna and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to introducing readers to the various breeds and strains of herding dogs in the world, Herding Dogs discusses the working styles, instinct tests, trials and training for all working farm dogs. From the basic skills of stock-dog training to the types of herding styles to the commands used to direct dogs at work, this useful handbook also advise newcomers on how to select the right puppy for a working ranch or hobby farm situation, how to train and acclimate the pup, solving common behavioral problems, feeding working dogs, basic first aid and more.