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Renegade Dreams

Author : Laurence Ralph
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022603271X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Renegade Dreams written by Laurence Ralph and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inner city communities in the US have become junkyards of dreams, to quote Mike Daviswastelands where gangs package narcotics to stimulate the local economy, gunshots occur multiple times on any given day, and dreams of a better life can fade into the realities of poverty and disability. Laurence Ralph lived in such a community in Chicago for three years, conducting interviews and participating in meetings with members of the local gang which has been central to the community since the 1950s. Ralph discovered that the experience of injury, whether physical or social, doesn t always crush dreams into oblivion; it can transform them into something productive: renegade dreams. The first part of this book moves from a critique of the way government officials, as opposed to grandmothers, have been handling the situation, to a study of the history of the historic Divine Knights gang, to a portrait of a duo of gang members who want to be recognized as authentic rappers (they call their musical style crack music ) and the difficulties they face in exiting the gang. The second part is on physical disability, including being wheelchair bound, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among heroin users, and the experience of brutality at the hands of Chicago police officers. In a final chapter, The Frame, Or How to Get Out of an Isolated Space, Ralph offers a fresh perspective on how to understand urban violence. The upshot is a total portrait of the interlocking complexities, symbols, and vicissitudes of gang life in one of the most dangerous inner city neighborhoods in the US. We expect this study will enjoy considerable readership, among anthropologists, sociologists, and other scholars interested in disability, urban crime, and race."

Freedom Dreams (TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION)

Author : Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807007854
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Freedom Dreams (TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION) written by Robin D. G. Kelley and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th-anniversary edition of Kelley’s influential history of 20th-century Black radicalism, with new reflections on current movements and their impact on the author, and a foreword by poet Aja Monet First published in 2002, Freedom Dreams is a staple in the study of the Black radical tradition. Unearthing the thrilling history of grassroots movements and renegade intellectuals and artists, Kelley recovers the dreams of the future worlds Black radicals struggled to achieve. Focusing on the insights of activists, from the Revolutionary Action Movement to the insurgent poetics of Aimé and Suzanne Césaire, Kelley chronicles the quest for a homeland, the hope that communism offered, the politics of surrealism, the transformative potential of Black feminism, and the long dream of reparations for slavery and Jim Crow. In this edition, Kelley includes a new introduction reflecting on how movements of the past 20 years have expanded his own vision of freedom to include mutual care, disability justice, abolition, and decolonization, and a new epilogue exploring the visionary organizing of today’s freedom dreamers. This classic history of the power of the Black radical imagination is as timely as when it was first published.

The Torture Letters

Author : Laurence Ralph
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022672980X
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Torture Letters written by Laurence Ralph and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture is an open secret in Chicago. Nobody in power wants to acknowledge this grim reality, but everyone knows it happens—and that the torturers are the police. Three to five new claims are submitted to the Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission of Illinois each week. Four hundred cases are currently pending investigation. Between 1972 and 1991, at least 125 black suspects were tortured by Chicago police officers working under former Police Commander Jon Burge. As the more recent revelations from the Homan Square “black site” show, that brutal period is far from a historical anomaly. For more than fifty years, police officers who took an oath to protect and serve have instead beaten, electrocuted, suffocated, and raped hundreds—perhaps thousands—of Chicago residents. In The Torture Letters, Laurence Ralph chronicles the history of torture in Chicago, the burgeoning activist movement against police violence, and the American public’s complicity in perpetuating torture at home and abroad. Engaging with a long tradition of epistolary meditations on racism in the United States, from James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time to Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me, Ralph offers in this book a collection of open letters written to protesters, victims, students, and others. Through these moving, questing, enraged letters, Ralph bears witness to police violence that began in Burge’s Area Two and follows the city’s networks of torture to the global War on Terror. From Vietnam to Geneva to Guantanamo Bay—Ralph’s story extends as far as the legacy of American imperialism. Combining insights from fourteen years of research on torture with testimonies of victims of police violence, retired officers, lawyers, and protesters, this is a powerful indictment of police violence and a fierce challenge to all Americans to demand an end to the systems that support it. With compassion and careful skill, Ralph uncovers the tangled connections among law enforcement, the political machine, and the courts in Chicago, amplifying the voices of torture victims who are still with us—and lending a voice to those long deceased.

Renegades

Author : Barack Obama
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0593236319
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Renegades written by Barack Obama and published by Crown. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country’s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders—one Black and one white—looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: • Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen • Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions • Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his “Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches” • Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career • Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives • Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for—and the occasional toll of—telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.

Renegades

Author : Marissa Meyer
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250164079
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Renegades written by Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer, comes a high-stakes world of adventure, passion, danger, and betrayal. Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice. The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone...except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova's allegiance is to the villains who have the power to end them both.

City of Dreams & Nightmare

Author : Ian Whates
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 0857660500
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book City of Dreams & Nightmare written by Ian Whates and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THEY CALL IT "THE CITY OF A HUNDRED ROWS". City of Dreams & Nightmare is the first in a series of novels set in one of the most extraordinary fantasy settings since Gormenghast - the ancient vertical city of Thaiburley. From its towering palatial heights to the dregs who dwell in The City Below, this is a vast, multi-tiered metropolis, and demons are said to dwell in the Upper Heights... Having witnessed a murder in a part of the city he should never have been in, street thief Tom has to run for his life. Down through the vast city he is pursued by sky-borne assassins, sinister Kite Guards, and agents of a darker force intent on destabilising the whole city. Accused of the crime, he must use all of his knowledge of this ancient city to flee a certain death; his only ally is Kat, a renegade like him, but she has secrets of her own... File Under: Fantasy [ Towering City | Ancient Secrets | Murder Most Foul | Kite Guard! ]

Score On Me

Author : Melody Heck Gatto
Publisher : Melody Heck Gatto
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Score On Me written by Melody Heck Gatto and published by Melody Heck Gatto. This book was released on 2014-10-12 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fangirl romance. Ever wonder what would happen if your hockey crush fell for you? Kat Torella never imagined it would happen to her. Happily ever after? Not on Kat’s radar. She didn’t believe in it, at least not for her. More to the point, she wasn’t sure she was even built for love. Cautious where her heart is concerned, Kat instead focuses on her career. But when she meets him, Kat throws caution to the wind. After all, what girl wouldn’t want to spend a steamy night with her all-time hockey crush? Especially one with mesmerizing chocolate brown eyes, a swoon worthy smile, and shaggy sex hair. Kris Lafleur, sexy star defenseman for the Pittsburgh Renegades ice hockey team has spent the last year dedicating himself to the game while getting over a disastrous relationship. A hopeless romantic, deep down Kris longs for a girl who is attracted to him and not his bank account. A guy like Kris Lafleur would never see a future with someone like her. But Kris has other ideas and he’s determined not to let Kat walk out of his life. His heart insists she’s the real deal, and he wants her, baggage and all. While Kat battles her insecurities, Kris contends with interference from a well-meaning teammate who wants to save him from being burned again. And when it looks like history is repeating and trust is called into play, will their love be strong enough to survive? Keywords: sports romance, for readers that like authors, hockey romance, hockey fiction, meet cute, hot hockey players, steamy but cute romance, insta-love, girl next door, fangirl romance, wealthy hero, dream guy romance, first in series free

The Last Renegade

Author : Jo Goodman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101589612
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Last Renegade written by Jo Goodman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning western historical romance from USA Today bestselling author Jo Goodman, one of today's “premier western romance writers.”* As the owner of the Pennyroyal Saloon and Hotel, Lorraine Berry is privy to almost everything that goes on in Bitter Springs, Wyoming—including the bloodshed plaguing its citizens. With all of the good men dying at the hands of a local rancher and his three sons, Raine hires a shootist to be the town’s protector. But her handsome new employee is more than a hired hand; he’s a man who keeps his guns close and his secrets closer. After a chance encounter on a train, Kellen Coltrane travels to the Pennyroyal to carry out a dying man’s last wish. But once he meets the hotel’s fiery-haired proprietor, Coltrane finds himself assuming the role of the shootist’s accomplice and agrees to protect Bitter Springs. And as he learns more about Raine’s own tragedy, Coltrane can’t deny his growing desire for the courageous widow, or the urge to protect her from the threat that draws near...

Archenemies

Author : Marissa Meyer
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250311446
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Archenemies written by Marissa Meyer and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Renegades Trilogy continues, in this fiercely awaited second installment after the New York Times-bestselling Renegades by Marissa Meyer, author of the Lunar Chronicles. Now a New York Times Bestseller! Time is running out. Together, they can save the world. But they each other’s worst nightmare. Nova’s double life is about to get a lot more complicated: As Insomnia, she is a full-fledged member of the Renegades, a syndicate of powerful and beloved superheroes. She works with Adrian’s patrol unit to protect the weak and maintain order in Gatlon City. As Nightmare, she is an Anarchist - a group of of villains who are determined to destroy the Renegades. Nova wants vengeance against the so-called heroes who once failed her when she needed them most. But as Nova, her feelings for Adrian are deepening, despite the fact that he is the son of her sworn enemies and, unbeknownst to Nova, he has some dangerous secrets of his own. In this second installment of the Renegades trilogy, Nova, Adrian, and the rest of their crew – Ruby, Oscar, and Danna -- are faced with escalating crime in Gatlon City, while covert weapons and conflicting missions have Nova and Adrian questioning not only their beliefs about justice, but also the feelings they have for each other. The line between good and evil has been blurred, but what's clear to them both is that too much power could mean the end of their city – and the world – as they know it.

Renegade Dreams

Author : Laurence Ralph
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022603285X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Renegade Dreams written by Laurence Ralph and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ethnographic study of the residents of a violent West Chicago neighborhood and how they cope from day to day. As with war, much of our focus on inner-city violence is on the death toll, but the reality is that far more victims live to see another day and must copy with their injuries—both physical and psychological—for the rest of their lives. Renegade Dreams is their story. Walking the streets of one of Chicago’s most violent neighborhoods, Laurence Ralph talks to parents, grandparents, and pastors, to activists and gang leaders, to the maimed and the hopeful, to aspiring rappers, athletes, or those who simply want safe passage to school or a steady job. Seeking to understand how they cope, he ultimately shows that the injuries they carry are—like dreams—a crucial form of resilience. Praise for Renegade Dreams “A tour de force—extremely well written and engaging, and replete with original insights. Once I began reading Ralph’s book, I had a difficult time putting it down. His field research is fascinating. And his explicit discussion of the interconnections of inner-city injury with government and community institutions, as well as how it is related to historical and social processes, is a major contribution.” —William Julius Wilson, author of The Truly Disadvantaged “Ralph’s Chicago is peopled by characters we’ve seen before . . . but they breathe and bounce throughout his pages like more than just rehashed stock figures in some ongoing morality play about urban black pathology. Thoroughly researched and powerfully told, Renegade Dream is a paradigm-shifting anthropological rejoinder to popular stereotypes and scholarly cant about “inner-city violence,” its causes, and its aftermath.” —John L. Jackson Jr., author of Thin Description “Astounding in its clarity and groundbreaking in its power. . . . The textures and rhythms of Ralph’s realist narrative are charged with critical insight and transcendental significance, making ethnography into a work of art.” —João Biehl, author of Vita “Theoretically rich and superbly written, this book exposes what is hidden in plain sight: the full humanity of people whose lives are greater than the sum of their pain and peril.” —Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author of The Condemnation of Blackness “An elegant, poetic, and sympathetic look at a West Side Chicago neighborhood [Ralph] calls Eastwood. . . . Recommended for readers interested in contemporary urban neighborhoods and Chicago history. An absorbing read for those who enjoyed the blend of history and narrative in William Shaw’s West Side: Young Men & Hip Hop in L.A..” —Library Journal

Nickel Dreams

Author : Tanya Tucker
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9780786889365
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Nickel Dreams written by Tanya Tucker and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tanya chronicles her rise to the top of country music fame, and tells her story about her struggle up from poverty. She became a country music superstar as an adult but not without going through some painful struggles. She talks about her eventual addiction and struggle with cocaine, her infamous brutal affair with Glen Campbell, and tells stories of other celebrities, such as Waylon Jennings, Tammy Wynette, Elvis Presley, Don Johnson, Andy Gibb, Cher, and Clint Eastwood.

Renegade Lady

Author : Dawn Martens
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781495281075
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Renegade Lady written by Dawn Martens and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jenna 'Ice' Chandler grew up as part of a motorcycle club. She considered it her home, until one wrong move made it her prison. After months of abuse, she is rescued by Chipper, who takes her to Big Clifty, Missouri, home of the Renegade Sons MC. Kiddrick 'Kidd' Jones, president of the Renegades, there is something special about Ice the moment she comes into the club, but stays away because she is too young. When time comes for Ice to take her place in the club, she has two choices, become an old lady or a club whore; not believing in love she decides to earn her spot on her back. With each passing year, Kidd's urge to make her his own becomes stronger. Will Ice finally thaw out?

Renegade World Travel

Author : Lillian Louise Pierson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781480029569
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book Renegade World Travel written by Lillian Louise Pierson and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renegade World Travel was written for people who want to break the doldrums of daily life by cultivating an exotic and exciting travel lifestyle, while still retaining a modicum of normalcy in their lives. In this book you'll learn travel lifestyle short-cuts to enable you to cheaply, safely, and sanely tread the world. Stop waiting, tomorrow never comes – this small book will be the only one you need to help you make your world travel dreams come true.What you'll learn:• How to travel the world for less than what it costs to travel in the USA• How to travel while keeping a full-time job back home• The ins-and-outs of solo world travel in all of its grandeur• How to stay safe while traveling the world, especially if you're a solo woman traveler• Logistical tricks to help you navigate through exotic foreign lands• How to cultivate greater spirituality, friendship, and romance as you gallivant the globe

Renegade's Honor

Author : William H. Keith
Publisher : Contemporary Books
ISBN 13 : 9781555600570
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Renegade's Honor written by William H. Keith and published by Contemporary Books. This book was released on 1988-04-01 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Belonging

Author : Saira Niazi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book On Belonging written by Saira Niazi and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to Lahore after almost a decade, wandering London guide and community worker Saira Niazi reflects on what it means to belong on both a personal and a universal level. In a series of personal essays on topics including exploration, love, faith, transience, mental health and being a woman of colour, Niazi shares her strange and unlikely journey towards becoming a wandering guide. She draws upon the stories, experiences, and insights of the extraordinary people she has met along the way, from monks and mudlarks to storytellers and scientists, and celebrates the many different kinds of beautiful lives that exist.

Gone the Dreams and Dancing

Author : Douglas C. Jones
Publisher : Center Point
ISBN 13 : 9781585472635
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Gone the Dreams and Dancing written by Douglas C. Jones and published by Center Point. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fictional masterpiece based on actual events transports readers to the time of Kwahadi, a Comanche chief desperately trying to save his people.

Interrogating Ethnography

Author : Steven Lubet
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190655674
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Interrogating Ethnography written by Steven Lubet and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this comprehensive review of urban ethnography, Steven Lubet encountered a field that relies heavily on anonymous sources, often as reported by a single investigator whose underlying data remain unseen. Upon digging into the details, he discovered too many ethnographic assertions that were dubious, exaggerated, tendentious, or just plain wrong. Employing the tools and techniques of a trial lawyer, Lubet uses original sources and contemporaneous documentation to explore the stories behind ethnographic narratives. Many turn out to be accurate, but others are revealed to be based on rumors, folklore, and unreliable hearsay. Interrogating Ethnography explains how qualitative social science would benefit from greater attention to the quality of evidence, and provides recommendations for bringing the field more closely in line with other fact-based disciplines such as law and journalism"--Publisher's website.