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Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Nation written by and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. K. Gibson-Graham
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816684456
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Take Back the Economy written by J. K. Gibson-Graham and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of economic crisis on a global scale, more and more people are reconsidering their role in the economy and wondering what they can do to make it work better for humanity and the planet. In this innovative book, J. K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy contribute complex understandings of economics in practical terms: what can we do right now, in our own communities, to make a difference? Full of exercises, thinking tools, and inspiring examples from around the world, Take Back the Economy shows how people can implement small-scale changes in their own lives to create ethical economies. There is no manifesto here, no one prescribed model; rather, readers are encouraged and taught how to take back the economy in ways appropriate for their own communities and context, using what they already have at hand. Take Back the Economy dismantles the idea that the economy is separate from us and best comprehended by experts. Instead, the authors demonstrate that the economy is the outcome of the decisions and efforts we make every day. The economy is thus reframed as a space of ethical action—something we can shape and alter according to what is best for the well-being of people and the planet. The book explores what people are already doing to build ethical economies, presenting these deeds as mutual concerns: What is necessary for survival, and what do we do with the surplus produced beyond what will fulfill basic needs? What do we consume, and how do we preserve and replenish the commons—those resources that can be shared to maintain all? And finally, how can we invest in a future worth living in? Suitable for activists and students alike, Take Back the Economy will be of interest to anyone seeking a more just, sustainable, and equitable world.
Author : Rob Taft
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595007082
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Leaders of the City written by Rob Taft and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-07-28 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roy Krull was a young man with a derelict father and mother who raised him to view things in terms of right and wrong. Blessed with a terrific fastball, Roy beans a would-be murderer, killing him during the championship game. While he has saved the life of a woman, spectators and the town believe he has committed murder. In a reformatory he beans two bullies who have abused weaker inmates and while life for everyone improves there, he gains a contentious reputation. He studies torture and ancient martyrdom, and with the crude help of the reformatory librarian, forges new purpose to his life. Once released, he works to earn money to go to New York where he wields his craft on unsuspecting criminals and exposes them publicly in the most ingenious and ignominious of ways. Crime in the city plummets and the mayor, in a highly controversial move, endorses Roy's "Leaders of the City" concept. When a nationwide serial killer lands in New York and the media virtually ignores him, he challenges "the leaders" to catch him. Using the New York Post as their communicator, Roy and Hat Pin Harold plot to meet at a prominent social event. Despite heavy police surveillance, Roy and Harold tangle and through a bizarre series of events, "the leader" brings the elusive serial killer to justice in a most unusual and redeeming way. Rob Taft has lived and worked in over seventy-five countries around the world. A former diplomat, he has written articles and published a number of short stories. He currently teaches at the University of Central Florida, where he is director of the International Business Center. Mr. B is his first novel.
Author : Chrystal D. Giles
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0593175174
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Take Back the Block written by Chrystal D. Giles and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book made me want to step aside, hand over the mic, and listen to Wes. A must-read." --Mariama J. Lockington, author of For Black Girls Like Me Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee-- Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best friends since little-kid days) and playing video games--is what he wants to be thinking about at the start of the school year, not the protests his parents are always dragging him to. But when a real estate developer makes an offer to buy Kensington Oaks, the neighborhood Wes has lived his whole life, everything changes. The grownups are supposed to have all the answers, but all they're doing is arguing. Even Wes's best friends are fighting. And some of them may be moving. Wes isn't about to give up the only home he's ever known. Wes has always been good at puzzles, and he knows there has to be a missing piece that will solve this puzzle and save the Oaks. But can he find it . . . before it's too late? Exploring community, gentrification, justice, and friendship, Take Back the Block introduces an irresistible 6th grader and asks what it means to belong--to a place and a movement--and to fight for what you believe in. * "Outstanding."—School Library Journal, Starred Review * “Transformative.”—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review "Filled with hope, friendship, and grit." --Stacy McAnulty, best-selling author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl "Timely and penetrating." --Kelly Starling Lyons, author of Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations "Chrystal Giles's sparkling debut will have you standing up and cheering." --Lisa Yee, award winning author of Millicent Min, Girl Genius "Chrystal Giles really nailed it. I loved this book." --Linda Williams Jackson, award winning author of Midnight Without a Moon "Necessary and inspiring. An empowering read." --Ashley Herring Blake, author of the Stonewall Honor Book Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World "Wes will welcome middle grade readers into his delightful circle of friends, his strong and loving family, and his powerful community." --Barbara Dee, author of the ALA Notable Children's Book Maybe He Just Likes You
Author : Greg Bear
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316223964
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book Take Back the Sky written by Greg Bear and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conclusion to an epic interstellar trilogy of war from master of science fiction, Greg Bear. Marooned beneath the icy, waxy crust of Saturn's moon, Titan, Skyrine Michael Venn and his comrades face double danger from Earth and from the Antagonists, both intent on wiping out their growing awareness of what the helpful alien Gurus are really doing in our solar system. Haunted by their dead and by the ancient archives of our Bug ancestors, the former combatants must now team up with their enemies, forget their indoctrination and their training, and journey far beyond Pluto to the fabled Planet X, the Antagonists' home world, a Sun-Planet in the comet-generating Kuiper belt. It's here that Master Sergeant Venn will finally understand his destiny and the destiny of every intelligent being in the solar system-including the enigmatic Gurus.
Author : Alan Redway
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460252012
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Governing Toronto: Bringing back the city that worked written by Alan Redway and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In stark contrast to the dysfunctional megacity of today, The Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto was a city that worked. Some refer to this period from 1954 to 1998 as Toronto’s “Golden Age”. This book traces the growth and governance of the city from its creation in 1834 through its successful Metro years to why and how the decision was made to establish the present megacity while at the same time either accidentally or deliberately turning the Ontario government into both a provincial government and a regional government, as well, for a significantly enlarged Greater Toronto Area. Then it urges the provincial government to initiate a long over-due review of the governance of the city aimed at returning it to a city that works either by way of a de-amalgamation, as successfully achieved in Montreal, or at the very least by a decentralization of local responsibilities.
Author : Errol Shaw
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479787876
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)
Download or read book Nigel's Dream written by Errol Shaw and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synopsis At an early age, a young girl met and fell in love with a good looking boy who often visited the Kingston wharf to swim with other boys. It was close to this area that Doreen met and fell in love with this boy known to others only as Roy. This boy was the oldest of the pack of boys who he often hangs out with at the wharf. She had no idea what would become of her life. It did not take long before the two became really close. Although Doreen was under age, she failed to follow her mother's advise and was sexually involved with the boy she met. She became pregnant and later gives birth to a child with amazing capabilities. From the inception of his birth, Nigel, was deemed a child of mystery and remarkable talent. He had visions in the world that many people, including his family, could not believe. At a young age, he was able to tell vivid stories of his dreams and imaginations to his family that at times appeared to be seemingly real. Even in school he developed the ability to read and write much quicker than others who were not able to at his level. Who knew that one day this young boy would rise above it all. Only time will give an account to what kind of man Nigel would grow up to be, as he get over the spirits that followed the family for most of his young life. Incredibly, his family dug deeper to explore the visions and talent this youngster possessed. They would later realize that there is more to his talents that set him apart from other children. They would later find out most of his talents would stem from spirits teaching him the basic principles of learning to read and write. Soon enough, the thoughts of dealing and finding ways to evade ghost would overwhelm them. The spirits would haunt them everywhere they traveled. However, despite all their fears casted by ghosts, Nigel was the least fearful of the crack walls, the rising bed and the falling clock. Ultimately, their vision and hope to rise against it all will one day become a possibility.
Author : Alissa Hessler
Publisher : Page Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1624144101
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (241 download)
Download or read book Ditch the City and Go Country written by Alissa Hessler and published by Page Street Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The No-Nonsense Guide For Country Dreamers Though moving to the country takes determination, every ex-urbanite says it was the best decision they ever made. The same rings true for Alissa Hessler, who relocated from Seattle to rural Maine years ago and has never looked back. In this book she uses her wit, charm and experience to help you chart a path to successful country living. Ditch the City and Go Country covers the ins and outs of how to find a home, how to keep your current job remotely or where to look for a new one, how to own livestock and prepare for disasters, how to make a smooth transition and become a part of your new community and how to embrace the seasons. With this must-have guide, you’ll be able to stop daydreaming and finally live the life you’ve always wanted in the country. Alissa Hessler was inspired to launch her blog Urban Exodus after relocating to Maine in 2011. She has been featured in Modern Farmer, Popular Photography, Click Magazine and Maine Home.
Author : TJ Lee
Publisher : TJ Lee
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Ivory Snow written by TJ Lee and published by TJ Lee. This book was released on with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ava was the fairest in the land, yet her sister still won the heart of the Prince. 13 years later their daughter debuts in society. The rumor is, she’s fairer than Ava. Well, now, Ava couldn’t have that. After watching her parents murdered in front of her, and nearly dying herself, Ivory finds solace in the home of 7 orphaned males. In exchange for help around the house, they agree she can stay. All but one see her as a sister. The grumpiest, the oldest, doesn’t understand the pull she has on him. After years of peace and quiet, Ava’s dark cloud threatens the farm and the males. Only, Ivory is no longer a small pup. Her wolf has come forward, and the true Queen is ready to take back her throne. Ivory Snow is a shifter version of Snow White, but is not meant for little ones. It is clean, mostly. Steamy certainly. If you like fairy tales, you enjoy fantasy, and you prefer adult books, then you will enjoy Ivory Snow.
Author : Matthew Desmond
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0553447459
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Evicted written by Matthew Desmond and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NAMED ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • One of the most acclaimed books of our time, this modern classic “has set a new standard for reporting on poverty” (Barbara Ehrenreich, The New York Times Book Review). In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Hailed as “wrenching and revelatory” (The Nation), “vivid and unsettling” (New York Review of Books), Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving one of twenty-first-century America’s most devastating problems. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY President Barack Obama • The New York Times Book Review • The Boston Globe • The Washington Post • NPR • Entertainment Weekly • The New Yorker • Bloomberg • Esquire • BuzzFeed • Fortune • San Francisco Chronicle • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Politico • The Week • Chicago Public Library • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly • Booklist • Shelf Awareness WINNER OF: The National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • The PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction • The Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism • The PEN/New England Award • The Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize FINALIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE AND THE KIRKUS PRIZE “Evicted stands among the very best of the social justice books.”—Ann Patchett, author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth “Gripping and moving—tragic, too.”—Jesmyn Ward, author of Salvage the Bones “Evicted is that rare work that has something genuinely new to say about poverty.”—San Francisco Chronicle
Author : E. A. Wallis Budge
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (29 download)
Download or read book “The” Laughable Stories written by E. A. Wallis Budge and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Henricus Oort
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Bible for Learners written by Henricus Oort and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Stout
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756414903
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)
Download or read book Titan's Day written by Dan Stout and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The city of Titanshade pulses with nervous energy. The discovery of new riches beneath its snowfields has given residents hope for prosperity, but it also means the arrival of federal troops, along with assurances that they are only there to "stabilize the situation". In an alley, a gruesome discovery: the mutilated body of a young woman, a recent immigrant so little-regarded that not even her lovers bothered to learn her name. But in death, she's found a champion. Detective Carter single-mindedly pursues the killer as he navigates political pressures and resists becoming a pawn in the struggles tipping the city toward anarchy. But when more innocent lives are lost and time runs short, he's forced to decide if justice is worth sparking all-out war in the streets during the biggest celebration of the year: Titan's Day."--
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Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book California Municipalities written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Maxwell Brown
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806126180
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (261 download)
Download or read book No Duty to Retreat written by Richard Maxwell Brown and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1865, Wild Bill Hickok killed Dave Tutt in a Missouri public square in the West’s first notable "walkdown." One hundred and twenty-nine years later, Bernard Goetz shot four threatening young men in a New York subway car. Apart from gunfire, what do the two events have in common? Goetz, writes Richard Maxwell Brown, was acquitted of wrongdoing in the spirit of a uniquely American view of self-defense, a view forged in frontier gunfights like Hickok’s. When faced with a deadly threat, we have the right to stand our ground and fight. We have no duty to retreat.
Author : Charles L. Marohn, Jr.
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119564816
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Author : William Martin
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 0765384213
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Bound for Gold written by William Martin and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Peter Fallon novel of the California gold rush"--Jacket.
