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Cultures of Stone

Author : Gabriel Cooney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789088908910
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Cultures of Stone written by Gabriel Cooney and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume establishes a rich cross-disciplinary dialogue about the significance of stone in society across time and space. The material properties of stone have ensured its continuing importance; however, it is its materiality which has mediated the relations between the individual, society and stone. Bound up with the physical properties of stone are ideas on identity, value, and understanding. Stone can act as a medium through which these concepts are expressed and is tied to ideas such as monumentality and remembrance; its enduring character creating a link through generations to both people and place. This volume brings together a collection of seventeen papers which draw on a range of diverse disciplines and approaches; including archaeology, anthropology, classics, design and engineering, fine arts, geography, history, linguistics, philosophy, psychology and sciences.

Stone Upon Stone

Author : Wieslaw Mysliwski
Publisher : Archipelago
ISBN 13 : 0914671022
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Stone Upon Stone written by Wieslaw Mysliwski and published by Archipelago. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the PEN Translation Prize A “sweeping . . . irreverent” masterpiece of postwar Polish literature that “chronicles the modernization of Poland and celebrates the persistence of desire” (The New Yorker) Hailed as one of the best ever books in translation, Stone Upon Stone is Wieslaw Mysliwski’s grand epic in the rural tradition—a profound and irreverent stream of memory cutting through the rich and varied terrain of one man’s connection to the land, to his family and community, to women, to tradition, to God, to death, and to what it means to be alive. Wise and impetuous, plainspoken and compassionate, Szymek recalls his youth in their village, his time as a guerrilla soldier, as a wedding official, barber, policeman, lover, drinker, and caretaker for his invalid brother. Filled with interwoven stories and voices, by turns hilarious and moving, Szymek’s narrative exudes the profound wisdom of one who has suffered, yet who loves life to the very core.

Stone Men

Author : Andrew Ross
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1788730275
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (887 download)

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Download or read book Stone Men written by Andrew Ross and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2019 Palestine Book Awards “They demolish our houses while we build theirs.” This is how a Palestinian stonemason, in line at a checkpoint outside a Jerusalem suburb, described his life to Andrew Ross. Palestinian “stone men,” using some of the best-quality limestone deposits in the world and drawing on generations of artisanal knowledge, have built almost every state in the Middle East except one of their own. Today the business of quarrying, cutting, fabricating, and dressing is the Occupied Territories’ largest private employer and generator of revenue, and supplies the construction industry in Israel, along with other countries in the region and overseas. Ross’s engrossing, surprising, and gracefully written story of this fascinating ancient trade shows how the stones of historic Palestine, and Palestinian labor, have been used to build the state of Israel—in the process, constructing “facts on the ground”—even while the industry is central to Palestinians’ own efforts to erect bulwarks against the Occupation. For more than a century, the hands that built Israel’s houses, schools, offices, bridges, and even its separation barriers have been Palestinian. Looking at the Palestinian–Israeli conflict in a new light, this book, largely based on field interviews in the region, asks how this record of labor and achievement can and should be recognized.

The Book of the Farm, Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid ... With Numerous Illustrations

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Author : Henry STEPHENS (F.R.S.E., of Redbrae Cottage, Edinburgh.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Book of the Farm, Detailing the Labours of the Farmer, Farm-steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger, Cattle-man, Field-worker, and Dairy-maid ... With Numerous Illustrations written by Henry STEPHENS (F.R.S.E., of Redbrae Cottage, Edinburgh.) and published by . This book was released on 1851 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stone in a Landslide

Author : Maria Barbal
Publisher : Peirene Press
ISBN 13 : 1908670002
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Stone in a Landslide written by Maria Barbal and published by Peirene Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Catalan modern classic, first published in 1985, now in its 50th edition, for the first time in English. The beginning of the 20th century: 13-year-old Conxa leaves her home village in the Pyrenees to work for her childless aunt. After years of hardship she finds love with Jaume - a love that will be thwarted by the Spanish Civil War. Approaching her own death, Conxa looks back on a life in which she has lost everything except her own indomitable spirit. Why Peirene chose to publish this book: 'I fell in love with Conxa's narrative voice, its stoic calmness and the complete lack of anger and bitterness. It's a timeless voice, down to earth and full of human contradictory nuances. It's the expression of someone who searches for understanding in a changing world but senses that ultimately there may be no such thing.' Meike Ziervogel 'Sparse and haunting.' Katy Guest, Independent 'The compression is so deft, the young narrator's voice so strong, so particular, her straightforward evocation of the hard labour and rare pleasures of mountain life . . . so vibrant, that it makes me want to take scissors to everything else I read.' Richard Lea, Guardian 'A Pyrenean life told in a quietly effective voice.' Daniel Hahn, Independent 'There is an understated power in Barbal's depiction of how the forces of history can shape the life of the powerless.' Adrian Turpin, Financial Times 'A masterpiece of world literature and a shining example of the virtuosity of elegant and concise prose.' Pam Norfolk, Lancashire Evening Post 'Air-tight believability.' Matthew Tree, Times Literary Supplement INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010 FOYLES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2010

Industrial and Labour Information

Author : International Labour Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Industrial and Labour Information written by International Labour Office and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

House of Stone

Author : Anthony Shadid
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547134665
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book House of Stone written by Anthony Shadid and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Culture and institutions.

Writing Labour

Author : Mohammad Talib
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199088241
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book Writing Labour written by Mohammad Talib and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-06 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most globalizing economies, workers engaged in the informal sector occupy the lowest rungs of society. This book examines one such group—stone quarry workers located beyond the expanding rim of south Delhi and beneath the radar of effective law and policy. Drawing upon extensive case studies and personal narratives of this labouring class, Talib focuses on their inner world and interprets their life stories. He records the dwindling oral tradition of these people and brings to the fore the dynamics of survival. Questioning the discourse that views this group as passive objects, the book portrays them as active negotiators of their own circumstances. This work is crucial to an understanding of the current debates on labour and development studies. It presents the workers' story of social exclusion and struggle for survival, which is rarely heard amidst the counter narratives of the formal sector's economic boom.

The Other Side of Stone

Author : Linda Cracknell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781838080044
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Other Side of Stone written by Linda Cracknell and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of Stone and Steel

Author : Assistant Professor Co-Chair Keyboard Division G Christopher Fisher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780988697409
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (974 download)

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Book Synopsis A History of Stone and Steel by : Assistant Professor Co-Chair Keyboard Division G Christopher Fisher

Download or read book A History of Stone and Steel written by Assistant Professor Co-Chair Keyboard Division G Christopher Fisher and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Paul Keppel learns that his fanatical, fire-and-brimstone-preaching grandfather is dying from brain cancer, he sees his own chronic headaches as a sign from above that he too has a very short time to live. Driven by pain, a nightmare about work boots, and a sense of impending doom, Paul soon finds himself losing control over his words and actions, to disastrous and comical effect. In order to save his marriage, avenge his sister, and preserve his sanity, he must face the memory of the summer when he was twenty-one, when a tragic steel plant accident sent his life spinning off course. But in the process, Paul begins to suspect that the history he has written in his head may not be as accurate as he once believed.

The Wyvern's Spur

Author : Kate Novak
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786963204
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Wyvern's Spur written by Kate Novak and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: High fantasy doesn’t get better than this—revisit the classic Forgotten Realms in this 2nd book of the Finder’s Stone Trilogy by veteran authors Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb. More than a hunk of junk, the Wyvern’s Spur has moldered in a crypt for fifteen generations until now. The Wyvernspur family’s powerful heirloom has been stolen, and grand wizard and patriarch Drone Wyvernspur is the first to fall to the ancient item’s curse. The family fool, Giogi, is left to find it, but even recovering the spur cannot guarantee his clan’s safety. Fortunately, the famous halfling bard Olive Ruskettle and a mysterious and talented mage named Cat are determined to help. But when betrayal and enchantment threaten Giogi’s progress, he must invoke the spur’s awesome might . . . or become its next victim!

The Labour Gazette

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1440 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Labour Gazette written by and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Work

Author : James Suzman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525561773
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Work written by James Suzman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is a tour de force." --Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman Work defines who we are. It determines our status, and dictates how, where, and with whom we spend most of our time. It mediates our self-worth and molds our values. But are we hard-wired to work as hard as we do? Did our Stone Age ancestors also live to work and work to live? And what might a world where work plays a far less important role look like? To answer these questions, James Suzman charts a grand history of "work" from the origins of life on Earth to our ever more automated present, challenging some of our deepest assumptions about who we are. Drawing insights from anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, zoology, physics, and economics, he shows that while we have evolved to find joy, meaning and purpose in work, for most of human history our ancestors worked far less and thought very differently about work than we do now. He demonstrates how our contemporary culture of work has its roots in the agricultural revolution ten thousand years ago. Our sense of what it is to be human was transformed by the transition from foraging to food production, and, later, our migration to cities. Since then, our relationships with one another and with our environments, and even our sense of the passage of time, have not been the same. Arguing that we are in the midst of a similarly transformative point in history, Suzman shows how automation might revolutionize our relationship with work and in doing so usher in a more sustainable and equitable future for our world and ourselves.

The Labour Gazette

Author : Great Britain. Ministry of Labour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Labour Gazette written by Great Britain. Ministry of Labour and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Labour's Lost Leader

Author : Paul Tyler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857714171
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book Labour's Lost Leader written by Paul Tyler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-06-29 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life story of Will Crooks has a Dickensian resonance. As a working class child, born into abject poverty, he experienced the rigours of Poplar Workhouse and Poor Law school. Nearly forty years later Crooks became Chairman of the Poplar Board of Guardians, the very board that had given him shelter during his challenging early years. Crooks was a member of the Coopers' Union for fifty-five years, and a leading pioneer of the trade union and Labour movement for over thirty. This significant and sometimes controversial figure has been overlooked by modern historians. Here Paul Tyler presents a pioneering political biography of a significant Labour figure at both a local and national level and an important reinterpretation of the early trade union and labour movement from the 1880s to the 1920s.

Textbook on Labour & Industrial Law

Author : Dr. H.K. Saharay
Publisher : Universal Law Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788175349469
Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (494 download)

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Download or read book Textbook on Labour & Industrial Law written by Dr. H.K. Saharay and published by Universal Law Publishing. This book was released on with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Dignity of Labour

Author : Jon Cruddas
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509540806
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The Dignity of Labour written by Jon Cruddas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-04-08 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does work give our lives purpose, meaning and status? Or is it a tedious necessity that will soon be abolished by automation, leaving humans free to enjoy a life of leisure and basic income? In this erudite and highly readable book, Jon Cruddas MP argues that it is imperative that the Left rejects the siren call of technological determinism and roots it politics firmly in the workplace. Drawing from his experience of his own Dagenham and Rainham constituency, he examines the history of Marxist and social democratic thinking about work in order to critique the fatalism of both Blairism and radical left techno-utopianism, which, he contends, have more in common than either would like to admit. He argues that, especially in the context of COVID-19, socialists must embrace an ethical socialist politics based on the dignity and agency of the labour interest. This timely book is a brilliant intervention in the highly contentious debate on the future of work, as well as an ambitious account of how the left must rediscover its animating purpose or risk irrelevance.