Author: Brian Doherty
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316028924
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Doherty provides detailed information on the outrageous festival---its inception, history, growth, and players--for the hundreds of thousands who have attended, as well as those who only wish they had.
White Man's Game
Author: Stephanie Hanes
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 0805097171
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A probing examination of Western conservation efforts in Africa, where our feel-good stories belie a troubling reality The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And why did efforts to bring back wildlife become far more difficult than expected? In pursuit of answers, Stephanie Hanes takes readers on a vivid safari across southern Africa, from the shark-filled waters off Cape Agulhas to a reserve trying to save endangered wild dogs. She traces the tangled history of Western missionaries, explorers, and do-gooders in Africa, from Stanley and Livingstone to Teddy Roosevelt, from Bono and the Live Aid festivals to Greg Carr, the American benefactor of Gorongosa. And she examines the larger problems that arise when Westerners try to “fix” complex, messy situations in the developing world, acting with best intentions yet potentially overlooking the wishes of the people who live there. Beneath the uplifting stories we tell ourselves about helping Africans, she shows, often lies a dramatic misunderstanding of what the locals actually need and want. A gripping narrative of environmentalists and insurgents, poachers and tycoons, elephants and angry spirits, White Man’s Game profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books
ISBN: 0805097171
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A probing examination of Western conservation efforts in Africa, where our feel-good stories belie a troubling reality The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And why did efforts to bring back wildlife become far more difficult than expected? In pursuit of answers, Stephanie Hanes takes readers on a vivid safari across southern Africa, from the shark-filled waters off Cape Agulhas to a reserve trying to save endangered wild dogs. She traces the tangled history of Western missionaries, explorers, and do-gooders in Africa, from Stanley and Livingstone to Teddy Roosevelt, from Bono and the Live Aid festivals to Greg Carr, the American benefactor of Gorongosa. And she examines the larger problems that arise when Westerners try to “fix” complex, messy situations in the developing world, acting with best intentions yet potentially overlooking the wishes of the people who live there. Beneath the uplifting stories we tell ourselves about helping Africans, she shows, often lies a dramatic misunderstanding of what the locals actually need and want. A gripping narrative of environmentalists and insurgents, poachers and tycoons, elephants and angry spirits, White Man’s Game profoundly challenges the way we think about philanthropy and conservation.
This Is Burning Man
Author: Brian Doherty
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316028924
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Doherty provides detailed information on the outrageous festival---its inception, history, growth, and players--for the hundreds of thousands who have attended, as well as those who only wish they had.
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316028924
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Doherty provides detailed information on the outrageous festival---its inception, history, growth, and players--for the hundreds of thousands who have attended, as well as those who only wish they had.
One Man's Island / One Man's War
Author: Thomas J Wolfenden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682612295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
One man's war: "Seven years ago, Tim Flannery was left to fend for himself in a dead and decaying world. He thought he'd fought his last battle for humanity. But now a new evil has risen from the ashes of the dead United States and Flannery must again take up arms to preserve what little sanity is left in a world gone mad"--Page 4 of cover.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682612295
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
One man's war: "Seven years ago, Tim Flannery was left to fend for himself in a dead and decaying world. He thought he'd fought his last battle for humanity. But now a new evil has risen from the ashes of the dead United States and Flannery must again take up arms to preserve what little sanity is left in a world gone mad"--Page 4 of cover.
Majestrum
Author: Matthew Hughes
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473225418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
THE TALES OF HENGHIS HAPTHORN Henghis Hapthorn is the foremost penetrator of mysteries and uncoverer of secrets in a decadent, far-future Old Earth, one age before Jack Vance's Dying Earth. A superb rationalist, he has long disdained the notion that the universe has an alternative organizing principle: magic. But now a new age is dawning, overturning the very foundations of Hapthorn's existence, and he must struggle to survive in a world where all the rules are changing. In MAJESTRUM, Hapthorn is on the trail of an unknown killer who collects body parts from his victims. The search leads him off-planet, into the Ten Thousand Worlds of The Spray, then turns in an unexpected direction as the freelance discriminator learns that an ancient and evil power is plotting to reassert its dominion over Old Earth.
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473225418
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
THE TALES OF HENGHIS HAPTHORN Henghis Hapthorn is the foremost penetrator of mysteries and uncoverer of secrets in a decadent, far-future Old Earth, one age before Jack Vance's Dying Earth. A superb rationalist, he has long disdained the notion that the universe has an alternative organizing principle: magic. But now a new age is dawning, overturning the very foundations of Hapthorn's existence, and he must struggle to survive in a world where all the rules are changing. In MAJESTRUM, Hapthorn is on the trail of an unknown killer who collects body parts from his victims. The search leads him off-planet, into the Ten Thousand Worlds of The Spray, then turns in an unexpected direction as the freelance discriminator learns that an ancient and evil power is plotting to reassert its dominion over Old Earth.
A Magic of Twilight
Author: S. L. Farrell
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1440629420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The breathtaking first novel in a brilliant new fantasy series A masterwork of fantasy, The Nessantico Cycle is the epic tale of an empire at its height, yet poised on the brink of what could be a devastating descent into ruin. Told from the viewpoints of numerous characters, it is a sweeping saga of murder and magic (portrayed both as a powerful religion and a forbidden art), of deception and betrayal, of Machiavellian politics, star-crossed lovers, and a realm facing war on every front.
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 1440629420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The breathtaking first novel in a brilliant new fantasy series A masterwork of fantasy, The Nessantico Cycle is the epic tale of an empire at its height, yet poised on the brink of what could be a devastating descent into ruin. Told from the viewpoints of numerous characters, it is a sweeping saga of murder and magic (portrayed both as a powerful religion and a forbidden art), of deception and betrayal, of Machiavellian politics, star-crossed lovers, and a realm facing war on every front.
Current Opinion
Author: Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Deadbolt
Author: Mary T. Kremer
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480993522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Deadbolt By: Mary T. Kremer St. Louis has a serial killer. Women are being sadistically tortured, brutally raped and murdered; the crime scenes horrific. Homicide Lieutenant Grace Van Haran is assigned the case. But when a second victim is butchered in as many months, she and her team are no closer to finding the monster. It could be anyone. How and why the women are hunted, remains a mystery. There appears to be no connection between the victims…no common factor; their paths have never crossed. The only similarities are that both women were home alone on the night of the attacks and their deadbolts locked. Everything appears to be random. Except that Lieutenant Van Haran doesn’t believe in random. To assist in the investigation, the mayor and chief of police bring in Agent Dr. Spartacus Breen of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. He is an expert in crime profiling. Initially suspicious of Breen, as the time between murders shortens and the killings become more heinous, the task force soon learns that they need all the help they can get. With a city locked in terror, before any more women have to die, Van Haran and Breen need to turn the tables on the killer. They need to turn the hunter unto the hunted.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480993522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Deadbolt By: Mary T. Kremer St. Louis has a serial killer. Women are being sadistically tortured, brutally raped and murdered; the crime scenes horrific. Homicide Lieutenant Grace Van Haran is assigned the case. But when a second victim is butchered in as many months, she and her team are no closer to finding the monster. It could be anyone. How and why the women are hunted, remains a mystery. There appears to be no connection between the victims…no common factor; their paths have never crossed. The only similarities are that both women were home alone on the night of the attacks and their deadbolts locked. Everything appears to be random. Except that Lieutenant Van Haran doesn’t believe in random. To assist in the investigation, the mayor and chief of police bring in Agent Dr. Spartacus Breen of the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. He is an expert in crime profiling. Initially suspicious of Breen, as the time between murders shortens and the killings become more heinous, the task force soon learns that they need all the help they can get. With a city locked in terror, before any more women have to die, Van Haran and Breen need to turn the tables on the killer. They need to turn the hunter unto the hunted.
The Power of the Sea
Author: K.R. Hawkins
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Avie is bored of her mundane life on Caslend Island. She wants to leave and see the world of Ezeron. However, her uncle will not let her leave for mysterious reasons. She never knew her parents. The only thing she has left of them is a strange pendant that has a sea maiden engraved on the casing. Truth is revealed to her, and she discovers that a deranged captain is after her and the necklace. Avie and her necklace are keys to finding the power of the sea. Avie soon finds herself on a journey to discover what she must do and what she must become before it is too late.
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Avie is bored of her mundane life on Caslend Island. She wants to leave and see the world of Ezeron. However, her uncle will not let her leave for mysterious reasons. She never knew her parents. The only thing she has left of them is a strange pendant that has a sea maiden engraved on the casing. Truth is revealed to her, and she discovers that a deranged captain is after her and the necklace. Avie and her necklace are keys to finding the power of the sea. Avie soon finds herself on a journey to discover what she must do and what she must become before it is too late.
Notes from No Man's Land
Author: Eula Biss
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555978231
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize Acclaimed for its frank and fascinating investigation of racial identity, and reissued on its ten-year anniversary, Notes from No Man’s Land begins with a series of lynchings, ends with a list of apologies, and in an unsettling new coda revisits a litany of murders that no one seems capable of solving. Eula Biss explores race in America through the experiences chronicled in these essays—teaching in a Harlem school on the morning of 9/11, reporting from an African American newspaper in San Diego, watching the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from a college town in Iowa, and rereading Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. What she reveals is how families, schools, communities, and our country participate in preserving white privilege. Notes from No Man’s Land is an essential portrait of America that established Biss as one of the most distinctive and inventive essayists of our time.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555978231
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism Winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize Acclaimed for its frank and fascinating investigation of racial identity, and reissued on its ten-year anniversary, Notes from No Man’s Land begins with a series of lynchings, ends with a list of apologies, and in an unsettling new coda revisits a litany of murders that no one seems capable of solving. Eula Biss explores race in America through the experiences chronicled in these essays—teaching in a Harlem school on the morning of 9/11, reporting from an African American newspaper in San Diego, watching the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina from a college town in Iowa, and rereading Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. What she reveals is how families, schools, communities, and our country participate in preserving white privilege. Notes from No Man’s Land is an essential portrait of America that established Biss as one of the most distinctive and inventive essayists of our time.
Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heating
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heating
Languages : en
Pages : 1284
Book Description