Author: Barry Brierley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410778274
Category : Western stories
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Read the Foreword Clarion book review of The Life of Stuart O. Van Slyke. In this autobiography compiled from old diaries and letters, Stuart O. Van Slyke recounts his adventures as a young man born to hardship in the early 20th century. He recalls how he overcame his background through his own grit, imagination, and the support of his family and friends. From a 21st century point of view, Stuart's unsupervised childhood seems carefree. Virtually on his own from the beginning, Stuart worked his way through college, where he was introduced to the Army through ROTC, and was the first of his family to graduate. He was called to active duty on June 30, 1941, as a second lieutenant, but his true military career started on Pearl Harbor day. This turned out to a pivotal event in the shaping of his life. One of the highlights of the book is his service in the North African Campaign and his passionate yet sensitive command of the 78th Fighter Control Squadron, and later on the staff of the Allied Air Command of Corsica. The war's ending found him in Korea in military government in 1945, where he assisted in the start of South Korea's return to the community of countries who were no longer enslaved or ruled by despots. He had a real bird's eye view of the development of the 38th Parallel dilemma that plagues us even today. At the age of 29 in 1946, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, and a civilian again, who wondered what he was now going to do.
Yesterday's Bandit
Author: Barry Brierley
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410778274
Category : Western stories
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Read the Foreword Clarion book review of The Life of Stuart O. Van Slyke. In this autobiography compiled from old diaries and letters, Stuart O. Van Slyke recounts his adventures as a young man born to hardship in the early 20th century. He recalls how he overcame his background through his own grit, imagination, and the support of his family and friends. From a 21st century point of view, Stuart's unsupervised childhood seems carefree. Virtually on his own from the beginning, Stuart worked his way through college, where he was introduced to the Army through ROTC, and was the first of his family to graduate. He was called to active duty on June 30, 1941, as a second lieutenant, but his true military career started on Pearl Harbor day. This turned out to a pivotal event in the shaping of his life. One of the highlights of the book is his service in the North African Campaign and his passionate yet sensitive command of the 78th Fighter Control Squadron, and later on the staff of the Allied Air Command of Corsica. The war's ending found him in Korea in military government in 1945, where he assisted in the start of South Korea's return to the community of countries who were no longer enslaved or ruled by despots. He had a real bird's eye view of the development of the 38th Parallel dilemma that plagues us even today. At the age of 29 in 1946, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, and a civilian again, who wondered what he was now going to do.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410778274
Category : Western stories
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Read the Foreword Clarion book review of The Life of Stuart O. Van Slyke. In this autobiography compiled from old diaries and letters, Stuart O. Van Slyke recounts his adventures as a young man born to hardship in the early 20th century. He recalls how he overcame his background through his own grit, imagination, and the support of his family and friends. From a 21st century point of view, Stuart's unsupervised childhood seems carefree. Virtually on his own from the beginning, Stuart worked his way through college, where he was introduced to the Army through ROTC, and was the first of his family to graduate. He was called to active duty on June 30, 1941, as a second lieutenant, but his true military career started on Pearl Harbor day. This turned out to a pivotal event in the shaping of his life. One of the highlights of the book is his service in the North African Campaign and his passionate yet sensitive command of the 78th Fighter Control Squadron, and later on the staff of the Allied Air Command of Corsica. The war's ending found him in Korea in military government in 1945, where he assisted in the start of South Korea's return to the community of countries who were no longer enslaved or ruled by despots. He had a real bird's eye view of the development of the 38th Parallel dilemma that plagues us even today. At the age of 29 in 1946, he was a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, and a civilian again, who wondered what he was now going to do.
The Overman in the Marketplace
Author: Ishay Landa
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739119860
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book explores the emergence and significance of 'a Nietzschean heroic model' in 20th-century popular culture, some notable examples of which are James Bond, Tarzan, and Hannibal Lecter.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 9780739119860
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
This book explores the emergence and significance of 'a Nietzschean heroic model' in 20th-century popular culture, some notable examples of which are James Bond, Tarzan, and Hannibal Lecter.
Arresting Images
Author: Steven C. Dubin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135214603
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Although contemporary art may sometimes shock us, more alarming are recent attempts to regulate its display. Drawing upon extensive interviews, a broad sampling of media accounts, legal documents and his own observations of important events, sociologist Steven Dubin surveys the recent trend in censorship of the visual arts, photography and film, as well as artistic upstarts such as video and performance art. He examines the dual meaning of arresting images--both the nature of art work which disarms its viewers and the social reaction to it. Arresting Images examines the battles which erupt when artists address such controversial issues as racial polarization, AIDS, gay-bashing and sexual inequality in their work.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135214603
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
Although contemporary art may sometimes shock us, more alarming are recent attempts to regulate its display. Drawing upon extensive interviews, a broad sampling of media accounts, legal documents and his own observations of important events, sociologist Steven Dubin surveys the recent trend in censorship of the visual arts, photography and film, as well as artistic upstarts such as video and performance art. He examines the dual meaning of arresting images--both the nature of art work which disarms its viewers and the social reaction to it. Arresting Images examines the battles which erupt when artists address such controversial issues as racial polarization, AIDS, gay-bashing and sexual inequality in their work.
The Bandit's of Bandarson
Author: The Bandit's of Bandarson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491724684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The Bandit’s of Bandarson is the fifth book of The Valley Series. In previous works, you have learned of the trials that all of rightful magic have been forced to face. In the last book, The Dark War, you learned of the pains that all must endure, when they fight for what is right. The cost in lives had been high in The Dark War, and the mourning for those lost, went on for years. The new Overseer of the Realm, Namson, and his wife, Glornina, lead them through these pains, and the feeling of peace, and happiness, had returned to all of the domains. In this work, The Bandit’s of Bandarson, you will learn the truth that evil, in different form, will again find its way into the worlds of magic. The evil of greed, and uncaring, that so many have faced before. The evil of those who would steal what they have not earned, and the dangers they place on others with their avarice. You will find that again, the ones of Rightful Magic, will learn of a threat, and they will face it, not without fear, but with a strength that evil must bow to. Here you will learn of the strength of one young woman, named Isabella, who battles her captors with a determination, few can know. That with the help of those who care for what is right, in their own way, win the simplest, yet the greatest of victories. The value of her own worth, and the strength of her love, for Melsikan. Come journey with her, as she faces her trials.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491724684
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
The Bandit’s of Bandarson is the fifth book of The Valley Series. In previous works, you have learned of the trials that all of rightful magic have been forced to face. In the last book, The Dark War, you learned of the pains that all must endure, when they fight for what is right. The cost in lives had been high in The Dark War, and the mourning for those lost, went on for years. The new Overseer of the Realm, Namson, and his wife, Glornina, lead them through these pains, and the feeling of peace, and happiness, had returned to all of the domains. In this work, The Bandit’s of Bandarson, you will learn the truth that evil, in different form, will again find its way into the worlds of magic. The evil of greed, and uncaring, that so many have faced before. The evil of those who would steal what they have not earned, and the dangers they place on others with their avarice. You will find that again, the ones of Rightful Magic, will learn of a threat, and they will face it, not without fear, but with a strength that evil must bow to. Here you will learn of the strength of one young woman, named Isabella, who battles her captors with a determination, few can know. That with the help of those who care for what is right, in their own way, win the simplest, yet the greatest of victories. The value of her own worth, and the strength of her love, for Melsikan. Come journey with her, as she faces her trials.
Scent and Subversion
Author: Barbara Herman
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493002023
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
An intriguing look at vintage perfume's powerful past, including reviews of more than 300 scents, with stunning period advertisements throughout.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493002023
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
An intriguing look at vintage perfume's powerful past, including reviews of more than 300 scents, with stunning period advertisements throughout.
Bandits
Author: Eric Hobsbawm
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0297865315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A trailblazing study of the social bandit or rebel BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are only know to their fellow countrymen; others such as Rob Roy, Robin Hood and Jesse James are famous throughout the world. First published in 1969, BANDITS inspired a new field of historical study: bandit history.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0297865315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A trailblazing study of the social bandit or rebel BANDITS is a study of the social bandit or bandit-rebel - robbers and outlaws who are not regarded by public opinion as simple criminals, but rather as champions of social justice, as avengers or as primitive resistance fighters. Whether Balkan haiduks, Indian dacoits or Brazilian congaceiros, their spectacular exploits have been celebrated and preserved in story and myth. Some are only know to their fellow countrymen; others such as Rob Roy, Robin Hood and Jesse James are famous throughout the world. First published in 1969, BANDITS inspired a new field of historical study: bandit history.
BANDIT'S MOUNTAIN
Author: Donald Miller
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9780595891870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Bandit's Mountain takes place in the wilderness of Montana, after an earthquake levels a prison and frees twelve convicts. The convicts embark on a killing rampage in their quest to Canada and freedom. Ben Harper is a man who has the world by its tail. He is a man of honor, a man who keeps his promises. As he crosses the Montana state line on his way home on military leave, he reflects back on his troubled youth and on a stranger he attempted to rob. This stranger would change his life and become the man Ben called his father. Tired and hungry, Ben stops at motel and meets Wanda Jenkins, a lonely waitress. This chance meeting soon develops into a passionate love affair. Ben continues on his way home, promising to return for Wanda. After suffering car trouble, Ben finally reaches his destination only to find his parents murdered and his world shattered. A bloody note, found in his father's lifeless hand, sends Ben off on a trail of vigilante justice to a place called Bandit's Mountain.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9780595891870
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Bandit's Mountain takes place in the wilderness of Montana, after an earthquake levels a prison and frees twelve convicts. The convicts embark on a killing rampage in their quest to Canada and freedom. Ben Harper is a man who has the world by its tail. He is a man of honor, a man who keeps his promises. As he crosses the Montana state line on his way home on military leave, he reflects back on his troubled youth and on a stranger he attempted to rob. This stranger would change his life and become the man Ben called his father. Tired and hungry, Ben stops at motel and meets Wanda Jenkins, a lonely waitress. This chance meeting soon develops into a passionate love affair. Ben continues on his way home, promising to return for Wanda. After suffering car trouble, Ben finally reaches his destination only to find his parents murdered and his world shattered. A bloody note, found in his father's lifeless hand, sends Ben off on a trail of vigilante justice to a place called Bandit's Mountain.
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds
Author: Carlos Aguirre
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822386437
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds is the first major historical study of the creation and development of the prison system in Peru. Carlos Aguirre examines the evolution of prisons for male criminals in Lima from the conception—in the early 1850s—of the initial plans to build penitentiaries through the early-twentieth-century prison reforms undertaken as part of President Augusto Leguia’s attempts to modernize and expand the Peruvian state. Aguirre reconstructs the social, cultural, and doctrinal influences that determined how lawbreakers were treated, how programs of prison reform fared, and how inmates experienced incarceration. He argues that the Peruvian prisons were primarily used not to combat crime or to rehabilitate allegedly deviant individuals, but rather to help reproduce and maintain an essentially unjust social order. In this sense, he finds that the prison system embodied the contradictory and exclusionary nature of modernization in Peru. Drawing on a large collection of prison and administrative records archived at Peru’s Ministry of Justice, Aguirre offers a detailed account of the daily lives of men incarcerated in Lima’s jails. In showing the extent to which the prisoners actively sought to influence prison life, he reveals the dynamic between prisoners and guards as a process of negotiation, accommodation, and resistance. He describes how police and the Peruvian state defined criminality and how their efforts to base a prison system on the latest scientific theories—imported from Europe and the United States—foundered on the shoals of financial constraints, administrative incompetence, corruption, and widespread public indifference. Locating his findings within the political and social mores of Lima society, Aguirre reflects on the connections between punishment, modernization, and authoritarian traditions in Peru.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822386437
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Criminals of Lima and Their Worlds is the first major historical study of the creation and development of the prison system in Peru. Carlos Aguirre examines the evolution of prisons for male criminals in Lima from the conception—in the early 1850s—of the initial plans to build penitentiaries through the early-twentieth-century prison reforms undertaken as part of President Augusto Leguia’s attempts to modernize and expand the Peruvian state. Aguirre reconstructs the social, cultural, and doctrinal influences that determined how lawbreakers were treated, how programs of prison reform fared, and how inmates experienced incarceration. He argues that the Peruvian prisons were primarily used not to combat crime or to rehabilitate allegedly deviant individuals, but rather to help reproduce and maintain an essentially unjust social order. In this sense, he finds that the prison system embodied the contradictory and exclusionary nature of modernization in Peru. Drawing on a large collection of prison and administrative records archived at Peru’s Ministry of Justice, Aguirre offers a detailed account of the daily lives of men incarcerated in Lima’s jails. In showing the extent to which the prisoners actively sought to influence prison life, he reveals the dynamic between prisoners and guards as a process of negotiation, accommodation, and resistance. He describes how police and the Peruvian state defined criminality and how their efforts to base a prison system on the latest scientific theories—imported from Europe and the United States—foundered on the shoals of financial constraints, administrative incompetence, corruption, and widespread public indifference. Locating his findings within the political and social mores of Lima society, Aguirre reflects on the connections between punishment, modernization, and authoritarian traditions in Peru.
The Corpus Delicti
Author: Josefina Ludmer
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822970821
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An intellectual tour de force from one of today’s leading critics of Latin American literature and culture, The Corpus Delicti (The Body of Crime) is a manual of crime, a compendium of crime tales, and an extended meditation on the central role of crime in literature, in life, and in the life of the nation. Drawing her examples from canonical texts, popular novels, newspaper serials, and more, Josefina Ludmer captures the wide range of Argentine crime stories and detective fiction from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She offers more than a mere genre study, examining the relationship of crime and punishment to the formation of law, the body, and the modern state, exposing the ways in which literature—both high art and mass culture—can help construct, not just represent, social reality. Covering a dazzling array of primary sources, social history, and cultural theory, this provocative work is also a structural masterpiece, challenging readers as it charts new roles for text and notes. In this redefined dialogue, the notes variously offer alternate views, additional insights, and, often, parallel commentaries. Glen Close’s stylish translation captures the energy of Ludmer’s prose—simultaneously subtle and daring—for English-language readers.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
ISBN: 0822970821
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An intellectual tour de force from one of today’s leading critics of Latin American literature and culture, The Corpus Delicti (The Body of Crime) is a manual of crime, a compendium of crime tales, and an extended meditation on the central role of crime in literature, in life, and in the life of the nation. Drawing her examples from canonical texts, popular novels, newspaper serials, and more, Josefina Ludmer captures the wide range of Argentine crime stories and detective fiction from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She offers more than a mere genre study, examining the relationship of crime and punishment to the formation of law, the body, and the modern state, exposing the ways in which literature—both high art and mass culture—can help construct, not just represent, social reality. Covering a dazzling array of primary sources, social history, and cultural theory, this provocative work is also a structural masterpiece, challenging readers as it charts new roles for text and notes. In this redefined dialogue, the notes variously offer alternate views, additional insights, and, often, parallel commentaries. Glen Close’s stylish translation captures the energy of Ludmer’s prose—simultaneously subtle and daring—for English-language readers.
Princess Is Prickly
Author: Er Tang
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649485670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
she reborn open eyes, is being dragged through , become everyone despise the trash woman. contract ancient god beast, training level against the sky, has a mysterious space, bright blind people's eyes. white lotus flower, green tea bitch, mother bitch, all the way through the spine. sorry, I'm the princess. he is a charming rain or shine uncertain Lord, people think he is ruthless, but why he is so difficult in her eyes, lingering. / p p "what are you doing staring at miss Ben?" "the king was thinking, when can I put you under?" She smiled and put a needle in his waist and abdomen: "Lord, you think too much. If you do, I will." / p
Publisher: Funstory
ISBN: 1649485670
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 833
Book Description
she reborn open eyes, is being dragged through , become everyone despise the trash woman. contract ancient god beast, training level against the sky, has a mysterious space, bright blind people's eyes. white lotus flower, green tea bitch, mother bitch, all the way through the spine. sorry, I'm the princess. he is a charming rain or shine uncertain Lord, people think he is ruthless, but why he is so difficult in her eyes, lingering. / p p "what are you doing staring at miss Ben?" "the king was thinking, when can I put you under?" She smiled and put a needle in his waist and abdomen: "Lord, you think too much. If you do, I will." / p