Author: Tanyo Ravicz
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Florentino Cruz takes one last job before he heads home to Mexico. He left his village at the age of fifteen, a migrant farm worker dreaming of love, honor, and riches. He accepts a promising job in Alaska, the magnificent climax to his years of toil in the United States. But the expedition collapses in mutiny and murder, leaving Florentino lost and fleeing for his life through a fire-ravaged wilderness. "A Man of His Village" occupies the epic terrain of the West, from the borderlands of California to the strawberry fields of Oregon, from urban Seattle to rural Mexico, from the crowded slums of Tijuana to the isolation of the Alaskan bush. This is a novel of pride and redemption, the voyage of a passionate soul out of innocence across a continental landscape of exploitation and betrayal. "Peppery and sweet, lively and subtle, funny and horrific.a beautiful page-turner of a novel, full of rich and generous insights. You'll long remember Florentino, whose dreams carry him far from his impoverished homeland, deep into hell. Like Jack London and John Steinbeck, Tanyo Ravicz looks closely at the ties binding the powerful and the powerless in the West.First-rate realism from a fine new voice in American fiction." -Jean Anderson, author of "In Extremis and Other Alaskan Stories"
A Man of His Village
Author: Tanyo Ravicz
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Florentino Cruz takes one last job before he heads home to Mexico. He left his village at the age of fifteen, a migrant farm worker dreaming of love, honor, and riches. He accepts a promising job in Alaska, the magnificent climax to his years of toil in the United States. But the expedition collapses in mutiny and murder, leaving Florentino lost and fleeing for his life through a fire-ravaged wilderness. "A Man of His Village" occupies the epic terrain of the West, from the borderlands of California to the strawberry fields of Oregon, from urban Seattle to rural Mexico, from the crowded slums of Tijuana to the isolation of the Alaskan bush. This is a novel of pride and redemption, the voyage of a passionate soul out of innocence across a continental landscape of exploitation and betrayal. "Peppery and sweet, lively and subtle, funny and horrific.a beautiful page-turner of a novel, full of rich and generous insights. You'll long remember Florentino, whose dreams carry him far from his impoverished homeland, deep into hell. Like Jack London and John Steinbeck, Tanyo Ravicz looks closely at the ties binding the powerful and the powerless in the West.First-rate realism from a fine new voice in American fiction." -Jean Anderson, author of "In Extremis and Other Alaskan Stories"
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595397026
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Florentino Cruz takes one last job before he heads home to Mexico. He left his village at the age of fifteen, a migrant farm worker dreaming of love, honor, and riches. He accepts a promising job in Alaska, the magnificent climax to his years of toil in the United States. But the expedition collapses in mutiny and murder, leaving Florentino lost and fleeing for his life through a fire-ravaged wilderness. "A Man of His Village" occupies the epic terrain of the West, from the borderlands of California to the strawberry fields of Oregon, from urban Seattle to rural Mexico, from the crowded slums of Tijuana to the isolation of the Alaskan bush. This is a novel of pride and redemption, the voyage of a passionate soul out of innocence across a continental landscape of exploitation and betrayal. "Peppery and sweet, lively and subtle, funny and horrific.a beautiful page-turner of a novel, full of rich and generous insights. You'll long remember Florentino, whose dreams carry him far from his impoverished homeland, deep into hell. Like Jack London and John Steinbeck, Tanyo Ravicz looks closely at the ties binding the powerful and the powerless in the West.First-rate realism from a fine new voice in American fiction." -Jean Anderson, author of "In Extremis and Other Alaskan Stories"
In a Village by the Sea
Author: Muon Van
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"--
Publisher: Creston Books
ISBN: 1939547156
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
"Moving from the wide world to the snugness of home and back out again, Village by the Sea tells the story of longing for the comforts of home"--
The Village Against the World
Author: Dan Hancox
Publisher:
ISBN: 1781681309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
One hundred kilometers from Seville, there is a small village, Marinaleda, that for the last thirty years has been at the center of a long struggle to create a communist utopia. In a story reminiscent of the Asterix books, Dan Hancox explores the reality behind the community where no one has a mortgage, sport is played in the Che Guevara stadium and there are monthly "Red Sundays" where everyone works together to clean up the neighbourhood. In particular he tells the story of the village mayor, Sanchez Gordillo, who in 2012 became a household name in Spain after leading raids on local supermarkets to feed the Andalucian unemployed.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1781681309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
One hundred kilometers from Seville, there is a small village, Marinaleda, that for the last thirty years has been at the center of a long struggle to create a communist utopia. In a story reminiscent of the Asterix books, Dan Hancox explores the reality behind the community where no one has a mortgage, sport is played in the Che Guevara stadium and there are monthly "Red Sundays" where everyone works together to clean up the neighbourhood. In particular he tells the story of the village mayor, Sanchez Gordillo, who in 2012 became a household name in Spain after leading raids on local supermarkets to feed the Andalucian unemployed.
GITA’S ROAD TO BECOME A KARMA YOGI!
Author: Bairister Sharma
Publisher: Bairister Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
What is Karma Yoga? Karma Yoga means the path of action without attachment. In other words, without getting entrapped in happiness-sorrow, continuing to perform karma with a sense of duty is Karma Yoga. Who is a Karma Yogi? A karma yogi is one who performs his right action as his ritual in the practical world. Karma yoga (also means Karma marga) is the best yoga described by the Lord Krishna. Karma is natural. Without karma, no one can live in this world. Without doing karma, no one can survive. Karma is the fundamental of our life. As long as we do our karmas, we can live in this world. Arjuna is a warrior whose behavior is ruled by impulses and basic instincts. He lacks the soul consciousness. He is religious, but not spiritualist. He is confused by contradictions. Lord Krishna enlightens him the way out of the confusions through Karma Yoga. He advises Arjuna to perform his duty detached from the thoughts of the consequences. Similarly, many of us confused in our lives before performing our duties while pondering about the outcomes. We forget our right karmas and wander in the middle of the crossroad of our lives. Consequently, we witness our failures and downfalls. And eventually, we grumble and blame our fates. Therefore, perform your karma without thinking about any result. Detach yourself from the consequences. Your foremost duty is to perform your karma (Dharma). But not to flee from your karma. Let your karma decides the outcome. Don’t try to meddle yourself into it. Always remember that only your karma leads you to the path of joy, happiness, success and peace and vice versa. Perform your Karma Yoga and become a Karma Yogi!
Publisher: Bairister Sharma
ISBN:
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
What is Karma Yoga? Karma Yoga means the path of action without attachment. In other words, without getting entrapped in happiness-sorrow, continuing to perform karma with a sense of duty is Karma Yoga. Who is a Karma Yogi? A karma yogi is one who performs his right action as his ritual in the practical world. Karma yoga (also means Karma marga) is the best yoga described by the Lord Krishna. Karma is natural. Without karma, no one can live in this world. Without doing karma, no one can survive. Karma is the fundamental of our life. As long as we do our karmas, we can live in this world. Arjuna is a warrior whose behavior is ruled by impulses and basic instincts. He lacks the soul consciousness. He is religious, but not spiritualist. He is confused by contradictions. Lord Krishna enlightens him the way out of the confusions through Karma Yoga. He advises Arjuna to perform his duty detached from the thoughts of the consequences. Similarly, many of us confused in our lives before performing our duties while pondering about the outcomes. We forget our right karmas and wander in the middle of the crossroad of our lives. Consequently, we witness our failures and downfalls. And eventually, we grumble and blame our fates. Therefore, perform your karma without thinking about any result. Detach yourself from the consequences. Your foremost duty is to perform your karma (Dharma). But not to flee from your karma. Let your karma decides the outcome. Don’t try to meddle yourself into it. Always remember that only your karma leads you to the path of joy, happiness, success and peace and vice versa. Perform your Karma Yoga and become a Karma Yogi!
The Nineteenth Century and After
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nineteenth century
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Anthropology
Author: Indrani Basu Roy
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9788121922593
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
This textbook includes -Physical Anthropology, Prehistory and Social-Cultural Anthropology. For Students of Anthropologyin Indian Universities. This is a valuable textbook of Anthropology which aims to serve all students of Anthropology. Each of these parts deal with specific portion of the subject matter and corresponds to the major branches of Anthropology. The book offers has been written lucidly in simple language with plenty of examples. It offers a blueprints for the subject Anthropology as such as to satisfy the general readers also who are enthusiastic to know more and more Man.
Publisher: S. Chand Publishing
ISBN: 9788121922593
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
This textbook includes -Physical Anthropology, Prehistory and Social-Cultural Anthropology. For Students of Anthropologyin Indian Universities. This is a valuable textbook of Anthropology which aims to serve all students of Anthropology. Each of these parts deal with specific portion of the subject matter and corresponds to the major branches of Anthropology. The book offers has been written lucidly in simple language with plenty of examples. It offers a blueprints for the subject Anthropology as such as to satisfy the general readers also who are enthusiastic to know more and more Man.
Medicine Murder in Colonial Lesotho
Author: Colin Murray
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474471226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This book offers some comprehensive answers to difficult, complex and controversial questions on the topic of 'medicine murder'.
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 1474471226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
This book offers some comprehensive answers to difficult, complex and controversial questions on the topic of 'medicine murder'.
A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Indian Department
Author: John Forbes Watson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vienna International Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Vienna International Exhibition
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Christianity, Colonization, and Gender Relations in North Sumatra
Author: Sita T. van Bemmelen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004345752
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes them as they existed at the onset of colonial rule. The second part zooms in on the negotiations between the Toba Batak elite, the missionaries of the German Rhenish Mission and colonial administrators about these customs showing the evolving views on desirable modernity of each contestant. The pillars of the Toba patrilineal kinship system were challenged, but alterations changed the way it was reproduced and gender relations for ever.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004345752
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
In this book Sita van Bemmelen offers an account of changes in Toba Batak society (Sumatra, Indonesia) due to Christianity and Dutch colonial rule (1861-1942) with a focus on customs and customary law related to the life cycle and gender relations. The first part, a historical ethnography, describes them as they existed at the onset of colonial rule. The second part zooms in on the negotiations between the Toba Batak elite, the missionaries of the German Rhenish Mission and colonial administrators about these customs showing the evolving views on desirable modernity of each contestant. The pillars of the Toba patrilineal kinship system were challenged, but alterations changed the way it was reproduced and gender relations for ever.
Personal Village
Author: Marvin Thomas
Publisher: Danforth Book Distribution
ISBN: 9781887542081
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Your most valuable asset is the people in your life. Does this sound familiar? You are so busy you don't have time for your friends. You get sick and no one shows up to help or express concern. You want someone in your life who really cares and knows who you are. You experience quick encounters as exciting, but at the end of the day you are still lonely. From your family to members of your congregation, to the people who deliver your mail or serve your coffee each morning, every person you know, every person you see is a part of your Personal Village. With this insightful, funny and approachable book as your guide, you can master the skills of getting closer with the people around you, of having people in your life by choice, not by chance. Too much is written about how to make money too little is written about how to strengthen our personal communities, according to respected relationship therapist, Marv Thomas. To combat the many dehumanizing effects of 21st century life,
Publisher: Danforth Book Distribution
ISBN: 9781887542081
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Your most valuable asset is the people in your life. Does this sound familiar? You are so busy you don't have time for your friends. You get sick and no one shows up to help or express concern. You want someone in your life who really cares and knows who you are. You experience quick encounters as exciting, but at the end of the day you are still lonely. From your family to members of your congregation, to the people who deliver your mail or serve your coffee each morning, every person you know, every person you see is a part of your Personal Village. With this insightful, funny and approachable book as your guide, you can master the skills of getting closer with the people around you, of having people in your life by choice, not by chance. Too much is written about how to make money too little is written about how to strengthen our personal communities, according to respected relationship therapist, Marv Thomas. To combat the many dehumanizing effects of 21st century life,