Author: Carolyn I. Gilman
Publisher: Eos
ISBN: 9780380797998
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
When Tedla, a asexual "bland" who has escaped its sheltered home world, is found trying to end its life, Val saves the alien and learns the devastating secrets of this tortured soul, as Tedla reveals the horrifying truths of the mysterious world of the "blands." Original.
Halfway Human
Author: Carolyn I. Gilman
Publisher: Eos
ISBN: 9780380797998
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
When Tedla, a asexual "bland" who has escaped its sheltered home world, is found trying to end its life, Val saves the alien and learns the devastating secrets of this tortured soul, as Tedla reveals the horrifying truths of the mysterious world of the "blands." Original.
Publisher: Eos
ISBN: 9780380797998
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
When Tedla, a asexual "bland" who has escaped its sheltered home world, is found trying to end its life, Val saves the alien and learns the devastating secrets of this tortured soul, as Tedla reveals the horrifying truths of the mysterious world of the "blands." Original.
Halfway Home
Author: Reuben Jonathan Miller
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316451495
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's "stunning, and deeply painful reckoning with our nation's carceral system" (Heather Ann Thompson). Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast. As The Color of Law exposed about our understanding of housing segregation, Halfway Home shows that the American justice system was not created to rehabilitate. Parole is structured to keep classes of Americans impoverished, unstable, and disenfranchised long after they've paid their debt to society. Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens. PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist Winner of the 2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences 2022 PROSE Awards Finalist 2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner for Cultural Anthropology and Sociology An NPR Selected 2021 Books We Love As heard on NPR’s Fresh Air
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316451495
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
A "persuasive and essential" (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's "stunning, and deeply painful reckoning with our nation's carceral system" (Heather Ann Thompson). Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record. Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast. As The Color of Law exposed about our understanding of housing segregation, Halfway Home shows that the American justice system was not created to rehabilitate. Parole is structured to keep classes of Americans impoverished, unstable, and disenfranchised long after they've paid their debt to society. Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens. PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction Finalist Winner of the 2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences 2022 PROSE Awards Finalist 2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner for Cultural Anthropology and Sociology An NPR Selected 2021 Books We Love As heard on NPR’s Fresh Air
Management and Restoration of Fluvial Systems with Broad Historical Changes and Human Impacts
Author: L. Allan James
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724511
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher: Geological Society of America
ISBN: 0813724511
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Halfway House
Author: Guillermo Rosales
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811218023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Cuban exile William Figueras, a thirty-eight-year-old writer suffering from schizophrenia, is sent to a shabby boarding home for the mentally ill in Miami.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811218023
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Cuban exile William Figueras, a thirty-eight-year-old writer suffering from schizophrenia, is sent to a shabby boarding home for the mentally ill in Miami.
More Than Human
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453295410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Six misfits, one powerful entity. An award-winning novel about belonging by “one of the greatest writers of science fiction and fantasy who ever lived” (Stephen King). Individually, they are a seemingly simpleminded young man living in the woods who can read the thoughts of others, a runaway girl with telekinetic powers, twin girls who can barely speak but can teleport across great distances, and an infant with a mind like a supercomputer. Together, they are the Gestalt—a single extraordinary being comprised of remarkable parts—although an essential piece may be missing . . . But are they the next stage in human development or harbingers of the end of civilization? The answer may come when they are joined by Gerry. Powerfully telepathic, he lacks a moral compass—and his hatred of the world that has rejected him could prove catastrophic. Winner of the International Fantasy Award and considered Theodore Sturgeon’s masterpiece, More Than Human is a genre-bending wonder that explores themes of responsibility and morality, individuality, and belonging. Moving and suspenseful, lyrical and provocative, the novel was one of the first to elevate science fiction into the realm of literature, and inspired musicians and artists, including the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash. From the Nebula Award–winning author of Godbody, The Dreaming Jewels, and other great works of science fiction, this is an unforgettable reading experience and a must for anyone who enjoys Ramsey Campbell, Robert Silverberg, or Philip José Farmer. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author’s estate, among other sources.
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1453295410
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Six misfits, one powerful entity. An award-winning novel about belonging by “one of the greatest writers of science fiction and fantasy who ever lived” (Stephen King). Individually, they are a seemingly simpleminded young man living in the woods who can read the thoughts of others, a runaway girl with telekinetic powers, twin girls who can barely speak but can teleport across great distances, and an infant with a mind like a supercomputer. Together, they are the Gestalt—a single extraordinary being comprised of remarkable parts—although an essential piece may be missing . . . But are they the next stage in human development or harbingers of the end of civilization? The answer may come when they are joined by Gerry. Powerfully telepathic, he lacks a moral compass—and his hatred of the world that has rejected him could prove catastrophic. Winner of the International Fantasy Award and considered Theodore Sturgeon’s masterpiece, More Than Human is a genre-bending wonder that explores themes of responsibility and morality, individuality, and belonging. Moving and suspenseful, lyrical and provocative, the novel was one of the first to elevate science fiction into the realm of literature, and inspired musicians and artists, including the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash. From the Nebula Award–winning author of Godbody, The Dreaming Jewels, and other great works of science fiction, this is an unforgettable reading experience and a must for anyone who enjoys Ramsey Campbell, Robert Silverberg, or Philip José Farmer. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author’s estate, among other sources.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 0373601751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0373601751
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
Global Intelligence and Human Development
Author: Mihai Spariosu
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262693165
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Proposes an innovative approach to globalization based on an ethics of global awareness.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 9780262693165
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Proposes an innovative approach to globalization based on an ethics of global awareness.
Journal of Human Services Abstracts
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social service
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : REFERENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Describes 250 occupations which cover approximately 107 million jobs.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : REFERENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Describes 250 occupations which cover approximately 107 million jobs.
Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description