Author: Abram Herring
Publisher: Nicholas Horne
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Step into the kaleidoscopic world of Burning Man, where vibrant art installations rise from the dust and desert dwellers come together in a celebration of self-expression. This immersive book takes readers on a journey through the mesmerizing sights, sounds, and experiences of this iconic Nevada festival. From the larger-than-life sculptures to the pulsating rhythms of the art cars, each page captures the essence of Burning Man's creative spirit and communal ethos. Witness the breathtaking sunsets and sunrises that paint the desert sky with a golden glow, as participants immerse themselves in a vibrant tapestry of music and performance art. Venturing beyond the playa, readers will discover the intricate details of the Black Rock City infrastructure, from the iconic Man statue to the intricate theme camps that dot the landscape. Through vivid photography and insightful storytelling, Mirage in the Dust offers a front-row seat to the transformative power of Burning Man. Join in the spirit of radical self-reliance and leave-no-trace as you explore the various facets of this ephemeral city in the desert. Encounter the various tribes and communities that converge each year, forming connections that transcend time and space. Whether you're a seasoned Burner or an intrigued newcomer, this book serves as a portal into the captivating world of Burning Man, inviting readers to embrace the freedom of self-expression and celebrate the boundless creativity that flourishes in the Nevada desert. Explore the hidden gems and unexpected wonders that lie within the dust, as artists, performers, and revelers come together to co-create a temporary utopia where anything is possible. Follow the journey of transformation and self-discovery as participants embrace the principles of participation, gifting, and radical inclusion. With its vivid imagery and immersive storytelling, Mirage in the Dust encapsulates the unique magic of Burning Man, inviting readers to embark on a voyage of self-expression, creativity, and communal harmony.
Mirage in the Dust: A Glimpse into Nevada’s Burning Man Festival
Author: Abram Herring
Publisher: Nicholas Horne
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Step into the kaleidoscopic world of Burning Man, where vibrant art installations rise from the dust and desert dwellers come together in a celebration of self-expression. This immersive book takes readers on a journey through the mesmerizing sights, sounds, and experiences of this iconic Nevada festival. From the larger-than-life sculptures to the pulsating rhythms of the art cars, each page captures the essence of Burning Man's creative spirit and communal ethos. Witness the breathtaking sunsets and sunrises that paint the desert sky with a golden glow, as participants immerse themselves in a vibrant tapestry of music and performance art. Venturing beyond the playa, readers will discover the intricate details of the Black Rock City infrastructure, from the iconic Man statue to the intricate theme camps that dot the landscape. Through vivid photography and insightful storytelling, Mirage in the Dust offers a front-row seat to the transformative power of Burning Man. Join in the spirit of radical self-reliance and leave-no-trace as you explore the various facets of this ephemeral city in the desert. Encounter the various tribes and communities that converge each year, forming connections that transcend time and space. Whether you're a seasoned Burner or an intrigued newcomer, this book serves as a portal into the captivating world of Burning Man, inviting readers to embrace the freedom of self-expression and celebrate the boundless creativity that flourishes in the Nevada desert. Explore the hidden gems and unexpected wonders that lie within the dust, as artists, performers, and revelers come together to co-create a temporary utopia where anything is possible. Follow the journey of transformation and self-discovery as participants embrace the principles of participation, gifting, and radical inclusion. With its vivid imagery and immersive storytelling, Mirage in the Dust encapsulates the unique magic of Burning Man, inviting readers to embark on a voyage of self-expression, creativity, and communal harmony.
Publisher: Nicholas Horne
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Step into the kaleidoscopic world of Burning Man, where vibrant art installations rise from the dust and desert dwellers come together in a celebration of self-expression. This immersive book takes readers on a journey through the mesmerizing sights, sounds, and experiences of this iconic Nevada festival. From the larger-than-life sculptures to the pulsating rhythms of the art cars, each page captures the essence of Burning Man's creative spirit and communal ethos. Witness the breathtaking sunsets and sunrises that paint the desert sky with a golden glow, as participants immerse themselves in a vibrant tapestry of music and performance art. Venturing beyond the playa, readers will discover the intricate details of the Black Rock City infrastructure, from the iconic Man statue to the intricate theme camps that dot the landscape. Through vivid photography and insightful storytelling, Mirage in the Dust offers a front-row seat to the transformative power of Burning Man. Join in the spirit of radical self-reliance and leave-no-trace as you explore the various facets of this ephemeral city in the desert. Encounter the various tribes and communities that converge each year, forming connections that transcend time and space. Whether you're a seasoned Burner or an intrigued newcomer, this book serves as a portal into the captivating world of Burning Man, inviting readers to embrace the freedom of self-expression and celebrate the boundless creativity that flourishes in the Nevada desert. Explore the hidden gems and unexpected wonders that lie within the dust, as artists, performers, and revelers come together to co-create a temporary utopia where anything is possible. Follow the journey of transformation and self-discovery as participants embrace the principles of participation, gifting, and radical inclusion. With its vivid imagery and immersive storytelling, Mirage in the Dust encapsulates the unique magic of Burning Man, inviting readers to embark on a voyage of self-expression, creativity, and communal harmony.
Playa Dust
Author: Samantha Krukowski
Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781908966643
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A collection of essays from people who have been a part of the annual countercultural festival Burning Man, including those who attended the first beach effigy burnings in the mid-1980s to recently participating artists, musicians, architects, sociologists and lawyers. Original. 3,000 first printing.
Publisher: Black Dog Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781908966643
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
A collection of essays from people who have been a part of the annual countercultural festival Burning Man, including those who attended the first beach effigy burnings in the mid-1980s to recently participating artists, musicians, architects, sociologists and lawyers. Original. 3,000 first printing.
Under the Gun in Iraq
Author: Robert Cole
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615925554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A sobering read from another lost front. - Kirkus ReviewsWhat happens when you drop an experienced American cop in the middle of a war zone - with very little preparation or support - to train Iraqi police? Under the Gun in Iraq tells you in high fidelity detail about this vital aspect of U.S. efforts to build a nation.-BRYAN VILA, Ph.D., Professor at Washington State University, former Marine, Los Angeles police officer and cross-cultural police trainerOne moment, I was standing there with my buddies unloading a truck. The next moment, my ears picked up the distinct 'pssst' sound homing in on us.... Hit the ground! someone yelled. Right behind the first mortar was a second, then a third, then a fourth. They each slammed into the earth with an enormous impact. The ground shook. The eight-story building above us shuddered, and we all covered our heads when the windows blew out. As I lay there with glass and debris raining down on me, all I could think was, 'Holy shit, what did I get myself into?'President Bush is fond of saying, When Iraq can stand up, America can stand down. A large part of standing up is having a well-trained police force in place to maintain peace and order.Why is it taking so long to put a solid police force together? How prepared are the Iraqis to carry out their duties? What pitfalls are Americans facing as they try to get Iraqi police up to speed?In this book Robert Cole-a retired California police officer hired by DynCorp as an international police trainer-presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security. In blunt, everyday language, Cole gives the reader an unusually candid and often hair-raising glimpse into reality at the street level as he and his colleagues navigate the dangerous sectors of Baghdad, Tikrit, and Kirkuk, dodging explosions and bullets aimed at them by young, Iraqi, wannabe heroes.Cole describes situations not shown in the media that fly in the face of the party line from Washington: men in their sixties being hired as policemen, Iraqi detectives who extract information from people by ramming toothpicks under their fingernails, officers suggesting that the best way to subdue potential suspects who flee is by shooting them in the back, police hunkered down in their barracks who refuse to patrol neighborhoods for fear of violence, an enemy that easily blends into a population armed to the teeth with loaded AK-47s, and the routine frustrations of cultural and language barriers to communication.In sharp contrast to the usual bromides about staying the course, Under the Gun in Iraq paints a brutally realistic picture of the bleak, perilous road ahead. This is essential reading for all Americans seeking an honest understanding of the dire situation in Iraq.Robert Cole was a police officer for over 25 years. He retired from the force in East Palo Alto, California, where he was one of the commanders that helped bring the city back from its status as the murder capital of the United States. Cole recently finished almost two years in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti. He served a one-year tour of duty working for DynCorp as an international police trainer in Iraq and will be redeployed for another in 2008.Jan Hogan (Las Vegas, NV) is an award-winning staff writer for Stephens Media who writes for View newspapers and has published numerous articles in AAA's Motorland (now Via), Law & Order, and other publications. She is currently writing her next book on dyslexia.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1615925554
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
A sobering read from another lost front. - Kirkus ReviewsWhat happens when you drop an experienced American cop in the middle of a war zone - with very little preparation or support - to train Iraqi police? Under the Gun in Iraq tells you in high fidelity detail about this vital aspect of U.S. efforts to build a nation.-BRYAN VILA, Ph.D., Professor at Washington State University, former Marine, Los Angeles police officer and cross-cultural police trainerOne moment, I was standing there with my buddies unloading a truck. The next moment, my ears picked up the distinct 'pssst' sound homing in on us.... Hit the ground! someone yelled. Right behind the first mortar was a second, then a third, then a fourth. They each slammed into the earth with an enormous impact. The ground shook. The eight-story building above us shuddered, and we all covered our heads when the windows blew out. As I lay there with glass and debris raining down on me, all I could think was, 'Holy shit, what did I get myself into?'President Bush is fond of saying, When Iraq can stand up, America can stand down. A large part of standing up is having a well-trained police force in place to maintain peace and order.Why is it taking so long to put a solid police force together? How prepared are the Iraqis to carry out their duties? What pitfalls are Americans facing as they try to get Iraqi police up to speed?In this book Robert Cole-a retired California police officer hired by DynCorp as an international police trainer-presents a vivid account of the challenges of training the Iraqis to handle their own security. In blunt, everyday language, Cole gives the reader an unusually candid and often hair-raising glimpse into reality at the street level as he and his colleagues navigate the dangerous sectors of Baghdad, Tikrit, and Kirkuk, dodging explosions and bullets aimed at them by young, Iraqi, wannabe heroes.Cole describes situations not shown in the media that fly in the face of the party line from Washington: men in their sixties being hired as policemen, Iraqi detectives who extract information from people by ramming toothpicks under their fingernails, officers suggesting that the best way to subdue potential suspects who flee is by shooting them in the back, police hunkered down in their barracks who refuse to patrol neighborhoods for fear of violence, an enemy that easily blends into a population armed to the teeth with loaded AK-47s, and the routine frustrations of cultural and language barriers to communication.In sharp contrast to the usual bromides about staying the course, Under the Gun in Iraq paints a brutally realistic picture of the bleak, perilous road ahead. This is essential reading for all Americans seeking an honest understanding of the dire situation in Iraq.Robert Cole was a police officer for over 25 years. He retired from the force in East Palo Alto, California, where he was one of the commanders that helped bring the city back from its status as the murder capital of the United States. Cole recently finished almost two years in the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti. He served a one-year tour of duty working for DynCorp as an international police trainer in Iraq and will be redeployed for another in 2008.Jan Hogan (Las Vegas, NV) is an award-winning staff writer for Stephens Media who writes for View newspapers and has published numerous articles in AAA's Motorland (now Via), Law & Order, and other publications. She is currently writing her next book on dyslexia.
Up and Down California in 1860-1864
Author: William Henry Brewer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520027626
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520027626
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 630
Book Description
The journal seems to contain information for everyone regardless of one's interest...Each page of this almost six hundred page journal is crammed with facts and descriptions. So much of interest is contained in every entry that each re-reading will reveal many interesting incidents or observations not quite grasped on the first perusal....This book will be a valuable source to all students of California or United States history and to the casual readers as well.
Open Veins of Latin America
Author: Eduardo Galeano
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0853459908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
[In this book, the author's] analysis of the effects and causes of capitalist underdevelopment in Latin America present [an] account of ... Latin American history. [The author] shows how foreign companies reaped huge profits through their operations in Latin America. He explains the politics of the Latin American bourgeoisies and their subservience to foreign powers, and how they interacted to create increasingly unequal capitalist societies in Latin America.-Back cover.
White Utopias
Author: Amanda J. Lucia
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520376951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for “spiritual, but not religious” (SBNR) communities. Whereas previous research into SBNR practices and New Age religion has not addressed the predominantly white makeup of these communities, White Utopias examines the complicated, often contradictory relationships with race at these events, presenting an engrossing ethnography of SBNR practices. Lucia contends that participants create temporary utopias through their shared commitments to spiritual growth and human connection. But they also participate in religious exoticism by adopting Indigenous and Indic spiritualities, a practice that ultimately renders them exclusive, white utopias. Focusing on yoga’s role in disseminating SBNR values, Lucia offers new ways of comprehending transformational festivals as significant cultural phenomena.
Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN: 0520376951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Transformational festivals, from Burning Man to Lightning in a Bottle, Bhakti Fest, and Wanderlust, are massive events that attract thousands of participants to sites around the world. In this groundbreaking book, Amanda J. Lucia shows how these festivals operate as religious institutions for “spiritual, but not religious” (SBNR) communities. Whereas previous research into SBNR practices and New Age religion has not addressed the predominantly white makeup of these communities, White Utopias examines the complicated, often contradictory relationships with race at these events, presenting an engrossing ethnography of SBNR practices. Lucia contends that participants create temporary utopias through their shared commitments to spiritual growth and human connection. But they also participate in religious exoticism by adopting Indigenous and Indic spiritualities, a practice that ultimately renders them exclusive, white utopias. Focusing on yoga’s role in disseminating SBNR values, Lucia offers new ways of comprehending transformational festivals as significant cultural phenomena.
Leaves of Grass
Author: Walt Whitman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Plays Well in Groups
Author: Katherine Frank
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442218703
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
From tribal religious rituals to the Playboy mansion, and from ancient Rome to Burning Man, Plays Well in Groups explores the phenomenon of group sex. Author Katherine Frank draws on surveys, ethnographic research, participant interviews, and more to provide explanations for both, participation in group sex and our complex reactions to it, from fascination to fear. This book looks at group sex across cultures—who has it, and why. Group sex is almost always taboo and often criminalized, and yet it persists across cultures throughout history. Plays Well in Groups looks at the symbolism of orgies, as well as contemporary manifestations of group sex in bathhouses and public sex venues, at BDSM and swinging parties, on Craigslist, and in political scandals, Tantra classes, reality television, and more. Frank explores the many reasons people participate in group sex, from arousal to spiritual transcendence, in this bold study of subversive sexuality.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442218703
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
From tribal religious rituals to the Playboy mansion, and from ancient Rome to Burning Man, Plays Well in Groups explores the phenomenon of group sex. Author Katherine Frank draws on surveys, ethnographic research, participant interviews, and more to provide explanations for both, participation in group sex and our complex reactions to it, from fascination to fear. This book looks at group sex across cultures—who has it, and why. Group sex is almost always taboo and often criminalized, and yet it persists across cultures throughout history. Plays Well in Groups looks at the symbolism of orgies, as well as contemporary manifestations of group sex in bathhouses and public sex venues, at BDSM and swinging parties, on Craigslist, and in political scandals, Tantra classes, reality television, and more. Frank explores the many reasons people participate in group sex, from arousal to spiritual transcendence, in this bold study of subversive sexuality.
The Desert World
Author: Arthur Mangin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deserts
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Deserts
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Burning Book
Author: Jessica Bruder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416928243
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Jessica Bruderis a reporter for theOregonian.Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times,theWashington Post,and theNew York Observer.She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416928243
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Jessica Bruderis a reporter for theOregonian.Her writing has also appeared in theNew York Times,theWashington Post,and theNew York Observer.She lives in Portland, Oregon.