Author: Verner von Heidenstam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Charles Men
Author: Verner von Heidenstam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sweden
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Spirits of Just Men
Author: Charles Dillard Thompson (Jr.)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025207808X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Following the end of Prohibition in 1933, demand for moonshine remained high due to taxes imposed on large liquor producers. Seeking to answer this demand were the distillers of Appalachia who, having established illegal networks of moonshine distribution under Prohibition, continued their activities and effectively skirted the federal liquor tax scheme. Spirits of Just Men chronicles the Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935, held in Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "Moonshine Capital of the World." While the trial itself made national news, Thompson uses the event as a stepping-off point to explore Blue Ridge Mountain culture, economy, and political engagement in the 1930 illustrating how participation in the moonshine trade was a rational and savvy choice for farmers and community members struggling to maintain their way of life amidst the pressures of the Great Depression and pull of the timber and coal-mining industries in Virginia. Through Thompson's prose, local characters come alive as he pays particular attention to the stories of a key witness for the defense, Miss Ora Harrison, an Episcopalian missionary to the region, and Elder Goode Hash, itinerant Primitive Baptist preacher and juror in a related murder trial. Thompson explores how local religious belief both clashed with and condoned the moonshine trade and how stills and the trade enabled a distinctive cultural formation in the region that goes far beyond the hillbilly stereotype alive today. Not only is his work is based on extensive oral histories and local archival material, but Thompson himself is from the area and his grandparents were involved in not only the moonshine trade but the trial as well"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 025207808X
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
"Following the end of Prohibition in 1933, demand for moonshine remained high due to taxes imposed on large liquor producers. Seeking to answer this demand were the distillers of Appalachia who, having established illegal networks of moonshine distribution under Prohibition, continued their activities and effectively skirted the federal liquor tax scheme. Spirits of Just Men chronicles the Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935, held in Franklin County, Virginia, a place that many still refer to as the "Moonshine Capital of the World." While the trial itself made national news, Thompson uses the event as a stepping-off point to explore Blue Ridge Mountain culture, economy, and political engagement in the 1930 illustrating how participation in the moonshine trade was a rational and savvy choice for farmers and community members struggling to maintain their way of life amidst the pressures of the Great Depression and pull of the timber and coal-mining industries in Virginia. Through Thompson's prose, local characters come alive as he pays particular attention to the stories of a key witness for the defense, Miss Ora Harrison, an Episcopalian missionary to the region, and Elder Goode Hash, itinerant Primitive Baptist preacher and juror in a related murder trial. Thompson explores how local religious belief both clashed with and condoned the moonshine trade and how stills and the trade enabled a distinctive cultural formation in the region that goes far beyond the hillbilly stereotype alive today. Not only is his work is based on extensive oral histories and local archival material, but Thompson himself is from the area and his grandparents were involved in not only the moonshine trade but the trial as well"--Provided by publisher.
Rescue Men
Author: Charles C. Kenney
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0786734183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The men in Charles Kenney's family have been drawn to firefighting since his grandfather Charles "Pops" Kenney joined the Boston Fire Department in 1932. In his working class, Irish-Catholic neighborhood, there were other jobs that offered a decent wage, but none had the sense of belonging that comes with being a fireman, or the purity of purpose that comes with saving lives. Pops was on the scene of the notorious Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942; the author's father, "Sonny" served with distinction until an explosion blew him from a third-story window; and two of the author's brothers were "sparks" as children, amateur firefighters, whose career goals were thwarted by a court order integrating the Boston fire department and changing the rules for employment forever. One became a cop, the other a paramedic and rescue man with an elite squad sent to Ground Zero in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Spanning sixty years of firefighting history in America, Rescue Men captures what it's really like to be a fireman.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0786734183
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The men in Charles Kenney's family have been drawn to firefighting since his grandfather Charles "Pops" Kenney joined the Boston Fire Department in 1932. In his working class, Irish-Catholic neighborhood, there were other jobs that offered a decent wage, but none had the sense of belonging that comes with being a fireman, or the purity of purpose that comes with saving lives. Pops was on the scene of the notorious Cocoanut Grove fire in 1942; the author's father, "Sonny" served with distinction until an explosion blew him from a third-story window; and two of the author's brothers were "sparks" as children, amateur firefighters, whose career goals were thwarted by a court order integrating the Boston fire department and changing the rules for employment forever. One became a cop, the other a paramedic and rescue man with an elite squad sent to Ground Zero in the aftermath of the collapse of the World Trade Center. Spanning sixty years of firefighting history in America, Rescue Men captures what it's really like to be a fireman.
Why I Hate Men
Author: Claudia Charles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880090261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780880090261
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Self-made Men
Author: Charles C. B. Seymour
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1454
Book Description
Men in the Bible
Author: Don Charles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563220678
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a world of spiritual anemia and scriptural poverty, men must constantly battle Satan's attempts to make them prisoners of addiction, compulsive behavior and low self esteem. As a result, they often feel inadequate, guilty or hopeless. Men in the Bible -- Examples to Live By is a foundational study that will introduce you to men in the Bible who experienced the same thoughts and desires as you do. It will show you that God relates to imperfect men, and has the power to change them. Through 21 life-changing lessons you'll learn about anger, sex, the role of a father, attitudes toward work and money, friends, priorities, responsibilities of a husband, prayer, discipling, traits of a good leader, and more. The 21st Century will require men of character, honor and integrity. Men in the Bible -- Examples to Live By is your first step toward establishing these traits in your life. This study will show you how to become restored and conformed to the image of God's Son, and filled and anointed with His Spirit in order to be the Christ-centered leader in your home, church, business, community, nation and world.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781563220678
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a world of spiritual anemia and scriptural poverty, men must constantly battle Satan's attempts to make them prisoners of addiction, compulsive behavior and low self esteem. As a result, they often feel inadequate, guilty or hopeless. Men in the Bible -- Examples to Live By is a foundational study that will introduce you to men in the Bible who experienced the same thoughts and desires as you do. It will show you that God relates to imperfect men, and has the power to change them. Through 21 life-changing lessons you'll learn about anger, sex, the role of a father, attitudes toward work and money, friends, priorities, responsibilities of a husband, prayer, discipling, traits of a good leader, and more. The 21st Century will require men of character, honor and integrity. Men in the Bible -- Examples to Live By is your first step toward establishing these traits in your life. This study will show you how to become restored and conformed to the image of God's Son, and filled and anointed with His Spirit in order to be the Christ-centered leader in your home, church, business, community, nation and world.
World Without Men
Author: Charles Eric Maine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614272274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
2012 Reprint of 1958 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The blurb on the thirty-five cent Ace paperback likens Charles Eric Maine's 1958 novel "World Without Men" to George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." Ordinarily one would regard such a comparison skeptically. Nevertheless, while not rising to the artistic level of the Orwell and Huxley masterpieces, "World Without Men" merits being rescued from the large catalogue of 1950s paperback throwaways. Maine's bases his vision of an ideological dystopia not on criticism of socialism or communism per se, nor of technocracy per se, but rather of feminism. Maine saw in the nascent feminism of his day (the immediate postwar period) a dehumanizing and destructive force, tending towards totalitarianism, which had the potential to deform society in radical, unnatural ways. Maine believed that feminism, as he understood it, derived its fundamental premises from hatred of, not respect for, the natural order. He also believed that feminism entailed a rebellion against sexual dimorphism.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781614272274
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
2012 Reprint of 1958 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The blurb on the thirty-five cent Ace paperback likens Charles Eric Maine's 1958 novel "World Without Men" to George Orwell's "1984" and Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World." Ordinarily one would regard such a comparison skeptically. Nevertheless, while not rising to the artistic level of the Orwell and Huxley masterpieces, "World Without Men" merits being rescued from the large catalogue of 1950s paperback throwaways. Maine's bases his vision of an ideological dystopia not on criticism of socialism or communism per se, nor of technocracy per se, but rather of feminism. Maine saw in the nascent feminism of his day (the immediate postwar period) a dehumanizing and destructive force, tending towards totalitarianism, which had the potential to deform society in radical, unnatural ways. Maine believed that feminism, as he understood it, derived its fundamental premises from hatred of, not respect for, the natural order. He also believed that feminism entailed a rebellion against sexual dimorphism.
Man to Man
Author: Charles R. Swindoll
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780310210566
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book, by Chuck Swindoll, takes the best of his writings for modern men and puts them under one cover.
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780310210566
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
This book, by Chuck Swindoll, takes the best of his writings for modern men and puts them under one cover.
Spectred Isle
Author: KJ Charles
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999784669
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Archaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it's a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in increasingly strange and frightening situations. And at every turn he runs into the sardonic, mysterious Randolph Glyde. Randolph is the last of an ancient line of arcanists, commanding deep secrets and extraordinary powers as he struggles to fulfil his family duties in a war-torn world. He knows there's something odd going on with the haunted-looking man who keeps turning up in all the wrong places. The only question for Randolph is whether Saul is victim or villain. Saul hasn't trusted anyone in a long time. But as the supernatural threat grows, along with the desire between them, he'll need to believe in evasive, enraging, devastatingly attractive Randolph. Because he may be the only man who can save Saul's life-or his soul. Book 1 of the Green Men series
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781999784669
Category : Gay men
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Archaeologist Saul Lazenby has been all but unemployable since his disgrace during the War. Now he scrapes a living working for a rich eccentric who believes in magic. Saul knows it's a lot of nonsense...except that he begins to find himself in increasingly strange and frightening situations. And at every turn he runs into the sardonic, mysterious Randolph Glyde. Randolph is the last of an ancient line of arcanists, commanding deep secrets and extraordinary powers as he struggles to fulfil his family duties in a war-torn world. He knows there's something odd going on with the haunted-looking man who keeps turning up in all the wrong places. The only question for Randolph is whether Saul is victim or villain. Saul hasn't trusted anyone in a long time. But as the supernatural threat grows, along with the desire between them, he'll need to believe in evasive, enraging, devastatingly attractive Randolph. Because he may be the only man who can save Saul's life-or his soul. Book 1 of the Green Men series
The Book of Man Law
Author: Charles E. Casteel
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543960457
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Book of Man Law is the official-unofficial comprehensive rule book for men. It provides men of all ages with 'manhood' guidelines ranging from how men are to greet one another to their interaction with women and children, attire, grooming, restroom conduct, etc. The purpose of this book is to educate, entertain and ultimately stem the tide of Man Law violations world-wide.
Publisher: Bookbaby
ISBN: 9781543960457
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Book of Man Law is the official-unofficial comprehensive rule book for men. It provides men of all ages with 'manhood' guidelines ranging from how men are to greet one another to their interaction with women and children, attire, grooming, restroom conduct, etc. The purpose of this book is to educate, entertain and ultimately stem the tide of Man Law violations world-wide.