Author: D. E. Stewart
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458214125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Detroit 1965 Based on true events, this is the heartrending story of Johnny Parker, a young heroin addict consumed with an intense fear of loneliness. The story begins when Johnny, racked with pain and overwhelmed by the crippling heat of detoxification, snatches the purse from an old lady who turns out to be the currier for small time mob boss, Giorgio de Angelo. With principles running high, Angelo refuses any reconciliation and puts a contract on him. Johnny goes on the run, fleeing with new found friend Freddy to the small harbor town of Trenton. The mob catches Freddy and takes him to an abandoned flat where they beat and torcher him to death. When Johnny discovers his body, he becomes highly emotive and promises to get those responsible, setting ablaze Angelo's yacht and outwitting his assassins. Along the way Johnny falls for a beautiful Eurasian girl who gives him sanctuary and brings out his tender side. Together they are drawn deeper into the criminal underworld of Detroit. With a large cast of colorful characters and D. E. Stewart's cutting edge drama, this story is a virtual Pandora's box of the bloodiest, most barbaric transgressions humankind has to offer. In this emotional rollercoaster ride of multi-dimensional impact, every page stretches ones imagination to the breaking point. Part 2 continues in the same vain, with his mentally disadvantaged brother, Charlie, defying death at every turn through the most hellish predicaments conceivable, taking you from the slums of Detroit to the CIA to the manmade abattoirs of evil.
Tiny Minds
Author: D. E. Stewart
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458214125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Detroit 1965 Based on true events, this is the heartrending story of Johnny Parker, a young heroin addict consumed with an intense fear of loneliness. The story begins when Johnny, racked with pain and overwhelmed by the crippling heat of detoxification, snatches the purse from an old lady who turns out to be the currier for small time mob boss, Giorgio de Angelo. With principles running high, Angelo refuses any reconciliation and puts a contract on him. Johnny goes on the run, fleeing with new found friend Freddy to the small harbor town of Trenton. The mob catches Freddy and takes him to an abandoned flat where they beat and torcher him to death. When Johnny discovers his body, he becomes highly emotive and promises to get those responsible, setting ablaze Angelo's yacht and outwitting his assassins. Along the way Johnny falls for a beautiful Eurasian girl who gives him sanctuary and brings out his tender side. Together they are drawn deeper into the criminal underworld of Detroit. With a large cast of colorful characters and D. E. Stewart's cutting edge drama, this story is a virtual Pandora's box of the bloodiest, most barbaric transgressions humankind has to offer. In this emotional rollercoaster ride of multi-dimensional impact, every page stretches ones imagination to the breaking point. Part 2 continues in the same vain, with his mentally disadvantaged brother, Charlie, defying death at every turn through the most hellish predicaments conceivable, taking you from the slums of Detroit to the CIA to the manmade abattoirs of evil.
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458214125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Detroit 1965 Based on true events, this is the heartrending story of Johnny Parker, a young heroin addict consumed with an intense fear of loneliness. The story begins when Johnny, racked with pain and overwhelmed by the crippling heat of detoxification, snatches the purse from an old lady who turns out to be the currier for small time mob boss, Giorgio de Angelo. With principles running high, Angelo refuses any reconciliation and puts a contract on him. Johnny goes on the run, fleeing with new found friend Freddy to the small harbor town of Trenton. The mob catches Freddy and takes him to an abandoned flat where they beat and torcher him to death. When Johnny discovers his body, he becomes highly emotive and promises to get those responsible, setting ablaze Angelo's yacht and outwitting his assassins. Along the way Johnny falls for a beautiful Eurasian girl who gives him sanctuary and brings out his tender side. Together they are drawn deeper into the criminal underworld of Detroit. With a large cast of colorful characters and D. E. Stewart's cutting edge drama, this story is a virtual Pandora's box of the bloodiest, most barbaric transgressions humankind has to offer. In this emotional rollercoaster ride of multi-dimensional impact, every page stretches ones imagination to the breaking point. Part 2 continues in the same vain, with his mentally disadvantaged brother, Charlie, defying death at every turn through the most hellish predicaments conceivable, taking you from the slums of Detroit to the CIA to the manmade abattoirs of evil.
Tiny Minds
Author: B M Namazi
Publisher: BFC Publications
ISBN: 9355094760
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Tiny Minds is a collection of short stories in English. The stories cover topics on health, real life situations, children health, weight reduction, family reactions, Industrial relations and day to day management. This short collection of stories would help one to look back at one's life, decisions made and how to modify that for one's improvement.
Publisher: BFC Publications
ISBN: 9355094760
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
Tiny Minds is a collection of short stories in English. The stories cover topics on health, real life situations, children health, weight reduction, family reactions, Industrial relations and day to day management. This short collection of stories would help one to look back at one's life, decisions made and how to modify that for one's improvement.
Little Big Minds
Author: Marietta McCarty
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144064988X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A guide for parents and educators to sharing the enduring ideas of the biggest minds throughout the centuries—from Plato to Jane Addams—with the "littlest" minds. Children are no strangers to cruelty and courage, to love and to loss, and in this unique book teacher and educational consultant Marietta McCarty reveals that they are, in fact, natural philosophers. Drawing on a program she has honed in schools around the country over the last fifteen years, Little Big Minds guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8 children in order to develop their critical thinking, deepen their appreciation for others, and brace them for the philosophical quandaries that lurk in all of our lives, young or old. Arranged according to themes-including prejudice, compassion, and death-and featuring the work of philosophers from Plato and Socrates to the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr., this step-by-step guide to teaching kids how to think philosophically is full of excellent discussion questions, teaching tips, and group exercises.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 144064988X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
A guide for parents and educators to sharing the enduring ideas of the biggest minds throughout the centuries—from Plato to Jane Addams—with the "littlest" minds. Children are no strangers to cruelty and courage, to love and to loss, and in this unique book teacher and educational consultant Marietta McCarty reveals that they are, in fact, natural philosophers. Drawing on a program she has honed in schools around the country over the last fifteen years, Little Big Minds guides parents and educators in introducing philosophy to K-8 children in order to develop their critical thinking, deepen their appreciation for others, and brace them for the philosophical quandaries that lurk in all of our lives, young or old. Arranged according to themes-including prejudice, compassion, and death-and featuring the work of philosophers from Plato and Socrates to the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr., this step-by-step guide to teaching kids how to think philosophically is full of excellent discussion questions, teaching tips, and group exercises.
One Thousand White Women
Author: Jim Fergus
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429938846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the Cheyenne Nation. One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd’s journey into an unknown world. Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope for freedom and redemption is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from “civilized” society become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is a series of breathtaking adventures—May’s brief, passionate romance with the gallant young army captain John Bourke; her marriage to the great chief Little Wolf; and her conflict of being caught between loving two men and living two completely different lives. “Fergus portrays the perceptions and emotions of women...with tremendous insight and sensitivity.”—Booklist “A superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph.” —Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1429938846
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Based on an actual historical event but told through fictional diaries, this is the story of May Dodd—a remarkable woman who, in 1875, travels through the American West to marry the chief of the Cheyenne Nation. One Thousand White Women begins with May Dodd’s journey into an unknown world. Having been committed to an insane asylum by her blue-blood family for the crime of loving a man beneath her station, May finds that her only hope for freedom and redemption is to participate in a secret government program whereby women from “civilized” society become the brides of Cheyenne warriors. What follows is a series of breathtaking adventures—May’s brief, passionate romance with the gallant young army captain John Bourke; her marriage to the great chief Little Wolf; and her conflict of being caught between loving two men and living two completely different lives. “Fergus portrays the perceptions and emotions of women...with tremendous insight and sensitivity.”—Booklist “A superb tale of sorrow, suspense, exultation, and triumph.” —Winston Groom, author of Forrest Gump
Can a Bee Sting a Bee?
Author:
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062223240
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the spirit of Schott’s Miscellany, The Magic of Reality, and The Dangerous Book for Boys comes Can a Bee Sting a Bee?—a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children—queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults—and she’s gathered together a notable crew of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to answer them. Authors Mary Roach and Phillip Pullman, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, chef Gordon Ramsay, adventurist Bear Gryllis, and linguist Noam Chomsky are among the top experts responding to the Big Questions from Little People, (“Do animals have feelings?”, “Why can’t I tickle myself?”, “Who is God?”) with well-known comedians, columnists, and raconteurs offering hilarious alternative answers. Miles above your average general knowledge and trivia collections, this charming compendium is a book fans of the E.H. Gombrich classic, A Little History of the World, will adore.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062223240
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
In the spirit of Schott’s Miscellany, The Magic of Reality, and The Dangerous Book for Boys comes Can a Bee Sting a Bee?—a smart, illuminating, essential, and utterly delightful handbook for perplexed parents and their curious children. Author Gemma Elwin Harris has lovingly compiled weighty questions from precocious grade school children—queries that have long dumbfounded even intelligent adults—and she’s gathered together a notable crew of scientists, specialists, philosophers, and writers to answer them. Authors Mary Roach and Phillip Pullman, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, chef Gordon Ramsay, adventurist Bear Gryllis, and linguist Noam Chomsky are among the top experts responding to the Big Questions from Little People, (“Do animals have feelings?”, “Why can’t I tickle myself?”, “Who is God?”) with well-known comedians, columnists, and raconteurs offering hilarious alternative answers. Miles above your average general knowledge and trivia collections, this charming compendium is a book fans of the E.H. Gombrich classic, A Little History of the World, will adore.
Tiny Time Machine - The Complete Trilogy
Author: John E. Stith
Publisher: The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time machine to stop a secret project! An action-packed short novel from a Nebula Award nominee. Meg is an angry scientist's daughter. Her father is not a mad scientist, just really angry - so angry that he and Meg have rarely spoken since the death of her mother. Meg has become a loner, obsessed with combatting polluters like the ones who triggered her mother's death. And her father has had a different obsession. When Meg breaks into a paint company to expose their practices, she runs into Josh, another loner out to save the world. When Meg and Josh suddenly find themselves on the run from the cops, Meg heads for the one man who should always take her in--her father. But when Meg and Josh reach him, they find him dying. Just before he dies, he gives Meg a strange device that looks like a cellphone and tells her to use extreme caution. When the invention proves to be the time machine that holds the key to humanity's future, Meg and Josh must find a way to do the impossible--to work as a team. They are up against the cops, a powerful billionaire, a Russian profiteer, and a romantic rival. Can they save the world, and save each other? About Stith's prior work: "Stith writes in the best hard-sf manner, dropping characters into a situation that can be solved only by thought and reason, but he also, more modernly, creates real and believable characters. He is becoming one of the most eloquent modern hard-sf practitioners." — Booklist
Publisher: The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
All life on Earth will die of thirst unless a couple of loners on the run can use a strange time machine to stop a secret project! An action-packed short novel from a Nebula Award nominee. Meg is an angry scientist's daughter. Her father is not a mad scientist, just really angry - so angry that he and Meg have rarely spoken since the death of her mother. Meg has become a loner, obsessed with combatting polluters like the ones who triggered her mother's death. And her father has had a different obsession. When Meg breaks into a paint company to expose their practices, she runs into Josh, another loner out to save the world. When Meg and Josh suddenly find themselves on the run from the cops, Meg heads for the one man who should always take her in--her father. But when Meg and Josh reach him, they find him dying. Just before he dies, he gives Meg a strange device that looks like a cellphone and tells her to use extreme caution. When the invention proves to be the time machine that holds the key to humanity's future, Meg and Josh must find a way to do the impossible--to work as a team. They are up against the cops, a powerful billionaire, a Russian profiteer, and a romantic rival. Can they save the world, and save each other? About Stith's prior work: "Stith writes in the best hard-sf manner, dropping characters into a situation that can be solved only by thought and reason, but he also, more modernly, creates real and believable characters. He is becoming one of the most eloquent modern hard-sf practitioners." — Booklist
Mind that Abides
Author: David Skrbina
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027252114
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select 'higher animals'. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble history in both Western and Eastern thought. Overlooked by analytical, materialist philosophy for most of the 20th century, it is now experiencing a renaissance of sorts in several areas of inquiry. A number of recent books including Skrbina's Panpsychism in the West (2005) and Strawson et al's Consciousness and its Place in Nature (2006) have established panpsychism as respectable and viable. Mind That Abides builds on these works. It takes panpsychism to be a plausible theory of mind and then moves forward to work out the philosophical, psychological and ethical implications. With 17 contributors from a variety of fields, this book promises to mark a wholesale change in our philosophical outlook. (Series A)
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027252114
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Panpsychism is the view that all things, living and nonliving, possess some mind like quality. It stands in sharp contrast to the traditional notion of mind as the property of humans and (perhaps) a few select 'higher animals'. Though surprising at first glance, panpsychism has a long and noble history in both Western and Eastern thought. Overlooked by analytical, materialist philosophy for most of the 20th century, it is now experiencing a renaissance of sorts in several areas of inquiry. A number of recent books including Skrbina's Panpsychism in the West (2005) and Strawson et al's Consciousness and its Place in Nature (2006) have established panpsychism as respectable and viable. Mind That Abides builds on these works. It takes panpsychism to be a plausible theory of mind and then moves forward to work out the philosophical, psychological and ethical implications. With 17 contributors from a variety of fields, this book promises to mark a wholesale change in our philosophical outlook. (Series A)
Original Canadian Poems and Lyrics
Author: M. J. Morris
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440152268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Like a diamond, mankind has many facets, from the bad to the beautiful, the good to the ugly. These poems touch on all these and the ones in between. They examine the lifestyles of humanity, the different idiosyncrasies of this creature called 'man or woman', weather they're complementary or derogatory. They offer advice and criticism and paint 'word pictures' of society in general but they are only reflections, not a true picture. They will strike a cord in many hearts. They may strike a cord in yours. So open the covers of this book and look at the contents. You will see a different and unique way of viewing society, as you discover these many facets of humanity, through the eyes of the author.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440152268
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Like a diamond, mankind has many facets, from the bad to the beautiful, the good to the ugly. These poems touch on all these and the ones in between. They examine the lifestyles of humanity, the different idiosyncrasies of this creature called 'man or woman', weather they're complementary or derogatory. They offer advice and criticism and paint 'word pictures' of society in general but they are only reflections, not a true picture. They will strike a cord in many hearts. They may strike a cord in yours. So open the covers of this book and look at the contents. You will see a different and unique way of viewing society, as you discover these many facets of humanity, through the eyes of the author.
The Graham Harman Reader
Author: Graham Harman
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1803412410
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
'Overcoming the war of religion between analytics and continentals with a brand-new metaphysical insight, Graham Harman has restored to philosophy its greatness and value.' Maurizio Ferraris, Italian continental philosopher and author of the Manifesto of New Realism The Graham Harman Reader is the essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. The writings in this volume are split into seven chapters. The first concerns Harman’s resistance to both downward and upward reductionism. The second chapter contains works that develop the specific fourfold structure of Object-Oriented Ontology. In the third, we find Harman’s novel arguments for why causal relations between two entities can only be indirect. The fourth chapter discusses why aesthetics deserves to be called first philosophy. The fifth chapter contains Harman’s underrated contributions to ethics and politics, and the sixth deals with epistemology, mind, and science. A concluding seventh chapter contains several previously unpublished writings not available anywhere else. Written in Harman’s typical clear and witty style, the /Reader/ is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers alike.
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1803412410
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
'Overcoming the war of religion between analytics and continentals with a brand-new metaphysical insight, Graham Harman has restored to philosophy its greatness and value.' Maurizio Ferraris, Italian continental philosopher and author of the Manifesto of New Realism The Graham Harman Reader is the essential compendium of shorter works by one of the most influential philosophers of the twenty-first century. The writings in this volume are split into seven chapters. The first concerns Harman’s resistance to both downward and upward reductionism. The second chapter contains works that develop the specific fourfold structure of Object-Oriented Ontology. In the third, we find Harman’s novel arguments for why causal relations between two entities can only be indirect. The fourth chapter discusses why aesthetics deserves to be called first philosophy. The fifth chapter contains Harman’s underrated contributions to ethics and politics, and the sixth deals with epistemology, mind, and science. A concluding seventh chapter contains several previously unpublished writings not available anywhere else. Written in Harman’s typical clear and witty style, the /Reader/ is an essential resource for veteran readers of Harman and newcomers alike.
What Technology Wants
Author: Kevin Kelly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143120174
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Inevitable— a sweeping vision of technology as a living force that can expand our individual potential In this provocative book, one of today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or "what it wants." Kevin Kelly offers a dozen trajectories in the coming decades for this near-living system. And as we align ourselves with technology's agenda, we can capture its colossal potential. This visionary and optimistic book explores how technology gives our lives greater meaning and is a must-read for anyone curious about the future.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143120174
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Inevitable— a sweeping vision of technology as a living force that can expand our individual potential In this provocative book, one of today's most respected thinkers turns the conversation about technology on its head by viewing technology as a natural system, an extension of biological evolution. By mapping the behavior of life, we paradoxically get a glimpse at where technology is headed-or "what it wants." Kevin Kelly offers a dozen trajectories in the coming decades for this near-living system. And as we align ourselves with technology's agenda, we can capture its colossal potential. This visionary and optimistic book explores how technology gives our lives greater meaning and is a must-read for anyone curious about the future.