Author: Jeffrey L. Gould
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822320982
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Challenging the widely held belief that Nicaragua has been ethnically homogeneous since the 19th century, TO DIE IN THIS WAY reveals the continued existence of a "forgotten" indigenous culture. By recovering a significant part of Nicaraguan history that has been excised from national memory, Jeffrey Gould critiques the enterprise of third world nation-building and marks an important step in the study of Latin American culture and history. 11 photos.
To Die in this Way
Author: Jeffrey L. Gould
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822320982
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Challenging the widely held belief that Nicaragua has been ethnically homogeneous since the 19th century, TO DIE IN THIS WAY reveals the continued existence of a "forgotten" indigenous culture. By recovering a significant part of Nicaraguan history that has been excised from national memory, Jeffrey Gould critiques the enterprise of third world nation-building and marks an important step in the study of Latin American culture and history. 11 photos.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822320982
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Challenging the widely held belief that Nicaragua has been ethnically homogeneous since the 19th century, TO DIE IN THIS WAY reveals the continued existence of a "forgotten" indigenous culture. By recovering a significant part of Nicaraguan history that has been excised from national memory, Jeffrey Gould critiques the enterprise of third world nation-building and marks an important step in the study of Latin American culture and history. 11 photos.
99 Ways to Die
Author: Ed Lin
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 161695969X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In Taipei, Taiwan, the kidnapping of a Mainlander billionaire throws national media into a tizzy—not least because of the famous victim’s vitriolic anti-immigration politics. Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family’s huge corporation, since high school. Peggy’s father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers’ deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jingnan tries to help, he finds himself deeper and deeper in trouble with some very unsavory characters—the most unsavory of whom might be the victim himself.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 161695969X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In Taipei, Taiwan, the kidnapping of a Mainlander billionaire throws national media into a tizzy—not least because of the famous victim’s vitriolic anti-immigration politics. Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family’s huge corporation, since high school. Peggy’s father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers’ deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jingnan tries to help, he finds himself deeper and deeper in trouble with some very unsavory characters—the most unsavory of whom might be the victim himself.
The Way We Die Now
Author: Seamus O'Mahony
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784974250
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahoney's thoughtful, moving and unforgettable book on the western way of death. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1784974250
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
We have lost the ability to deal with death. Most of our friends and beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers, doctors and nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks. They may not even know they are dying, victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope. They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours, robbed of their dignity and fed through a tube after a long series of excessive and hopeless medical interventions. This is the starting point of Seamus O'Mahoney's thoughtful, moving and unforgettable book on the western way of death. Dying has never been more public, with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness, but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying and made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve.
Unpleasant Ways to Die
Author: Elan Fleisher
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312032692
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Cartoonist Elan Fleisher has a problem--he can't stop thinking about death. He's obsessed with death. He is consumed with death. His one problem is that he is perfectly healthy, so he draws deathly things instead. Illustrated.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312032692
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Cartoonist Elan Fleisher has a problem--he can't stop thinking about death. He's obsessed with death. He is consumed with death. His one problem is that he is perfectly healthy, so he draws deathly things instead. Illustrated.
1001 Ridiculous Ways to Die
Author: David Southwell
Publisher: Carlton Books Limited
ISBN: 9781853757969
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
We all have to die someday—some people just find more bizarrely hilarious ways to go The woman who drank herself to death with water trying to win a games console by holding in her pee. . . the mechanic who blew himself up while trying to open a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer. . . a lottery winner killed by the gates of his new luxury home. . . a woman felled forever by a fatal falling lettuce. . . an octogenarian who met his maker while riding a shopping cart. . . a German artist crushed by one of his own sculptures, called "Woman with Four Breasts". . . the convicted murderer who electrocuted himself on the toilet as he repaired a TV—all true reports from across the globe which reveal the silliest ways you can meet your maker. Death may seem like a serious business, but this is a seriously funny book.
Publisher: Carlton Books Limited
ISBN: 9781853757969
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
We all have to die someday—some people just find more bizarrely hilarious ways to go The woman who drank herself to death with water trying to win a games console by holding in her pee. . . the mechanic who blew himself up while trying to open a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer. . . a lottery winner killed by the gates of his new luxury home. . . a woman felled forever by a fatal falling lettuce. . . an octogenarian who met his maker while riding a shopping cart. . . a German artist crushed by one of his own sculptures, called "Woman with Four Breasts". . . the convicted murderer who electrocuted himself on the toilet as he repaired a TV—all true reports from across the globe which reveal the silliest ways you can meet your maker. Death may seem like a serious business, but this is a seriously funny book.
No Way to Die
Author: Linus Tongwo Asong
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 995655846X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
What happens when a young man of talent and visions of greatness falls victim to a cruel set of circumstances over which he has no control? No Way to Die is such a story. Dennis Nunqam Ndendemajem gives up! Even when he is given a second chance to start again, he refuses to gather the broken pieces of his life together. He refuses to rebuild, and refuses to live. But he also finds no way to die.
Publisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 995655846X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
What happens when a young man of talent and visions of greatness falls victim to a cruel set of circumstances over which he has no control? No Way to Die is such a story. Dennis Nunqam Ndendemajem gives up! Even when he is given a second chance to start again, he refuses to gather the broken pieces of his life together. He refuses to rebuild, and refuses to live. But he also finds no way to die.
Are You Watching?
Author: Vincent Ralph
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241367433
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A page-turning new YA thriller for the social media age, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One Of Us Is Lying. Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by the Magpie Man. She was the first of his victims, but not the last. Now Jess is the star of a YouTube reality series and she's using it to catch the killer once and for all. The whole world is watching her every move. And so is the Magpie Man. Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021 Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2021
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0241367433
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A page-turning new YA thriller for the social media age, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One Of Us Is Lying. Ten years ago, Jess's mother was murdered by the Magpie Man. She was the first of his victims, but not the last. Now Jess is the star of a YouTube reality series and she's using it to catch the killer once and for all. The whole world is watching her every move. And so is the Magpie Man. Longlisted for the Branford Boase Award 2021 Shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2021
A Million Ways to Die
Author: Rick James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434702043
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As Christians we often talk about the resurrection, but what about our death and many daily "deaths" that must come first? Through stories and biblical insights, Rick James reminds us that when Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Him, He is describing a path of death, not a path to death. As we learn to embrace the little deaths of everyday existence, we lose our taste for lifeless religiosity. Our appetite for a thriving, vibrant life in Christ grows--and our own experience motivates others to live out their extraordinary missions on earth. As James so vividly illustrates, death is not an ending--it's an invitation to more abundant life. --back cover.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781434702043
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As Christians we often talk about the resurrection, but what about our death and many daily "deaths" that must come first? Through stories and biblical insights, Rick James reminds us that when Jesus tells us to deny ourselves, take up our crosses, and follow Him, He is describing a path of death, not a path to death. As we learn to embrace the little deaths of everyday existence, we lose our taste for lifeless religiosity. Our appetite for a thriving, vibrant life in Christ grows--and our own experience motivates others to live out their extraordinary missions on earth. As James so vividly illustrates, death is not an ending--it's an invitation to more abundant life. --back cover.
Let's Talk about Death
Author: Steve Gordon
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1633881121
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Experts in end-of-life care tell us that we should talk about death and dying with relatives and friends, but how do we get such conversations off the ground in a society that historically has avoided the topic? This book provides one example of such a conversation. The coauthors take up challenging questions about pain, caregiving, grief, and what comes after death. Their unlikely collaboration is itself connected to death: the murders of two of Irene's closest friends and Steve's support in perpetuating memories of those friends' lives and not just their violent ends. The authors share the results of a no-holds-barred discussion they conducted for several years over email. Readers can consider a range of views on complicated issues to which there are no right answers. Letting ourselves pose certain questions has the potential to profoundly change the way we think about death, how we choose to die, and, just as importantly, the way we live. Honest, probing, sensitive, and even humorous at times, the completely open discussions in this book will help readers deal with a topic that most of us try to avoid but that everyone will face eventually.
Publisher: Prometheus Books
ISBN: 1633881121
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Experts in end-of-life care tell us that we should talk about death and dying with relatives and friends, but how do we get such conversations off the ground in a society that historically has avoided the topic? This book provides one example of such a conversation. The coauthors take up challenging questions about pain, caregiving, grief, and what comes after death. Their unlikely collaboration is itself connected to death: the murders of two of Irene's closest friends and Steve's support in perpetuating memories of those friends' lives and not just their violent ends. The authors share the results of a no-holds-barred discussion they conducted for several years over email. Readers can consider a range of views on complicated issues to which there are no right answers. Letting ourselves pose certain questions has the potential to profoundly change the way we think about death, how we choose to die, and, just as importantly, the way we live. Honest, probing, sensitive, and even humorous at times, the completely open discussions in this book will help readers deal with a topic that most of us try to avoid but that everyone will face eventually.
A Million Ways to Die in the West
Author: Seth MacFarlane
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1782113576
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
A Million Ways to Die in the West pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to win back the woman who left him. Author Seth MacFarlane produced, directed, and starred in the film, released in May 2014.
Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 1782113576
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
A Million Ways to Die in the West pays homage to the traditional Western with a modern comic spin, following a cowardly farmer who seeks the help of a gunslinger's wife to win back the woman who left him. Author Seth MacFarlane produced, directed, and starred in the film, released in May 2014.