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Author |
: Gore Vidal |
Publisher |
: Bold Type Books |
Total Pages |
: 209 |
Release |
: 2009-07-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780786750306 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0786750308 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dreaming War by : Gore Vidal
When Gore Vidal's recent New York Times bestseller Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace was published, the Los Angeles Times described Vidal as the last defender of the American republic. In Dreaming War, Vidal continues this defense by confronting the Cheney-Bush junta head on in a series of devastating essays that demolish the lies American Empire lives by, unveiling a counter-history that traces the origins of America's current imperial ambitions to the experience of World War Two and the post-war Truman doctrine. And now, with the Cheney-Bush leading us into permanent war, Vidal asks whose interests are served by this doctrine of pre-emptive war? Was Afghanistan turned to rubble to avenge the 3,000 slaughtered on September 11? Or was "the unlovely Osama chosen on aesthetic grounds to be the frightening logo for our long contemplated invasion and conquest of Afghanistan?" After all he was abruptly replaced with Saddam Hussein once the Taliban were overthrown. And while "evidence" is now being invented to connect Saddam with 9/11, the current administration are not helped by "stories in the U.S. press about the vast oil wealth of Iraq which must- for the sake of the free world- be reassigned to U.S. consortiums."
Author |
: Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 273 |
Release |
: 2010-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307378958 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307378950 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dreams in a Time of War by : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a man whose four wives bore him more than a score of children, young Ngũgĩ displayed what was then considered a bizarre thirst for learning, yet it was unimaginable that he would grow up to become a world-renowned novelist, playwright, and critic. In Dreams in a Time of War, Ngũgĩ deftly etches a bygone era, bearing witness to the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Speaking to the human right to dream even in the worst of times, this rich memoir of an African childhood abounds in delicate and powerful subtleties and complexities that are movingly told.
Author |
: William Joyce |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 125 |
Release |
: 2013-11-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442481466 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442481463 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sandman and the War of Dreams by : William Joyce
Academy Award winner William Joyce’s Guardians recruit Sanderson ManSnoozy, the sleepy legend also known as the Sandman, to their cause in this fourth chapter book adventure. When the Man in the Moon brought together the Guardians, he warned them that they would face some terrible evils as they strove to protect the children of earth. But nothing could have prepared them for this: Pitch has disappeared and taken Katherine with him. And now the Guardians are not only down one member, but a young girl is missing. Fortunately, MiM knows just the man to join the team. Sanderson ManSnoozy—known in most circles as the Sandman—may be sleepy, but he’s also stalwart and clever and has a precocious ability to utilize sand in myriad ways. If the other Guardians can just convince Sandy that good can triumph evil, that good dreams can banish nightmares, they’ll have themselves quite a squad. But if they can’t…they might never see Katherine again.
Author |
: Juliette Harrisson |
Publisher |
: A&C Black |
Total Pages |
: 203 |
Release |
: 2013-07-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781441189295 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1441189297 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dreams and Dreaming in the Roman Empire by : Juliette Harrisson
The history and literature of the Roman Empire is full of reports of dream prophecies, dream ghosts and dream gods. This volume offers a fresh approach to the study of ancient dreams by asking not what the ancients dreamed or how they experienced dreaming, but why the Romans considered dreams to be important and worthy of recording. Dream reports from historical and imaginative literature from the high point of the Roman Empire (the first two centuries AD) are analysed as objects of cultural memory, records of events of cultural significance that contribute to the formation of a group's cultural identity. The book also introduces the term 'cultural imagination', as a tool for thinking about ancient myth and religion, and avoiding the question of 'belief', which arises mainly from creed-based religions. The book's conclusion compares dream reports in the Classical world with modern attitudes towards dreams and dreaming, identifying distinctive features of both the world of the Romans and our own culture.
Author |
: Will Irwin |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 1917 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015063625084 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Latin at War by : Will Irwin
Author |
: R. Neville Johnston |
Publisher |
: AuthorHouse |
Total Pages |
: 150 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781456700355 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1456700359 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Dreamist by : R. Neville Johnston
Dreamist is a Future Novel. At the turn of this century, the greatest game show that has ever been created is about to step into a whole new dimension. The story follows the life of Kabel Newstarr, from the heights of delight that the show bestows on a person, to the depths of a hellish war that is being waged against the contestants and the future of our planet. No one suspects the true architect busy at work. Instead they are sleep in their isolation chambers projecting their dreaming bodies and preparing to do battle. The true bonds of brothers and sisters in war are forged as the game gains momentum into its next level. It seems like the show is over but this is just the beginning. Things get much more serious much more rapidly. It looks as though all will be lost and humanity will de-evolve and remain enslaved. When help arrives from an unforeseen unexpected source. It goes where no Sci-Fi has ever gone. The author himself says, "I'm not going to pitch you a lot of hype. This is a fun story that will pull you right through it. You will be a better, more enlightened person and a much greater dreamer at the end. My gratitude for reading." "Dreamist takes off where the movie Inception ended." This book is a dream journal from the future. Read it before you fall asleep. It's story coated education.
Author |
: Gore Vidal |
Publisher |
: Bold Type Books |
Total Pages |
: 175 |
Release |
: 2002-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781568586533 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1568586531 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace by : Gore Vidal
The United States has been engaged in what the great historian Charles A. Beard called "perpetual war for perpetual peace." The Federation of American Scientists has cataloged nearly 200 military incursions since 1945 in which the United States has been the aggressor. In a series of penetrating and alarming essays, whose centerpiece is a commentary on the events of September 11, 2001 (deemed too controversial to publish in this country until now) Gore Vidal challenges the comforting consensus following September 11th and goes back and draws connections to Timothy McVeigh's bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City. He asks were these simply the acts of "evil-doers?" "Gore Vidal is the master essayist of our age." -- Washington Post "Our greatest living man of letters." -- Boston Globe "Vidal's imagination of American politics is so powerful as to compel awe." -- Harold Bloom, The New York Review of Books
Author |
: Michael Howard |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2009-02-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191570858 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191570850 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (58 Downloads) |
Synopsis War in European History by : Michael Howard
First published over thirty years ago, War in European History is a brilliantly written survey of the changing ways that war has been waged in Europe, from the Norse invasions to the present day. Far more than a simple military history, the book serves as a succinct and enlightening overview of the development of European society as a whole over the last millennium. From the Norsemen and the world of the medieval knights, through to the industrialized mass warfare of the twentieth century, Michael Howard illuminates the way in which warfare has shaped the history of the Continent, its effect on social and political institutions, and the ways in which technological and social change have in turn shaped the way in which wars are fought. This new edition includes a fully updated further reading and a new final chapter bringing the story into the twenty-first century, including the invasion of Iraq and the so-called 'War against Terror'.
Author |
: Lori A. Flores |
Publisher |
: Yale University Press |
Total Pages |
: 363 |
Release |
: 2016-01-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780300216387 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0300216386 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Grounds for Dreaming by : Lori A. Flores
Known as “The Salad Bowl of the World,” California’s Salinas Valley became an agricultural empire due to the toil of diverse farmworkers, including Latinos. A sweeping critical history of how Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants organized for their rights in the decades leading up to the seminal strikes led by Cesar Chavez, this important work also looks closely at how different groups of Mexicans—U.S. born, bracero, and undocumented—confronted and interacted with one another during this period. An incisive study of labor, migration, race, gender, citizenship, and class, Lori Flores’s first book offers crucial insights for today’s ever-growing U.S. Latino demographic, the farmworker rights movement, and future immigration policy.
Author |
: Lou Dobbs |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2006-10-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101218754 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101218754 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis War on the Middle Class by : Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs's bestselling exposé of the silent assault on the living standards of ordinary Americans Millions of TV viewers have known Lou Dobbs for years as the Walter Cronkite of economics coverage, and now the anchor has become the preeminent champion of the common man and the good of the national interest, who tells uncomfortable truths in a voice that can't be ignored. In this incendiary book, he presents a frontline report on the betrayal of America's middle class by interests that range from rapacious corporations to an out-of-touch political elite. The result is not only lost jobs but also dysfunctional schools and unaffordable health care. But War on the Middle Class also outlines a bold program for change. As essential as it is infuriating, this book furnishes the talking points for the national debate on income and class.