Insights into a compassionate alternative to a ruthlessly self-interested capitalist culture Societally sanctioned competition for money, power, and fame promotes selfishness, personal alienation, and widespread inequality, especially in market-oriented economies. Yet many of those engaging in this competitive individualism-the competition for ......
A translation of an award-winning Iraqi novelist's story exploring global migration in a postcolonial world, extremism, and what it means to belong somewhere The talented classical cellist Nabil always imagined a world where music and art govern everyday life. After being attacked in his hometown in Iraq and not being able to play music, Nabil ......
Often considered her best work, and one of the best-known American poems, the long poem "Renascence" is credited with introducing Edna St. Vincent Millay to a the broader world. Celebrated for their lyrical transcendence, Millay's poems convey fiery romance and an invigorating spirit that are hallmarks of her writing. Published as the inaugural ......
Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines, New Edition
A classic recounting of a unionists' struggle against exploitation and dictatorship--from within the mines of Bolivia Let Me Speak! is a moving testimony from inside the Bolivian tin mines of the 1970s, by a woman whose life was defined by her defiant struggle against those at the very top of the power structure, the Bolivian elite. Blending ......
Testimony of Domitila, a Woman of the Bolivian Mines, New Edition
A time-worn classic recounting of a unionists' struggle against exploitation and dictatorship--from within the mines of Bolivia Let Me Speak! is a moving testimony from inside the Bolivian tin mines of the 1970s, by a woman whose life was defined by her defiant struggle against those at the very top of the power structure, the Bolivian elite. ......
This is the story of former PR pilot Flight Lieutenant James Elwyn Storey and his epic flight across the Atlantic Ocean in Spitfire PR XI LV-NMZ. Starting with his operations in North East Africa, he moves on to cover his daring PR sorties over occupied Europe and Met Flights over the North Sea. This work also covers the preparation for his ......
'One hat-loving lady, Two pipers with puff, Three grandads in pinnies, They've all had enough! She sprints to the field -- it's time for a play, But some cumbersome cabers get in the way. CRASH! SMASH! BANG! "Stop, ye WEE RASCAL!" the four strong folk cry.' Uh-oh! There's a great Highland Games chase afoot when Wee Rascal, a cheeky Scottie dog, ......
