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 Ken Carpenter, "Borderlands Boy: Love, War and Peace in the Atomic Age" English | ISBN: 1632932873 | 2019 | 290 pages | EPUB | 430 KB This lyrical, moving and intensely personal coming-of-age memoir is also a coming out story of a gay boy from a conservative family growing up in the U.S. Southwest in an era of political, social and cultural transformation. It is also an extended reflection on the importance of place, time, history and geography in shaping who we are and who we become. In post-World War II America, the specter of nuclear destruction and environmental crises, challenges to racism and women's inequality, the Vietnam War and the sexual revolution threaten to tear the country apart. Already struggling with what it means to be different and what kind of man to become, the author faces the ultimate moral test of courage and conscience when he graduates from college and is drafted to fight in Vietnam. How will he navigate these tumultuous years and what will he learn from his experiences? How can he survive, find love and a purpose in life? And what lessons are there in such a story for future generations in a world without borders?  Michael E. Donoghue, "Borderland on the Isthmus: Race, Culture, and the Struggle for the Canal Zone" English | 2014 | ISBN: 0822356783, 082235666X | PDF | pages: 362 | 1.8 mb The construction, maintenance, and defense of the Panama Canal brought Panamanians, U.S. soldiers and civilians, West Indians, Asians, and Latin Americans into close, even intimate, contact. In this lively and provocative social history, Michael E. Donoghue positions the Panama Canal Zone as an imperial borderland where U.S. power, culture, and ideology were projected and contested. Highlighting race as both an overt and underlying force that shaped life in and beyond the Zone, Donoghue details how local traditions and colonial policies interacted and frequently clashed. Panamanians responded to U.S. occupation with proclamations, protests, and everyday forms of resistance and acquiescence. Although U.S. "Zonians" and military personnel stigmatized Panamanians as racial inferiors, they also sought them out for service labor, contraband, sexual pleasure, and marriage. The Canal Zone, he concludes, reproduced classic colonial hierarchies of race, national identity, and gender, establishing a model for other U.S. bases and imperial outposts around the globe.  Yu-Wen Chen, "Borderland Politics in Northern India" English | ISBN: 113881329X | 2014 | 91 pages | EPUB | 250 KB The colonial legacy in the construction of the modern Indian state has left a deep imprint on contemporary Indians' self-identity and self-determination. Borderland Politics in Northern India is a collection of essays, giving detailed accounts of the many different ways that people throughout India understand their homeland, the territory where they live, and the broader region to which they belong. Mona Chettri looks at the Gorkha community in the Darjeeling hills to the northeast, Manjeet Baruah examines Assam, and L. Lam Khan Piang explores the dispersion of the Zo people throughout many northeastern states. In the northwest, Aijaz Ashraf Wani illustrates how Jammu and Kashmir state is severed along complex regional, religious, and ethnic lines. This book is an invaluable source for readers interested in comparative studies of borderlands globally. It also contributes to South Asian studies broadly conceived, to Indian border studies, and to local social, cultural, and political histories of the constituent border regions of Northern India.  John Dickie, "Blood Brotherhoods: A History of Italy's Three Mafias" English | 2014 | ISBN: 1610394275 | EPUB | pages: 800 | 12.0 mb MAFIA. CAMORRA. 'NDRANGHETA.  Big Bear (CA) (Images of America) by Stanley E. Bellamy, Russell L. Keller English | May 22, 2006 | ISBN: 0738531111 | 128 pages | EPUB | 64 Mb In 1845, Benjamin Davis Wilson-the future first mayor of Los Angeles and the grandfather of Gen. George S. Patton-led a 20-man posse into the San Bernardino Mountains in search of Native American raiding parties that had been attacking Riverside ranches. But what they found in a particular high-altitude valley were, instead, large and furry. Wilson's men soon roped 11 bears, bringing the creatures into camp, and the valley the Serrano Indians knew as Yuhaviat, or "Pine Place," received a new map designation. Wilson named a nearby body of water Big Bear Lake (now Baldwin Lake, with the present-day, man-made lake co-opting the bruin moniker). Today, at elevations between 6,000 and 9,000 feet, the city of Big Bear Lake is an hour and a half from Los Angeles and a million miles from the rat race, where hiking, sports, and the absence of exertion thrive in a vacation atmosphere.  Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman by Morit Summers English | August 27, 2021 | ISBN: 1718200056 | 200 pages | PDF | 31 Mb Meet your new training partner! If you are a plus-size woman and want to get stronger, but you are intimidated by the gym or don't have access to a personal trainer, Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman is for you. Unlike books that target weight loss as the ultimate goal, this book emphasizes why strength training and movement are important for women of all sizes and how progress is not tied to a number on the scale.  Best books about money (set of 5 books related to money) : Money management for students, Money attraction, Money madness, Making big money books by Slumdog Books. by Slumdog Books English | October 30, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BKZQHQYV | 215 pages | EPUB | 1.15 Mb "The love of money is the root of all evil." - The Bible, 1 Timothy 6:10 "Lack of money is the root of all evil." - George Bernard Shaw  Best book about life (set of 5 life lessons book) : Reduce stress effectively, Discover speciality, True aspirations, Cut out negativity, 1 Mystery book by Slumdog Books by Slumdog Books English | October 30, 2022 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BL1112P4 | 201 pages | EPUB | 2.25 Mb You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated. - Maya Angelo.  Best Loaded Panini Recipes for Your Grilling Cravings: Tired of Boring Sandwich Ideas? Panini Recipes to Your Rescue!! by Keanu Wood English | 2021 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B09F9W3PJG | 77 pages | EPUB | 3.12 Mb Earlier we agree that eating bread loaves with sauces or soups or making regular sandwiches with them can get boring, especially if you love to eat bread a lot.  Paula J Schumacher, "Beginner's Guide to Office Boxing: The How-To's of Workplace Self-Defense" English | 2012 | ISBN: 0615606873 | 130 pages | EPUB | 0.54 MB Does dealing with the people at work wear you out and beat you down? Have you ever thought you might be in the wrong job? Do you think that maybe the problem is you? Odds are you're beating yourself up when you should be defending yourself. This guide to dealing with difficult people at work will help you understand your Office Boxing antagonists and provide you with options for success. |
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