In The Voices of the Numbered, Amelia Rivera (aka Memory) and her friends""Abednego, Ghost, and Tech""find themselves taken by the Elite agents to the Experiment Halls. The Zoeks must find the courage to endure the torturous experiments and horrific brainwashing of the Elite. In her attempt to survive, Memory will come face-to-face with the secrets her father tried to protect her from and the vicious nature of Hidey Jagger.
Still at the mercy of the Elite, Memory finds herself gifted to Hidey Jagger as a slave and is subject to the cruelty of the neophyte. Abednego, Ghost, and Tech are held captive in the Experiment Halls and suffer at the hands of Dr. Voltaire and Dr. Evny's cruel experiments. In the midst of their hopelessness, Tyme and Bodz lead the FMF in freeing slaves around the world. While saving lives, they pique the attention of the FBI. Can they trust the United States government to assist them in their battle against the Elite's human trafficking network?
The Zoeks are finally coming to the end of their long and dark journey, but first decisions must be made. Memory questions seeking peace with her archnemesis, Hidey Jagger. Abednego comes face-to-face with his grandfather, an Elite representative. Ghost is running out of time to save Amber Kingsman. Sage and Bodz are both in the clutches of Agent Corrozo, and the FMF is requested by the FBI to assist in a raid of the Virginia Experiment Halls. How will Ghost save Amber? Will Abednego fall to the Elite persuasion? Can the FMF and the FBI bring the Elite to justice? How will our Zoeks meet the end they so desire?
Betrayed by the third generation weapons, the Zoeks are scattered. Some have been taken to the Experiment Halls, while some are still in hiding. In an unfortunate twist, Memory and Abednego are taken into custody by a small precinct. The law enforcement have no idea what is ahead of them, but they have an awful feeling it has something to do with the disappearances in the neighborhood a few months before. Tyme, Tech, and Ghost befriend the Gutter Rats, a group of ex-gang members. The three Zoeks unravel the Elite’s plan to destroy the neighborhood with one violent act at a time. While their friends fight to save lives, the rest of the Zoeks find themselves in the hands of Agent Jagger and the Elite Representatives. Who will be sold? Who will be executed? And will they ever see each other again?
After trading their freedom to save the lives of law enforcement and gang leaders, Memory, Ghost, and Abednego have agreed to be slaves for the Elite. They will find that it was the toughest sacrifice they have ever made. The underbelly of global slavery is now unveiled before them. The volume of slaves, the array of slavery, and the violence they are destined to witness will shake them to their core. What is this “middle passage,” and will they survive it?
In Nightmares and Memories, Amelia Rivera, a sixteen-year-old with the power to turn objects into air, moves to Fate, Texas, in hopes of hiding from the agents of a secret society. When her father is shot by the agents, she has to put her trust in a group of teens that may or may not be spies for the secret society. Nightmares and Memories is the first book in a seven-book series. In Amelia's attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding her powers and her past, she stumbles into the dark world of modern-day slavery and other global conspiracies.
After having escaped the Experiment Halls, the Zoeks thought the worst of their problems were over. Hiding from the Elite seemed to be all they had to worry about, but then a young woman comes to their door asking for help.In The Hunted of the Haunted, the Zoeks have to make a decision to help the Elite's next set of victims or remain in hiding. It should be an easy decision for a group of heroic teens, but upon finding out the victims are members of various hate groups and gangs, the Zoeks realize they have a tough decision to make. Will they save the hunted of the haunted or leave them to the Elite?
In The Voices of the Numbered, Amelia Rivera (aka Memory) and her friends-Abednego, Ghost, and Tech-find themselves taken by the Elite agents to the Experiment Halls. The Zoeks must find the courage to endure the torturous experiments and horrific brainwashing of the Elite. In her attempt to survive, Memory will come face-to-face with the secrets her father tried to protect her from and the vicious nature of Hidey Jagger.
The Zoeks are finally coming to the end of their long and dark journey, but first decisions must be made. Memory questions seeking peace with her archnemesis, Hidey Jagger. Abednego comes face-to-face with his grandfather, an Elite representative. Ghost is running out of time to save Amber Kingsman. Sage and Bodz are both in the clutches of Agent Corrozo, and the FMF is requested by the FBI to assist in a raid of the Virginia Experiment Halls. How will Ghost save Amber? Will Abednego fall to the Elite persuasion? Can the FMF and the FBI bring the Elite to justice? How will our Zoeks meet the end they so desire?
After having escaped the Experiment Halls, the Zoeks thought the worst of their problems were over. Hiding from the Elite seemed to be all they had to worry about, but then a young woman comes to their door asking for help.In The Hunted of the Haunted, the Zoeks have to make a decision to help the Elite's next set of victims or remain in hiding. It should be an easy decision for a group of heroic teens, but upon finding out the victims are members of various hate groups and gangs, the Zoeks realize they have a tough decision to make. Will they save the hunted of the haunted or leave them to the Elite?
In Nightmares and Memories, Amelia Rivera, a sixteen-year-old with the power to turn objects into air, moves to Fate, Texas, in hopes of hiding from the agents of a secret society. When her father is shot by the agents, she has to put her trust in a group of teens that may or may not be spies for the secret society. Nightmares and Memories is the first book in a seven-book series. In Amelia's attempt to unravel the mysteries surrounding her powers and her past, she stumbles into the dark world of modern-day slavery and other global conspiracies.
Betrayed by the third generation weapons, the Zoeks are scattered. Some have been taken to the Experiment Halls, while some are still in hiding. In an unfortunate twist, Memory and Abednego are taken into custody by a small precinct. The law enforcement have no idea what is ahead of them, but they have an awful feeling it has something to do with the disappearances in the neighborhood a few months before. Tyme, Tech, and Ghost befriend the Gutter Rats, a group of ex-gang members. The three Zoeks unravel the Elite’s plan to destroy the neighborhood with one violent act at a time. While their friends fight to save lives, the rest of the Zoeks find themselves in the hands of Agent Jagger and the Elite Representatives. Who will be sold? Who will be executed? And will they ever see each other again?
After trading their freedom to save the lives of law enforcement and gang leaders, Memory, Ghost, and Abednego have agreed to be slaves for the Elite. They will find that it was the toughest sacrifice they have ever made. The underbelly of global slavery is now unveiled before them. The volume of slaves, the array of slavery, and the violence they are destined to witness will shake them to their core. What is this “middle passage,” and will they survive it?
Allison tells the story of a terrible moment in American history and explores how to deal with the aftermath. On March 16, 1968, American soldiers killed as many as five hundred Vietnamese men, women, and children in a village near the South China Sea. In My Lai William Thomas Allison explores and evaluates the significance of this horrific event. How could such a thing have happened? Who (or what) should be held accountable? How do we remember this atrocity and try to apply its lessons, if any? My Lai has fixed the attention of Americans of various political stripes for more than forty years. The breadth of writing on the massacre, from news reports to scholarly accounts, highlights the difficulty of establishing fact and motive in an incident during which confusion, prejudice, and self-preservation overwhelmed the troops. Son of a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War—and aware that the generation who lived through the incident is aging—Allison seeks to ensure that our collective memory of this shameful episode does not fade. Well written and accessible, Allison’s book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.
Still at the mercy of the Elite, Memory finds herself gifted to Hidey Jagger as a slave and is subject to the cruelty of the neophyte. Abednego, Ghost, and Tech are held captive in the Experiment Halls and suffer at the hands of Dr. Voltaire and Dr. Evny's cruel experiments. In the midst of their hopelessness, Tyme and Bodz lead the FMF in freeing slaves around the world. While saving lives, they pique the attention of the FBI. Can they trust the United States government to assist them in their battle against the Elite's human trafficking network?
Stephen Colbert became famous through his television show, The Colbert Report, before becoming the host of The Late Show and using his political humor to rise to the top of the late-night ratings. Readers not only learn about Colbert's early life and rise to fame, but also the ways he has made his shows successful. In-depth sidebars augment the informative text to show all the facets of Colbert's personal and professional life. Full-color photographs, a comprehensive timeline, and annotated quotes also enhance this look at one of the leaders of late-night comedy.
From pilgrims to pioneers to flappers . . . from Plymouth Rock to Pearl Harbor–the history of America in bite-size chunks How did the conquistadors first stumble across America–and what were the Spanish looking for anyway? What was the Dred Scott Supreme Court case and how did it affect the Civil War? And while some of us may indeed remember the Alamo, why were we once urged to “Remember the Maine”? Here, in chronological order, is a rollicking tour of American history from Columbus’s arrival through Nixon’s resignation, including details about the early colonists, Manifest Destiny, the Civil War–from Southern secession to the surrender at Appomattox–and the nation’s plunge into World War I and the end of U.S. isolationism. It’s the perfect refresher for all the things we learned in school but may have forgotten since. In concise, highly readable chapters, Remember the Alamo! tells the most exciting story in the world: the story of America–home of Ben Franklin and Al Capone, Abe Lincoln and Rosa Parks, a nation with a passion and a gift for making history to this day. From the Hardcover edition.
Henry E. Allison presents an analytical and historical commentary on Kant`s transcendental deduction of the pure concepts of the understanding in the Critique of Pure Reason. He argues that, rather than providing a new solution to an old problem (refuting a global skepticism regarding the objectivity of experience), it addresses a new problem (the role of a priori concepts or categories stemming from the nature of the understanding in grounding this objectivity), and he traces the line of thought that led Kant to the recognition of the significance of this problem in his 'pre-critical' period. Allison locates four decisive steps in this process: the recognition that sensibility and understanding are distinct and irreducible cognitive powers, which Kant referred to as a 'great light' of 1769; the subsequent realization that, though distinct, these powers only yield cognition when they work together, which is referred to as the 'discursivity thesis' and which led directly to the distinction between analytic and synthetic judgments and the problem of the synthetic a priori; the discovery of the necessary unity of apperception as the supreme norm governing discursive cognition; and the recognition, through the influence of Tetens, of the role of the imagination in mediating between sensibility and understanding. In addition to the developmental nature of the account of Kant`s views, two distinctive features of Allison'sreading of the deduction are a defense of Kant`s oft criticized claim that the conformity of appearances to the categories must be unconditionally rather than merely conditionally necessary (the 'non-contingency thesis') and an insistence that the argument cannot be separated from Kant`s transcendental idealism (the 'non-separability thesis').
Hazardous waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Hazardous waste generally exhibits one or more of these characteristics: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity or toxicity. The universe of hazardous wastes is large and diverse. Hazardous wastes can be liquids, solids, contained gases, or sludges. They can be the by-products of manufacturing processes or simply discarded commercial products, like cleaning fluids or pesticides. One major type is radioactive waste. This book brings together the latest research in this diverse field.
Between 1760 and 1800, the people of the United States created a new nation, based on the idea that all people have the right to govern themselves. This Very Short Introduction recreates the experiences that led to the Revolution; the experience of war; and the post-war creation of a new political society.
More students today are financing college through debt, but the burdens of debt are not equally shared. The least privileged students are those most encumbered and the least able to repay. All of this has implications for those who work in academia, especially those who are themselves from less advantaged backgrounds. Warnock argues that it is difficult to reconcile the goals of facilitating upward mobility for students from similar backgrounds while being aware that the goals of many colleges and universities stand in contrast to the recruitment and support of these students. This, combined with the fact that campuses are increasingly reliant on adjunct labor, makes it difficult for the contemporary tenure-track or tenured working-class academic to reconcile his or her position in the academy.
We often decry "amateurism", yet one can do things "for the love of it" rather than for money. It can also show that an economic system which has more voluntary, unpaid activity is a more efficient system. This work examines amateurism's rationale, its history, ethics and economics.
Whatever happened to diligence and hard work? Are they relics of yesteryear that have gone the way of the cotton patch? Roy Rains’s character-building stories of life in a sharecropper’s home will give your family a nostalgic peek into what made the greatest generation so great. Whether wielding a hoe, cotton sack or milk pail, Roy learned endurance, responsibility, and a host of other character qualities while living off the land. Told in his own homemade style, Roy’s childhood stories recount the family values that would later enable him to own and operate a successful appliance business, raise an impressive herd of registered Angus cattle, and serve as county commissioner of Muskogee, Oklahoma. Far from complaining, Roy would be the last one to say he endured hardships. They were “good times” and “good years.” If you are looking for a painless way to impart lasting values, gather the family and enjoy the old-fashioned simplicity of Sharecropper’s Dream.
In this long-awaited volume, David B. Allison argues for a 'generous' approach to Nietzsche's writings, and then provides comprehensive analyses of Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, The Gay Science, On the Genealogy of Morals, and Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Unique among other books on Nietzsche, Allison's text includes individual chapters devoted to Nietzsche's principal works. Historically-oriented and continentally-informed, Allison's readings draw on French and German thinkers, such as Heidegger, Battaille, Derrida, Birault, and Deleuze, while the author explicitly resists the use of jargon that frequently characterizes those approaches. Reading the New Nietzsche is an outstanding resource for those reading Nietzsche for the first time as well as for those who wish to know him better.
One-part lively oral history, one-part meticulously researched encyclopaedia, and one-part wild ride, Southern Hoofprints colorfully conveys the story of horse racing in Southern Alberta. And in so doing, it also becomes a fascinating history of the region itself, from the late 1880s through to the present day. From racing’s rough, Wild West beginnings to the vast grandstands of modern times, this regional history of the Sport of Kings has been deeply researched and is delivered in a unique and engaging fashion. With wry humour and occasional pulse-throbbing drama, the reader is treated to an intimate perspective on family traditions of husband and wife owners, the dynasties of multi-generational riders, the spectators, and even the horses themselves. The chronicle of the rise of women riders from the trivialized ‘powder puff’ races to becoming power players on the track, and that of the First Nations people from the early days through to today, make this a completely inclusive history. It tells a distinctly Canadian story and its focus on the Southern Alberta region allows it to paint the picture in vivid detail. With its historical data enriched and enlivened through the human dimension of the oral histories, Southern Hoofprints entertainingly recounts horse-racing’s triumphs, tragedies, and continual reinvention.
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