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Escape from Slavery

The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity—and My Journey to Freedom in America

By: Francis Bok,Edward Tivnan

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Escape from Slavery

The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity—and My Journey to Freedom in America

By: Francis Bok,Edward Tivnan

In this groundbreaking modern slave narrative, Francis Bok shares his remarkable story with grace, honesty, and a wisdom gained from surviving ten years in captivity. May, 1986: Selling his mother's eggs and peanuts near his village in southern Sudan, seven year old Francis Bok's life was shattered when Arab raiders on horseback, armed with rifles and long knives, burst into the quiet marketplace, murdering men and women and gathering the young children into a group. Strapped to horses and donkeys, Francis and others were taken north, into lives of slavery under wealthy Muslim farmers. For ten years, Francis lived alone in a shed near the goats and cattle that were his responsibility. Fed with scraps from the table, slowly learning bits of an unfamiliar language and religion, the boy had almost no human contact other than his captor's family. After two failed attempts to escape-each bringing severe beatings and death threats-Francis finally escaped at age seventeen, a dramatic breakaway on foot that was his final chance. Yet his slavery did not end there, for even as he made his way toward the capital city of Khartoum, others sought to deprive him of his freedom. Determined to avoid that fate and discover what had happened to his family on that terrible day in 1986, the teenager persevered through prison and refugee camps for three more years, winning the attention of United Nations officials and being granted passage to America. Now a student and an anti-slavery activist, Francis Bok has made it his life mission to combat world slavery. His is the first voice to speak for an estimated twenty seven million people held against their will in nearly every nation, including our own. Escape from Slavery is at once a riveting adventure, a story of desperation and triumph, and a window revealing a world that few have survived to tell.

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Macmillan + ORM

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1429971010

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Moral Imagination

Confronting the Ethical Issues of Our Day

By: Edward Tivnan

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Moral Imagination

Confronting the Ethical Issues of Our Day

By: Edward Tivnan

When it comes to the most controversial moral questions of our lives - abortion, euthanasia, suicide, capital punishment, racial justice, and affirmative action - there is a right and wrong, but no one owns the truth. This book guides us through the opposing arguments on these profound issues, opening up ways for our pluralistic society to think about them. How does one make up one's mind about the difficult, yet everyday, inescapable social and moral problems we all face? The public debate often degenerates into name-calling and even violence. Conservatives and liberals alike act as if there is only one way to think. In a format that is accessible, anecdotal, and concrete, Edward Tivnan lays out the best arguments on all sides of these visceral topics. He explores the most sophisticated thinking from philosophy, theology, medicine, and the law, as well as examples from the emotional complexities of everyday life, and carefully mediates between opposing ideals - not to lead us to a position of convenience, but to help us toward independent decisions of conviction. Tivnan's analysis, therefore, does not dictate answers, but calls for an effort to understand and respect why people believe so strongly in their own values. Only by facing up to our differences of opinion can we make progress, expand our moral imagination, and achieve a decent and respectful society. In concluding chapters, Tivnan describes the peculiar nature of American democracy, invented by men who knew that freedom would breed conflicting values and expected that such differences would secure the nation's future as a republican democracy. The first premise of a decent, free society, Tivnan writes, is tolerance; "the first sparks of tolerance and decency reside in the imagination - what I want to call the moral imagination." He concludes that expanding our moral imagination "will cleanse debate of hatred and moral arrogance.

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344

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Simon and Schuster

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0684824760

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The Surnames of Ireland

6th Edition

By: Edward MacLysaght

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The Surnames of Ireland

6th Edition

By: Edward MacLysaght

Ireland was one of the earliest countries to evolve a system of hereditary surnames. More than 4,000 Gaelic, Norman and Anglo-Irish surnames are listed in this book, giving a wealth of information on the background and location of Irish families. Edward MacLysaght was a leading authority on Irish names and family history. He served as Chief Herald and Genealogical Officer of the Irish Office of Arms. He was also Keeper of Manuscripts of the National Library of Ireland and was Chairman of the Manuscripts Commission. This book, which was first published in 1957 and now is in its sixth edition, is being reprinted for the fourth time and remains the definitive record of Irish surnames, their genealogy and their origins.

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Irish Academic Press

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1911024647

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9781911024644

Escape from Slavery

The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America

By: Francis Bok

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Escape from Slavery

The True Story of My Ten Years in Captivity and My Journey to Freedom in America

By: Francis Bok

Winner of the Books for a Better Life/Suze Orman First Book Award May 1986: Seven-year-old Francis Bok was selling his mother's eggs and peanuts near his village in southern Sudan when Arab raiders on horseback burst into the quiet marketplace, murdering men and gathering the women and young children into a group. Strapped to horses and donkeys, Francis and others were taken north into lives of slavery under wealthy Muslim farmers. For ten years, Francis lived in a shed near the goats and cattle that were his responsibility. After two failed attempts to flee--each bringing severe beatings and death threats--Francis finally escaped at age seventeen. He persevered through prison and refugee camps for three more years, winning the attention of United Nations officials who granted passage to America. Now a student and an antislavery activist, Francis Bok has made it his life mission to combat world slavery. His is the first voice to speak to an estimated 27 million people held against their will in nearly every nation, including our own. Escape from Slavery is at once a riveting adventure, a story of desperation and triumph, and a window revealing a world that few have survived to tell.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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0312306245

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9780312306243

Markets

By: Armin Beverungen,Philip Mirowski,Edward Nik-Khah,Jens Schröter

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Markets

By: Armin Beverungen,Philip Mirowski,Edward Nik-Khah,Jens Schröter

A media theory of markets Markets abound in media—but a media theory of markets is still emerging. Anthropology offers media archaeologies of markets, and the sociology of markets and finance unravels how contemporary financial markets have witnessed a media technological arms race. Building on such work, this volume brings together key thinkers of economic studies with German media theory, describes the central role of the media specificity of markets in new detail and inflects them in three distinct ways. Nik-Khah and Mirowski show how the denigration of human cognition and the concomitant faith in computation prevalent in contemporary market-design practices rely on neoliberal conceptions of information in markets. Schröter confronts the asymmetries and abstractions that characterize money as a medium and explores the absence of money in media. Beverungen situates these inflections and gathers further elements for a politically and historically attuned media theory of markets concerned with contemporary phenomena such as high-frequency trading and cryptocurrencies.

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144

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U of Minnesota Press

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1452959285

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9781452959283

Beyond Hypocrisy

Decoding the News in an Age of Propaganda

By: Edward S. Herman

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Beyond Hypocrisy

Decoding the News in an Age of Propaganda

By: Edward S. Herman

In a highly original volume that includes an extended essay on the Orwellian use of language that characterizes U.S. political culture, cartoons, and a cross-referenced lexicon of doublespeak terms with examples of their usage, Herman and Wuerker highlight the deception and hypocrisy contained in the U.S. government's favourite buzz-words. This spirited book offers abundant examples of duplicitous terminology, ranging from the crimes of free enterprise to media coverage of political events. Illustrations are by Matt Wuerker.

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252

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Black Rose Books Ltd.

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1895431484

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9781895431483

The Question of Palestine

By: Edward W. Said

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The Question of Palestine

By: Edward W. Said

This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate--one that remains as critical as ever. "A compelling call for identity and justice." —Anthony Lewis "Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." —The New York Times Book Review With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influential Orientalism and an exile's passion (he is Palestinian by birth), Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied--as well as in the conscience of the West. He has updated this landmark work to portray the changed status of Palestine and its people in light of such developments as the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the intifada, the Gulf War, and the ongoing MIddle East peace initiative. For anyone interested in this region and its future, The Question of Palestine remains the most useful and authoritative account available.

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Vintage

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1101971606

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9781101971604

Preserving Memory

The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum

By: Edward Tabor Linenthal

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Preserving Memory

The Struggle to Create America's Holocaust Museum

By: Edward Tabor Linenthal

This behind-the-scenes account details the emotionally complex fifteen-year struggle surrounding the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's birth."--

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Columbia University Press

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0231124074

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9780231124072

Struggle for Democracy Brief Edition 99 Update

By: Edward S. Greenberg

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Struggle for Democracy Brief Edition 99 Update

By: Edward S. Greenberg

The Struggle for Democracy, Brief Version presents a powerful, yet simple analytical framework for understanding how the American political system works in a concise, paperback format. The book carefully defines democracy and then asks the reader to think critically about the quality of democracy in the United States. In addition to the struggle for democracy theme that is woven throughout the book, this new edition features thematic emphasis on globalization and what it means.

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0321070402

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The Struggle for Democracy

By: Edward S. Greenberg

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The Struggle for Democracy

By: Edward S. Greenberg

An undergraduate text in American government and politics, asking students to critically assess the quality of democracy in the US against an evaluative standard provided by the authors, and presenting a simple analytical framework to help readers understand how the elements of the political system interact. Covers traditional topics, as well as structural factors such as the free enterprise system and the nature of US society. Includes opening vignettes, comparative materials, key terms, and features on political struggles and film and politics, plus appendices of historical documents. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers

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0321005430

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9780321005434

Moral Imagination

Confronting the Ethical Issues of Our Day

By: Edward Tivnan

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Confronting the Ethical Issues of Our Day

By: Edward Tivnan

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Simon and Schuster

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0684824760

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9780684824765

The Tryal of Edward Coleman

By: Edward Coleman

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The Tryal of Edward Coleman

By: Edward Coleman

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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0469155523

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Escape from Slavery

Escape from Slavery

Moral Imagination

Moral Imagination

The Surnames of Ireland

The Surnames of Ireland

Escape from Slavery

Escape from Slavery

Markets

Markets

Beyond Hypocrisy

Beyond Hypocrisy

The Question of Palestine

The Question of Palestine

Preserving Memory

Preserving Memory

Struggle for Democracy Brief Edition 99 Update

Struggle for Democracy Brief Edition 99 Update

The Struggle for Democracy

The Struggle for Democracy

Moral Imagination

Moral Imagination

The Tryal of Edward Coleman

The Tryal of Edward Coleman

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