The Diné, or Navajo, have their own ways of knowing and being in the world, a cultural identity linked to their homelands through ancestral memory. The Earth Memory Compass traces this tradition as it is imparted from generation to generation, and as it has been transformed, and often obscured, by modern modes of education. An autoethnography of sorts, the book follows Farina King’s search for her own Diné identity as she investigates the interconnections among Navajo students, their people, and Diné Bikéyah—or Navajo lands—across the twentieth century. In her exploration of how historical changes in education have reshaped Diné identity and community, King draws on the insights of ethnohistory, cultural history, and Navajo language. At the center of her study is the Diné idea of the Four Directions, in which each of the cardinal directions takes its meaning from a sacred mountain and its accompanying element: East, for instance, is Sis Naajiní (Blanca Peak) and white shell; West, Dook’o’oosłííd (San Francisco Peaks) and abalone; North, Dibé Nitsaa (Hesperus Peak) and black jet; South, Tsoodził (Mount Taylor) and turquoise. King elaborates on the meanings and teachings of the mountains and directions throughout her book to illuminate how Navajos have embedded memories in landmarks to serve as a compass for their people—a compass threatened by the dislocation and disconnection of Diné students from their land, communities, and Navajo ways of learning. Critical to this story is how inextricably Indigenous education and experience is intertwined with American dynamics of power and history. As environmental catastrophes and struggles over resources sever the connections among peoplehood, land, and water, King’s book holds out hope that the teachings, guidance, and knowledge of an earth memory compass still have the power to bring the people and the earth together.
Returning Home features and contextualizes the creative works of Diné (Navajo) boarding school students at the Intermountain Indian School, which was the largest federal Indian boarding school between 1950 and 1984. Diné student art and poetry reveal ways that boarding school students sustained and contributed to Indigenous cultures and communities despite assimilationist agendas and pressures. This book works to recover the lived experiences of Native American boarding school students through creative works, student interviews, and scholarly collaboration. It shows the complex agency and ability of Indigenous youth to maintain their Diné culture within the colonial spaces that were designed to alienate them from their communities and customs. Returning Home provides a view into the students’ experiences and their connections to Diné community and land. Despite the initial Intermountain Indian School agenda to send Diné students away and permanently relocate them elsewhere, Diné student artists and writers returned home through their creative works by evoking senses of Diné Bikéyah and the kinship that defined home for them. Returning Home uses archival materials housed at Utah State University, as well as material donated by surviving Intermountain Indian School students and teachers throughout Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. Artwork, poems, and other creative materials show a longing for cultural connection and demonstrate cultural resilience. This work was shared with surviving Intermountain Indian School students and their communities in and around the Navajo Nation in the form of a traveling museum exhibit, and now it is available in this thoughtfully crafted volume. By bringing together the archived student arts and writings with the voices of living communities, Returning Home traces, recontextualizes, reconnects, and returns the embodiment and perpetuation of Intermountain Indian School students’ everyday acts of resurgence.
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
Mastering Paragliding is a new approach to learning to fly cross country by paragliding guide Kelly Farina. Kelly approaches pilot progression in a systematic, logical way. From understanding the basics of glider handling to thermalling techniques and high-level cross-country advice, he breaks the sport down into manageable stages with achievable goals. It includes: - Mastering the basics: learning to fly smoothly, consistently and confidently -Thermalling well: the 4/90 rule, thermal etiquette and gaggle flying - How to plan a cross-country route and fly it successfully - Valley winds explained, including where and where not to fly - An in-depth exploration of how to fly the mountains - High level flying: how to fly efficiently and fast - Meteorology for pilots, including cloud assessment - Thermal formation, restitution and inversions - Real-life practical flying case studies in the Alps and Dolomites - How to structure your learning and progress quickly using the Pyramid of Progression “I wish I’d had this book when I’d started flying XC, especially when I first flew in the Alps” – Josh Cohn, USHPA Magazine review
To be wanted and unable to refuse... All of her embarrassing parts have been exposed. "Show me all of you." The young king Leonard chose Iris as his temporary fianc?e in order to avoid more marriage talks. Due to past trauma, she had never made her societal debut and was a shut-in who was insulted with the name "The Lady of the Attic." However, Leonard fell at first sight for her elegant beauty, which left Iris worrying about how mismatched they were. However, Leonard's gentle yet lewd touches had Iris opening her body and soul to his devotion. "I want to touch you more." At Leonard's confession, Iris made the decision to return his feelings. However, at their engagement ball, she runs into the very person that drove her to becoming a shut-in!
The question may be met with chagrin by traditionalists, but the identity of the Bard is not definitely decided. During the 20th century, Edward de Vere, the most flamboyant of the courtier poets, a man of the theater and literary patron, became the leading candidate for an alternative Shakespeare. This text presents the controversial argument for de Vere's authorship of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare, offering the available historical evidence and moreover the literary evidence to be found within the works. Divided into sections on the comedies and romances, the histories and the tragedies and poems, this fresh study closely analyzes each of the 39 plays and the sonnets in light of the Oxfordian authorship theory. The vagaries surrounding Shakespeare, including the lack of information about him during his lifetime, especially relating to the "lost years" of 1585-1592, are also analyzed, to further the question of Shakespeare's true identity and the theory of de Vere as the real Bard.
Kingsley Clayborne is the young CEO of a large global enterprise. He’s also a hateful man who backstabbed Rayne’s father seven years ago and eventually drove him to an early grave. That’s why Rayne gets close to him—to avenge her father. King, on the other hand, gives Rayne, who’s grown to be a beautiful woman, an adoring look, not knowing who she really is. He whispers sweet words in her ear and passionately kisses her as if he sees in her heart something that’s impossible to resist… Will Rayne be able to see what’s in King’s heart, too?
All was peaceful in the quiet, Borough of Sewickley, PA, until someone decided to go ahead and raise the dead. Now, there's chaos. Have the demons of the Hollow broken the Treaty or are the humans dabbling in black magic? One thing is for sure. The only person who can bridge the gap between human and demon is the local Gypsy. It's Trudi MacKenzie to the rescue and not a moment too soon.
During the late 12th century, the Arthurian legends first took their form in the imagination of French-speaking romancers. Foremost among these poets was the great Chretien de Troyes, credited with incorporating into the Arthurian tradition the quest for the Holy Grail and the adulterous affair between Lancelot and Guinevere. This critical text explores the French roots of the legends and the source material of the individual characters, with special attention to the creative role played by de Troyes, whose contribution to the saga continues to shape and inform the modern imagination.
The question may be met with chagrin by traditionalists, but the identity of the Bard is not definitely decided. During the 20th century, Edward de Vere, the most flamboyant of the courtier poets, a man of the theater and literary patron, became the leading candidate for an alternative Shakespeare. This text presents the controversial argument for de Vere's authorship of the plays and poems attributed to Shakespeare, offering the available historical evidence and moreover the literary evidence to be found within the works. Divided into sections on the comedies and romances, the histories and the tragedies and poems, this fresh study closely analyzes each of the 39 plays and the sonnets in light of the Oxfordian authorship theory. The vagaries surrounding Shakespeare, including the lack of information about him during his lifetime, especially relating to the "lost years" of 1585-1592, are also analyzed, to further the question of Shakespeare's true identity and the theory of de Vere as the real Bard.
Over the millennia, many great writers, from Pliny and Plutarch to C.S. Lewis and John Steinbeck, have addressed diverse canine themes in their work, usually in a broader, human context. Late in the 20th century it was conclusively established by modern science that all dogs, without exception, are descended from wolves. Viewed through the dynamic lens of this new model, the constantly evolving relationship between humankind and canines, both wild and domesticated, appears more complex and intertwined than ever before. This survey reviews what 20 selected authors from the Western tradition have had to say on the same subject matter leading up to our present times.
Among the 12 disciples of Jesus, perhaps none has inspired more magnificent art--as well as political upheaval--than Saint James the Greater. Portrayed in the New Testament as part of Jesus' inner circle, he was the first apostle to be martyred. Eight centuries later, Saint James, or Santiago, became the de facto patron saint of Spain, believed to be a supernatural warrior who led the victorious Christian armies during the Iberian Reconquista. After 1492, the Santiago cult found its way to the New World, where it continued to exert influence. Today, he remains the patron saint of pilgrims to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. His legacy has bequeathed a magnificent tradition of Western art over nearly two millennia.
Someone or something has infiltrated the vampire captain's lair, threatening his power. The undead are full of unrest. It's Trudi MacKenzie to the rescue...again. Sewickley's only Gypsy has been called on to find the conspirators by way of the internet. Trouble is, Trudi has problems of her own, namely a demon who has invaded her mind through her dreams. A mysterious stranger gives Trudi an offer she can't refuse so that she may help the vampires. The question is, can she save herself?
Tired of mundane Christian living? In this insightful book, Author, Becky Farina Cain illustrates the keys to open the doors to a vibrant walk with the Lord of Lords. It provides practical steps to "being rooted in Him or knit to Him, just as His Anointing has taught you to do (1 John 2:27 AMP)." Her teaching reveals how to allow the Anointing to: - Flow to us to touch us - Flow in us to change us - Flow through us to touch and change our world - And much, much more! This book will transform your life for the better, bringing you into a more intimate relationship with God.
This is a study of the life and times of Saint Perpetua, Saint Felicity and their companions, all martyred at Carthage in A.D. 203. Unlike most early Christian saints, whose lives are often shrouded in legend and myth, Perpetua left an authentic prison diary, later completed by an anonymous eyewitness to her execution, that is now considered a classic of Christian, Latin and feminist literature. Perpetua was also unusual in that she was wealthy, educated, married, and a young mother. The book includes the first English translations of French archaeological scholarship covering the discovery of the martyrs' tombs.
Facebook and Conversation Analysis investigates the structure and organization of comments on a major social media platform, Facebook, using applied conversation analysis methods. Providing previously undocumented insights into the structure of comment threads, this book demonstrates that they have a meaningful organization, rather than casually following one another. Although normally used to explore the structure of spoken conversations, in recent years conversation analysis approaches have been successfully applied to examine online interactions on Twitter, discussion forums and email exchanges. By turning this approach towards Facebook comments, Matteo Farina provides clear and important insights into the organization of this type of social interaction. Supported by a large sample of data, with findings based on a corpus of 213 comment threads, with over 1,200 comments exchanged by 266 contributors, this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of the way people communicate on Facebook.
Angkor, once the most populated city on the planet, is a mystery surrounded by lush tropical forests in Cambodia. Its magnificent temples were carved by hand from stone over a thousand years ago, one of which is the largest religious structure made of stone in the world. Cambodia was home to the Khmer people, who experienced the atrocities of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge holocaust of the 1970s. Chandara, a Cambodian refugee brought by his grandmother to Long Beach as a small child to escape the K
Over the last decade or more, classical music programming has expanded to an unprecedented extent, now including works by less familiar composers and underappreciated works by familiar names. At the center of this recent trend has been the musical legacy of Florence B. Price, an African American woman originally from Arkansas, later spending her professional career on the southside of Chicago. The rediscovery of Price's manuscripts in an abandoned rural house circa 2009, along with subsequent publishings, major label recordings, and Grammy Awards, has further fueled this new development. This new biography of Price also appraises her career and legacy.
Mark Twain once quipped that a "classic [is] something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." This definition fits Adam Smith's timeless work The Wealth of Nations, published in 1776 on the eve of the American Revolution. For more than two centuries, partisans and pundits across the political spectrum have selectively quoted (or purported to quote) Smith's masterpiece of economic theory in support of legislative agendas and public policy. Smith himself would have been surprised at the near universal acceptance of his theories, especially given changes in the world economy since the 18th century. This book provides a close reading of his work, revealing a complex intellect schooled in the high moral ideals of classical philosophy, yet firmly grounded in the pragmatism of international trade and commerce.
Over the last three decades, Italian crime fiction has demonstrated a trend toward a much higher level of realism and complexity. The origins of the New Italian Epic, as it has been coined by some of its proponents, can be found in the widespread backlash against the Mafia-sponsored murders of Sicilian magistrates which culminated with the assassinations of Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. Though beginning in the Italian language, this prolific, popular movement has more recently found its way into the English language and hence it has found a much wider international audience. Following a brief, yet detailed, history of the cultural and economic development of Sicily, this book provides a multilayered look into the evolution of the New Italian Epic genre. The works of ten prominent contemporary writers, including Andrea Camilleri, Michael Dibdin, Elena Ferrante, and Massimo Carlotto, are examined against the backdrop of various historical periods. This "past is prologue" approach to contemporary crime fiction provides context for the creation of these recent novels and enhances understanding of the complex moral ambiguity that is characteristic of anti-mafia Italian crime fiction.
“Navajo Latter-day Saints are Diné dóó Gáamalii,” writes Farina King, in this deeply personal collective biography. “We are Diné who decided to walk a Latter-day Saint pathway, although not always consistently or without reappraising that decision.” Diné dóó Gáamalii is a history of twentieth-century Navajos, including author Farina King and her family, who have converted and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), becoming Diné dóó Gáamalii—both Diné and LDS. Drawing on Diné stories from the LDS Native American Oral History Project, King illuminates the mutual entanglement of Indigenous identity and religious affiliation, showing how their Diné identity made them outsiders to the LDS Church and, conversely, how belonging to the LDS community made them outsiders to their Native community. The story that King tells shows the complex ways that Diné people engaged with church institutions in the context of settler colonial power structures. The lived experiences of Diné in church programs sometimes diverged from the intentions and expectations of those who designed them. In this empathetic and richly researched study, King explores the impacts of Navajo Latter-day Saints who seek to bridge different traditions, peoples, and communities. She sheds light on the challenges and joys they face in following both the Diné teachings of Si’ąh Naagháí Bik’eh Hózhǫ́—“live to old age in beauty”—and the teachings of the church.
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