In a series of private interviews, conducted over sixteen years with the stipulation that they not be released until after his death, the former president offers a revealing, reflective self-portrait as he describes his relationships with Nixon, Carter, Reagan, and Clinton; experiences on the Warren Commission; and opinions on the Bush administration, the Iraq war, family, and aging. 150,000 first printing.
Literature, Language, and Politics brings together papers drawn from and inspired by the controversial, landmark symposium on “Politics and the Discipline” held at the 1987 Modern Language Association meeting in San Francisco. During the 1980s, debates raged both within and outside academe over curriculum, with conservatives arguing for a return to an educational philosophy based on the “classics” of Western civilization and a multi-cultural coalition of liberals, leftists, and feminists seeking to preserve the diversity of educational experience fought for since the 1960s. Engaging this crucial debate, the contributors to Literature, Language, and Politics argue that the conservative educational agenda imperils not only scholarship and academic freedom but the very social well-being of the nation. They call for firm resistance to any attempts to make education conform to the social agenda of one race, one gender, one language, or one ideology; for a continuation of attempts to broaden the curriculum until it reflects the experience of women and men of all classes and all cultures. Includes essays by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Gerald Graff, Annette Kolodny, Paul Lauter, Ellen Messer-Davidow, Catharine R. Stimpson, and Ana Celia Zentella.
Now you can discover the divinatory power of the Tarot combined with the magickal power of the Enochian system, in The Truth About the Enochian Tarot by Gerald and Betty Schueler. People have used the Tarot for centuries as a tool for divination and meditation. Yet, as the human race became more complex, there was a need for an equally evolved Tarot. In 1988 the Enochian Tarot was designed to fill that need. This deck is explained in The Truth About the Enochian Tarot by the creators of that deck. In this book you will learn: ·A brief history of the Tarot ·The development of the Enochian Tarot system ·The cosmic planes of Enochian magick ·A brief history of Enochian magick ·Tarot card meanings for the Major Arcana ·Tarot card meanings for the Minor Arcana ·How the Enochian Tarot works Enochian Magick was developed by Dr. John Dee (court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth I) and his psychic partner Edward Kelly. Dee and Kelly discovered—or rediscovered—an ancient language they called the Angelic, or Enochian, language. They were also informed of the subtle invisible worlds ("Watchtowers" and "Aethyrs") that surround the Earth. The magician visits these subtle regions and converses with their inhabitants and rulers. Some people have called the Enochian system the most powerful system of magick available. However, the system is also complex. This has kept many people from tapping into its power. The Truth About the Enochian Tarot presents this system and the Tarot in a way that is clear and highly accessible. Get The Truth About the Enochian Tarot today.
Designed to touch your heart and draw you closer to a relationship with the Creator, the poems in this collection are filled with praise and thoughts about faith. For more than twenty years, author Gerald Bergeron has been writing these poems to demonstrate God's love for you. A Touch of Heaven includes inspiration from many areas such as salvation, judgment, and faith; it draws a picture of what it is like to be close to our Savior and yet so far from a loving relationship with Him. Take a journey through the stories in the Bible. Hear the heart of a Father for His Son who will give His all to save what He holds so dear. Feel the joy as one is brought from betrayal to forgiveness. See the vision of a leper being touched and healed, and feel the power and awe as He speaks to the storm. Stand on the shores of heaven in a place the Bible speaks about. Inspirational and joyful, A Touch of Heaven encourages you to come to know the Savior and to be filled with His love in this poetic adventure.
Webbed in a blood curse: Tells about a young boy who never knew hope or faith. Taken in by women of the night, stealing to put food in his mouth, not knowing virtue and integrity was never at his house. His heart yearned for better life; his world was that of a lonely island of poverty. In the midst of an ocean of material prosperity. A dramatize an appealing condition the desolate valley of black hood. A young boy sucking from the dreadful breasts of Satan, deeply in love with the woman of the night, that took him in. Drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred, stigmata of poverty. Did a dreadful beast emerge? Audaciously, with incredible courage. They called him Lucifer's baby, most people just called him little man, he had the courage to make it to the top of Lucifer's Kingdom, and he started to work for the mob, doing any and all that was asked of him. One of the women that took him in captivated him. Betty was his only friend, his joy. He loved her soulful, provocative, spellbinding body. He was under the impulse of her lust for sex. She was his peace. Only she, could he show love. To the world, he was a dreadful beast, brutal and dogmatic. For he was webbed in a curse of hell. His love for money took him from rags to tens of billions of dollars. However, he never forgot the little boys and girls like himself . . . if by some cruel oversight, you have not read "Webbed in a Blood Curse" then you will have a very uncommon pleasure in store for yourself. For you will walk in a desolate valley of poverty and material prosperity. For webbed in a blood Curse will make you visualize the unsightly and thought provoking peoples. Your heart will yearn for its 355 pages of pure action. Unsightly at its best. Just open the door to the souls in desolation. You will be able to see Lucifer's children and the graves yearning for their bodies, stigmata of Hell
Have you ever been told you are going to Hell for your sins? Do you wonder if you could even make it to heaven? Well here is the good news, salvation is a free gift, given to all who will receive it by faith in Jesus. However many people think they are some kind of V.I.P sinner who could never be saved. This book will show that there are no special treatment given to those who claim to be the greatest sinner.
Famous Dog Chowski is about a schnauzer who came into a Central Texas family's lives, mainly the daughter, Paula. He becomes famous when he saves the family from a fire, and even more so later when he ventures through that state in an effort to return to his beloved Paula.
THE NEW DECREE HAS BEEN ISSUED, "stop the Christian religion from spreading." Now the race is on to find a place to flee from the persecution. One group of believers decides to band together to help others, which now proves to be a deadly task. The soldiers began hunting for any claiming to follow Christ, and time is running out for every believer. Each new day brings about danger, betrayal, and uncertainty as they flee to the underground caverns. Death may soon be their only escape, yet they move ahead ready to die if need be. prepared to lay their lives down for the faith they hold so dear. As this family of believers begins to grow the threat of being captured also brings uncertainty. Many are put to death in the arena as they are arrested and found guilty without a trial. Yet they Loved God more than their owns lives, and were willing to suffer at the hand of evil 'even unto death.
In this collection of stories--ranging in locale from the marshes and pine barrens of East Texas to the row houses of Baltimore, and in time from the Civil War to the present day--Gerald Duff conjures up portraits of people suffering from the condition defined by a character in the prizewinning title story, "Fire Ants." "Does it burn when the fire ants bite?" he says. "Everywhere it stings, a piece of you swells up and rots out"--Jacket flap.
Hell is a place that was created for the Devil and other fallen Angels. It will be a place of great suffering, and a Prison to every lost soul. There will be weeping, and gnashing of teeth, and in Hell the worms (Maggots) shall never die. Moreover in Hell the flames shall never go out, and once you enter it will be eternal, yet there is a solution. There is one way to escape this horrible place, and never have to be thrown into the Lake of Fire.
The eighty letters, cards and other messages in this correspondence -- produced mainly by Lowry and Gerald Noxon but also by Margerie (Bonner) Lowry -- offer a fresh introduction to Lowry, a certain 'Canadian' Lowry. At the same time they give insight into two writing careers (Bonner and Noxon) closely intertwined with his and vigorously championed by him in the 1940s. The letters observe the mind of Lowry at play on questions of literary technique, on films, and on the beauties and rigors of life in his Dollarton shack on an inlet near Vancouver. They reveal a warm, supportive, enormously sensitive and intelligent man, modifying somewhat the image of him now available.
The inspiring memoir of Gerald Andrew, who was born into a life of unrelenting hardship in the tough East End of London in 1928 and went on to achieve great success as a world-travelling business executive and loving family man. Poorly educated due to World War II and the traumatic events of the Blitz, Gerry was determined to be behind a desk and not in front of one by the age of thirty. Throughout his career he journeyed around the globe, from India to Australia to Canada, meeting fascinating and influential people, including attending two royal banquets. An avid sportsman, Gerry also played cricket, golf, and soccer to a high level. He has a passion for musical theatre and was involved in countless productions as an actor, stage manager, and makeup artist, and today, even in his nineties, he continues to nurture his creative spirit.
In the New Hollywood Era of the 1960s and 1970s, as weakening studio control granted directors more artistic freedom, the auteur theory, which regards the director as the primary artist among all those who contribute to filmmaking, gained traction. It was embraced by both the media and by directors themselves, who were glad to see their contribution so glorified. One positive was the discovery of filmmakers whose work was under the radar but virtually all the feted directors were white and overwhelmingly heterosexual—only in recent decades have the contributions of marginalized auteur filmmakers been recognized. Mavericks: Interviews with the World's Iconoclast Filmmakers amplifies the voices of a wide-ranging group of groundbreaking filmmakers, including Samira Makhmalbaf, Roberta Findlay, Howard Alk, Ousmane Sembéne, and John Waters, whose identities, perspectives, and works are antithetical to typical Hollywood points of view. Author Gerald Peary, whose experience as a film studies professor, film critic, arts journalist, and director of documentaries culminates in a lifetime of film scholarship, presents a riveting collection of interviews with directors—including Black, queer, female, and non-Western filmmakers—whose unconventional work is marked by their unique artistic points of view and molded by their social and political consciousness. With contextualizing introductions and insightful questions, Peary reveals the brilliance of these maverick directors and offers readers a lens into the minds of these incredible and engaging artists.
Political corruption is easy to define--the use of public office for private gain--but it isn't so readily seen because politicians cover their tracks so well. Four of America's most corrupt mayors and their shady dealings are covered in this work. "Big Bill" Thompson, who was mayor of Chicago three times, is considered America's worst mayor, having, among other questionable activities, accepted support from gangster Al Capone. Frank Hague of Jersey City described his town as the "moralest city in the nation" and banished prostitution and pornography, but he saw no evil in gambling and Jersey City became a gambling mecca. Jimmy Walker of New York City was a "good time" mayor and did well as the city prospered, but cared little for the city's money and his own when the Great Depression struck. James Michael Curley of Boston openly asserted that "politics is my business," but he flaunted a lavish home built entirely at the public's expense and was elected again and again, once while he was still in jail.
For a limited time the pricing of The Drury's Gazette has been reduced . . . enjoy the savings. The Drury's Gazette is a quarterly publication featuring an entirely new look while still publishing the best of today's emerging poets and writers. Check out what Susan C. Batro our new media reviewer has to say on the latest books, movies and CDs. It is never to late for anyone at any age to turn his or her life around so why not start today! The Drury's Gazette is a compilation of collected works by various individuals from around the globe. The Drury's Gazette also offers regular contest to reward editorial selected poets and writers. It's a great deal of fun for EVERYONE. We welcome new and established writers.
The Masquerade Ball is Geralds fourth book of poetry; its a collection of both poems and some expressions dealing with life issues. Like the first three books, this book again explores aspects of life that most people shy away from. Besides being a tool for dialog between mature adults, it dives into that deep subject as to why people play games with one another and the tricks folks use to disguise true feelings or intentions. Gerald continues to use poetry to get his views across to a broad audience in hopes some will receive a message that will allow them to grow intellectually and spiritually. Over the past few years, he has learned that many individuals have been turned away from poetry by the simple fact that they dont understand it, they cant relate to it, or that it serves no purpose in their lives. Gerald has resolved those types of issues by making his brand of poetry easy to read and comprehend. G. W. Jones
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