Keith Thompson's Books

Under Siege

Racism and Violence in Britain Today

By: Keith Teare

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Under Siege

Racism and Violence in Britain Today

By: Keith Teare

Under Siege charts the period between 1945 and 1988 when British immigration policy shifted from an open-door policy, welcoming immigrants, to the 1981 Nationality Act when over 200 million former citizens were deemed to be non-citizens, It examines the street level consequences of policy debate in which all parties represented anti-immigrant points of view.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

226

Publisher

Keith Teare

Published Date

ISBN 10

014052391X

ISBN 13

9780140523911

The Future of Class in History

What's Left of the Social?

By: Geoff Eley,Keith Nield

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Future of Class in History

What's Left of the Social?

By: Geoff Eley,Keith Nield

In the struggle between "social" and "cultural" thinking, the refusal to choose sides can be a radical and vital move

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

284

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472069640

ISBN 13

9780472069644

Marxism in Britain

Dissent, Decline and Re-emergence 1945-c.2000

By: Keith Laybourn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Marxism in Britain

Dissent, Decline and Re-emergence 1945-c.2000

By: Keith Laybourn

Since the Second World War, Marxism in Britain has declined almost to the point of oblivion. The Communist Party of Great Britain had more than 50,000 members in the early 1940s, but less than 5,000 when it disbanded in 1991. Dissenting and Trotskyist organisations experienced a very similar decline, although there has been a late flowering of Marxism in Scotland. Based on the Communist Party archives at Manchester, this text examines the decline over the last sixty years. Dealing with the impact of the Cold War upon British Marxism, the book looks at how international events such as the Soviet invasions of Hungary and Czechslovakia affected the Communist Party of Great Britain. The issues of Marxism and Britain’s withdrawal from the Empire are also addressed, as are the Marxist influence upon British industrial relations and its involvement in the feminist movement. Focusing on the current debate in British Marxist history over the influence of Moscow and Stalinism on the Communist Party, Keith Laybourn explores the ways in which this issue, which divides historians, undermined Marxism in Britain.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

232

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

113435164X

ISBN 13

9781134351640

The Three Governors Controversy

Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics

By: Charles S. Bullock, III,Scott E. Buchanan,Ronald Keith Gaddie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Three Governors Controversy

Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics

By: Charles S. Bullock, III,Scott E. Buchanan,Ronald Keith Gaddie

The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official. This is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn't just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state's progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county unit system, Jim Crow intimidation of black voters, and the Talmadge machine's “loyal 100,000” voters united to claim the governorship. In the aftermath, progressive political forces in Georgia would shrink into obscurity for the better part of a generation. In this volume is the story of how the political, governmental, and Jim Crow social institutions not only defeated Georgia's progressive forces but forestalled their effectiveness for a decade and a half.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

312

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0820348376

ISBN 13

9780820348377

Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's Legacy

By: Keith Robert Binney

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Horsemen of the First Frontier (1788-1900) and the Serpent's Legacy

By: Keith Robert Binney

An economic and social history of early New South Wales, told through the life stories of pioneer 19th century horsemen. Traces the origin and development of the horse in Australia and a special tribute to Australia's internationally acclaimed thoroughbred expert C. Bruce Lowe.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

612

Published Date

ISBN 10

064644865X

ISBN 13

9780646448657

The Missing Ring

How Bear Bryant and the 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide Were Denied College Football's Most Elusive Prize

By: Keith Dunnavant

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Missing Ring

How Bear Bryant and the 1966 Alabama Crimson Tide Were Denied College Football's Most Elusive Prize

By: Keith Dunnavant

Keith Dunnavant's triumph is that he takes us into the heart of Alabama, into the darkness and the light, and there we see Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Ray Perkins, and their band of brothers play football for Bear Bryant the way life should be lived, at full throttle, indomitably." ---Dave Kindred, author of Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship The Missing Ring is more than a football book. It is both a story of a changing era and of an extraordinary team on a championship quest. Very few institutions in American sports can match the enduring excellence of the University of Alabama football program. Across a wide swath of the last century, the tradition-rich Crimson Tide has claimed twelve national championships, captured twenty-five conference titles, finished thirty-four times among the country's top ten, and played in fifty-three bowl games. Especially dominant during the era of the legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant, the larger-than-life figure who towered over the landscape like no man before or since, Alabama entered the 1966 season with the chance to become the first college football team to win three consecutive national championships. Every aspect of Bryant's grueling system was geared around competing for the big prize each and every year, and in 1966 the idea of the threepeat tantalized the players, pushing them toward greatness. Driven by Bryant's enthusiasm, dedication, and perseverance, players were made to believe in their team and themselves. Led by the electrifying force of quarterback Kenny "Snake" Stabler and one of the most punishing defenses in the storied annals of the Southeastern Conference, the Crimson Tide cruised to a magical season, finishing as the nation's only undefeated, untied team. But something happened on the way to the history books. The Missing Ring is the story of the one that got away, the one that haunts Alabama fans still, and native Alabamian Keith Dunnavant takes readers deep inside the Crimson Tide program during a more innocent time, before widespread telecasting, before scholarship limitations, before end-zone dances. Meticulously revealing the strategies, tactics, and personal dramas that bring the overachieving boys of 1966 to life, Dunnavant's insightful, anecdotally rich narrative shows how Bryant molded a diverse group of young men into a powerful force that overcame various obstacles to achieve perfection in an imperfect world. Set against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the still-escalating Vietnam War, and a world and a sport teetering on the brink of change in a variety of ways, The Missing Ring tells an important story about the collision between football and culture. Ultimately, it is this clash that produces the Crimson Tide's most implacable foe, enabling the greatest injustice in college football history. "Keith Dunnavant has written yet another fabulous book about the fabled Alabama football program. You will be amazed at how one of the great injustices in the history of college football cost them their rightful place in history. And you just thought the system was screwed up now." ---Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys "Keith Dunnavant nails it: all the sacrifices the 1966 Alabama team made to win three national championships in a row, and how we were robbed at the ballot box." ---Jerry Duncan, one of the boys of 1966 "Dunnavant infuses reportage and passion into a tale that every Alabamian of a certain age knows: For all the crying about Penn State in 1969, Penn State in 1994, or Auburn in 2004, no team ever got shafted the way the 1966 Crimson Tide did. It's all here: the churning legs, the churning stomachs, and the dreaded gym classes where Bear Bryant's boys made the sacrifices he demanded in order to become champions. They conquered their opponents on the field, but proved to be no match for the politics of the day off the field. The

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

356

Publisher

Macmillan

Published Date

ISBN 10

0312374321

ISBN 13

9780312374327

The Infinite Cage

By: Keith Laumer

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Infinite Cage

By: Keith Laumer

When he awakens in a skid row alley, Adam knows nothing. Not who he is, nor where he's from. Money is a mystery. So are women. All he begins his new life with is a will to survive. But he learns fast: first, how to get away; then how not to have to. In the beginning Adam wants to be friends with us. Before he's through he just might run the human race off its feet...

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

114

Publisher

Gateway

Published Date

ISBN 10

1473215927

ISBN 13

9781473215924

Detroit Country Music

Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies

By: Craig Maki,Keith Cady

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Detroit Country Music

Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies

By: Craig Maki,Keith Cady

The richness of Detroit’s music history has by now been well established. We know all about Motown, the MC5, and Iggy and the Stooges. We also know about the important part the Motor City has played in the history of jazz. But there are stories about the music of Detroit that remain untold. One of the lesser known but nonetheless fascinating histories is contained within Detroit’s country music roots. At last, Craig Maki and Keith Cady bring to light Detroit’s most important country and western and bluegrass stars, such as Chief Redbird, the York Brothers, and Roy Hall. Beyond the individuals, Maki and Cady also map out the labels, radio programs, and performance venues that sustained Detroit’s vibrant country and bluegrass music scene. In the process, Detroit Country Music examines how and why the city’s growth in the early twentieth century, particularly the southern migration tied to the auto industry, led to this vibrant roots music scene. This is the first book—the first resource of any kind—to tell the story of Detroit’s contributions to country music. Craig Maki and Keith Cady have spent two decades collecting music and images, and visiting veteran musicians to amass more than seventy interviews about country music in Detroit. Just as astounding as the book’s revelations are the photographs, most of which have never been published before. Detroit Country Musicwill be essential reading for music historians, record collectors, roots music fans, and Detroit music aficionados.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

339

Publisher

University of Michigan Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0472029614

ISBN 13

9780472029617

Radio Caroline

The True Story of the Boat that Rocked

By: Ray Clark,Emperor Rosko,Keith Skues,Paul McKenna

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Radio Caroline

The True Story of the Boat that Rocked

By: Ray Clark,Emperor Rosko,Keith Skues,Paul McKenna

Radio Caroline was the world’s most famous pirate radio station during its heyday in the 1960s and ‘70s, but did the thousands of people tuning in realise just what battles went on behind the scenes? Financed by respected city money men, this is a story of human endeavour and risk, international politics, business success and financial failures. A story of innovation, technical challenges, changing attitudes, unimaginable battles with nature, disasters, frustrations, challenging authority and the promotion of love and peace while, at times, harmony was far from evident behind the scenes. For one person to tell the full Radio Caroline story is impossible, but there are many who have been involved over the years whose memories and experiences bring this modern day adventure story of fighting overwhelming odds to life. Featuring many rare photographs and unpublished interviews with the ‘pirates’ who were there, Ray Clark, once a Radio Caroline disc jockey himself, tells the captivating story of the boat that rocked!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

459

Publisher

The History Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0750954736

ISBN 13

9780750954730

A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia

By: Keith Newlin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Theodore Dreiser Encyclopedia

By: Keith Newlin

For a century, Theodore Dreiser has represented for many readers a rebellious modernism whose novels both critiqued the American dream and embodied a bleakly deterministic perception of life. His first novel, Sister Carrie (1900), was reluctantly published and then ignored by its publisher, who thought the book immoral. Another publisher withdrew his fifth novel, The Genius (1915), rather than face prosecution on obscenity charges. Dreiser did not enjoy widespread popularity and critical acclaim until his masterpiece, An American Tragedy, appeared in 1925. This reference is an authoritative guide to his life and works. Included are several hundred entries on each of Dreiser's books and short stories, as well as magazine and newspaper pieces he collected during his life. Noteworthy uncollected and posthumously collected works are given separate entries, as are major characters in the novels, family members, friends, and other persons important to understanding his writings. There are also entries on Dreiser's publishers, his major influences, the places and events important to his life, and the literary and social contexts of his works. Expert contributors wrote each of the entries, many of which cite works for further reading. The volume closes with a selected bibliography of works by and about Dreiser.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

456

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313093571

ISBN 13

9780313093579

British Steam: Pacific Power

By: Keith Langston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

British Steam: Pacific Power

By: Keith Langston

Pacific, collectively a name applied to steam locomotives with a 4-6-2 wheel arrangement is perhaps more commonly associated with express passenger engines but that is not the whole story, there were also Pacific Tank Engines. The LNER is famously associated with their streamlined Gresley A4 Pacific locomotives and that most celebrated of locomotives, Flying Scotsman. The new build Pacific Tornado has raised the profile of the 4-6-2 type to even greater heights. The LMS produced powerful Pacific locomotives to a Stanier design; whilst the Southern Railway constructed Bullied air smoothed 4-6-2 engines. The GWR, who built Britains first Pacific type, actually entered the BR era without a 4-6-2 type on their stock list! However Riddles included 4-6-2 engines in his multi regional BR Standard range. The locomotive specifications are illustrated and presented in a manner which will appeal equally to enthusiasts, model makers and railway historians.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

596

Publisher

Casemate Publishers

Published Date

ISBN 10

1783469234

ISBN 13

9781783469239

Into Cambodia

By: Keith Nolan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Into Cambodia

By: Keith Nolan

A vivid account of the 1970 springtime campaigns of the U.S. Army in South Vietnam along the Cambodia border, told from the soldier’s perspective with detailed battlefield tales “Most of us remember [the 1970 Cambodian campaign] for the killings of four young people at Kent State. [Keith] Nolan wants us to remember that it killed a lot of young Americans in Cambodia as well.”—The Capital Times “This is combat narrative at its best. Nolan has mastered the soldier’s slang and weaves it expertly into the account. . . . A compelling read, and a valuable addition to the growing body of Vietnam literature.”—Military Review “Lives up to the high standards of his previous books. Nolan dives deeply into his subjects by getting his hands on first-person testimony primarily through interviews with those who took part in the fighting.”—The Veteran

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

497

Publisher

Presidio Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0307532879

ISBN 13

9780307532879

The Post-Utopian Imagination

American Culture in the Long 1950s

By: M. Keith Booker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Post-Utopian Imagination

American Culture in the Long 1950s

By: M. Keith Booker

In America, the long 1950s were marked by an intense skepticism toward utopian alternatives to the existing capitalist order. This skepticism was closely related to the climate of the Cold War, in which the demonization of socialism contributed to a dismissal of all alternatives to capitalism. This book studies how American novels and films of the long 1950s reflect the loss of the utopian imagination and mirror the growing concern that capitalism brought routinization, alienation, and other dehumanizing consequences. The volume relates the decline of the utopian vision to the rise of late capitalism, with its expanding globalization and consumerism, and to the beginnings of postmodernism. In addition to well-known literary novels, such as Nabokov's Lolita, Booker explores a large body of leftist fiction, popular novels, and the films of Alfred Hitchcock and Walt Disney. The book argues that while the canonical novels of the period employ a utopian aesthetic, that aesthetic tends to be very weak and is not reinforced by content. The leftist novels, on the other hand, employ a realist aesthetic but are utopian in their exploration of alternatives to capitalism. The study concludes that the utopian energies in cultural productions of the long 1950s are very weak, and that these works tend to dismiss utopian thinking as na^Dive or even sinister. The weak utopianism in these works tends to be reflected in characteristics associated with postmodernism.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

236

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published Date

ISBN 10

0313076359

ISBN 13

9780313076350

Kinds of Peace

Maori People After the Wars, 1870-85

By: Keith Sinclair

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Kinds of Peace

Maori People After the Wars, 1870-85

By: Keith Sinclair

Admirably clear and concise in its account of the aftermath of the land wars, Kinds of Peace examines the political, religious and other reactions among M&āori towards the coming of peace. It considers the effect of the wars on the M&āori people of Waikato, Taranaki, and Hawkes Bay, and draws heavily on M&āori sources. Special emphasis is given to leaders Te Whiti and T&āwhiao. Sinclair writes a challenging and eminently readable book. It is a major contribution by New Zealand's most distinguished historian to our knowledge of nineteenth-century M&āori history.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

162

Publisher

Auckland University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

1775581012

ISBN 13

9781775581017

Reckoning to Revival

How American Workers Rebuilt an Industry

By: Keith Naughton

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Reckoning to Revival

How American Workers Rebuilt an Industry

By: Keith Naughton

A special report on the resurgence of the Detroit auto industry using the Chrysler Jeep plant at Jefferson North as a focal point. The report centers on the characters behind the plant and the new technology it is using for manufacturing cars, while also looking at the economic desperation of the neighborhood in which the Jeep plant sits.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published Date

ISBN 10

1118936566

ISBN 13

9781118936566

The Korean War

An Annotated Bibliography

By: Keith D. McFarland

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Korean War

An Annotated Bibliography

By: Keith D. McFarland

The Korean War is the most comprehensive and detailed bibliography compiled to date on the American involvement in "The Forgotten War." In this revised and expanded second edition, Keith D. McFarland’s clearly written annotations provide concise descriptions of more than 2,600 of the most important books, articles, and documents written in English on the conflict in Korea. Key topics include origins of the war; the political and military roles of North and South Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and other United Nations members; campaigns and battles; weapons and uniforms; and the military and diplomatic aspects of the war. Specific subjects are easy to find using the index organized by topic and author, making The Korean War a necessity for every academic or research library.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

728

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1135223947

ISBN 13

9781135223946

Muncie Murder & Mayhem

By: Douglas Walker,Keith Roysdon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Muncie Murder & Mayhem

By: Douglas Walker,Keith Roysdon

The authors of Wicked Muncie tell the city’s lurid history in the true stories of its most infamous criminals and the lawmen who brought them down. Muncie epitomizes the small-town America of squeaky-clean 1950s sitcoms, but its wholesome veneer conceals a violent past. Public scandals and personal tragedy dogged the long, notorious life of Dr. Jules LaDuron. Baseball ace Obie McCracken met a tragic and violent end after joining the police force. A mother’s love could not stop James Hedges from committing murder. The paranoid delusions of Leonard Redden hounded him until one day he carried a shotgun into a quiet classroom. Detectives Melvin Miller and Ambrose Settles chased a murderer across county lines in pursuit of justice. And newsman George Dale’s showdown with the Klan prepared him for the political fight of his life. Douglas Walker and Keith Roysdon, authors of Wicked Muncie, introduce a new cast of characters from the city's notorious past. Includes photos!

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

125

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439664269

ISBN 13

9781439664261

The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South

By: Charles S. Bullock,Keith Gaddie

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South

By: Charles S. Bullock,Keith Gaddie

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieved what two constitutional amendments and three civil rights acts could not: giving African Americans in the South access to the ballot free from restriction or intimidation. The most exhaustive treatment of elections and race in the region in sixty years, The Triumph of Voting Rights in the South explores the impact of that landmark legislation and highlights lingering concerns about minority political participation. In this state-by-state assessment, Charles S. Bullock III and Ronald Keith Gaddie show how minorities have become politically empowered thanks to the act—particularly its Section 5 provision, which requires jurisdictions that have had low levels of minority voting to obtain federal clearance before altering election laws. Blending data and anecdote, the authors demonstrate how minority participation in politics has improved as measured by voter registration and turnout, election of African Americans to political office, and minorities’ success in electing preferred candidates. Eleven southern states are discussed, including Arkansas and Tennessee, where Section 5 was not implemented, and Florida and Texas, where the act takes into account Latino participation. Concluding chapters offer a comparative assessment of voting rights progress across the South, explore the political by-products of the act, and analyze the 2008 election of President Barack Obama in light of wider access to the polls. The authors also discuss whether Section 5, set to expire in 2031, will be needed any longer. Political scientists, historians, students, and all those interested in southern politics and minority voting rights will find this study rich in information and insight as it shows how race and party interact in the modern South.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

457

Publisher

University of Oklahoma Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0806185309

ISBN 13

9780806185309

Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years

Making the Earth Move for 125 Years

By: Keith Haddock

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Bucyrus: Making the Earth Move for 125 Years

Making the Earth Move for 125 Years

By: Keith Haddock

Bucyrus International Inc., formerly Bucyrus-Erie Company, celebrates 125 years of building heavy excavating machinery, including the largest earthmovers ever to roam the planet. Founded in 1880 by Daniel P. Eells and a group of business associates, the company built a diverse range of machines and grew to become the leading supplier of walking draglines, shovels, and drills to the surface mining industry. With its acquired companies, such as Marion Power Shovel and Ransomes & Rapier, Bucyrus built the entire roster of giant stripping shovels in the western world, and the record-breaking "Big Muskie" walking dragline. Over 90 percent of the giant walking draglines working today have been built by the Bucyrus companies.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

166

ISBN 10

1610608356

ISBN 13

9781610608350

Defining the Victorian Nation

Class, Race, Gender and the British Reform Act of 1867

By: Catherine Hall,Keith McClelland,Jane Rendall

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Defining the Victorian Nation

Class, Race, Gender and the British Reform Act of 1867

By: Catherine Hall,Keith McClelland,Jane Rendall

Defining the Victorian Nation offers a fresh perspective on one of the most significant pieces of legislation in nineteenth-century Britain. Hall, McClelland and Rendall demonstrate that the Second Reform Act was marked by controversy about the extension of the vote, new concepts of masculinity and the masculine voter, the beginnings of the women's suffrage movement, and a parallel debate about the meanings and forms of national belonging. Fascinating illustrations illuminate the argument, and a detailed chronology, biographical notes and a selected bibliography offer further support to the student reader.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

324

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0521576539

ISBN 13

9780521576536

Dalit Theology and Christian Anarchism

By: Revd Dr Keith Hebden

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Dalit Theology and Christian Anarchism

By: Revd Dr Keith Hebden

A second generation of emerging Dalit theology texts is re-shaping the way we think of Indian theology and liberation theology. This book is a vital part of that conversation. Taking post-colonial criticism to its logical end of criticism of statism, Keith Hebden looks at the way the emergence of India as a nation state shapes political and religious ideas. He takes a critical look at these Gods of the modern age and asks how Christians from marginalised communities might resist the temptation to be co-opted into the statist ideologies and competition for power. He does this by drawing on historical trends, Christian anarchist voices, and the religious experiences of indigenous Indians. Hebden's ability to bring together such different and challenging perspectives opens up radical new thinking in Dalit theology, inviting the Indian Church to resist the Hindu fundamentalists labelling of the Church as foreign by embracing and celebrating the anarchic foreignness of a Dalit Christian future.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

196

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1409481476

ISBN 13

9781409481478

New Garden Township

By: Keith Craig

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

New Garden Township

By: Keith Craig

During its first 200 years, New Garden Townships settlers and citizens reaped the bounty of its natural resources. Granite veins within its the northern ridge, clay deposits under its southern plain, and waterpower coursing through its pitched hills surrounded a fertile central plateau. Toughkenamon, Kaolin, and Landenberg rose to industrial eminence while the village maintained its Quaker and agricultural influences. When the 20th century rendered the creeks mills, mines, and quarries obsolete, New Gardens population and promise shrank with its industry. Then mushroom farming bloomed, and Quaker ingenuity and immigrant ambition built a new, multimillion-dollar agricultural enterprise. New Garden Township provides a visual record of vintage photographs accompanied by archival research and narratives from lifelong residents to intimately depict the townships transformations through the generations.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

132

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Published Date

ISBN 10

1439638586

ISBN 13

9781439638583

Ripcord

Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970

By: Keith Nolan

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Ripcord

Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970

By: Keith Nolan

On April 10, 1970, Hill 927 was occupied by troopers of the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne Division. By July, the activities of the artillery and infantry of Ripcord had caught the attention of the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) and a long and deadly siege ensued. Ripcord was the Screaming Eagles’ last chance to do significant damage to the NVA in the A Shau Valley before the division was withdrawn from Vietnam and returned to the United States. At Ripcord, the enemy counterattacked with ferocity, using mortar and antiaircraft fire to inflict heavy causalities on the units operating there. The battle lasted four and a half months and exemplified the ultimate frustration of the Vietnam War: the inability of the American military to bring to bear its enormous resources to win on the battlefield. In the end, the 101st evacuated Ripcord, leaving the NVA in control of the battlefield. Contrary to the mantra “We won every battle but lost the war,” the United States was defeated at Ripcord. Now, at last, the full story of this terrible battle can be told.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

558

Publisher

Presidio Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0307416550

ISBN 13

9780307416551

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

By: Keith Houston

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

By: Keith Houston

The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers, and inventors who brought it to life. Starting with hands, abacus, and slide rule, humans have always reached for tools to simplify math. Pocket-sized calculators ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb, took us to the bottom of the ocean, and accompanied us to the moon. The pocket calculator changed our world, until it was supplanted by more modern devices that, in a cruel twist of irony, it helped to create. The calculator is dead; long live the calculator. In this witty mathematic and social history, Keith Houston transports readers from the nascent economies of the ancient world to World War II, where a Jewish engineer calculated for his life at Buchenwald, and into the technological arms race that led to the first affordable electronic pocket calculators. At every turn, Houston is a scholarly, affable guide to this global history of invention. Empire of the Sum will appeal to math lovers, history buffs, and anyone seeking to understand our trajectory to the computer age.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

283

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Published Date

ISBN 10

0393882152

ISBN 13

9780393882155

The Rationality Quotient

Toward a Test of Rational Thinking

By: Keith E. Stanovich,Richard F. West,Maggie E. Toplak

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Rationality Quotient

Toward a Test of Rational Thinking

By: Keith E. Stanovich,Richard F. West,Maggie E. Toplak

How to assess critical aspects of cognitive functioning that are not measured by IQ tests: rational thinking skills. Why are we surprised when smart people act foolishly? Smart people do foolish things all the time. Misjudgments and bad decisions by highly educated bankers and money managers, for example, brought us the financial crisis of 2008. Smart people do foolish things because intelligence is not the same as the capacity for rational thinking. The Rationality Quotient explains that these two traits, often (and incorrectly) thought of as one, refer to different cognitive functions. The standard IQ test, the authors argue, doesn't measure any of the broad components of rationality—adaptive responding, good judgment, and good decision making. The authors show that rational thinking, like intelligence, is a measurable cognitive competence. Drawing on theoretical work and empirical research from the last two decades, they present the first prototype for an assessment of rational thinking analogous to the IQ test: the CART (Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking). The authors describe the theoretical underpinnings of the CART, distinguishing the algorithmic mind from the reflective mind. They discuss the logic of the tasks used to measure cognitive biases, and they develop a unique typology of thinking errors. The Rationality Quotient explains the components of rational thought assessed by the CART, including probabilistic and scientific reasoning; the avoidance of “miserly” information processing; and the knowledge structures needed for rational thinking. Finally, the authors discuss studies of the CART and the social and practical implications of such a test. An appendix offers sample items from the test.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

479

Publisher

MIT Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0262034840

ISBN 13

9780262034845

Before It’s Too Late

By: Keith C Payne

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Before It’s Too Late

By: Keith C Payne

Before it’s too late We listen to daily comments about climate change and the perils of Planetwarming. We’ve heard of the climatic disasters and wildfires driven by the ever-increasing winds and drought in Australia! And now we’re hearing other countries are suffering torrential rainfall, an increasing number of cyclones, destructive winds and abnormally high tides, drought where drought has never existed, increased snow levels, covering everything in sight! And, of course, intolerable heat with the temperatures regularly increasing to crisis levels! We often hear the news reports or talk about our concerns with predictable insight, but do we truly understand what’s happening to our planet? Please don’t believe in coincidences - because they’re not! If you wish to know and understand whether we are now on the coalface of climate change, please read my novel, Before it’s too late. Keith C Payne

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

696

Publisher

AuthorHouse

Published Date

ISBN 10

1665593776

ISBN 13

9781665593779

Engineering a Compiler

By: Keith D. Cooper,Linda Torczon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Engineering a Compiler

By: Keith D. Cooper,Linda Torczon

Engineering a Compiler, Third Edition covers the latest developments in compiler technology, with new chapters focusing on semantic elaboration (the problems that arise in generating code from the ad-hoc syntax-directed translation schemes in a generated parser), on runtime support for naming and addressability, and on code shape for expressions, assignments and control-structures. Leading educators and researchers, Keith Cooper and Linda Torczon, have revised this popular text with a fresh approach to learning important techniques for constructing a modern compiler, combining basic principles with pragmatic insights from their own experience building state-of-the-art compilers. - Presents in-depth treatments of algorithms and techniques used in the front end of a modern compiler - Pays particular attention to code optimization and code generation, both primary areas of recent research and development - Focuses on how compilers (and interpreters) implement abstraction, tying the underlying knowledge to students' own experience and to the languages in which they have been taught to program - Covers bottom-up methods of register allocation at the local scope

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

850

Publisher

Morgan Kaufmann

Published Date

ISBN 10

0128189266

ISBN 13

9780128189269

Shakespeare's Language

Perspectives Past and Present

By: Keith Johnson

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shakespeare's Language

Perspectives Past and Present

By: Keith Johnson

In Shakespeare’s Language, Keith Johnson offers an overview of the rich and dynamic history of the reception and study of Shakespeare’s language from his death right up to the present. Tracing a chronological history of Shakespeare’s language, Keith Johnson also picks up on classic and contemporary themes, such as: lexical and digital studies original pronunciation rhetoric grammar. The historical approach provides a comprehensive overview, plotting the attitudes towards Shakespeare’s language, as well as a history of its study. This approach reveals how different cultural and literary trends have moulded these attitudes and reflects changing linguistic climates; the book also includes a chapter that looks to the future. Shakespeare’s Language is therefore not only an essential guide to the language of Shakespeare, but it offers crucial insights to broader approaches to language as a whole.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

234

Publisher

Routledge

Published Date

ISBN 10

1315303051

ISBN 13

9781315303055

American Noir Film

From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl

By: M. Keith Booker

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

American Noir Film

From The Maltese Falcon to Gone Girl

By: M. Keith Booker

A deep dive into classic noir films and how filmmakers today are refreshing and updating the genre for new generations. Publishers Weekly praises the book, noting, "Cinephiles will be enthralled” and Library Journal says it's a "well-written introduction to noir films and how the genre has continued to thrive as times changed.”Booklist calls it a "riveting history of the film noir genre" in a starred review, saying, "This is one of the best, best written, most insightful analyses of film noir, and it demands to be read by fans of film history.” In American Noir Film, M. Keith Booker introduces readers to the cult-favorite genre of film noir and discusses the ongoing power and popularity of the genre’s key elements and themes in modern films, often considered neo-noir, well into the twenty-first century. Booker covers a wide range of noir favorites, from the early classics The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, to late twentieth-century neo-noir such as Chinatown,and ultimately newer iterations of the genre as seen in such films as Inherent Vice, Promising Young Woman, and Uncut Gems. American Noir Film contains three separate parts, each exploring crucial categories of noir: the detective film, the lost man film, and femme fatale films. Within each section, Booker discusses the essential classic noir films that embody these themes as well as neo-noir films that invite viewers to analyze how the traditional components of noir have evolved with filmmaking. Finally, each section concludes with twenty-first-century films that evoke noir elements while refreshing the genre and enhancing viewers’ appreciation of the originals that inspired them—what Booker terms “revisionary noir.” Whether new to noir films, students of the genre, or long-time fans, readers will be sure to learn what makes this genre so special, discover why filmmakers keep coming back to it, and find a new favorite movie to add to their shelves.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

225

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published Date

ISBN 10

1538194104

ISBN 13

9781538194102

Book's by Keith Thompson

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email