- Author : Joseph Scapellato
- Release : 2019-02-05
- Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Pages : 320
- ISBN : 9780374716547
- Category : Fiction
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"Scapellato's blend of existential noir, absurdist humor, literary fiction, and surreal exploration of performance art merges into something special. . . . The Made-Up Man is a rare novel that is simultaneously smart and entertaining." —Gabino Iglesias, NPR Stanley had known it was a mistake to accept his uncle Lech’s offer to apartment-sit in Prague—he’d known it was one of Lech’s proposals, a thinly veiled setup for some invasive, potentially dangerous performance art project. But whatever Lech had planned for Stanley, it would get him to Prague and maybe offer a chance to make things right with T after his failed attempt to propose. Stanley can take it. He can ignore their hijinks, resist being drafted into their evolving, darkening script. As the operation unfolds it becomes
- Author : Thomas R. McMullen
- Release : 1956
- Publisher :
- Pages : 12
- ISBN : MINN:31951D03551374S
- Category :
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- Author : Kathleen Richardson
- Release : 2023-01-01
- Publisher : Springer Nature
- Pages : 206
- ISBN : 9783031193811
- Category : Social Science
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This book presents a unique, feminist approach to ‘sex’ dolls and ‘sex’ robots, taking a critical look at the academic and business narratives that serve to rationalise them. As new forms of pornography (porn robots), this edited volume provides an urgent women’s centred critique. The emergence of ‘sex’ robots is situated within the wider context of the attack on women’s rights and the relentless rise of techno-pornography. As an outgrowth of the industries of prostitution, pornography and child sex abuse, these objects offer new ways to dehumanise women and girls. While support for ‘sex’ robots is positioned as progressive and emancipatory, the contributors in this volume argue they reduce women to consumable parts. They explore how law, the arts, ethics, economy, poli
- Author : Olav Hohmeyer
- Release : 2013-11-11
- Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
- Pages : 401
- ISBN : 9783642470356
- Category : Business & Economics
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As the Kyoto conference of the parties on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change once again underscored, man-made climate change has become one of the major challenges to our generation and many generations to come. Since scientific evidence on climate change can be seen as increasingly reliable, the focus of our attention has to turn more and more to the question of foreseeable damages and to possibilities to prevent and mitigate climate change. In other words, we need to analyse the economic aspects of man marle climate change and the policy options to prevent its most severe impacts. This book reports on the findings of an international workshop on these aspects of global climate change. It was organised by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in Mannheim,
- Author : Douglas Jerrold
- Release : 1853
- Publisher :
- Pages : 388
- ISBN : HARVARD:32044086829330
- Category :
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- Author : Jon Knowles
- Release : 2019-03-31
- Publisher : Vernon Press
- Pages : 1034
- ISBN : 9781622734160
- Category : Psychology
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The ghosts that haunt our sexual pleasure were born in the Stone Age. Sex and gender taboos were used by tribes to differentiate themselves from one another. These taboos filtered into the lives of Bronze and Iron Age men and women who lived in city-states and empires. For the early Christians, all sex play was turned into sin, instilled with guilt, and punished severely. With the invention of sin came the construction of women as subordinate beings to men. Despite the birth of romance in the late middle ages, Renaissance churches held inquisitions to seek out and destroy sex sinners, all of whom it saw as heretics. The Age of Reason saw the demise of these inquisitions. But, it was doctors who would take over the roles of priests and ministers as sex became defined by discourses of crime,
- Author : Eva Tutchell
- Release : 2016-03-09
- Publisher : Routledge
- Pages : 304
- ISBN : 9781317101147
- Category : Business & Economics
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Why are so few women in positions of power? Why are government, business, the institutions and so much of British life dominated by men? Eva Tutchell and John Edmonds find the answers by interviewing over a hundred successful women and discovering what it takes for a woman to get to the top. The statistics are startling. Britain is an 80/20 nation: 80 per cent of the most powerful jobs are occupied by men and only 20 per cent by women. Tutchell and Edmonds uncover the cultural and historical reasons for this extraordinary imbalance of power. Their book is entitled Man-Made because men have made the rules and women must do their best to fit in. In spite of its claim to be a modern nation, Britain is conditioned by a legacy that views men as doers and leaders and expects women to be helpers
- Author : Konstantin Stanislavski
- Release : 2008-02-07
- Publisher : Routledge
- Pages : 722
- ISBN : 9781134101474
- Category : Performing Arts
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Stanislavski’s ‘system’ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre. Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught. At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavski’s huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English. He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares an
- Author : Belinda Alexandra
- Release : 2010-04-01
- Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
- Pages : 624
- ISBN : 9780730443858
- Category : Fiction
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An epic new novel as memorable as the scent of lavender, from one of Australia's most compelling storytellers 'Nothing is wasted, Simone. the love we give never dies.' At fourteen, Simone Fleurier is wrenched from her home on a Provencal lavender farm and sent to work in Marseille. Her life there is hard and impoverished, but Simone discovers the music hall and a dream: to one day be a famous dancer and singer. But when war threatens, Simone makes a decision that will lead to great danger - yet ultimately prove that love, just like wild lavender, can grow in the least likely of places ... Belinda Alexandra has created a tale of passion and courage that moves from the backstreets of Marseille to the grand music theatres of Paris, from the countryside of Provence to decadent pre-war Berlin a
- Author : Matthew Henry
- Release :
- Publisher : Lulu.com
- Pages : 388
- ISBN : 9781773561905
- Category :
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- Author : Work Projects Administration
- Release : 2020-12-17
- Publisher : e-artnow
- Pages : 7859
- ISBN : EAN:4064066394653
- Category : Social Science
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Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously collection of hundreds of life stories, recorded interviews and incredible vivid testimonies of former slaves from the American southern states, including photos of the people being interviewed and their extraordinary narratives. After the end of Civil War in 1865, more than four million slaves were set free. There were several efforts to record the remembrances of the former slaves. The Federal Writers' Project was one such project by the United States federal government to support writers during the Great Depression by asking them to interview and record the myriad stories and experiences of slavery of former slaves. The resulting collection preserved hundreds of life stories from 17 U.S. states that would otherwise have been lost in din o
- Author : Dr. D. K. Olukoya
- Release : 2016-06-03
- Publisher : The Battle Cry Christian Ministries
- Pages : 68
- ISBN :
- Category : Religion
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Goliath represents problems that are larger than life. Goliath is a symbol of threats, intimidation and harassments. The author in five powerful chapters teach the secrets of disgracing goliaths. This book emphasizes the principles of resounding victory over every satanic harassment. It will introduce fire into your bones and make you to stand on the mountain of victory. The prayer points will enable you to bombard the enemy until he surrenders.
- Author : Frederick Guttmann
- Release :
- Publisher : Frederick Guttmann
- Pages : 169
- ISBN :
- Category : Social Science
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This first part of this saga summarizes the references of the most significant mythologies in the world that speak about the Creation of the world and the appearance of evil with all its forces and entities. The Sakla Rebellion includes passages that explain what the Kingdom of Heaven is like and who inhabits it. In a chronological way, it narrates the events that took place before the Earth existed as such and where the great links of science about the beginnings of life lie. This first work shows how the gods and the laws of nature emerged, giving rise not only to this orb, but also to the solar system.
- Author : William MATHER (of Bedford, Schoolmaster.)
- Release : 1727
- Publisher :
- Pages : 506
- ISBN : BL:A0019731236
- Category :
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- Author : Anonymous
- Release : 2020-12-17
- Publisher : e-artnow
- Pages : 57
- ISBN : EAN:4064066393014
- Category : Religion
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Dhammapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form and one of the most widely read and best known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the Dhammapada is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Each saying recorded in the collection was made on a different occasion in response to a unique situation that had arisen in the life of the Buddha and his monastic community. The book presents the details of these events and is a rich source of legend for the life and times of the Buddha. The title, "Dhammapada," is a compound term composed of dhamma and pada, each word having a number of denotations and connotations. Generally, dhamma can refer to the Buddha's "doctrine" or an "eternal truth" or "righteousness" or all "phenomena"; and, at i
- Author : Lao Tzu
- Release : 2020-02-21
- Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
- Pages :
- ISBN : PKEY:SMP2300000062663
- Category : Fiction
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The Sacred Books of Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism: The Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, The Analects of Confucius, The Dhammapada This is a must-have book for anyone studying foundational philosophical belief systems of China and the East. It introduces the reader to Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism through their central texts. Presented together in a cohesive copy, the reader can easily consult the different texts to study how, coexisting, they influenced, converged, and diverged from one another. Inquiring minds will also be able to assess the degree to which ancient eastern philosophies influenced the belief systems of the modern West. The fact that these classical works from eastern philosophical schools of thought also contribute to positive spiritual development and self-improvement
- Author : Steve Oney
- Release : 2019-05-15
- Publisher : University of Georgia Press
- Pages : 340
- ISBN : 9780820355047
- Category : Literary Collections
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A Man’s World is a collection of twenty profiles of fascinating men by author and magazine writer Steve Oney. Oney realized early in his career that he was interested in how men face challenges and cope with success and failure, seeing in their struggles something of his own. Written over a forty-year period for publications including Esquire, Premiere, GQ, TIME, Los Angeles, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine, the stories, many prizewinning, bring to life the famous (Harrison Ford), the brilliant (Robert Penn Warren), the tortured (Gregg Allman), and the unknown (Chris Leon, a twenty-year-old Marine Corps corporal killed in the Iraq war).
- Author : Vincent F. Filak
- Release : 2019-12-20
- Publisher : Routledge
- Pages : 192
- ISBN : 9781000735390
- Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Convergent Journalism: An Introduction is the pioneering textbook on practicing journalism in the 21st century, now in its third edition, offering chapters by industry experts covering key components for today’s convergenced media landscape. Each chapter of this book is written by an expert in the field, offering practical and key skills for the different aspects that make up the practice of journalism today. This new edition, written from the ground up, shifts the discussion toward a model of responsible and audience-centric journalism and demonstrates the ways journalists can use new media tools as both senders and receivers. The bedrock tenets of journalism remain at the core of this book, including information dissemination, storytelling, and audience engagement. This book offers rea
- Author : Harry Castlemon
- Release : 2016-06-28
- Publisher : VM eBooks
- Pages : 140
- ISBN :
- Category : Fiction
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Vicksburg had fallen, and the army had marched in and taken possession of the city. How Frank longed to accompany it, that he might see the inside of the rebel stronghold, which had so long withstood the advance of our fleet and army! He stood leaning against one of the monster guns, which, at his bidding, had spoken so often and so effectively in favor of the Union, and for two hours watched the long lines of war-worn soldiers as they moved into the works.
- Author : Alexander Roberts
- Release : 1886
- Publisher :
- Pages : 614
- ISBN : UGA:32108002589177
- Category : Fathers of the church
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