Author: BPIPublisher: BPI Publishing
ISBN: 9386360063
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
FBR: Homesick Penguin
FBR: Homesick Penguin
Author: BPIPublisher: BPI Publishing
ISBN: 9386360063
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
FBR: Homesick Penguin
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Author: Khaled HosseiniPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 074758589X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love
The Snow Leopard
Author: Peter MatthiessenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 014312952X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition For the seventieth anniversary of Penguin Classics, the Penguin Orange Collection celebrates the heritage of Penguin’s iconic book design with twelve influential American literary classics representing the breadth and diversity of the Penguin Classics library. These collectible editions are dressed in the iconic orange and white tri-band cover design, first created in 1935, while french flaps, high-quality paper, and striking cover illustrations provide the cutting-edge design treatment that is the signature of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions today. The Snow Leopard In 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the Lama of Shey at the ancient shrine on Crystal Mountain. The result is a remarkable account of a journey both physical and spiritual, as the arduous climb yields to Matthiessen a deepening Buddhist understanding of reality, suffering, impermanence, and beauty.
Napoleon, for and Against
Author: Pieter GeylThe Kite Runner
Author: Khaled HosseiniPublisher:
ISBN: 9781594483172
Category : Afghanistan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.
The Persistence of Racism in America
Author: Thomas PowellPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780822630227
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
'...one of the most thorough attempts to explain why racism is still with us in these closing years of the twentieth century.'-THE NEW ENGLAND REVIEW OF BOOKS
Two Nations
Author: Andrew HackerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439104948
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In this groundbreaking study, Andrew Hacker offers a fresh and disturbing examination of the divisions of color and class in present-day America, analyzing the conditions that keep black and white Americans dangerously far apart in their ability to achieve the American dream. Why, despite continued efforts to increase understanding and expand opportunities, do black and white Americans still lead separate lives, continually marked by tension and hostility? In his much-lauded classic and updated version reflecting the changing realities of race in our nation, Andrew Hacker explains the origins and meaning of racism and clarifies the conflicting theories of equality and inferiority. He paints a stark picture of racial inequality in America—focusing on family life, education, income, and employment—and explores the controversies over politics, crime, and the causes of the gap between the races. Reasoned, accurate, and devastating, Two Nations demonstrates how this great and dividing issue has defined America's history and the pivotal role it will play in the future.
Longman Advanced Learners' Grammar
Author: Mark FoleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9787810957540
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game
Author: Paul ShepardPublisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820342327
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
In what may be his boldest and most controversial book, Paul Shepard presents an account of human behavior and ecology in light of our past. In it, he contends that agriculture is responsible for our ecological decline and looks to the hunting and gathering lifestyle as a model more closely in tune with our essential nature. Shepard advocates affirming the profound and beautiful nature of the hunter and gatherer, redefining agriculture and combining technology with hunting and gathering to recover a livable environment and peaceful society.
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