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Author: David E. Lawrence Publisher: ISBN: 9781955162128 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Aunt Clovice (CloVEESE) brands this memoir "foolish," but to chemist Nimrod Jones, our sapling full grown, it's "one hell of a tale." Dear Reader, you make the final judgement.Nimrod discovers a plant extract that renders others subject to his will. An ambitious co-worker, Gal Gunshannon, hairy-handed but otherwise good-looking, persuades him to accompany her to our nation's capital. There, via the extract, they will coerce Congress to deal with the obesity problem that threatens to overwhelm American society.They are successful . . . the Anti-Obesity Act of 2025 becomes law. It dictates that the enormous among us be jailed and starved under medical supervision until a respectable Body Mass Index (BMI) is restored. Nimrod and Gal become celebrities.After a period of fortune and fame, Nimrod learns that Gal has turned against him, aligning herself with opposing forces. He is labeled an enemy of freedom, an "obesist," and becomes the object of a smear campaign.Out of the blue, Hazel Hannabass, a small-eyed, vile-smelling classmate from Nimrod's college days, contacts him. She has a bold plan to rescue him and the foundering anti-obesity movement. But the stakes are high. Should they fail, it would mean prison time . . . or maybe worse.
Author: David E. Lawrence Publisher: ISBN: 9781955162128 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
Aunt Clovice (CloVEESE) brands this memoir "foolish," but to chemist Nimrod Jones, our sapling full grown, it's "one hell of a tale." Dear Reader, you make the final judgement.Nimrod discovers a plant extract that renders others subject to his will. An ambitious co-worker, Gal Gunshannon, hairy-handed but otherwise good-looking, persuades him to accompany her to our nation's capital. There, via the extract, they will coerce Congress to deal with the obesity problem that threatens to overwhelm American society.They are successful . . . the Anti-Obesity Act of 2025 becomes law. It dictates that the enormous among us be jailed and starved under medical supervision until a respectable Body Mass Index (BMI) is restored. Nimrod and Gal become celebrities.After a period of fortune and fame, Nimrod learns that Gal has turned against him, aligning herself with opposing forces. He is labeled an enemy of freedom, an "obesist," and becomes the object of a smear campaign.Out of the blue, Hazel Hannabass, a small-eyed, vile-smelling classmate from Nimrod's college days, contacts him. She has a bold plan to rescue him and the foundering anti-obesity movement. But the stakes are high. Should they fail, it would mean prison time . . . or maybe worse.
Author: James O. Ellithorpe Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: 1512719455 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 479
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Throughout the ages, various celestial and non-celestial phenomena have featured images portraying the nearness of the end of days or, in the New Testament, the Parousiawhich means the appearance of the second coming of Jesus. Many of these images and concepts are often misunderstood or misapplied. A primary purpose of this book is to correct the errant concepts believed to be true by many people because incorrect doctrine and teaching can have disastrous results. Many people today believe we are living in tumultuous times. However, to set or fix a precise date for the return of Jesus is unbiblical. This book will present a completely different view than what is commonly believed about the end times. By blending the concepts of many schools of thought and outright challenging others, the goal of this book is to help people understand the variety of views on the topic. In short, this book should be read first and then compared with what others are teaching and saying.
Author: Erica Munkwitz Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 0429559380 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 256
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*Shortlisted for the 2022 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize* This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women’s involvement in equestrianism from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as well as the corresponding transformations of gender, class, sport, and national identity in Britain and its Empire. It argues that women’s participation in horse sports transcended limitations of class and gender in Britain and highlights the democratic ethos that allowed anyone skilled enough to ride and hunt – from chimney-sweep to courtesan. Furthermore, women’s involvement in equestrianism reshaped ideals of race and reinforced imperial ideology at the zenith of the British Empire. Here, British women abandoned the sidesaddle – which they had been riding in for almost half a millennium – to ride astride like men, thus gaining complete equality on horseback. Yet female equestrians did not seek further emancipation in the form of political rights. This paradox – of achieving equality through sport but not through politics – shows how liberating sport was for women into the twentieth century. It brings into question what “emancipation” meant in practice to women in Britain from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. This is fascinating reading for scholars of sports history, women's history, British history, and imperial history, as well as those interested in the broader social, gendered, and political histories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and for all equestrian enthusiasts.