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Author | : Rick Wartzman |
Publisher | : Public Affairs |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1586483315 |
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Describes how, after its publication in 1939 and then becoming the nation's best-selling book, a great conflict arose in Kern County, California, as a giant cotton grower and a determined librarian went head-to-head over the issue of censorship with public burnings of this masterpiece at center stage.
Author | : Rick Wartzman |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2009-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786726075 |
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Few books have caused as big a stir as John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, when it was published in April 1939. By May, it was the nation's number one bestseller, but in Kern County, California -- the Joads' newfound home -- the book was burned publicly and banned from library shelves. Obscene in the Extreme tells the remarkable story behind this fit of censorship. When W. B. "Bill" Camp, a giant cotton and potato grower, presided over its burning in downtown Bakersfield, he declared: "We are angry, not because we were attacked but because we were attacked by a book obscene in the extreme sense of the word." But Gretchen Knief, the Kern County librarian, bravely fought back. "If that book is banned today, what book will be banned tomorrow?" Obscene in the Extreme serves as a window into an extraordinary time of upheaval in America -- a time when, as Steinbeck put it, there seemed to be "a revolution . . . going on."
Author | : Emma Barrett |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0199668582 |
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Why do some people risk their lives regularly by placing themselves in extreme and challenging situations? For some, such as astronauts, the extreme environments are a requirement of the job. For others, they involve the thrill and competition of extreme sports, or the achievement of what seem like unimaginable goals to some - such as being the first to reach the South Pole or climb Mount Everest. Whether for sport or a career, these people have made the personal choice to put themselves in places where there is a significant risk. What drives such people? What skills and personality traits enable the best to succeed? Does a successful mountaineer, astronaut, and cave explorer share the same abilities? Are there lessons the rest of us can learn from them? In Extreme, Emma Barrett and Paul Martin explore the challenges that people in extreme environments face, including pain, physical hardship, loneliness, disagreements, and the approaches taken to overcome them. Using many fascinating examples and personal accounts, they take a close look at the psychological impact on those who face these challenges, the traits that enable some people to succeed, and what we can take away from their experiences.
Author | : Renea Collins |
Publisher | : Kensington Books |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781601629555 |
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Rachael, who has suffered through abandonment, abuse, pain, and betrayal, becomes a woman full of rage until she turns to God for help.
Author | : Cass R. Sunstein |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0199754128 |
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"In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism."--Inside jacket.
Author | : Colin Angus |
Publisher | : Anchor Canada |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2009-03-19 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307372065 |
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The hair-raising true story of the first team to raft the entire length of the Amazon. To a trio of twenty-something adrenaline junkies, it sounded like an irresistible challenge: Tackle the Amazon with nothing more than a rubber raft between them and fate. In Amazon Extreme Colin Angus provides a you-are-there account of his expedition’s terrors and triumphs. In spite of Shining Path gunmen, mosquito-laden drinking water, and, of course, the terrifying rapids themselves, his crew also found a reverence for the equally compelling beauty that makes this region so renowned. Graceful dolphins, lush forests, and the intriguing people who live along the river complete the backdrop as Angus’s five-month excursion unfolds. Culminating in an astonishing victory that garnered major media coverage, this is the story of three guys who truly went off the deep end, and one who came back to write a riveting recollection of it.
Author | : Tariq Ali |
Publisher | : Verso Books |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2018-03-13 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1786637065 |
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Against the centre ground Since 1989, politics has been a contest to see who can best serve the needs of the market. In this urgent and wideranging case for the prosecution, Tariq Ali looks at the people and events that have informed this development across the world. It is an investigation that reaches its logical conclusion with the presidency of Donald Trump, the success of En Marche! in France, and the dominance of Merkel’s Germany throughout Europe. In this fully updated edition of The Extreme Centre, Ali considers recent events that suggest, despite everything, that there is room for hope. He finds promise in Latin America and at the edges of Europe. Emerging parties in Scotland, Greece, and Spain, formed out of the 2008 crisis, are offering new promise for democracy. Even in the UK, with the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, there are indications that the hegemony of the centre may be weaker than imagined.
Author | : Emi Osono |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2008-05-23 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0470267623 |
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Extreme Toyota offers the first real, comprehensive inside look at what makes one of the world?s best companies run. With unprecedented access to the inner working of Toyota, the authors spent six years researching the company, interviewing hundreds of executives and employees, and discovering the company's secret of success. What they uncovered will surprise you and change the way you think about business. Simultaneously rigidly traditional and seriously innovative, it is precisely those internal contradictions that make the company so successful and admired.
Author | : Terrence Poulos |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780806528359 |
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Well-reasoned and documented answers to and explorations of the questions, the heroes, the hapless and the legends from over 2,000 years of human conflict. Poulos covers the finest hours and worst blunders the military world has seen through every period of warfare, from ancient times to the 21st century, all brought together in one illustrated volume. Topics are examined in fascinating detail, along with careful analysis of how and why each leader, weapon, tactic or battle came to fame - or infamy.
Author | : Kym McConnell |
Publisher | : Anova Books |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2007-09-26 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9781862057562 |
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Running is an inexpensive, practical, and convenient sport, but some take it to the limit. From cold-weather running in Alaska to the intense heat of the Sahara Marathon, athletes attempt to overcome the elements. Extremes of environment, route, and geography are another challenge: trails through dense jungle and over soaring mountain ranges. The rewards are experiences of a lifetime, the sense of having been to largely unexplored places, and realizing unique ambitions. Never before has there been a manual to pull together all the elements of this new but fast-growing sport, touching on every aspect from lone desert running to ultramarathons. The follow-up to "Extreme Golf "and "Extreme Sailing," this third volume is a must-have for all runners.