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  The Drive for Dollars - How...

  Eric A. Morris, Brian D. Taylor,...

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  The story of the interplay between finance, freeways, and urban form in the twentieth century and their enduring impact on American cities and neighborhoods in the twenty-first. 
   
   
   
  American cities are distinct from almost all others in the degree to which freeways and freeway travel dominate urban landscapes. In The Drive for Dollars, Brian D. Taylor, Eric A. Morris, and Jeffrey R. Brown tell the largely misunderstood story of how freeways became the centerpiece of US urban transportation systems, and the crucial, though usually overlooked, role of fiscal politics in bringing freeways about. The authors chronicle how the ways that we both raise and spend transportation revenue have shaped our transportation system and the lives of those who use it, from the era before the automobile to the present day. They focus on how the development of one revolutionary type of road—the freeway—was inextricably intertwined with money. With the nation's transportation finance system at a crossroads today, this book sheds light on how we can best fund and plan transportation in the future. The authors draw on these lessons to offer ways forward to pay for transportation more equitably, provide travelers with better mobility, and increase environmental sustainability and urban livability.

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  Ordinary Wonder Tales

  Emily Urquhart

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  A journalist and folklorist explores the truths that underlie the stories we imagine—and reveals the magic in the everyday. 
  “I’ve always felt that the term fairy tale doesn’t quite capture the essence of these stories,” writes Emily Urquhart. “I prefer the term wonder tale, which is Irish in origin, for its suggestion of awe coupled with narrative. In a way, this is most of our stories.” In this startlingly original essay collection, Urquhart reveals the truths that underlie our imaginings: what we see in our heads when we read, how the sight of a ghost can heal, how the entrance to the underworld can be glimpsed in an oil painting or a winter storm—or the onset of a loved one’s dementia. In essays on death and dying, pregnancy and prenatal genetics, radioactivity, chimeras, cottagers, and plague, Ordinary Wonder Tales reveals the essential truth: if you let yourself look closely, there is magic in the everyday.

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  The Laws of Manu

  Anonymous Anonymous

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  The Laws of Manu is believed to be the first ancient legal text and constitution of Hinduism. In ancient India, often the sages used to put down their ideas on how the society should run on the Manuscripts. It is believed that the original form of Manusmriti was changed as many things written in the Manuscript contradict each other.

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  Ancient Egyptian Holidays

  Mab Borden

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  Ancient Egyptian Holidays is a remarkable book that explores the ancient seasons, religious observances, and agricultural practices of the Egyptians. Mab Borden’s meticulous research paints a vivid picture of the interconnectedness between spirituality and agriculture. This book is invaluable for those interested in the cultural and religious traditions of ancient Egypt.Ancient Egyptian Holidays, one of the remarkable books in the series, delves deep into the ancient growing season of the Egyptians. Through meticulous research and vivid descriptions, Mab Borden unravels the intricate tapestry of religious observances and agricultural practices intertwined in the sacred calendar. Readers will explore the cycles of sowing, cultivation, and harvesting, and how these activities were intertwined with the worship of gods and goddesses. From the Festival of the Nile Inundation to the Feast of Opet, the book paints a vivid picture of the ancient Egyptians’ reverence for the land and the interconnectedness between their spiritual beliefs and agricultural livelihood. With Ancient Egyptian Holidays, readers will discover the rich tapestry of cultural and religious traditions that guided the lives of the ancient Egyptians. Borden skillfully brings to life the celebrations and rituals that marked each month and season, capturing the essence of this ancient civilization’s profound connection to the cycles of nature. This book not only provides a wealth of knowledge about the ancient growing season but also invites readers to reflect on the significance of their own spiritual observations in relation to the natural world. Ancient Egyptian Holidays is an indispensable companion for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of the ancient Egyptian civilization and its profound wisdom.  

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  When Bad Things Happen to...

  Dara Z. Strolovitch

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  A deep and thought-provoking examination of crisis politics and their implications for power and marginalization in the United States. 
    
  From the climate crisis to the opioid crisis to the Coronavirus crisis, the language of crisis is everywhere around us and ubiquitous in contemporary American politics and policymaking. But for every problem that political actors describe as a crisis, there are myriad other equally serious ones that are not described in this way. Why has the term crisis been associated with some problems but not others? What has crisis come to mean, and what work does it do? 
    
  In When Bad Things Happen to Privileged People, Dara Z. Strolovitch brings a critical eye to the taken-for-granted political vernacular of crisis. Using systematic analyses to trace the evolution of the use of the term crisis by both political elites and outsiders, Strolovitch unpacks the idea of “crisis” in contemporary politics and demonstrates that crisis is itself an operation of politics. She shows that racial justice activists innovated the language of crisis in an effort to transform racism from something understood as natural and intractable and to cast it instead as a policy problem that could be remedied. Dominant political actors later seized on the language of crisis to compel the use of state power, but often in ways that compounded rather than alleviated inequality and injustice. In this eye-opening and important book, Strolovitch demonstrates that understanding crisis politics is key to understanding the politics of racial, gender, and class inequalities in the early twenty-first century.

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  Cindy Sherman: A short biography...

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  Cindy Sherman, American painter and fotografer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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