Editorial: BookRix
In "Why Night: A Scientific Description," esteemed author Tami White takes readers on an illuminating journey through the scientific intricacies of the nocturnal realm. This captivating book explores the multifaceted dimensions of the night, unraveling its mysteries and shedding light on its profound impact on our planet and its inhabitants.
This work provides a concise synthesis of the key insights and analysis from Factfulness. It is an independent summary, not the original book, and has no affiliation with or endorsement from the original publication. Created for readers who want a clear, thought-provoking overview, it distills the central themes and ideas while preserving the depth and relevance of the work. An argument for a fact-based, less fearful view of the world, this book shows how global data on health, wealth and education contradict widespread pessimism. By exposing the instincts and biases that make people think everything is getting worse, it teaches simple habits for reading statistics and seeing long-term human progress more clearly.Ver libro
In The Birth of the Republic, 1763–89, Edmund S. Morgan shows how the challenge of British taxation started Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom, and eventually led to the Revolution. By demonstrating that the founding fathers' political philosophy was not grounded in theory, but rather grew out of their own immediate needs, Morgan paints a vivid portrait of how the founders' own experiences shaped their passionate convictions, and these in turn were incorporated into the Constitution and other governmental documents. The Birth of the Republic is the classic account of the beginnings of the American government, and in this fourth edition the original text is supplemented with a new foreword by Joseph J. Ellis and a historiographic essay by Rosemarie Zagarri.Ver libro
Two manuscripts in one audiobook: - Egyptian Mythology for Kids: Captivating Tales and Myths of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters, and Pharaohs - Greek Mythology for Kids: Captivating Tales and Myths of Greek Gods, Goddesses, Mythological Creatures, Heroes, Kings, and Villains In the first part of this audiobook, you will learn about: - The mummy’s curse—is it real? - The ancient Egyptians had more than one creation story! - Nobody knows who exactly built the pyramids. Was it slaves? - Were there aliens in ancient Egypt? - Which pharaoh was eaten by a hippopotamus? - Egyptians took the meaning of “cat lover” to a whole new level. - There were so many gods that even the Egyptians got them mixed up! - Who was His Majesty “herself”? In the second part of this audiobook, you will discover: - Which of your favorite Disney characters and DC and Marvel superheroes were based on Greek gods and heroes? - The twelve labors of Hercules - Where the sayings “Pandora’s box” and “Achilles’ heel” come from - Fearsome Greek monsters like giants, Cyclopes, Sirens, the Minotaur, dragons, centaurs, and more! - The smart, strong, and brave women and goddesses that helped and fought alongside the heroes - Which Greek monster inspired “Fluffy” in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone - How long did the Trojan War last? And it only ended because of a wooden horse? - Odysseus and the witch who kept him prisoner (you’ll recognize her name from the popular movie the Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest) - Which Greek myth closely resembles a story from the Bible - And so much more! So, if you want a captivating collection of Egyptian and Greek myths, click the “add to cart” button!Ver libro
The Spanish nobility continues to be influential in the early 21st century in politics, academia, and the economy. The polarized socio-cultural environment in Spain in the early decades of the millennium is paralleled by an increasingly divisive political discourse and deadlock in terms of governance. Understanding the subcultures of the most influential socio-political groups is important to be able to interpret the political developments. A vast array of studies have been conducted about the rise of the extreme left but there is a dearth of studies dealing with the impact of the traditional nobility in contemporary Spain. The present study presents an emic model of elite culture through the application of a grounded theory approach to texts released by five of the main noble associations in Spain during the last ten years. An inductive approach focuses on the identification of important themes and concepts as expressed and understood by the participants. Traditional noble associations are the focus of the study, in particular, the associations under Royal patronage. The resulting emic model aims to map the mores, norms, and values of a highly visible social group about which there are very few sociological and anthropological studies.Ver libro
With his very first sneer, Draco Malfoy is established as the school bully of the Harry Potter series. But how did Draco become so detestable? What was inherited from his parents, and what is unique to him among the Malfoy clan? And what was he thinking all those times when he picked fights with Harry, Ron, or Hermione?Malfoy analyzes Draco throughout his seven years at Hogwarts, as his role in the series grew in prominence. At the same time, Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy have their own stories play out, forever scheming and plotting to advance the family's interests . . . even when they're in conflict with each other.Bestselling author Irvin Khaytman dives deep into the Malfoys' deeds to answer the two central questions about Draco that remain after Deathly Hallows: Is he redeemable? And was he redeemed?Ver libro
When inclusion into the fold of citizenship is conditioned by a social group's conceit to ritual violence, humiliation, and exploitation, what can anti-citizenship offer us? The Promise of Youth Anti-citizenship argues that Black youth and youth of color have been cast as anti-citizens, disenfranchised from the social, political, and economic mainstream of American life. Instead of asking youth to conform to a larger societal structure undergirded by racial capitalism and antiblackness, the volume's contributors propose that the collective practice of anti-citizenship opens up a liberatory space for youth to challenge the social order. The chapters cover an array of topics, including Black youth in the charter school experiment in post-Katrina New Orleans; racial capitalism, the queering of ethnicity, and the 1980s Salvadoran migration to South Central Los Angeles; the notion of decolonizing classrooms through Palestinian liberation narratives; and more. Through a range of methodological approaches and conceptual interventions, this collection illuminates how youth negotiate and exercise anti-citizenship as forms of either resistance or refusal in response to coercive patriotism, cultural imperialism, and predatory capitalism.Ver libro
