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Charles Stewart Parnell
A re-issue of F.S.L. Lyons life of Parnell, this is one of the great triumphs of modern Irish biography. "
Revisiting "Our Forest Home"
Frances Stewart arrived in Upper Canada from Ireland in 1822 with her husband, three children, and two servants. The family settled in Douro Township on the bank of the Otonabee River in 1823. Spanning three-quarters of a century, her letters represent the immigrant experience of one of the first pioneer women in the Peterborough, Ontario, area. Included are transcripts of the extant collection. They chronicle the three stages of Frances's life: the years of her childhood in Ireland to her departure for North America; her voyage across the Atlantic and her life in Upper Canada to the time of her husband's death in 1847; and the period of widowhood until her death in 1872. The chapter summari...
Punk Rock is My Religion
As religion has retreated from its position and role of being the glue that holds society together, something must take its place. Utilising a focused and detailed study of Straight Edge punk (a subset of punk in which adherents abstain from drugs, alcohol and casual sex) Punk Rock is My Religion argues that traditional modes of religious behaviours and affiliations are being rejected in favour of key ideals located within a variety of spaces and experiences, including popular culture. Engaging with questions of identity construction through concepts such as authenticity, community, symbolism and music, this book furthers the debate on what we mean by the concepts of ‘religion’ and ‘secular’. Provocatively exploring the notion of salvation, redemption, forgiveness and faith through a Straight Edge lens, it suggests that while the study of religion as an abstraction is doomed to a simplistic repetition of dominant paradigms, being willing to examine religion as a lived experience reveals the utility of a broader and more nuanced approach.
From Iowa Cornfields to Fernwood
In Francis Stewart's autobiography, he gives his personal, historic account of growing up as a child in a sharecropper family in Iowa in the 1920s and 1930s and then experiencing the culture shock of moving with his family to the Deep South at the age of twelve. Here he tells his stories of selling Bibles to earn tuition for college; serving with the Civil Aeronautics Administration and in the Army Air Force during World War II; attending the University of Georgia, Mercer University, and Crozer Seminary; pastoring a Baptist church in middle Georgia in the 1950s and 1960s; and serving in the War on Poverty and in Georgia State Government. Francis' many roles have provided opportunities to contribute to the public well being throughout his life as a pastor and through service in state and local government. Through community involvement and volunteer activities, Francis has been an active member of the communities where he lived throughout his life. Francis has kept personal journals from 1977 through the present, seven volumes to date. Here he shares the memories and reflections of his rich life.
Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict
Drawing on econometric evidence and in-depth studies of West Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia, this book explores how horizontal inequalities - ethnic, religious or racial - are a source of violent conflict and how political, economic and cultural status inequalities have contributed. Policies to reverse inequality would reduce these risks.
Revisiting ''Our Forest Home''
Frances Stewart arrived in Upper Canada from Ireland in 1822, with her husband, three children, and two servants, and settled in Douro Township on the shore of the Otonabee River in 1823. Spanning three-quarters of a century, her letters represent the immigrant experience of one of the first women in the Peterborough area.
Pun Direction
I was standing in the park today wondering, why does a Frisbee appear larger the closer it gets? And then it hit me.' Stewart Francis is the king of the smart one-liner, the brilliantly crafted, often punning gag delivered in his trademark deadpan style. In this, his first book, he presents 500 of his funniest, most perfectly formed gags plus hilarious cartoons and more.
