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Extreme Surf offers a look at the most extreme (and sometimes scariest) places on the planet to take a surfboard with a reasonable chance of surviving, complete with spectacular color photographs and engaging text that captures the true spirit of the sport.
The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life In The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his contemporaries, Lay was unflinching in his opposition to slavery, often performing colorful guerrilla theater to shame slave masters, insisting that human bondage violated the fundamental principles of Christianity. He drew on his ideals to create a revolutionary way of life, one that embodied the pro...
Are you ready to cultivate wealth so you can be free from daily bondage? Do you find it confusing to understand God's plan for your finances among the many financial voices in our world? Have you struggled to live on a budget, but within months it is out of the window? Have you accumulated large sums of money, but still feel empty deep inside? In his first nationally published book, Eternal Economics, pastor, business owner and author Marcus Benjamin prepares to bring a fresh wind to the financial landscape of your life. He will guide you to financial victory as you discover: The 4 eternal laws of Finance How to separate yourself from materialism How to set up a budget that works How to rece...
Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early "talkies" firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans. Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial beliefs and capitalism, beginning with Shakespearean England and the development of international trade. He demonstrates how the needs of American commerce determined the construction of successive racial regimes that were publicized in the theater and in motion pictures, particularly through plan...
In one of the world's most famous and influential books, Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius describes the Stoic precepts he used to cope with his life as a warrior and ruler of an empire. Beautiful hardcover edition of a specially modernized version of the classic George Long translation.
Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
Linguistic academics and speech therapists will find here the first modern book-length empirical study and theoretical account of English truncatory processes. On the basis of a corpus comprising some 3000 derivatives, the book provides a systematic investigation of the structural properties of six different patterns of English name truncation and word clipping. All patterns are shown to be unique in terms of the structural requirements that they impose on their outputs.