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To Save Her Life
Part human rights drama, part political thriller, part love story, this riveting narrative chronicles the disappearance of one woman as it tells the larger story of the past fifty years of violence and struggle for social justice and democracy, and U.S. intervention in Guatemala. Maritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. To Save Her Life tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group. Chained to a bed, blindfolded, and deprived of sleep, Maritza was ultimately spared because her family was able to contact influential...
The Watchers
Subjects of the supernatural and the paranormal, specifically hauntings, demonology and exorcisms, have become very popular subjects within western civilization. Through the words of fiction, author Joseph K. Hoffman attempts to illustrate the idea that the acceptance of the existence of evil supernatural entities requires the same faith as the acceptance of the existence of one living God, as well as the unseen presence of God's divine servants beings whom we humans call 'Angels.' In "The Watchers," Hoffman presents the view that faith, guided in whichever direction, can produce incredible results. In a society increasingly fascinated with the presence of supernatural entities, "The Watchers" is a story of the tremendous power of faith when directed towards light over darkness.
State Legitimacy and Failure in International Law
Failing states share characteristics of inadequate structural competency, including, inter alia, the inability to advance human welfare and security. Economic inequalities and corruption are present, as well as a loss of legitimacy and reduced social cohesion. Failure of rule of law is manifested in areas of judicial adjudication, security, reduced territorial control and systemic political instability. The international community often confronts these challenges in a manner that actually complicates issues further through lack of consensus among state actors. Consequently, a new and emerging concept of sovereignty requires review in terms of the postmodern state. Through scholarly consideration, State Legitimacy and Failure in International Law evaluates gaps in structural competency that precipitate state failure and examines the resulting consequences for the world community
Cruisin' with Vengeance
Rick Solomon sits in the Miami Federal Correctional Institution, and the only thing he can think about is how the audacious Rachel Tolar and her friends falsely pegged him as a rapist. When hes set free, hes a different man. Hes been degraded and beaten in prison, and he wants someone to pay. He starts by going after Rachels girlfriends. After seeing what is happening, Rachel boards a cruise ship named Redemption to escape a deadly confrontation; she has no idea that Rick is waiting for her. And neither of them knows that Ross Leblanc, a veteran of the Miami Shores Police Department, is also on the ship with his seventeen-year-old daughter, Kim. Rosss co-workers have sent him away on a sabbatical to get some rest and relaxation, and they hope that maybe hell find someone special. They have no idea what waits for him on board. This will be one vacation that no one forgets. Enjoy a dangerous adventure with a surprising conclusion in Cruisin With Vengeance.
Becoming a Citizen
How can societies that welcome immigrants from around the world create civic cohesion and political community out of ethnic and racial diversity? This thought-provoking book is the first to provide a comparative perspective on how the United States and Canada encourage foreigners to become citizens. Based on vivid in-depth interviews with Portuguese immigrants and Vietnamese refugees in Boston and Toronto and on statistical analysis and documentary data, Becoming a Citizen shows that greater state support for settlement and an official government policy of multiculturalism in Canada increase citizenship acquisition and political participation among the foreign born. The United States, long a...
Shattered Hope
The most thorough account yet available of a revolution that saw the first true agrarian reform in Central America, this book is also a penetrating analysis of the tragic destruction of that revolution. In no other Central American country was U.S. intervention so decisive and so ruinous, charges Piero Gleijeses. Yet he shows that the intervention can be blamed on no single "convenient villain." "Extensively researched and written with conviction and passion, this study analyzes the history and downfall of what seems in retrospect to have been Guatemala's best government, the short-lived regime of Jacobo Arbenz, overthrown in 1954, by a CIA-orchestrated coup."--Foreign Affairs "Piero Gleijeses offers a historical road map that may serve as a guide for future generations. . . . [Readers] will come away with an understanding of the foundation of a great historical tragedy."--Saul Landau, The Progressive "[Gleijeses's] academic rigor does not prevent him from creating an accessible, lucid, almost journalistic account of an episode whose tragic consequences still reverberate."--Paul Kantz, Commonweal
Golden Sun
This book is a fictional account of two brothers who are former tenant farmers from North Carolina who gain entry into the citrus business in Florida. One brother becomes very successful. The other who is retarded eventually meets a tragic end.
Between Heaven and Earth
This is a novel that offers information about the relationship that exists in the activities of the spirit on the two planes of life. Renewing his interest in our inner improvement, Andre Luiz tells the moving story of Amaro, Zulmira, Odila and other characters, recounting the events of their previous lives from the time of Brazil’s War with Paraguay (1864-1870) through the days of old Rio de Janeiro (early 1900s). In its preface, Emmanuel assures us that “The basic pictures of the narrative are intimately familiar to us,” such as family dysfunctions, the torment of jealousy, and the daily struggle for moral progress. Each page of Between Heaven and Earth discloses new knowledge and emotions.
O Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica: no contexto da evolução da Museologia das Ciências: da ideia do Museu à sua oficialização (1971-1976)
Este trabalho resulta de uma investigação em Museologia e Património Cultural sobre a concetualização do Museu Nacional da Ciência e da Técnica (1971-1976). Pretende-se dar a conhecer o contexto em que emerge o Museu, as suas influências, a sua estrutura, a sua projeção e dificuldade de reconhecimento no seio da comunidade museológica. Este Museu foi pensado e construído por Mário Silva, eminente físico conimbricense, que se doutorou com a Nobel Madame Marie Curie, no início do século XX. O único Museu nacional dedicado à ciência e à tecnologia, classificado na chamada “primeira geração”, foi impulsionado sob a égide do então Ministro da Educação Nacional, o Pro...
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