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A gripping and poignant black comedy about love, friendship, booze, morality, death.... And a generation's casual dissatisfaction with modern life. In this darkly comic, slow-burn thriller, reality is blurred... nothing can be taken for granted. A gripping and poignant black comedy about love, friendship, booze, morality, death.... And a generation's casual dissatisfaction with modern life. Sometimes, redemption lies in the darkest of places.A gripping and poignant black comedy about love, friendship, booze, morality, death.... And a generation's casual dissatisfaction with modern life. In this darkly comic, slow-burn thriller, reality is blurred... nothing can be taken for granted. A grippi...
The meaning of an expression resides not in the expression itself but in the experience of a person’s engagement with it. Meaning will be different not only to different people but also to the same person at different times. This book offers a way of attending to these different meanings. This way (or method) is a version of a trans-cultural activity that Richard Dawson calls attunement. The activity of attunement involves a movement of self-adjustment to a language, which a person transforms in her or his use of it. Consciously performing the activity can enable understanding of the processes by which we constitute ourselves and others when we use a language. This directly connects to the...
One man’s extraordinary journey through the twentieth century and how he learned to read at age 98 “Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn’t anything I would change about my life.”—George Dawson In this remarkable book, George Dawson, a slave’s grandson who learned to read at age 98 and lived to the age of 103, reflects on his life and shares valuable lessons in living, as well as a fresh, firsthand view of America during the entire sweep of the twentieth century. Richard Glaubman captures Dawson’s irresistible voice and view of the world, offering insights into humanity, history, hardships, and happiness. From segregation and...
This book has been replaced by Smart but Scattered, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5459-1.
A renowned biologist provides a sweeping chronicle of more than four billion years of life on Earth, shedding new light on evolutionary theory and history, sexual selection, speciation, extinction, and genetics.
A picture book describing sights in the city in rhymes and illustrations.
Explore one of the most turbulent periods in Irish history, the Irish War of Independence, in this gripping account by journalist Richard Dawson. Drawing on interviews with veterans and extensive research, Dawson chronicles the violence and political intrigue that characterized this period, including the notorious 'Bloody Sunday' massacre. A must-read for anyone interested in Irish history or the struggle for independence. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.