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Gone from the Promised Land
In this superb cultural history, John R. Hall presents a reasoned analysis of the meaning of Jonestown--why it happened and how it is tied to our history as a nation, our ideals, our practices, and the tension of modern culture. Hall deflates the myths of Jonestown by exploring how much of what transpired was unique to the group and its leader and how much can be explained by reference to wider social processes.
Horror and Those Who Caused It
History is filled with horrific acts, acts that have shocked the world, brought terror on the human race and have left us in utter disbelief at the events that have occurred. HORROR AND THOSE WHO CAUSED IT takes a look inside the stories of some of the world's most horrific acts, from Charles Manson and the families murders of pregnant starlet Sharon Tate, to the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. HORROR AND THOSE WHO CAUSED IT takes you on an inside guide to some of the world's deadliest cults, spine-chilling details from killers such as Martin Bryant and the Port Arthur Massacre, Katherine Knight and Australia's most notorious Serial Killers Ivan Milat. HORROR AND THOSE WHO CAUSED IT is the ideal book to accompany any true crime collection.
Dear Elaine
Dear Elaine is. .a rich trove of correspondence between two women, providing realistic glimpses into the female mind and a sharp commentary on the social climate during the final two decades of the twentieth century. Elaine is a Long Island musician, wife, and mother of six. Marla, a Cape Cod poet, is a wife and has three children. After their first meeting, these women quickly find an intellectual, emotional, and spiritual connection. They are soon sharing their common love for many of life's pleasures, such as books, music, and a passion for word games and puzzles. Searching, self-awareness, and twelve-step recovery challenges are interspersed with strong moral values and love of family. W...
The Road to Jonestown
A portrait of the cult leader behind the Jonestown Massacre examines his personal life, from his extramarital affairs and drug use to his fraudulent faith healing practices and his decision to move his followers to Guyana, sharing new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy.
Fighting an Invisible Enemy
A history of the establishment and role of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), the public health organization in South Africa Fighting an Invisible Enemy narrates the founding in 2002 and growth of the internationally renowned centre of excellence for communicable diseases, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa. In a continent riven with a panoply of formidable contagious pathogens, the book describes how the nascent NICD travelled a rocky road to maturity. Starting humbly, as did many of its sister public health institutions around the world, the road was strewn with daunting obstacles of financial restrictions, bureaucratic straitjacke...
Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming: Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt
The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. This paper aims to identify observable and unobservable constraints that explain joint participation in profitable value chains and contract farming. We use a multivariate probit model to estimate potential complementarities between the cultivation of these various value chains (vegetables, fruits, spices, herbs, and cereals), and participation in contract farming. We identify several important observable factors that reinforce and hence limit smallholders’ participation in both low and high value chains as well as contract farming. For example, we find sugg...
A Sympathetic History of Jonestown
A study of the People's Temple written with compassion and understanding, with special focus on the surviving family members of two of the victims. This work seeks to dispel the bizarre image propagated by the media.
