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Japanese Numbers Game
An almost obsessional use of numbers characterizes Japanese popular culture. A wide variety of numerical formulae and strategies provide the means for explaining events and solving problems occurring in everyday life. These include such matters as the choice of the name for a child, ranking in almost any game or sport, the diagnosis and cure of illness or the decision to accept a new job. This text provides a general study of the field of Japanese popular numeracy. It introduces the reader to a world of numbers in which fortune-telling, the abacus and games involving numbers, as well as curious numerical names (of both people and places), illustrate the importance of systems of counting, calculation and forecasting. The study explores the cultural roots of attitudes towards numbers and makes suggestions about the contemporary implications of a culture in which mechanical numeracy (and number obsession) is general but the highest levels of academic mathematics still fall short of world standards.
Crump
Anybody who has anything to do with the higher education system should read this comic novel about life at a modern British university.
An Assassin in Utopia
This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the reader from a free-love community in upstate New York to the shocking assassination of President James Garfield. It was heaven on earth—and, some whispered, the devil’s garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place—especially the women, with their queer cropped hair and shamelessly short skirts. The men and women of this strange outpost worked and slept t...
Mayor Crump Don't Like It
In the 1930s thousands of African Americans abandoned their long-standing allegiance to the party of Abraham Lincoln and began voting for Democratic Party candidates. This new voting pattern remapped the nation's political landscape and altered the relationship between citizen and government. One of the forgotten builders of this modern Democratic Party was Memphis mayor and congressman Edward Hull Crump (1874-1954). Crump created a biracial, multiethnic coalition within the segregated South that transformed the Mississippi Delta's largest city into a modern southern metropolis. Crump expanded city regulatory power, increased government efficiency and established a publicly owned electric ut...
Timothy Crump'S Ward
Timothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life was written by Horatio Alger. You will be taken on the journey of Timothy Crump, a young orphan who wants to be successful but faces many problems along the way. The story is about Timothy's journey as he becomes the ward of Mr. Jacob Morton, a rich and powerful businessman. Timothy, who used to be a poor farm boy has now entered into the world of luxury. But, he realized that his new luxurious life has its own consequences. As the story goes on, Timothy has to figure out how to deal with class differences, social standards, and his own growth. Because he comes from a poor background, his friends treat him badly and see him as an outsider. Timothy is determined and persistent in his efforts to prove himself and get past the problems in his way. The amazingly written story can let the readers know about the different sides of life.
