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"It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a
presumably educated, civilized man." And Hugh Denismore, a young
doctor driving his mother's Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix,
is eminently educated and civilized. He is privileged, would seem
to have the world at his feet, even. Then why does the sight of a
few redneck teenagers disconcert him? Why is he reluctant to pick
up a disheveled girl hitchhiking along the desert highway? And why
is he the first person the police suspect when she is found dead in
Arizona a few days later?
Dorothy B. Hughes ranks with Raymond Chandler and Patricia
Highsmith as a master of mid-century noir. In books like" In a
Lonely Place" and "Ride the Pink Horse" she exposed a seething
discontent underneath the veneer of twentieth-century prosperity.
With "The Expendable Man," first published in 1963, Hughes upends
the conventions of the wrong-man narrative to deliver a story that
engages readers even as it implicates them in the greatest of all
American crimes.
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The Innocent Sleep (DVD)
Rupert Graves, Annabella Sciorra, Michael Gambon, Graham Crowden, Franco Nero, …
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R164
Discovery Miles 1 640
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British crime drama inspired by the case of Roberto Calvi, 'God's
Banker', found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge in 1982. Rupert
Graves stars as a London down-and-out who witnesses a gang killing,
but when he tries to report the murder to the police he recognizes
the policeman (Michael Gambon) as one of the gang. Befriended by
George (Graham Crowden), an ex journalist, he tells his story to an
eager young reporter (Annabella Sciorra). But by now the crooked
copper is on his trail, and wants him eliminated.
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Spanish Dancing (Paperback)
La Meri, Russell Meriwether Hughes; Foreword by Walter Terry
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R797
Discovery Miles 7 970
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Spanish Dancing (Hardcover)
La Meri, Russell Meriwether Hughes; Foreword by Walter Terry
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R1,103
Discovery Miles 11 030
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Education and Cultural Politics: Interrogating Idiotic Education is
a conceptualization of protest and resistance against the cultural
politics of oppression and domination of people of African descent
in the Caribbean and North America. It is also a theorization of
their redemption from being victims of racism, classism, sexism,
and heterosexism. The book combines the theoretical models of
discrimination and oppression through the use of the axis of the
social evils to critically analyze the cultural politics of
education in relation to black people in the African Diaspora. It
does this through the lens of critical redemptive education which
is seen through an Afrocentric philosophy. The book illustrates how
the lives of black people are constructed by slavery and
colonialism which have etched their mores into the black psyche.
The book advocates the view that slavocracy, the colonial
construction of black psyche, is not indelible. It can be
deconstructed through conscience and reconstructed through a
non-idiotic, liberatory education using the philosophy of critical
redemptive education which fosters a genuine koinonia among black
communities serving as the antidote for the current black nihilism
in black communities which is the legacy of our oppressive
existence.
Education and Cultural Politics: Interrogating Idiotic Education is
a conceptualization of protest and resistance against the cultural
politics of oppression and domination of people of African descent
in the Caribbean and North America. It is also a theorization of
their redemption from being victims of racism, classism, sexism,
and heterosexism. The book combines the theoretical models of
discrimination and oppression through the use of the axis of the
social evils to critically analyze the cultural politics of
education in relation to black people in the African Diaspora. It
does this through the lens of critical redemptive education which
is seen through an Afrocentric philosophy. The book illustrates how
the lives of black people are constructed by slavery and
colonialism which have etched their mores into the black psyche.
The book advocates the view that slavocracy, the colonial
construction of black psyche, is not indelible. It can be
deconstructed through conscience and reconstructed through a
non-idiotic, liberatory education using the philosophy of critical
redemptive education which fosters a genuine koinonia among black
communities serving as the antidote for the current black nihilism
in black communities which is the legacy of our oppressive
existence.
The Texas of John Salmon Ford's day demanded men of courage and
versatility. Ford was such a man. He came to Texas in 1836, quickly
became active in Texas affairs, and remained so until his death in
1897. During his long life, Ford was a practicing physician,
adjutant in Colonel Hays's regiment of Texas Rangers during the
Mexican War, newspaper editor, explorer and surveyor, state
senator, mayor and city marshal of Austin, Ranger captain and
Indian fighter, Mexican revolutionary general, Sunday-school
teacher, Confederate colonel, mayor of Brownsville, superintendent
of the state Deaf and Dumb School, and a charter member, of the
state historical society.
Ford was instrumental in getting Texas into the Union and,
fifteen years later, in getting her out. After the Civil War he
helped frame the new state constitution and place Texas once again
in the roster of states. He defended her frontiers in the west
against Comanches and in the south against Mexican raiders. The
story of his life is one of service to his state. He loved Texas as
only an old "Texian" could and stood ready to serve her in any
capacity. Texas called on him to serve primarily as a trouble
shooter, and he served well.
Although the hero of several dime novels, "Old Rip" has never
before been the subject of a complete biography based on historical
research. His colorful and adventurous life reflects the growing
pains of Texas during the formative years. Ford's life was never
dull; neither is his biography.
Another adventure for the sixth incarnation of the intrepid time
traveller. The Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri arrive on the planet
Necros to pay their last respects to deceased agronomist Arthur
Stengos. They discover that his final resting place - Tranquil
Repose - is in fact a front for a Dalek farm run by the Great
Healer, who turns out to be none other than the Doctor's old foe,
Davros.
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