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The Torch (Paperback)
Jon Roberts; Illustrated by Hannah Rounding
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This is an introduction to language teacher training and
development for teachers and providers in pre-service and
in-service programmes. The text outlines the main theories of human
learning and applies them to teacher education. Based on a broadly
social constructivist perspective, it suggests a framework for
planning pre-service and in-service programmes, and is illustrated
with case studies from a range of training situations around the
world. There are also appendices containing teacher education
materials.
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Drwy Ein Llygaid Ni (Paperback)
Jon Roberts; Illustrated by Hannah Rounding; Translated by Mary Jones
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R276
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There is no shortage of iconic masculine imagery of the soldier
in American film and literature--one only has to think of George C.
Scott as Patton in front of a giant American flag, Sylvester
Stallone as Rambo, or Burt Lancaster rolling around in the surf in
From Here to Eternity. In "Male Armor," Jon Robert Adams examines
the ways in which novels, plays, and films about America's
late-twentieth-century wars reflect altering perceptions of
masculinity in the culture at large. He highlights the gap between
the cultural conception of masculinity and the individual
experience of it, and exposes the myth of war as an experience that
verifies manhood.
Drawing on a wide range of work, from the war novels of Ernest
Hemingway, Norman Mailer, James Jones, and Joseph Heller to David
Rabe's play "Streamers" and Anthony Swofford's "Jarhead, " Adams
examines the evolving image of the soldier from World War I to
Operation Desert Storm. In discussing these changing perceptions of
masculinity, he reveals how works about war in the late twentieth
century attempt to eradicate inconsistencies among American
civilian conceptions of war, the military's expectations of the
soldier, and the soldier's experience of combat. Adams argues that
these inconsistencies are largely responsible not only for
continuing support of the war enterprise but also for the soldiers'
difficulty in reintegration to civilian society upon their return.
He intends "Male Armor" to provide a corrective to the public's
continued investment in the war enterprise as a guarantor both of
masculinity and, by extension, of the nation.
There is no shortage of iconic masculine imagery of the soldier
in American film and literature--one only has to think of George C.
Scott as Patton in front of a giant American flag, Sylvester
Stallone as Rambo, or Burt Lancaster rolling around in the surf in
From Here to Eternity. In "Male Armor," Jon Robert Adams examines
the ways in which novels, plays, and films about America's
late-twentieth-century wars reflect altering perceptions of
masculinity in the culture at large. He highlights the gap between
the cultural conception of masculinity and the individual
experience of it, and exposes the myth of war as an experience that
verifies manhood.
Drawing on a wide range of work, from the war novels of Ernest
Hemingway, Norman Mailer, James Jones, and Joseph Heller to David
Rabe's play "Streamers" and Anthony Swofford's "Jarhead, " Adams
examines the evolving image of the soldier from World War I to
Operation Desert Storm. In discussing these changing perceptions of
masculinity, he reveals how works about war in the late twentieth
century attempt to eradicate inconsistencies among American
civilian conceptions of war, the military's expectations of the
soldier, and the soldier's experience of combat. Adams argues that
these inconsistencies are largely responsible not only for
continuing support of the war enterprise but also for the soldiers'
difficulty in reintegration to civilian society upon their return.
He intends "Male Armor" to provide a corrective to the public's
continued investment in the war enterprise as a guarantor both of
masculinity and, by extension, of the nation.
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Y Tortsh
Jon Roberts; Illustrated by Hannah Rounding; Translated by Anwen Pierce
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R251
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In 2008 veteran journalist Evan Wright, acclaimed for his "New York
Times "bestselling book "Generation Kill "and co-writer of the
Emmy-winning HBO series it spawned," " began a series of
conversations with super-criminal Jon Roberts, star of the
fabulously successful documentary "Cocaine Cowboys. "Those
conversations would last three years, during which time Wright came
to realize that Roberts was much more than the de-facto
"transportation chief" of the Medellin Cartel during the 1980s,
much more than a facilitator of a national drug epidemic. As
Wright's tape recorder whirred and Roberts unburdened himself of
"hundreds "of jaw-dropping tales, it became clear that perhaps no
one in history had broken so many laws with such willful abandon.
Roberts, in fact, seemed to be a prodigy of criminality - but one
with a remarkable self-awareness and a fierce desire to protect his
son from following the same path.
"American Desperado "is Roberts' no-holds-barred account of being
born into Mafia royalty, witnessing his first murder at the age of
seven, becoming a hunter-assassin in Vietnam, returning to New York
to become -- at age 22 -- one of the city's leading nightclub
impresarios, then journeying to Miami where in a few short years he
would rise to become the Medellin Cartel's most effective smuggler.
But that's just "half "the tale.
The roster of Roberts' friends and acquaintances reads like a Who's
Who of the latter half of the 20th century and includes everyone
from Jimi Hendrix, Richard Pryor, and O.J. Simpson to Carlo
Gambino, Meyer Lansky, and Manuel Noriega.
Nothing if not colorful, Roberts surrounded himself with beautiful
women, drove his souped-up street car at a top speed of 180 miles
per hour, shared his bed with a 200-pound cougar, and employed a
6"6" professional wrestler called "The Thing" as his bodyguard.
Ultimately, Roberts became so powerful that he attracted the
attention of the Republican Party's leadership, was wooed by them,
and even was co-opted by the CIA for which he carried out its
secret agenda.
Scrupulously documented and relentlessly propulsive, this
collaboration between a bloodhound journalist and one of the most
audacious criminals ever is like no other crime book you've ever
read. Jon Roberts may be the only criminal who changed the course
of American history.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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