| Author | : Arif Dirlik |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780847684694 |
In evaluating the idea of "Asia Pacific," the book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that have played a formative part in the region's constitution. The contributors agree that it is these interactions that constitute the region, rather than the physical boundaries of the Pacific.
| Author | : Thomas McGuane |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 322 |
| Release | : 2011-10-04 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 140007522X |
The unforgettable story of a housepainter turned doctor in Big Sky country who finds himself on a darkly funny journey to salvation in this “irrepressibly comic and optimistic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never been the social toast of the town, but when he is accused of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, he finds himself ostracized by his colleagues and realizes just how small his little village truly is. But fortunately for Berl, the very thing that sets him apart—his inability to follow the pack—proves to be his saving grace. With this inglorious hero, McGuane has created an unforgettable voyager.
| Author | : Jen Bryant |
| Publisher | : Abrams |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2020-10-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1647001617 |
The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.
| Author | : Sonya Spreen Bates |
| Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2015-04-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1459808908 |
Dylan’s wish comes true when Coach Scott names him to the starting lineup for the Mountview High Hunters’ first game of the playoffs. But just when he should be concentrating on basketball, Dylan becomes the target of some off-court aggression. As he’s driving his girlfriend, Jenna, home one night, a black pickup truck tries to run them off the road. The police call it an accident. But even as Dylan tries to put it behind him, he has a sense of impending danger that he can’t shake. When Jenna starts receiving threats from an anonymous cyberbully telling her to “keep quiet,” Dylan becomes seriously concerned about her safety. Jenna has no idea what the cyberbully thinks she knows. But Dylan will have to help her figure it out fast if they’re ever going to feel safe again.
| Author | : Alexander Besher |
| Publisher | : Orbit Books |
| Total Pages | : 357 |
| Release | : 1998-01 |
| Genre | : Imaginary wars and battles |
| ISBN | : 9781857235463 |
It's 2027. Tokyo has survived the Mega-Quake of the Millennium and Satori Corporation, the owner of a virtual reality entertainment empire, is embroiled in cut-throat corporate warfare to preserve its market share and, incidentally, save the lives of thousands of users trapped inside its virtual worlds. All of this seems far away to Professor Frank Gobi as he strolls across the placid Berkley, California, campus - until he gets home to find his perpetually on-line ten-year-old son stuck inside Satori's virtual Gametime and literally fighting for his life.
| Author | : Chip Ward |
| Publisher | : Verso |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2001-05-17 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781859843215 |
A quest to understand the secret history of ecocide in Utah.
| Author | : Seth Muller |
| Publisher | : Grand Canyon Association |
| Total Pages | : 27 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 1934656135 |
"There's the Grand Canyon as seen from one of the rims. Spectacular. Awe-inspiring. Dramatic. And there's the Grand Canyon below the rims, a very different place steeped in wilderness, bus-sized boulders, tumbling streams, knee-shredding switchbacks, solitude, and the cataract-punctuated Colorado River. The trails in Grand Canyon National Park attract more than 80,000 permitted overnight backpackers annually, as well as an untold number of day hikers and mule riders. Join author Seth Muller on a grand adventure, searching for the Grand Canyon's soul along miles of canyon trails. Muller profiles rangers, artists, volunteers, hikers, ultra-marathoners, mule skinners, and others who regularly experience the inner canyon, presenting the Corridor Trails in intimate, creative prose that will carry the reader into the depths of the canyon and back out again"--P. 4 of cover.
| Author | : Arif Dirlik |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 301 |
| Release | : 2021-11-28 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1000009858 |
In this volume, scholars question the current euphoria over the rapid growth of the Pacific rim - as an economic region and as a political ideal. They suggest that much of the discourse on the region is highly ideological, focusing on its potential for capitalist development while ignoring the limitations of such development, its human costs and consequences. This critique of the idea of a Pacific rim also seeks to redress the balance by focusing on the region in terms of human interactions.
