The Wall in the Head
Title | The Wall in the Head PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Beanland |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2019-05-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781789650297 |
The Wall in the Head
Title | The Wall in the Head PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Beanland |
Publisher | Unbound Publishing |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2019-05-30 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1789650305 |
Donald's wife Belinda died. So he tried to kill himself. But it didn’t work out the way he planned. Grief-stricken and still alive, he reluctantly returns to his job as a scriptwriter on a regional TV station. But then an idea comes up that might just save him – and Belinda's legacy. The Wall in the Head is a love story and a black comedy – about bad architecture and bad TV, bad jokes and bad luck. Set among our fading brutalist behemoths, it's about grand plans and failures, hope and the human spirit. But mostly, it’s about endings.
The Wall in My Head
Title | The Wall in My Head PDF eBook |
Author | Words Without Borders |
Publisher | Open Letter Books |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1934824232 |
On the night of November 9, 1989, after months of unrest in Europe and East Germany, the checkpoints between East and West Berlin were suddenly openedk, reuniting the two sides of the divided city and bringing together a divided Europe and led to the end of the Cold War. This collection of essays from Words Without Borders is an exciting anthology that features fiction, essays and original documents and trace the path of the revolutionary spirit from its origins to the present day.
I Am Not a Tractor!
Title | I Am Not a Tractor! PDF eBook |
Author | Susan L. Marquis |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 469 |
Release | 2017-12-15 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1501714309 |
I Am Not a Tractor! celebrates the courage, vision, and creativity of the farmworkers and community leaders who have transformed one of the worst agricultural situations in the United States into one of the best. Susan L. Marquis highlights past abuses workers suffered in Florida’s tomato fields: toxic pesticide exposure, beatings, sexual assault, rampant wage theft, and even, astonishingly, modern-day slavery. Marquis unveils how, even without new legislation, regulation, or government participation, these farmworkers have dramatically improved their work conditions. Marquis credits this success to the immigrants from Mexico, Haiti, and Guatemala who formed the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a neuroscience major who takes great pride in the watermelon crew he runs, a leading farmer/grower who was once homeless, and a retired New York State judge who volunteered to stuff envelopes and ended up building a groundbreaking institution. Through the Fair Food Program that they have developed, fought for, and implemented, these people have changed the lives of more than thirty thousand field workers. I Am Not a Tractor! offers a range of solutions to a problem that is rooted in our nation’s slave history and that is worsened by ongoing conflict over immigration.
Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall
Title | Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall PDF eBook |
Author | Banksy |
Publisher | Last Gasp of San Francisco |
Pages | 48 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Anarchism |
ISBN | 9780954170400 |
The first incendiary collection of stencils and graffiti from Banksy, presented and bound in a handy pocket sized high quality format. Rarely have art and politics been put to such fine, and overtly public, use. Mix the irony and juxtaposition of John Yates with the beauty of the finest aerosol art, and you'll have some idea of how good this really is. The reproductions are interspersed with an excellent array of quotes, statements, letters and a beginners guide to painting with stencils. Very, very good.
The Wall Jumper
Title | The Wall Jumper PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Schneider |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1998-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780226739410 |
In the Wall Jumper, real people cross the Wall not to defect but to quarrel with their lovers, see Hollywood movies, and sometimes just because they can't help themselves—the Wall has divided their emotions as much as it has their country.
The Last Lecture
Title | The Last Lecture PDF eBook |
Author | Randy Pausch |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Cancer |
ISBN | 9780340978504 |
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.