Local Government category: 1701 books
Why Do We Still Have A Race Problem?
Whatever Makes Us Different, Makes Us the Same
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012
America has changed, however the disparity of equality between white and African Americans have not. African Americans are still statistically unemployed more than whites, statistically first in receiving welfare benefits and first in violent crimes reporting. Today, African Americans and white people...
From Here to Absurdity
Pink Flamingos, Vibrators and other Comical Events
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
Have you ever looked at anything and felt like laughing out loud – while no one else around you saw the humor? Do you find it odd that there are more plastic flamingos in America than the real thing?
Does it seem strange to you that the great schism between Christianity in the East...
To Iraq & Back
On War & Writing
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2014
My name is Jessica Scott. I am a soldier. I am a wife. I am a mother. There are many stories from the Iraq war. This one is mine.
In 2009, Army second lieutenant Jessica Scott deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. It was a year of many firsts.
This...
by Dean Goodluck
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2017
World Culture Pictorial®'s online journey took its very first step on Earth Day, 2008 (Vol.4: Oct-Dec'08). Milk Way holds unknown mystery, comprehensive reading is twin to broad vision. Thus the journal collections - from poetry to policy, from food to high tech, from city of cheese to gasless car...
Who is Poverty?
A Collection of Pieces as Written by Wright State Reporters
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Approximately 1 in 5 residents in Montgomery County, Ohio are living in poverty according to Census statistics. This statistic is just one of the many reasons we have decided to tackle the poverty that is affecting so many in the Dayton area. Poverty can stem from a variety of reasons, such as mental...
by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
Language: French
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814 - 1879) est un architecte français. Il est connu auprès du grand public pour ses restaurations de constructions médiévales. Il influença le regard de la société sur l'histoire du patrimoine historique français....
by Kimberly Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2012
The dreams and visions began January 1997. The writer shares astonishing end-time revelation knowledge concerning three heavenly bodies with their symbolic meaning and prophetic calling that will lead you to the edge of your seat and into the hands of Almighty God. As you read the divine messages...
The Three Governors Controversy
Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official.
This is the first full-length...
The Gay Faith: Christ, Scripture, and Sexuality
Christ, Scripture, and Sexuality
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
What does the Bible really say about homosexuality? The answer may very well surprise you. Did you know: * The Old Testament does not prohibit homosexuality as we see it today. Don't believe it? The Torah never forbids homosexuality when examining original language and historical context; the Hebrew...
Felice Maniero e la Mala del Brenta
La vera storia di Faccia d'Angelo
Language: Italian
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Jacopo Pezzan e Giacomo Brunoro raccontano l'epopea criminale della "Mala del Brenta", l'organizzazione malavitosa guidata da Felice Maniero.
La storia del boss con la faccia d'angelo ed il cuore da diavolo che ha imperversato a Nordest torna in una seconda edizione rinnovata e aggiornata...
by Weil Simone
Language: French
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Language: French
Release Date: April 20, 2013
Simone Weil (1909-1943) professeur agrégée de philosophie. Après avoir enseigné au Puy, elle quitte la France, en 1942, allant d’abord aux Etats-Unis puis à Londres où elle travaille pour le Général de Gaulle. Atteinte de la tuberculose, elle...
Over The Rainbow
A look at the many colourful peoples, who make up this diverse and vibrant society, as seen through the eyes of a newspaper reporter
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
A look at the many colourful peoples, who make up this diverse and vibrant society, as seen through the eyes of a newspaper reporter. Many colourful “vignettes” in this “land of great contrasts” – happy, sad and true, that was the fabric of South African life in the lead up to the historic...
TEEN LIFE SKILLS 101
THE ULTIMATE INVESTMENT IN YOURSELF
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2012
In Teen Life Skills 101 author Dennis Clayton give teens and young adults the tools and principles needed to become responsible adults. Claytons methods will insure any parent that their teen will make less mistakes and greater success. Every parent wants their teen or young adult to be well rounded...
What Color Is Your Sky?
How Our Assumptions Color Our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
There are many assumptions we make about the world around us. Most of them were taught to us. It may have been as innocent as, “Oh, look, child, at the beautiful blue sky!” We accept the statement at face value, without question, partly because when we look we do, indeed, see blue....