Patrick: 6740 books

The Inspirational Life Story of Bill O’Reilly; Reporter, Author, and One of America’s Most Well Known Patriots By Patrick Bunker Close your eyes and inhale deeply as you picture the soft, sweet smells of a misty Irish morning. Walk down the gravel path from your cottage and take...

LeBron James The Inspirational Story of the Basketball Career and Life of LeBron James By Patrick Bunker In the history of professional basketball there have only been a few players that could be considered as superstars. When people think about the superstars of basketball, they...

Si Robertson The Inspirational Life Story and Hilarious Adventures of Si Robertson; Duck Dynasty Star, Family Man, and American Military Veteran By Patrick Bunker Si Robertson has made many significant accomplishments during his long life. He proudly served The United States of...

The Inspirational Life Story of Ben Carson M.D.; Doctor, Humanitarian, and One of Americas Top Political Leadership Figures By Patrick Bunker Life is a twisted event. Sometimes, the hand a person is dealt can truly bring a person to their knees and deny them the pleasures of seeing blue...

Nothing in wrestling can match the excitement of the main event. It's the match that everyone wants to see, the match that will have fans talking the next day. Author Patrick Jones takes readers deep inside the world of pro wrestling and shows how its stars—and the wild characters they portray—have...

Christianity has been in Japan for five centuries, but embraced by less than one percent of the population. It’s a complicated relationship, given the sudden appearance in Japan of Renaissance Catholicism which was utterly unlike the historic faiths of Shinto and Buddhism; Japan had to invent a...

“A remarkable, eye-opening biography . . . McGilligan’s Orson is a Welles for a new generation, [a portrait] in tune with Patti Smith’s Just Kids.”—A. S. Hamrah, Bookforum No American artist or entertainer has enjoyed a more dramatic rise than Orson Welles. At the age of sixteen,...

「這世界的現實就是人人要尊嚴，但尊嚴呢，可不是人人要得起。」 這是北京城裡不可言說的低端禁忌，潛居地下室的底層勞動人口悲歌 毛澤東曾歌頌他們，現代中國的經濟奇蹟要歸功於他們 但是現在，他們卻面臨被「切除、清理、掃蕩」的命運 《低端人口：中國，是地下這幫鼠族撐起來的》見證了這一切 方怡潔、李志德、李岳軒、沈秀華、林立青、阿潑、劉嫈楓、藍佩嘉共同推薦 北京，中國極度富有的一線大城，匯聚了所有的奇蹟。 大舉遷移到此的人只有一個目的，他們要追求屬於自己的中國夢。他們以勞力換取微薄的溫飽，成為支撐北京城運轉的底層基礎勞力，擔任清潔工、外送員、服務生。 北漂的民工與移工構成了北京的日常風景，但在高房價、沒有北京戶籍的限制下，被迫無奈屈居於暗不見天日的地下室、橋墩下、廢棄建築的縫隙之間。他們有老有少，有為了籌措兒子結婚聘金千里迢迢到北京當清潔工的老夫婦；有為了在市中心飯店實習而住進地下，習慣了北京地底腐臭氣味的大學畢業生；有為了孩子的未來，離鄉打工的父母。 一旦進入北京地底，舉目所及皆是懸殊至極貧富問題的見證。明亮大廈底下，陰暗的走廊上晾著各種服務業、工人的制服；人們在勞斯萊斯、奧迪名車停靠的牆壁背面煮著千篇一律的餃子當晚餐；孩子們靠著一扇小窗，勉力呼吸著來自北京地上世界的霧霾。 這些拚命留下且住不起地面上房子的人，被稱作「鼠族」。他們像鼠一樣，群聚在北京城的地下廊道裡竄動、討生活，為中國夢燃燒生命，卻注定被貼上「低端」標籤，被驅趕、切除。 法國最大報《費加洛報》記者派屈克‧聖保羅，耗時整整兩年，帶著翻譯四處採訪北京城裡默默做工的人，數度遭遇被當局請去喝茶的危險。然而真正讓他得以貼近「鼠族」生活的契機，卻近在他暫居的大樓地下室。 當派屈克‧聖保羅發現日常所見的門房、清潔工都是自己苦無門路深入採訪的對象，正是他們維持了他的生活時，這才驚覺自己正置身中國幻夢的風暴中心，正看著這巨獸大國最殘酷的一面。 ※各界一致推薦 派屈克‧聖保羅親身帶領我們在他生活的亮麗北京與鼠族居住的地底世界來回穿梭，直指這中間的終極反差，看進地底世界勉強又讓人敬佩的日常生活，看區區電梯上下之間潛居人群的不同面貌──工地工人、留守兒童、外地大學生、為兒子攢錢娶妻的父母、鼠窩裡的房東、有幸的出洞者……訴說發展背後的代價與冷漠、生存的卑微與堅韌，在在顯露出被沒收的尊嚴、體制造就的頑強。 ──方怡潔（清華大學人類所　助理教授） 在這本書裡，「鼠」、「底層」、「洞穴」既是形容，更是真實寫照。 冷戰年代，中國政府下令人民挖掘無數的地下室，但直到今時今日，這些地下室才起到了原本始料未及的作用：成了最底層勞工遮風避雨的處所。這讓作者書寫中國底層時有了一個意象鮮明的切入點。...

The Japanese are in the process of re-creating themselves--an endeavor they have undertaken at intervals throughout history, always prompted by a combination of domestic and global forces. In this landmark book, Patrick Smith asserts that a variety of forces--the achievement of material affluence,...

A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford, in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom,...

Man-eater is a common term for an animal that preys upon humans. This does not include scavenging. Although human beings can be attacked by many kinds of animals, man-eaters are those that have incorporated human flesh into their usual diet. Most reported cases of man-eaters have involved tigers, leopards,...

In 1911, the history of firearms changed forever with the adoption of the greatest pistol ever designed, the Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911 - known today simply as the 1911. Now, in one fascinating, illustrated volume, authority Patrick Sweeney celebrates the 100th anniversary of the greatest fighting...

Nelle Harper Lee (April 28, 1926 – February 19, 2016) was an American novelist widely known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Immediately successful, it won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize and has become a classic of modern American literature.  Though Lee had only published this single...

Eastern Oregon is a land of distant horizons, endless sagebrush—and countless stories about the people and places that make the region unique. For more than twenty years, it was Pat Wilkins’ job as an on-the-road TV reporter to track down these stories, to travel the roadways in a quest to capture...