R L R: 1906 books
by R.L. Worthon, Jr
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Why people weep is a collection of poems loaded with meaning, purpose and wisdom for the soul, every poem produces an emotion which the reader will relate to and if found in a position facing grief, sorrow or death, one would be able to endure and withstand the fiery clutches of agony and dispair,if not, then at least be able to stand firm and except the realities misfortune.
by J L R Webbie
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2011
Short Story. Approx. 7600 words
Janine has followed her impulsive cousin to Istanbul, Turkey. Saphyre suddenly left her home in the United States to seek her father in the city of her unconventional birth. The only clue Janine has to her whereabouts is a cryptic note and a reference to a place...
by J L R Webbie
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2011
The Queen of Draiocht Vale: part 1
The Faerie Queen needs a human heir and fourteen-year-old Erin meets her needs. But Erin has plans of her own involving her best friend, Alex. To top it all off, there is a strange new girl in town who seems to have some powers of her own!
Short Story inspired by "The Stolen Child" by W.B Yeats
The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee
Reflective Essays Based upon Findings from the Tuskegee Legacy Project
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee is a collection of essays that seeks to redefine the "legacy" of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in light of recent findings from other scientific studies that challenge the long-standing, widely-held understanding of...
The Fate of the Russian Revolution
Lost Texts of Critical Marxism vol.1
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1998
This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare of the working people, wanted common ownership and a democratic planned economy. But Einstein was stumped...
Fighting for Ireland?
The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This new, updated paperback edition...
Inequality in the Promised Land
Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Nestled in neighborhoods of varying degrees of affluence, suburban public schools are typically better resourced than their inner-city peers and known for their extracurricular offerings and college preparatory programs. Despite the glowing opportunities that many families associate with suburban...
Plotinus
Myth, Metaphor, and Philosophical Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Plotinus, the Roman philosopher (c. 204-270 CE) who is widely regarded as the founder of Neoplatonism, was also the creator of numerous myths, images, and metaphors. They have influenced both secular philosophers and Christian and Muslim theologians, but have frequently been dismissed by modern scholars...
The Political Animal
Biology, Ethics and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
People, as Aristotle said, are political animals. Mainstream political philosophy, however, has largely neglected humankind's animal nature as beings who are naturally equipped, and inclined, to reason and work together, create social bonds and care for their young. Stephen Clark, grounded in biological...
by Frances R. Aparicio, María Isabel Carvajal Araya, Julia Chindemi
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities addresses a gap in the many narratives discussing the cultural histories of Latin American nations, particularly in terms of the birth, configuration, and perpetuation of national identities. It argues that these...
World Revolution, 1917–1936
The Rise and Fall of the Communist International
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
Originally published in 1937, C. L. R. James's World Revolution is a pioneering Marxist analysis of the history of revolutions during the interwar period and of the fundamental conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. James, who was a leading Trotskyist activist in Britain, outlines Russia's transition...
by L R Buxton
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2017
This book was written principally in response to the Brexit earthquake, but also as a comment on some of the quirks of Britain and the Western World in general. From the decline of the British high street, the increase in impersonal interactions between the population, the increasingly mechanical...
by R.L. Worthon, Jr
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
How millions of immigrants enter the United States and are granted asylum, work permits, special visas, green cards, etc...And on the flip side, many others are presenttly denied basic human rights and divided from their families as if they were some type of new modern day slaves.
Tropical Idolatry
A Theological History of Catholic Colonialism in the Pacific World, 1568–1700
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
In Tropical Idolatry, R.L. Green examines how thinkers within the Society of Jesus attempted to convert indigenous peoples of New Spain, the Philippine Islands, and the Mariana Islands to Catholicism during the early modern period. Through the close readings of Jesuit authored theological treatises...