R L R: 1906 books

Book cover of Why People Weep
by R.L. Worthon, Jr
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.
Book cover of The Bookkeeper's Tale
by J L R Webbie
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...
Book cover of The Human Child
by J L R Webbie
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
Book cover of The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee

The Search for the Legacy of the USPHS Syphilis Study at Tuskegee

Reflective Essays Based upon Findings from the Tuskegee Legacy Project

by M Joycelyn Elders, Rueben C. Warren, Vivian W. Pinn
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...
Book cover of The Fate of the Russian Revolution

The Fate of the Russian Revolution

Lost Texts of Critical Marxism vol.1

by Max Shachtman, Hal Draper, C L R James
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...
Book cover of Fighting for Ireland?

Fighting for Ireland?

The Military Strategy of the Irish Republican Movement

by M.L.R. Smith
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...
Book cover of Inequality in the Promised Land

Inequality in the Promised Land

Race, Resources, and Suburban Schooling

by R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy
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...
Book cover of Plotinus

Plotinus

Myth, Metaphor, and Philosophical Practice

by Stephen R. L. Clark
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...
Book cover of The Political Animal

The Political Animal

Biology, Ethics and Politics

by Stephen R L Clark, Stephen R.L Clark
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...
Book cover of Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities
by Frances R. Aparicio, María Isabel Carvajal Araya, Julia Chindemi
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...
Book cover of World Revolution, 1917–1936

World Revolution, 1917–1936

The Rise and Fall of the Communist International

by C. L. R. James
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...
Book cover of Life In Brexit Britain
by L R Buxton
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...
Book cover of Device, Inc.
by R.L. Worthon, Jr
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.
Book cover of Tropical Idolatry

Tropical Idolatry

A Theological History of Catholic Colonialism in the Pacific World, 1568–1700

by R. L. Green
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...
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