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Mass incarceration is a lived, sensory experience. The most eye-popping statistics alone cannot relate the enormity of its psychological and societal impacts. This concise, illustrated primer is a collaboration between one of mass incarceration''s sharpest opponents, James Kilgore, and information artist Vic Liu. It brings to life the histories and means of daily survival of the marginalized people ensnared in this racist, ableist system of class-based oppression. The book elegantly weaves together the most insightful activist scholarship with vivid testimonials by incarcerated people as they fight back against oppression and imagine freedom. Those targeted for incarceration do not simply submit to a monochromatic existence behind bars. The Warehouse showcases the abolition futures being crafted from the inside as people resist through direct action and artistic expression. This book is designed to inform, enrage, and ultimately inspire the same radical hope propelling incarcerated und

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James Hetfield shares his personal collection of treasured guitars and reveals the story and significance of each within his life and career as the front man, guitarist, and songwriter for Metallica. From the Electra OGV that defined his style, sound and attitude to the mythical MX guitars, the first in a series of iconic collaborations with ESP, and from his signature Snakebytes through his ambitious projects with renowned luthier Ken Lawrence, James Hetfield shares the emotional and technical elements of the chosen tools that have shaped his singular musical journey, including exotic instruments, vintage Gibsons, and custom one-offs. He also reveals many studio secrets, including the key amplifiers and gear that sculpt his tone and create his sound. Each featured guitar is accompanied by lush museum-quality portraits by acclaimed photographer Scott Williamson, exhibiting intimate details one can only see if holding it in their own hands, alongside Hetfield’s deeply personal reminiscence. Spanning more than forty guitars, ranging from the original battle-scarred road warriors to the trusted studio stalwarts and enduring tour favourites, Messengers: The Guitars of James Hetfield is a meticulously crafted coffee table book and a mesmerizing window into the mind and soul of one of rock’s greatest front men. These invaluable guitars have forged over four decades of music history.

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A leading anthropologist of Africa considers that continent's place within an egregiously imbalanced world economic and social order

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Offers a groundbreaking critical biography of the German-born British poet Mathilde Blind (1841-1896) - a freethinking radical feminist. As the first full-length biography of this trailblazing woman of letters, Mathilde Blind underscores the importance of her poetry and her critical writings.

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Explains why US citizens need to be ""scientifically literate"" and, therefore, why our schools must teach the fundamental principles of scientific literacy to students. This book tackles the topics of ""scientific literacy"" and explains how to teach them. It confronts headline issues, including stem cell research, global warming, and cloning.

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Explaining the theory and underlying math, this book introduces the basics of fluid power. It describes the differences and similarities between hydraulics and pneumatics, and outlines the construction and function of components of each system. Color illustrations, photographs, and schematics are us

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James Merritt, author of 52 Weeks with Jesus, takes you on an inspiring journey through select portions of the Psalms. Enrich your relationship with the Lord of your life as you find new reasons and ways to come before him in prayer and praise.

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Captain Jay Marsh had never questioned where his ultimate loyalty lay. He had witnessed the bloody horror left behind by the retreating Japanese army during World War II's final days. And he had abandoned his beautiful Filipina fiancée to see his duty through.But not even Marsh could guess the terrible personal price he would have to pay for his loyalty. He would follow General Douglas MacArthur to Tokyo itself. There he would become the brilliant, egocentric general's confidant, translator, surrogate son--and spy.Marsh would play a dangerous game of deliberate deceit and brutal injustice in the shadow world of postwar Japan's royal palaces and geisha houses, and recognize that the defeated emperor and his wily aides were exploiting MacArthur's ruthless ambition to become the American Caesar. The Emperor's General is a dramatic human story of the loss of innocence and the seduction of power, about the conflict between honor, duty, and love, all set against a

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For Trumpet and Piano.

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Catseller n 1Conmovedor relato que encierra un mensaje de esperanza. Daily Mail Cuando el músico callejero James Bowen encontró a un gato pelirrojo herido acurrucado en el descansillo de su piso, no podía imaginar hasta qué punto su vida iba a cambiar. James vivía al día en las calles de Londres y lo último que necesitaba era una mascota. Pero enseguida los dos se hicieron inseparables y sus aventuras acabarían transformando las vidas de ambos y curando las heridas de sus turbulentos pasados.Bob ha sido el protector y ángel guardián de James en momentos de enfermedad, privaciones e incluso peligros que ponían en riesgo sus vidas.Su vida en común constituye una emotiva e inspiradora historia real que ha llegado al corazón de miles de lectores en todo el mundo.

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Jay Follet muere en accidente de tráfico cuando regresa a casa después de atender una emergencia familiar. Su ausencia marca las vidas de su esposa, Mary, y de sus dos hijos de corta edad, Rufus y la pequeña Catherine. A través de sus recuerdos, junto a los de otros miembros de la familia, se reconstruye todo el universo que los unía y el vacío que produce su falta. Obra póstuma que recibió los honores del Premio Pulitzer en 1958, ?Una muerte en la familia? es una emocionante novela en la que, a través del retrato de una familia norteamericana en el corazón de los agitados Estados Unidos de 1915, James Agee (1909-1955) plasma con asombroso vigor el dolor y el desconcierto que genera la pérdida, la ausencia de un ser querido.

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Encuadernación: RústicaDescripción: 96 p. 24x16 cmNo podemos cambiar las cosas exteriores, igual que no es posible que amoldemos a otras personas a nuestra forma de ser y tampoco podemos configurar al mundo de acuerdo con nuestros deseos, pero nada nos impide alterar las cosas internas: nuestros deseos, pasiones y pensamientos.El huracán del mundo no puede ser evitado, pero si podemos triunfar sobre las perturbaciones de la mente. Aunque estemos rodeados por el ruido, podemos mantener una mente serena; a pesar de estar envueltos por responsabilidades, es posible mantener el corazón descansado y en medio de la batalla, podemos conseguir una paz duradera.Las veinte lecciones que componen este libro forman un contexto armonioso que encamina al lector hacia las alturas del conocimiento y de las conquistas personales, que lo elevarán por encima de las turbulencias del mundo hasta donde reina el silencio celestial.James AllenJAMES ALLEN, fue un poeta

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"Los pensamientos en nuestra mente nos han hecho tal como somos.Hemos sido forjados y modelados por nuestros pensamientos.Si albergamos en nuestra mente pensamientos inferiores, el dolor nos seguirá igual que el arado sigue al buey.Si por el contrario mantenemos la pureza en nuestros pensamientos, la alegría nos seguirá como lo hace nuestra propia sombra".James Allen

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Scooby-Doo and the gang are watching the fi lming of a new movie, The Sands of Cairo. A real mummyâ??s tomb is on the set. When creepy things start happening, the director thinks the mummyâ??s tomb is cursed. It is up to Scooby-Doo to unravel the mummy mystery!

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Desde nuestra perspectiva pos-romántica, a menudo se olvida la enorme importancia que la retórica ha tenido en diversos saberes y disciplinas, y no sólo en la literatura, al menos hasta el siglo XIX. La traducción de los veintitrés trabajos que, en 1983, editó Jamés J. Murphy, con el título de La elocuencia en el Renacimiento, permitirán al lector español adentrarse en las complejas relaciones de la retórica, durante el fértil período del Renacimiento, con la política, la ética, la teología y la literatura (y determinar la influencia de la retórica en la poesía, en la ficción, en el arte epistolar.) El lector de La elocuencia en el Renacimiento podrá comprender mejor, desde la perspectiva retórica, a autores como Erasmo, Milton, Shakespeare, etc., y podrá profundizar en las apasionantes polémicas sobre las doctrinas de Cicerón o a él atribuidas.

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