What is in a Rim?
Title | What is in a Rim? PDF eBook |
Author | Arif Dirlik |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 394 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780847684694 |
In evaluating the idea of "Asia Pacific," the book shifts our focus from abstract relationships between capital and commodities to the human interactions that have played a formative part in the region's constitution. The contributors agree that it is these interactions that constitute the region, rather than the physical boundaries of the Pacific.
Driving on the Rim
Title | Driving on the Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas McGuane |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2010-10-19 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0307594467 |
The unforgettable story of a housepainter turned doctor in Big Sky country who finds himself on a darkly funny journey to salvation in this “irrepressibly comic and optimistic” novel (The New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Ninety-two in the Shade and Cloudbursts Berl Pickett is living in the small town of Livingston, Montana. The son of Pentecostal rug-shampooers, Pickett has never been the social toast of the town, but when he is accused of negligent homicide in the death of his former lover, he finds himself ostracized by his colleagues and realizes just how small his little village truly is. But fortunately for Berl, the very thing that sets him apart—his inability to follow the pack—proves to be his saving grace. With this inglorious hero, McGuane has created an unforgettable voyager.
Above the Rim
Title | Above the Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Jen Bryant |
Publisher | Abrams |
Total Pages | 40 |
Release | 2020-10-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1647001617 |
The story of Elgin Baylor, basketball icon and civil rights advocate, from an all-star team Hall-of-famer Elgin Baylor was one of basketball’s all-time-greatest players—an innovative athlete, team player, and quiet force for change. One of the first professional African-American players, he inspired others on and off the court. But when traveling for away games, many hotels and restaurants turned Elgin away because he was black. One night, Elgin had enough and staged a one-man protest that captured the attention of the press, the public, and the NBA. Above the Rim is a poetic, exquisitely illustrated telling of the life of an underrecognized athlete and a celebration of standing up for what is right.
Lords of the Rim
Title | Lords of the Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Sterling Seagrave |
Publisher | Corgi |
Total Pages | 432 |
Release | 2012-05 |
Genre | China |
ISBN | 9780552168120 |
"Be so subtle that you are invisible. Be so mysterious that you are intangible. Then you will control your rivals's fate' un Tzu, from The Art of War A community of fifty five million expatriates. Up to two trillion dollars in assets. A highly integrated interconnected network of influence and favour. A firm base on the Pacific Rim. Ambitions to influence the West. Imagine the potential power of such an organisation. You don't have to. This is the Overseas Chinese. Sterling Seagrave's brilliant new book, Lords of the Rim, uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is already making inroads into the West. It is a superbly researched and spectacularly told account of an extraordinary phenomenon, telling just who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies and pirates. In telling this masterful and entertaining history, Seagrave provides the reader with a cautionary tale- that Chinese strategies so effective for centuries are just as succesful today."
Canaries on the Rim
Title | Canaries on the Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Chip Ward |
Publisher | Verso |
Total Pages | 260 |
Release | 2001-05-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9781859843215 |
A quest to understand the secret history of ecocide in Utah.
Canyon Crossing
Title | Canyon Crossing PDF eBook |
Author | Seth Muller |
Publisher | Grand Canyon Association |
Total Pages | 27 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1934656135 |
"There's the Grand Canyon as seen from one of the rims. Spectacular. Awe-inspiring. Dramatic. And there's the Grand Canyon below the rims, a very different place steeped in wilderness, bus-sized boulders, tumbling streams, knee-shredding switchbacks, solitude, and the cataract-punctuated Colorado River. The trails in Grand Canyon National Park attract more than 80,000 permitted overnight backpackers annually, as well as an untold number of day hikers and mule riders. Join author Seth Muller on a grand adventure, searching for the Grand Canyon's soul along miles of canyon trails. Muller profiles rangers, artists, volunteers, hikers, ultra-marathoners, mule skinners, and others who regularly experience the inner canyon, presenting the Corridor Trails in intimate, creative prose that will carry the reader into the depths of the canyon and back out again"--P. 4 of cover.
Off the Rim
Title | Off the Rim PDF eBook |
Author | Sonya Spreen Bates |
Publisher | Orca Book Publishers |
Total Pages | 164 |
Release | 2015-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1459808908 |
Dylan’s wish comes true when Coach Scott names him to the starting lineup for the Mountview High Hunters’ first game of the playoffs. But just when he should be concentrating on basketball, Dylan becomes the target of some off-court aggression. As he’s driving his girlfriend, Jenna, home one night, a black pickup truck tries to run them off the road. The police call it an accident. But even as Dylan tries to put it behind him, he has a sense of impending danger that he can’t shake. When Jenna starts receiving threats from an anonymous cyberbully telling her to “keep quiet,” Dylan becomes seriously concerned about her safety. Jenna has no idea what the cyberbully thinks she knows. But Dylan will have to help her figure it out fast if they’re ever going to feel safe again.