A Good Country
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A Good Country
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Author : Sofia Ali-Khan
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2022-07-05
A Good Country written by Sofia Ali-Khan and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A leading advocate for social justice excavates the history of forced migration in the twelve American towns she’s called home, revealing how White supremacy has fundamentally shaped the nation. “At a time when many would rather ban or bury the truth, Ali-Khan bravely faces it in this bracing and necessary book.”—Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Homeland Elegies Sofia Ali-Khan’s parents emigrated from Pakistan to America, believing it would be a good country. With a nerdy interest in American folk history and a devotion to the rule of law, Ali-Khan would pursue a career in social justice, serving some of America’s most vulnerable communities. By the time she had children of her own—having lived, worked, and worshipped in twelve different towns across the nation—Ali-Khan felt deeply American, maybe even a little extra American for having seen so much of the country. But in the wake of 9/11, and on the cusp of the 2016 election, Ali-Khan’s dream of a good life felt under constant threat. As the vitriolic attacks on Islam and Muslims intensified, she wondered if the American dream had ever applied to families like her own, and if she had gravely misunderstood her home. In A Good Country, Ali-Khan revisits the color lines in each of her twelve towns, unearthing the half-buried histories of forced migration that still shape every state, town, and reservation in America today. From the surprising origins of America’s Chinatowns, the expulsion of Maroon and Seminole people during the conquest of Florida, to Virginia’s stake in breeding humans for sale, Ali-Khan reveals how America’s settler colonial origins have defined the law and landscape to maintain a White America. She braids this historical exploration with her own story, providing an intimate perspective on the modern racialization of American Muslims and why she chose to leave the United States. Equal parts memoir, history, and current events, A Good Country presents a vital portrait of our nation, its people, and the pathway to a better future.
The Good Country Equation
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Author : Simon Anholt
language : en
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Release Date : 2020-08-11
The Good Country Equation written by Simon Anholt and has been published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-11 with Political Science categories.
“Not only does Anholt explain the challenges facing the world with unique clarity, he also provides genuinely new, informative, practical, innovative solutions. . . . The book is a must-read for anyone who cares about humanity's shared future.” —H. E. Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (Farmaajo), President of the Federal Republic of Somalia Simon Anholt has spent decades helping countries from Austria to Zambia to improve their international standing. Using colorful descriptions of his experiences—dining with Vladimir Putin at his country home, taking a group of Felipe Calderon's advisors on their first Mexico City subway ride, touring a beautiful new government hospital in Afghanistan that nobody would use because it was in Taliban-controlled territory—he tells how he began finding answers to that question. Ultimately, Anholt hit on the Good Country Equation, a formula for encouraging international cooperation and reinventing education for a globalized era. Anholt even offers a “selfish” argument for cooperation: he shows that it generates goodwill, which in turn translates into increased trade, foreign investment, tourism, talent attraction, and even domestic electoral success. Anholt insists we can change the way countries behave and the way people are educated in a single generation—because that's all the time we have.
A Good Country
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Author : Laleh Khadivi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2017-05-23
A Good Country written by Laleh Khadivi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05-23 with Fiction categories.
A "powerful" (NYT) timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California--about where identity truly lies and how we find it. Laguna Beach, California, 2011. Alireza Courdee, a 16-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner. He loses his virginity, takes up surfing, and sneaks away to all-night raves. For the first time, Reza--now Rez--feels like an American teen. Life is smooth; even lying to his strict parents comes easily. But then he changes again, falling out with the bad-boy surfers and in with a group of kids more awake to the world around them, who share his background, and whose ideas fill him with a very different sense of purpose. Within a year, Reza and his girlfriend are making their way to Syria to be part of a Muslim nation rising from the ashes of the civil war. Timely, nuanced, and emotionally forceful, A Good Country is a gorgeous meditation on modern life, religious radicalization, and a young man caught among vastly different worlds. What we are left with at the dramatic end is not an assessment of good or evil, East versus West, but a lingering question that applies to all modern souls: Do we decide how to live, or is our life decided for us?
The Good Country
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Author : Harald Tambs-Lyche
language : en
Publisher: Manohar Publishers
Release Date : 2004
The Good Country written by Harald Tambs-Lyche and has been published by Manohar Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
This Book Deals With The Emergence Of Traditional Society Through The Middle Ages And Also Traces The History Of The Divide Between Martial Rajputs And Non-Violent Merchants In Saurashtraæs History. It Tries To Construct An Image Of The Part From An Anthropologistæs Point Of View: Not History In A Strict Sense But A Representation And Analysis Of The Past That Lurks Behind The Conception Of The Present For People In The Peninsula.
The Good Country
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Author : Bain Attwood
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07
The Good Country written by Bain Attwood and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07 with categories.
Beyond the generalisations of national and colonial history, what can we know about how Aboriginal nations interacted with the British settlers who invaded their country, the men appointed by the imperial and colonial governments to protect them, and each other? In The Good Country Bain Attwood makes a major contribution to our knowledge of this period by providing a superbly researched, finely grained local history of the Djadja Wurrung people of Central Victoria. The story is a shocking one, of destruction, decimation and dispossession, but, equally powerfully, it is not one of unceasing conflict. With reference to an unusually rich historical record, concepts such as the frontier and resistance emerge as inadequate in this context. Attwood recovers a good deal of the modus vivendi that the Djadja Wurrung reached with sympathetic protectors, pastoralists and gold diggers, showing how they both adopted and adapted to these intruders to remain in their own country, at least for a time. Finally, drawing past and present together, Attwood relates the remarkable story of the revival of the Djadja Wurrung in recent times as they have sought to become their own historians.
How To Run A Country
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Author : Marcus Tullius Cicero
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2013-01-22
How To Run A Country written by Marcus Tullius Cicero and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-22 with History categories.
Collects the Roman statesman's thoughts on leadership, the balance of power, and other topical political issues that maintain relevance today, in a work featuring new translations and organized by subject.
A Good Country
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Author : Laleh Khadivi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-06-29
A Good Country written by Laleh Khadivi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-29 with Fiction categories.
_______________ 'Powerful, poignant, excellent' - Independent 'Important' - Guardian 'Stunning' - New York Times _______________ The powerful, moving story of a California teenager from an immigrant family who, finding himself in an increasingly hostile world, is turned from a carefree surfer's life towards a culture of fear and fanaticism Fourteen-year-old Alireza Courdee contains multitudes. He is a straight-A student and an affable stoner; the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants, and a Californian surf kid; Alireza, and just plain Rez. But when a terror incident shocks the nation – and then another, and another – Rez finds that the world has only one idea about the type of person he is; that his name and the colour of his skin make him an object of suspicion. But there are new friends to shine a light into Rez's isolated, angry existence – Arash, a fellow Muslim student, and the beautiful Fatima. Little by little, Rez is drawn into a new circle, a circle as troubling as it is consoling – and which has a grim and glorious mission in mind for him. Insightful, nuanced and timely, A Good Country is an unforgettable coming-of-age story which deftly captures a young man's alienation and search for identity in a flawed and violent world. _______________
Good Night Country Store
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Author : Adam Gamble
language : en
Publisher: Good Night Books
Release Date : 2011-11-04
Good Night Country Store written by Adam Gamble and has been published by Good Night Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-04 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Designed to soothe children before bedtime, this delightful story features a multicultural group of people visiting a traditional country store in different settings across America. With rhythmic language that guides children through the passage of both a single day and the four seasons, this board book teaches children to read by identifying familiar items found in a country store, including homemade foods, country crafts, a soda fountain, and classic toys, while celebrating a unique aspect of Americana.
Our Country S Good
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Author : Timberlake Wertenbaker
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-09-17
Our Country S Good written by Timberlake Wertenbaker and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-17 with Performing Arts categories.
Observed by a lone, mystified Aboriginal Australian, the first convict ship arrives in Botany Bay, 1788, crammed with England's outcasts. Colony discipline in this vast and alien land is brutal. Three proposed public hangings incite an argument: how best to keep the criminals in line, the noose or a more civilised form of entertainment? The ambitious Second Lieutenant Ralph Clark steps forward with a play. But as the mostly illiterate cast rehearses, and a sense of common purpose begins to take hold, the young officer's own transformation is as marked and poignant as that of his prisoners. A profoundly humane piece of theatre, steeped in suffering yet charged with hope, Timberlake Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good (based on a true story) celebrates the redemptive power of art. It premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, london, in 1988, winning the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award. This edition was published to coincide with a major revival production at the National Theatre, which opened on 19 August 2015.
This Is A Good Country
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Author : Albert Makelele
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2008
This Is A Good Country written by Albert Makelele and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Fiction categories.
Meet Marcus Carrington Introducing a dynamic fresh face in the world of Christianity. Marcus Carrington is the champion of God that many young adolescents and teens will find delightful. He is determined in his faith of our Lord Jesus. You will read adventure after adventure of good will, courage, and outstanding faith in the face of adversity. Witness how a young person with high morals can be happy and co-exist in his community. In this day and age where many young minds are subject to worldly influence and darkness, Marcus Carrington brings a new light and life to the young hero of today. Readers of all ages will love to share in the adventures of this Champion of God as he does the work of God in his daily life. Many of the adventures will promote discussion with parents and peers. Prayerfully, reading this series will lead many "unsaved" youths to take a look at how great the Christian life can be. Here is the first set of many adventures of Marcus. Many more will follow. God Bless, Terry J. Martin